Twenty Something Columnist Christina Capecchi reflects on how we need to trust in God’s new graces, page 12. Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com March 8, 2013 Vol. LIII, No. 21 75¢ Cardinals discuss needs of Church ‘Hearts of service’ John Shaughnessy Photo by in anticipation of conclave VATICAN CITY (CNS)—During the first three days of pre-conclave meetings, the College of Cardinals focused their time on discussing the needs of the Church. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, could not give specific details of the discussions because he is bound by an oath of secrecy to give only general information. He said on March 5 that the subjects of discussion were “broad and varied,” and included “the activity of the Holy See and its various dicasteries, their relationships with the bishops, the renewal of the Church in the light of the Second Vatican Council, the situation of the Church and the needs for new evangelization in the world, including in different cultural Fr. Federico Andrew Costello, second from left, leads a prayer on the night of Feb. 21 as members of Operation Leftover take to the streets of downtown Indianapolis Lombardi, S.J. situations.” to provide food, clothing and conversation with people who are homeless. The group of young adult Catholics dedicated to helping the homeless He noted that by is based at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. Costello prays with a man who is homeless, left, and two other members of the group, the end of the session on March 5—the day Michael Gramke, second from right, and Kellye Cramsey. The Criterion went to publication for this week’s issue—33 cardinals “from every continent” had addressed the group. The Operation Leftover effort shows desire meeting was attended by 148 cardinals. Although he said the cardinals made “no decision” about the start of the conclave by of young adult Catholics to serve others March 5, there was a presentation that day about the modifications that Pope Benedict (Editor’s note: This story is the first in a woman happened after he attended a 7 p.m. befriended Ruth.” XVI made to the conclave rules, allowing the continuing series about the challenges Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church Costello didn’t see her again for cardinals to begin a conclave less than 15 that young adult Catholics face, and in Indianapolis. At the time, Costello was 10 months until he picked up a friend days after the end of a pontificate. the contributions that they make to the just starting his monthly effort of walking who was visiting Ruth at the apartment “I did not hear them propose any specific archdiocese and the Church.) through downtown Indianapolis with young complex where she was then living. day for voting on the date” for the conclave adult Catholic friends to distribute food and “I was excited to see Ruth and asked to begin, Father Lombardi said. “I believe By John Shaughnessy clothing to homeless people they would her about what she had been up to. In that it is premature to guess the date.” meet on the streets. the 10 months since I had last seen her, He also noted that the conclave date is Andrew Costello didn’t know what to After he stopped to talk to the woman she became married and secured a job, “a theme that is open. The congregation of expect when he made his unusual invitation with the sign, he invited her to dinner with a vehicle and a place to stay,” Costello cardinals is still determining how long it to a woman holding a sign asking for food him and his friends. She said yes. says. “That encounter was a defining will need to make adequate preparations for and assistance. “It was a wonderful experience,” moment in my ministry because I saw very a decision as important as a conclave. They He certainly didn’t expect how the lives Costello, 28, recalls. “I decided that I specifically how God had used me to be an don’t want to rush things,” he added. of people who are homeless—and even his would invite her to come to the State Fair instrument of peace in this person’s life. Father Lombardi also announced that own life—could be touched and transformed and spend the evening with us on Tuesday. “Although I did not contribute anything the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave will by a simple gesture. That also turned out to be a memorable to the meeting of her and her husband or take place, was officially closed to tourists The interaction between Costello and the experience, and several of my friends See SERVICE, page 2 beginning the afternoon of March 5 so See Cardinals, page 8 Unrelated fires damage historic church, convent

By Sean Gallagher and Natalie Hoefer

While members of two Indianapolis parish communities were devastated by recent unrelated fires at a church and a

convent, they also kept their focus on their faith in God and Sean Gallagher Photo by counted their blessings that no one was injured. An arson investigation is being conducted into a fire that caused extensive smoke damage to St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis in the early morning hours of Feb. 27. A day later, a fire believed to have been accidentally started from a burning candle caused significant damage to a convent at St. Bernadette Parish in Indianapolis. The six sisters who lived in the convent have found new temporary homes. Early on the morning of Feb. 27, Father Rick Nagel, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish, was awakened by his parish’s fire alarm while he slept in its rectory. Within minutes, he accompanied a fireman from the Indianapolis Fire Department as they went to check the parish’s historic church. Worshipers kneel in front of cordoned off pews during a Feb. 28 Mass at St. John “As soon as I opened the door [to the sanctuary] and we the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis celebrated by Father Rick Nagel, pastor of walked in, I saw that the smoke was clear up to the ceiling and the parish. In the early morning hours of Feb. 27, a fire believed to be arson was you could see the fire in the back,” said Father Nagel. “My set at the historic church. The cordoned off pews had not yet been cleaned of See FIRES, page 8 smoke damage that affected the entire structure. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013 service continued from page 1

her employment or vehicle, I know that God had provided John Shaughnessy Photos by for her, and that he had answered the prayers of myself and the young adults around me.” The invitations to dinner are part of Costello’s outreach program called Operation Leftover, a program that reflects the tendency of young adult Catholics to be involved in volunteering. Seventy-one percent of young adult Catholics volunteered within a year period, according to a 2010 survey by the Knights of Columbus and the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

The importance of being present Operation Leftover also reflects Costello’s desire to “be present” to people who are homeless. “I’ve learned that just being present to people seems to have an impact on their lives,” says Costello, a member Andrew Costello talks with a homeless person on the streets of downtown Indianapolis on Feb. 21. Costello leads a group of young adult of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Indianapolis. “We provide Catholics from St. John the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis who provide food, clothing, and information about housing to people who food, clothing and fellowship for the people we encounter live on the city’s streets. on the streets. We provide information about housing and programs. And we follow up on people to see how they’re doing.” All those efforts were put into action when Costello and six other young adult Catholics walked along the streets of downtown Indianapolis on a wicked, wintry night in late February marked by sleet, freezing rain, gusting winds and bitterly cold temperatures. When they found someone who was homeless, they offered food, gloves, woolen hats and bottles of water. They also spent time with the people who are homeless, talking, praying and laughing with them as if it were a comfortable spring evening instead of an icy, bone-chilling night. “I think if the Gospel inspires our actions, we serve the Father Rick Nagel offers a blessing to Andrew Costello and other poor and share the common humanity within all of us,” says young adult Catholic members of the Operation Leftover effort Sarah Graves, 26, one of the members of the group that took After giving a homeless person food, water and clothing on the before they take to the streets in downtown Indianapolis on to the streets that night. night of Feb. 21, young adult Catholic members of the Operation Feb. 21 to provide food and clothing to people who are homeless. “It’s just so important to not ignore the poor,” says Leftover effort based at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Father Nagel is the pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Annie Hosek, 24, another member of the Operation Leftover Indianapolis take time to talk and pray with the man. Indianapolis, where Operation Leftover is based. effort. “Jesus never ignored the poor.” Similar to the dinner invitations to people who are Joan of Arc had a summer picnic. They had a lot of food homeless. It’s another way to live their faith.” homeless, Operation Leftover began in 2010 in an left over. I saw it as another opportunity from God to do Costello views Operation Leftover as a key part of the unexpected way. something. I took the food downtown, distributed it, and faith-filled life he tries to lead. Costello was attending a get-together of the it went well. I started doing it monthly after that. I’d buy “My faith keeps me going,” Costello says. “I’ve learned Frassati Society of Young Adult Catholics at food, and other people gave me food.” how God is behind the scenes, leading me. I’m serving Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Carmel, Ind., in Friends lined up to help. Clothes were donated. Dinner the poor in a real way on the streets. And I can be a sign the Lafayette Diocese. Ranging in age from 18 to 35, the invitations extended. Operation Leftover became a ministry of hope for people in the workplace, too—showing God’s Frassati members seek to “live a life of holiness in imitation for Costello. mercy to the people on the phone, to my co-workers and to of Christ.” “It’s marvelous what he’s doing,” says the flourishing young adult population in the archdiocese.” “They had a lot of food left over—hamburgers, hot Father Rick Nagel, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish. He shares one more story to show how that approach has dogs, chips,” Costello recalls. “I made a comment about “Andrew has encouraged so many young adults to help touched his life. it, and someone said I should just take the food to people the homeless. The social justice teaching of the Church “I was driving back from visiting my father in Ohio, and in Indianapolis.” is so rich, and young people are drawn to that. They have I arrived early at St. John’s before the 7 p.m. young adult So Costello packed up the extra food, took it home and hearts of service.” Mass,” he recalls. “I decided to take a stroll down Capitol refrigerated it. Then he went to a supermarket and bought Avenue to see if I could find anyone in need. I encountered subs, snacks and drinks. And he put everything in a cooler Sharing of gifts one gentleman who needed a blanket, and I gave him an that he took to his job in downtown Indianapolis as a That desire to serve also shows in the parish’s extra blanket that I had. customer service representative. Garden Door Ministry, a weekday effort from the door of “After the Mass had concluded, I took another stroll “After work that Friday, I walked through downtown the rectory to provide food, clothing, blankets and other down Capitol to see if the man I had helped was alright. with the cooler,” he says. “If someone looked like they were help to the homeless. I saw him sleeping under the bridge near the Convention down on their luck, I’d help them. I really enjoyed it.” “We serve 50 to 60 people a day,” Father Nagel says. Center, and he was using my blanket. Later that same day, he told a friend about his experience, “About 50 percent of our volunteers are young people. We “That moment was very powerful for me because I had and the friend told him it could be one of his calls in life. work in two-hour shifts daily. Another crew comes in the seen first-hand how the sharing of my gifts made the life of “I liked that idea,” Costello says. “The next weekend, St. early morning or the evening to make sandwiches for the someone else better in a real way.” †

Archdiocesan Catholics may eat meat on Friday, March 15 Official Appointment Spiritual Life and Worship Many Catholics throughout the Archdiocese Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin has commuted the while continuing as vice rector of Indianapolis will take part in St. Patrick’s obligation for Catholics of the archdiocese to Effective March 1, 2013 of Bishop Simon Bruté College Day activities on the weekend of March 15-17. abstain from meat on Friday, March 15. Seminary through the remainder of In Indianapolis, the city is hosting its annual Commutation means that those persons Rev. Patrick J. Beidelman, the 2012-13 academic year. St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Friday, March 15. in the archdiocese who wish to eat meat on S.T.L., director of liturgy, Recognizing that this is a traditional day of March 15 are free to do so, but Archbishop Tobin Office of Worship, and vice rector This appointment is from the celebration for many Catholics and that a person is encouraging people to abstain from meat on of Bishop Simon Bruté College office of the Most Rev. Joseph cannot celebrate and do penance at the same time, some other day during the week of March 9-16. † Seminary, appointed executive W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of director of the Secretariat for Indianapolis. †

