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Photo by John Shaughnessy Photo by their suffering , (CNS)— Pope Benedict XVI met with eight victims of priestly sex abuse in Malta, and promised them the Church would do “all in its power” to bring offenders to justice and protect children. The pope was “deeply moved by their stories, and expressed his shame Pope Benedict XVI and sorrow over what victims and their families have suffered,” a Vatican statement said after the private encounter on April 18. “He prayed with them and assured them that the Church is doing, and will continue to do, all in its power to investigate allegations, to bring to justice those responsible for ab use, and to implement effective measures designed to safeguard young people in the future,” the statement said. “In the spirit of his recent letter to the Catholics of Ireland, he prayed that all the victims of abuse would experience healing Students at St. Roch School in Indianapolis rejoice with Father James Wilmoth following a school-wide tribute on April 8 that celebrated their and reconciliation, enabling them to move pastor. The school celebration recognized Father Wilmoth’s selection as one of the 10 priests from across the who recently received the forward with renewed hope,” it said. Distinguished Pastor Award from the National Catholic Educational Association. The meeting at the apostolic nunciature in Rabat came after a group of victims had asked to meet with the pope to tell him of Father James Wilmoth honored for his their ordeal and ask for an apology. The encounter was not part of the pope’s official ministry and commitment to Catholic schools itinerary, and was only announced publicly by the Vatican after it had happened. By John Shaughnessy their favorite Bible story during the story of the multiplication of the loa ves Participants said the victims cried as the y school Mass. and the fishes.” told their stories, and that the pope had tears His smile bursts into a laugh, and Ready for her turn, the little girl The joy continues to beam on in his eyes as he listened. there’s a definite bounce in his step as walked to the front of the church, sat ne xt the pastor’s face as he enters the church “We now have peace in our Father James Wilmoth passes the swings to Father Wilmoth, and began weaving to prepare for another school Mass hearts, even because the pope found time on the playground at St. Roch School in the wonderful tale of and the little with the children. After all, in his to meet us. We now look forward to the Indianapolis, crosses the parking lot and boy with the lunchbox. 45 years in the priesthood, the end of the court case, and closure of this heads toward the church—all the time “She talked about how the little boy 70-year-old Father Wilmoth doesn’t chapter,” oneunidentified victim told the sharing the story about “Jesus and the just had a few fish in his lunchbox,” hesitate when he’s asked about his Times of Malta. little boy with the lunchbox.” Father Wilmoth says, his eyes glowing favorite part of being a priest. The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father The story comes from one of with joy. “And she went on and on, and “It’s celebrating Mass with the kids,” Federico Lombardi, told journalists that the those “out-of-the-mouth-of-babes” everybody is following her every word. he answers. “They sing. I engage them in private meeting in the chapel of the moments, a moment that occurred during She told us how Jesus fed everybody the homily. It’s a wonderful opportunity nunciature lasted about 20 minutes. He said Father Wilmoth’s Holy Week tradition of lunch from the fish that were in the boy’s to bring the faith to them.” the pope, Archbishop of having one child from each grade share lunchbox. It was her way of telling the See WILMOTH, page 16 Malta, Bishop of and See POPE, page 8 Pope marks fifth anniversary, joining cardinals for lunch

VATICAN CITY (CNS)— Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI marked the cuts a cake fifth anniversary of his election with a presented to him by crew and staff from formal luncheon with 46 cardinals in , Romano L’Osservatore thanking God and the cardinals for their Air Malta on his return flight to Rome help in carrying out his ministry. CNS photo/ “After five years, I can only say thank on April 18 after a you, thank you especially to the Lord two-day visit to himself, who Malta. The crew See related story, guides me, but was honoring the pope for the page 9. also to all of you,” he said at the end fifth anniversary of of the luncheon his election. German on April 19 in the frescoed Sala Ducale of Cardinal Joseph the Apostolic Palace. Ratzinger was The Vatican did not publish the entire elected the text of the pope’s remarks. 265th pope on The remarks were brief, off-the-cuff and April 19, 2005, “everyone has a right to some moments of taking the name privacy in life, even the pope,” Jesuit Father Benedict XVI. Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told Catholic News Service. See ANNIVERSARY, page 3 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 Archbishop Borders, retired archbishop and Indiana native, dies

BALTIMORE (CNS)—Archbishop William D. Borders, oxygen tent. day and would always talk to people there.” who retired in 1989 as the 13th archbishop of Baltimore, “It caused me to be realistic as f ar as what I had to do The third of seven children, Archbishop Borders was died on April 19 at Mercy Ridge and what I didn’t have to do,” Archbishop Borders said. born at his parents’ home in Indiana during a flood that Retirement Community in the “You have to recognize limitations. If you don’ t, it’s going lifted the family’s house from its foundation. Baltimore suburb of Timonium. to catch up to you in an y walk of life.” He began his studies for the priesthood in 1932 in A native of Washington, Ind., he In appointing leaders, Archbishop Borders followed a Indiana, but transferred to New Orleans’ Notre Dame was 96 and had been battling colon groundbreaking path. He reached out to w omen and in 1936. He was ordained to the priesthood in cancer. He was the fourth-oldest African-Americans in a special way—naming them to 1940 and served as an associate pastor in Baton Rouge. living Catholic bishop in the key posts. In 1943, two years after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, United States at the time of his death. The archbishop’s concern for racial equality stretched Archbishop Borders enlisted in the U.S. Army Renowned for his commitment to back to the earliest years of his priesthood. When he Corps and served with the 91st Infantry in North Africa collegiality, social justice and a became pastor of in Port Allen, La., in and Italy. He was awarded an honorable discharge in pastoral approach to leadership, 1957, he struggled with how to desegregate his parish. 1946, with the rank of major, and a Bronze Star for Valor Archbishop Archbishop Borders led the “There was a section roped off for black people,” for carrying a wounded soldier to safety while under f ire. William D. Borders archdiocese from 1974 to 1989. He Archbishop Borders remembered in a 1989 interview for a Seeing men die in battle shaped Archbishop Borders’ continued to reside in Baltimore tribute magazine at his retirement. Worried about how he humble, collaborative approach to leadership, according throughout his retirement, maintaining an active priestly was going to get rid of the ropes “without causing a riot, ” to Father Richard T. Lawrence. ministry well into the last year of his life. the archbishop “prayed some.” “He had all the fear drained out of him in the f irst few “Archbishop Borders was a man of deep faith, great “Then I bought a can of coal oil, took of f the ropes years of his priesthood,” said Father Lawrence, pastor of humility and great love for God, the Church and this and quietly burned them,” he said. Within six months, Baltimore’s St. Vincent de Paul Parish, adding that the archdiocese,” said Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, the current African-American parishioners gradually integrated archbishop exhibited pure courage on the battlefield and archbishop of Baltimore. “As a result, he was universally throughout the Church. that was how he ministered as well. loved by the people of this local Church, by his brother Throughout his priesthood, Archbishop Borders was After the war, Archbishop Borders was assigned as the bishops and priests, and by all who were blessed to call him concerned with issues of social justice. He met with union associate pastor at Our Lady of Prompt Succor in Archbishop, Father, teacher, brother and friend.” leaders and civil rights activists such as Cesar Chavez. Westwago, La. He earned a master’s degree in education His funeral Mass was scheduled for 1 p.m. on April 23 at Among his many pastoral letters and statements written at the University of Notre Dame in 1947. the of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore, with while in Baltimore included letters on the dese gregation of Upon completing his studies, he resumed parish entombment in the cathedral crypt to follow. Baltimore City public schools, women in the Church, ministry and was sent next to in Pope Paul VI appointed Archbishop Borders to be the housing for the poor, increased lay involvement in the New Orleans. He served as assistant chaplain and then founding bishop of the of Orlando, Fla., in 1968. Church, nuclear deterrence and human sexuality. chaplain of Louisiana State University. Just six years later, the pope transferred him to Baltimore— A strong supporter of Catholic Charities, He was also the pastor of Holy F amily Church in moving him from the nation’s newest diocese to its oldest. Archbishop Borders oversaw significant expansion in the Port Allen, La., and the rector of St. Joseph Cathedral in Upon his arrival, Archbishop Borders was faced with outreach agency’s work with the poor. Our Daily Bread, a Baton Rouge, La. several serious challenges. The archdiocese was suffering a downtown soup kitchen that grew to become Catholic Early in his retirement, Archbishop Borders was a budget deficit and a religious order funding scandal. Charities’ most well-known ministry, started during much-sought lecturer. He also wrote a book about Baltimore City was dealing with striking police and his tenure. spiritual living in a secular society, published by sanitation workers, and there was a court-ordered school “Our Daily Bread was right next door to his house,” Cathedral Foundation Press. busing plan that heightened tensions. remembered Harold Smith, the retired executive director of Until recently, the archbishop visited his office at the While dealing with those volatile issues, the new Catholic Charities, whom Archbishop Borders hired. “I Catholic Center in Baltimore once a week to answer archbishop suffered a near-fatal heart attack while on retreat think he always felt very proud of the fact that the people correspondence and visit old friends. He celebrated the just a few months after arriving in Baltimore. He spent his were being served right next to his house. He would walk sacraments at Mercy Ridge, where he had lived for first Christmas in Baltimore recuperating under an back to his house in the morning or at the end of the w ork several years. † Catholic displaced during 1948 war lights tor ch for Israeli celebrations JERUSALEM (CNS)—Yossef Mtanes said it was not done? These were innocent people who had nothing to do “In [co-existence] is working, but not so much so an easy decision to agree to be one of the symbolic torch with the violence going on outside. I am v ery proud that in the rest of the country,” he said. “From what I hear in lighters at the April 19 opening of they have remembered me after 63 years and w ant to the streets, I am pessimistic. People are al ways talking ’s 62nd Independence Day [show their respect] for me.” about peace, but there is no peace. The way the situation is celebrations. On April 15, five days before the opening ceremony, today I am afraid there will be a disaster in all of the An 82-year-old Maronite Mtanes came to Jerusalem along with the 13 other torch Middle East. Now everybody has missiles and the borders Catholic, Mtanes was born in the lighters. They were honored with a medal in a special lunch are irrelevant. northern village of Biram, which at the Knesset and took part in the dress rehearsal of the “Who knows where we are headed. Only God kno ws,” was destroyed during Israel’s official independence ceremony. he added. “And I trust in him.” 1948 war of independence. His son, Kamil Mtanes, 52, said his f ather is a prominent He said that while are afforded But Israel wanted to honor member of the Maronite community in Israel, and has been social services similar to those offered Jewish citizens, Mtanes for his actions as a very active preserving its history. work still needs to be done to assure equal treatment in 19-year-old, when he worked in “I am very proud to be the son of such a f ather,” he said. other areas, such as education and emplo yment. Yossef Mtanes the offices in the then-British-run “He has always been a guiding light for us.” One place where Arab citizens have excelled, he said, is refinery. When a riot broke out in Biram, Mtanes’ native village, was destroyed by the health care field. November 1947, Mtanes hid his six Jewish co-workers, fledgling Israeli forces after the residents left v oluntarily “I live in this country and it does help us with social protecting them from injury and possible death. when they were promised they would be able to return rights, such as health insurance and national social Since then, he also has worked to ensure that within a short time. security, ... and I never dreamed that the hospitals would ethnic Jews and live peacefully together. Although the Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that the be staffed by Arabs,” he said. “I see on television how “I want to emphasize that it was not an easy decision to villagers were wrongfully removed from their village and Arabs in Arab countries live, and we here have a higher take, it was not comfortable,” said Mtanes, who today many successive Israeli governments have supported the quality of life, but still it is difficult, ... still there are things lives in Haifa, where he worked for more than 40 years return of Biram’s residents, no government has actually which can be improved.” and raised his six children. “It is not easy for me and the taken action to move the case forward. As he talked about the present and the future, Mtanes people of Biram. But I know it is a private honor for me In Haifa, Mtanes has seen the fruits of his co-e xistence remembered his past, and he mused that at least the church personally and out of respect for me, for something I did work in the shape of numerous projects, including the and cemetery in Biram were left intact, and refugees were before the establishment of the state.” annual winter Festival of Festivals, which attracts tens of permitted to visit the church for weddings and religious Mtanes said his deep religious faith has directed his thousands of visitors to the mostly Arab neighborhood of ceremonies. actions throughout his life. Wadi Nisnas, where years before Jews were afraid to enter. “I already know where I will be in the end. I will “I believe in God and I believe that it is forbidden to But yet, he said, he cannot be optimistic about the future return [to Biram]. At least the dead are allowed to return,” kill an innocent man,” he said. “What else could I ha ve of the country or region. he said. †

