50¢ October 7, 2007 Volume 81, No. 36 www.diocesefwsb.org/TODAY Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend TTODAYODAY’’SS CCATHOLICATHOLIC It’s a miracle Witness to the faith And that is what we believe Fort Wayne faithful celebrate regional confirmation Pages 10-12

BY KAY COZAD

FORT WAYNE — The excitement was palpable as ‘Lions Breathing Fire’ close to 1,200 confirmandi plus sponsors filed into the Men learn to live arena of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Sept. 30 behind the 37 beautifully decorated banners the Catholic faith each displaying its own parish name represented there. In all, 7,379 people filled the coliseum at the regional Page 4 confirmation — an event of the diocesan Sesquicentennial Jubilee. As the choir and band, which included brass instru- ments as well as bongo drums offered processional hymns, the Knights of Columbus lined the aisles for Understanding the priests dressed in white and golden vestments who Revelation led Bishop John M. D’Arcy to the altar for a once-in- a-life-time Mass celebration. Father Pfister to present Bishop D’Arcy brought the congregation to task by asking them to open their hearts to the Holy Spirit for workshop in Fort Wayne the young people present there, and referred to the col- Page 8 iseum, where Komet Hockey and concerts take place, as being transformed into a church, a holy place. Following the Liturgy of the Word, Father Bob Schulte, vicar general of the diocese and rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Living today Wayne, named each of the parishes represented and asked that the bishop accept the well-prepared confir- Young adults encouraged mandi for conferral of the sacrament of confirmation. During his homily, the bishop spoke of how special to live in the present this 2007 confirmation class was who had come Page 9 together in unity and would have their own pastors anointing them. He went on to discuss signs that youth wear to say “notice me.” After listing examples such as a football jersey or earring, he went on to speak of the sign of the cross that would be placed in oil on the fore- ‘Bella’ head of each confirmation student. “It’s the cross of Jesus Christ. In confirmation, an How to bring this pro-life indelible mark is put on your soul. It means you are consecrated to God,” said Bishop D’Arcy. film to your city Asking for volunteers, the bishop challenged the KATHY DENICE Page 18 attentive students with questions of faith. The Bishop John M. D’Arcy anoints a confirmand at the regional confirmation held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on Sept. 30. Thirty seven parishes were represented in the CONFIRM, PAGE 20 unified event. CELEBRATING 140 YEARS Flooded with refugees Catholic Charities and community react to large numbers of Burmese refugees coming to Fort Wayne Burmese refugees in Fort Wayne in 2006, BY ANN CAREY according to Debbie Schmidt, executive director of Catholic Charities for the Diocese FORT WAYNE — The country of Myanmar of Fort Wayne-South Bend. The agency was — formerly called Burma — is attracting told to expect another 200 in 2007, and until international attention as the repressive mili- June of this year had received 35. tary government there has used violent After June, however, the numbers means to disperse peaceful pro-democracy increased quickly and dramatically, with an demonstrators. additional 524 refugees arriving by the end of Burmese people are in the news in Fort September. Another 130 more are expected TIM JOHNSON Wayne, too, where about 3,000 Burmese before the end of the year, bringing the pro- refugees now live. The local Burmese popu- jected 2007 total to nearly 700. That number Bishop John M. D’Arcy celebrated Mass at lation has attracted attention because of a is close to the total of 768 Burmese refugees St. Joseph Church, Roanoke, as they Sept. 17 meeting of the board of the Fort settled here by Catholic Charities in the 15 Wayne-Allen County Department of Health, years between 1991 and 2006. Another 600 marked 140 years on Sept. 29. In the where Allen County Health Commissioner to 800 Burmese are expected in 2008. photo, Father John Pfister, pastor of St. Dr. Deborah McMahan reported that her The large number of people arriving in department will have to start charging for such a short time also has strained Catholic Mary Church, Huntington, looks over a previously free services because the depart- Charities, which must provide staff support, historical photo with Sister Colleen Bauer, ment must treat an unusually large number of obtain financial assistance, locate housing Burmese refugees this year. SSND, who grew up in St. Joseph Parish. Catholic Charities settled about 200 REFUGEE, PAGE 3 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 7, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC Official newspaper of the Regional confirmation is a Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 wonderful thing to behold PUBLISHER: Bishop John M. D’Arcy true science with parameters and guidelines “We must begin by purifying ourselves before puri- EDITOR: Tim Johnson like any science, and I asked the question as fying others; we must be instructed to be able to ASSISTANT EDITOR: Don Clemmer to how any college or university can be a instruct, become light to illuminate, draw close to STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad true place of learning when God and what God to bring him close to others, be sanctified to God has revealed is not studied. sanctify, lead by the hand and counsel prudently. I Editorial Department NEWS We also discussed the request of “Ex know whose minister we are, where we find our- Corde Ecclesiae” that a majority of the fac- PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan selves and to where we strive. I know God’s great- &NOTES ulty be Catholic and the theory behind this. ness and man’s weakness, but also his potential. FREELANCE WRITERS: Ann Carey, We talked also about academic freedom (Who then is the priest? He is) the defender of Michelle Castleman, Elmer J. Danch, BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY and about how this is defined in “Ex Corde truth, who stands with angels, gives glory with Michelle Donaghey, Bonnie Elberson, Ecclesiae” and how Pope John Paul II was archangels, causes sacrifices to rise to the altar on Denise Fedorow, Sister Margie clear as to the true definition of academic high, shares Christ’s priesthood, refashions creation, Lavonis, CSC, Jennifer Ochstein, The jubilee continues freedom in a Catholic university. Freedom restores it in God’s image, recreates it for the world Theresa Thomas This past Sunday it was a privilege and in the Catholic philosophical and theologi- on high and, even greater is divinized and joy to unite with our priests to confer the cal tradition is never license or the freedom divinizes.” Business Department sacrament of confirmation to about 1,200 to do anything or to simply to do this rather — Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1589 BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice young people at the Allen County War than that. That is a very superficial under- AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. This is standing of the beautiful gift of God which Reaching out to the professions BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol the second year we have done this. The is human freedom. Pope John Paul II, as a [email protected] other time was in the year of the Great good teacher, defined this freedom clearly: The church must touch the men and Jubilee 2000. 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As Pope John Paul II put it in a on the Red Sox News deadline is the Monday morn- ‘Ex Corde Ecclesiae’ poetic but beautiful reflection: The baseball team that surely would take ing before publication date. years of my life has won the division. Why Advertising deadline is nine days This is a historic document of Pope John “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the is that important? It is important because before publication date. Paul II written in 1992. A cardinal who human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; that means the Yankees finished second. worked on it with the Holy Father told me and God has placed in the human heart a desire to The ever-advancing Bronx Bombers were LETTERS POLICY: Today’s Catholic wel- that the pope considered it a kind of magna know the truth — in a word, to know himself — held off by two games, but they finished comes original, signed letters about carta for Catholic universities. 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State Department, I’ve asked our congressman’s office — I’m talk- STATEMENT FROM BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY ing to everyone in Washington that REFUGEE I can think of — and talking to CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 them about pacing the amount of arrivals so that the community can Concerning and gather donated items to help absorb and find services … in a the refugees set up housekeeping. more organized fashion,” Schmidt the refugee crisis The number of refugees said. assigned to a community is con- Catholic Charities is notified Pope Benedict XVI has said that welcoming and assisting refugees is a trolled by the U.S. Department of through fax and given a 10-day concrete sign of gospel love. Speaking at the United Nations World State, not Catholic Charities. So notice that a refugee will be arriv- Refugee Day the Holy Father spoke of the importance of international Schmidt has written Congressman ing. In just the week before the attention “to those who are forced to flee their countries because of real Mark Souder, asking his assistance community meeting, Catholic dangers in their lives.” “To welcome and give hospitality to refugees is in getting the Department of State Charities received 67 faxes for an obligatory gesture in solidarity,” said the pope, and for Christians it is to slow down the flow of refugees resettlement. Schmidt expected a “concrete way to demonstrate Gospel love.” to a more manageable number. that number to slow down for just This is the reason why Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Souder spokesman Mark Green two weeks, but there could possi- Wayne-South Bend has been, for over 50 years, a key instrument in wel- told Today’s Catholic that Souder bly be 130 more refugees by the coming refugees to this country. Whether it was the young Cuban boys shares Schmidt’s concerns and has end of the year. that came in many years ago after the Cuban revolution and who are now written the Departments of State, “As for the numbers next year, a full part of our community, and of which two became priests and one a Homeland Security and Health we don’t know what those num- bishop, or whether it is the Cambodians or those from Burma, they have and Human Services. bers will be,” Schmidt said. “We been welcomed and taken care of here regardless of their faith or nation- The Department of State works have been saying that we would al origin. with 10 voluntary agencies to set- agree to 200 refugees like we nor- Refugees are different from immigrants. They are processed by the tle refugees. The United States mally would have in Fort Wayne. United Nations in far away camps and our State Department sends them Conference of Catholic Bishops is Most likely, that number will be to this city and to others. They have experienced persecution. Catholic one of those agencies, and through much larger. ... And we won’t Charities, working with the State Department and The United States its local affiliates like Catholic know that number until we start Conference of Catholic Bishops, cannot determine how many come here. Charities, the USCCB settles getting faxes. What we want to do That is determined by the United States government. But in the spirit of between one-fourth and one-third in our organization is prepare for a the Gospel, we welcome them. of all refugees entering this coun- TIM JOHNSON larger number and hope this does- In recent months the number has increased. I have written to our fed- try. Nyein Chan, who was a Burmese n’t happen all next year.” eral legislators, as well as to members of the United States Congress and Charles Evans, coordinator for refugee, now works with Catholic Schmidt has requested that only so has Debbie Schmidt our executive director of Catholic Charities. We Program Development and Charities in resettling refugees. anchors be used, meaning that have indicated we are still willing to do this Gospel work, but that they Information Resources for the U.S. He spoke of the history and the refugees must have a sponsor or must come at a slower pace. After all, we must be good neighbors. We Bishops’ Department of Migration current situation in Burma, now someone they know in Fort Wayne cannot overwhelm our health structure and our schools. who could assist them. Others For this reason, our Catholic Charities director recently hosted a meet- and Refugee Services told Today’s called Myanmar, at a community would be diverted to communities ing of various agencies. We will continue to work with the federal and Catholic his department is aware information meeting on Sept. 24 of the strain on the Fort Wayne such as Indianapolis, Lansing and state representatives and with the members of the United States Congress at the Archbishop Noll Catholic South Bend. Congressman from Indiana to see if we can slow the pace to a rate that the city of Fort community because of the sudden Center. From that meeting, work- increase in refugees. Souder’s office did notify Schmidt Wayne can handle in a way that is appropriate and respects the dignity of ing committees were formed from Evans said that sometimes the that Fort Wayne would no longer those who are coming and also those who are receiving them. State Department cannot spread community leaders charged with receive free cases, just anchor Let us welcome these refugees as we would welcome Christ. For that out the flow of refugees because a handling the unexpected addi- cases. is our obligation. Let us also pray for the situation in Burma (Myanmar) “bulge” of refugees may be tional Burmese refugees in Fort Schmidt said that once the that a solution which is fair and just to all may be found. released all at once. Indeed, news Wayne. Burmese refugees are in Fort reports indicate that refugee camps Wayne, they are eager to get to in Thailand hold more than health board that they must start work, and many employers are 140,000 Burmese refugees, and charging everyone, though she eager to hire them. The refugees Community meeting provides information severe overcrowding has prompted worries this may be a disincentive receive assistance for only eight months, and then they are on their Department also works with the the United States to start accepting for people to seek treatment, TIM JOHNSON larger numbers of Burmese. which could be dangerous for the own. Department of Homeland All the Burmese being settled community when infectious dis- Since many of the refugees are Security and both must accept in Fort Wayne this year already eases are involved. She plans to children, and much of the refugee FORT WAYNE — Catholic the refugee. have family in the community, institute a sliding scale fee based housing is located in the same Charities sponsored an informa- Evans said, explaining that when a on ability to pay. school boundaries, this has put tion forum on Sept. 24 to provide Where is Burma? stress on East Allen County refugee has family in a communi- The system is flawed, she told background on the refugee reset- Catholic Charities’ Nyein Schools, where 40 additional ty, he has the right to be assigned Today’s Catholic, because local tlement program and information Chan, a former Burmese refugee Burmese children recently were there. communities don’t have a choice about Burma. himself who now works with the assigned to one elementary school. “It’s a tough case because these about how many refugees they can Refugee Resettlement Program, While the children are immersed are family reunifications,” Evans accept at a particular time, the explained the crisis that led to into an English as Second said. local community does not receive What is a refugee? the resettlement of many of his Language program, translators are Dr. McMahan of the Allen enough funding to cover all the Diann Bates, the state refugee people into the country. Burma is needed, and so are additional County Health Department told refugees’ needs, and there is no coordinator, said that a refugee is located in Southeast Asia. It was classrooms. Today’s Catholic that the commu- communication from the federal a person who has had to flee his a part of the British Empire in Diann Bates of FSSA told nity wants to be welcoming, but level to local health departments or or her home country out of well- the 1800s. It became independent Today’s Catholic that federal the large numbers have over- schools. founded fears of persecution. For in 1948. In 1962, there was a school impact grants are being extended the capacity of commu- “It’s wonderful that the United the Burmese, whose country is military coupe. And in 1988, used to help local schools deal nity resources. She said she does States is doing this, but it’s not now called Myanmar, the perse- there was a nationwide uprising with the influx of refugee students. not have the staff or funding to wonderful to the local communi- cution stems from those wanting where many thousands were shot These grants may not cover all the address all the health needs of the ties because they’re absorbing all a democratically elected official and killed. In 1990, parliamen- students costs, but can usually local community plus the Burmese the burden. I think we’re really to take control of the now-mili- tary elections democratically place a coordinator in the building refugees, about half of whom have highlighting a problem here that tary imposed government. elected a leader, but she has been to identify resources to help the latent tuberculosis that must be needs to be addressed at the feder- Bates said the main thing held under house arrest and the children, such as reduced-cost treated with antibiotics. al level,” Dr. McMahan said. every refugee desires is to return military still holds power. lunches, etc. Additionally, many arriving Dr. McMahan and Schmidt home. The United Nations works Chan showed a refugee camp Bates added that the state is refugees don’t have any immu- joined Indiana State Refugee with the countries to determine if in Thailand, Mae Hla, which is actively trying to find ways to nizations, which the health depart- Coordinator Diann Bates of the this is possible. When this does overcrowded and lacks sanitary directly fund Allen and Marion ment needs to administer. Indiana Family and Social not seem possible, then the conditions. counties, both of which are settling Taking care of 200 refugees Services Administration as presen- nations such as the United States, Chan estimates that 1,350 to large numbers of refugees. over the course of a year was man- ters at a community meeting at the Canada and Australia, and others 1,400 Burmese have been reset- “Fort Wayne has settled a lot of ageable, she said, but taking care Archbishop Noll Catholic Center as well in Europe begin lengthy tled in Fort Wayne as primary refugees, and there is a lot of of 180 in three weeks is a very dif- Sept. 24. They discussed the reset- screening processes to bring the resettlement. But many more, expertise there, but the amount this ferent situation in terms of staff tlement of refugees, offered some refugees into the country. who were settled somewhere year has really given the commu- and funding. Refugees are eligible background on Burma, discussed “We are the country that else, have relocated to Fort nity a lot of challenges,” Bates for federal medical assistance steps Catholic Charities has taken receives the largest numbers of Wayne to be near other family said. “But I’m very impressed funding and for Medicaid for the to pace the arrivals, and identified refugees,” Bates said when con- members. with the way the county has first eight months they are in the needs of the Burmese refugees. sidering the shear numbers. Most of these people, accord- come together to try to deal with country, but these sources often Schmidt reported that the State The U.S. president sets the ing to Chan, are Buddhist, but the issues.” don’t cover all their needs. Plus, Department and the USCCB number of refugees that will be there are a number of Christian federal regulations require expect that the largest number of admitted into the United States. and Muslim people. The providers to bill all patients if they refugees to resettle in the United The Department of State goes Burmese speak several dialects are going to bill Medicaid patients, States in 2008 will be the into the refugee camps to con- and one of the difficulties has Dr. McMahan explained. Burmese. Tim Johnson contributed to this duct interviews. The State been to procure translators. Thus, Dr. McMahan told the “What I’ve done, I’ve asked the story. 4 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 7, 2007 Love others and help God change the world, Archbishop Chaput says