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Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said he spoke on March 1 with Archbishop Georg Ganswein, the retired pope’s secretary, who said the mood in the villa after the pontificate ended was “relaxed” and his boss slept well. Romano CNS photo/ L’Osservatore After watching two news programs, Pope Benedict expressed his gratitude to the media because he said the coverage of his last day as pope helped people participate in the event, Father Lombardi said. The papal secretary said Pope Benedict celebrated Mass at 7 a.m. on March 1 as normal, prayed his breviary, had breakfast and then began reading more of the messages he had received in the last days of his pontificate. He expected to stroll through the villa gardens, praying his rosary, in the afternoon. See related storeis, Meanwhile, back at the pages 5 and 15. Vatican, officials from the College of Cardinals had a series of tasks to perform at the beginning of the “sede vacante,” the period when there is no pope. The most symbolic tasks were carried out by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the camerlengo or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, and his assistants. During the sede vacante, the chamberlain is charged with administering and safeguarding the Pope Benedict XVI arrives by helicopter at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Feb. 28. It was his final public appearance temporal goods of the Church. before his papacy drew to a close. “I am a simple pilgrim who begins the last stage of his pilgrimage on this earth,” he said. Gathered with others in the offices of the “apostolic chamber,” Cardinal Bertone asked the time. At 8 p.m. exactly, he was handed a “ferula,” a red velvet-covered scepter, as a sign of his authority. The cardinal led the Pope says he is going from humble servant to simple pilgrim staff in a brief prayer to God: “Give your Church a pope CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS)—Benedict XVI, Pope Benedict thanked the people for their support acceptable to you.” who began his papacy describing himself as a “humble and asked them to continue to pray and work for the Carrying the ferula, he and his aides went into the servant in the Lord’s vineyard,” described his retirement good of the Church, too. private papal apartments. They made sure the door to the as a time of being a “simple pilgrim who begins the last “With all my heart, I impart my blessing,” he told small private elevator was locked, then stretched tape stage of his pilgrimage on this Earth.” them, before giving a simple blessing, in Italian, in the across the elevator door and stamped it with seals. The 85-year-old pope arrived in Castel Gandolfo on name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Withdrawing from the apartment, they dead-bolted Feb. 28 about two-and-a-half hours before the end of his Enzo Romagnoli, who runs a deli near the papal the main door with a large key, then strung a red pontificate. villa, told Catholic News Service he was born during ribbon through the handles. An aide, using a hot wax He planned to spend about two months at the papal the pontificate of Pius XI. “Since then, I’ve seen all the gun, pressed it onto the ribbon’s knot and flattened it villa south of Rome before moving popes here. with a seal. into a monastery in the Vatican “It is both sad and beautiful” The next day, Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, vice Gardens. ‘Dear friends, I am to have Pope Benedict in town as chamberlain, went to the seldom-used papal apartments The pope arrived in a helicopter happy to be with you, he retires, he added. “But we are at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the pope’s cathedral, from the Vatican and rode by car honored to have him here.” and sealed those as well, Father Lombardi said. through the fields and formal gardens surrounded by the Romagnoli said when he travels Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of of the papal villa before reaching the beauty of creation and and people ask him where he is from, Cardinals, wrote almost immediately after 8 p.m. to residence. he responds “Castel Gandolfo,” and Vatican nuncios and other diplomatic representatives Hours before he arrived, by your friendship, everyone knows where that is, which around the world, officially informing them of the townspeople, pilgrims and visitors which does me is an honor for such a small town. sede vacante. began filling the main square outside such good.’ Even half an hour after the pope In one of his first acts as dean on March 1, the papal residence. As they waited had gone inside, a man dressed in Cardinal Sodano wrote to each of the world’s 207 for the pope, they prayed the rosary. a suit stood near the entrance to the cardinals—including those over age 80 and ineligible to As soon as he entered the —Pope Benedict XVI villa with a sign, “Dear Pope, we are vote in a conclave—notifying them of the vacancy of the residence, the pope went upstairs and, with you and we will miss you.” Apostolic See because of the renunciation presented on standing on the balcony overlooking Mauro Giovannucci, who runs the part of Pope Benedict XVI. the main square, he greeted the crowd. a butcher shop in the main square, told CNS: “This is a He also asked them to come to the Vatican to begin the “Dear friends, I am happy to be with you, surrounded unique event, a new experience of enthusiasm and joy. pre-conclave meetings, known as general congregations, by the beauty of creation and by your friendship, which When the pope is here, even the air is more pleasant.” on March 4 at 9:30 a.m. does me such good,” he told them. He prayed that God would help Pope Benedict. “We The general congregations will continue until all the “You know that for me, today is different than the all love him,” he said. cardinal-electors, including those under 80, are present in days that have gone before. You know that I am no As the pope arrived, two Swiss Guards stood at the Rome, “and then the College of Cardinals will decide the longer supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church—until 8 main doors of the residence, and two more stood just date to enter into conclave” to elect a pope, he said. o’clock I will be, but not after that. inside. Just after 8 p.m., when Pope Benedict’s papacy Asked whether Cardinal Sodano was saying that a “I am a simple pilgrim who begins the last stage of officially ended, they moved inside. The guard carrying conclave date would not be set until all the cardinal- his pilgrimage on this earth,” he told them. “But with all the medieval halberd hung the weapon, and they closed electors were present or accounted for, Father Lombardi my heart, with all my love, with my prayers, with my the doors to the papal villa. said the letter “does not have the weight of law,” but he reflection, with all my interior strength, I still want to As the massive doors swung shut, people in the square expected the cardinals would not vote on a conclave date work for the common good and the good of the Church shouted, “Viva il papa” (“Long live the pope”) and until most of them were present and had time to talk and and humanity.” began applauding. † meet formally. † Father Patrick Beidelman appointed to lead spiritual life and worship secretariat By Sean Gallagher and in a way that’s been such a very fine beginning,” said Father Beidelman ministered as archdiocesan director Father Beidelman of his new appointment. of liturgy within the secretariat twice—from 2005 to Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin has appointed For now, Father Beidelman will divide his time between 2007, and from 2009 to the present. From 2007 to 2009, Father Patrick Beidelman as executive director of the the new ministry assignment and his service as vice rector he did graduate studies in liturgical theology at the archdiocesan Secretariat for Spiritual Life and Worship. and director of formation at Bishop Simon Bruté College Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. The appointment took effect on March 1. Seminary in Indianapolis. In addition to carrying out the duties of that previous Father Beidelman succeeds Charles Gardener, who “That’s the piece that makes this new opportunity for me position, Father Beidelman will also focus on spirituality retired last December after leading the secretariat for bittersweet,” Father Beidelman said. “I have really come and the new evangelization. many years. to appreciate how special that ministry is, working with He sees a close connection between promoting a As a result of this appointment, young men who are seeking to uncover God’s call in their greater and deeper understanding of the Church’s liturgy, Father Beidelman also joins the life and being formed in such a way that they can respond which he described as “the fullest and best expression of Management Council, a group by laying their lives down in service to the Church.” our faith,” and the new evangelization. of the senior managers in the As he begins his new ministry, Father Beidelman “So much flows from and back to our liturgical life administration of the archdiocese, spoke in appreciation of the service that Gardener gave to within our faith family,” Father Beidelman said. “So it is which meets regularly with the secretariat. naturally the point at which we would encourage people Archbishop Tobin. “The particular gifts and abilities that he brought to to connect with us—people who might be away from the “It’s humbling and exciting leadership in this secretariat served it well for so many Church, who have no Church home, or whose faith has to work with Archbishop Tobin, years,” Father Beidelman said. “I know that I’ll bring my grown tepid. who has begun his ministry own abilities, gifts and style that hopefully will pick up the “In the midst of all of those folks, it’s a place where as our archbishop in such a ball where he laid it down and maybe move it down the we can rekindle in them living their faith actively and Fr. Patrick Beidelman prayerful and faith-filled way, field a little bit.” intentionally.” † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013

Opinion

Reflection/Daniel Conway Saying farewell to Pope Benedict XVI: A good steward of the good news Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 I first encountered Joseph Ratzinger is even more so in 2013. Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor in 1974 when I was a graduate student As much as I admired Cardinal Ratzinger, Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus at Saint Meinrad School of Theology in I was surprised when the cardinal electors southern Indiana. chose him to succeed Blessed John Paul II. I was preparing Cardinal Ratzinger as pope? It to write my master’s seemed incredible. John Paul set the bar Editorial thesis in systematic incredibly high, even in his declining theology, and I was years. The introverted scholar who advised Gianna Belemjian, 4, reading some really the charismatic pope, and who was so rests in the arms of “heavy” theologians. controversial, rightly or wrongly, seemed to her brother Noah, 15, When I first began me to be an unlikely choice. during the closing Mass of the National reading Introduction Besides, it was no secret that the then Prayer Vigil for Life to Christianity, I 78-year-old cardinal was eager to retire CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec CNS photo/Nancy Phelan at the Basilica of the discovered that to Bavaria and complete his work as National Shrine of the Ratzinger was an exception. a theologian. Immaculate Conception Unlike the others I was reading, he was “What possessed the cardinals to in Washington not only profound and insightful, his book choose him?” I said out loud when I on Jan. 25. The was well written—even in translation from first heard the news. My oldest daughter, Belemjian family of the original German—and inspirational, and who was 25, at the time answered me. Rochester, N. Y., was his teaching was clear as crystal. “It was the Holy Spirit.” in the nation’s capital This first encounter with Joseph It sure was. The Holy Spirit chose for the annual vigil and March for Life. Ratzinger changed me. It taught me that the best possible man to succeed serious reflection on God’s word does John Paul. During the past eight years, he not have to be obscure or remote or has continued to be the crystal-clear teacher impenetrable. It can be communicated in that I first encountered nearly 40 years ago. simple, straightforward language that is He has also been transparent as a man of accessible to everyone. prayer, and a man who knows firsthand Four types of family culture I continued to read him over the the joy that can only come from being t would hardly be news if we reported Christianity, Judaism or Islam, giving years—even when I got very busy close to Christ. Ithat American families are divided, as them a strong sense of right and wrong.” raising five children and working to help I remember sitting in the Pope Paul VI are Americans in general. Just witness Furthermore, for the “Faithful,” Catholic organizations carry out the audience hall at the Vatican on a bitter the last election or what is going on in “Raising ‘children whose lives reflect Church’s mission. I was intrigued when cold February morning not quite a year Washington these days. God’s purpose’ is a more important Pope John Paul II brought the shy scholar after Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became However, a new three-year study by parenting goal than their children’s from Bavaria to Rome to lead the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI. We were waiting for the University of Virginia’s Institute eventual happiness or career success.” Congregation responsible for preserving his regular Wednesday audience to begin. for Advanced Studies in Culture shows Obviously, the greatest contrast Catholic teaching from error. We could see the pope on the large video just how divided our families are. Its is between the “Faithful” and the And I refused to believe the media screens in the audience hall. He was next “Culture of American Families Project” “Engaged Progressives.” It is reflected reports—including some from Catholic door—in St. Peter’s Basilica—at the identified four types of family culture. in the responses to the statement that “as media—that portrayed him as “God’s conclusion of some ceremony. They labeled them the “Faithful,” the long as we don’t hurt others, we should Rottweiler.” Anyone who read what As he moved toward the doors to come “Engaged Progressives,” the “Detached” be able to live however we want.” Over Joseph Ratzinger has written would know to the audience hall and meet with us, he and the “American Dreamers.” half of the “Engaged Progressives” that this is a gentle and humble man— smiled and shook hands with hundreds The four percentages add up to agreed with the statement, while certainly not a “grand inquisitor.” of people. As I watched this amazing less than 100 percent. Presumably, 91 percent of the “Faithful” rejected it. In fact, in the 1980s I began working sight, it dawned on me: This does not the rest of the families didn’t fit into The “Engaged Progressives,” the on a fantasy piece—it would have been come naturally to Benedict, the severe any category. most highly educated and wealthiest a short story—that was never finished. introvert, the way it did to John Paul, the With 27 percent of parents, the cohort in the study, are generally part My idea was to use the basic structure of extraordinary extrovert. He has to work at “American Dreamers” are the largest of the American establishment, which Fyodor Dostoevsky’s story in The Brothers’ this. And it doesn’t come easy. But he does category. These are parents who pour should give us some indication of why Karamazov about the Grand Inquisitor it anyway—out of love for Christ. themselves into raising their children our culture has become so secularized. interrogating Jesus and finding him wanting. Pope Benedict gave the Petrine ministry by providing them every possible Besides dividing American families My idea was to reverse the roles so everything he had. Then he ran out of material and social advantage, despite into these four categories, the study that a Marxist revolutionary in South energy and began to lose his physical the fact that they themselves usually also identified some major trends America interrogates the head of the strength. So, with the help of the Holy Spirit have a relatively low household income in parenting and family culture. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in prayer, he has resigned “for the good of and education. “American parents of all stripes want in an unsuccessful effort to expose him as the Church.” They also invest much effort into their children to become loving, inauthentic and unchristian. It was a nice But he is not quitting. As a good steward protecting their children from negative honest and responsible adults of high idea, but I couldn’t handle it. My skills as a of the Good News, he will retire to a social influences, and into shaping their moral character,” it said—hardly a writer—and a theologian—were unequal to monastery to pray and, I hope, to continue moral character. The study found that surprise unless it would be among the task. his crystal clear teaching. this is the most common culture among the “Detached.” Looking back, I see that I was convinced Ad multos annos. African-Americans and Hispanics, with Today’s parents, the study found, in then that Cardinal Ratzinger was much more each group making up about a quarter of all categories except the “Detached,” like Jesus than he was like anyone else. He (Daniel Conway is the senior vice president “American Dreamers.” are in more constant contact with was certainly not what his critics accused for planning, marketing and advancement at The “Detached,” mainly white their children than were parents in him of being. That was true in the 1980s and Marian University in Indianapolis.) † parents with blue-collar jobs, no college earlier generations. They use “constant degree and low household income, communication and close relationships comprised 21 percent of parents, to influence their children. Parents walk according to the study. They do not feel the fine line of wanting to be strict, but Cardinal electors by region close to their children, are pessimistic also wanting to be close friends and There are 115 cardinals expected to vote for a new pope in about their children’s opportunities, confidants of their children.” spend less than two hours a day Therefore, the study said, today’s the upcoming conclave. interacting with their children, do not parents don’t believe that there is a • • • • • • • • • • • • • monitor their children’s homework, and “generation gap” between them and • • • • • • • • • • • • • their children have low grades. their children as there has been at other • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Twenty-one percent of parents are times in our history. They believe their europe: 60 • • • • • “Engaged Progressives.” They see children largely share their values, u.s. and • • • • • few moral absolutes and morality for whatever those values are. canada: 14 asia: 10 them centers around personal freedom Finally, the study says, “Many • • • • • • and responsibility. They are politically parents feel helpless to keep negative africa: 11 • • • • • • • • • • • liberal and the least religious. external influences at bay as children oceania: 1 “Engaged Progressives,” the report gain ever-increasing exposure and latin america: 19 says, “strategically allow their children access to the Internet, on-demand freedom at younger ages than other movies, Facebook and other parents. 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They share their values. “adhere to a divine and timeless © 2013 Catholic News Service morality, handed down through —John F. Fink The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013 Page 5 Early childhood programs to assist low-income families advance