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Box 1717 • Indianapolis, IN 46206-1717 The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 Page 3 Colts player and wife encourage teenagers to make right choices in life By Mary Ann Wyand University of North Carolina, he said, and later a Christian, Christianity—not football—defines who husband, father, community he is as a person, Indianapolis Colts center volunteer and member of the Jeff Saturday told teenage peer mentors for National Football League. Photos by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhotos by Ann the archdiocesan chastity education program “I made the choice to live on April 15 at the Archbishop O’Meara [the] right [way],” Saturday Catholic Center in Indianapolis. said, “and I thank God every Saturday and his wife, Karen, were the day that I made it.” keynote speakers for the archdiocesan Office Jeff and Karen Saturday of Catholic Education’s A Promise to Keep: have been friends since high God’s Gift of Human Sexuality annual school, dated for seven years volunteer recognition luncheon honoring and were married in 1999. the high school students who present They urged the teenagers to the Church’s abstinence education search for and wait for a curriculum to middle school students at loving and faithful spouse. Catholic grade schools and parish religious As a teenager, she said, “I education classes. didn’t have any role models. Their presentation on “Living Out I didn’t live a Christian life. I Marriage as Christian Men and Women of didn’t have Christian parents. Faith” focused on the importance of living a I didn’t have Christian moral lifestyle dedicated to Christ, family friends. … When Jeff and I and service to others. decided to change our lives They are the parents of three children— and live for Christ, our Jeffrey, Savannah and Joshua—and friends changed.” members of Every Nation, a Protestant faith She urged the high school community in Carmel, Ind. students to set moral Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday and his wife, Karen, of Carmel, Ind., praise the teenage peer mentors for the “We wanted to be here to be an encour- boundaries and stick to them. archdiocesan A Promise to Keep: God’s Gift of Human Sexuality chastity program for their volunteer service as role agement to you,” the Colts’ offensive “Know where you’re models during an annual awards luncheon on April 15 at the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis. lineman told the teenagers. “We’re so proud headed in life,” she said. of each and every one of you for being here, “There is grace under Christ. Hold on to your our local Church. I want to encourage you has “enjoyed telling others why it is and for what you stand for. We just want to faith and your boundaries. … Your role to support each other as peers, and important to remain chaste in actions, tell you, from our hearts, how grateful we models need to be teachers, principals, and surround yourself with like-minded people. clothing and thoughts. … It is important are for you [as chastity peer mentors]. We people like us who have been there and can We’re thankful for what you’ve done for to stay true to your pray to God that our children act lik e you tell you it’s worth it to wait. … Your spouse our local Church. You’re very important. I values and act. This is where we want our children to should share your morals and goals in life.” pray for all of you.” yourself. This be sitting in the next five to 10 years. This is Think about your future when you mak e Chastity peer mentors from several educational truly what we want our daughter and important decisions, he said. “You have to set schools also addressed the teenagers. program has helped two sons to be a part of, and to understand a goal of what you want to look like in “I think it’s too easy for younger kids me and others to be how important what you’re doing is. We’re 10 years and work to meet that goal. You to be bombarded with media influences strong when behind you 100 percent.” can’t let other things distract you. You have that tell them that having sex before making decisions His job as a member of the to be bold and strong in your stance. … marriage is the norm, and drinking or and deciding what Super Bowl XLI championship NFL team Everybody here knows that when you start doing drugs is a part of ‘living up your is important “doesn’t really have anything to do with drinking, you make bad decisions. … You high school experience,’ ” Roncalli High in life.” what defines me” as a person, Saturday said. need to have people around you that School senior Lauren Ezell of Indian- Cassie Bormann Cathedral High “That’s what I do for a living. I’m so encourage you to live right. apolis explained. “As mentors, we are School senior thankful and grateful to God for what my “The Bible talks about how brief our literally a physical, in the now, example Kristin Probst said the A Promise to Keep job is. I love to go out and play football. … lives really are in the whole scheme of of how you can abstain from these things program “is so important and needed But what truthfully is important to me is that things,” he said, “but if we think eternally, and stay true to your values, and still have nowadays because of all the [bad] peer I have a purpose with which God ga ve me how Christ wants us to think, sharing our many friends and pressure we see on the platform. … That is what defines me— witness and our faith with other people, be well-liked and television, in that I’m willing to get up and share my f aith how important our lives can be. … The have a great high magazines and in Christ. You’re not ever just defined by Bible talks about how we can only serve school experience.” from those among what you do, but as who you are.” one God, one master.” Bishop Chatard us. … It is During his freshman year at Shamrock Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein also High School senior important to High School in Atlanta, Saturday said, an thanked the teenage peer mentors for their Cassie Bormann of remember to love ultimatum from his coaches convinced him volunteer service to younger students. Indianapolis said and respect to make the right choice to reject peer “I want to thank you personally for your the A Promise to ourselves, others pressure from the wrong kind of friends then [Christian] witness,” Archbishop Buechlein Keep program and this amazing work hard as a student and athlete. said. “I want to tell you that I’m proud of “teaches great gift [of sexuality] That defining moment in his life led him you, and your commitment to the virtues of wisdom and that God has to become a student-athlete at the purity and chastity. That’s a marvelous gift to Lauren Ezell morals,” and she Kristin Probst given us.” †

the faith, to proclaim his resurrection and to be witnesses L’Osservatore Romano, reported. of God’s love.” The luncheon was hosted by Cardinal Angelo ANNIVERSARY In its report on the meal, the Vatican newspaper said Sodano, dean of the . continued from page 1 the pope also cited the words of St. Augustine, who spoke “We cannot forget the challenges that the modern Brief audio and video clips of the meal were of the Church being on a pilgrimage through the world poses for each disciple of Christ, and e ven more distributed by the Vatican Television Center, and tribulations of the world, supported and consoled by God. for us pastors, but we always are strengthened by the included the pope’s thanks to the College of Cardinals “In that context, the pontiff accented the sins of the light of Christian hope with the certainty that the Lord’ s and to all Vatican staff members, who help him fulfill Church, recalling that the Church—wounded and sinful— grace continues to work in our midst,” the cardinal told “the Lord’s mandate to Peter to confirm the brothers in still experiences the consolation of God,” the newspaper, the pope. †

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OPINION Parish Diary/Fr. Peter Daly My mom at age 90 My mother turns 90 this month. The evening visitor Mom pays out of her If you talk to her, she says that she is the own savings. Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 same today as she was when she was 50. Each visitor stays about an hour. Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher However, she has They change the bed and help Mom bathe. Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus noticed that all of her The morning worker gets her up and eight children have makes breakfast. The evening worker gets certainly gotten older. her to bed. I drove up to see Mom also has Meals on Wheels, which Editorial her in Baltimore brings a hot lunch and a cold dinner f ive days at Easter. per week. Even in the terrible snowstorms She was tired this winter, they came faithfully. from going to the Currently, the meals are delivered by a Easter Vigil the night nice young man in his 20s. Ev ery day, Mom before. tells him he is a nice-looking bo y.

Vida Nueva I asked her, “How are you, Mom?” Mom is definitely low-income. She lives She told me that she had brok en the on Social Security, a tiny pension and her frames of her glasses and her hearing aids savings. Every month, her savings diminish a weren’t working. little. But, hey, that’s what they are for. CNS/Victor Aleman, “Well,” she said sarcastically, “I can’t Every six weeks or so, Mom comes hear and can’t see. But apart from that to stay with me for a week. It gi ves her a I’m alright.” break in “the country house,” as she calls the It was nothing serious. A spot of rectory. Super Glue® fixed the glasses. It turned out She does not want to live out in the the hearing aid batteries were in backw ard. country. “Too boring,” she says. Mom still lives in her own apartment, She also goes to visit my sisters, Brenda, but it can hardly be said she “li ves on Rena, Deirdre and Brigid at their houses. her own.” The peripatetic Mrs. Daly! When you are 90, you have staff. Her Every day, Mom receives telephone permanent staff consists of her calls from her children in diaspora from eight children. She says the reason for New York to Illinois to Florida. having eight children is so that you ne ver No matter how old you are, you call your have to go into a nursing home. mother. She lives on the 11th floor of a high-rise. Every day, she prays. She was never a Young people pray during the Religious Education Congress in Anaheim, Calif., in 2009. A My brother, Kevin, lives one floor below. traditional Catholic exactly. She was always a Wisconsin federal judge last week ruled that the National Day of Prayer in America, held He takes care of her medicines and bills. thinker and a questioner. She keeps her own each May, is unconstitutional. Together with my sister, Maureen, prayer ritual from her days as a Third Order who lives a few blocks away, he drives Dominican. She reads the Scriptures with a Mom to church, the doctor, the hairdresser critical mind and a poetic heart. Support the National Day of and everywhere else. They get the At 90, Mom has peace. She lives in the “caregiver award.” present. She forgives—and forgets—the past. Besides the children, Mom has two paid She hopes for the future and hea ven. She Prayer in 2010 and beyond caregivers, one in the morning and one in enjoys the little things, like chocolate he Rev. Billy Graham was the driving of religion. the evening. milkshakes. But she values the big Tforce behind the initiative and planted The decision is not expected to affect The morning visitor is generously paid things—life, family, faith and love. the seed. this year’s presidential proclamation, for by the state under Medicaid. It is a Happy birthday, Mom. You go, girl! And presidents Harry Truman, scheduled for May 6, because Crabb program intended to keep people out of Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and postponed enforcement of the decision nursing homes, which would cost the state (Father Peter Daly writes for Catholic News other commanders in chief supported it. until all appeals are exhausted. much more. Service.) † But thanks to a Wisconsin federal The U.S. Department of Justice judge’s recent ruling, the future of the said it was reviewing the judge’s Be Our Guest/Lori Lowe National Day of Prayer in America is ruling before deciding on a next uncertain beyond this year. step. It has 60 days to appeal. From its roots traced back to 1952 The White House said Catholics need to support bishops when Rev. Graham led a rally in President Barack Obama would make Washington calling for a special day for his 2010 proclamation as planned. in national marriage initiative Americans to pray and meditate so that We certainly disagree with the United States would experience a Judge Crabb’s decision, and think “What have you done for your • Model a genuinely loving marriage “great spiritual awakening,” the Archbishop E. Listecki of marriage today?” and family to those around you. National Day of Prayer has been a Milwaukee had it right when he said last That is the question posed by Generation X grew up during a doubling of staple of American society since week that the ruling was a “missed Archbishop Wilton Gregory on downtown the divorce rate. Many people in that President Truman signed a opportunity to acknowledge our nation’s Atlanta billboards. In generation and younger have not had many National Prayer Day proclamation identity, which was founded on our fact, the question is a positive marriage role models. in 1953. dependence on God.” key message of the • Provide support and mentoring for President Reagan later made it a We only need to look to the U.S. bishops’ young married couples, three-fourths of permanent event, and President Bush Declaration of Independence and National Pastoral whom leave the Church until they are annually hosted a high-profile event to U.S. Constitution, to add historical Initiative for Marriage. expecting their first child. mark the day at the White House. context to the situation, to see how TV, radio and • Pray for marriages and for f amilies Despite the overwhelming support the important our Founding Fathers viewed billboard ads are in jeopardy, and offer support to those event has had over the years, we knew it our God and Creator. broadcasting as you know. would only be a matter of time before a For more than 200 years, the majority public service • Be a positive voice for marriage in group of secularists challenged this of Americans have embraced these announcements from our culture. time-tested celebration that the majority principles and what they stand for. To the , and a Web site offers • Help teach children and adolescents of Americans—across all walks of life— put it simply, they help form the fabric ideas and tips for strong marriages. about the value of marital sex and lifelong support. of who we are as a nation. The media push is part of a lar ger public marriage. Explain why this is God’s plan, Enter the Wisconsin-based Thankfully, the ruling does not affect service campaign—aimed not just at and how it leads to joy. Freedom from Religion Foundation, a the annual National Prayer Breakfast, Catholics, but at the larger community—to • Set aside prayer time with your group of atheists and agnostics, which hosted by a private organization in encourage couples to remember the little spouse. Praying as a couple has been filed a lawsuit against government Washington on the first Thursday of things, the everyday expressions of shown in research to improve relationships. officials in 2008. February, or the National Catholic affection, respect and love. • Work to improve your marriage In their suit, the group argued that the Prayer Breakfast, which will take place Archbishop Gregory was recently skills. Marriages, just like cars, need day violated the separation of Church and in September. featured advocating for “healthy, regular maintenance. The Web site state because it said that, in observing the What it does do, though, is open our loving, giving, life-giving marriages,” and www.foryourmarriage.org, sponsored by day, government officials too often eyes again to how a misguided offering support for couples undergoing the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, adopted the religious perspective of the viewpoint can potentially dismantle rocky times. offers tips on managing finances, careers, National Day of Prayer Task Force based what has been a time-honored tradition. It is encouraging to see the Church prayer and more. at the headquarters of Focus on the Now is the time for people of f aith to stand up publicly for strong marriages. We • Be aware of resources to help local Family in Colorado Springs, Colo. stand up and let the Justice Department as lay people also have important roles in marriage ministries, such as the In her April 15 ruling, U.S. District know that, despite the work of those promoting lifelong sacramental marriages. Association of Marriage and Family Judge Barbara B. Crabb of Madison, behind the “religion of secularism,” as After all, when our Church families are Ministries at www.amfmonline.com. Wis., sided with the Wisconsin Archbishop Listecki aptly puts it, we fractured—and almost half of them are— organization, saying that the federal law support continuing the National Day of our Church is fractured. If our children (Lori Lowe is an author and marriage designating the day and requiring a Prayer. don’t experience successful marriages and advocate who blogs at presidential proclamation for the day This year, in 2011, 2012 and beyond. families, why would they choose that path? www.lifegems4marriage.com. She and her violates the First Amendment prohibition Here are some ways you can be a husband, Ming, and their two children against laws respecting an establishment —Mike Krokos marriage-builder right where you are—in attend St. Simon the Apostle Parish in your home, parish and community: Indianapolis.) † The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B.

SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR Graces of sacraments give us hope in dark times ike everyone else, I do not seek understand the meaning of the succession brain tumor, worry that a grandchild is awareness of our union with Jesus that may illness or suffering, and I do not of health problems I have had during the being kept from the faith. be as close by as a visit to our parish Lrelish it. last two years. I wasn’t sure I could figure So many folks carry anxious problems church. Sickness and suffering need not Yet as it happens and is well known it out. But I think Jesus has gi ven me a new in their hearts. Yet I was encouraged that rob us of inner peace. Awareness of Jesus around the archdiocese, I have another light. these people were seeking the consolation at our side can be a source of serene jo y. problem following a two-year succession During early sleepless hours one of the sacraments of penance and the Yes, we feel the sting of the splinters of health issues. As I look at my morning, I experienced “an overwhelming Eucharist. that come from our day-to-day crosses. problems, I am reminded of my mom. sense of privilege in joining my suffering It is springtime, and we are in the glo w And yes, some crosses are heavy, but we One Sunday afternoon, she drove from to that of Jesus.” I felt “a profound joy that of the Resurrection. Jesus has won the don’t have to carry them alone. It helps to Jasper to Saint Meinrad to tell me in I can do this for real.” There was also “a awesome victory over sin and death. His notice that the cross of Jesus radiates the person that she had “another problem.” flood of humble gratitude that Jesus w ould victory is real, and it is for e very one of us. promise of eternal glory. In addition to advancing arthritis, she choose me.” These unexpected thoughts, We need to claim our ownership of his I pray that you who are weighed had been informed that she had diabetes admittedly pious and yet profound, have victory. Of course, our challenge is to k eep down with worries or sickness or sufferings and glaucoma. stayed with me. our ultimate goal—union with Jesus in the of any kind find yourselves confident that Without drama, in a straightforward I think these simple convictions grew House of the Father—before our minds and Jesus cares, and that he invites you to way, she said, “Mark [my baptismal out of the impact on my attitude by a in our hearts. walk closely with him on the way to the name], I have a problem.” I have always touching note from a sixth grader, Ian. It is helpful in those wakeful hours and House of the Father. † been impressed by the way Mom I mentioned him before. Recall that he sleepless nights that come our way to accepted her lot, and I try to follo w her began his note: “Archbishop, I love God choose to pray a simple word to Jesus. Not serene lead. with all my heart.” His words have become always, but sometimes we are surprised by Do you have an intention for By the time this issue of The Criterion a refrain in my prayers throughout the an inspiring response. Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? goes to press, I should be under going days—and nights—since then. Like the penitents that I encountered You may mail it to him at: surgery to remove a mass from my Ian wrote about a problem, and I ha ve during Lent, we need to choose the stomach. It was discovered when a responded trying to help him. Probably sacraments in order to receive moral and Archbishop Buechlein’s CT scan was performed to locate a more than usual in recent weeks, I ha ve spiritual strength—and consolation. Jesus Prayer List kidney stone. become more keenly aware that I am not gave them to us for precisely the reasons Archdiocese of Indianapolis The tumor is expected to be benign, the only one who has a problem. we need them. The unseen graces of the 1400 N. Meridian St. but must be removed. It is entirely When possible on Friday mornings sacraments are there to give us hope in the P.O. Box 1410 unrelated to Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which during Lent, I helped hear confessions at dark times. Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 I had two years ago and from which I am St. Church in Confident peace comes with an still in remission. downtown Indianapolis. With hindsight, I can say the kidne y People, some in tears, recounted tragic Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for April stone was a blessing in disguise. Without problems of their own. Some folks are the scan, I would not have known of the angry, some at the Church. Others are Priests: that they may joyfully and faithfully live out their priestly promises and tumor for some time. anxious for an estranged child, a son who encourage other men to embrace God’s call to the priesthood. In the past, I have said that I prayed to says he doesn’t need God, the return of a