BY MIKE KROKOS “What all the sacred texts of tense’ of God’s plan for history other religions have in common is and for each of our lives,” he said. that they’re essentially wisdom lit- The church exists to “proclaim INDIANAPOLIS — We are all a erature. They’re collections of God’s love and the Good News of part of God’s unfolding plan. noble teachings aimed at helping Jesus Christ to the ends of the As Catholics, we believe defi- believers live ethically and find the earth,” Archbishop Chaput contin- nite things about our role in salva- right path to peace or happiness or ued. “We’re here to make disciples tion history. enlightenment,” he said. of all nations.” Our mission on earth must cen- The Bible also aims to make That task falls on all of us, the ter on the reason why God made people wise, Archbishop Chaput archbishop said, not just members each of us: to be holy and “help said. “But it does much more. It of the clergy. him in his plan to share his love seeks to lead them to salvation, “The demands of holiness with the whole world.” which is much more than enlight- apply to every one of us — and in That message was shared by enment.” a special way to husbands and Denver Archbishop Charles J. While the Old Testament fathers who have the task of lead- Chaput, one of the keynote speak- begins with a step-by-step report ing us,” he said. “No excuses. No ers at the second annual Indiana of the first day in the history of the exceptions.” Catholic Men’s Conference, on world, the New Testament contin- The church also exists to Sept. 22 at the Indiana Convention ues that history, Archbishop change sinners into saints, the Center in Indianapolis. Chaput said. archbishop noted. “To be Catholic is to be very The precise historical markers “This is no ordinary human CNS PHOTO/REUTERS unique among the world’s believ- throughout the Bible help us in not institution,” Archbishop Chaput A man prays at a Buddhist temple occupied by soldiers in Yangon, ers. To be a Catholic means believ- only understanding the life of said. “In fact, there’s never been Myanmar, Oct. 1. At his Sept. 30 blessing, Pope Benedict XVI called for a ing that you are a part of a vast Adam and Eve and their descen- anything like the Catholic Church peaceful resolution to the unrest in Myanmar and urged the entire historical project. And it’s not our dants, they assist us in learning in the history of the world. And church to pray for the country. project. It’s God’s,” Archbishop about Jesus of Nazareth, and the there won’t ever be again.” Chaput told the more than 1,000 community he founded, the For the church to be renewed men in attendance. church, he added. and revitalized, the renewal must “Being Catholic means believ- As Catholics, we believe in the begin inside each of us, the arch- ing that since the beginning of Incarnation and are “the only reli- bishop said. Pope appeals for peace in time God has been working out his gion to remember our founder’s “As Catholic men, you have an own hidden purposes in the history executioner by name every time ‘ecclesial’ being and identity. of nations and in the biography of we profess our faith (in the You’re leaders by virtue of your Myanmar, asks for prayers every person. He’s still unfolding Apostles’ Creed),” Archbishop vocation as husbands and fathers, his purposes today, and each of us Chaput noted. and the church is where you CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy South Korea, the pope hailed here has a part to play in his divine “Pontius Pilate and Mary are belong,” he said. “It’s where God (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI recent important developments in plan.” mentioned by name in the creed. called you to be. In the church, appealed for a peaceful resolution the dialogue between the two Sponsored by the Marian Why? The reference to Mary, his you will find God’s will for your to the crisis in Myanmar and Koreas. Center in Indianapolis, the title of mother, guarantees Christ’s life.” urged the entire church to pray for “These give hope that the rec- the conference was “Lions humanity,” he said. “The reference In our mission to be holy, we the Asian country. onciliation efforts under way can Breathing Fire: Living the to Pilate, who condemned him to must work against the “practical Speaking at his Sunday bless- be consolidated, to the advantage Catholic Faith.” Taken from a death, guarantees his historicity.” atheism” that has become a world ing Sept. 30, the pope also encour- of the Korean people and to the homily by St. John Chrysostom, a The creed not only tells us religion, Archbishop Chaput said. aged dialogue between North and benefit of peace and stability in fourth-century saint, it describes about the past. It also speaks to the The late Pope John Paul II wrote South Korea and asked the world the entire region,” he said. what people should be like after future, where “we believe Jesus about that challenge in “Memory not to forget the suffering caused The day the pope spoke, the receiving Communion. Christ will come again in glory to and Identity,” his last book fin- by poverty and recent flooding in latest round of six-nation talks on In his presentation, “Renewing usher in a kingdom that will have ished just before his death in 2005. African countries. North and South Korea recessed the Church, Converting the World- no end,” Archbishop Chaput said. How can we convert the world? The pope’s comments on after reaching a draft agreement Reclaiming our Catholic Mission,” “If the Incarnation represents Through divine love, which Myanmar came after at least 10 on North Korean nuclear disarma- the archbishop compared the Bible the past, and the Second Coming “remains the most revolutionary people were reported killed when ment. Meanwhile, North and to the sacred books of other world represents the future, then the idea in the world,” Archbishop the country’s military junta South Korean representatives were religions. church is always the ‘present Chaput said. cracked down on anti-government preparing to hold a historic three- protests. day summit in early October. “I am following with great The pope also recalled the 40th trepidation the extremely serious anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s events in Myanmar, and I want to social encyclical, “Populorum express my spiritual closeness to Progressio.” He said the encyclical this dear people as they pass had examined the causes of world through a moment of difficult hunger and poverty, among them trial,” the pope said. servitude to others and the inabili- “While assuring my sympathet- ty to control nature. ic and intense prayers and inviting “Unfortunately, some popula- the entire church to do likewise, I tions suffer from both these fac- 600 One Summit Square • Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 express the hope that a peaceful tors combined,” the pope said. He solution may be found for the cited the recent flooding that has 260-423-9440 good of the country,” he said. ravaged Sudan and more than 20 In late September, government other African countries. CHICAGO • ELKHART • FORT WAYNE • GRAND RAPIDS • INDIANAPOLIS • SOUTH BEND • WASHINGTON, D.C. soldiers violently dispersed He said people should not for- demonstrations led by Buddhist get the many humanitarian emer- monks in Yangon, Myanmar’s gencies in today’s world, in which capital, firing on crowds, occupy- the conflicts over political and ing or barricading Buddhist economic power end up aggravat- All Saints monasteries and arresting many of ing poor living conditions for local the monks. populations. 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BY BETH GRIFFIN there will not be a violent deluge. but the shock of the American perspective to youth group To abandon these people would be departure may provide the catalyst an act of moral dereliction.” for Iraq to solve its own problems NEW YORK (CNS) — The Elshtain cautioned, “There is no and the catalyst for regional pow- opened up even wider. There’s an United States has a moral obliga- ‘sell-by’ date on this issue. Some ers to help. BY LAUREN CAGGIANO injustice here,” she said. tion to the people of Iraq that must calls for getting out immediately “It is the obligation of the The youth ministry director be met regardless of when U.S. are irresponsible.” Muslims to keep their house in FORT WAYNE — For Margaret said she helps the teens “connect troops ultimately withdraw from She said, “We’re still in Europe order. Iraq was a mess before the Digan, the St. Charles Parish, the dots” and understand the cor- that country. 60 years after World War II,” but U.S. intervention. The responsi- Fort Wayne, director of youth relation between what’s happen- That was the conclusion of the noted that the postwar situation in bility lies with the Arab states ministry, Catholic social teaching ing (in Burma) and here. panelists at “Exit or No Exit? Iraq is unlike that in Europe. “This and their leaders, who made it all is more about action than text- Digan said she became partic- Morality and Withdrawal from is not like fighting fascism. A possible and necessary by turning book theory. ularly adamant about social jus- Iraq,” a New York forum held wholesale change to democracy is a blind eye (to Iraq’s aggression When a nursing instructor tice, after taking an online course Sept. 18 and attended by 450 peo- not possible,” she said. against Iran),” Hashmi said. from Indiana-Purdue Universities on Catholic social teaching ple on the Lincoln Center campus Michael Walzer, a political Powers said attention must be at Fort Wayne (IPFW) through the University of Notre of Jesuit-run Fordham University. philosopher at the Institute for given “to an ethic of responsibili- approached her about collecting Dame. “We must distinguish between Advanced Study in Princeton, ty. As a temporary, substitute personal toiletry items for an “I wanted to see how I could the ethics of intervention and the N.J., said that it is not possible to political authority, what the U.S. upcoming event, Digan knew it raise awareness to the youth,” ethics of exit,” said Gerard F. get 160,000 troops, 90,000 con- owes Iraqis is akin to what the was the perfect project for her Digan said. Powers, director of policy studies tracted workers and 40,000 U.S. owes its own citizens ... and youth group. The instructor had a Regarding Catholic social at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for armored vehicles out of Iraq in one not all that different, morally, simple request that the youth teaching, Digan said the initial International Peace Studies at the year without repeating the “igno- than our duties to help the people group collect the much needed challenge was educating the teens University of Notre Dame and for- minious end” to the Vietnam War. of New Orleans recover from items, but Digan wanted to “raise about the reality of homelessness mer director of the U.S. bishops’ Walzer said that the U.S. obli- Hurricane Katrina.” the bar” and include the parish in Fort Wayne. Many adults are Office of International Justice and gations include securing the Kurds “The U.S. is deeply implicated community. not even aware of the presence of Peace. and the Sunnis; guaranteeing the in the turmoil in Iraq,” Powers “Why don’t we make it a the homeless in our area, Digan “The U.S. intervention may safety of those who have helped said. “The U.S. role in Iraq might parish (effort)?” she suggested. said. have been an optional, immoral the United States or put them- not be ‘ancient,’ but it is very A few members of the youth Solidarity is a buzzword that war, but the post-intervention U.S. selves at risk; and contributing to much a part of any hatreds there. group spoke about the project at comes up time and time again in involvement is not an optional the cost of resettling Iraqi The United States can no more the weekend Masses Sept. 15-16, Catholic social teaching. Digan moral commitment,” he said. refugees, while finding a way to walk away with a clear con- and then the collection was held challenges the students to get out Quoting the U.S. Catholic bish- continue the struggle against ter- science than a father can abandon Sept. 21-22. of their comfort zones and “look ops, Powers said that the U.S. rorism. the mother of his illegitimate Under Digan’s direction, the at the underprivileged and see the intervention “has brought with it a “Strenuous diplomatic effort is child.” youth group recently collected face of Christ.” new set of moral responsibilities to needed to get other countries Walzer said that the U.S. has about 1,000 toiletry items, includ- The group will debate relevant help Iraqis secure and rebuild their engaged,” said Walzer. “Talk an obligation to try to stop ethnic ing shampoo and deodorant, to social justice issues, but Digan country and to address the conse- won’t produce results if we are in cleansing in Iraq. “No human donate to the “under-served, unin- said she also boils it down to one quences of war for the region and retreat.” being is off the hook when mass sured and underinsured” popula- core principle. the world.” Sohail Hashmi, associate pro- murder is going on — and cer- tion of the area. According to “What’s the bottom line?” she Jean Bethke Elshtain, the Laura fessor of international relations at tainly not the most powerful state Digan, the items will be handed asks. “To know him ... to love Spelman Rockefeller professor of Mount Holyoke College, said that in the world.” Walzer also said out in goody bags at the 17th him ... to serve him.” social and political ethics at the the U.S. should withdraw from that the U.S. government has a annual Healthy Cities Fair Oct. Digan said the youth group University of Chicago Divinity Iraq as soon as possible, leaving a responsibility to keep track of 26, where those in need can has plans to work with Catholic School said: “We cannot separate small contingent of forces to train civilian casualties. At the very receive health screenings and free Charities to tutor refugees in mid- the morality of exit from the con- Iraqis and work as part of a multi- least, he said, “proportionality personal hygiene items. October.” The “human contact” sequences of exit. We have a lateral effort. calculations require it.” But the toiletry drive is just the will be another eye opener for the moral obligation to see it through, Hashmi said, “If we leave Iraq tip of the iceberg. students. “They’re really helping so that after the American exit, soon, the civil war may escalate, “I’m giving (the students) bits us learn ‘Wow, I have so much,’” and pieces about Catholic social she said. teaching,” she said. But Digan won’t stop here. Digan said she initiates discus- She said she has a hidden agenda sion about relevant social justice to incorporate Catholic social issues, such as what is being done teaching in the students’ daily to cater to the recent influx of lives. Burmese refugees. “Why are we “I’m taking it one more step 915 South Clinton Street • Fort Wayne • Corner Clinton & Washington doing this?” she proposes as a further with social justice,” she rhetorical question. “My eyes get said. 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$1 million remains and must be Bishops mark 100th made by Oct. 1, 2009, he said. anniversary of first Bishop Skylstad said the diocese “has incurred approximately $3.4 Byzantine bishop in U.S. million in debt to date, which includes payment for trade credi- PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — EWS RIEFS N B tors by January 2008.” He said he Ukrainian and Latin-rite Catholic would “continue fundraising to bishops from around the world cel- reduce the level of debt, so that ebrated the 100th anniversary of the ministry support in eastern arrival of the first Byzantine bishop CHIEF JUSTICE SPEAKS WITH WASHINGTON ARCHBISHOP Washington can continue.” Under in the United States, an event coin- the terms of the settlement plan, the ciding with the first worldwide 176 childhood victims of abuse by Eastern Catholic synod in the priests or other church personnel in United States. When Bishop the diocese will receive compensa- Stephen Soter Ortynsky arrived in tion ranging from $15,000 to $1.5 America to lead those “who had million, depending on several fac- come to the shores of the United tors, including the severity of the States (from Eastern Europe) look- abuse and whether or not the statute ing for freedom and for a better of limitations had run out before the life,” his task was twofold, said claim was made. Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Kiev- Halych, Ukraine. First, Bishop Ortynsky had to establish and Copper theft at organize ecclesial life to help the immigrants spiritually, the cardinal Colorado Springs said during his Sept. 30 homily at cathedral part of the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in nationwide trend Philadelphia. Then “he had to explain to his brother bishops of the COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Latin rite ... who were these immi- (CNS) — This summer when sec- grants,” the cardinal said. The tions of copper drain pipes on the Eastern Catholics had a different outside of St. Mary’s Cathedral in culture and liturgical tradition and downtown Colorado Springs were were “so different that it seemed CNS PHOTO/JASON REED, REUTERS stolen, the church became the vic- impossible to integrate them into tim of a crime that has become a the American life,” said Cardinal Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington walk into nationwide trend. Around the coun- Husar. the sunlight after the Red Mass at St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington Sept. 30. The try, thieves have been stealing cop- per to sell to scrap metal recyclers, annual Mass is celebrated traditionally the Sunday before the new Supreme Court ses- sometimes fetching hundreds of Pope ordains bishops, sion begins. dollars for each section they sell. Prices have soared on the com- asks them to serve as of one of the white cassocks worn Tauran began and ended his mes- ignation of Bishop Victor H. Balke modities market recently, with cop- ‘guardian angels’ by the late pope. The cards and sage by expressing the church’s of Crookston, Minn., and appointed per going for more than $3 per relics are offered free of charge to “warmest greetings” to the Islamic as his successor Msgr. Michael J. pound. A church custodian noticed VATICAN CITY (CNS) — those requesting them, but the world. But the text touched on a Hoeppner, vicar general of the missing sections of the drain pipes Ordaining new bishops for the first office has sometimes encouraged number of sensitive issues, espe- Diocese of Winona, Minn. on the outside of St. Mary’s time in his pontificate, Pope donations for postage. More recent- cially those of religious liberty, vio- Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic Cathedral in June. Thieves tore out Benedict XVI called six men to be ly, its Web site ran a more general lence and terrorism. nuncio to the United States, what was easiest to reach and “guardian angels” of the people invitation to make a “free-will announced the changes in grabbed about a half-dozen sections entrusted to their care. Celebrating offering for the cause.” That appar- Washington Sept. 28. The of the pipes along the west and the ordinations in St. Peter’s ently caused enough confusion to Pope names Italian announcement came one day shy of south sides of the church, netting 7- Basilica Sept. 29, the feast of Sts. spur press reports of the sale of church historian to head Bishop Balke’s 76th birthday. He foot sections at a time. The inside Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, relics. In late September, the dioce- submitted his resignation when he plaza that is locked at night was archangels, Pope Benedict told the san Web site posted interviews with Vatican newspaper turned 75 last September. Canon unaffected. The church’s loss, new bishops that, like angels, their church officials emphasizing that law requires all bishops to submit which was reported to police and entire beings must be oriented the relics were not for sale and VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope their resignation to the pope when the diocesan insurer, is estimated at toward God, and their mission is to never have been. “Relics absolutely Benedict XVI has chosen an Italian they turn 75. Bishop-designate $1,800, and the chances of tracing be messengers of God. Pope cannot be bought or sold because church historian, Giovanni Maria Hoeppner, 58, will be ordained and the stolen copper were slim. Benedict first laid his hands on the they are sacred objects, they have Vian, as the new director of the installed as the seventh bishop of head of Coadjutor Archbishop no price. The problem of the sale of Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore the Diocese of Crookston Nov. 30. Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki of the relics is widespread on the Internet, Romano. Vian, 55, has taught Winona Bishop Bernard J. Pope sends greetings to Latin-rite Archdiocese of Lviv, and let me say that this is a sacri- patristic philology at the Rome uni- Harrington applauded the appoint- new Romanian Ukraine; he had been the assistant lege,” Msgr. Marco Frisina, who versity La Sapienza and has been a ment, describing Bishop-designate personal secretary of Pope John heads the liturgy office in the longtime contributor to the Italian Hoeppner as “well prepared and Orthodox patriarch Paul II and served as Pope Catholic newspaper Avvenire. He Diocese of Rome, said in one of the well qualified.” “I know the people VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict’s assistant secretary for interviews. has specialized in studies on early and the clergy of the Diocese of the past two years. The others Christianity and Judaism and on the Benedict XVI sent warm greetings Crookston will welcome him with and words of ecumenical encour- ordained were: Archbishops contemporary papacy. He replaces open arms and work with him to Francesco Brugnaro of Camerino- In message to Muslims, Mario Agnes, who directed the agement to the newly elected head build up the church of Crookston,” of the Romanian Orthodox Church, San Severino Marche, Italy; newspaper for 23 years. The he said. Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the cardinal touches on Vatican announced the appointment Patriarch Daniel. After expressing Pontifical Council for Culture; violence, terrorism Sept. 29. Vian is the author of more his joy at the inauguration of the Tommaso Caputo, nuncio to Malta than 80 specialist publications and Spokane Diocese moves patriarch’s ministry, the pope said and to Libya; and Bishops Sergio VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a academic commentaries. His book, Catholic-Orthodox relations should Pagano, prefect of the Vatican message to the Muslim world, a “The Donation of Constantine,” toward bankruptcy end be strengthened “in order to Secret Archives, and Vincenzo di leading Vatican official denounced published in 2004, examines the with $5 million respond to the present needs of Mauro, secretary of the Prefecture terrorism and all violence commit- relationship between the papacy Europe and the world on the reli- for the Economic Affairs of the ted in the name of religion. The and politics. The Vatican also payment gious and social levels.” He said, Holy See. message also took aim at religious announced the appointment of the “The common witness of discrimination, saying the rights of newspaper’s new vice director, SPOKANE, Wash. (CNS) — In Christians is increasingly necessary all believers must be protected dur- Carlo Di Cicco. Di Cicco, 63, has what Bishop William S. Skylstad to respond to our common vocation Diocese of Rome says ing the “troubled times we are pass- been director of the Italian Catholic called “just one small step toward and the urgent needs of our time.” ing through.” The text, released by news agency ASCA. Accredited as healing for the victims,” the The pope’s message was read aloud sale of relics is the Vatican Sept. 28, marked the a journalist at the Vatican since Diocese of Spokane was to wire $5 after an enthronement liturgy for sacrilegious end of Ramadan, the Islamic month 1973, he is considered one of the million Oct. 1 to a trust account set the new patriarch Sept. 30 in of prayer and fasting that concludes most knowledgeable reporters on up to pay the claims of those sexu- Bucharest, Romania. A Vatican del- VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The in mid-October. It was written by the Vatican beat. ally abused by clergy in the dio- egation headed by Cardinal Walter Diocese of Rome has underlined Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, who cese. The payment to the Plan Kasper, the Vatican’s chief ecu- that the sale of relics is sacrilegious, took over as head of the Pontifical Trustee Trust Account, as stipulated menist, attended. Patriarch Daniel, following media reports that bits of Council for Interreligious Dialogue Crookston, Minn., by the bankruptcy reorganization 56, who was elected by the garments worn by Pope John Paul earlier this year. Christians and bishop retires; priest plan approved in April, brings the Romanian Orthodox synod Sept. II were being sold online. The Muslims, the cardinal said, need to diocese “one step closer to fulfilling 12, is regarded as a modernizer Rome diocesan office charged with intensify their dialogue so that named successor the requirements of the plan and within his church and open to ecu- promoting Pope John Paul’s saint- younger generations “do not concluding the Chapter 11 reorgan- menism. He replaced Patriarch hood cause has been distributing become cultural or religious blocs WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope ization,” Bishop Skylstad said in a Teoctist, who died in July at age 92. prayer cards and relics, tiny pieces opposed to each other.” Cardinal Benedict XVI has accepted the res- Sept. 27 statement. A payment of OCTOBER 7, 2007 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 7

935-1780 weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 St. Aloysius to sponsor p.m. or e-mail: parish mission [email protected]. Register early. Seating is limited. YODER — St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Yoder is sponsoring a Write a Will Campaign parish mission in mid-October. AROUND THE DIOCESE There will be five consecutive visits Catholic sites evenings of prayer, singing and reflections in response to the FORT WAYNE — In October, 21 preaching of Father Robert Halter, JOHN LEHNER ELECTED 43RD FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR nonprofit organizations will offer CSsR, a Redemptorist priest from free sample wills to individuals Chicago. The Redemptorists have who agree to leave a bequest in a long history of preaching parish their will to a charitable organiza- missions in the United States. tion. Called Leave a Legacy’s The parish mission is an extraor- Write a Will Campaign, this annu- dinary preaching event. God’s word al event helps to make individuals is proclaimed through the Bible and aware that simply leaving a dona- through the life, learning and per- tion to a charity of their choice can sonal experience of the preacher. make a difference for years to The St. Aloysius Parish mission come. begins Sunday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. Of the 21 nonprofits involved and continues each of the next four with the Write a Will Day events, evenings, concluding on Thursday the following Catholic institutions evening with the celebration of a are involved: Mass. • St. Vincent de Paul Catholic The mission theme is “Behold Church, 1720 E. Wallen Rd., Fort the Face of Christ: His Steadfast Wayne, Oct. 15-19 at various Love Endures Forever” in conjunc- times. Contact Kyle Davis for an tion with the Sesquicentennial appointment at (260) 489-3537 Jubilee Year theme of the Diocese ext. 247 or e-mail: of Fort Wayne-South Bend. [email protected]. The themes, symbols, topics and • University of Saint Francis, goals of the preaching, reflections Bass Mansion, 2701 Spring St., and renewal are different each Fort Wayne, Oct. 17, 3:30-6:30 evening: p.m. Call Jane Gerardot for an • Oct. 14, 7 p.m. — The symbol appointment at (260) 486-6016. is the Bible, representing God’s communications to all people. The St. Vincent de Paul Parish topic is salvation, God’s dream for PROVIDED BY ELMER J. DANCH to present Catholicism our happiness ... and our response. Passing the traditional gavel to a new regime of officers is Stephen Elek, Jr., past faithful The goal is to deepen acceptance of Revealed series God’s tremendous love for all. navigator of the Father Nieuwland Assembly 242, Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus, FORT WAYNE — The popular • Oct. 15, 7 p.m. — The symbol center, to John J. Lehner, newly elected 43rd faithful navigator of the 10-council assem- is the crucifix, representing Jesus’ series Catholicism Revealed at St. way of life through death. The topic bly located in South Bend. At the right is Elmer J. Danch, first navigator of the assembly, Vincent de Paul Parish in Fort Wayne will return this month as is Jesus as savior: Who is Jesus? which was organized in 1943 and named in honor of Father Julius A. Nieuwland, profes- The goal is to renew personal faith the parish explores “the who, in Jesus. sor of organic chemistry at the University of Notre Dame and a founder of synthetic rub- what, when, where and why’s of Catholicism.” • Oct. 16, 7 p.m. — The symbol ber. this night is the Easter candle, rep- The sessions are held at 7 p.m. resenting the risen Jesus, the Lord on Mondays in the St. Vincent de of light and healing. The topic is Paul Church. The rosary is prayed sin, reconciliation and healing, liv- Confirmation Rally that confirmation is the beginning Pets will follow Mass at 6:15 p.m. at 6:30 p.m., and those attending ing the life of conversion. The goal of a lifelong journey with the Holy at the main (north) entrance of the sessions are also welcome to is to be freed of the burden of sin- information sent for Spirit. Besides catechesis and Trinity Hall. All pets and their arrive early to participate. fulness, and of past grudges and Nov. 3 youth event music, the youth have prayerful owners are invited to receive a The following speakers are pains. sacramental times. special blessing from university scheduled: • Oct. 17, 7 p.m. — The symbol NORTH MANCHESTER — The The sacrament of reconcilia- chaplain Father John Stecher. • Monday, Oct. 15 — Father this night is bread, representing diocesan Office of Catechesis and tion is an important part of the As a service project, Campus Dan Scheidt will be speaking on Jesus, the bread of life. The topic is the Office of Youth Ministry and retreat and many priests assist at Ministry will offer the opportunity the topic “Behold the Lamb of the Eucharist, nourishment for Spiritual Formation will host the the rally to offer Christ’s forgive- to make greeting cards for the God,” which will deal with issues strength in the journey through life. 2007 confirmation rally on ness to the hundreds of youth who retired Sisters at St. Francis surrounding the Eucharist in The goal is appreciation of the Saturday, Nov. 3, at Manchester attend. Confessions are planned so Woods in Frankfort, Ill., and the today’s life. What does the real Eucharist and how this grace College in North Manchester. The that priests are able to choose a residents of Provena Sacred Heart presence mean? Why do priests strengthens the witness of faith to theme of the rally is Spiritus time that is convenient for them to Home in Avilla. This will also be alone consecrate bread and wine others. Sanctus: The Original get back in time for parish respon- Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in during our Mass? These ques- • Oct. 18, 7 p.m. — The symbol Transformer. sibilities. the Campus Ministry building. tions and more will be answered this night is the altar, representing Information packets have been “With God’s grace and all our during Father Scheidt’s presenta- Jesus pouring himself out for all. mailed to all parish directors of efforts Spiritus Sanctus: The Lindenwood hold tion. The topic is the mission, the calling religious education, school princi- Original Transformer will be a ‘Caregiver Day Away’ • Monday, Oct. 22 — Theresa to go out and share in the work of pals and youth ministers in the memorable, Spirit-filled day in the Thomas, contributor to Today’s Jesus Christ and the church. The diocese. With a Friday, Oct. 19, lives of our youth of our diocese DONALDSON — Registrations Catholic, will present the topic goal is to become more aware of deadline approaching, registration preparing for the sacrament of are now being taken for the pro- “When Mother Mary Comes how all need to go forth and pro- is offered on a first come-first confirmation,” wrote Sister Jane gram, “Caregiver’s Day Away,” a Visiting: The Role of the Blessed claim the good news. serve basis. Carew, diocesan director of cate- day for caregivers to let God’s Mother in a Modern Catholic’s Catholics and non-Catholics The cost is $25 per participant. chesis, and Cindy Black, diocesan love and grace replenish, affirm Life” from the surrounding area are invit- This fee covers relevant catecheti- director of youth ministry in the and energize them. A break from • Monday, Oct. 29 — Marilyn ed to attend the mission. There will cal sessions, music, a keynote rally information letter. constant giving, this is to be a day Fech, theology teacher at Bishop be refreshments and socializing speaker, lunch and a confirmation of receiving, sharing and encour- Luers High School in Fort Wayne, each evening after the service (only rally t-shirt. USF celebrates feast of agement. will discuss “In The Beginning,” one-hour-and-15 minutes long). The day includes an opening St. Francis of Assisi The facilitator is Poor the early history, persecutions and Also, there will be childcare pro- session, three round-robin ses- Handmaid of Jesus Christ Sister events that conspired to work vided for families with children age sions, a concert featuring FORT WAYNE — The University Jeanne Koehler, a former teacher against the early church, which, 6 and under. Please contact Karen Catholic-Christian group Popple, of Saint Francis announces four and professor. She is currently despite all odds, grew through the Freiburger at (260) 639-6927 for a keynote address and the closing special events to celebrate the spiritual counselor and partner work of the Holy Spirit. prior childcare arrangements. Mass celebrated by Bishop John patron saint of the university, St. with individuals on their spiritual • Monday, Nov. 5 — Vilius Transportation will be available M. D’Arcy. The closing liturgy is Francis of Assisi. Sponsored by journeys. Lapas, an attorney with a bache- within the community. For further a lively, but reverent experience of the Center for Franciscan Spirit The program will be Monday, lor’s degree in theology, will general info regarding the mission the body of Christ at work in the and Life and the University of Oct. 22, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The pro- speak about “Where Have All the visit the parish Web site at Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Saint Francis Campus Ministry, gram fee is $35, which includes Miracles Gone?” and discuss the www.saintaloysiuscatholicchurch. Bend. all events are open to the public at the main noon meal and the book, corporal works of mercy and five org. The youth are challenged not no charge. “God Knows Caregiving Can Pull classes of miracles. St. Aloysius is located south of only to seriously prepare for con- Mass is Thursday, Oct. 4, at You Apart.” exit 6, Interstate 469, on State Road firmation, but also to live their 5:15 p.m. in the St. Francis For more information or to reg- 1, Yoder. Catholic faith daily and realize Chapel, Trinity Hall. Blessing of ister, contact Lindenwood at (574) 8 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 7, 2007 Understanding Revelation Father John Pfister to ny by Father John Pfister, pastor of “It was sounding very ghastly,” work of apocalyptic literature, an the presentation at the Aug. 18 St. Mary Parish in Huntington, he notes, and it all prompted him ancient style of writing that draws Eucharistic Congress at the present series at during a series of three presenta- to think, “I wonder what this book heavily on a code of numbers and University of Notre Dame. tions on Wedesday, Oct. 17, is really saying.” symbols. Interest generated by the Notre Archbishop Noll Center Tuesday, Oct. 23, and Wednesday, So in the fall of 1996, Father Upon his return to the diocese, Dame presentation is responsible Oct. 24, from 7-9 p.m. at the Pfister received the bishop’s per- Father Pfister told Bishop John M. in part for Father Pfister’s talks at BY DON CLEMMER Archbishop Noll Catholic Center, mission to take a sabbatical, and D’Arcy that he would be willing the Archbishop Noll Center. 915 South Clinton St., Fort Wayne. from there he went to Florida to to give some talks on what he had Father Pfister says he has In his presentations, Father study the Book of Revelation. In learned. received generally positive feed- FORT WAYNE — Four horsemen, Pfister will delve into what he calls the course of his studies, he “He was very happy about that. back on his presentation over the the last days, the rapture, 144 thou- one of the most misunderstood encountered Father Patrick Sena, He said, ‘It was a good use of your years, with people saying how sand marked, a great battle of the books of the Bible and provide the CPPS, who had written extensive- sabbatical,’” Father Pfister recalls. great it is to understand something Apocalypse, a beast with a stake Catholic understanding of it, some- ly on the topic and provided Father Pfister went on to give that was for so long a puzzle in its on the number 666 — the popular thing that he notes is different from Father Pfister with books, tapes his talk a couple times a year imagery, symbolism and meaning. associations of the Book of that of televangelists and other and other resources. throughout the diocese in towns Father Pfister is glad that his Revelation have permeated the places in popular culture. In his studies, Father Pfister including Warsaw, Pierceton and presentation has been this helpful, popular consciousness and the Father Pfister himself hadn’t came to understand the Book of South Bend and at various loca- but quickly and humbly notes, “I Christian imagination for centuries. explored Revelation at great length Revelation in its historical context tions in Fort Wayne, primarily was very happy to learn about the These popular perceptions — until the early 1990s, when televan- as a message of hope, not fear, for Queen of Angels Parish, where he book and share what I learned.” and misconceptions — of gelists and other media references the early Christian communities. served at the time. Most recently, Revelation will come under scruti- to the book made him curious. He also learned to interpret it as a he presented a condensed form of

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PROVIDED BY ST. JUDE SCHOOL, SOUTH BEND The AT&T Pioneers presented over 40 dictionaries to the third and fourth grade students at St. Jude Catholic School in South Bend on Sept. 25. Student Madison Smith is shown in this photo at the distribution. The Pioneers are a group of communications company employ- ees and retirees who assist charitable organizations, espe- cially with respect to education. According to Elva Gable, a Pioneers group member and St. Jude parishioner, other organizations have distributed the same dictionaries to the South Bend Community Schools and Mishawaka. The Pioneers wanted to give them to schools that have not had the opportunity. St. Jude is the first parochial school recipient.