By Brigid Curtis Ayer to attend a high quality preschool program. Behing said it is also the intent of Indiana lawmakers passed a pilot program the state to maximize federal Title I and ‘Public policy should maximize the quality of initiative to grant 1,000 low-income children Head Start money prior to using the state access to a high quality prekindergarten money to pilot the program. House Bill 1004 educational opportunities for all children by education. The proposal, House Bill 1004, also creates an early childhood advisory ensuring that all parents have access to and passed the panel to track data and create accountability. the financial capability to exercise the right to Indiana House of Crouch said she was approached by choose the school they believe is best for their Representatives business and community leaders in her area by a 93-6 vote, who told her the state needed to get more children.’ and is expected involved in early childhood education. to also pass the “This is an initiative that business and —Glenn Tebbe, executive director of the Senate by the end of April. The Church community leaders have taken the lead on,” supports the measure. she said. “This is about the future of our Indiana Catholic Conference The bill, authored by Rep. Bob Behning, business development, future economic R-Indianapolis; Rep. Suzanne Crouch, development and the future of our children.” R-Evansville; and Rep. Shelli Vandenburgh, Vandenburgh said, “I’m glad to see we like [Eli] Lilly and others, have put a lot of to where we need to be without statewide D-Crown Point, initiates a preschool pilot have a starting point for early learners. money into this.” early learning initiatives.” program for 1,000 students in five counties We’ve been talking about this for several Gerstle said that the findings of the pilot O’Connor said there wasn’t a silver across Indiana. The plan targets low-income years. I’m very supportive of the plan.” showed that 100 percent of the kids who bullet in terms of producing a quality children who would receive a voucher Leaders from the business community received early childhood education were workforce, but if they were reaching to attend a state approved, high quality around Indiana spoke in favor of the ready for kindergarten. children in those first developmental years preschool program. legislation. Mark Gerstle, vice president Connie Bond Stuart, regional vice it would be the closest thing to it. “We have done a lot in moving education of community relations for the Columbus- president of PNC Bank in Indianapolis, also “Looking at early childhood and education reform forward. The greatest based Cummins Inc., said the research testified in support of the bill. She noted that development as a business value need where we have not done a lot is the that their company had conducted showed PNC Bank has committed $350 million over proposition, investment in early learning area of early childhood education,” Behning that 67 percent of kindergarteners in multiple years to assist in early childhood nets immediate and long lasting results,” said. “There is no question. Indiana is behind southwestern Indiana did not pass the initiatives. he said. the rest of the nation in providing early kindergarten readiness test. Highlighting the significant body of Glenn Tebbe, executive director of childhood education, especially to children Gerstle told lawmakers that Cummins research showing positive results, Stuart said Indiana Catholic Conference, said, “The of poverty.” piloted a three-year program on early that every dollar invested in early childhood program outlined in House Bill 1004 will Under the bill, eligible students would childhood education and their data education renders a savings of $16 in later provide needed assistance to families come from families who are at 185 percent showed a “total correlation” between remediation. who may experience more obstacles and of the federal poverty guidelines, which is kindergarten readiness and graduation. “Every child deserves a chance to be whose children are often without sufficient $43,567 for a family “Our goal prepared to learn opportunities that benefit their social and of four, according to is 100 percent and ultimately be cognitive development. the U.S. Department graduation rates for successful with a “Public policy should maximize the of Health and Human high school, and like productive life,” she quality of educational opportunities for all Services (HHS). 60 percent [of those said. children by ensuring that all parents have According to students] going on to Mike O’Connor, access to and the financial capability to Behning, the state a two- or four-year state director of exercise the right to choose the school they budget is allocating college. For us, government affairs believe is best for their children.” $7 million for the it is a business for the Indianapolis- pilot program. prerogative because based Eli Lilly and (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a correspondent for Students selected for we are trying to Co., who also spoke The Criterion. For more information about the pilot program hire people,” he in favor of the plan, the Indiana Catholic Conference, log on to Rep. Bob Behning would receive $6,800 Rep. Suzanne Crouch said. “Cummins, Rep. Shelli Vandenburgh said, “We can’t get www.indianacc.org. ) † Archdiocesan seminarians gather in St. Peter’s Square for historic events By Sean Gallagher Tucci, a member of Holy Family Parish in New Albany. “He has shaped my life as More than 2,500 years old, Rome has a young man and seminarian in so many been at the center of countless political, ways. He is a pastor and teacher, and his ‘Personally, I can relate to that statement in my cultural and spiritual movements and love for Jesus Christ is an example for all own vocation because there have been moments events of great importance for much of of us.” of difficulty and challenge, times when I also the world. Deacon Rodriguez was amazed thought that the Lord was asleep, but in reality This track record sets the bar high for to see the size of the crowd, which something happening there to be truly flowed out of the square well down the Christ was totally aware of what was happening. called historic. Via della Conciliazione. When I think of a contemporary model for That standard was met on Feb. 27 and “Like the Holy Father said in his humility, I think of Pope Benedict XVI.’ Feb. 28. Those two days saw the end of speech, it was a sign that ‘the Church is the papacy of Benedict XVI, now pope alive,’ ” Deacon Rodriguez said. “There —Deacon Martin Rodriguez emeritus. It was the first time in some were people [of] all ages, from all kinds of 600 years that a bishop of Rome had backgrounds, and we were all there to say resigned his office. ‘Thank you’ and ‘We will miss you.’ Three seminarians of the “It was very touching when the continued for Deacon Rodriguez right been staying at the North American Archdiocese of Indianapolis who were whole crowd stood up clapping at the through the retired pontiff’s speech at College in the days leading up to the recently interviewed by The Criterion end of his speech. None of us wanted the final general audience when the pope conclave to elect Benedict’s successor. witnessed these momentous events. to stop clapping because we wanted to emeritus spoke about trusting that Christ Many members of the media from On Feb. 27, Benedict held the show how much we love and appreciate was always leading the Church, even when the United States have been following last general audience of his papacy Pope Benedict.” it is buffeted by many trials and hardships the cardinals. Deacon Rodriguez, who in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Tucci saw in the massive crowd a sign and the faithful might then think that plays on the seminary’s soccer team in Approximately 200,000 people attended, of the Church around the world. he is somehow asleep and oblivious to the Clericus Cup tournament among far outstripping the size of an ordinary “The universal Church is so alive,” their concerns. seminaries in Rome, said that a CBS film audience for such events. said Tucci, who is in his first year of “Personally, I can relate to that crew even shot video of him and his Transitional deacons Douglas theological formation in Rome. “Just statement in my own vocation because teammates during practice. Marcotte and Martin Rodriguez seeing a microcosm of the whole world there have been moments of difficulty “They even asked me to take a shot and seminarian Matthew Tucci, all in St. Peter’s Square to support the and challenge,” Deacon Rodriguez said, at the goal so they could record the receiving priestly formation at the Holy Father was an inspiring sight.” “times when I also thought that the Lord trajectory of the ball,” he said. Pontifical North American College Deacons Marcotte and Rodriguez, was asleep, but in reality Christ was All of the media attention has not in Rome, arrived at the square about who are scheduled to be ordained totally aware of what was happening. distracted him from his priority of praying two hours before the audience began. priests in May, have been inspired by When I think of a contemporary model for for the cardinals as they begin to consider “I wanted to say thank you,” said Benedict over the course of many years humility, I think of Pope Benedict XVI.” who will next lead the universal Church. Deacon Marcotte. “[Benedict] has truly through their priestly formation. That esteem for Benedict led “I certainly pray for our next pope,” been an inspiration “He is certainly Deacon Rodriguez back to St. Peter’s Deacon Rodriguez said. “We have to me as I have a great theologian, Square late in the afternoon on Feb. 28 started a novena for the cardinals so studied for the and that has been to see him fly off in a helicopter, leaving that they may listen to the Holy Spirit in priesthood. I also important to my the Vatican for the last time as pontiff. their decisions.” wanted to take understanding of Thousands joined the deacon in the square. Deacon Rodriguez hopes to be there advantage of my the faith,” said “It was really sad to see him leave,” in the coming days when the next pope is opportunity to see Deacon Marcotte. Deacon Rodriguez said. “I almost wanted introduced to the world. history.” “However, his to say ‘Don’t go, Benedict! Don’t leave “I sure hope to be at the square for “Pope Benedict witness to prayer us!’ I do feel like a sheep without a that great occasion,” he said. “The was really the and humility has shepherd now that he is gone. Yet, I hope college has even arranged late dinners first pope I ever been inspiring and and pray that the cardinals choose the right for those who would like to be down felt like I really formative.” man that God wants for our Church.” there every evening [during the conclave] Deacon Doug Marcotte ‘knew,’ ” said Matthew Tucci That inspiration Cardinals from the United States have if necessary.” † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013

Events Calendar March 8 Indianapolis. “Tropical March 10-13 Ind.). Catholic Professional Mass, Msgr. Paul Koetter, March 19 St. Lawrence Catholic Tribute to Joe and Barb St. Malachy Parish, Business Club, Mass, celebrant, 8:30 a.m., Legacy Cinema Theatre, Church, Fr. Conen Hall, Krier,” food, music, 9833 E. County Road 750 N, “Faith’s Inner-Compass,” followed by rosary outside 2347 W. Main St., Greenfield. 4644 E. 46th St., Indianapolis. 7:30 p.m.-midnight, $30 Brownsburg. Lenten Mission, Allison Melangton, president abortion clinic and St. Michael Parish, movie, Lenten Fish Fry, per person. Information: “Where Is God These Days?” of the Indianapolis Sports Benediction at church. “Restless Heart-The 5:30-7:30 p.m., $7 dinner 317-872-5088 or 7 p.m., free-will Corporation, presenter, Information: Archdiocesan Confessions of Augustine,” ($6 if age 65+) includes: one [email protected]. offering. Information: breakfast, 6:30 a.m., Office for Pro-Life 4:30 p.m. and 7:05 p.m., entrée (baked fish, hand 317-852-5091, ext. 7004 or Information: www.cpbc-ld.org. Ministry, 317-236-1569 or $10 per person, $8 students. battered fried fish, pizza or Kokomo High School, [email protected]. 800-382-9836, ext. 1569. Information: 317-318-8411. grilled cheese), two sides, 2501 S. Berkley, Kokomo March 15 French fries, biscuit w/ apple (Diocese of Lafayette). March 12 Northside Knights of St. John the Baptist Parish, March 20 butter, iced tea or lemonade; Seventh Annual Indiana St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. Columbus Hall, 2100 E. 25743 State Route 1, Dover. Calvary Cemetery, Mausoleum $4.00 dinner includes pizza or Holy Family Catholic 17th Ave., Beech Grove. 71st St., Indianapolis. Catholic The parishes of St. Joseph, Chapel, 435 W. Troy Ave., grilled cheese, French fries and Conference, “Why Be Ave Marie Guild, Mass Business Exchange, Mass, St. Paul, St. Martin and Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m. one side. Children 2 years and Catholic?” $30 for a teenager for deceased members, breakfast and program, St. John, ACTforChrist Information: 317-784-4439 or under are free. Contact church not registered with their 11 a.m., meeting, 12:30 p.m. Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, Spring Craft Show, www.catholiccemeteries.cc. office at 317-546-4065. family, $50 single adult, $90 Information: 317-865-0910 or C.Ss.R., presenter, handcrafted items, married couple, $115 per [email protected]. 6:30-8:30 a.m., $15 members, bake sale, lunch, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 21 Our Lady of Lourdes family, includes two meals. $21 non-members. Information: 812-576-4302 or Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Parish, 30 S. Downey Ave., Information: 765-865-9964 or March 13 Reservations and information: www.stjohndover.org. Mausoleum Chapel, Indianapolis. Fish fry, fish or holyfamilyconference.org. St. Luke Church, www.catholicbusiness 9001 N. Haverstick Road, shrimp dinners, $7 per person, Fr. Courtney Room, exchange.org. March 17 Indianapolis. Mass, 2 p.m. children’s meals, carry-out March 10 7575 Holliday Drive East, St. John the Baptist Parish, Information: 317-574-8898 or available, $3, 5-8 p.m. Our Lady of the Most Indianapolis. Lenten Speaker Knights of Columbus 25743 State Route 1, www.catholiccemeteries.cc. Information: 317-356-7291. Holy Rosary Parish, Series, Rosemary Hume speaks Council 437, 1305 N. Dover. All-You-Can- 520 Stevens St., on “The Spiritual Practice Delaware St., Indianapolis. Eat breakfast, adults $8, March 23 St. Mary Parish, Indianapolis. St. Joseph’s of Simplicity: It begins with St. Patrick’s Day celebration, children 10 years old and Benedict Inn Retreat 2500 St. Mary’s Drive, Table, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., putting God in the center of noon-midnight, food, drinks. younger $4, 7:30 a.m.-noon. and Conference Center, Lanesville. International $10 adults, $4 children. our lives,” 7 p.m., preceded Information: 317-631-4373 or Information: 812-576-4302 or 1402 Southern Ave., speaker Alan Ames, Mass, Information: 317-632-3174 or by 5:30 p.m. Mass and then [email protected]. stjohndover.org. Beech Grove. Shop INN- 6 p.m., Stations of the Cross, [email protected]. soup supper. Information: spired, spring sale, 7 p.m., talk followed by 317-259-4373 ext. 256, or Our Lady of the Greenwood Catholic Community 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Information: healing service at 7:30 p.m. Holy Cross Parish, 125 N. [email protected]. Parish, 335 S. Meridian St., of Richmond, 701 N. 317-788-7581 or Information: 812-987-9090 or Oriental St., Indianapolis. Greenwood. Fourth annual “A” St., Richmond. [email protected]. [email protected]. St. Patrick’s Day Party, March 14 Lenten speaker, “A Mystery to Charismatic prayer 3-7 p.m., $5 per person, St. Pius X Parish, be Believed: The Eucharist group, 7 p.m. Information: March 27 March 9 food, Irish music, bagpipers. 7200 Sarto Drive, Indianapolis. in Our Year of Faith,” [email protected]. Marian University, theatre, St. Roch Parish, Family Life Information: 317-638-3020 or Lenten program, “Living the Benedictine Father Godfrey 3200 Cold Spring Road, Center, 3603 S. Meridian St., [email protected]. Faith through Spirituality,” Mullen, presenter, 7 p.m. March 18 Indianapolis. Global Studies Indianapolis. Single Seniors Father Jim Farrell, presenter, Information: 317-888-2861. St. Mark School, 535 E. Speaker Series, “Making meeting, 1 p.m., age 50 St. Malachy Parish, 7-8:30 p.m. Information: Edgewood Ave., Indianapolis. Music Across Cultures and over. Information: gym, 330 N. Green St., 317-466-3369 or spxparish.org. March 16 Catholic Charities and Nations: The Vision 317-784-4207. Brownsburg. Longaberger St. Michael the Archangel Indianapolis, caregiver of a Young Conductor,” bingo, 1:30 p.m. Information: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 3354 W. 30th St., support group, 5:30-7 p.m. Indianapolis Symphony Northside Knights of 317-345-0166 or Parish, 14598 Oakridge Road, Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s Information: 317-261-3378 or Orchestra and Krzysztof Columbus, 2100 E. 71st St., [email protected]. Carmel (Diocese of Lafayette, Precious Infants, pro-life [email protected]. Urbanski, presenters, 7 p.m. †

Retreats and Programs March 10 Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. “Coffee Office of Family Ministry offers Talk: Who is Church, What is Church? What March 8-10 Changed with Vatican II,” Franciscan Sister Divorce and Beyond program Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Therese Tackett, presenter, 10:45 a.m.-noon, free-will offering. Information: 812-933-6437 or 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad. Retreat, “Forgiven The archdiocesan Office of Family stress, anger, blame, guilt, loneliness and oldenburgfranciscancenter.org. and Forgiving,” Benedictine Brother Ministries is offering a divorce and beyond forgiveness. Zachary Wilberding, presenter. Information: March 10-15 program for six consecutive Monday The cost is $30, which includes 812-357-6585 or [email protected]. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, evenings beginning April 8 through program materials. For more information 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. Silent directed May 13. or to register, please contact the Office March 9 retreat, Information: 317-545-7681 or The peer ministry program will be of Family Ministries at 317-236-1586 Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. archindy.org/fatima. held at St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, or 800-382-9836, ext. 1586, or e-mail “Women’s Day: Women of Beauty,” Franciscan March 11 7575 Holliday Drive, E., Indianapolis, [email protected]. Registration Sister Norma Rocklage, keynote speaker, Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. from 7- 9 p.m. The topics for discussion forms may also be obtained online at Franciscan Sister Patty Campbell, Kathy Cooley “Men’s Night,” Benedictine Father will be the process of divorce, self-image, www.archindy.org/family/divorce.html. † and Lois Jansen, presenters, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Carl Hawver, presenter, 7-8:30 p.m., free-will $45 per person includes lunch. Information: offering. Information: 812-933-6437 or 812-933-6437 or oldenburgfranciscancenter.org. oldenburgfranciscancenter.org. †