La gracia de los sacramentos nos brinda esperanza en las épocas difíciles omo todo el mundo, no busco la pienso que Jesús me ha dado una nue va luz. Tanta gente está apesadumbrada por interior. Tener conciencia de que Jesús está enfermedad ni el sufrimiento ni me En las horas de desvelo de una problemas y ansiedad en su corazón. Y sin a nuestro lado puede ser una fuente de gozo Cdeleito en él. madrugada, experimenté “una avasallante embargo, me animó que estas personas sereno. Sin embargo, ocurre y es bien sabido en sensación de privilegio al poder unir mi estuviesen buscando el consuelo de los Sí, sentimos los pinchazos de las astillas la arquidiócesis que tengo otro problema sufrimiento al de Jesús.” Sentí “el gozo sacramentos de la penitencia y la Eucaristía. que tienen nuestras cruces de todos los días. después de una serie de dos años con profundo de que puedo hacerlo de v eras.” Es primavera y todos nos hallamos en el Y sí, algunas cruces son pesadas, pero no padecimientos de salud. Cuando analizo mis También experimenté “una avalancha de resplandor de la Resurrección. Jesús ha tenemos que llevarlas solos. Nos ayuda problemas, recuerdo a mi madre. gratitud humilde porque Jesús me eligiera.” ganado la sobrecogedora victoria sobre el saber que la cruz de Jesús irradia la promesa Un domingo por la tarde, condujo de Estos pensamientos inesperados, sin duda pecado y la muerte. Su victoria es real, y es de la gloria eterna. Jasper a Saint Meinrad para decirme en piadosos y profundos, han permanecido por cada uno de nosotros. Rezo porque aquellos que están persona que “tenía otro problema.” conmigo. Necesitamos reclamar lo que nos abrumados con preocupaciones, Además de una artritis avanzada, le Pienso que esta simple convicción se pertenece de Su victoria. Naturalmente, enfermedades o sufrimientos de cualquier habían informado que tenía diabetes y originó en el impacto que tuvo en mi actitud nuestro reto es conservar nuestra meta naturaleza encuentren en ustedes mismos la glaucoma. una nota emotiva que recibí de Ian, un fundamental—la unión con Jesús en la Casa confianza de que Jesús se ocupa, y que les Sin dramatismo, de forma muy directa, estudiante de sexto grado. Lo he del Padre—en nuestras mentes y en nuestros invita a caminar con Él hacia la Casa del me dijo, “Mark [mi nombre bautismal], mencionado antes. Recuerdo el comienzo de corazones. Padre. † tengo un problema.” Siempre me ha su nota: “Arzobispo, amo a Dios con todo Cuando transitamos esas horas de impresionado la forma en que mi madre mi corazón.” Sus palabras se han vuelto un insomnio y desvelo en las noches es útil ¿Tiene una intención que desee aceptaba su destino y trato de se guir su estribillo en mis plegarias a través de los elevar en oración una simple palabra hacia incluir en la lista de oración del ejemplo. días—y las noches—desde entonces. Jesús. No siempre, pero a veces nos Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar Para el momento en que esta edición de Ian me escribió sobre un problema y le sorprende una respuesta que nos inspira. su correspondencia a: The Criterion se imprima, yo estaré respondí tratando de ayudarle. Como los penitentes que encontré sometiéndome a cirugía para eliminar un Probablemente más que lo habitual en las durante la Cuaresma, necesitamos elegir los Lista de oración del Arzobispo tumor en el estómago. Lo descubrieron semanas recientes, me he dado cuenta sacramentos para recibir fortaleza moral y Buechlein cuando me hicieron una tomografía para vivamente de que no soy el único que tiene espiritual, así como consuelo. Jesús nos los Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis localizar un cálculo renal. problemas. entregó precisamente por las razones por las 1400 N. Meridian St. Se espera que el tumor sea benigno, pero Cuando era posible en las mañanas de los cuales son necesarios. Las gracias invisibles P.O. Box 1410 debe ser eliminado. No está relacionado en viernes durante Cuaresma, ayudaba a de los sacramentos están allí para Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 lo absoluto con el linfoma de Hodgkin que escuchar las confesiones en la parroquia brindarnos esperanza en las horas difíciles. he tenido durante dos años, y del cual aún San Juan Evangelista en el centro de La concienciación de nuestra unión con me encuentro en remisión. Indianápolis. Jesús nos brinda una paz que puede estar En retrospectiva, puedo decir que el Las personas, algunas de ellos con tan cercana como una visita a la iglesia de Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, cálculo renal fue una bendición disfrazada. lágrimas en los ojos, relataban sus nuestra parroquia. La enfermedad y el Language Training Center, Indianapolis. Sin la tomografía, no habría tenido conoci- problemas trágicos. Algunos están enojados, sufrimiento no deben robarnos nuestra paz miento de la existencia del tumor. algunos hacia la Iglesia. Otros sienten En el pasado, he expresado que oraba ansiedad por un hijo que se encuentra La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en abril para comprender el significado de la alienado, otro por un hijo que dice que no sucesión de problemas de salud que he necesita a Dios, el regreso de un tumor Sacerdotes: ¡Que ellos realicen sus promesas como sacerdotes con júbilo y fe y den padecido durante estos dos últimos años. No cerebral, la preocupación de que un nieto se ánimo a otros hombres para que contesten la llamada de Dios al sacerdocio! estaba seguro de poderlo descubrir. Pero aleje de la fe. Page 6 The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 Events Calendar

April 23 5K Walk-a-Thon, registration, [email protected]. celebrant. Information: Leadership” luncheon, noon, Emerson Ave., Indianapolis. St. Pius X School, 10 a.m., walk, 11 a.m., $25 per April 25 812-689-3551. no charge, reservations due Skin cancer screenings, 7200 Sarto Drive, Indianapolis. person, $80 per family. April 14. Information: St. Lawrence Parish, 4650 N. 9 a.m.-noon, free, reservation Annual art show, 7-9 p.m. Information: 317-407-2384 or April 26 812-535-2800 or Shadeland Ave., Indianapolis. Archbishop Edward T. required. Information: Information: 317-418-5113 or [email protected]. [email protected]. “Creative Acts of Worship,” O’Meara Catholic Center, 317-782-4422. [email protected]. Sisterhood Christian Drama St. Maurice Parish, 8874 N. 1400 N. Meridian St., Indian- April 29 Ministry and St. Lawrence April 23-May 29 Harrison St., . apolis. Archdiocesan Office of University Place Conference St. Rose of Lima Church, parishioners, presenters, Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Smorgasbord, 4:30-7 p.m., Worship, “Understanding the Center, Auditorium, 850 W. 114 Lancelot Drive, Franklin. 2-3:30 p.m., free-will donation. Liturgy–Liturgical Renewal,” library, 200 Hill Drive, $8 adults, $3 children Michigan St., Indianapolis. “Musical Recital of Disney’s Information: 317-546-4065 or session three, Charles Gardner, Randall L. Tobias Center for St. Meinrad. Art exhibit, 7-12 years old. Information: Cinderella,” 7 p.m., free-will 317-546-1057. presenter, 6:15-9 p.m. Leadership Excellence, Benedictine Brother Martin 812-852-4394 or donation, no registration Information: 800-382-9836, “Keeping Religion in its Place Erspamer, artist. Information: [email protected]. required. Information: 800-682-0988 or St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. ext. 1483, 317-236-1483 or in Public Life–Two Views St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. [email protected]. from a Politician and a 317-738-3929. www.saintmeinrad.edu. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Wholehog sausage and Preacher,” 7-8 p.m. Parish, 1752 Scheller Lane, May 2 April 24 pancake breakfast, 7:30 a.m.- SS. Francis and Clare Parish, Information: 317-278-2800 or New Albany. Spring Prayer St. Rita Church, noon, free-will offering. 5901 Olive Branch Road, [email protected]. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Breakfast, for those who have 1733 Dr. Andrew J. Brown Greenwood. “Ensuring Your 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad, Ave., Indianapolis. Catholic lost a loved one, 9-11 a.m., MKVS, Divine Mercy and Children Will Follow the May 1 to Monte Cassino Shrine, Charismatic Renewal, praise no charge. Information: Glorious Cross Center, Gospel Values,” Dr. Greg St. Vincent Hospital, one mile east of the Archabbey and worship, 7 p.m., Mass, 812-945-2374. Rexville, located on 925 South, Sipes, presenter, 6:30 p.m. Schaefer Rooms, A, B and C, on State Road 62, St. Meinrad. 7:30 p.m. Information: .8 mile east of 421 South and Information: 317-215-2826 or 2001 W. 86th St., Indianapolis. Monte Cassino pilgrimage, 317-632-9349. St. Joseph Parish, 1875 S. 12 miles south of Versailles. “Safe Sitter” class, 9 a.m., [email protected]. “Blessed Mother–Show Us County Road 700 West, Mass, noon, on third Sunday $45 per person. Information: Lane Williams Park, 940 S. North Vernon. “Four Corners holy hour and pitch-in, April 28 317-338-4437. the Way,” Benedictine Father Locust Lane, Brownsburg. Craft and Garden Show,” groups of 10 pray the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Gabriel Hodges, homilist, St. Malachy Parish, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: new Marian Way, 1 p.m., St. Mary-of-the-Woods. St. Francis Hospital, 2 p.m. Information: “Walk with Haiti,” 812-346-8685 or Father Elmer Burwinkel, Sixth annual “Women in Cancer Center, 8111 S. 812-357-6501. † Retreats and Programs includes book and supper. Information: 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. April 25 May 7-9 Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg.

Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Estacio Submitted photo/Jeffrey “Coffee Talk–My Children Don’t Go to St. Meinrad. “Aging Gracefully–A Retreat for Church,” Jeanne Hunt, presenter, 9:30 a.m.-noon. 60s and Over,” Benedictine Father Noël Mueller, Information: 812-933-6437 or presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or [email protected]. [email protected]. April 28 May 11 Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “A Thomas Merton Seminar–Bridges to “Woman Talk–Women of Wisdom,” session Contemplative Living: Writing Yourself into four of five, “Women’s Drug Issues,” the Book of Life,” session one of four, Denise Rush, R.Ph., B. Pharm, presenter, Benedictine Sister Julie Sewell, presenter, 6-9 p.m., $25 per person includes dinner. 6:30-9 p.m., $65.95 per person includes book and Information: 317-788-7581 or supper. Information: 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. [email protected]. May 12 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 56th St., Indianapolis. “Morning for Moms,” 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “A Thomas 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., $30 per person includes Merton Seminar–Bridges to Contemplative continental breakfast and lunch. Child care is Living: Writing Yourself into the Book of provided, but space is limited. Contact Life,” session three of four, Benedictine Sister Cheryl McSweeney for child care at Julie Sewell, presenter, Mass, 5:15 p.m., supper, 317-545-7681, ext. 15, or 6 p.m., session 6:30-9 p.m. $65.95 per person [email protected]. Information: includes book and supper. Information: Diaconate ordination 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. April 29 May 13 Ordained a transitional deacon just minutes earlier, Deacon Dustin Boehm kneels in front of Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein to promise obedience to him and his successors. The ordination 56th St., Indianapolis. “Come Away and Rest 56th St., Indianapolis. “Celebrate the Feast Day took place on April 10 at the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln at Saint Meinrad Awhile,” 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $25 per person. of Our Lady of Fatima,” day of reflection, Archabbey in St. Meinrad. Deacon Boehm, a member of Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish in Information: 317-545-7681 or 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, Greenwood, is expected to be ordained a priest in June 2011. Assisting Archbishop Buechlein are, [email protected]. vicar general, presenter, $35 per person includes from left, Deacon Uwem Enoh and Deacon Steve Hohman of the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky., and breakfast and lunch. Information: 317-545-7681 Benedictine Father Gabriel Hodges, a master of ceremony at the liturgy. April 30-May 2 or [email protected]. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad. “Monastic Practices–Drawing May 18 Everyday Wisdom from the Monastic Life,” Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Benedictine Brother John Mark Falkenhain, 56th St., Indianapolis. “Come Away and Rest presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or Awhile,” silent, non-guided reflection day,