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To be sure, God is always with us find ourselves either thinking about what whether we acknowledge that fact or not, happened to us yesterday or planning our but we can miss many opportunities to com- EDGE next class or appointment. In doing so, we municate with and encounter God if we do SISTER MARGIE LAVONIS, CSC miss a good part of our lives. It reminds me not call to mind God’s abiding presence. of something written by columnist Erma An example I often use about God’s Bombeck who talked about all the things presence is the analogy of a radio or televi- t has been my experience that there are she would do differently if she had her life sion. Sound waves are always in the atmos- two kinds of people in the world, those to live over. She would stop and smell more phere, but the appliance must be turned on Iwho tend to live in the past and others flowers. She would spend more time with for us to hear them. The same holds true for who always seem to be planning their next her loved ones. She would have more fun e-mail messages. Our messages are some- steps. When we are young we often think and work less, etc. where out there in cyberspace, but we can- YAYOUNG ADULT PERSPECTIVES about what we want to do when we grow In this hectic world it is not always easy not read them unless we have a computer, ! up. When we have accumulated more than a to live in the present moment. It is a disci- Blackberry, or another electronic device to few years, we find ourselves looking back at pline most of us have to acquire. Much of read them. (Don’t you hate people who disease say that they try to live each of their the way life “used to be.” It is difficult to the time I fight to stay centered. Like right rarely empty their mailboxes? We can do remaining days to the fullest or as if it were give our undivided attention to the “now” of now I am trying to block out all the other that with God’s messages too.) their last. Well, whether we are on the verge life. Even so, no matter where we fit into stuff on my “to do list” and concentrate on So, to get the most out of life, we must of death or not, each one of our days is this scheme of thought, the reality is that all this article. It is indeed a challenge to con- learn the discipline of cherishing and living numbered. Today will never be repeated. we really have is now. We can think about centrate on what we are doing. fully each moment God gives us. I think Let’s open our eyes and see what is happen- the past or the future as much as we want, By now, some might be asking them- Jesus was getting at that when he told his ing in our lives and try to get the most out of but all real living takes place in the present selves, “So what if I think about yesterday disciples, in the Gospel of Matthew, this precious gift of life God has given to us. moment. or about what tomorrow will bring? What is “Enough then, of worrying about tomorrow. When I was a young sister in formation, so wrong with that?” Well, it is not a matter Let tomorrow take care of itself. Today has one of the members of my congregation, the of right or wrong. It is just that when we do enough troubles of its own.” — Mt. 6:34. Sisters of the Holy Cross, always talked that most of the time we tend to miss a lot of I might add that, besides troubles, each Sister Margie Lavonis,CSC, a former campus about living in the present moment. At the life. day is also filled with wonderful things that minister and vocation director, works for the time I really didn’t get the full impact of One very important part of life that we we can easily miss. Sisters of the Holy Cross communications what she was trying to say. Now that I have can fail to recognize is God’s faithful and Often people diagnosed with a terminal department. [email protected]. ‘Never forget’ this spiritual tip At Great Barrier Reef, an open-air “I could never do that,” my tinction that’s often lost today — chapel for World Youth Day cross grandma said while admiring her and setting aside playtime actual- TWENTY neighbor’s newly installed cup- ly boosts the kind of productivity BY DAN MC ALOON take it out on our environment,” he boards. that is satisfying and valuable. SOMETHING said. Her neighbor’s 4-year-old, Just ask Dr. Stuart Brown, the He led the group in a prayer for Olivia, who visits grandma often, founder and president of the BY CHRISTINA CAPECCHI CAIRNS, Australia (CNS) — The “an ecological conversion which responded matter-of-factly. National Institute for Play. A navy patrol boat HMAS Broome grows and spreads to every corner “That’s because you’re old,” she recovered workaholic, Dr. Brown took a break from security opera- of the earth.” said. has become an advocate of the mind,” he wrote, “that we tions along Australia’s northern At the service, army Lt. Ivan “But you know how to play,” “pleasurable, apparently purpose- make use of playful deeds and border to transport the World Yau offered a prayer for God’s she added, “and you’ll never for- less activity.” jokes.” Youth Day cross, icon and aborigi- blessing on men and women serv- get that.” That notion, the late author A dozen centuries before that nal message stick to the aqua blue ing in the armed forces. In her youthful candor, Olivia Brenda Ueland once wrote, Jesus proclaimed, “Let the chil- waters of the Great Barrier Reef. “By your powerful spirit shield delivered a profound compliment. “makes us busy, efficient” dren come to me and do not pre- The trip fulfilled another mile- them from all harm. Uphold them To know how to play is to know Americans “with our accomplish- vent them; for the kingdom of stone in the epic journey that is in good times and bad ... and hasten how to be fully human, which is ment-mania feel uneasy and God belongs to such as these.” taking the symbols around the the day when the human family will as physical as it is spiritual. guilty.” To be childlike, Jesus suggest- Australian continent for a year rejoice in lasting peace,” he said. Preserving that muscle memory But your guilt will dissolve ed, is to leapfrog many barriers to before World Youth Day, July 15- Representing Australia’s indige- in contempo- a free-flowing 20, in Sydney. nous people at the service was 16- rary culture is a well of faith. Anchored off Fitzroy Island, year-old Kim Reys, a member of rare and sacred As young nearly 14 miles east of Cairns in the Yidinji clan, whose members feat. Somewhere along adults, we are the Coral Sea, the HMAS Broome traditionally have lived in the area The value of instructed to became a rocking open-air chapel from the southern plateaus outside our lives — depart from for a prayer service Sept. 22. Cairns to the reefs of the Coral Sea. professional the assembly line of pagers and smartphones, youth immedi- Deacon Matt Ransom, officiating Reys held in her hands the mes- and personal — ately, entirely. for the Cairns Diocese, began the sage stick made by Sydney’s is measured by being busy became vogue. We must service quoting the Book of Aboriginal Catholic Ministry. A productivity. assume firm Genesis about God creating the message stick is a traditional form Do you have a handshakes and waters teeming with swarms of of greeting used by one indigenous stuffed inbox? long hours. living creatures. people when entering another peo- A long to-do It’s fine to Deacon Ransom said the Book ple’s country. The World Youth list? A packed demonstrate of Genesis could be describing the Day stick, decorated in totems of schedule? The professionalism abundance of life forms on the the whale, eagle and footprints, goal is to answer in the affirma- once you hear Dr. Brown’s wide- with a blazer and briefcase, but if Great Barrier Reef and in its sur- extends an invitation for all indige- tive. ranging list of the benefits of those props lead to taking your- rounding waters. nous Catholics to come to World If you run into someone who play. An actively playful life self too seriously, your spirit will “People who spend even a few Youth Day in Sydney. asks how you’ve been, the proper develops a sense of self, ener- suffer. hours exploring the reef become The message sticks were to answer is, “Busy!” It excuses the gizes the body, accelerates learn- This October, as companies conservationists for life,” he said, remind the church of the unfin- lack of contact while conveying ing, prevents violence, upholds turn their focus to fourth-quarter noting that warming sea tempera- ished justice work in reconciling an important degree of activity. trust, reduces stress and improves earnings, make time for play. tures and climate change posed the white and black Australians with a Somewhere along the assem- problem solving. Jump in a pile of leaves. greatest threat to the reef’s biodi- brutal past in which the indigenous bly line of pagers and smart- And get this, young adults: Experiment on a pumpkin’s face. versity. people were dispossessed of their phones, being busy became play directs us to carve lives in Step into a zany Halloween cos- Deacon Ransom told the gath- traditional lands and removed to vogue. It’s the idea that you accord with our intrinsic talents. tume. ered pilgrims that since the World institutions under a policy of should always be in motion, hav- (So cancel that appointment with “Apparently purposeless activ- Youth Day cross had been brought assimilation. ing just completed one duty, the career counselor and go shoot ity” serves a holy purpose. to Cairns, he had witnessed “the Reys said she will be going to heading to another. It’s the con- hoops!) depths of God’s forgiving love” World Youth Day with other pil- cept that life should be a continu- Of course, Dr. Brown wasn’t and its effects on the local people. grims from the Cairns Diocese ous string of tasks, lined up with the first advocate of play. More “I have seen people touching because “as an indigenous young no breathing room in between. than seven centuries ago, St. Christina Capecchi is a freelance the cross and afterward they are person I want to feel the spirit and But there’s a difference Thomas Aquinas preached that writer from Inver Grove Heights, glowing, their pain is gone. As meet up with other indigenous between constant motion and play is medicine for the soul. “It Minn. E-mail her at christi- humans, if we do not turn to the people. It’s something I’m really meaningful productivity — a dis- is requisite for the relaxation of [email protected]. cross to take our pain, then we looking forward to.” 10 RESPECT LIFE OCTOBER 7, 2007 ‘It looks like we have a miracle here!’ alarmed, but didn’t say anything Debbie back to the perinatologist. Fox family certain their right away,” recalled Debbie. “The The same specialist who gave little miracle happened doctor was called in, and they the Foxes the dire prediction and finally determined the spots on my an offer to “fix the problem,” as a result of the uterus indicated either a molar made all her measurements, then tremendous outpouring pregnancy or fibroid tumors. But was quiet. She said nothing and they couldn’t be sure.” flipped on the lights. of faith and prayer A molar pregnancy means the Debbie had to know. “What’s baby stops developing and eventu- the scoop?” BY DIANE FREEBY ally dies. This can also cause fatal The specialist simply said, cancer in the mother. Debbie’s “Everything looks fine. You have SOUTH BEND — “Do you real- obstetrician, Dr. Thomas no reason to see me again.” ize this will be a lifelong problem, Gruszynski, referred her to the Debbie and Rob were stunned. and there is no cure?” perinatologist for the first time. They asked about everything, and The perinatologists’s words That specialist said she was “most- everything on that original laundry stung as Rob and Debbie Fox ly certain” it was a molar pregnan- list was gone — no water on the digested the laundry list given to cy, and sent Debbie to have an brain, no spots on the heart — them of all the things that were MRI. their baby was perfectly fine. wrong with their developing baby: As Debbie sat in the lobby, she Back at Dr. Gruszyski’s office, Two, instead of a three-vessel wondered what further damage an the focus turned from the baby to umbilical chord; water on the MRI would cause, especially if the tumors that surrounded her. brain; spots on the heart; dilated this wasn’t a molar pregnancy. The The technician performed another kidneys. MRI technician agreed. DIANE FREEBY ultrasound to determine the exact Individually, none of the prob- “I can’t aim a hi-powered mag- Rob and Debbie Fox are Catholic home-schoolers of six beautiful chil- position of the tumors so the doc- lems were life-threatening, but net on your baby,” the technician dren. They are Lauren, 5, Samantha, 9, Natalie, 4 months, Ryan, 8, tor could map out his plan for a C- together they indicated, at best told Debbie. “That would kill it. Kaelyn, 11, and Rachel, 22 months. section. As she repeatedly scanned case, a child born with Down’s This isn’t safe.” Debbie’s uterus from every angle, Syndrome. The specialist was less Still without any real answers, ally fibroid tumors. They counted both Rob and Debbie leaned more the technician was flabbergasted. than encouraging. Debbie breathed a small sigh of seven, some the size of oranges, than ever on their faith. “It looks like we have a miracle “You can do something about relief. “I realized God was work- and this posed another threat for Emotionally spent, Debbie recalled here!” she said, as she rushed to this now,” she said, “instead of liv- ing through that MRI doctor.” their baby. a phone call with her mother. get the doctor. Debbie overheard ing with this problem.” Worried about the health of “The tumors were growing as “God is the author of life,” she his comments to the technician. “This problem” was the Fox’s both his baby and his wife, Rob quickly as the baby,” recalled somehow found the words. “He “These fibroid tumors don’t just sixth child, and there was no way called on a family friend, Father Debbie. “Our doctor worried the gives life and he takes it away. I’m disappear,” he said in disbelief. they would consider abortion. But Mark Manion, an Opus Dei priest. tumors would grow into the baby not going to fret about God’s deci- “They usually have to be surgical- the early diagnosis rapidly went When presented with a surgical and suffocate her.” sion, and I just held it up in prayer ly removed.” from bad to worse. option that would save Debbie’s Premature birth became another that way.” Natalie Catherine Fox was born A few months earlier, appropri- life but kill the baby, Father Mark concern, and the Foxes hoped Debbie and Rob asked for perfectly healthy May 10, 2007. ately enough on Labor Day week- recommended both prayer and a Debbie could make it to the 35- prayers from their family and According to Debbie, it was the end, Debbie learned she was preg- second medical opinion. week mark. A Cesarean section friends. Thanks to the Internet and easiest delivery and recovery she nant. With a 9-month-old and four “We were praying all the time,” delivery seemed to be a foregone a circle of prayerful friends, more has ever had. other children under the age of 10, said Rob, who took many of his conclusion, and the doctor had people than they may ever know “God’s hand was clearly in their house was full of life. Despite prayers before the Blessed concerns about how he would prayed for the little baby who was this,” said Debbie. She and Rob a difficult delivery with their last Sacrament in the adoration chapel maneuver around all the tumors to facing big problems just trying to are certain their little miracle hap- child, the Foxes welcomed another at Corpus Christi Church. safely remove the baby and keep enter this world. pened as a result of the tremen- baby. But that joy was challenged Their ordeal was far from over, Debbie from bleeding to death at Debbie was getting bigger all dous outpouring of faith and after an ultrasound was performed however. Results from a specialist the same time. the time, measuring about eight prayer. Rob remembers saying to determine the due date. in Chicago determined the spots Despite the seemingly never- weeks larger than normal. Then, as many rosaries throughout the “The technician looked seen on the ultrasound were actu- ending barrage of difficult news, only a loving husband can put it, entire ordeal. “Debbie finally stopped expand- “I attribute this miracle to the ing.” That’s when Rob got the Blessed Mother,” explained Rob. impression that somehow, things “I just know prayer changes Respect Life were normal again. things,” continued Debbie. “I At the next visit, Dr. never thought God couldn’t heal Gruszynski also seemed more the baby and me. It was God’s will relaxed. Debbie was only measur- be done. I walk with the hand of Through the services of ing four-weeks too big. Wanting to the Almighty. 