Free choral, organ music program Submitted photo at Saint Meinrad on March 9

A music ensemble from dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Indiana University will present a free The concert will feature works program of choral and organ music by composers Josquin Des Prez, at 3 p.m. Central Standard Time on Giovanni de Palestrina, Felice Anerio, March 9 in the St. Meinrad Archabbey Guillaume Dufay and Flor Peeters. Church in St. Meinrad. The program is free and open to The musicians will present an the public. Parking is available in hour of sacred polyphony and organ the Guest House and student parking music, including compositions lots. For more information, contact based on chant and other pieces Krista Hall at 812- 357-6501. †

Roncalli Advanced Women’s Choir and Saint Mary College’s Women Choir offer free concert at St. Roch on March 8 St. Roch Parish, 3600 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, invites everyone to a special evening of sacred music at 7:30 p.m. on March 8. The evening will include the Advanced Women’s Choir of Roncalli High School in Indianapolis directed by Joey Newton, and the Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir from Notre Dame, Ind. Lenten fellowship Dr. Nancy Menk directs the Saint Mary’s Women’s Choir. She is world renowned for her work with collegiate choral groups. Menk has been a guest conductor at Carnegie Hall Members of St. Boniface Parish in Fulda and St. Meinrad Parish in St. Meinrad gathered for six times. Stations of the Cross, followed by a soup social on Feb. 24. During the six Sundays of Lent, Admission is free. The concert will end at approximately 9 p.m. The concert is various groups from within the parishes are taking turns providing different kinds of soup, bread recommended for children age 10 and older. For information, call 317-784-1763. † and desserts. The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013 Page 7 Philippine typhoon recovery slows as aid workers fear ‘donor fatigue’

MANILA, Philippine (CNS)—Three months after a the Philippines. ferocious typhoon slammed the southeastern Philippines, “The need for housing, for example, is so high,” he said, recovery is moving slowly as aid workers fear growing “but our funding is only for ... about 1,500 houses. We “donor fatigue” has set in. could do a lot more than that based on previous experience Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Caritas Philippines, and what we’re envisioning. But it’s really a question the International Committee of the Red Cross and the of resources.” Philippine Red Cross reported putting out calls for Each 180-square foot house costs about $350. Curry said Reuters CNS photo/Erik De Castro, additional funds to provide housing and other support for his office has only enough money to continue the effort thousands of people, but that not nearly enough funding through June but that the recovery is expected to last at least has been received since the initial disaster response in two years. He said CRS has tapped multiple governments in December. an effort to raise funds for permanent needs. The agency’s Father Edwin Gariguez, director of the social justice goal is to raise $1.5 million to $2 million. office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the “Most of those donors have expended most of their funds Philippines and head of Caritas Philippines, praised the during the initial relief phase,” he told CNS by phone from Residents wash their clothes on Dec. 6, 2012, in a stream local response to Typhoon Bopha, which affected more Mindanao. “So the funding available for the recovery phase near their houses that were destroyed by Typhoon Bopha in than 6.2 million people in normally storm-free Mindanao. is quite limited.” Montevista, Philippines. Since then, he said, the response from foreign sources for Curry estimated in early March that 79,000 houses rehabilitation and recovery has been “slow.” remained to be built in the worst-hit areas. Other agencies are feeling the pinch. In January, the “It’s surprising ... that the contribution is not so much,” Aid agencies face a second challenge in trying to find United Nations put out a call for $76 million to help he told Catholic News Service. “Given the magnitude of employment for thousands of people whose livelihood rebuild. In the days after the storm, the U.N. appealed for calamity, we are not receiving that much.” depended on raising crops, Curry said. Because a majority $65 million. In February, the International Committee of Caritas Philippines has received a little less than of the residents owned small subsistence farms or were the Red Cross and the Philippine Red Cross called for an $1 million, according to figures provided by the bishops’ farm laborers, mostly in coconuts, their work was literally additional $32 million. social justice office. blown away by the storm. The amount of debris is so large Bopha, which claimed 1,100 lives, was the Catholic Relief Services has received funding for that little farmland is available to till. second devastating tropical storm to hit Mindanao temporary shelters for many of the storm’s victims, but Curry said funds are available to pay residents to clear in a year. A December 2011 storm killed more than not nearly enough to meet the overwhelming need, said the debris, but that even if farmland gets cleared, farmers 1,000 people, most victims of flash flooding as they slept Joseph Curry, the agency’s country representative in will need money to buy seedlings so they can start over. at night. † In friend-of-court brief, Justice Department argues Archbishop Joseph that denial of same-sex benefits is unconstitutional W. Tobin to be WASHINGTON (CNS)—The The Defense of Marriage Act recognizes The USCCB brief in the DOMA case says Justice Department, in a brief filed on marriage as only between one man and there is “no fundamental right to marry a interviewed on Feb. 22 at the U.S. Supreme Court, said one woman for the federal government’s person of the same sex. … Specifically, civil a federal law that defines marriage as purposes, such as for Social Security recognition of same-sex relationships is not Catholic radio between one man and a woman, denying benefits, family medical leave and other deeply rooted in the nation’s history and financial benefits to legally wed same-sex federal programs, and federal estate and tradition—quite the opposite is true.” An interview with Archbishop couples, is unconstitutional. income taxes. In a Feb. 20 interview, Obama said, “I Joseph W. Tobin will be broadcast on “Moral opposition to homosexuality, Last May, President Barack Obama have to make sure that I’m not interjecting Catholic Radio Indy 89.1 and 90.9 FM’s though it may reflect deeply held personal said he now supported same-sex marriage, myself too much in this process, particularly “Faith in Action” show on March 11-16. views, is not a legitimate policy objective and later ordered the Justice Department when we’re not a party to the case.” The usual that can justify unequal treatment of gay not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of air times for and lesbian people” found in the 1996 in court. San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ “Faith in Action” Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), said On Feb. 28, the Justice Department Subcommittee for the Promotion and are changing the “amicus,” or friend-of-the-court brief, also filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Defense of Marriage, has called for temporarily due written by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. Proposition 8 case, urging the high court to renewed efforts to strengthen and protect to EWTN Radio’s It was filed in the case of strike down that voter-approved amendment traditional marriage. special coverage United States v. Windsor, for which the to the California constitution and laws in “The meaning of marriage … cannot be of the meeting court will hear oral arguments on March 27, other states that have legalized same-sex redefined because it lies within our very of the College a day after it hears oral arguments in another civil unions, but not same-sex marriage. nature,” he said. A concurrent issue in the of Cardinals case weighing the constitutionality of same- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Windsor case is whether House Republicans in Rome. sex marriage, Hollingsworth v. Perry. The Bishops (USCCB) filed separate briefs in properly have standing to defend the Listeners second case is a challenge to California’s the two challenges facing the high court on Defense of Marriage Act. can hear the Archbishop Proposition 8, a ballot initiative approved Jan. 29. On Feb. 22, attorneys for the lawmakers, Joseph W. Tobin interview with by voters in 2008 to ban same-sex marriage. In the California case, the USCCB argues calling themselves the Bipartisan Legal Archbishop Tobin In the first case, Edith Windsor is suing that although the Supreme Court “has held Advisory Group of the U.S. House of at 9 a.m. on March 11, 15 and 16, and at over the Defense of Marriage Act because that laws forbidding private, consensual, Representatives, said that it deserves 4 p.m. on March 12 and 14. her same-sex marriage was recognized homosexual conduct between adults lack standing, an assertion dismissed by the Catholic Radio Indy can be heard by the state of New York, but not by the a rational basis, it does not follow that the White House. throughout the archdiocese by logging federal government. Consequently, when government has a constitutional duty to Meanwhile, The New York Times on to www.catholicradioindy.com and her spouse died and she inherited her estate, encourage or endorse such conduct. Thus, reported on Feb. 26 that more than six dozen clicking on the “listen now” button. Windsor had to pay $363,000 in federal governments may legitimately decide Republicans had signed their names to a Podcasts of previous shows are also estate taxes. Had her spouse been male, she to further the interests of opposite-sex brief to be filed with the high court outlining available on the site. † would have been exempted from that tax. unions only.” their support for same-sex marriage. †

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fires Submitted photo continued from page 1 stomach dropped out of me.” Firefighters found a flag, hymnals and Lenten booklets burning in the back of the church. Indianapolis arson investigators have determined that the fire was intentionally set. They also estimate the damage at as much as $400,000, but Eric Atkins, archdiocesan director of management services, said there is no official damage estimate yet. Atkins also said the archdiocese is continuing to review the extent of the damage and is seeking bids on restoration work. The parish’s regular 12:10 p.m. Mass on Feb. 27 was cancelled while the crime was investigated and preliminary cleanup work was done. No arrests had been made by time of publication. While the smell of smoke pervaded the church, worshippers packed into the front pews on Feb. 28 for daily Mass. The majority of the benches that had not yet been cleaned were cordoned off. “This is one way to get everybody to sit The Indianapolis Fire Department responded to a fire at the convent of St. Bernadette Church in up front,” said Father Nagel with a laugh at Indianapolis on Feb. 28. The fire is believed to have been accidentally started from a burning candle. the start of the Mass. Firefighters had the fire under control within 30 minutes. During his homily, however, Father Nagel became serious—and a little emotional—as forgiveness [and learn] to trust and accept “There are so many, many blessings Photo by Sean Gallagher Photo by he reflected on how the fire was a bittersweet sad events like this with joy.” [in this],” said Daughter of Mary Mother of moment for the parish, which is celebrating She also thinks the parish will bounce Mercy Sister Loretto Emenogu, a resident the 175th anniversary of its founding. back quickly from this setback. of the convent who is the mission educator “It’s a sweet moment because we “I think we’ll be even stronger than in the archdiocesan Mission Office at the acknowledge that, in the midst of the evil before,” she said. Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic that has happened, there’s a great goodness The first Mass after the fire also saw Center in Indianapolis. “Everyone survived, in the hundreds of e-mails that have already the return of people with longstanding it happened in the day instead of the night poured in,” said Father Nagel. “People connections to the parish. and Sister Augustina [Ekwebelm] was want to help. People have been here to Alexa Spragg-O’Neil graduated in able to save the most important thing—the help. God touches our hearts. We know that 1949 from the eighth grade in a school Most Blessed Sacrament.” he is present.” previously operated by St. John. Now a None of the sisters, who are members Later in his homily, Father Nagel member of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish of the same order, was hurt, although reminded worshippers that every person in Indianapolis, she was shocked when she Sister Augustina was transported to is created good by God, even if some, saw televised news reports of the fire. St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis for smoke like the person who set fire to the church, “I was devastated because I could see inhalation. She was treated and released. Fire damage is covered and cordoned off on may have departed from God and their [the smoke] on television through those The fire is believed to have been Feb. 28 at the back of St. John the Evangelist original goodness. beautiful doors,” said Spragg-O’Neil, 77, accidentally started from a burning candle. Church in Indianapolis. “Our job is to help them come back to that who recalled cleaning the pews of the Firefighters had the fire under control within goodness,” Father Nagel said. “Our job is to church as a child—the same ones that now 30 minutes. in Indianapolis, and four are being housed invite whoever has fallen, whoever is away require cleaning due to smoke damage. “The damage is significant, but by the Sisters of St. Benedict at the from God, whoever is distant from him, back Joe Maguire, 57, is a member of the convent can be repaired,” said Benedict Inn in Beech Grove. to [a] personal relationship with their Savior, St. John who works nearby as a lawyer. His Tom Bogenschutz, pastoral associate at The Daughters of Mary Mother Jesus, through his holy Church. mother went to high school there, and his St. Bernadette Parish. of Mercy were invited to the “… I encourage us to allow God to heal son was married in the church. Bogenschutz said that one bedroom was Archdiocese of Indianapolis in 2004 by anything that’s broken, so that we can move He thinks the fire will ultimately have a destroyed, one hall sustained severe heat then-Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein. to forgiveness.” positive effect on the parish. damage, and the downstairs suffered water They have used the convent at Jenny Lutgring, 25, attended the Feb. 28 “It shows the strength of the parish, the damage. The structure, built in 1952, will St. Bernadette for several years, as well Mass. She frequently participates in young strength of Christ and the strength of our also need to be brought up to electrical as expanding into other convents in the adult events at St. John. Church,” Maguire said. “It will make it code and need asbestos abatement. There Indianapolis area. “I was really sad,” said Lutgring stronger and just as beautiful. We’ll grow is no estimate on remediation cost or The sisters work in various ministries of learning about the fire. “But, at the and learn from this incident.” completion yet. and organizations in Indianapolis. same time, as Father Nagel said, it’s an That same attitude marked the response Two of the sisters are staying with their “We view this from the positive, opportunity for me and all of us to grow of the six sisters who lived in the convent fellow Daughters of Mary Mother of Mercy not the negative,” said Sister Loretto. in virtue, patience, generosity, to practice at St. Bernadette Parish. sisters at the convent at Holy Trinity Parish “God is so good.” †

counted, they will be placed in the third urn and carried to dean of the College of Cardinals. cardinals the stove for burning. “The cardinals hope to give a good example of the call continued from page 1 As of March 5, 110 cardinal electors had arrived in to the whole Church to live in prayer during this time of Rome, Father Lombardi announced. preparing for the important moment of electing a pope,” workers could begin preparing it. The major work involves The cardinals who had not arrived do not need to be Father Lombardi said. putting in a false floor so there are no steps, then putting present in order for the college to vote on a day to begin the During the second day of pre-conclave gatherings, the in tables and chairs for the cardinals. Two stoves will conclave, provided the other cardinals know they will arrive cardinals also thanked Pope Benedict XVI for his “tireless be installed—one to burn ballots and the other to burn by the starting date. work” and example of “generous pastoral concern.” chemicals to create different colored smoke to let the public The five electors yet to arrive were Cardinals Antonios The telegram, dated March 5, was signed by know if a pope was selected or not. Naguib, former Coptic Catholic patriarch; Karl Lehmann Cardinal Sodano and sent on behalf of all the During the conclave, the cardinals will use three urns of Mainz, Germany; Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, cardinals present. for the ballots. Video images of the urns, commissioned by Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Kazimierz Nycz of The Vatican said 4,432 journalists had requested the Vatican for the 2005 conclave, were shown to reporters Warsaw, Poland; and John Tong Hon of Hong Kong. accreditation just for the interregnum and conclave by during the March 5 news conference. Father Lombardi said the cardinals who have yet to join March 4. They join some 600 reporters, photographers and One urn is for the ballots cast in the Sistine Chapel, the other cardinals had personal reasons for their delay, but videographers accredited to the Vatican permanently. The another is for ballots cast in the Domus Sanctae Marthae by plan to arrive soon. media represent 1,004 outlets from 65 countries and work in cardinals too ill to go to the chapel. Once those ballots are The cardinals met twice on March 4. Arriving only in 24 languages, Father Lombardi said. † time for the afternoon session were Cardinals Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch; Joachim Meisner of Cologne, Germany; Rainer Maria Woelki of Berlin; Dominik Duka of Prague; Archbishop Tobin to celebrate and Theodore-Adrien Sarr of Dakar, Senegal.