[email protected]. 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $25 per person includes breakf ast Submitted photo and lunch. Information: 317-545-7681 or Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality, [email protected]. 101 St. Anthony Drive, Mount St. Francis. “Serenity Retreat,” Gary Brown, presenter. May 19 Information: 812-923-8817. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. May 5 “A Thomas Merton Seminar–Bridges to Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Contemplative Living: Writing Yourself into 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “A Thomas the Book of Life,” session four of four, Merton Seminar–Bridges to Contemplative Benedictine Sister Julie Sewell, presenter, Mass, Living: Writing Yourself into the Book of 5:15 p.m., supper, 6 p.m., session 6:30-9 p.m. Life,” session two of four, Benedictine Sister $65.95 per person includes book and supper. Julie Sewell, presenter, Mass, 5:15 p.m., supper, Information: 317-788-7581 or 6 p.m., session 6:30-9 p.m., $65.95 per person [email protected]. † Sisters of St. Benedict to sponsor summer camps in southern Indiana The Sisters of St. Benedict of Monastery liturgies, will take place by in Ferdinand, Ind., Lake Marian on the campus of the in the Evansville Diocese will sponsor monastery. two sessions of Camp Marian for girls this Registration for the camps is $40, Year for Priests dinner summer. including a $10 deposit. The camps are Eight priests who minister in the Batesville Deanery enjoy a dinner in their honor on Jan. 15 at Girls currently in grades 5 and 6 can limited to 44 campers. St. Lawrence Parish in Lawrenceburg. They are, from left, Msgr. Harold Knueven, Capuchin attend on June 7-9. Girls enrolled in For more information or to register, Franciscan Father Bernard Varghesi, Father Phillip Aung Nge, Father Lucas Amandua, grades 7 and 8 can attend on June 10-12. call 812-367-1411, ext. 2831, send an Father Babu Kuriyan, Father John Hartzer, Father Peter Gallagher and Father Stephen Donahue. The overnight camps, which will e-mail to [email protected] or The event was sponsored by the Msgr. William J. Kreis Council #1231 of the include outdoor games, crafts and log on to www.thedome.org. † in Lawrenceburg. Approximately 100 people attended the Year for Priests banquet. The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 Page 7 EWTN host offers help to parents at Catholic Radio Dinner By Sean Gallagher task because he said that, as a Presbyterian their children are minister, he often led people out of the Catholic Christians. People involved in Catholic radio know Catholic Church because of their lack of “I want to make sure y Sean Gallagher from experience how it can be an effective catechesis. that my children not b tool of evangelization. “One of the ways that I would pull only know Jesus, but Photo Marcus Grodi has seen this during his Catholics out of the Church was challenging know him correctly,” he 13 years as the host of “The Journe y Home” them on their faith,” Grodi said. “Catholics said. “And to do that, program broadcast on the Eternal Word would give me what they believed. But if I they need the Church Television Network and EWTN’s radio pushed them, they often couldn’t go beyond and the graces of the service and, more recently, as host of what they had memorized, especially sacraments. That’s why “Deep in Scripture,” which is broadcast on teenagers.” we need to make sure EWTN radio. So he challenged his audience. that our children Grodi also knows that evangelization “When your children look at you, will the y experience all that, of needs to happen from person to person, see what it means to be Catholic?” Grodi course, but [also] Marcus Grodi, the host of EWTN’s “The Journey Home” and “Deep in especially in families. asked. “Do you know your Catholicism? Are understand it.” Scripture,” speaks about how parents can keep their children Catholic He knows this as the father of you Catholic out of habit because you inherited Despite parents’ during the sixth annual Catholic Radio Dinner, a fundraising dinner for three sons, but also from overseeing The this faith? Or do you know it? Do you actions to ensure their WSPM, Catholic Radio Indy 89.1 FM. About 250 people attended the Coming Home Network, an apostolate that understand it?” children’s faith, Grodi April 8 event. gives spiritual support to Protestant Christians In order to grow in that understanding, said, their efforts are not considering coming into the full communion Grodi suggested reading short sections from a fail-safe guarantee of success. discover Jesus and his Church. The radio of the Church. the Catechism of the Catholic Church on a “We can plant seeds,” he said. “We can can teach people how to pray.” Grodi was a Presbyterian minister before daily basis. nurture the soil. … But, in the end, we ha ve Kristen Riley, a member of St. Simon the becoming Catholic in 1992. Grodi told his listeners that, in order to pass to let them go. But my main w arning is don’t Apostle Parish in Indianapolis, attended the He was the main speaker at the on the faith to children, you need to be open let them go without prayer.” dinner and talked to The Criterion about the sixth annual Catholic Radio Dinner, a to life. Parents must pray for their children, Grodi importance of Catholic radio in her life. fundraising event for WSPM, Catholic Radio “We can be blind to the ways in which we said, which is absolutely essential. “You hear about the new Catholic media, Indy 89.1 FM, held on April 8 in Indian- have adopted our culture’s pro-choice values,” “We think we pray for our kids all of the and I think it’s very important,” she said. apolis, which was attended by nearly Grodi said. “We can believe that really 1.2 kids time, but do we really?” he asked. “Honestly, “I’m a person who doesn’t have time to sit 250 people. is just enough because there’s a danger of a and I’m talking to me, the greatest sacrif ice down and read and study the w ay that I In his presentation, Grodi shared population explosion, which is a myth.” that we can make on a day-by-day basis for would like to. I think that listening when seven ways for parents to make sure their Grodi said parents need to be active to make the rest of our lives, next to loving them, is you can, when you’re in the car or to children remain Catholic. sure their children are truly Christian, and that praying for them.” podcasts, is very helpful to me. I can learn a First, he said, parents need to mak e sure they have a growing and deepening The last way Grodi proposed that parents lot, a lot of things that you w ouldn’t just that they themselves are truly Christian and relationship with Christ. They should not can help make sure their children remain find on your own.” have a deep relationship with Christ. presume that priests, religious, and parish staff Catholic was to make the Church better for Riley, who has a son in the f irst grade “The danger of our faith is that we can members and volunteers will take on the whole their children than it was for them. at St. Simon the Apostle School and is look great on the outside as Catholics. But of this task that belongs first to parents. “God has called every one of us and given caring for a niece who is a sophomore at what’s on the inside?” Grodi asked his “I believe that what God is calling us to do us gifts and the means to help the Church Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, said audience. “We can go to Mass every is to basically share with our children what we where we have been planted,” he said, Grodi’s suggestion that parents speak about Sunday and say the beads, be baptized, know of him,” Grodi said. “It’s hard. And I’ve “because the Church that we leave into our Christ to their children challenged her. confirmed. And yet have we surrendered to failed at it. children’s hands is part of our responsibility.” “That’s something that I’ve been shy Jesus Christ?” “It’s just taking time to sit down with our Catholic radio, Grodi said, can be an about, I guess,” Riley said. “I think that’s To build that relationship with Christ, children and say, ‘I need to talk to you about effective means for people, including something that I’m really going to go home Grodi suggested prayerfully reading from the the most important person in my life.’ Can we children, to learn more about the f aith and and try to do.” Gospels every day. do that? Can we talk to them about Jesus? grow closer to Christ. Next, Grodi said that parents should be They need to know our Lord or else none of “They turn on the radio and, all of a (To learn more about Catholic Radio Indy consciously Catholic Christians, and help the other things in the Church are going to sudden, they hear about Christ,” he said. 89.1 FM or to listen to it online anywhere, their children know not only what the make sense over time.” “They hear about the Church. They hear log on to www.catholicradioindy.org. For Catholic Church teaches but why. The fifth point that Grodi made was similar about the importance of life. And even our more information about the Coming Home Grodi emphasized the importance of this to his second point. Parents need to make sure children, when they turn on the radio, will Network, log on to www.chnetwork.org.) † Despite shaky economy, donations to Catholic Radio Indy ar e increasing By Sean Gallagher meet a March 1 deadline for a balloon payment that w ould done in the last six years. And if we continue on and b uild have completed its purchase of the station it has been that up a little bit more, we should be able to pay of f the The future is bright for Catholic Radio Indy if leasing since it began broadcasting in 2004. contract in a reasonable period of time.” donations continue to grow, said Robert Teipen, the He said that a new agreement to continue leasing the Teipen, a former longtime member of St. La wrence station’s chairman of the board, during its April 8 station was made that would allow for its purchase in Parish in Indianapolis, who is now a member of St. John fundraising dinner in Indianapolis. four years. However, the monthly lease payments will be Vianney Parish in Fishers, Ind., in the Laf ayette Diocese, Teipen gave a report on the increased due to added interest payments. also spoke about the importance of Catholic radio and station, which operates wholly on “Under the circumstances, it seemed like a reasonable how it reaches out to the broader society. donations, to the nearly deal for the station so that we could k eep the programming “I believe that Catholic radio is a beacon of light in our 250 supporters who attended the on the air as we have had without any modification,” Teipen rather toxic environment,” he said. “We’re continuing to annual dinner. said. “That was our prime objective.” get responses from people. The ones that surprise me the He said that donations to He shared his encouragement for the growing donations most, frankly, are from non-Catholics. … I’m al ways Catholic Radio Indy over the past during a time of economic hardship for man y people. amazed at how many non-Catholics there are out there year were “higher than in any “When we have a period of uncertainty in charitable listening to us and, in some cases, [the y] donate.” 12-month period since we’ve been giving and in the economy as we ha ve experienced recently, on the air.” I find the fact that the support that we ha ve received is very (To support Catholic Radio Indy, log on to Teipen told his listeners that heartening,” Teipen said. “We need to continue to receive www.catholicradioindy.org and click on the Robert Teipen Catholic Radio Indy was unable to the support. We’re certainly appreciative of what you have “Support CRI” link or call 317-870-8400, ext. 21.) †

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In the midst of a worldwide storm and they may also be useful for new Reuters Gentile, CNS photo/Tony over how the Church has handled clerical beginnings in our lives,” he said. sex abuse, the pope met privately with local In his homily during Mass in sex abuse victims on April 18, assuring them Granaries Square on April 18, the pope said the Church was doing everything in its power St. Paul urged his companions to confront to bring perpetrators to justice and to pre vent the stormy seas by placing their complete further abuse of young people. trust in God. To save their troubled craft, The victims said they were pleased they had to cast all their supplies o verboard with the encounter, and one said he felt and pray that God would protect them from “freed of a great weight” and w as harm, the pope said. reconnected with his faith. People today also must shed their e xcess The shadow of sex abuse cases didn’t cargo—that is, superfluous possessions, vain dampen the local population’s outpouring of accomplishments and dependence on enthusiasm nor did it obscure what the pope technology as a cure-all—because the real said was his main mission on the Mediter- key to happiness and human fulfillment is ranean island—to reconfirm the faith of one one’s relationship with God, he said. With of the most Catholic countries in the w orld God “we can do all things. Without him, we and encourage the Maltese to fully live out can do nothing.” their Christian identity and values. The pope even evoked St. Paul’s arrival Pope Benedict XVI talks with young people on a catamaran as he makes his way to a larger gathering Vans filled with youths waving giant by sailing across Malta’s Grand Harbor of youths at the waterfront in Valletta, Malta, on April 18. Vatican flags coursed through the streets, before his meeting with young people on humble stone homes had banners and April 18. Malta is the influx of illegal immigrants who commemorating St. Paul, Pope Benedict pictures of the pope hung from their He rode together with a group of teens end up on its shores on their w ay to other prayed in Rabat at the grotto where tradition balconies, and tens of thousands of f aithful aboard a large white catamaran named European countries. The country has been holds the Apostle lived for the three months and the curious lined city streets and squares “San Pawl.” Navigating the choppy waters, criticized by human rights advocates for its he was stranded in Malta. The pope greeted to cheer and get a glimpse of the pope. his boat was flanked by every kind of sea forced detention policies and the sometimes some 250 Maltese missionaries in St. P aul’s Celebrating the 1,950th anniversary of craft imaginable from military ships and abysmal conditions of its detention centers. Church and called on his audience to “li ve St. Paul’s arrival in Malta, the pope was able million-dollar yachts to traditional wooden The pope told young people that it is their out your faith ever more fully” at home, to hold the Apostle up as an example or boats and rubber dinghies. duty as Christians to care for the vulnerable, work and in society. inspiration in his talks to politicians, On stage before the nearly 40,000 people and “be attentive to the needs of immigrants The world needs credible Christian Catholics, young people and even journalists. stretched along the fortressed waterfront, the and asylum seekers.” witness, especially given the many threats In remarks to the Vatican press corps pope used the example and teachings of But in a number of talks, the pope said the facing human life, traditional marriage and aboard the papal flight from Rome to Malta, St. Paul to respond to young people who problem could not be solved by Malta alone. the “moral truths which remain the the pope said St. Paul shows how life’s spoke of their experiences and questions In his farewell speech at the airport, foundation of authentic freedom and genuine tragedies can become an opportunity to about faith. the pope told President George Abela and progress,” he said. The pope said, “God other government leaders to strive to Thousands of children packed into rejects no one. And the continue to welcome the world’s “strangers” St. George’s Square in Valletta on April 17 to Church rejects no one.” as the ancient Maltese welcomed St. P aul. sing the pope a belated “Happy Birthday” in God knows people With the help of other European states English, German, Italian and Maltese. The /Catholic Press Photo intimately—all their and international organizations, Abela said, pope smiled, waved and blessed the children strengths and weaknesses— Malta will act to aid “those who arri ve here when he appeared on the balcony of the and yet he loves his children and to ensure that their rights be respected.” presidential palace. The pope turned 83 on so much that he challenges The pope praised the way Malta has April 16. (See related story on page 10.) L’Osservatore Romano L’Osservatore people to purify themselves been able to build a nation founded on The Maltese didn’t forget the of their sins and faults, Christian values, and praised the country’s fifth anniversary of his pontificate either, CNS photo/ he said. defense of the unborn and of the traditional which fell on April 19. On the flight back “When he challenges family based on marriage between a man and from Malta to Rome on April 18, the crew of us because something in a woman. the Air Malta flight gave the pope a our lives is displeasing to Abortion and divorce are illegal in Malta, traditional Maltese cake made of ground him, he is not rejecting us, and the pope asked President Abela in his almonds, which was shared with the papal Pope Benedict XVI prays inside St. Paul’s Grotto in Rabat, outside but he is asking us to change welcoming address that the nation “continue entourage and the Vatican press corps. The Valletta, Malta, on April 17. It is believed that St. Paul lived at the and become more perfect,” to stand up for the indissolubility of cake had yellow and white frosting—the grotto site during the three months he and his companions were he said. marriage” and the “true nature of the f amily.” Vatican colors—and Pope Benedict’s coat shipwrecked on the island. One challenge facing As part of his spiritual journey of arms. †