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BY KAY COZAD Missy Burkhalter first became a pro-life advocate when she and her DECATUR — Drive down U.S. husband were blessed with the 33 in Decatur and you’ll see a adoption of two of the children curious sight; a billboard posing after years of infertility. “My own the startling statistic, “80 percent life has been so touched by my of Down’s Syndrome Babies are adopted kids and going through aborted.” Add the disarming pic- infertility. I thank God those birth ture of Andy Faurote, a young man mothers chose life.” During her who lives with Down’s Syndrome, time of struggle, she yearned to shown saying “Thanks Mom, for make a difference in the hearts of choosing life!” and this eye-catch- those contemplating abortion. ing advertisement speaks volumes Inspiration at Mass one day had of the continuum of issues her realizing she could donate the involved with respecting life in all profits of her candle sales to its forms. organizations that support life, Though respecting life general- such as Life Choice Pregnancy ly emphasizes choosing life and Centers, adoption agencies, and natural death, quality of life for the Down’s Syndrome groups. disabled is near and dear to one After much prayer she was Decatur resident’s heart. Missy inspired, again at Mass, to create Burkhalter, Andy’s sister, has Birthday Ministries in an effort to become a champion for the area support life in all its forms, includ- disabled population. ing her brother and his friends, Burkhalter, with husband Kevin who would have a place in the PROVIDED BY MISSY BURKHOLDER and three children are lifelong ministry. Birthday Ministries workers rejoice at the kickoff celebration of the venture. Handmade, birthday cake-shaped parishioners of St. Mary of the As she followed God’s leading, candles are sold in Decatur to raise money that is then donated to organizations that support life. Pictured are Assumption Parish. She is one of a friend suggested a grant proposal back row, left: Tiffany, Candy, five siblings who share love and for the billboard. Burkhalter Kendra, Lindsey and Jordan; admiration for their youngest jumped at the chance and was front, from left, are Andy, Amy, brother, Andy. awarded the grant, which would Jessica and Ronnie. Celebrate “He was a prayed for baby,” pay for her brother’s message to be says Burkhalter, recalling that her displayed for one month. parents were 42 and 37 years old “It went up June 18. It’s now to “set up a nonprofit organization PRIESTHOOD SUNDAY at the time of her brother’s birth. September and it’s still up. That’s ... so the kids get a system to give Her mother, she says, sensed God,” says the faithful advocate. the disabled jobs.” October 28, 2007 “something wasn’t right” with the Birthday Ministries recently But her heart’s desire is, as her pregnancy, but was exuberant with offered a display table at the brother gets older, to provide a vil- the prospect of another baby. Eucharistic Congress at the lage of sorts that would offer him Following Andy’s birth the doc- University of Notre Dame in and others an independent living tor reassured the family all was August. And currently Burkhalter space where they could work, well. Two months later, Down’s is working with the local high recreate and live together. With Syndrome was confirmed. school volleyball team in develop- faith and a prayer, this enthusiastic With the love and support of his ing a fundraiser for them using the life advocate says, “I don’t know Our warmest appreciation to family Andy has grown into a birthday candles, where Andy and how it’s going to come out.” But “healthy and precious” young man his friends have partnered with St. for now, life in Decatur is thriving Bishop John M. D’Arcy who will celebrate his 27th birth- Mary’s youth group to present the in all its forms. day soon. He works three days a candles at practice parties. and to all the Priests in the week at the local, hospital and also She notes humbly that Birthday Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. enjoys his involvement as Belmont Ministries is not her job. She High School wrestling manager. makes her living as a real estate Thank you, Father, for being an extraordinary Andy is grateful for his eight close broker and hopes others will friends and his independence. understand she just wants to help. servant, serving the people of God. Andy’s sister says of him, “He “My number one goal is to God Bless You lights up everybody’s life. There is make a difference and give back to For more information or to support a little bit of Jesus when Andy’s other organizations that support the the Birthday Ministries efforts call SERRA CLUB OF FORT WAYNE present with you. Everyone knows gift of life,” she says. (260) 728-GIFT (4438). SERRA CLUB OF SOUTH BEND him and loves him.” She and her The goal of this ministry that family enjoy his company during celebrates every life, she adds, is his weekend visits to their home. Andy has assisted his sister with a candle-making venture for several years after she and grandpa Dutch Baker researched the process for a year before they formed Dutchez The St. Joseph Valley Chapter Candle Company. Her creative efforts had them fashioning candles resembling birthday cakes and soon of the Knights of Columbus hired three others, including Andy, to produce the celebration gifts, which were sold wholesale and at the local Giftmart store. Even as Burkhalter lost money on the venture, she continued to feel a divine call to produce the candles, but wondered how to “do it differently.” In 2004 she opened a small retail store where she dis- played the candles, and within two years she was offering the candles at local craft shows and fundraisers. The difference now was Andy and his eight friends were involved. The group of nine young people with varying disabilities wore matching T-shirts at each IN SUPPORT OF LIFE! event as they labeled and arranged the candles. Seeing their joy and dedicated involvement “made me realize that I was on the right track,” says 12 RESPECT LIFE OCTOBER 7, 2007 Catholic Guide to Health Care Directives valuable resource

Conference. tion if she were able to speak for treatment with their loved ones decision-maker may be a spouse, BY ANN CAREY The document clearly states herself. After years of contention, and their doctor and make an parent, adult child, sibling or a Catholic ethical principles based he ultimately was successful in advance directive that includes court-appointed guardian. hould you have a so-called on the key teaching that human having her nutrition withheld, the appointment of a health care When relatives have to make “living will” that details life is a precious gift from God leading to her death in 2005. representative. A living will is decisions for you, they are great- Swhat kind of care you want and never becomes something to The Schiavo case caused a only one kind of advance direc- ly assisted by an advance direc- to receive if you become incapac- be disposed of. The document great deal of interest in living tive. The advance directive rec- tive, Everett said. The naming of itated? What should you tell explains that each person has the wills, said Fred Everett, co-direc- ommended by the bishops is dif- a health care representative can loved ones about the kind of right to accurate information tor with his wife, Lisa, of the ferent from a living will because also alleviate disagreements health care you want? What does about his or her treatment and has Office of Family Life for the it does not deal with specifics, among family members as to the the Catholic Church teach about the responsibility to make an Diocese of Fort Wayne-South but rather it includes the person’s proper course of treatment. health care for disabled people informed decision about that Bend. But, said Everett, living general wishes for treatment. And Indiana law does not require a who cannot make their own deci- treatment, based on possible ben- wills are not recommended as a in case the person cannot com- specific form for appointing a sions or for those who are in their efits and burdens. good way to plan for future municate, the directive gives an health care representative, but the last days of life? But what happens if a person health care decisions because it is appointed health care representa- Indiana bishops’ guide has a Indiana Catholics now have a is too incapacitated to make that impossible to anticipate future tive the authority to make specif- model “Indiana Catholic Health very valuable resource for informed decision? conditions, which can be com- ic decisions for the person’s treat- Care Directive” form. The form answering these difficult ques- That question has been raised plex and unpredictable. ment. has space for designating a health tions and for assisting us in mak- with greater frequency since the “A blanket statement isn’t a The document explains: care representative and includes a ing decisions about health care tragic case of Terri Schiavo, a good course of action,” said “Written instructions alone are “Statement of Faith” and a sum- for ourselves and for our loved young Florida woman diagnosed Everett, who also is an attorney only as good as your ability to mary of the moral teachings of ones. “A Catholic Guide to as being in a persistent vegetative and an adjunct professor of med- accurately predict your every the Catholic Church that should Health Care Directives,” which state. Her parents wanted to con- ical ethics at the University of possible future medical condition govern one’s treatment. Space is includes an “Indiana Catholic tinue providing her with the food Saint Francis and provided his and every future medical treat- provided for the person to add Health Care Directive” form, was and water that were sustaining input for the bishops’ document. ment option. In addition, without other treatment directives, if recently approved by the bishops her life. However, her husband Rather, the document recom- a health care representative, the desired. The form can serve as a of Indiana and printed in a book- claimed that she would not want mends that each person discuss person interpreting those instruc- legal health care directive if prop- let by the Indiana Catholic to continue living in that condi- his or her wishes about medical tions might be someone who erly filled in by the person and does not truly know what you witnessed by someone who wanted. By appointing a health knows that the person is of sound care representative, you can make mind. Thank You sure that someone who cares I would like to personally thank all of those who have about you will apply your wishes and personal beliefs to the health dedicated their lives-through prayer and/or through action - care choices at hand — just as to help support life. I would like to offer thanks and you would do.” continued support to those that fight for the right for Everett said that since living the unborn child to live! Thank you to our priests and wills are open to interpretation, religious. Thank you to members of the Knights of “You might as well have a health Columbus and their family members who have supported care representative who knows A copy of “A Catholic Guide to Health the right to life causes. Thank you to everyone who has your values.” Care Directives” may be obtained In Indiana, the law authorizes from your parish office or down- fought the battle - both in the hearts and on the streets people to make decisions for loaded from the Indiana Catholic - to defend life, to help protect life, and to send the patients who have not appointed Conference Web site at: http://indi- message that the unborn child...is life! Amen their own representative. This ana.nasccd.org. --Kevin M. Large, Grand Knight, Santa Maria Council #553 300 West High St. Elkhart, IN 46516 Ministries Office: (574)-522-3888 Reason Enough To Act Fax: (574) 293-5368 Sexual Integrity Education Pregnancy Help Services Youth Presentations Earn While You Learn Free & Confidential Pregnancy Testing Parenting Education & Assistance Abortion Recovery Support Mothers Club Parenting Support Group Healing the Effects of Abortion Men’s Mentoring www.RETAforlife.com Grandparent Support

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EDITORIAL Respect life issues promote a culture of life COMMENTARY

he mission of respect life is to promote the teachings of the TODAY’S CATHOLIC welcomes letters from readers. All letters must be signed and include a phone number and address for verification. Tchurch to transform society into a culture of life, converting Today’s Catholic reserves the right to edit for clarity and length. Address letters to: Today’s Catholic • P.O. Box 11169 • Fort Wayne, hearts and minds to view all life as sacred and where every human IN • 46856-1169 or e-mail to: [email protected] being is valued and protected from the moment of conception until natural death. In discussion, the issue often arises that life is only one of the rights which pro-lifers should be addressing. Other important issues include poverty, homelessness, discrimi- nation, war, immigration, and so on. No argument can be made that these are not important issues and most certainly should be The 90th year addressed. But are any, or even all of these together, as important as a right to life? BY FATHER WILLIAM PEIL Probably the best argument for the priority of the right to life over all other rights was made by Pope John Paul II in “Christifideles Laici” (“Christ’s Faithful Lay People”). He stated, “Superstition and fraud!” he had “Above all, the common outcry which is justly made on behalf of called it on Oct. 13, 1917, when he human rights — for example, the right to health, to home, to work, had published in his newspaper an article about the reported appear- to family, to culture — is false and illusory if the right to life, the ances of Mary, the Mother of most basic and fundamental right and the condition for all other Jesus, to three children over the personal rights, is not defended with the maximum determination.” previous five months. Thus the concept of respect life includes the topics of abortion Yet, when he, Avelina and post-abortion healing, natural family planning and chastity d’Almeida, arrived in the Cova da education, artificial contraception, embryonic stem-cell research, Iria, two miles west of Fatima in human cloning, vaccines developed from the tissue of aborted Portugal, that very afternoon, he babies, euthanasia and capital punishment. was a witness to what he later In embracing a consistent ethic of life, we are attentive to the described as “a spectacle unique Gospel’s all-encompassing vision of respect for life, even as we and incredible.” deliberately devote our efforts and attention to a more focused “The sun trembled and made agenda. In the Book of Leviticus, the Lord warns Moses about the abrupt movements,” he wrote in serious crime of offering children to Molech, referring to the the following Monday’s edition of Canaanite custom of child sacrifice, in which the victims were first O Saeculo, the Lisbon daily news- slain and then immolated by fire. (Lev. 20:1-5, 18:21). Today, mil- paper of which he was the editor. lions of unborn children are killed every year around the world and “Only one thing remains to be the procedures are all too familiar. Children are killed and then cre- done,” he concluded, “namely, for mated, just as those once offered to Molech. Despite what many the scientists to explain from the people would like to believe, abortion is not okay with God. height of their learning the fantas- tic dance of the sun.” CNS PHOTO COURTESY OF SHRINE OF FATIMA “Dance of the Sun.” That is Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos is seen in this May 16, 2000, file photo. exactly what appeared to happen Sister Lucia, the eldest of three Portuguese children to receive appari- Addressing social justices in society on