CNS photo/Paul Haring CNS photo/Paul At the March 5 morning session, two cardinal electors Mass at start of papal conclave joined—Cardinals Antonio Maria Rouco Varela of Madrid The beginning of the conclave to elect the next and Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for pope will begin in the coming days. Catholic Education. If it begins on a weekday, Archbishop Joseph Father Lombardi said on March 4 that only two W. Tobin will celebrate a Mass for the election of cardinals—Indonesian Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja, the the pope at noon on that day at SS. Peter and Paul 78-year-old retired archbishop of Jakarta, and Scottish Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis. Cardinal Keith O’Brien, 74, who retired as archbishop of If the conclave begins on a Saturday or Sunday, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston steps off a bus as he St. Andrews and Edinburgh after being accused of sexual log on to www.archindy.org for information about arrives with U.S. cardinals for a general congregation meeting misconduct—have formally informed the Vatican that they when the Mass will be celebrated. in the synod hall at the Vatican on March 5. Also pictured is will not attend the conclave All are welcome to attend the Mass and pray with Cardinal Edward M. Egan, retired archbishop of New York, right. The cardinals also accepted a proposal to conduct an Archbishop Tobin for the cardinal electors as they The world’s cardinals are meeting for several days in advance of evening prayer service on March 6 at the Altar of the Chair begin the process to choose a new pope. † the conclave to elect the new pope. in St. Peter’s Basilica, presided by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013 Page 9 Academy Award-winning movie depicts various faith elements

By Sean Gallagher

The motion picture Les Miserables took home three Academy Awards on Feb. 28.

But long before the red carpet was rolled out in Studios CNS photo/Universal Hollywood, Les Miserables had already won the hearts of many Catholic viewers for the way the faith was imbued in the film’s story. The movie was an adaptation of the 1985 musical of the same title. It, in turn, was based on the 1862 novel by French author Victor Hugo. It tells the story of how ex-convict Jean Valjean, played in the film by actor Hugh Jackman, is lifted out of despair by a single act of charity by a Catholic bishop. Valjean changes his life and helps many people. At the same time, Inspector Javert, a French policeman, hunts Valjean down over the decades because he believes that men, once they turn to crime, are unredeemable. Actor Russell Crowe played Javert in the movie. Four Catholics who have valued the story of Les Miserables over the years recently spoke about the award-winning motion picture adaptation, and how it, at times, both highlights and short-changes the Catholic faith.

‘The conversion element’ Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, vicar general, has read the novel several times and seen the stage production and movie version of Les Miserables. He said he would “highly recommend” the movie Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway star in a scene from Les Miserables, the big-screen adaptation of the long-running stage show. only to audiences over the age of 14, especially The Catholic News Service classification is A-III—adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13—parents strongly because of a particular scene that was “very bawdy and cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. somewhat offensive.” Bishop Coyne was impressed, though, by the portrayal near the start of the film of the bishop. He thought the portrayal of the prelate was by far the most positive depiction of a Catholic clergyman in a mainstream ‘[Salvation] is measured by the life film in years. that one has led. It’s not a present Studios CNS photo/Universal Despite his kind treatment by the bishop, Valjean steals his only possession of any value—his silverware. reality in this world, but one that is Policemen who catch Valjean and bring him to the bishop only attained at the end through the tell the cleric that Valjean had said the bishop had given mercy of God and God’s judgment.’ him the silverware. The bishop, trying to help Valjean, confirms his story and gives him his precious silver candlesticks. After the —Bishop Christopher J. Coyne police leave, he tells Valjean that he has “saved his soul for God,” and to use the silver to become a better man. Valjean is shaken to his core, takes the bishop’s advice and seeks to live a life of virtue. Although the bishop is on the screen for a relatively short time, he plays a key role in the rest of the story of Les Miserables. “He’s the conversion element,” said Bishop Coyne. “The story of Jean Valjean doesn’t move forward without somebody convincing him of his humanity, and the fact that he is beloved of God even in his wretchedness, that there is goodness in him, that there’s a potentiality to turn his life around in the face of Jesus Christ.” Although the story of Les Miserables later focuses Russell Crowe stars as Inspector Javert on a student uprising in Paris that seeks to overturn the in a scene from Les Miserables,, which government, Benedictine Father Denis Robinson thinks Fr. Denis Robinson, O.S.B. Ann Lewis Steven Greydanus recently won three Academy Awards. Hugo in his novel offers readers a different vision of revolution through the bishop’s charity. idealize this almost kind of quietism,” Father Denis said, when the prisoners exhort one another to look down and “Sometimes a small gesture at the right moment can “of how I can take on the values of the Church, but I don’t look him in the eye,” he said. “Javert has really create an entirely new world,” said Father Denis, president don’t have to have any resort to the life of the Church in a placed himself in the position of God.” rector of Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology formal sense.” Javert’s worldview comes crashing down, however, in St. Meinrad. “I think an entirely new world was created Father Denis said the fading of the Church from view when Valjean has a chance to kill him, but spares his life. for Jean Valjean and for all of those whose lives he in the story of Les Miserables reflects the views of Hugo, He later has a chance to arrest Valjean, but lets him go. touched because of this one act of charity. who was “certainly someone who valued the values of Not comprehending how, in his mind, an unredeemable “To me, that’s Hugo’s real emphasis—a single good Christianity, but did not see the importance of the Church. criminal can act with mercy, Javert kills himself by deed can change the world. I think that’s the revolution “The Church is so desperate sometimes for positive jumping off of a bridge into the Seine River in Paris. that is much more powerful than even what we see toward images of Christianity, and the positive effect of “I think that’s a point that Hugo wants to keep bringing the end of the novel or the play or the film.” Christianity to be portrayed in film that it may latch out,” Father Denis said. “People change. And it’s the on to something that, while it is positive, by the same nature of people to change. It’s Jean Valjean’s nature Seeing love and mercy token could ultimately have some problems as well,” to change. In addition to this key element of the plot that finds its Father Denis said. “If Les Miserables is used as a vehicle “But it’s not Javert’s nature to change. And [in the face roots in the Catholic faith, the film also visually brought for expressing the new evangelization, what is ultimately of] his inability to change when he does do something forward faith elements. the image of the Church that it will express?” outside of strict justice, he can’t survive.” Ann Lewis, who teaches composition and literature at Lumen Christi High School in Indianapolis and is Law and grace Seeing the face of God treasurer and past president of the Catholic Writers Father Denis still praises the film for the way in which The portrayal in the movie of Valjean’s death, which Guild, thought the scene of Valjean’s conversion was it portrays Valjean’s conversion and its ongoing effects, comes at the end of the story, highlights for Bishop Coyne strengthened by visual elements. which is highlighted in contrast by the character of another aspect of its Catholic nature. Although Valjean had “You have a beautiful chapel, and he’s talking to God Inspector Javert. done great good throughout his life, he was only assured there,” said Lewis, a member of Our Lady of the Most So does Steven Greydanus, film critic for the of his salvation at the very end. Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis. “You could see that it National Catholic Register and a deacon candidate for the After he dies, the viewer sees, in a sense, his soul leave was a genuine spiritual conversion. There was a Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, N.J. his body and sing arguably the musical’s most famous ambiance to the film … ” In Valjean and Javert being set against each other, he line, “To love another person is to see the face of God.” Lewis watched the pivotal relationship between the sees a kind of debate displayed in the writings of St. Paul “[Salvation] is measured by the life that one has led,” bishop and Valjean, and hoped other viewers realized that about whether salvation is gained through the grace of Bishop Coyne said. “It’s not a present reality in this world, “what changed [Valjean] was the mercy and love of a man God or by adherence to the law. but one that is only attained at the end through the mercy who really did live his faith. “You can almost say that Javert represents a kind of of God and God’s judgment.” “I hope that they’ll realize that this is what people … rigor in which any violation of the law is the same as Greydanus was impressed by the fact that the film of faith are meant to be,” Lewis said. “This is what the violating the whole of the law, and it renders you guilty focused on salvation at all. Church teaches.” forever and beyond redemption,” Greydanus said. “There “That’s not so common [in movies],” he said. “That’s At the same time, Father Denis cautions against can be some measure of restitution, maybe. But you’re one of the things that makes this production unique. And overplaying the Catholic aspects of the film because, after never going to be really right again.” it does present Valjean’s epiphany as representing a higher the scene with the bishop near the movie’s opening, the Greydanus said this view of the law by Javert affected perspective. … It’s not just a matter of human experience Church plays no meaningful role in the rest of the story. his perspective on other people. that to love another person is to see the face of God. The “We kind of have to be careful that we don’t “It’s emphasized in the lyrics from the very first line face of God is in view here.” † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013 Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes

Parishes throughout the archdiocese have • March 11, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas scheduled communal penance services for • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Lent. The following list of services was reported to The Criterion. Indianapolis South Deanery • March 10, 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd

Batesville Deanery • March 11, 7 p.m. at St. Roch Wiechec CNS photo/Nancy Phelan • March 12, 7 p.m. for St. Nicholas, Ripley • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Jude County; St. Anthony of Padua, Morris; • March 13, 7 p.m. at St. Mark the and St. Louis, Batesville, at St. Louis, Evangelist Batesville • March 20, 6 p.m. at St. Barnabas • March 12, 7 p.m. for St. Denis, • March 25, 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Jennings County; St. Maurice, Napoleon; Greenwood, Greenwood and Immaculate Conception, Millhousen, • March 27, 6 p.m. at St. Barnabas at Immaculate Conception, Milhousen • March 20, 7 p.m. for St. Joseph, Indianapolis West Deanery Shelbyville; and St. Vincent de Paul, • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel the Shelby County, at St. Vincent de Paul, Archangel Shelby County • March 14, 7 p.m. for Holy Angels at • March 20, 6:30 p.m. for St. Anne, Marian University Chapel Hamburg; St. Maurice, Decatur County; • March 20, 6:30 p.m. at St. Susanna, and St. John the Evangelist, Enochsburg; Plainfield Father Kevin Regan of the Archdiocese of Washington demonstrates the granting of absolution that at St. John the Evangelist, Enochsburg • March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph occurs during the sacrament of reconciliation. The priest, acting in the person of Christ, can absolve • March 23, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at a person of their sins with their contrition, confession and penance. Bloomington Deanery St. Michael the Archangel • March 19, 7 p.m. at St. Agnes, Nashville • St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis Edinburgh, and St. Rose of Lima, Franklin, Greencastle will have reconciliation each Wednesday at St. Rose of Lima, Franklin • March 14, 1:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart of Connersville Deanery during Lent from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. • March 13, 7 p.m. for Our Lady of Jesus, Terre Haute • March 19, following 5:30 p.m. Mass except during Holy Week. All attending Providence, Brownstown, and St. Ambrose, • March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Patrick, for Richmond Catholic Community at should enter through the Day Chapel Seymour, at St. Ambrose, Seymour Terre Haute † St. Mary, Richmond side door. • March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Bartholomew, • March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima, Columbus Knightstown New Albany Deanery • March 17, 3:30 p.m. at St. Patrick, Salem • March 11, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Sellersburg • March 17, 5 p.m. at American Martyrs, Lenten activities Indianapolis East Deanery • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Lanesville Scottsburg • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Mary • March 12, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Our Lady • March 25, 6:30 p.m. for St. Ann, available online • March 13, 6:30 p.m. at St. Rita of Perpetual Help, New Albany Jennings County; St. Mary, North Vernon; Be sure to visit • March 14, 7:30 p.m. at St. Michael, (individual confession) and St. Joseph, Jennings County, at The Criterion’s Lenten Greenfield • March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, St. Joseph, Jennings County Web page at www.archindy.org/lent. • SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Parish in Charlestown The page consists of links to Indianapolis will have reconciliation • March 21, 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul, Tell City Deanery daily readings, archived Lenten the remaining Sundays during Lent Sellersburg • March 13, 6:30 p.m. at St. Meinrad, columns by Archbishop Emeritus (March 10, 17 and 24) from 4 to 5 p.m. • March 24, 1 p.m. at St. John the Baptist, St. Meinrad Daniel M. Buechlein, a full list Vespers will follow at 5 p.m. Starlight • March 17, 4 p.m. at St. Paul, Tell City of communal penance services taking place at parishes and Indianapolis North Deanery Seymour Deanery Terre Haute Deanery other features. † • March 10, 2 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas • March 10, 2 p.m. for Holy Trinity, • March 13, 7 p.m. at St. Paul the Apostle,