He then spoke of how St. Paul turned the tragedy of being priests, was to take place sometime in June at the Vatican. POPE shipwrecked on Malta into a positive opportunity when he Grech said of the planned meeting at the Vatican: “This decided to heal the sick and preach the po wer of Christ. Out is very good news for us. It shows that the Maltese continued from page 1 of tragedy can come a new beginning, and “life’s shipwrecks Church and now the Vatican are now taking our case and eight male victims of abuse began the encounter kneeling in can be part of God’s plan for us and they may also be useful our pain seriously.” silent prayer. for new beginnings in our lives,” the pope said. In an extensive interview with the Times of Malta on The pope then stood by the altar and met with each Father Lombardi told journalists aboard the plane that the April 11, Msgr. Scicluna, who is from Malta, said the victim one by one to hear his story and to speak with each pope’s comments were in reference to the se x abuse crisis Church is still “on a learning curv e” concerning the privately, Father Lombardi said. The victims were in their facing the Church. handling of sex abuse allegations and that they “should 30s and 40s, Father Lombardi said. Archbishop Cremona had met on April 13 with a learn to do things more expeditiously. At the end of the meeting, participants said a prayer group of victims, including Grech, at their request. That “I think that efforts to render the process more together in Maltese and the pope blessed the victims. meeting, which lasted two and a half hours, was “a great transparent will only help the Church,” he said. One victim said the pope gave each of them a rosary and help” to the victims, Grech told reporters. Grech said He said the doctrinal congregation has had to deal with promised them they would be in his prayers. Archbishop Cremona listened carefully to each victim. “the frustration some of them [cases of ab use] made us One of the victims, Lawrence Grech, told the Maltese Grech said his only wish was that the meeting with feel because justice was not meted out as it should be.” paper that the two bishops with them shed tears during their Archbishop Cremona had happened earlier. Grech has been Justice has not always been served, he said, “because meeting. Another said the pope had tears in his e yes. critical of the length of time it has tak en his case and others of a misplaced sense of protection of the institution—the “I admire the pope for his courage in meeting us. He w as to be handled by the Response Team established by the mentality that you don’t criticize the clergy because embarrassed by the failings of others,” said Grech. Church in Malta to look into se x abuse. otherwise you’re going to betray the institution,” he said. Grech, one of the victims who had ask ed for the papal “We have been waiting for seven years for our case to The fear of criticizing exists on all levels within the meeting, has said he and others were ab used as boys by end, but justice has not yet been done,” he told reporters on Church and includes “even the inability of certain people four priests at the St. Joseph Orphanage in . April 16. to denounce abuse against minors,” he said. The meeting came after the pope returned from a public Welcoming the pope at Malta’s international airport on While he has said there is “a culture of silence” in Mass to the nunciature, where he has been staying during April 17, President George Abela said “the Catholic Church Italy, he added that the same culture of not speaking out his April 17-18 pilgrimage to Malta. Father Lombardi had remains committed to safeguarding children and all about abuse exists in all parts of the w orld. told journalists before the trip that an y eventual meeting vulnerable people, and to seeing that there is no hiding place The Archdiocese of Malta has said that, since it w as with abuse victims would not be announced in advance, and for those who seek to do harm. set up in 1999, the Response Team has received would take place out of the media spotlight to guarantee “It is therefore the Church and even the state’s duty to accusations against 45 priests in connection with more “the real chance of listening and private conversation.” work hand in hand to issue directives and enact legislation so than 80 allegations of sexual abuse against minors. During his public events in Malta, the pope did not refer that effective, transparent mechanisms are set up, together Since 1999, three priests have faced criminal trials in explicitly to the problem of the se xual abuse of minors by with harmonized and expeditious procedures, in order to curb civil courts after the victims decided to go to the police priests. He did make two subtle references to the problem cases of abuse so that justice will not only be done b ut seen because they were unhappy with how the Response Team when he spoke to journalists aboard the papal flight from to be done,” he said. was handling the case. Rome to Malta. A group of 10 victims announced on April 16 that they The Archdiocese of Malta said that of the 45 cases Speaking about the vitality of the Catholic f aith in Malta, had been granted a meeting with the promoter of justice in investigated by the Church’s Response Team, 19 were he said even when the body of the Church “is w ounded by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the F aith, Msgr. Charles found to be baseless, 13 were still ongoing and cases our sins, God loves this Church, and its Gospel is the true Scicluna. The meeting with the , who handles the against 13 members of the clergy have been forwarded to force that purifies and heals.” cases local have brought against allegedly abusive the Vatican. † The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 Page 9 At five-year mark, pope’s teaching mission hits some obstacles

(Editor’s note: April 19 marked to adequately monitor a priest abuser. the five-year anniversary of Other controversies have eclipsed Pope Benedict XVI’s election.) the pope’s wider message during his first five years. Visiting his native Bavaria (CNS)—At the in 2006, he upset many Islamic leaders

five-year mark, two key objectives of when he quoted a medieval Byzantine CNS photo/Ronen Zvulun, Reuters Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate have emperor, who said the prophet come into clear focus—creating space for Mohammed had brought “things only religion in the public sphere, and space evil and inhuman, such as his command” for God in private lives. to spread the faith by the sword. In hundreds of speeches and homilies, The pope later said he was merely in three encyclicals, on 13 foreign trips, citing and not endorsing the criticism of during synods of bishops and even Islam, but he conceded that the speech through new Web sites, the German was open to misinterpretation. Then he pontiff has confronted what he calls a began a bridge-building effort with modern “crisis of faith,” saying the root Muslim scholars that eventually led to a cause of moral and social ills is a major new chapter in Vatican-Muslim reluctance to acknowledge the truth that dialogue. comes from God. During a late 2006 visit to Turkey, the To counter this crisis, he has pope prayed at Istanbul’s Blue Mosque proposed Christianity as a religion of next to a Muslim cleric, a gesture of love, not rules. Its core mission, he has respect that resonated positively said repeatedly, is to help people accept throughout the Islamic world. At the same God’s love and share it, recognizing that time, he continued to insist that all true love involves a willingness to religions must reject violence carried out make sacrifices. in their name. His emphasis on God as Creator has Liturgy has been a major focus of tapped into ecological awareness, for Pope Benedict. It is one of the areas where which he has been dubbed the “green he wants to better balance the renewal pope.” He has presented the faith as a launched by the path not only to salvation, but also to with the Church’s tradition—a process he social justice and true happiness. calls “innovation in continuity.” Elected on April 19, 2005, In 2007, the pope’s removal of Pope Benedict has surprised those restrictions on use of the traditional who expected a doctrinaire disciplinarian. Latin Mass, the Latin-language liturgy As universal pastor, he has led Catholics that predates the Second Vatican Council, back to the basics of their f aith, was in part, a concession to traditionalists catechizing them on Christianity’s and part of a push toward an agreement foundational practices, writings and with the breakaway Society of St. Pius X. beliefs, ranging from the Confessions of But when he lifted the excommuni- Pope Benedict XVI prays silently after laying a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem St. Augustine to the sign of the cross. cations of four of the society’s bishops in Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on May 11, 2009. During his trip to the Holy Land, the pope met with But Pope Benedict’s quiet teaching early 2009, that reconciliation project leaders of the Jewish community and reaffirmed that the Catholic Church is committed to the path mission has been frequently nearly derailed. One of the four, chosen at the Second Vatican Council for reconciliation between Christians and Jews. overshadowed by problems and crises that Bishop Richard Williamson, had have grabbed headlines, provoked three days earlier provoked outrage with criticism of the Church and left the assertions that the Holocaust was German pontiff with an uphill battle to exaggerated and that no Jews died in Nazi get a hearing. gas chambers. The fifth anniversary of his election is The pope moved to repair damage with a case in point. It was viewed by many in Jewish groups, and in a remarkable letter the Vatican as an opportunity for the pope about the episode he thanked “our Jewish Reuters Kopczynski, CNS photo/Pawel to stand in the media spotlight, underline friends” who helped restore a sense of the essential themes of his pontificate and trust. In the same letter, however, he prepare the world for the second volume expressed sadness that some Catholics of his work, Jesus of Nazareth. seemed willing to believe he was But in recent weeks, fallout from the changing direction on Catholic-Jewish priestly sex abuse crisis has muted the relations and were ready to “attack me celebratory atmosphere at the Vatican and with open hostility.” placed papal aides on the defensive. Although he never planned to In a letter to Irish Catholics in March, imitate his globetrotting predecessor, the pope personally apologized to victims Pope Benedict has traveled to of priestly sexual abuse and announced six continents on 13 foreign trips new steps to heal the wounds of the during his first five years. The 14th came scandal, including a Vatican investigation in mid-April when he visited Malta, the and a year of penitential reparation. first of five trips planned for 2010. Vatican officials viewed the letter as an One of his most successful journeys unprecedented act of transparency by a was to the United States in 2008, when he pope who, even as a cardinal, pushed for visited Washington and New York, and Pope Benedict XVI walks through the gate of Auschwitz, the former Nazi death camp, in this May 28, harsher penalties against abusers. For addressed the United Nations. In speeches 2006, file photo. Benedict made 13 trips outside Italy in his first five years as pope. His visit to Poland critics, however, the papal letter was and homilies, he set forth a moral paid tribute to his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. merely more words. Soon the Vatican was challenge to the wider U.S. culture on denying accusations that the pope issues ranging from economic justice to life. In 2006, the encyclical “God Is opinion, and has sometimes joined in the himself, as a German archbishop, failed abortion, but without coming across as Love” described the faith as charity in discussions. There is much interest in his doctrinaire or bullying—and the reception action, and said God cannot be shut out post-synodal document on Scripture, was unusually positive. of personal and social life. “Saved by expected this spring, because the pope has The pope also expressed his personal Hope” in 2007 presented Jesus Christ as insisted that familiarity with the Bible is shame at the priestly sex abuse scandal the source of love and hope in eternal essential to living the Christian life. that had shaken the Church in the salvation, the “great hope” that can • The “Year of St. Paul” in 2008-09

CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec CNS photo/Nancy United States, met and prayed then with a sustain contemporary men and women. familiarized Catholics with the man group of abuse victims. It was a gesture “Charity in Truth” in 2009 said social considered the model of Christian that he would repeat three months later on justice was inseparable from the concept conversion and the archetypal evangelizer. a trip to Australia for World Youth Day. of Christian charity, and called for reform It sought to rekindle a missionary The pope’s most demanding trip was of international economic institutions awareness throughout the Church. his Holy Land pilgrimage in 2009, which and practices. • In calling the “Year for Priests,” took him to holy places in Jordan, Israel • His book, Jesus of Nazareth, which ends in June, the pope said the and the Palestinian territories. Visiting a which has sold more than 2 million Church must acknowledge that some mosque in Jordan, the pope was able to copies, emphasized that Jesus was God, priests have done great harm to others, build more bridges with Muslim not merely a moralist or a political but must also thank God for the gifts that communities in the Middle East. In revolutionary or a social reformer. In the majority of priests have given to the Jerusalem, where he was thrust into the calling for a personal relationship with Church and the world. politics of the long-simmering Israeli- Jesus, it touched on a point the pope has • The pope’s letter to the Church in Palestinian conflict, he prodded both made elsewhere: “One can never know China in 2008 was a landmark attempt to sides, supporting Palestinians’ right to Christ only theoretically.” reconcile the divided Catholic community statehood but urging them to reject • The pope has presided over there, and launch a platform for dialogue terrorism. three synods of bishops—on the Eucharist with civil authorities. It attempted to The list of Pope Benedict’s other in 2005, on Scripture in 2008 and on disentangle the knot of ecclesial and accomplishments includes documents, Africa in 2009—and has convened one on political problems in China by presenting Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd as he meetings and spiritual initiatives: the Middle East for October. He a clear vision of the Church and its departs Yankee Stadium after celebrating Mass • His three encyclicals have placed streamlined the format of these mission, and a strong case for the respect in New York on April 20, 2008. love and charity at the center of Church encounters to allow for more exchange of of religious freedom. † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 U.S. foundation members deliver birthday cake to Holy Father VATICAN CITY (CNS)— 1990 and, in the name of the pope, has gi ven Pope Benedict XVI received a cake on his about $60 million in grants for the b uilding of 83rd birthday from the U.S.-based Papal churches, , schools, hospitals and other Foundation, which also presented him with a projects for the care of the poor around the w orld. list of the projects they have funded in his James Coffey, foundation vice president, said name this year. this year the foundation distributed 95 grants and The 120-member group—including 60 scholarships worth a total of $6.2 million. The

Cardinals of and scholarships help priests and nuns studying at the CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of pontifical universities in Rome. Washington—sang “Happy Birthday” to the The members also gave the pope a copy of pope as they presented him with the fresh the book, Peter’s Partners, which marks the strawberry and kiwi custard cake. Written on 20th anniversary of the Papal Foundation. top was the message, “Happy Birthday, The “practical witness of holiness and charity” Holy Father.” by Catholics around the world allows the There were no candles to blow out so the Church to continue to proclaim the message of pope responded to the song by giving the hope, he said. group his blessing. “The Papal Foundation has advanced this In his formal speech to foundation mission in a particular way by supporting a broad members, the pope spoke about the joy of the spectrum of charities close to the heart of the Easter season, which is built on knowing that successor of Peter,” the pope said. “evil never has the last word, that love is Pope Benedict asked the foundation members stronger than death, and that our future and the and staff “to pray for the needs of the uni versal future of all humanity lies in the hands of a Church and to implore a renewed outpouring of faithful and provident God.” the Spirit’s gifts of holiness, unity and missionary Pope Benedict XVI is presented with a birthday cake on his 83rd birthday at the Vatican on The Papal Foundation was established in zeal upon the whole people of God.” † April 16. At left is Bishop J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va. New film biography of Archbishop Sheen released for parish screenings PEORIA, Ill. (CNS)—His teaching inspired millions in numerous books, and promotion of Catholic efforts in prayer life. “For every one minute he spoke, he spent the 20th century, and now producers of the documentary mission lands. one hour in prayer,” he said. Philbin marveled at how Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Servant of All are hopeful The documentary opens with a digital v ersion of how Archbishop Sheen’s impact went well beyond “the their film will introduce the famed Archbishop Sheen opened his shows—the scrawling of the Catholic family.” media pioneer and his message to initials “J.M.J.” (for Jesus, Mary and Joseph) on a chalkboard. “Frankly, there hasn’t been anyone to equal him since,” new generations. Archbishop Sheen, a former bishop of Rochester, N.Y., said Philbin. The newly released film died in 1979. His cause for sainthood w as introduced by the Filming was done in Peoria, Milwaukee, New York and biography of Archbishop Sheen Peoria Diocese in 2002, and is “mo ving along exceptionally Houston, according to Msgr. Deptula, who also serves as had its broadcast debut on well,” according to Father Andrew Apostoli, a Franciscan director of the Office of Divine Worship for the Diocese of Easter Sunday on public television Friar of the Renewal, who is vice postulator for the cause. Peoria. He began sharing his vision for the f ilm after he station WTTW in Chicago. After Father Apostoli is one of 30 friends, f amily members and was named executive director of the Sheen Foundation airings later in April in Peoria and admirers of Archbishop Sheen interviewed in the making of two years ago. Washington, the documentary will the documentary. Others included Archbishop Timothy M. Plans for a 30-minute film soon expanded to an hour. be marketed nationally through Dolan of New York, Sheen biographer Thomas Reeves and “And there’s still so much on the cutting room floor ,” public screenings at the parish and television veteran Regis Philbin. said Msgr. Deptula. “This could have been a miniseries.” Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen regional levels. Their reflections are woven among numerous clips from While the documentary is a “tight one-hour f ilm,” “Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is Archbishop Sheen’s television work and preaching, as well as Msgr. Deptula would be more than happy to update it in one of the most influential voices of the 20th century,” said dozens of historic photos, to produce a f ilm portrait of the near future should Archbishop Sheen be beatified. Msgr. Stanley Deptula, executive director of the Archbishop Sheen that viewers at a recent private screening “We need a saint like Fulton Sheen today,” said Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, who also served for priests of the Peoria Diocese called “gripping” and Father Apostoli in the film’s closing comments, inviting as the film’s executive producer. “moving.” viewers to offer prayers and financial support. In remarks opening the documentary, Msgr. Deptula “He really was one of the most important evangelists in added that “today few seem to understand or remember the the history of the United States,” said Bishop Daniel R. Jenky (Editor’s note: Information on setting up a screening tremendous impact he made on our nation and in our of Peoria in describing Archbishop Sheen during the of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Servant of All is available world.” documentary. “He may have more souls to his record than by calling the Maximus Group at 877-263-1263 or The film seeks to remedy that through a f ast-paced anyone else in our nation.” the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation at retelling of the life story of Archbishop Sheen. A priest of Archbishop Sheen “was in the 309-671-1550. A DVD version of the film will be available the Diocese of Peoria, Archbishop Sheen became known 20th century,” added Msgr. John Kozar, national director of for purchase at screenings. More information on the around the world through his radio and television the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States. project, including a two-minute promotional trailer, is programs—including “Life is Worth Living”—as well as Archbishop Dolan noted Archbishop Sheen’s intense available at www.sheenfilm.org.) †