that cloudy Saturday afternoon While the topic of respect life chiefly addresses the issues of of Oct. 13, 1917, near Fatima, tions of the Virgin Mary in 1917 in Fatima, Portugal, died Feb. 13, 2005 at abortion, euthanasia and capital punishment, there are broader Portugal. the age of 97. social justice issues that need to be addressed as well, as the recent When Lucy, the oldest of the federal dogfighting conspiracy case against suspended NFL three children, cried out “Look at true: “In October, I shall perform a day in order to obtain peace for the Quarterback Michael Vick illustrates. For many thousands of the sun!” — she said later she did- miracle to prove that I have come world and the end of wars.” years, humans and animals have worked together and depended on n’t even know she said it — the here and have spoken to you.” Why the rosary, and not daily each other for protection, livelihood, nourishment, comfort and estimated 70,000 people who were Ninety years ago. Mass and Communion, or the company. Today their association has expanded from the farm, gathered at the Cova da Iria looked And in between, on Jan 25, praying of the psalms? field and hearth into the laboratory. There, because of their striking up at the cloud-filled sky. 1938, there arrived a spectacular Lucy, in her book “Calls,” com- parallels to human systems and structures, animals serve as scien- Suddenly the rain stopped, and the flaming Aurora Borealis, rarely pleted in 1997 (she died in 2005) tifically valid surrogates, or substitutes, for people in research, clouds broke apart. The sun was seen in southern and western tried to answer that question often development and testing. These animals have made possible antibi- shining clearly and brightly, and a Europe “spreading fear in parts of asked of her. “Our Lady did not great silence fell over the crowd. otics, vaccines against diseases ranging from polio to Lyme dis- Portugal and lower Austria while explain,” she wrote, “and it never The sun then appeared to fade thousands of Britons were brought occurred to me to ask her, but I ease, blood thinners and other cardiovascular therapies, painkillers and glow, sending shafts of light in running into the streets in wonder- think God as Father adapts himself and many surgical procedures. all directions, tinting the people, ment.” (Fort Wayne Journal to the needs of his people. If God, The laboratory rodent used in testing protects all our families the trees, and the ground with one Gazette, Jan. 26, 1938) through Our Lady, had asked us to from dangerous chemicals (by helping scientists identify them). color after another. Then the sun Was this the “night illumined go to Mass and receive holy Animals themselves often benefit from the surgeries, drugs and seemed to tremble and make by an unknown light” Mary had Communion every day, or pray the vaccines developed. Similarly, the research of the National abrupt movements, “never seen told the children on that same July Liturgy of the Hours (the Psalms), Institute of Environmental Health Sciences benefits animals before and outside all cosmic 13, 1917, that was to be a “great I don’t think such things would be because NIEHS research contributes to protecting the environment laws,” as Avelina d’Almeida was sign given you by God that he was accessible to all. But, on the other for all the life that shares the earth — companion animals, farm to put it in his Oct. 15 article. about to punish the world for its hand, to pray the rosary, is some- animals, wildlife, marine life — and plant life as well. All share an Many in the crowd described it crimes by means of war, famine thing everybody can do, rich and existence requiring freedom from pollutants in the air, soil and later as “dancing.” Finally, it and persecution of the church and poor, wise or ignorant, great or water. stopped and turned blood red, then of the Holy Father”? small. It can be recited either in But no matter how potentially beneficial the research may seem, began to spin with every-increas- Lucy thought so and always community or privately, in before laboratory studies are begun, there are checks to assure the ing speed, until it seemed to regarded it as the God-given sign church or at home, with the rest work is really needed and doesn’t duplicate other studies so as few wrench itself from its place in the which had been promised on July of the family or alone, while trav- animals as necessary are used, their treatment is kind, their sur- sky and plunge towards the earth. 13, 1917. eling or while walking quietly. roundings and food are healthy and nutritious, and veterinary care People were seized with terror “The war (World War I),” she “The rosary, in view of the is at hand. at what looked like death for them had told them, “is going to end, origin and sublime nature of the We applaud the NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program all. Many fell on their knees and but if people do not stop offending prayers used in it, and of the (which is headquartered at NIEHS) and other federal agencies that cried out prayers of “Jesus, have God, another and worse one will mysteries of the redemption, mercy!” and “Mother of Jesus, have joined together to search out alternative test methods, and break out during the reign of Pius which we recall and on which we save us!” Many simply pressed XI.” meditate during each decade, is approve any that are reliable and provide the accurate answers crucifixes from their rosaries tight- Pope Pius XI died in 1938, but the most pleasing prayer we can needed but with fewer animals or none at all. ly to their lips, waiting in agonized not before Hitler had attacked, offer to God, and one most “We commend all who proclaim and serve the Gospel of life. suspense. seized and annexed Austria, the advantageous to our souls. By their peaceful activism, education and prayer, they witness to Suddenly, the sun stopped its beginning of World War II, as the “If such were not the case, God’s truth and embody our Lord’s command to love one another apparent fall to the earth, and wording of the Munich Pact clear- Our Lady would not have asked as he loved us.” — “Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to retraced its path into the sky, blaz- ly showed. In September 1939, for it so insistently.” American Catholics,” U.S. Catholic Bishops, No. 31. ing forth until the people could no Germany invaded Poland, and longer gaze at it. Then the great World II exploded in full fury. cry arose: “Miracle! Miracle!” Ninety years. Today’s Catholic editorial board consists of Bishop John M. D’Arcy, What Mary, the mother of What was the main request of Father William Peil is a retired priest Ann Carey, Don Clemmer, Father Mark Gurtner, Father Michael Jesus, had promised two months the children of Fatima? May 13, of the Diocese of Gary residing in Heintz, Tim Johnson and Vince LaBarbera. previously on July 13 had come 1917 again: “Pray the rosary every Fort Wayne. 14 COMMENTARY OCTOBER 7, 2007 Has German pope re-Italianized CATEQUIZ’EM By Dominic Camplisson

the Roman Curia? In October we remember St.Francis.He’s associated with the stigmata, the subject of this quiz. VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Is the Vatican’s energetic secretary of Pope Benedict XVI re-Italianizing state, who took office a year ago. 1.How is St.Francis associated with the stigmata? the Roman Curia? In a recent interview with the THE a) He invented the liturgy of the stigmata. The question has percolated Italian Catholic newspaper b) He was the first to report the stigmata. around Rome in recent months as Avvenire, Cardinal Bertone was a string of Vatican appointments asked bluntly: “Is the era of the VATICAN c) He founded the stigmatian brothers. left Italian prelates in high places. internationalization of the Roman The pontifical councils that Curia really over?” LETTER 2.What are the stigmata? a) liturgical exercises deal with social communications, The cardinal responded by JOHN THAVIS canon law and cultural issues — pointing out that Italians were still b) books of Runic poems until recently headed by an outnumbered by non-Italians as c) reappearance of the wounds of Christ American, a Spaniard and a heads of curial offices. He said German, was elected instead — in Frenchman — are now in the internationalization was still the 3.When were they first reported? hands of Italian bishops. way to go, but that geographic a conclave that by all accounts did a) 30 B.C. So are the Vatican Library and identity should never be the deter- not field a strong Italian candidate Secret Archives. The Vatican City mining factor in such appointments. — it ended any lingering illusion b) A.D.1000 governor’s office, which had been To illustrate that non-Italians that the papacy belonged to Italy. c) in and after the 13th century headed by U.S. Cardinal Edmund were also being chosen, he cited But perhaps because he had C. Szoka, reverted to an Italian for the recent appointments of a worked at the Vatican for 24 years, 4.Stagmatization is associated with Christianity,but what about Judaism? the first time in 26 years. Nigerian protocol chief and a Pope Benedict was familiar with a) It is not a phenomenon associated with Judaism. An Italian Jesuit now directs Spanish head of the Vatican’s the Italian members of the Roman b) Only Hassidim experience the stigmata. Curia, appreciated their manage- the Vatican Press Office, taking almsgiving office — not exactly c) Jews can have stigmata, but only rabbis. over from a Spaniard. top-level positions. ment skills and began turning to A number of important middle- When the Polish Pope John Paul them when it came time to put his management posts at the Vatican, II was elected in 1978, he was the own team into place. 5.The stigmata usually include wounds on the hands and feet,the head,and: particularly in diplomatic and first non-Italian to sit on the throne So far, he has put nine Italians a) left knee financial areas, also have gone to of St. Peter in more than 450 years. in charge of key Vatican offices, b) the side of the torso Italians. Many Italians considered this an compared to five people from the c) the pinky Some suspect the Italian resur- aberration and fully expected one rest of the world. When one gence may reflect the influence of of their own to succeed him. 6.Stigmata may be invisible.How,then,are these manifested? Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, When Pope Benedict, a LETTER, PAGE 15 a) They are felt as pain in those areas (question 5 above). b) They can be seen by other Catholics. c) They can be seen with holy sonar.

We need God, or peril awaits 7.Often people who experience stigmata exhibit other peculiarities.One is levitation, which is: passage from the Second Epistle to The message here is not that a) dressing up as a Levi Timothy. This epistle in a sense is slaves, or servants, are inferior. We b) ability to move up off the ground from a new generation of must not allow our modern con- THE Christians, the first generation cepts of slavery or even employ- c) having a great sense of humor being composed of the apostles ment to color our perception of SUNDAY and those actually close to Jesus. this reading. The lesson here is 8.Another ability often claimed is: Timothy is from another time. that we are God’s servants. He is a) bilocation GOSPEL He certainly was in touch with supreme; we are not. Serving God b) the ability to kill with a single blow Paul. Indeed, Paul converted is not our option. Rather, it is our c) X-ray vision MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION Timothy, and Paul mentored duty. Timothy. However, Timothy was 9.Negative accompaniments may include lameness or other affliction without: not from the circle of followers Reflection a) any difficulties that literally walked with the Lord Sunday, 27th Sunday along the roads and byways of The second and third readings b) any apparent organic cause Galilee and along the streets of confront us with a reality we per- c) any religious faith in the person in Ordinary Time Capernaum and Jerusalem. haps rarely admit. Serving God by The reading refers to one of the obeying God’s law is not open to 10.Generally the wounds of the stigmata,though they may bleed,do not Lk 17:5-10 most ancient of the Christian litur- our decision whether to conform a) appear as visible wounds he first reading for this gical gestures, namely the laying or not. Instead, in fact, we have no b) seem associated with the religious faith weekend comes from the on of hands. Apostolic hands were choice. c) become infected TBook of Habakkuk. Little is laid on the head of Timothy, and God is the creator. He is the Timothy became a bishop. Still master. We are subjects. Despite known about this prophet. It is 11.Stigmatization is never known that the author was regard- today, this gesture is essentially all that we may possess, or all that a) sufficient cause for canonization ed as a prophet. and absolutely a part of the cere- human ingenuity has created, we Scholars believe that it was monies in which bishops, priests are not almighty. b) experienced by women written between 626 B.C. and 612 and deacons are ordained. So, Timothy has to fulfill his c) apparent on an ordained person’s body B.C. when outside forces threat- The epistle urges Timothy to be obligation. The servants in the ened the Assyrian empire. strong and never to relent in Gospel had to fulfill our obliga- 12.Which of these did not report experiencing this phenomenon: However, it is clear the preaching the Gospel. This is his tions. We must fulfill our own a) St.Catherine of Siena Habakkuk was composed after vocation. This was the responsibil- obligations. b) St.Catherine of Genoa The wonder is that God pro- God’s people already had suffered ity conferred upon him when c) St.Patrick of Ireland great problems from foreign inva- hands were laid on him ordaining tects and strengthens us. We need sions and brutal occupations. The him a bishop. God, as Habakkuk tells us. Peril 13.Often stigmatics experience more manifestations on: book laments these past terrible St. Luke’s Gospel provides the awaits us otherwise. experiences. last reading. Some trees, such as a) airplanes This weekend’s reading well the sycamore, had deep and b) TV,but not, surprisingly, radio conveys the sense of how awful extended root system. Uprooting READINGS c) Fridays or days in Lent had been these circumstances them from the soil would not have Sunday: Hb 1:2-3;2:2-4 Ps 95:1-2,6-9 through which the Hebrews had been easy, or even possible. 2 Tm 1:6-8,13-14 Lk 17:5-10 14.Stigmatic wounds which have been examined generally lived, and it also clearly presents Mustard seeds were very small. Monday: Jon 1:1-2:2, 11 (Ps) Jon a) can be explained by the poor hygiene of mystics. the anguish and even despondency Consider how much larger would 2:2-5, 8 Lk 10:25-37 b) have no apparent physical cause. have been other seeds, pits of fruit, of the people as they looked at the Tuesday: Jon 3:1-10 Ps 130:1-4ab, c) rapidly vanish when soap is applied. effects of all that they had and so on. 7-8 Lk 10:38-42 endured. The culture at the time of Jesus Wednesday: Jon 4:1-11 Ps 86:3-6,9- did not look upon the tasks under- 15.Medical treatment has To these cries of desperation 10 Lk 11:1-4 and great anxiety, God, speaking taken by a servant, or a slave, as a) cured all stigmatics. Thursday: Mal 3:13-20b Ps 1:1-4, 6 through the prophet, reassures the voluntary for the person performing b) usually been refused because mystics refuse blood transfusion. people, telling them that relief and the task. Rather, the task was a duty Lk 11:5-13 c) no apparent effect on these wounds. security will come. They will not and an obligation. Also, slaves, or Friday: Jl 1:13-15; 2:1-2 Ps 9:2-3, 6, wait forever or in vain. God is servants, were never invited to dine 8-9, 16 Lk 11:15-26 ANSWERS their savior. with a master. Dining together rep- Saturday: Jl 4:12-21 Ps 97:1-2,5-6, 1.b, 2.c, 3.c, 4.a, 5.b, 6.a, 7.b, 8.a, 9.b, 10.c, 11.a, 12.c, 13.c, 14.b, 15.c For its second reading on this resented equality and the close rela- 11-12 Lk 11:27-28 weekend, the church gives us a tionship of peers. 