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Lent means repentance, and one definition of repentance is to humble oneself before the Lord. While we forego the sackcloth of the Old Testament, we still begin the Lenten

season with ashes on our forehead as a sign of humility. Reuters Gentile, CNS photo/Tony But we need to stop here and correct a common misconception. Lots of people think that humility means being down on who we are, shrinking from a challenge or being shy, retiring and soft-spoken. In the Catholic tradition, it means nothing of the sort. We believe that men and women are destined for greatness. As beings created in the image of God, we have incomparable dignity. Even the ancient philosophers, without the benefit of revelation, knew that we human beings have an irrepressible desire to accomplish great deeds and “become someone.” St. Thomas Aquinas and the entire Catholic tradition agree that the desire for excellence and achievement is natural and good, not sinful and proud. So it was not wrong for James and John (Mk 10:35) to ask to sit at Jesus’ right and left. In Mt 20:20, it is their mother who does the lobbying—can you relate? The problem is, they are clueless about what sitting at Jesus’ right and left side means. So Jesus tells them. It means serving. It means doing so until it hurts, even unto death. Most people would agree that you can’t get any higher or greater than God, but what Jesus comes to reveal to us is a God who is, from all eternity, a community of love, of three persons whose ceaseless activity, whose joy, consists Pope Benedict XVI washes the feet of a worshipper during the 2007 Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday at the Basilica of in giving themselves, each to the other, in love. St. John Lateran in Rome. Jesus’ washing the feet of his Apostles at the Last Supper was a vivid sign of his humility and a call to his first When the human race is taken captive by sin, the followers to embrace humility in leading the Church. second person of this Holy Trinity empties himself of divine glory and joins himself forever to a human nature in pride and is a sign, not of strength, but of weakness. Among But being human also means that I’m a creature, not the womb of a virgin. The greatness of divine love means the Gentiles, “their great ones make their authority over them the Creator. I have limits that I need to recognize and that the omnipotent one now allows himself to become felt” (Mk 10:42) because it comforts them to get obeisance, respect: “Thou art dust and unto dust thou shall return.” helpless, the infinite one now becomes small, the one who however insincere, from the masses. It at least temporarily Similarly, the word “humility” also resembles the word has no needs now becomes vulnerable. drowns out the inner voice of self-doubt and insecurity that “humus,” that component of soil that makes it fertile. In his 33 years, Jesus does many great deeds. He heals is the hidden motivation of the bully and the dictator. In his First Letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul talks the incurable, he drives out demons, he even raises the Humility is possible only for the free. Those who are about the Christian life as a race and encourages us to dead. But the greatest deed he left us with, to follow as secure, as Jesus was, in the Father’s love, have no need of “run so as to win” (1 Cor 9:24). So it’s not just OK, but it an example, was to offer himself as a ransom so that all pomp and circumstance or people fawning on them. They is commanded to be competitive, to strive to excel. humanity could be released from its bondage (Is 53:11). know who they are, where they’ve come from and where But true greatness consists in sharing in the sacrificial Divine love, “agape,” charity—it is in this that true they are going. Not taking themselves too seriously, they can love of Christ, who comes to serve rather than to be greatness lies. When divine love encounters human need laugh at themselves. The proud cannot. Notice the similarity served. That means that this race St. Paul is talking about and suffering, it will stop at nothing to meet that need and between the words humility and humor—and human, for is a race to the bottom. relieve that suffering. Even if it means washing feet or that matter. changing a soiled diaper—a contemporary equivalent of Humility means having a true estimation of oneself. (Marcellino D’Ambrosio writes from Texas. He is foot-washing—or dying on a cross. Being human means “I am made in God’s image and co-founder of Crossroads Productions, an apostolate So attaining greatness for us means not to claw our likeness.” Therefore, I’m gifted. I have dignity and a of Catholic renewal and evangelization. Learn more at way to the top, stepping on whoever gets in our way. This is great destiny. www.crossroadsinitiative.com.) † Scripture shows that humility is what makes us strong, not weak By H. Richard McCord with others and with God and less an for themselves. attitude about ourselves. Second, humility Like all the virtues, humility is a Humility often receives humiliating is an active virtue with behavioral manifestation of the love of Christ for us

CNS photo/Crosiers treatment in modern culture. People often consequences. It’s not a retreat into that enables us to love others. St. Paul see it as a sign of weakness and equate it passivity or inactivity. lists humility as one of the “fruits of the with low self-esteem. Humility helps us to see ourselves in Spirit,” that is, as a sign that we are alive No one conveys this image better relation to others and God in a truthful way. in Christ (Gal 5:22-23). than Charles Dickens with his portrayal St. Paul exemplifies this kind of honesty To live as Christ lived is to offer of the groveling clerk Uriah Heep in when he explains himself and defends his service, especially to the least among us. David Copperfield. Heep continually ministry to the early Christian communities. Humility lies at the heart of such service. describes himself as entirely humble. But We find examples of this in 1 Cor 15:9-11 Jesus demonstrated this when he washed his cloying insincerity only calls attention and 2 Cor 10-11. the feet of his disciples during his last to himself, and thus contradicts his desire to We also see this in a story Jesus tells Passover supper with them. be seen as truly humble. about the humble heart of a tax collector, in Humility transforms love into action A Christian, biblically informed contrast to a Pharisee. Humility moves the through the service to others. St. Paul understanding of humility is quite different. tax collector to declare his dependence on reminds the Colossians that their service It’s no refuge for weaklings. Rather, God and opens him to receive divine mercy in the community will mean bearing with humility is a moral virtue, an expression of (Lk 18:9-14). one another, forgiving one another, letting inner strength. Job is another example. From the depths peace and gratitude infuse all they do It’s one of the chief characteristics of of his misery and humbled condition, (Col 3:12-13). Jesus himself who gave his followers this Job begins to understand his finitude as a Humility is outwardly directed and paradoxical teaching found in the Gospel of creature in relation to God’s transcendent action-oriented. Practicing it in this way Matthew. “The greatest among you must be power. His humility restores his prior may help rescue the term from unmerited your servant. Whoever exalts himself will relationship with God and he is rewarded low regard and demonstrate how humble be humbled; but whoever humbles himself accordingly (Jb 42:1-17). persons are the truly strong ones in the will be exalted” (Mt 23:11-12). Humility gives us the strength to let God Christian life. A stained-glass window depicts the Two important aspects of humility be God, and to realize that we are not God. Old Testament figure Job at Sacred Heart emerge when we reflect on this saying and I once heard humility described as “taking (H. Richard McCord is the former Church in Dubuque, Iowa. Job is place it in the larger biblical tradition. up just the right amount of space.” We executive director of the U.S. Conference considered a prime example of the First, humility directs us outward, not show how true this is when we claim only of Catholic Bishops Secretariat of Laity, biblical understanding of humility. inward. It is more about our relationships what we deserve and let others do the same Marriage, Family Life and Youth.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something/ Year of Faith: Those prayers of petition Christina Capecchi Reluctant leaders, It has been said that prayers of petition success in school or in our profession, for a wouldn’t be good for us. He didn’t grant our are the lowest and least essential kind of happy marriage, for all the things we believe request because of his love for us. He knows divine surprises prayer because they we need to make us happy. far better than we do what we truly need. Or are self-centered. But Perhaps such prayers are not as exalted perhaps he didn’t grant our request because and a resigning pope aren’t they also the most as prayers of adoration, but so what? We to do so would mean refusing to answer “It was 1415,” my friend corrected her human? are acknowledging our relationship, our someone else’s prayer, such as two athletic husband over a dinner of wings and beer on Was Jesus being dependence, upon God, and asking him teams both praying for victory. that stunning Monday when Pope Benedict XVI self-centered or just confidently for what we want. Or perhaps he didn’t grant our request announced his resignation. completely human However, it can be argued, despite Jesus’ because it was against his will. If we pray We were discussing, when, in the Garden of assurances that all our prayers will be heard, for a big promotion at work and don’t get like so many across the Gethsemane, he prayed, we don’t always get what we pray for. it, maybe that is simply God’s will, and we globe, our newly acquired “Take this cup away from me”? (Mt 26:39; Everyone has probably prayed for something should accept it. bit of papal trivia—the Mk 14:36; Lk 22:42) Of course, he prefaced and believed that he or she would receive it, Remember that Jesus didn’t get what last pope to resign. that prayer with, “Father, if you are willing,” and then been disappointed. he asked for in the Garden of Gethsemane Over the course of which should be the way we begin all our My first reaction to that is amazement at when he prayed that God would take the the day, there had been prayers of petition. the image of God that someone must have cup away from him, but he did get the grace a shuffle of years and a The greatest prayer of petition who demands that his or her prayer be heard. to carry out God’s will and accomplish his scuttle for experts. Casual observers scrolled undoubtedly is for the wisdom to know Is God just a servant waiting to do our mission of redeeming the world. That’s why through Wikipedia’s list of 265 popes, one God’s will for us and the courage and ability bidding? Who’s the master and who’s the we must always pray to be able to know of the more vast and colorful leadership to do it. servant here? How dare we ask the awesome what God wants. records—a 20-year-old pope, a one-month It seems today that the whole concept God for something, and then complain that We should pray in faith for what we papacy, a 32-year papacy, two-year gaps of prayer is synonymous with petition. he didn’t hear our prayer or that he heard it believe is best for us, but be willing to trust between popes, and one man who served We hear, “What are you praying for?” as but ignored it! in God’s greater knowledge of what really is three separate terms. if we are always praying “for” something Perhaps he heard it, but knew in his best. If he doesn’t give us exactly what we It was a lot to process. Many Catholics when we pray. We pray for good health, for infinite wisdom that what we asked for pray for, he will give us something better. † had not known papal resignation was even an option. Many had never heard of Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes Pope Gregory XII, the latest pontiff to step down six centuries ago. Friendship began in the Garden of Eden between God and us Amid all the incoming data, the commentary that struck me most came during Recently, a club to which I belong more numerous friendships are apt to be these things and more. But with each friend, an “NBC Nightly News” interview with had a meeting focused on the subject of intimate sharing of confidences, feelings and we share affection and respect. So then, longtime Vatican correspondent John Thavis. friendship. As we emotional support. what does it take to create such friendship? In addressing the papal election process, talked, I thought of the My own experience reinforces this First, I believe it requires openness he pointed out that no cardinal in the secret approaching Ides of conclusion. While my husband has a few to others, an expectation that they are conclave would nominate himself, nor would it March when poor old close men friends who share his interests, I well-intentioned. We expect them to be be acceptable for a cardinal to mobilize a group Julius Caesar cried, have many women friends to whom I feel as interested in us as we are in them. We of friends to make his case. “Et tu, Brute!” as he close emotionally. Of course, we both have expect to share ourselves with them in “You don’t campaign,” Thavis said. realized that his friend friends of both sexes for different reasons, every way, from a mere recitation of our What a refreshing concept for our campaign- Brutus had betrayed some of whom we share. latest doings up to and including baring weary times. It’s not just political fatigue. It’s him. Happily, most Still, my husband is my best friend, and our secrets. the way social media has turned daily life into friendships don’t end that way. I believe that I am his. We can and do share Making real friends requires the right one carefully edited, sepia-toned commercial. Friendship is one of the major ways to feelings, doubts, questions, laughs and every motivation. I believe friendships based This process is purer—no lobbying, no express love. Of course, from infancy we other imaginable subject that may arise on making money, besting someone else fundraising, no elbow rubbing, no back love our parents, siblings and other relatives. between people. We are best friends because or casual sex are not real friendships, but scratching. Just earnest discussion, fervent And as we grow, we begin to love others we trust each other completely. Even when tacky use arrangements. In the end, they prayer and the quaint belief that an inspired for whom our parents show respect and the beloved points out a truth that hurts, we won’t satisfy the human need to connect selection doesn’t begin with the candidate affection, i.e. neighbors and family friends. understand that he or she is presenting it out with others. raising his own hand. But eventually, as we experience more of of loving care for us. Luckily, we have a model of friendship Election, therefore, can be a shock, the world through school, sports and other It’s interesting to me that my friendships, to copy. Whether we’re religious or not, it’s welcomed or not. “As the trend in the ballots opportunities, we begin to know love for our other than the “best” one I’ve mentioned, God’s friendship for us that’s the model for slowly made me realize that—in a matter of own friends. are based on so many different things. Other the real thing. speaking—the guillotine would fall on me, I During our club’s friendship meeting, women tell me this is true for them, too. It comes from God’s loving concern for started to feel quite dizzy,” Pope Benedict XVI we discussed the differences between With some people, I can discuss our good, our joy. It’s the basis for Jesus’ once joked. men’s and women’s friendships. What intellectual topics, such as books, music, teaching to love one another as God has God surprises and challenges us. What you we concluded agreed with a book I once religion or ideas in general. loved us, and to treat others as we wish want and what your family or Church needs read titled Men are from Mars, Women With others, it’s talking about what’s to be treated. may be two different things. The discrepancy are from Venus. That is, men seem to have going on in the parish, or what we’re fixing between how we view ourselves and how others fewer close friendships than women, and for dinner. We share stories about our kids, (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the view us can produce unexpected requests. their friendships tend to center on shared our current problems, our plans for vacation. Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular The key, I’m learning, is to allow yourself to interests like work or sports. But women’s With some friends, we can talk about all columnist for The Criterion.) † be startled and stretched, to sit in the invitation for a moment, to let it wash over you before Intellect and Virtue/John Garvey hatching a list of reasons to decline. My mom leads a weekly Bible study at Bishop D’Arcy was a shepherd committed to teaching and sanctifying a retirement community, and was recently compelled to enlist one of the seniors to say a Bishop John M. D’Arcy was our bishop Balding men in barn coats wiped their not from his desk, but from his knees. He closing prayer. “I thought, ‘These folks must be for five years when my family lived in eyes with fat fingers. Mothers holding spent the first two hours of each day praying tired of hearing my voice,’ ” she told me. “I felt Indiana. He was a great little babies cried. So did high school kids and writing before the Blessed Sacrament. nudged to ask Blytha.” help to one of our boys. wearing letter jackets. Nor did he hesitate to spend days on end So Mom gently invited the 88-year-old I attended his funeral in After kneeling for a moment, people visiting the sick, blessing married couples, widow with short gray hair and an introverted early February. walked past the open casket on their way confirming children and saying the rosary disposition to wrap up their gathering, and The media saw out. What struck me was how nearly with parishioners. Bishop D’Arcy was a Blytha led a beautiful prayer, seamlessly Bishop D’Arcy as a everyone reached in to touch him—his hand, bishop after that model. drawing on the day’s Scripture and comments man who spoke his the hem of his sleeve. Some touched their In his concern for the souls under his from several neighbors. mind. In the 1980s, rosaries to his. One woman took a cross care, he would rarely command or threaten. “You have a knack for this,” Mom he was a lonely voice from around her neck and touched it to his But he also never shirked his duty to preach later told her. among the Boston Church hierarchy, hand. It was not just love. It was reverence. the Gospel, even to those who did not want Blytha chuckled. “It’s funny you say that. I decrying the practice of reassigning priests On the flight out to Indiana, I to listen. used to avoid going to prayer meetings because who were credibly accused of sexual abuse. read George Weigel’s new book The secular media praised his prophetic I was afraid of being asked to pray aloud.” It made him few friends. If only more Evangelical Catholicism. Weigel argues criticism of the Church in Boston, but Now the widow enjoys leading prayer, and people had listened. that there has been a deep reform under they were equally strident in deriding his has become an ambassador for the group. In 1992, Bishop D’Arcy declined to way in the Church for some time. The “Jeremiads” toward the university in his At every age we are evolving, discovering attend the University of Notre Dame’s particular problems and promise of our time diocese. Their coverage says more about new gifts from the God who elevated a peasant commencement—his diocese included South were addressed 50 years ago at the Second media preferences than it does about girl and recruited flawed disciples. Bend—because the university was giving an Vatican Council. Bishop D’Arcy’s character. This used to puzzle me, but now I understand award to then-Sen. Daniel Moynihan, who Two of the council’s documents—the A few years before he retired as bishop, what consolation it offers: Spiritual life isn’t a enthusiastically supported abortion rights. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Bishop D’Arcy spoke on his vocation at the meritocracy. It’s not based on framed degrees He did the same thing for the same (“Lumen Gentium”) and the Decree on the Notre Dame Law School. He pointed out, as or LinkedIn endorsements. It’s not earned by reason in 2009, when Notre Dame gave Bishops’ Pastoral Office in the Church Weigel does in his new book, the impact of homemade cookies, handwritten notes and President Barack Obama an honorary (“Christus Dominus”)—dealt with the three Vatican II on the role of the bishop within social capital. degree. In an open letter to the university chief responsibilities of every bishop: to the Church. “We see an attempt to move the It’s about shedding our own ideas and on that occasion, Bishop D’Arcy teach, to sanctify and to govern. bishop from being a CEO and administrator stepping into unlikely roles, prodded by speculated that Notre Dame had “chosen In the 21st century, Weigel observes, the to a pastor and evangelist,” he said. someone who sees something we do not, prestige over truth.” scope of a bishop’s administrative concerns Bishop D’Arcy gave us all a wonderful trusting in new graces. This sounds like Jeremiah. But surely, can lead to an unhealthy stress on governing. example of that positive transformation. the prophet’s funeral was poorly attended Before he became pope, Karol Wojtyla (Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from compared to that of Bishop D’Arcy. People was an immensely successful archbishop (John Garvey is president of The Catholic Inver Grove Heights, Minn. She can be reached waited for hours to kneel at his casket. of Krakow. He governed the archdiocese, University of America in Washington.) † at www.ReadChristina.com.) † The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013 Page 13