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“Parish Staff” you will catch a glimpse of that many pastors Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory A. the ministerial transformation that has actively promoted. quietly been reshaping the face of the Indeed, one of the Church. great untold stories of It used to be that parishes were led by a the rise of lay ecclesial pastor and one or more associate pastors, ministry is the crucial with nuns in the school and a fe w lay part played by parish people hired as organists or janitors. Now priests in encouraging, most parish offices house a team of supporting and opening ministers—priests, deacons, directors of up space for this new religious education, youth ministers, form of ministry. business managers, coordinators of liturgy Reflecting on this and directors of outreach. history, the bishops of A 2005 study found that more than the United States 30,000 lay ecclesial ministers were concluded in their employed in U.S. parishes, more than the document, number of diocesan priests. With “Co-Workers in the approximately 19,000 parishes nationwide, Vineyard of the Lord,” that puts the ratio of lay ecclesial ministers that the rise of to parishes at about 1.5 to 1. lay ecclesial ministry These paid professionals have become a has been the work of standard feature of contemporary Church the Holy Spirit. These life. Their leadership inspires and helps ministers represent a coordinate many more thousands of the vivid example of what Msgr. James McNamara, pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Nesconset, N.Y., talks with pastoral associate Judith Pickel in the parish lay faithful who volunteer or serve more Pope Benedict XVI office on Aug. 25, 2009. The emergence of lay ecclesial ministry over the past half century has transformed the face of the Church. occasionally in direct ministries on behalf recently called the of the Church. laity’s growing recognition of our shared women’s religious communities in the cities and begged for a living? Not even Most Catholics assume that the rise of responsibility for the life and mission of 19th century. the ever-adaptable St. lay ecclesial ministry came as a response the Church. It is this kind of ministerial transfor- could have anticipated the plethora of to the priest shortage. Certainly, the All of this change has come quietly. mation that we have been living through. new ministries his companions would staffing of our parishes today is The steady progression and official Part of the trouble in making this invent. profoundly shaped by this reality, but the endorsement of comparison is that most Each new religious order brought a first professional forms of lay ministry lay ecclesial ministry of us do not appreciate richness of ministry, a new way of being emerged in the 1960s, well before the might cause us to … a case could be how radical those earlier a minister, an original form of serving the clergy shortage began to be felt widely. overlook the profound made that the ministerial transfor- reign of God. And each wave made a Instead of a stopgap response to fewer historical significance of mations were. We tend lasting contribution to the Church. priests, lay ecclesial ministry grew out of a the present moment in emergence of to assume that the birth Our present experience of lay ecclesial renewed spirit of participation brought on ministry. lay ecclesial ministry of new forms and new ministry brings a similar richness. We by the Second Vatican Council. These new In fact, a case could over the last 50 years families of religious life have among us, not the founders of a ne w ministers were responding to a different be made that the were all simply slight religious order, but pioneers of kind of need. emergence of lay stands out as one of variations on the God’s grace in the present—a new wave Following the council, liturgical ecclesial ministry over the top three or monastic model. that is carrying our Church forward, reforms needed implementation and the last 50 years stands four ministerial shifts But when we look at calling us all to join in, and to tak e our explanation. Religious education expanded out as one of the top the different kinds of part in serving the present and future beyond the parochial school to a variety of three or four ministerial of the past ministries carried out by reign of God. parish programs. Newly emerging shifts of the past 2,000 years. these religious orders— questions about civil rights, war and 2,000 years. the Dominicans, Jesuits, (Edward Hahnenberg is the author of poverty were recognized as concerns that The transformation Sisters of Mercy and Ministries: A Relational Approach, parishes needed to address. Adult can arguably be compared to the changes countless others—we realize how original published by Crossroad, and Awakening Catholics sought opportunities for sharing in the Church brought on by the rise of each major wave of religious life was. Vocation: A Theology of Christian Call, faith, study and direct service. communal forms of monasticism in the Who could imagine, prior to St. Francis forthcoming from Liturgical Press. He In the midst of all these changes, fifth century, the birth of mendicant orders or St. Dominic, mobile friars who were free teaches theology at Jesuit-run people offered their help. Pastors began to in the 13th century or the e xplosion of from the monasteries, and who lived in the Xavier University in Cincinnati.) † Discussion Point Lay ministers fill many parish roles This Week’s Question groups in our really large and young parish. Another important staff [member] is the principal of the parish Who are some lay ecclesial ministers in your parish, school where I teach. She sees that the school is v ery and what do they do? intertwined with the Church. They serve each other and rely on each other.” (Eileen Green, Lafayette, La.) “We have the usual business manager, facilities manager, office administrator and maintenance. But “We have an administrator, music ministers and one of those in the office is the liturgical and youth ministers. There’s a whole layer of people. I religious education coordinator. She directs the don’t even know how many. In one way, that makes education of the children and has a lot of responsi- the Church more secular, which I don’t always like bility for special liturgies, such as those in Holy Week. because decisions don’t always seem so spiritual. But Also, our youth minister is involved [in] leading a very they’re vital to the parish because of their special skills active Life Teen program.” (Marla Rauch, and the fact that the pastor just can’t do everything.” Ypsilanti, Mich.) (Tina Creegan, Cedarburg, Wis.) “When you talk about the Catholic Church, the thing converts notice is the warmth and welcoming spirit. ... Lend Us Your Voice The head of the Sunday school, youth ministers [and]

religious education directors have and wear the mantle An upcoming edition asks: Have you ever venerated a Long Island Catholic of the Church. ... Their actions reflect back on the relic? What was the experience like? Church.” (Barbara Williston, Baltimore, Md.) To respond for possible publication, send an e-mail to “Our parish just hired a youth ministry director. ... [email protected] or write to Faith Alive! at He’s important in serving the needs of the younger age 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. † Shemitz, CNS photo/Gregory A. Page 12 The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink For the Journey/Effie Caldarola Some of the other psalms in the Psalter Marks of great (Eleventh in a series of columns) from those psalms. prayers of thanksgiving for the king’s priests who Another group of psalms—Psalm 47, successes (Psalm 18 and Psalm 21). So far in this series of columns about the Psalm 93 and Psalms 96-99—are known as The Church assigns three of those deserve our thanks psalms, I’ve written about the penitential “enthronement psalms.” They’re hymns of psalms (Psalm 2, Psalm 110 and Psalm 45) psalms, hymns of praise, but specifically to God as the to Christmas in the Liturgy of the Hours. A letter can be a powerful vehicle of praise, laments, the universal king. Some scholars believe that The kings of Judah and Israel were communication. Some Catholic school cursing psalms, psalms they were composed for an annual anointed, and the word “messiah” means children in Alaska of confidence and celebration of the feast of the Enthronement “the anointed one.” Naturally, when the wrote letters to their thanksgiving, the of the Lord, much as we Catholics celebrate Church recites them and applies them to priests as part of a psalms that seem to the feast of Christ the King. However, there Jesus, they take on new meanings. convocation of the foretell the passion of is no mention in the Bible of such a feast. There are psalms that were obviously state’s clergy. Christ, wisdom poems There are also royal psalms that pertain sung or used during liturgical processions Wrote one student: and those written as specifically to the king. Since there w as no around Jerusalem and into the Temple. “Dear Father Jack acrostics. But there are separation of Church and state in the Psalm 100, for example, invites the people [not his real name], still other types of psalms. kingdoms of Judah and Israel, their kings to “enter the temple gates with praise, its Thank you for being There are the historical psalms— held important places in religious courts with thanksgiving” (Ps 100:4). a priest. I like your Psalm 78, Psalm 105 and Psalm 106. All ceremonies. How much they actually Psalm 15 is a scrutiny. Those wishing to homily. It’s three are lengthy recitals of Jewish history, participated, though, might be another enter the Temple courts had to ask the sometimes funny. Doing confession with telling how their ancestors at times rejected matter because there were both good and Temple official what conduct is appropriate you is a lot of fun. I lik e you reading God and were punished by him. bad kings, those who did good deeds and there. The official replies, with emphasis on from the Gospel. You are the best priest Psalm 106 cites eight instances of the those who, as the Books of Kings said so virtues relating to one’s neighbor. I know. I think you could be the best Israelites’ sins followed by God’s judgment often, “did evil in the Lord’s sight.” Psalm 24 was also apparently sung priest in the world. I think you are very and then forgiveness. The royal psalms include coronation during a ceremony of the entry of God into kind. You are also very loving.” In every case, God remained faithful, hymns (Psalm 2, Psalm 72, Psalm 101 and the Temple, followed by his people. And Father Jack is a man of great and repeating the promise that he made of Psalm 110), an anniversary hymn Psalm 95 is a call to the people to praise gentle humor. I can see why a grade giving the people their land. If you are not (Psalm 132), a royal wedding song and worship God: “Enter, let us bow down school student, who might use the w ord completely familiar with Jewish history, (Psalm 45), petitions in behalf of the in worship; let us kneel before the Lord “fun” as synonymous for “inspiring” or you can get a sort of CliffsNotes version warrior king (Psalm 20 and Psalm 144), and who made us” (Ps 95:6). † “positive,” would find reconciliation with him a wonderful experience. Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes This is the Year for Priests. I, for one, hope we soon have a Year for Nuns since those ladies deserve huge thanks. Unconditional love means love in ever y season But since we are into the Year for In spring, we tend to think about ne w we must all become like little children. every day, children love their parents no Priests, I say we do it up right. Let’ s life, the quickening of natural rhythms, This is not to say that babies are perfect matter what. They always hope for a follow the lead of those schoolchildren renewed energy and role models. Someone once said that if better future. If I do this, the y will love and write a letter of thanks to a priest hope. babies weren’t so darn cute we would do me. If I’m quiet, they won’t punish me. who has made a difference in our lives. Of course, Easter is away with them soon after birth. That’s Children always try to love us, apparently Every Catholic has at least one. all about this. God has because they are often tiring, annoying without qualifications. This would serve more than thoughtfully provided and unreasonable, not to mention helpless As children grow to adulthood, they one purpose. The first reason would be us with the natural and needy. We should have babies during seem to lose this natural ability to lo ve that the man to whom you write w ould seasons of the year to the spring of our lives because raising without question. They begin to suspect surely get a huge boost out of your help us maneuver our them will take a lot of energy, if not ulterior motives or power plays among letter. And what good priest doesn’t life journey, and the increasing grace. those around them. They are cautious deserve that? Church follows this The relationship between parent and before they allow themselves to trust, and The second purpose would be that it pattern in her calendar. child is a reflection of our relationship cynical if trust fails. They find it hard to would help us in these troubled times to Thus, we have the glory of summer in with God the Father. It offers real joy and forgive and even harder to forget real or define what a good priest really is. What Ordinary Time, the reflective Advent of fulfillment because it is based on imagined slights. They are in a attributes of priesthood matter the most autumn and the Lenten penance of winter. unconditional love. Part of the maternal hunker-down mode rather than the to us Catholics? That’s an important But it is spring that we often lo ve best. It need to nurture and the paternal need to generous sharing of love. issue to ponder in this age of declining provides empirical evidence of God’s protect are apparently built in to our Beyond feeding, clothing, housing and numbers of priests. promise at Easter because it illustrates biology, but the rest of parenting comes educating our kids, the will to lo ve them Here’s another letter for Father Jack: eternal life. from personal effort. We will to love. includes many things that don’t cost “Sometimes when you sing, you close We see mama birds building nests for Lately, we have been treated to an money or even much time. Really your eyes, your nose twitches. When you their anticipated chicks, and little spotted avalanche of memoirs written by people listening to what they tell us or learning do that, it makes me giggle. I like you fawns peeking around their cautious moms from dysfunctional families. Their parents about their interests or merely sitting with because you are nice. You are also at the edge of the woods. Grass, trees and were alcoholic or abusive or absent. They them during their favorite TV shows all funny. You are my friend.” shrubs are greening, flowers are blooming, were given no affection or respect or were say, “I love you.” And another: “I like when you and the days lengthen with more and more relocated so often that they couldn’t Spring brings longer days, feelings of bless me because you wink at me. ... You sunshine. develop friendships. Their educations optimism and, somehow, more incentive help us feel better when we are sad. Now, not all human babies are born in were spotty, and stability was not part of to love our kids and others You’re great.” the spring, but they might as well be their childhood experience. unconditionally. Yay, spring! And yet another: “I like the way because babies personify Easter’s hope. Even when their pain was caused you can actually sit and have a They are the true innocents starting life directly or intentionally by their parents, (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the conversation.” with no personal sin, the time when e very these writers loved them. As we know Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular And from an older student, a good thing is a possibility. As Jesus said, from horrendous news stories almost columnist for The Criterion.) † Russian Orthodox who also mentioned his own priest: “You guys are the reason Emmaus Walk/Debra Tomaselli that there is still hope and peace in this world. We all see a piece of God in our Seeing and believing during the uncertainty of our lives priests.” When my son received his Sometimes the Resurrection comes in And a teacher whose husband lost an e ye the Lord was indeed there beside me every first Eucharist, his father and I walked to ways we don’t recognize. in a freak accident fears what the future will step of the way. the altar with him. When we got to the Mary, sobbing bring. Through the experience, I learned to priest, the one to whom I am going to outside the tomb, We’re standing in the garden, crying. lean more on my faith in God than my own write my letter, I became tearful, and thought the risen Christ We’re baffled by unexpected circumstances. understanding when things just don’t go my when the priest and I looked at each was the gardener. Or we can’t believe anything until we see it way. I stopped whining and started other, he had tears in his e yes, too. The men walking to so we are anxious and upset. believing. It doesn’t matter if I’m dealing Empathy: the mark of a great priest. Emmaus assumed he Amid the chaos, listen carefully. Look with the loss of a loved one, a cancer When my brother committed suicide was a stranger who again. He is there. No matter what your diagnosis, a job change or financial stress. I and later when my mom died, this priest knew nothing of the circumstances are. Jesus, our resurrected learned there is always more to the story. was in another parish, but he got in touch. recent events that had Savior, is staring you in the f ace. In the garden, Jesus called her name, “Whenever you want to talk, taken place in Years ago, I was frustrated with a “Mary!” She fell to his feet in w orship. whenever you’re ready, just give me a Jerusalem. particular work situation. Convinced that It was in the breaking of the bread that call. I’ll be here,” he said. Not pushy, The Apostle Thomas wouldn’t believe communication would resolve the issue, I the disciples heading to Emmaus realized not full of platitudes or unsought advice, that his friends saw the resurrected Savior, complained to the supervisor. I spoke to the the stranger who had walked beside them just available. even though Jesus identified himself. owner. I enlisted support from co-workers. I was the risen Christ. Presence: the mark of a great priest. Just like us. Things happen in life to whined to anybody who would listen, but, And Jesus appeared to Thomas, inviting This priest is down to earth. He would cloud our vision. much to my dismay, nothing changed. the disciple to “see and believe.” never consider putting himself on a A woman at my church was diagnosed Today, I recognize the blessing. Had Each and every day, our resurrected pedestal, and would firmly refuse any with cancer. management conceded to my requests, my Savior does the same for you and for me. In pedestal offered. This helps him as a “I didn’t expect this,” she sobbed. life would have unraveled quite differently. I the uncertainty of our lives, he calls to us, great confessor, someone who A friend’s business is failing in this wouldn’t have found time to form the Bible inviting us into a deeper faith. understands human frailty. current economic climate. study that has been running for several Can you recognize him? Humility: the mark of a great priest. “Now that the last kid left home, this years. I wouldn’t have prepared meals for I am ready to write a note of thanks. was supposed to be our time,” she wrote. the homeless or helped my husband start his (Debra Tomaselli lives in Altamonte How about you? “We should be enjoying life, going on business. I wouldn’t be writing this column. Springs, Fla. Her column appears in cruises and taking vacations. Instead, we’re At the time, I didn’t get what I wanted. several diocesan newspapers. Her e-mail (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic pinching pennies to pay the bills.” The outcome wasn’t what I expected, but address is [email protected].) † News Service.) † The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010 Page 13