15 OCTOBER 7, 2007 COMMENTARY Good doctors refuse to perform vasectomies Why is the church against vasec- real conversion — to admit the children as well. quency. tomies? What are the risks? anger, shame and self-loathing that I have had personal experience After vasectomy wives suffer Anonymous the sin of vasectomy had engen- THAT’S with this in my practice, in a situa- health complications too. The liter- dered in him. It was the beginning tion where two daughters born ature suggests increased rates of Very few men understand the of a real healing between him and A GOOD before their father’s vasectomy hysterectomies, abnormal menstru- stakes involved in a vasectomy. his wife, something that usually is learned that they were not valued al bleeding and even allergic reac- That vasectomy is an act of not possible in our society because and were rejected, and suffered all tions among women whose hus- hostility, whether conscious or the sin, fault or injury is most often QUESTION kinds of damaging mental and psy- bands have had vasectomies. unconscious, is not my own idea not consciously admitted. chological anguish in their lives. But perhaps the saddest thing is but the idea of the famous psychol- Vasectomized men experience They falsely concluded that they the closing off of a man’s horizons ogist Milton Erickson, who said unhappiness, because unless they were in competition for their to life, and to the joys that come precisely the same thing. He added can admit the existential, spiritual chance of divorce, as the man after father’s love. with that. All of the complications that the “rational sounding” rea- and bodily injury, they have to live a time cannot stand to be with the Finally, vasectomy has numer- in a marriage cannot compare with sons such as prudent avoidance of in a life where they have rejected woman who required the loss of ous health consequences at the the joy of a new child, one’s own childbearing, helping one’s wife to part of their own identity. his manhood as a condition of their purely physical level. Many men child. avoid the risks of sterilization, or Depression, sexual dysfunction, all continued marriage relationship. have chronic pain after the opera- rationalizations simply camouflage kinds of hyper-masculine and For the same reasons, vasecto- tion, which only is resolved with the real and ugly reality. I have hyper-macho acting out often takes my often influences in an adverse the repair. The occlusion of the confirmed this through the years in place, and very many of these men way a man’s relationship with his tube causes spermatic “blowouts” Father Matthew Habiger, OSB, clinical practice. cannot avoid expressing their existing children. When the very or granulomas, and the abnormal answered this week’s question. One man confided to me, in a anger. source of a man’s procreative pow- immunologic reaction to spermato- He may be contacted at written testimony entitled “Can Still, they most often do not ers is attacked or assaulted as it is zoa suddenly and abnormally [email protected]. Manhood Be Lost?” that it was know the source of this anger with vasectomy — no man should appearing in the bloodstream is an only when I brought up the long- unless they are fortunate enough, believe that vasectomies are any- autoimmune reaction that can Today’s Catholic term sequelae of vasectomy in as my patient was, to learn the thing less than this kind of self- cause arthritis and autoimmune welcomes ques- front of his wife that for the first source and be able to repair (not violence — then he comes to disease. Likewise, prostate cancer, tions from readers. E-mail your time years of resentment could “reverse”) the damage. It remains loathe not only that source but the probably chronic prostatitis and questions to [email protected] escape to the surface, and he could true that many men undergo repair life that was generated from that heart disease (despite what you fwsb.org or mail them to Today’s express his anger at having been (again not “reversal”), not so much source. may read, this tendency towards Catholic, That’s A Good humiliated as a man through the to achieve a pregnancy as to repair This makes sense because the heart complications has never been Question, P.O. Box 11169, Fort experience of a vasectomy. their manhood and restore their vasectomy has forced an illegiti- disproved) are all increased in fre- Wayne, IN 46856. And lest anyone think that this sense of themselves as men. mate equation whereby either he is is an odd or idiosyncratic reaction If this cannot be done, then one worthy or his procreative powers peculiar to one individual only, be can only expect an increased are, but not both. He will often assured that it is not. This particu- chance of infidelity, as his mas- resolve this difficulty by rejecting SCRIPTURE SEARCH lar man was only lucky enough to culinity is propped up through the and loathing the idea of more chil- be in a position to be consciously illusory acceptance of the act of dren, which spills over to a rejec- By Patricia Kasten able — because in the setting of a adultery. There is an increased tion, at least in part, of his existing Gospel for October 7, 2007 Luke 17:5-10 Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading Poland after John Paul II for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C: a lesson about faith and obedience. The words can be found in hen you add it all up, Catholic practice remains strong; I’ve spent more than a higher education is booming. But all directions in the puzzle. Wyear and a half of my life on more than one occasion, Poland THE in Poland. since 1989 has demonstrated that APOSTLES INCREASE OUR FAITH My Polish adventures began 16 Winston Churchill wasn’t being CATHOLIC THE LORD SIZE MUSTARD SEED years ago, when I went to Warsaw, churlish when he wrote this lament MULBERRY TREE UPROOTED PLANTED Cracow and Gdansk in June 1991 about the Poles in the first volume DIFFERENCE THE SEA AMONG YOU TENDING to learn how the church and John of his history of World War II: “It SHEEP FIELD TABLE Paul II had helped accelerate the is a mystery and tragedy of GEORGE WEIGEL PREPARE APRON EAT demise of European communism. European history that a people DRINK COMMANDED DONE ALL (That first trip taught me an impor- capable of every heroic virtue, may or may not ease after Poland’s tant lesson, occurring as it did dur- gifted, valiant, charming as indi- elections on Oct. 21. But three ing a papal pilgrimage to Poland: viduals, should repeatedly show years from now, when the Polish FAITHFUL OBEDIENCE Polish cities are dry when the pope such inveterate faults in almost presidential election cycle turns is in town. My pleas to a bartender every aspect of their governmental again, it is not unreasonable to — “Look, the pope is my friend; life.” think that the kind of Poland for AJAP I NCREASE he wants me to have a beer!” — My Polish students in the which John Paul II worked, hoped, MOP L UPROOT ED fell on deaf ears. Live and learn.) “Tertio Millennio Seminar on the and prayed — a Poland that is Still, those three weeks in 1991 got Free Society,” which meets every faithfully Catholic, vibrantly dem- OUOATHELORDR me (culturally and historically) summer in Cracow, would not ocratic, capable of calling Europe NLSNOEDETHGI intoxicated by Poland and the have contested Churchill’s point back to the Christian sources of its Poles. So over the next few years, this past July. contemporary commitments to GWTT JUPYDANN in what turned out to be a useful These young people never human rights, democracy and the YKLEAPROND I K preparation for writing John Paul’s knew “real existing communism.” rule of law — could begin to take biography, I immersed myself in Unlike their older brothers and sis- hold. OEEDERNFALDA A new generation of Polish Polish history and literature even ters who exhibited a kind of demo- UZSEEEDHAENE as I continued to return to the cratic euphoria in the mid-1990s, political leaders, formed in the country for conferences and lec- which was then replaced by a cer- social doctrine of John Paul II, is P I HBAMNSN I ES rising. These men and women tures. In the mid-1990s, I also tain (not altogether unwelcome) MSLLTABLEFTE made a concentrated (and largely critical distance from politics in know, now, what doesn’t work; fruitless) effort to learn Polish, one the early years of this decade, my they have learned the arts of dem- JULPREPAREGH result of which was my informing students this year seemed embar- ocratic persuasion; they have fig- the Polish pontiff that “the Polish rassed by Polish politics: embar- ured out how to get things done MOCOMMANDEDT genitive case is a circle of hell of rassed by the antics of the ruling through extensive experience in © 2007 Tri-C-A Publications which Dante was evidently Kacyznski twins (one the presi- local government, business, educa- www.tri-c-a-publications.com unaware.” dent, the other the prime minister); tion and public service; and they In any event, my affection for embarrassed by a governmental seem determined not to be embar- Poland and the Poles has not coalition that included xenophobes rassed any longer. where the top seven officials are flagged, and I now find myself and anti-Semites; embarrassed Those who love Poland, and now Italian, and in two important spending the better part of a month that, as the European Union turned those who revere the memory of LETTER offices that control the Vatican’s up the pressure on Poland to adopt John Paul the Great, must hope budget and investment affairs, there every year. The transforma- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 tion since the communist crackup the canons of lifestyle libertinism, that the future is theirs. where all the top people are Italian. has been very impressive in many the wrong Poles were taking the Of the Vatican’s nine congrega- ways: Poland has the fastest rate of right stands against the relativists includes the No. 2 and No. 3 posi- tions, traditionally the most impor- economic growth in Europe; the in Brussels and Strasbourg; embar- tions in curial offices, the appoint- tant of Vatican offices, eight are dull grayness of life under commu- rassed at the raucousness of parlia- ments total 18 Italians and seven headed by non-Italians. The lone nism has been replaced by a ment and its inability to get any- George Weigel is a senior fellow of from other countries. Italian is Cardinal Giovanni vibrancy much more in keeping thing serious done. the Ethics and Public Policy The Italian presence is most vis- Battista Re, prefect of the with the national character; That sense of embarrassment Center in Washington, D.C. ible in the Secretariat of State, Congregation for Bishops. 16 TODAY’S CATHOLIC OCTOBER 7, 2007

SJHS GIRLS GOLFERS COMPETE IN STATE TOURNAMENT Anne Ormson, Saint Joseph’s High School’s premier golfer, wound up in a three-way tie for ninth place in the Indiana state high school girls individual tournament held in Franklin. Ormson carded a 151 on rounds of 75 and 76, five strokes off the lead. The team wound up with a total of 340 for 12th place. Ormson led the team with a score of 75, despite a triple bogey on the first hole. Her teammates’ scores: Kim Lipinski, 77; Colleen Hughes, 88; Rebecca Jones, 95; and Victoria Jaques, 100. The score of 340 was the best in school history. Sports — EJD Saints stay CYO volleyball in full swing, football continues unbeaten BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN each week.” Maloney joined the and Sam Eash, all former players. team for the first time this season. She also coaches the seventh- Grades 5-6 football Goals this season for the grade team at St. Therese who are In the younger version of the in ICCL FORT WAYNE — CYO (Catholic Crusaders include winning a few currently 1-2. “Battle of the St. Johns” last Youth Organization) volleyball is games, working hard and having In White League play, the girls week, New Haven claimed the football now in full swing. Matches started that hard work pay off. Early in from St. Joseph/St. Elizabeth have double header winning both the on Saturday, Sept. 8. Games were the season, Coach Palmer feels the started out 2-0 with wins over St. fifth and sixth grade match ups. held at four locations for the sev- team’s main strengths are “work- Joseph, Decatur, and St. John, In the sixth grade game, Jake BY ELMER J. DANCH enth-and-eighth grade girls in three ing together and playing well as a New Haven. A mother of six, all Castleman found Colton Painter different leagues — the white team.” She added, “Our passing daughters, Coach Susan Lee has twice marking the first victory of (large school), blue (small school) has improved immensely since last been coaching volleyball for eight the season for the Raiders. They SOUTH BEND — Mishawaka and green (seventh grade). The year.” Coach Palmer is hoping her seasons now. She is coaching both held off the Eagles, 14-12. On Catholic’s unbeaten Saints gym sites each weekend include girls will improve on their serving the sixth grade and eighth-grade Saturday morning, Sept. 29, unleashed their offensive power to St. Vincent, St. Charles, St. Joseph, and win a few more games this teams for the Lady Panthers. Castleman threw three touch- maintain their torrid pace in the Hessen Cassel and St. Aloysius. season. Coach Lee said, “We have had down passes to Adam Oberley at Inter-City Catholic League The defending Blue League The Crusaders struggled in to overcome adversity with a few Havenhurst to seal the 18-7 win (ICCL) with a convincing 37-14 regular season and tournament their first game with serving and injuries so far this season, but the over the Eagles. verdict over the Holy Family champs, the Lady Crusaders from lost their first match 17-25, 21-25 girls have done a great job learn- Trojans. St. Therese, are off to a great start to Queen of Angels. Next they ing new positions.” She lists her Week 6 football scores Paced by Michael Whitfield’s with a 2-1 record. Considering faced St. Mary’s-St. Joseph and eighth-grade roster as nine deep two-touchdown performance of a they never won a game as seventh won 25-13, 25-9. Eash led St. including the following: Zoe and highlights 55-yard saunter and a 45-yard graders, Coach Lisa Palmer said, Therese in serving. Reed and Derloshon, Macy Johnson, outside touchdown on an intercepted pass, “I am very pleased with the Luegring each had three assists hitters; Anna Denning, Nikki Precious Blood/Queen of Angels, 13; St. John, Fort the Saints led from start to finish. progress my eighth graders are and Petit had three kills. Keller, middle hitters; Julia Coley Schultheis added a bril- making so far this season.” In the match-up against Benoit, Hellinger, setter; Kathlyn Lee, Wayne/Benoit/Hessen Cassel, 30. St. Vincent, 39; St. John, New liant 39-yard scamper for a touch- The roster is made up of just the Crusaders were again victori- opposite hitter; and Jackie Mullins, down and added three extra point eight players this year. The starters ous by scores of 25-10, 25-17. Emily Hoch, defensive specialists. Haven, 6. Evan Feichter of St. Vincent scored four touchdowns conversions. for St. Therese are Teresa Lovejoy, Petit led in serving this time. Morgan Eckert is currently out Another spectacular score Katie Reed, Marianne Oxley, Luegring had five assists and two with knee surgery and Karen for game highlights. Audrie Luegring, of St. came on the 54-yard touchdown Audrie Luegring, Madie Eash and kills. Oxley also pounded two kills Hellinger is the assistant coach for pass to Eric Plude. Another excit- Tammy Petit. in the win. Lovejoy played consis- the Panthers. Therese, highlighted his game with six kills and seven assists. ing touchdown score came on an Coach Palmer adds, “Molly tently well in both games. 85-yard dash by Daniel DeBoni. Goodwin is doing an excellent job In her 24th year coaching vol- Other volleyball scores for us in the libero position and leyball, Coach Palmer is assisted St. Therese over St. Aloysius Shanna Maloney is improving by Jamie Uecker, Andrea Allphin 25-18, 24-25, 25-21 ICCL, PAGE 17 FOOTBALL - LIVE? 