Fourth Sunday of Lent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, March 11 Friday, March 15 Sunday, March 10, 2013 Much of the parable is self-evident, even Isaiah 65:17-21 Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 to us in the 21st century. Certainly quite Psalms 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b Psalm 34:17-21, 23 • Joshua 5:9a, 10-12 clear is the uncompromised, constant love John 4:43-54 John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 • 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 of the father, who is a symbol of God. • Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 However, some powerful messages may be lost until we consider the context. Tuesday, March 12 Saturday, March 16 This weekend the Church observes For example, the Prodigal Son was not Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 Jeremiah 11:18-20 Laetare Sunday, the name being derived the older son. As such, he was not his Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 Psalm 7:2-3, 9b-12 from the first word, in Latin, of the father’s heir. The father owed him little John 5:1-16 John 7:40-53 Entrance Antiphon. The if anything. Then, of course, there was Latin word “laetare” is the Prodigal Son’s desertion of his father. translated in English as Jews at the time of Jesus prized loyalty Wednesday, March 13 Sunday, March 17 “rejoice.” The Church to parents, expressed in loving care Isaiah 49:8-15 Fifth Sunday of Lent rejoices not that Lent is and attention. Psalm 145:8-9, 13c-14, 17-18 Isaiah 43:16-21 approaching its close, Next, the Prodigal Son consorts with John 5:17-30 Psalm 126:1-6 but that salvation, prostitutes. Such activity revolted pious Philippians 3:8-14 finalized in the sacrifice Jews. It scorned the sanctity of marriage and resurrection of and the family, but also meant that the pure Thursday, March 14 John 8:1-11 Jesus, is near. stock of God’s people might be defiled by Exodus 32:7-14 To underscore this the birth of children to pagan women in Psalm 106:19-23 theme, priests may wear rose vestments. such relationships. John 5:31-47 Rose is violet with a tinge of gold. It Finally, the Prodigal Son stooped so low reminds us of the first rays of the sun as they that he waited on pigs, the lowest of low sweep across the horizon after a dark night. animals for Jews. Christ, the light of the world, is coming. Nevertheless, the father forgave all The Book of Joshua, the source of the and gave a wonderful inheritance to the first reading, looks far back into the history wayward son. Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Dolye of God’s people. At the point of this story, they are almost finished with the long and Reflection threatening trip across the Sinai Peninsula. The Church is excited and joyful. Church theologians have debated They have faced hunger, even starvation. Salvation is near. Few Gospel passages Into this situation came God with the gift are more familiar, or treasured, moral nature of lying for centuries of manna from the sky. The manna sustained among Christians than the story of the the people. They survived. As they neared Prodigal Son. I know that one of the embarrassment—as in the case of your the Promised Land, the supply of manna God’s love and mercy literally shine. No Q Ten Commandments is, “Thou shalt aunt with the new hat—would be at most stopped since they had no need of it. The one can fail to see them. Yet, accustomed not bear false witness.” a venial sin, and you would be free to Promised Land would provide them with a to American laws and customs of heredity I can understand that confess it or not. reliable source of food. and inheritance, we may not realize the full it would be a serious Interestingly, the Catechism of the St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the import of the story. sin to testify falsely Catholic Church gives evidence of the Corinthians furnishes the second reading. Under Jewish law and custom, under oath, but are all age-old struggle of moralists to sort Paul implores the Corinthian Christians primogeniture reigned supreme. So did untruths sinful? How this out. In the catechism published in to be reconciled with God in Christ. preference for male heirs. The older son about “white lies,” like 1994, #2483 says that “to lie is to speak Urgency and appeal literally flow from his was entitled to everything. It was his by when your elderly aunt or act against the truth in order to lead words. Sensing the obvious feeling in his right. What he received in no way would be asks you, “How do into error someone who has the right to words, it is not difficult to imagine Paul’s the father’s gift. you like my new hat?” know the truth.” But since 1997, when frustration as he watched the tendencies Vitally important to the story is the A negative response the catechism was revised and the official of the Corinthians to yield to old pagan Prodigal Son’s conversion and return to would probably cause hard feelings and Latin text published, “the right to know” ways unfold. the father. Accepting this repentant son, the accomplish nothing of value; a positive was dropped and that sentence now He insists that nothing else matters but father sets aside every convention in his response, while perhaps technically a lie, says simply, “To lie is to speak or act life with God. Following Jesus makes a love and excitement. would engender happiness and do no one against the truth in order to lead someone person a “new creation.” The things of If any sinner truly repents, God will any harm. into error.” earth, including death, no longer matter. forgive anything and everything. In this So where does one draw the line? Getting back to your aunt and her new For its final reading on this weekend, the thrilling assurance, the Church calls us to Must the statement be harmful to hat, I would look for some equivocal Church gives us, from St. Luke’s Gospel, return to God. someone to qualify as a breach of the language in an attempt to serve truth and the beautiful and reassuring parable of the Lent still has a few weeks. There is time. commandment, however venial? Is there charity. I might say something like, “I Prodigal Son. God awaits! † any need to confess such a white lie or think the hat looks cute.” In my mind, exaggeration so long as it is harmless? the word “cute” admits of a range of (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) meanings—from “attractive” to “quirky.” My Journey to God Your question is a very good one, and In the creed at Mass, it says A the answer is far more complicated Q that Jesus descended into hell. than one might think. In fact, for the past I feel terrible even saying that Jesus Sandy Bierly is a 1,500 years, Christian moralists have went to hell. What does that mean? member of Our Lady debated what the right answer should be. (Selkirk, N.Y.) of Perpetual Help In the theological history of the Church, Parish in two diverse opinions have been given. In the current (“new”) rite of the CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters Rivas, CNS photo/Oswaldo New Albany. She One comes from St. Augustine, who A Mass, when a profession of faith wrote this poem held that, “A lie consists in speaking a is called for, the congregation may use while praying in falsehood with the intention of deceiving.” either the previously used Nicene Creed adoration of the For Augustine, lying was always morally or the shorter, and simpler, Apostles’ Blessed Sacrament wrong, regardless of the circumstances. Creed. The Apostles’ Creed does say at St. Joseph Church But for other theologians—Origen and that after he was crucified, died and was in Clark County. St. John Chrysostom come to mind—the buried, Jesus “descended into hell.” A woman prays in definition of lying was more nuanced, and In common parlance today, we speak front of a crucifix it involved factoring in the questioner’s of “hell” as the state of those eternally inside a church in right to know the truth. damned. But in the time of Jesus, the Masaya, Nicaragua, Where the difference shows most Hebrew word for hell (“sheol”) referred on Dec. 2. 2011. clearly can be seen in the case of whether not only to the abode of the condemned Christians who were hiding Jews in their but to the place where the righteous homes in Nazi Germany could morally awaited redemption. lie to those seeking to find and execute It is that latter sense to which the them. For Augustine, the only legitimate phrase in the creed refers. The first act response to the question of the Gestapo of Jesus after his death was to go and What Have I Done? would have been either silence or the rescue the just who had already died, and By Sandy Bierly response, “I cannot tell you.” But for a to bring them with him into the joy of the fair number of other moralists, because Father’s presence. The storm clouds roll in, His words ring in my ears, the guards had no moral right to know, As the Catechism of the Catholic Darkness covers the land. I hear him say, “It is finished.” the answer could simply have been, “No. Church states in #633: “Jesus did not Thunder peals and lightning flashes, Is this the end? Do I understand, There is no one here.” descend into hell to deliver the damned, God is showing His mighty hand. As darkness covers the land? Even for those who take the absolutist nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but position, of course, the gravity of a lie to free the just who had gone before him.” The Earth shakes as time stands still. My head bows with deep regret. varies greatly with the circumstances. I’m on Calvary once again, I’m sorry for my part in this, Lying under oath or when the untruth (Questions may be sent to I shudder as the scene unfolds, I know that he has died for me, would cause serious harm to someone’s Father Kenneth Doyle at Jesus is crucified for my sins. And that his love has set me free. rights or reputation would be a grave [email protected] and sin. Lying to shield someone from 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.) † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013