Fourth Sunday of Easter/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, April 26 Friday, April 30 Sunday, April 25, 2010 St. John’s Gospel provides the last Acts 11:1-18 Acts 13:26-33 reading. Psalms 42:2-3; 43:3-4 Psalm 2:6-11b • 13:14, 43-52 This Gospel reading, read immediately John 10:1-10 John 14:1-6 • Revelation 7:9, 14b-17 after the passage from Acts, also presents • John 10:27-30 Jesus as the Good Shepherd. For an audience overwhelmingly Tuesday, April 27 Saturday, May 1 The Acts of the Apostles supplies the agrarian, as was the audience to which Acts 11:19-26 Joseph the Worker first reading. Jesus preached, imagery built on sheep Psalm 87:1b-7 Acts 13:44-52 It gives a glimpse into the way of life of herding and shepherds was easily John 10:22-30 Psalm 98:1-4 St. Paul as he moved across Asia Minor understood by the people. John 14:7-14 proclaiming the This reading states that the sheep know Gospel of Jesus. the shepherd. In turn, the shepherd knows Wednesday, April 28 Evidently, he them. It implies a relationship of closeness Peter Chanel, priest and Sunday, May 2 first went to synagogues, and trust. No one can snatch an y sheep Fifth Sunday of Easter which is not surprising. away from the shepherd. Louis Mary de Montfort, priest Acts 14:21-27 He was Jewish—of In a great testament of self-identity, Acts 12:24-13:5a Psalm 145:8-13 Jewish descent and Jesus proclaims oneness with the Father. background—and was The sheep belong to the shepherd because Psalm 67:2-3, 5-6, 8 Revelation 21:1-5a well educated in the of the Father’s will—and his love—to keep John 12:44-50 John 13:31-33a, 34-35 Jewish culture and them near and protect them from peril. religion of the time. Moving beyond symbolism, the readings Thursday, April 29 Quite likely, he would have been more say that the shepherd gives eternal life. His Catherine of Siena, virgin and comfortable, but also more likely to be sheep will never perish. doctor of the Church heard, in such surroundings as synagogues. It also is clear that he w as not always met Reflection Acts 13:13-25 by universal acceptance, although it would This weekend, the Church once again Psalm 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27 not be accurate to say that he attracted no calls us to celebrate the Resurrection as it John 13:16-20 converts from among the Jews whom he begins the fourth week of proclaiming the met. He drew many of the Jews into the exciting news that it first pronounced at ranks of the Christians. He also attracted Easter. Jesus Christ lives! Alleluia! Gentiles. Through the readings this weekend, and Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen But these details are only secondary to through those of the preceding weeks of the story. Easter, the Church essentially makes The point of this reading is that the w ord two points. Catholic Church has not approved of God, pronounced by Jesus, continued to The first point is that Jesus lives, and in be spoken and received long after the the sublime fact of the Resurrection is apparitions in Medjugorje as valid Ascension. evidence that Jesus is God, the Son of God, Moreover, it was proclaimed by an the eternal Father. What is the Catholic Church’s Vatican established an international Apostle, and also by Barnabas, who w as a Resurrected, Jesus is totally unique Qpresent position on the appearances commission to study the alleged disciple of an Apostle. among humans. As God, Jesus is the bearer of Our Lady at apparitions. No report of the Salvation went on, and still goes on. of life, truth, peace and joy. There is no Medjugorje? commission’s findings is available at Through the Apostles, Jesus continued to substitute for the Lord. Some Catholics this time. speak to the people. The second point, which was made this seem to have great The Book of Revelation furnishes the weekend and in past weeks, is that the devotion to the shrine, My question concerns those of us next reading. word of Jesus, and salvation in Jesus, but priests that I’ve Qwho were in a valid Catholic It is filled with symbolism, but its continues today. They did not cease with asked say the marriage, and are now divorced and meaning is clear. Among those saved by the Ascension or the end of the appearances are not remarried without an annulment. Jesus are people from every nation. Their first generation of Christianity. approved by the Can we serve in our parish as a number is great. They are baptized, wearing Jesus lived in the preaching and good Church. (Louisiana) sacristan, extraordinary minister of the white robes of baptism. They carry the works of the Apostles, such as Paul, and of holy Communion or religious education palm branches of . They have kept their followers and successors, such as The Vatican itself has made no teacher? (Texas) their faith despite persecution. Their sins Barnabas. Adeclarations about Medjugorje. have been washed away by the Lord, Through them all, Jesus touched, and Local bishops and Church officials Your inquiry is a difficult precisely by the sacrificial blood shed by the still touches, people. there have conducted a series of investi- Aquestion for which there is no easy, Lord on Calvary. Emphasizing these points, the Church gations since the early 1980s when some one-size-fits-all answer. The Good Shepherd leads them. He presents us with its basic belief that Jesus is children allegedly began seeing and First of all, let’s be clear again that rescues them from the heat of the day and God. In Jesus are truth and life. He is with speaking with the Blessed Virgin Mary at Catholics in your situation are not the dryness of earthly life. us still. † the site in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Official excommunicated. reports have not been favorable. You remain members of the Catholic The latest word on the subject, to my faithful even though, according to Catholic My Journey to God knowledge, is from Bishop Ratko Peric of discipline, you have chosen to be separated the diocese that includes Medjugorje. from the Church’s sacramental life through In June of 2009, Bishop Peric told the remarriage outside the Church. young people of a parish whom he w as In many parishes, divorced and about to confirm not to behave as if the remarried Catholics who remain faithful Sinful Man alleged Marian apparitions were real. He to Catholic practice as much as possible If angels could, they would have cried posted this homily and the texts of his serve in various parish capacities, even The day God’s Son was crucified. letters to the Franciscan pastor of the some connected with the Eucharist. Yet in their wisdom, they all knew Medjugorje parish on his Web site. Sacristan would certainly be one. For man’s redemption the Lamb was slew. Bishop Peric reported that, during a Some functions, however, would visit to the Vatican early in 2009, top probably not be appropriate. For a promise, the Father to Adam gave officials of the Congregation for the For example, since divorced Catholics A savior He would send; saintly souls Doctrine of the Faith confirmed that the who have entered another marriage He would save. Catholic Church has never recognized outside the Church, by present Church God’s other creations, those with no soul, these apparitions as authentic. regulations, ordinarily do not receive the

In the heavens above and on Earth below, Crupi, Catholic CourierCNS photo/Mike “If, as Catholics, devoted sons and Eucharist, it would be at least rather Reacted vehemently toward sinful man daughters of the Church,” he said to the awkward for them to be extraordinary With his ugly abuse to the Sacrificed above, confirmation class, “we want to live ministers of holy Communion. Lamb. And continues in vices of pride and according to the norms and the teachings Specific local practices will differ, self-love. of the Church, glorifying the Holy , depending on appropriate policies Sun’s bright face hid behind a Sternly wise angels warn sinful man, venerating Blessed Mary ... and established by the bishop or pastor. black cloud, Change your hearts now! Repent professing all the Church has established Most pastors, I believe, try to be as Lightning burst furiously, thunder boomed while you can! in the creed, we do not turn to certain inclusive as possible of those who are in loud. The warning’s repeated again and alternative ‘apparitions’ or ‘messages’ to invalid marriages but, as I said, try to live The ground convulsed and opened wide again, which the Church has not attributed any as faithfully as they can in their married On that holiest of days, the day Jesus Change your hearts now! Repent supernatural character.” and religious life. died. while you can! Thousands of Catholics visit the “shrine” in Medjugorje, and apparently (Catholic Q&A: All You Wanted to Know Alas, man ignores still this gift from By Jean Grubbs many people find some spiritual About Catholicism is a 560-page consolation there. enlarged and updated collection of (Jean Grubbs is a member of St. Michael Parish in Greenfield. Clergy and parish- But after long investigation, the official columns by Father John Dietzen, ioners assist one another on April 2 as a large cross is transferred from one person to position of the local Church is that no published by Crossroad Publishing another during the Stations of the Cross in Reparation for Abortion, an annual evidence exists that the alleged events are Company in New York. Questions may be Good Friday procession that starts at McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, N.Y., authentic. sent to Father Dietzen at Box 3315, and ends at a nearby abortion clinic.) In March of this year, at the request of Peoria, IL 61612 or by e-mail to the bishops of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the [email protected].) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, April 23, 2010

