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Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1 Indianapolis, Indiana 50¢ Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 4, 5 Deanery Profile . 8 Editorial. 4 Faith Alive! . 23 The Question Corner . 25 CCriterionriterion Sunday & Daily Readings. 25 Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 December 18, 1998 Emmanuel: The angel said to them: God-with- “You have nothing to fear! I come to proclaim good news to you—tidings of great joy to be shared by Us! the whole people. This day in David’s city a savior has been born to you, the Messiah and Lord. Let this be a sign to you: in a manger you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes.” Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in high heaven, peace on earth to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:1-14 This hand-carved wooden crèche is from SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. See Page 11 for The Criterion’s annual Christmas Supplement. Photo by Margaret Nelson Page 2 The Criterion Friday, December 18, 1998 St. John, Bloomington, to dedicate new church facility By Susan Bierman a gym/fellowship hall, a kitchen, storage spaces, a library, and several offices. BLOOMINGTON—St. John the Apostle Parish in Bloom- The new sanctuary’s capacity is more than 700. Connecting ington will march toward the new millennium prepared as it to the fellowship and sanctuary/narthex wings are the pastoral dedicates its new parish facility at a Mass at 10 a.m. Dec. 20. wing, which houses offices, a reception area and the rectory. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein will preside. A brunch for The former St. John the Apostle Parish facility consisted of the parish will follow. a church and religious education facility under one roof, and a St. John the Apostle Church in Bloomington will be dedicated Dec. 20. “We are going to celebrate big-time,” said Mark Ryan, rectory. It was located on 14 acres at 3410 W. Third St., in parishioner and chair of the building committee. Bloomington. Ryan said. The 530-household Bloomington Deanery parish has much The property and facility were sold. The pews and altar St. John the Apostle Parish was relocated and a new facility to celebrate. were taken out of the church and given to St. Jude Parish in was built because of changing demographics, with the present Approximately three years ago, planning began for the new Spencer and All Saints School in Indianapolis. Seventeen location surrounded by retail and commercial businesses. The parish facility. Forty acres of land located on the west side of stained-glassed windows were transferred to the new parish parish community also had begun to outgrow the facilities. Monroe County was purchased in December 1996. Ground facility. “Physically, our church and religious education center was was broken in August 1997. St. John parishioners and staff “I think that really helped parishioners coming into the new less than a third of the square footage that we have now,” said moved into the new location at the 4607 W. State Road 46 in church. They felt that there was some of the old church here,” See CHURCH, page 6 Bloomington about two months ago. The 36,000 square-foot parish facility, costing approximate- ly $4.2 million, houses a fellowship wing, a sanctuary/narthex New task force wing and a pastoral wing. The facility was designed by Mitchell, Timperman, and Ritz architects of New Albany and built by Wehr Constructors, Inc. of Louisville, Ky. Task force assembled for Dearborn Co. study The fellowship wing houses religious education classrooms, In the story announcing Father William Marks’s assign- the Baptist, Dover, and St. Joseph, St. Leon; Tim Deitz, ment to the Bright area (The Criterion, Dec. 11), members St. Peter, Franklin County; Peg Polanski, St. Mary, of a task force were incorrectly listed. Individuals listed Greensburg; Michael Witte, St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg; were members of the original Northeastern Dearborn Rita Grathwohl, principal of St. Lawrence School, This week’s Criterion County Task Force that recommended to Archbishop Lawrenceburg; Dave Record, St. Anthony of Padua, Daniel M. Buechlein the assignment of a full-time priest Morris; Marty Kollstedt, principal of Oldenburg Academy; is the last of 1998 and the investigation of the possibility of a high school. Jerry Kretschmann, member of Oldenburg Academy This week’s edition of The Criterion, which includes That task force’s work has been completed. board; Marvin Nobbe, Holy Family, Oldenburg; the annual Christmas Supplement, will be the last edition A new task force has been formed to study the feasibil- Franciscan Sister Amy Kistner, congregational minister of of 1998. The Criterion will return on Jan. 8, 1999, and ity of the establishment of a Catholic high school in the the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg; Mary Ann Hartman, resume its regular publishing schedule. area. Members of this group, known as the Batesville St. Nicholas, Sunman; Beverly Miller, St. John, Osgood, The Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center will be Deanery Blue Ribbon Task Force on Catholic Education, and St. Magdalene, New Marion; Jeannie Fry, Immaculate closed from Dec. 24 through Jan. 3, 1999. The Catholic are: Bill Comer, St. Mary, Aurora; Franciscan Father Conception, Milhousen; Eva Roll, Bright; Suzanne Loch, Center will reopen for the new year on Jan. 4, 1999. † William Farris, pastor of St. Louis, Batesville and dean of St. Paul, New Alsace; Sandy Volk, St. Anne, Hamburg, the Batesville Deanery; Bruce Rippe, St. Louis, Batesville; and a still-to-be-named representative from St. Joseph, Candace Harmeyer, St. Mary-of-the-Rock; Msgr. Louis E. Shelbyville. 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Box 1717 • Indianapolis, IN 46206-1717 The Criterion Friday, December 18, 1998 Page 3 Francisco and Linda pose with their son, Expectant family finds Javier, who was born three days after Christmas last year hospitality, possibilities while they were living at the Holy Family at Holy Family Shelter Shelter. By Margaret Nelson “The main thing I was worried about, my wife was [he extended his arms out The journey of a family that traveled from his stomach] eight months pregnant. from Texas to Indianapolis about this time She was starting to feel low. She needed a last year is reminiscent of the Christmas place to stay with food and clean sheets,” story. he said. Photo by Margaret Nelson The family—a woman eight months “They had everything there. But I was pregnant, her husband and 6-year-old worried about my wife when she was ended up in emergency care at Wishard ing donations are kept. daughter—needed a home in ready to go to the hospital,” he said. Memorial Hospital with high blood pres- Francisco, Linda and the children now Indianapolis. “We came to a place where they care sure. After taking the necessary medica- live at Holy Family’s supportive housing, “The Holy Family Shelter was there about people. They don’t know us. But tion, he was able to work in the place that which provides apartments at the former for us,” said Francisco, who asked that they open the doors for everybody,” said had helped them. St. Patrick School. Residents pay some only his first name be used for this story. Francisco. “Not everyone can work there. The rent and can live there up to two years The couple came to Indiana because The baby, Javier, was born three days shelter has all kinds of people with all while they get permanently settled. they heard better jobs were available. after Christmas. kinds of needs,” said Francisco. “Some The couple now has a van, which they “We used to have a car,” he said. Unfortunately, Linda had medical have been abused mentally or physically. are paying on, for transportation. They “They took the car away because the complications and had to have surgery. They ran away—some from other states. attend parenting classes offered by the license had expired. We stayed with peo- “I started to get sick when they told me, Some of the women and children don’t shelter. ple on the east side, but they said they maybe she was not going to make it,” trust men.” Of the original shelter on Palmer could not afford to let us stay there.” said Francisco.