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eight. Great-grandmother of three. Paula Meyer, Gerry and Tom CNS photo/Thierry Gouegnon, Reuters to our office by 10 a.m. Jonas. Sister of Rita Viel and , 85, Thursday before the week of ERTEL, Stanley Tom Rofles. Grandmother of 15. St. Maurice, Napoleon, Feb. 12. publication; be sure to state Great-grandmother of five. Husband of Martha Ertel. Father date of death. Obituaries of of Linda, James, Keith and KELTY, Mary Louise archdiocesan priests serving Lee Ertel. Brother of Robert (Schmitt), 100, Holy Family, our archdiocese are listed Ertel. Grandfather of six. Great- New Albany, Feb. 23. Mother elsewhere in The Criterion. grandfather of seven. of Barbara and Joseph Kelty. Grandmother of five. Great- Order priests and religious FRITSCH, Joseph C., 81, grandmother of two. sisters and brothers are St. Louis, Batesville, Feb. 12. included here, unless they are Father of Paula, Michael, Stephen KRUER, Catherine M. (Miller), natives of the archdiocese or and Thomas Fritsch. Grandfather 96, St. John the Baptist, Starlight, Feb. 9. Mother of Arlene have other connec­tions to it; of three. Bertrand, Thelma Bostock, Joyce GARRETT, Thelma Roberta, those are separate obituaries Eyerly, Jeanette Williams, Alfred, 92, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, on this page. Melvin, Michael, Norbert and Feb. 8. Mother of Rozlyn Ehrgott, Richard Kruer. Sister of Dolores ALLEN, Janet Eileen, 56, Roxann Laudick, Roberta Popp and Marcella Weikel. St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Feb. 15. Lopez, Rhodonna Tussey, Wife of Steven Allen. Mother Grandmother of 21. Great-grand­ Prayers from Africa Richard, Robert Jr., Rockne and mother of 24. of Megan and Nicholas Allen. Ronald Garrett. Grandmother A woman arrives at the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in Yamoussoukro, Daughter of Robert Sherer. of 29. Great-grandmother­ of 47. LICH, John C., III, 87, Ivory Coast on Feb. 28, the final day of Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy. Stepdaughter of Bonnie Sherer. Great-great-grand­mother of seven. St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Feb. 15. Father of Barbara Fox, John IV Sister of Bob, Larry, Roger and GETZ, Helen L., 95, and Stephen Lich. Grandfather Tom Sherer. Holy Guardian Angels, Feb. 11. Francis McPhillips. Sister of Lois of Katharine Curtis and Lynette SCHAEFER, Jane H., 78, of three. Erwin and Frances Williams. St. Bartholomew, Columbus, BASLER, Paula Marie, 67, Mother of Mary Sacksteder, Myers. Grandfather of 12. Grandmother of one. St. Anne, New Castle, Feb. 13. David and Kenneth Getz. Grand­­ LONG, Dorothy, 93, Step-grandfather of four. Great- Feb. 13. Wife of Richard Wife of Jack Basler. Mother of mother of 12. Great-grandmother­ St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, NOBBE, Katherine and grandfather of 18. Step-great- Schaefer. Mother of Catherine Renee Lakes, Alycia Townsend of 18. Great-great-grand­mother Feb. 8. Mother of Phyllis Sophie, stillborn twins, grandfather of three. Great-great- Edmunds, Laura Fox and and John Basler. Sister of Ruth of five. Kaiser and Michael Long. SS. Philomena and Cecelia, grandfather of three. Richard Schaefer. Sister of Linda Sister of Dr. Thomas Leathers. Koers. Grandmother of nine. HAGEDORN, Raymond Oak Forest, Feb. 14. Daughters , 76, Homann. Grandmother of four. Grandmother of four. Great- RAYMAN, Harry Joseph, 83, Our Lady of of Aaron and Kate Nobbe. CORBETT, Frances, 87, grandmother of four. St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Feb. 9. STILES, Linda L.,60, Perpetual Help, New Albany, Granddaughters of Dave and Husband of Gini Rayman. Father St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Holy Family, New Albany, Deb Hartman and Art and Elaine Feb. 8. Husband of Mary LORENZ, George Joseph, of Jeffery Rayman. Brother of Feb. 13. Wife of Jerry Stiles. Jan. 23. Mother of Virginia Nobbe. Great-granddaughters of Hagedorn. Father of Denise 75, St. Paul, Tell City, Feb. 11. Joseph Rayman. Sister of Kathleen Carlson, Julie Baublitz, Faye Rush, Patricia Batliner, Debra Huber, Cheryl Husband of Judith (Loch) Lorenz. Alfred and Erma Hartman, Luella Keiffer, Patti Lind and John Thurman, Charles and Michael Pearce, Eugene, Joseph, Roger Father of Christine Laatz, Betsy Bogenschutz, Jeanette Munchel RYAN, James F., 79, Cusimano. Corbett. Grandmother of seven. and Ronald Hagedorn. Brother of Oei, Tonia and Matthew Lorenz. and Alice Nobbe. Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Great-grandmother of five. Agnes Simon. Grandfather of 18. Brother of Barbara Burns, OBERMEYER, Bernard J., Feb. 17. Husband of Nancy WEILANDICH, Kara, 50, DUNHAM, Lura Elizabeth Great-grandfather of four. Donna Groves and Jim Lorenz. 81, Holy Family, Oldenburg, Feb. Ryan. Father of Mary Ann St. Andrew, Richmond, Feb. 10. (Simpson), 83, Christ the King, HAMMOND, Thelma L. Grandfather of six. 11. Husband of Lois Obermeyer. Bailey, Kathleen Wilson, Mother of Salvino Vincent. Indianapolis, Feb. 9. Mother of (Phillips), 85, Holy Family, McPHILLIPS, Carolyn J. Father of Charles Davidson, Daniel, David and Timothy Daughter of George Weilandich Christine Cook, Judy Eppich, New Albany, Feb. 18. Mother (Fogle), 80, Holy Family, Geraldine Sloan, Donald and Ryan. Grandfather of 22. Great- and Patricia Friedman. Sister of Dr. Deborah Kercheval and of Suzi Deem, Lisa Koetter and New Albany, Feb. 13. Mother of Ronald Obermeyer. Stepfather grandfather of 15. Dwan Doherty. † David Gallagher was father of diocesan priest, agricultural Sister of St. Benedict Mary Judith Howe taught in Catholic schools consultant in Indiana, Colorado in Indiana for 31 years and was community’s treasurer Sister of St. Benedict Mary Judith Howe died on Feb. 23 During 69 years as a Sister of St. Benedict, David K. Gallagher, father of Father J. Peter Gallagher, at the St. Paul Hermitage in Beech Grove, where she was a Sister Mary Judith ministered as an educator for 31 years died on Feb. 12 at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. He resident. She was 89. at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and was 82. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on the Diocese of Evansville. In the archdiocese, she taught at The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Feb. 16 at Feb. 28 at the chapel of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Christ the King School in Indianapolis from 1945-48, the St. Mary Church in Frankfort, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese. Beech Grove. Burial followed in the sisters’ cemetery. former St. Michael School in Bradford from 1950-52, the Burial followed at a later date in Silt, Colo. Sister Mary Judith was born on Nov. 15, 1923 in Bristow. former Our Lady of Grace Academy in Beech Grove from She entered the Benedictine Monastery Immaculate Born on Jan. 25, 1931, in Indianapolis, Gallagher 1958-63 and Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis Conception in Ferdinand, Ind., in 1941. She made grew up in rural Shelby County and graduated from her perpetual monastic profession on Aug. 10, 1946, from 1963-76. Waldron High School in Waldron. and later became a founding member of Our Lady of She also served her community as its treasurer from He worked for decades as an agricultural consultant in Grace Monastery. 1959-63 and from 1968-86, when she retired from Indiana and Colorado. Sister Mary Judith earned a bachelor’s degree in business active ministry. Surviving are his children Beth Keel, Kathryn Bullerdick at the former St. Benedict College in Ferdinand, Ind., Memorial gifts may be sent to the Retired Sisters’ Fund, and Ann, David, Kevin, Patrick, Father Peter, and and a master’s degree in business administration from the c/o Our Lady of Grace Monastery, 1402 Southern Ave., Robert Gallagher, his former wife, Elizabeth Gallagher, University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana. Beech Grove, IN 46107 or online at www.benedictine.com. † 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. †

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Society of St. Vincent de Paul 800-382-9836 ext. 1425 3001 E. 30th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46218 The Criterion Friday, March 8, 2013 Page 15 Shoes, stamps, serenades, field art are among creative tributes to pope VATICAN CITY (CNS)—They said gave the pope an honorary salute as he it with signs, serenades, and even a left the Apostolic Palace around 5 p.m. field of grain. A smaller regiment kept watch over the Catholics in Rome and all over pope after he arrived 30 minutes later at the world found myriad ways to pay Castel Gandolfo. Haring CNS photo/Paul homage to Pope Benedict XVI before his But at 8 p.m., the Swiss Guards at resignation on Feb. 28. the main door to the villa ceremoniously A farmer near the northern Italian city closed the doors and left, returning to the of Verona plowed the image of a giant Vatican by car. Only an active pope is dove in his pasture. The six-and-a-half acre watched over by the Swiss Guard, while “portrait” includes the word “Benedictus the security detail for the retired Pope XVI.” The “land artist” was able to Benedict will be the Vatican police. position the dove’s beak near a tree so Parishes all over the world held special that it appeared to have an olive branch in Masses, morning prayer services and its mouth. moments for eucharistic adoration offered Young people in the Archdiocese of in honor of Pope Benedict on Feb. 28, Campinas, Brazil, launched a campaign on his last day as pope. For all services Facebook asking people to “wear red shoes scheduled before 8 p.m. Rome time, it in homage to Pope Benedict on Feb. 28.” would be the last time priests or bishops People were encouraged to take a could use Pope Benedict’s name in the picture of themselves wearing red slippers, eucharistic prayer. high-tops, sandals or any kind of footwear, Masses and prayers were also offered as long as it was red, then to post and share for the pope during his retirement and the the snapshot on the “JMJ Campinas” page College of Cardinals as they prepare to on Facebook. Participants were eligible elect a new leader of the universal Church. to win a YouCat, a supplement to the Some churches in Rome and Castel catechism created for young people. Gandolfo rang their bells at 8 p.m., the People pray and sing religious songs as they pay tribute to Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square at Students in Dublin tweeted time the pope’s resignation went into the Vatican on Feb. 27, the eve of the pope’s resignation. “Beannacht De Ort”(God bless you) and effect and began the “sede vacante.” other messages of thanks to the pontifical The choir of the Basilica of the Twitter account, @pontifex, after the pope National Shrine of the Immaculate left the Vatican. Conception in Washington, D.C. offered a Numerous greetings appeared on musical tribute to the pope after a Mass of Twitter with various hashtags like Thanksgiving. #ThanksPontifex and #pope #goodbye. Students from 58 schools in the The city of Rome plastered posters Archdiocese of Dublin dedicated three around the city with the pope’s picture and days of concerts in Dublin’s Helix theater, the words: “You will always be with us. including readings from texts written by Thank you.” the pope. The Italian post office parked a mobile Those people who could showed their van not far from the Vatican to sell support and affection by attending the commemorative stamps issued in 2005 pope’s last Angelus address on Feb. 24 celebrating Pope Benedict’s election. and last general audience on Feb. 27. The Vatican office was offering special A total of at least 200,000 people collectors’ packs, envelopes, stamps and attended those events and expressed cancellation marks commemorating the their thoughts from afar with cheers and pope’s resignation. homemade signs. A member of the Swiss Guard closes the main door of the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo at 8 p.m. on The Vatican newspaper, The organist paid homage to the Feb. 28. The Swiss Guard concluded its protective service to Pope Benedict XVI, signaling the end of L’Osservatore Romano, issued a special pope at the start of the general audience his papacy. four-page color insert with its March 1 by playing a musical piece by Johann edition offering a timeline of Benedict’s Sebastian Bach, one of the pope’s pouring in to the pope with good Enda Kenny praised the pope for having eight-year pontificate, including his favorite composers. wishes and prayers, and many world “given strong leadership and great April 24, 2005, homily at his installation The Rome youth group, “Papaboys,” and Christian leaders released public service to the Church and her people for Mass; his June 29, 2012, homily on the held an afternoon serenade under the statements paying tribute to the pope and many decades.” feast of Sts. Peter and Paul; and his Feb. 11 pope’s window the day before his his legacy. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of announcement of his intention to resign. departure, singing Bach’s “Stay with us, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Constantinople paid tribute to the pope’s Vatican Radio provided back-to-back, for evening falls” in Italian and praying a Catholic, thanked the pope for his commitment to Christian unity, saying he live coverage with special guests in the the rosary in Latin. “years of service and dedication to God, has left “an indelible mark on the life and studio to reflect on Pope Benedict’s legacy Later that evening, about 100 people the Catholic Church, and world peace.” history of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as on-the-ground reporting of the gathered with candles under a nearly He said he would keep the pope in his sealed not only by his brief papacy, pope’s last day at the apostolic palace full moon singing “Jesus Christ, prayers and wished “him well as he enters but also by his broad and longstanding and his journey by helicopter to the papal You Are My Life” and other past into retirement.” contribution as a theologian and hierarch residence in Castel Gandolfo. World Youth Day songs. On behalf of the government and of his Church, as well as his universally In a final tribute, the Swiss Guard Thousands of messages had been people of Ireland, Prime Minister acknowledged prestige.” †

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formula and diapers. Referrals from social workers, state MaryPhoto by Ann Garber Mothers without enough income and Women Infants and Children (WIC) family support to provide even basic needs Program staff members or other appropriate for their newborns. community service agencies are required Archdiocesan Birthline coordinator for assistance, she said, and clients Jená Hartman and a dedicated team of must make appointments in advance by 43 phone and office volunteers are, sadly, telephone. Bilingual volunteers assist accustomed to helping new mothers Spanish-speaking clients. and their babies who desperately need “Through a network of volunteers, emergency assistance. pregnant women experiencing crisis And they are determined to provide pregnancies receive immediate assistance as much free Birthline assistance as on the telephone,” Arthur said. “Trained possible for these low-income women who telephone counselors take the time to thankfully chose life for their infants. talk to the women and comfort them in Birthline served about 345 clients their distress, while at the same time last September, October and November, encouraging them to choose life for their Hartman said, which is a typical quarterly unborn children.” number for the pro-life ministry dependent Telephone hotline volunteers also refer upon volunteer support and donations. the women to outside agencies, she said, Archdiocesan Birthline coordinator Jená Hartman examines infant clothing that is available to help There is an urgent need now for diapers that are better able to help them cope new mothers and their babies who desperately need emergency assistance. and other layette supplies, she said, to fill with financial, emotional and spiritual the shelves in the Birthline supply room at issues that need to be addressed during a cold outside. We had a [winter] bunting in and is one of the pro-life ministry’s the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center crisis pregnancy. the layette that we prepared for her, and longtime volunteers. in Indianapolis. “Being at the service of life is … a duty blankets and other warm things for her baby. “We always need receiving blankets,” Most needed are diapers for newborns born of our awareness of being ‘God’s own The girl is living with her grandmother, and she said. “We saw 24 clients in one day. up to size one as well as baby “onesies” people, that we may declare the wonderful she was sincerely grateful.” We try to give one crocheted blanket and in all sizes, sleepers for boys and girls in deeds of him who called us out of darkness Our Lady of Lourdes parishioner two receiving type blankets to every client. sizes 0 to 12 months, receiving blankets and into his marvelous light,’ ” Arthur said, Kathy McCoy of Indianapolis, a trained Multiply that number times Mondays and maternity clothes. quoting from Blessed John Paul II’s breast-feeding instructor, volunteers on Wednesdays. We always need ‘onesies,’ With a new referral, a client can return in encyclical letter “The Gospel of Life” (#79). Wednesday nights at the Catholic Center, bibs, diaper wipes and skin lotion, and new three months for baby clothing and diapers For Hartman, a SS. Peter and Paul Hartman said, to help mothers learn how to or gently used baby clothes.” in larger sizes. Cathedral parishioner, helping poor mothers better feed their babies naturally. Clients also receive a handmade Patty Arthur, administrative assistant and their babies through the Birthline “It is part of the networking that makes rosary and instructions on how to pray of the archdiocesan Office for Pro-Life ministry gives her many opportunities to our ministry stronger because we have the mysteries. Ministry, helps Hartman coordinate the serve the Blessed Virgin Mary and Baby one more professional that adds a dimension “Even if it is not their religious life-saving ministry. Jesus in contemporary society throughout that we couldn’t do here otherwise,” tradition, it is sharing ours,” Hartman “Birthline is a service for pregnant the year. Hartman said. “I’m starting to network said. “… I tell them, ‘When Jesus came women in crisis and young mothers who “A 16-year-old unwed mother, a very with social workers and different agencies to the Earth, he was a baby just like your have recently given birth,” Arthur said. sweet girl, came in recently with her throughout town about who we are, what we baby. All of his tears and hurts were on his “Birthline volunteers also welcome new precious baby, only 4 weeks old, nestled to do and what our parameters are so they can mother’s heart just like they are on yours mothers who are in need of material her heart,” she said. “The mother only had recommend the right clients to us. We refer with your baby.’ … We show our love for assistance. … Each week, volunteers a receiving blanket for her baby and it was our clients to agencies that provide approved Jesus by showing our love for our clients. infant car seats, and also provide ‘pack and It means the world to me that we can play’ beds through the Safe Sleep program.” help them.” Several Knights of Columbus councils sponsor baby showers for Birthline and a (The archdiocesan Birthline telephone few retail stores donate diapers on occasion, hotline number is 317-635-4808. The she said, but the need for layette supplies Spanish hotline number is 317-261-3387. NEW! and diapers continues to grow due to Birthline donations can be delivered to the challenging economic conditions. Catholic Center at 1400 N. Meridian St. in Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Indianapolis on Mondays and Wednesdays parishioner Vera Schopp of Indianapolis by calling 317-236-1433 or 800-382-9836, crochets about 50 baby blankets every ext. 1433, for a drop-off time and other year for Birthline clients, Hartman said, delivery information.) † Vatican and South Sudan establish diplomatic links JUBA, South Sudan (CNS)—The Vatican last year. 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