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Charles and Mary Hodges, Virgil MURPHY, Justin O., 86, STUPECK, Gertrude L., 89, Brother of Mary Goetz, Marie Wife of William Haakinson. Grandmother of 13. Lucas and Francis Nelson. St. Paul, Tell City, March 26. St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Ward, Bernard and Vird Mother of Elizabeth, Margaret, JORDAN, Marilyn K., 73, MAURER, Mary E., 84, Father of Kathleen Amos and April 4. Wife of Robert Stupeck. Blandford. Grandfather of five. Andrew, Brian and Matthew St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis, St. Andrew, Richmond, April 1. John Murphy. Grandfather of Mother of Mary Ann Olson. BROOKBANK, Gerald M., 79, Haakinson. Daughter of Joanne April 6. Mother of Christopher Mother of Joan Mikesell, Diane, three. Sister of Theresa Bochnowski. St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, McClelland. Sister of Lori and Jeffrey Jordan. Sister of Charles, Kenneth and Raymond POEHNER, Robert W., 76, Grandmother of two. Great- April 7. Husband of Nadine Dapoz, Deborah Graves, Blanche Dalene, Elinor, Maureen, Maurer. Sister of Martha St. Joseph, Shelbyville, grandmother of one. Brookbank. Father of Rochelle Myers, Andrew, David and Frederick and Thomas Mahaffey. Dickman, Hilda Herold and March 31. Husband of Janet TEX, Anna, 71, St. Mark the Carlton and Randy Brookbank. Steven Cihon. Grandmother of KESSANS, Elda, 76, St. Paul, Father John Luerman. Grand - (Krekeler) Poehner. Father of Evangelist, Indianapolis, April 9. Brother of Vera Boatright. Grand - two. Tell City, April 2. Stepmother of mother of 17. Great-grandmother Theresa Kamleiter, David, Glenn Wife of Richard Tex. Mother of father of five. Great-grand father HASSFURDER, Mildred M., Randy Kessans. Sister of Allen of 15. and Gregg Poehner. Grandfather Kevin Tex. Sister of Joan Casey, of two. 88, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Poehlein. McCLINTOCK, Ronald, 68, of seven. Great-grandfather of Mary Galvin, Noreen McAllen BUECHLER, Clara Mae, 86, (Little Flower), Indianapolis, nine. KUZEL, Helen L. (Strasser), St. Jude, Indianapolis, April 2. and Michael Sheehan. St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, April 1. Mother of Joyce 93, St. , Husband of Rose Ellen RUSSELL, Geraldine Ann Floyds Knobs, April 6. Mother of McMullen, Phyllis Wilson and TREFRY, Arthur H., Jr., 86, Indianapolis, March 26. Mother McClintock. Father of Michelle (Barr), 84, St. Mary, Our Lady of the Greenwood, Sharon Draughn and Larry Michael Hassfurder. Grand - of Margie Dugan and Kathy Hogue, Melissa Larsen, New Albany, April 5. Mother of Buechler. Sister of Frances mother of six. Great-grandmother Greenwood, April 8. Husband of Roth. Sister of Harold Strasser. Marianne Phillips, Kathleen, Sharon and Stephen Russell. Bonnie (Shaw) Trefry. Father of Beckham. Grandmother of four. of 14. Great-great-grandmother Tracy, Joe, Ron and Zach Sister of Bea Becht. Grand - LASLEY, Agnes C., 85, Dawn Bruce, Theresa Evans, Great-grandmother of seven. of one. McClintock. Brother of Carolyn mother of two. Great-grand - Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Nancy Miller, Cheri Moschell, CRONE, George T., Jr. Montgomery, Jerry and Tom mother of two. , 76, HENNESSEY, Thomas March 27. Mother of Donna Arthur III and Timothy Trefry. St. Mary, New Albany, March 26. William, 87, St. Anthony of McClintock. Grandfather of nine. Haas and Judy Holder. Sister of SCHENK, Michael C., 72, Brother of Jean Shirey. Grand - Husband of Winifred Crone. Padua, Clarksville, March 26. Mary Jane Tracy. Grandmother McDONALD, Bruce D., 61, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, father of 13. Great-grandfather of Father of Beth Jones, George III Father of Lisa Merchant, Dale, of six. Great-grandmother of 13. St. Christopher, Indianapolis, April 3. Husband of Mary Ann nine. and Matthew Crone. Brother of Keith and Stephen Hennessey. March 31. Husband of Diana (Rosner) Flanary-Schenk. Father LUCAS V, Virgil Downey, 17, URSITS, Walter W., 96, Eugene, Marion and Ralph Grandfather of eight. Great- (Cress) McDonald. 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Seven communities of women religious, vocations director for a Midwestern province Submitted photo who are either based in the Archdiocese of in her order. Members of her order minister at Indianapolis or whose members minister here, St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. recently came together to form a committee to Theresa Mills, 26, a member of foster women’s vocations to religious life in St. Boniface Parish in Lafayette, Ind., in the central and southern Indiana. Lafayette Diocese, participated in the nun run The first event they organized was a and also found it effective. “nun run” in which five women open to a “It was very informative,” she said. “I possible religious vocation visited members of always knew that there were different those communities who live in Beech Grove or religious orders, though I wasn’t clear on Indianapolis during a 24-hour period on what exactly made them different. So this Feb. 26-27. gave me a brief view of [seven] different Those communities were the Oldenburg- orders and what each one was about. I can’t based Congregation of the Sisters of the say after only one day that I no w know what I Third Order of St. Francis, the Daughters of am called to do or called to be, b ut it was a Charity, the Little Sisters of the Poor, the first step.” Sisters of Charity, the Sisters of St. Benedict of The nun run started on the evening Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Gro ve of Feb. 26 with Mass celebrated by the and of Monastery Immaculate Conception in archdiocesan vocations director, Ferdinand, Ind., in the Evansville Diocese, and Father Eric Johnson, at Our Lady of Grace the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of- Monastery in Beech Grove. Sister Judith Meredith, left, the superior of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Indianapolis, speaks with the-Woods. That evening, the participants met with the Theresa Mills and Annie Girresch about her religious community on Feb. 27 at the order’s St. Augustine Providence Sister Jenny Howard, the Benedictine sisters of that community and of Home for the Aged in Indianapolis. The visit was part of a “nun run” in which Mills, Girresch and vocations director of her community, said there Monastery Immaculate Conception. three other women visited members of seven religious communities in Beech Grove and Indianapolis. has been the perception in the past that After spending the night at the The nun run was organized by the communities as a way to promote religious vocations. religious communities are sometimes in monastery in Beech Grove, the competition for participants visited and had breakfast on prospective new Feb. 27 with members of the Sisters of Want to learn more about the religious members. Providence in Indianapolis. They later had “That’s not been my lunch with Franciscan sisters at communities behind the ‘nun run’? experience as a Marian University in Indianapolis. vocations director,” she In the afternoon, they met with To learn more about the seven women religious communities that sponsored the said. “We, as women’s members of the Daughters of Charity and Feb. 26-27 “nun run” in Indianapolis, log on to the follo wing Web sites: religious communities, Sisters of Charity at their convent adjacent to work very collabora- St. Vincent Hospital then with members of • For the Oldenburg-based Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order of tively because the goal the Little Sisters of the Poor at their St. Francis, log on to www.oldenburgfranciscans.org. is to invite women and St. Augustine Home for the Aged in help them find the Indianapolis. • For the Daughters of Charity, log on to www.doc-ecp.org. Sr. Jenny Howard, S.P. religious community “I thought that the women that that most matches their participated really immersed themselves in • For the Little Sisters of the Poor, log on to www.littlesistersofthepoor.org. spirit rather than the experiences,” Sister Teresa said. “And feeling like we need to each of the communities welcomed the • For the Sisters of Charity, log on to www.srcharitycinti.org. compete for members.” women, and were able to share a glimmer of To kick off this their life with them.” • For the Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Gro ve, renewed collaboration, “I’m glad I went,” Mills said. “It’s helpful log on to www.benedictine.com. the committee chose to to take a weekend out of your life from time sponsor a nun run, to time and go on a retreat. And though there • For the Sisters of St. Benedict of Monastery Immaculate Conception in which some of the weren’t a lot of us who attended that Ferdinand, Ind., log on to www.thedome.org. vocations directors had weekend, it was good to see other women in been involved with my peer group who were also questioning the • For the Sisters of Providence, log on to www.sistersofprovidence.org. Sr. Theresa Sullivan, D.C. previously in Chicago. religious life.” † Jesuits say Haitians themselves give countr y best chance for recovery WASHINGTON (CNS)—The development and The agency has expanded its work to the earthquake explained. “They are afraid the millions of dollars [of reconstruction of Haiti will succeed only if the Haitian zone in southern Haiti, assisting some of the 1.1 million redevelopment] aid will go to the pock ets of the experts government, with involvement of the wider society, takes people who were left homeless by the magnitude 7 temblor . and the government, and not to the people of Haiti. on a broader decision-making role in international bodies, Overall, the program works in seven camps containing an “We want the civil society to participate,” such as the United Nations and the World Bank, said estimated 21,000 people. Father Lazard said. two of the country’s leading Jesuit priests. The Jesuit priests were in Washington on April 13-16 in The Jesuits also are promoting the need for increased In an April 15 interview with Catholic News Service cooperation with Jesuit Refugee Service/USA to meet with security for the country, especially for people remaining during a visit to the nation’s capital, Father Kawas congressional staff members, State Department officials, in hundreds of makeshift tent camps in the earthquake Francois and Father Wismith Lazard said access to aid agencies and Haitian diaspora who have settled in the zone. Women are particularly vulnerable, said education and literacy training will give Haitians Washington region to plead their case for additional support Father Francois, president of the Jesuit Interprovincial the ability to become involved in decisions directing of the earthquake recovery efforts. Committee for the Reconstruction of Haiti. their future as the country recovers from the devastating Father Lazard said the country’s reconstruction Under the National Committee for Reflection and Jan. 12 earthquake. will best be managed by Haitians as long as the process Action started by Father Francois, the needs of “If you want people to participate, then is transparent, decision-making is decentralized, women are stressed to men of all ages. Discussions at education and people learning how to read and write, decision-makers are held accountable and projects are weekly meetings in the camps focus on pri vacy that would be a good challenge at schools and e ven in sustainable. He said centralized decision making in concerns, gender equality issues and gainful the Church,” said Father Lazard, director of the Haiti’s past led to corruption and the siphoning of f of employment for women to move them along the road Jesuit Refugee Service in Haiti, which assists Haitians aid by government officials. to financial independence. along the border with the Dominican Republic in the “Before the earthquake, we had international The meetings also help displaced people develop their northeastern part of the country. cooperation, but people did not see the results,” he own recovery and redevelopment plans. †

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Beyond that glimpse, there is the lar ger perspective of a priest who has al ways asked to be assigned to a parish that has a school. “Just think if we didn’t have a Catholic school, I wouldn’t have the same opportunity to be with the children, the parents and the families,” he says. “Every day, we’re able to teach them the message of Jesus. We help the kids realize how important the Church is in their lives and how important they are to the Church. Our Catholic schools help our kids learn that, appreciate that and live that.” Father James Wilmoth celebrates a school Mass every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning with the school children at St. Roch Church in Indianapolis. And so after he celebrates Mass at Here, the pastor processes from the church with two seventh-grade students who are altar servers, Renee Buckel, left, and Paul Annee. 7:15 a.m. on a school day, he takes the shortcut through the parking lot and the trips during which the priest loves to fish playground to team up with St. Roch for northern pike and large-mouth bass. principal Joseph Hansen to greet every “There was this one morning when no Submitted photo student, starting at 7:45 a.m. one else was up,” she recalls. “I got this As the parents line up their v ehicles to frantic call for help from him. He w as hung drop off the 255 children who attend the up on some rocks in a pontoon boat he school, Father Wilmoth opens the passenger rented. My husband had to wade up there in doors, says hello to each student by name water up to his waist to help him.” and greets their parent by name, too. He’s DeArmond laughs and then adds, “I there every morning, even in the snow, the think that’s the only time he’s needed help. rain and the bitter cold. He’s usually giving it to others.” Shortly after 8 a.m., he’s walking The stories of his humanity are through the school, greeting staff members legendary. by name and stopping in classrooms to talk After Hurricane Katrina devastated to the children. Sometimes he even delivers Louisiana in August of 2005, the day’s announcements over the public Father Wilmoth decided that the money address system, greeting the students with raised from the annual St. Roch School a roaring “Good morning, Rockets!” Walk-a-Thon—more than $24,000—would And he celebrates Mass with the school be used to help rebuild two Catholic children every Monday, Wednesday and schools in Louisiana, even though it put a As the chaplain of Roncalli High School in Indianapolis, Father James Wilmoth shares a moment of Friday at 9 a.m. strain on St. Roch’s budget. levity with members of the school’s boys’ basketball program. Besides sharing his faith and counsel “He has a great soul,” says Jack Madden, “We’ll make it work,” he said. “We’ll with students, Father Wilmoth supports them by attending many of their activities from athletic 14, an eighth-grade student. “You can hear find a way.” contests to choir performances. him coming down the hallway with his Those words define his approach to life, great laugh. He tries his best to get to kno w friends say. priests you will ever meet.” everyone. I serve funerals with Father, too. “Only God knows how many children Every funeral, he’ll tell us so much about have been able to go to a Catholic school Celebrating a wonderful life the person, how he knew them and how because of the money that Father Wilmoth Father Wilmoth’s happiness level kept

great they [were].” put out from his own soaring during a three-day period in early John Shaughnessy Photo by Each morning, pocket,” says April. Father Wilmoth also ‘He does more before Bonnie Schott, a friend On April 6, he was honored by the drives to nearby noon than I do all day. whose nine children have National Catholic Educational Association Roncalli High School, attended both St. Roch during its annual convention in Minnesota. where he serves as the This is his life. The and Roncalli schools. Then when he returned to Indianapolis on chaplain, filling his time kids give him life. It “And there are thousands the night of April 7, he was greeted at the there talking with the doesn’t matter if more who had lower airport by a cheering crowd of children, students and celebrating tuition rates because of parents, teachers and staff members from another Mass. For the they’re in kindergarten the money Father raised. St. Roch. And the celebration continued past year, he has also or high school. He “He has also funded during the afternoon of April 8 with a party led the fundraising for a loves them. He’s like a class field trips, pro-life at the school for the pastor. new chapel for the trips, athletic equipment, The love fest was a fitting tribute for a school. kid himself. He’s our shoes, groceries, medical priest who always makes time to support “There are about heartbeat.’ and funeral expenses, and cheer the students at St. Roch and Every school day at 7:45 a.m., Father James 1,100 kids at Roncalli, and any other need that Roncalli schools in their extracurricular Wilmoth welcomes the students of St. Roch and I know about 600, God presented to activities—being present for everything School in Indianapolis. Standing in the school’s 700 of them,” he says, — Mary DeArmond, Father’s attention. If from athletic contests to show choir parking lot, no matter what the weather almost apologetically. “I a teacher at Father receives a little performances. conditions are, Father Wilmoth and principal don’t know all of the St. Roch School and a cash for celebrating a “It’s an opportunity to bring Christ to Joseph Hansen greet the school’s 255 students freshmen.” Then he longtime friend of wedding Mass, it will be them in their extracurricular stuff,” says by name and with a smile. brightens and says, “But Father James Wilmoth in some poor person’s Father Wilmoth, who always wears his I will by the time hand for food within priest collar to events because he loves Catholic schools are to so many people. they’re seniors.” 24 hours.” representing the Church in every situation. And I’m a part of that.” “He does more before noon than I do all And if he’s needed by someone sick or “And I just enjoy it. Sometimes it’s a So he gets ready for another day—a day day,” says Mary DeArmond, a teacher at dying, he has the reputation of being there schedule buster, but I just enjoy it so much. when he will make the time to celebrate St. Roch School and a longtime friend of for them at any hour—similar to the way he You just have to work things in. The kids three or more Masses, to welcome children Father Wilmoth. “This is his life. The kids was there for people in times of tragedy give you so much energy with their smiles, to school, to talk to students about their give him life. It doesn’t matter if they’re in when he was a chaplain for the Indianapolis their friendliness and their laughter that you lives and their concerns, to counsel parish- kindergarten or high school. He loves them. Fire Department for 29 years and the just want to keep doing it.” ioners through their struggles, to share their He’s like a kid himself.” Marion County Sheriff’s Department for He flashes another smile and his e yes joys, to help an engaged couple get ready She pauses for a moment and adds, 17 years. dance as he speaks—the joy continuing to for their wedding and their marriage, to do “He’s our heartbeat.” “I know there were times he had flow. He doesn’t need the Distinguished all the countless duties that a pastor does to He’s also a priest that parishioners and vacations planned—tickets already in Pastor Award to confirm that joy, but he keep a parish alive and thriving. friends enjoy so much that they hand—and there were calls saying does cherish the significance of that honor. For Father Wilmoth—who will celebrate unflinchingly and affectionately share someone was sick in the hospital, and he “It just means a lot,” he says. “To me, his 45th anniversary as a priest on May 2— humorous stories about his occasional didn’t want to take the chance that it’s a wonderful recognition of how it’s all part of the wonderful life that God misadventures. something would happen while he important our schools are. Think of how has made possible for him. It’s all part of was gone,” says Dick Gallamore, a Mother Theodore Guérin came here in the wonderful life he always tries to make Finding the humanity in each moment fourth-grade teacher, youth ministry 1840 and started Catholic schools in possible for others. DeArmond shares one of those stories coordinator and director of religious Indiana. Think of all the thousands and “It’s fun,” he says, smiling, again. “As from the summer trips to Minnesota that education at St. Roch Parish. “He’s a thousands of people since then who ha ve long as God will let me do this, I’ ll keep Father Wilmoth makes with her family— priest first. And he’s one of the happiest been a part of this, and how important our doing this. I love what I do. I just do.” †