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Blake Palicki and Zach Fozo SOUTH BEND — With two Brady Lesh with one goal. St. scored for the Trojans. weeks of regular play, this week- Thomas’ Joe Kavanagh and Alex The St. Anthony/St. Joe end, Oct. 6-7, Inter-City Catholic Pittman scored two goals each. Panthers rolled over the St. League (ICCL) soccer teams will In girls varsity, Christ the King Matthew Blazers, 30-0. Robert double the pleasure to make up for beat St. Matthew, 5-0. Mischler paced the Panthers with the games that were rescheduled In girls B-team action, St. Jude three touchdown runs of six and from Sept. 15. Consult the Web defeated St. Joseph, South Bend, two plus a punt return of 30 yards. site, www.icclsports.org, for times. Blue, 5-1 The St. Jude Falcons In the junior varsity division, For games played Sept. 30, the were lead by Cassie and Jamie Mishawaka Catholic upended following reports have been Young who had two goals each. Corpus Christi, 13-0, with Mike announced. Alyssa Hasler and Karlie Teumac Rice and Dominic Ravatto check- In boys varsity, St. Thomas of made great saves in the goal. ing in with points. Elkhart defeated St. Joseph, South Christ the King 6 defeated The Holy Family Trojans had a Bend, 7, 7-0. Bobby Norrell had Christ the King 5, 9-2. The sixth- tough tussle before defeating the four goals for the St. Thomas. Ben grade team was led with hat tricks Granger Titans, 21-6, as Brian Mauser, Kyle Bollero and Elliot by Amanda Hastings and Beth PROVIDED BY BRIAN KAUFMAN Jankowski paced the victors with Miller each had one goal. Noah Solkey. Goals were added by The Cardegles are a CYO cross country team comprised of fifth through three scoring runs of 33, 3 and 24. Strati and Joe Santerre each had Gabriella Loebach, Emily Han and eighth graders from St. Charles and St. Jude Parishes. To date, the boys’ Luke Darr picked up the assists for the winners. Erin Kearney. Michaela Lewis team is 28-8 overall and the girls are 24-9. The Cardegles will host their Titans’ score on a 49-yard dash. St. Matthew defeated St. scored the goal for the fifth grade own invitational Oct. 11 at Shoaff Park. The St. Anthony Panthers easi- Joseph, South Bend, 8, 4-2. St. team. ly won over the St. Matthew Joseph goals were scored by Paul St. Anthony beat St. Joseph, Blazers, 30-12, as Brian Mischler Hickner and Nick Barlow with an Mishawaka/Queen of Peace, 1-0. racked up a brilliant four-touch- assist from Paul Hickner. Johanna Gallagher had the lone down performance on runs of 11, In boys B-team scores, St. goal in this hard-played barn burn- CYO Cardegles boys and girls 4 and 54 yards. Joseph, South Bend, beat er. Tyran Ottbaridge tallied twice Mishawaka Catholic, 7-1. St. St. Joseph, South Bend, Gold for the Blazers on a 59-yard pass Joseph’s goals were scored by defeated St. Thomas, 7-1 cross country teams show and a 26-yard run. Michael Farkas, Gavin Regnery, And St. Joseph, South Bend, Matthew Brewster and Nick Matt. Blue defeated St. Bavo, 3-2. Jo St. Jude defeated St. Thomas, Guentert scored two goals and impressive results 7-4. St. Jude goals were scored by Caitlin Rosswurm scored a single Jacob Burnham, Joey Kaucic and for St. Joseph. BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN Eckrich with a personal best of Scott Warner with two each, and 9:58. This also broke the former Cardegle record which Eckrich FORT WAYNE — At the mid- held. For the females, Kate point of the 2007 season, the Kinley set a Cardegle record and Cardegle Catholic Youth course record winning the meet Organization (CYO) cross coun- with a time clocked at 11:25 in try team have five meets left. Huntington. The Cardegles are made up of At the New Haven Classic, a boys and girls from St. Charles 4K race, the boys finished in sec- and St. Jude in grades 5-8. They ond place while the girls grabbed are coached by Dan Kaufman, third. Eckrich won the boys’ divi- Scott Reiling, Dan Leffers, Chris sion in an outstanding time of Kaufman, Brian Kaufman and 13:54. The Cardegles had five Tim O’Connell. runners in the top 25 including: To date, the boys’ team is 28-8 Eckrich, Luke Offerle, Luke overall and the girls are 24-9. At Miller, Jacob Malmstrom and an Indian Springs Middle School Sean McManus. On the girls’ invitational, both boys and girls side, Kate Kinley tied for runner- turned in an impressive seventh up with a 16:07 performance. 9OUR &UTURE "EGINS /N /CTOBER  place finish out of 24 area teams. Joining her in the top 25 were On Sept. 15, both the boys Danielle Colone, Karen Eckrich and girls varsity and reserve and Melinda Earnest. >“«Õà 6ˆÃˆÌ >Þ >“«Õà 6ˆÃˆÌ >Þ groups won the Huntington On Oct. 11, the Cardegles will Catholic Invitational. The host their own meet — the fourth >Ì Ì i 1˜ˆÛiÀÈÌÞ ™Ìœ££\Îä
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started Metanoia Films, to be a small group of sidewalk counselors, BY LISA EVERETT light in the darkness.” he approached them with an offer But perhaps the most moving to help in whatever way he could. SOUTH BEND — Someone metanoia was the one that occurred One member of the group asked once said that redemptive love for Eduardo Verástegui, the actor- if he would speak with a couple does not erase the past — it singer who has been dubbed “the there who didn’t understand restores the future. This is the Mexican Brad Pitt.” For over a English. They were from Mexico central message of “Bella,” a decade he starred in several Latino and very poor, and recognized beautiful pro-life, pro-family soap operas, launched a singing Eduardo from the soap operas he film, which is scheduled to open career and descended into a deca- used to star in. For the next 45 min- in select theaters throughout the dent lifestyle. Then he experienced utes, Eduardo spoke with them country on Oct. 26. a profound conversion, fostered in about life, faith, Mexico, their jobs, Not only has this film been large part by the witness of a young their dreams. When he gave them a embraced by pro-life and pro-fami- American woman who began little teddy bear and a stroller, the ly groups across the country, it has teaching him English. woman started crying, and they left also won prestigious awards from “I realized that instead of using the clinic. within the industry, including the my talents to serve, and to con- Eduardo then went to New York People’s Choice Award at the tribute to making this world a better for the filming, and when he Toronto Film Festival, a distinction place, I was poisoning our society returned to Los Angeles, he shared by previous films like by the projects I was involved received a phone call months later “Chariots of Fire,” “Life is with,” Eduardo said “Mother Teresa from the man he had met at the Beautiful” and “Hotel Rwanda.” said that we are not called to be abortion clinic. He was calling to “Bella” has also been honored by successful, we are called to be let Eduardo know that their baby the White House, the Department faithful to God — that is our suc- boy had been born the previous day of Immigration and the cess. and to ask his permission to name Smithsonian, to name a few. A pro- “I knew that I was born to be a the child after him. motional screening of “Bella” was holy person, just like everyone else “I put the phone down. I could- recently held in South Bend for is, and that fame, being a movie n’t even talk. It changed my life. It diocesan, parish and pro-life com- star, were just means. I was born to was beautiful. It was the most noble munity leaders (another for Fort know, love and serve Jesus Christ.” thing I’ve ever done in my life, that Wayne has also been scheduled). Eduardo’s spiritual life deepened by the grace of God I was able to The film was very well received. during a pilgrimage to Medjugorje save this baby,” Eduardo said. “Bella” is the first movie pro- at the encouragement of Dennis In spite of numerous awards and duced by Metanoia Films, a compa- Nolan of South Bend, a Catholic rave reviews, Roadside Attractions ny founded a few years ago by evangelist and founder of MaryTV. has decided upon a limited distribu- writer-director Alejandro Eduardo brought the script of tion of “Bella.” This means that the Monteverde, producer Leo “Bella” with him and consecrated it only way that a smaller community Severino and actor Eduardo to our Lady, as the three days he like Fort Wayne or South Bend can Verástegui. These Latino men, who had planned to spend there guarantee that “Bella” will be are known as the “three amigos,” stretched into three weeks — he shown locally on opening weekend not only want to make a living — Alejandro Monteverde put his people are like elevators — either simply could not bring himself to is to pre-sell 4,000 tickets. To pur- they want to make a difference. foot on the path that led to the mak- you get in with them and they take leave. chase tickets or even “adopt” a the- Each followed his own path ing of “Bella” when he decided he you up or you get in with them and The making of “Bella” has con- ater, please visit their Web site at from participation in an industry could no longer direct films he did they take you down. So I needed to tributed to the culture of life not www.bellathemovie.com (parents, that often caters to the basest not believe in. be with people who took me up.” only on the screen, but also in real please note that the movie is rated human instincts, to the decision to Alejandro said, “I would ask my Leo Severino was working for life. Two weeks before filming PG-13). While the ticket prices list- use his professional talents to friends, ‘Do you believe in this?’ 20th Century Fox and getting tired began, Eduardo, who plays the ed are higher than the typical price uphold human dignity and inspire And they would answer, ‘Well, no.’ of projects that he did not agree main character in “Bella,” went to of a movie in this part of the coun- the human heart. “Metanoia,” in And I would say, ‘But you are with philosophically and morally: an abortion clinic to get into the try, perhaps you can consider the fact, is the Greek word for “conver- making films that are supporting “I wanted to produce films that mindset of the pregnant woman he extra cost involved to bring “Bella” sion.” this!’ And they’d respond, ‘Well, made a difference, that were posi- befriends in the movie. to our local communities as your When the three amigos pitched yeah, but it’s art.’ And I‘d say, tive, that uplifted human dignity. I When he arrived, he forgot personal contribution to the culture the idea for “Bella” to Notre Dame ‘Well, your art is supporting some- wanted to do something where we about the film. He was shocked to of life during Respect Life month alum Sean Wolfington, he gave thing that you yourself don’t could show humanity as hopeful see 15-, 16-, 17-year-old girls going this year. Metanoia Films the financial back- believe in.’ And I started realizing and as beautiful and uplifting, not into the clinic with sad, sometimes ing they needed to make the movie. that I didn’t want to do that. To me, as dark but as light. That’s why we tearstained faces. After noticing a SERVICE DIRECTORY Your source for reliable services within the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend

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Mail to: Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Richard C.Diltz, 86, St.Mary of the St.Joseph St.Matthew Cathedral Fort Wayne 46856; or e-mail: [email protected]. Events that require an admission charge Assumption Marjorie J.Plonski, 74, or payment to participate will receive one free listing. For additional listings of that event, please Lucy Kuminecz, 87, Elkhart St. Bavo Christ the King call our advertising sales staff at (260) 456-2824 to purchase space. Antonio Cataldo, 85, Vera Rabasa, 80, St.Vincent de Paul Mary E.Doyle, 52, St.Joseph St.Matthew Cathedral FUNDRAISERS Spaghetti dinner supports life Fish and tenderloin fry Fort Wayne Sophia Blume, 91, Fish fry South Bend — The Knights of Bluffton — St. Joseph Church Joshua David Amstutz, Frank D.Bogunia Sr., St.Monica Fort Wayne — The Knights of Columbus Council #5570, 5202 will have a fish and tenderloin 22, St.Vincent de Paul 85, Our Lady of Linden Ave., will have a dinner on Friday, Oct. 12, from Columbus Council 11276 will Rome City Hungary have a Ed Fox fish and chicken spaghetti dinner Thursday, Oct. 4-7 p.m. Tickets will be $8 for Ruth Ann Gutman, 85, Laverne K.Stroder, 63, fry Friday, Oct. 5, from 5-8 p.m. 11, from 4-6 p.m. Adults $7, adults, $5.50 for children (6-12), St.Jude Waterloo St.Gaspar del Bufalo in the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton children ages 5 to 12 $2.50. and children under 5 free. Eat in John Francis Miller, 64, Proceeds will benefit the St. or carry out. Norman E.Walker, 81, parish hall, 10700 Aboite Center South Bend St.Michael the Rd. Adults $8, children (ages 6- Joseph County Right to Life. Queen of Angels Phyllis Jean Dalke, 84, Archangel 8) $5 and children five or under Behold the Face of Christ exhibit at Elizabeth R.Rotter, 82, St.Jude eat free. Carry-out available only Fish Fry two local parishes Yoder St.John the Baptist at adult or children prices. New Haven — The Holy Name South Bend — Photos of parish Joseph F.DeBuysser, Thomas H.Sorg, 87, Society of St. John the Baptist churches and religious communi- Nicholas J.Frato, 65, 81, Holy Family St.Aloysius Parish will have a fish fry, ties in the diocese will be dis- Family Fall Fest Our Lady of Good New Haven — The St. Louis Friday, Oct. 5, from 4-7 p.m. played Monday through Friday, James H.Wendt, 86, Hope Academy HASA will sponsor a Adults $6.50, children 5-12 Oct. 6-12, at St. Patrick parish St.Anthony de Padua $3.50 and children under 5 free. family fall fest on Sunday, Oct. center, 308 S. Scott St., from 1- Doris Jean (Hullinger) 3:30 p.m. and Oct. 13-19 at Stephen R.Lechtanski, 7, from 3-7 p.m. at the parish Till, 80, Queen of hall. Spirit of St. Louis stroll, Knights plan fish fry Little Flower parish center, 80, Holy Family Angels potluck meal (hotdogs provided), Fort Wayne — The Knights of 54191 N. Ironwood from 8 a.m. car show, pie judging contest, Columbus Council 451, 601 to 5 p.m. The book of religious kids games, bike raffle and more. Reed Rd., will have a fish fry on art and meditations, “Behold, the Bring your lawn chairs. Rain Friday, Oct. 5, from 5-7:30 p.m. Face of Christ...” will be avail- date Oct. 14. Call (260) 749- The cost is $7 for adults, $3 for able for sale. 4525 for information. children 12 and under. Fish, two sides and beverage are included. Mass to honor St. Francis held Youth Mass and pizza Notre Dame — The Orestes New Haven — St. John the St. Therese to sponsor fish fry Brownson Council at the Baptist Church will have a youth Fort Wayne — St. Therese University of Notre Dame will Mass, Sunday, Oct. 7, at 5 p.m. School will have a fish and ten- sponsor a Mass for the feast of Following Mass will be LIFE derloin dinner on Friday, Oct. 12, St. Francis Thursday, Oct. 4, at night for the high school teens in from 4:30-7 p.m. in the school. 5:15 p.m. in the Alumni Hall the community center. Free pizza Adults $7.50, children 6 to 12 Chapel. The Gregorian chant will be served. The topic is “The $4.50 and children 5 and under propers for the feast will be sung True Presence” with interactive free. by the Notre Dame Gregorian games and time for discussion. Schola. Prizes given to newcomers.

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MARK WEBER This angel held holy water for many years in the St. Mary’s convent in Fort Wayne. In the 1960s before the convent was torn down, this angel in blue and a matching angel in ELMER J. DANCH pink were sold with other At the 22nd annual Gibault School Envoy Conference in furnishings. The pair, circa JENNIFER MURRAY Terre Haute, the South Bend delegation from Santa Maria 1800s are cast iron and 50 Frankie and the Holy Rollers, from the St. Vincent de Paul Council 553 received a warm reception from Archbishop inches high. The buyers Parish LifeTeen program, led the youth in praise and wor- Daniel Buechlein, OSB. From left, Rose and Warren wanted both but could ship music on Sept. 25 at St. Therese, Fort Wayne. XLT is Braunsdorf, official envoy from Santa Maria Council are afford only one, and after an initiative of the diocesan Office of Youth Ministry and shown with Doris and David Towner, Archbishop joining St. Peter Parish in Spiritual Formation to help young people worship God. Buechlein, and Lillian and Jerry Smith. The conference Fort Wayne, donated this The format combined praise music, Scripture, a short was designed to provide a first-hand look at Gibault’s mis- statue to the Cathedral homily, and silence as those in attendance knelt before sion to provide life changing opportunities to children, Museum in 2004. Where is the Blessed Sacrament in adoration. families and communities. the pink angel?