Surprised by Grace: MEMORIES AND REFLECTIONS AFTER 25 YEARS OF EPISCOPAL MINISTRY Surprised by Grace New book captures archbishop emeritus’ journey of faith,

THE MOST REVEREND DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B. Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis page 20.

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Pope Benedict XVI leads his final Angelus as pope from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Feb. 24. His papacy officially ended on Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Rome time. As many as 250,000 people attended the Angelus to pay tribute to the retiring pontiff. Changing rules through apostolic letter, Pope Benedict XVI allows College of Cardinals to move up conclave date VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In his last week in effect, upon the vacancy of the papacy, legitimate excuse for their absence, such as pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI issued new cardinals in Rome “must wait 15 full days as for reasons of infirmity or serious rules for conclaves, including a clause that for those who are absent” before they can illness, he told journalists. allows the College of Cardinals to move up enter into a conclave and begin the process The date of the start of the conclave the date for the beginning of the conclave to of electing a new pope. will then be determined by a majority elect his successor. However, Pope Benedict inserted an vote, that is 50 percent, plus one, of the However, the cardinals could not set the additional provision that grants the College cardinals present, Archbishop Celata said. date until after the pope left office on Feb. 28. of Cardinals “the faculty to move up the start The other major change to the rules is Pope Benedict of the conclave if all the cardinal-electors that the pope defined the exact penalty also defined the are present,” as well as giving them the incurred by support staff assisting the See related stories, exact penalty— ability “to delay, if there are serious reasons, cardinal-electors during a conclave if page 2 and pages 7-11. automatic the beginning of the election for a few they break the oath of secrecy about the excommunication— more days.” proceedings. that would be incurred by any noncardinal However, the conclave still must begin The aides must swear to never assisting the College of Cardinals who no more than 20 days after the start of the lend support to or favor any outside failed to maintain absolute secrecy about the “sede vacante.” interference in the election process. Under conclave proceedings. The date of the start of the conclave is the old rules, the penalty for breaking The pope laid out the new rules in an to be decided by all the cardinals, including the vow was to be determined by the apostolic letter issued “motu proprio” those over the age of 80, who participate future pope. (on his own initiative) on Feb. 22, the feast of in the daily general congregations or Instead, Pope Benedict has rewritten the Chair of St. Peter. The Vatican released the discussions that precede a conclave, said the oath that staff will take, stating document on Feb. 25. Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, the vice that they are “aware that an infraction The changes affect the rules established chamberlain. He will assist Cardinal Tarcisio will incur the penalty of automatic in Blessed John Paul II’s apostolic Bertone in the administration of the Church excommunication.” constitution governing the election of popes, during the “sede vacante.” “The Holy Father wanted to make “Universi Dominici Gregis.” The cardinals must wait for every things immediately clear and not pass Under the current rules, which remain cardinal-elector to arrive or to have sent a See CONCLAVE, page 7 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 Pope’s legacy includes being committed teacher of the faith By Sean Gallagher book that Pope Benedict wrote in 1968. “Here one sees his careful analysis of secularization and modernity. His concern One of the principal duties of a pope is to be the Church’s for a Christian humanism and the ‘As every pope must, he first teacher of the faith. heritage of Christian culture certainly spoke the truth, the truth Pope Benedict XVI, who stepped down as bishop of has roots in his basic theological of the Gospel, as God gave Rome on Feb. 28, was well known for that aspect of his commitments.” him light to understand it, papal ministry through his homilies, speeches and various Kevin Schemenauer is one of and against the distortions teaching documents. Hohman’s colleagues at Marian. Teaching the faith has been central to his ministry, Born after the election of Blessed of the modern age. But however, since his ordination to the priesthood in 1951. John Paul II, Schmenauer attended what is distinctive in his For much of the next 26 years after his ordination, he World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005 teaching is the love with taught as a theologian in various German universities just months after Pope Benedict’s which he taught—his before being named archbishop of Munich and Freising in election, and later was a graduate manifest love of Christ Germany in 1977. Andy Hohman student at The Catholic University and Christ’s teaching and In 1981, he was appointed prefect of the Vatican’s of America in Washington when Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, an office he held the pontiff visited it in 2008 and mission and his love of until his election as pope in 2005. delivered a speech about the meaning those he was addressing.’ Three theologians who teach in the Archdiocese of of Catholic higher education. Indianapolis shared their thoughts recently on the legacy of He appreciates what he —Father Guy Mansini, O.S.B. Pope Benedict in regard to his office as the principal teacher describes as the retired pontiff’s of the Catholic faith for the universal Church. “intellectual humility.” Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, the main teacher of the faith “Benedict XVI has a way “It was a magisterial lecture. It was absolutely brilliant. in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, also reflected on this of bringing together diverse You could have heard a pin drop as he talked.” aspect of the resigned pope’s ministry in a recent interview. perspectives and drawing insights Hohman appreciated that Pope Benedict continued Benedictine Father Guy Mansini, a theology professor even from the writings of those with his theological work as pope in Jesus of Nazareth, his at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Kevin Schemenauer whom he disagrees,” Schemenauer three-volume reflection on the life of Christ, which St. Meinrad, thinks Pope Benedict is one of the most said. “This intellectual humility and was published under his pre-papal name, Joseph accomplished theologians to have been elected bishop ability to bring together often polarized ideas is an inspiration Ratzinger—a move the Marian philosophy and theology of Rome in recent history, pointing to his research on the and model for me as an aspiring moral theologian.” professor thought was intriguing. theological writings of St. Augustine and St. Bonaventure Archbishop Tobin was amazed by this humility in “He was aiming to engage as a theologian in the and his experience as a theological expert at the Pope Benedict’s choice of the first writer that he cited in contemporary theological debate,” Hohman said. “This Second Vatican Council. his first encyclical, “Deus Caritas Est” (“God Is Love”)— certainly put him at a certain disadvantage. He put his “Because of his experience at the council,” Father Guy Friederich Nietzsche. ideas out, they were critiqued, [and] he had no voice to said, “he could convincingly and persuasively distinguish “I was astounded that anybody would use such an reply to his critics. between the real council—the council that spoke in ‘unchurchlike’ source to focus his reflection,” he said. “It will be interesting to see if the retired Pope Benedict continuity with the great Catholic tradition of the Fathers, Archbishop Tobin had the chance to witness the retired continues to engage or engages more actively in explicit the Middle Ages, [the Council of] Trent, and the 19th- and pope’s theological acumen firsthand during a session of the theological methods and claims once he is free to speak his 20th-century papacy—and the council that was the invention 2005 World Synod of Bishops meeting on the Eucharist. theological mind without the same level of restriction.” of the secular media, the council according to which the “The pope presides over most Whatever Pope Benedict does theologically in Church should be nothing more than a sort of cheerleader for of the synod sessions. And he sits retirement, Father Guy will look back on his pontificate post-modern sexual and social liberations.” there in the front,” Archbishop Tobin and see love behind the way in which he carried out his Andy Hohman, who teaches theology and philosophy at said. “Benedict listened. And in teaching office. Marian University in Indianapolis, thinks Pope Benedict’s front of him he had the Vulgate and “As every pope must, he spoke the truth, the truth of the priority on the re-evangelization of the secularized West is Greek New Testament—just those Gospel, as God gave him light to understand it, and against rooted in his work as a theologian that dates back as far as two books. He listened for about a the distortions of the modern age,” Father Guy said. “But the 1960s. week and then finally said, ‘I hope what is distinctive in his teaching is the love with which he “His emphasis on the evangelization from the beauty you don’t mind if I say something taught—his manifest love of Christ and Christ’s teaching [of the Gospel], his commitment to the new evangelization about the Eucharist as sacrifice.’ He and mission and his love of those he was addressing. of Europe—these certainly can be found in his said that this was a problem that he Benedict followed St. Paul’s dictum completely to ‘speak Archbishop Introduction to Christianity,” said Hohman, referring to a Joseph W. Tobin had been wrestling with for 50 years. the truth in love’ ” (Eph 4:15). † Sister Diane Ris was 16th general superior of Sisters of Providence Criterion staff report “Sister Diane will be remembered in many ways by Jan. 23, 1959. different people. She was a wonderful teacher of primary She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Providence Sister Diane Ris, who served as the children, and a wonderful teacher of future teachers. She Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, a master’s degree 16th general superior of the Sisters of Providence of served in elected leadership as both a provincial and as in elementary education from Indiana University in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, died general superior,” said Providence Sister Denise Wilkinson, Bloomington and a doctorate in the same field from on Feb. 20 in Mother Theodore the order’s current general superior. “She also was Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Hall on the campus of the order’s appreciated as a spiritual director and retreat facilitator. Sister Diane served as an educator in several Catholic motherhouse in St. Mary-of-the- Her love of St. Mother Theodore consistently informed her schools in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Maryland. In Woods. She was 80. thoughts and actions. Sister Diane was an instrument of the archdiocese, she ministered at St. Susanna School The Mass of Christian Burial Providence for many.” in Plainfield and the former St. Patrick School in was celebrated on Feb. 26 at At the time of Mother Theodore’s beatification, Indianapolis. the Church of the Immaculate Sister Diane expressed her admiration of her order’s founder. She also served for 20 years as a professor at Conception at the motherhouse. “I have a deep love for Mother Theodore,” she said. Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky., and Burial followed at the sisters’ “I have so much respect for what she was going through, received the Distinguished Teacher Award, the school’s cemetery. all that she experienced from birth to death. What a holy highest faculty honor, in 1989. Sister Diane was woman she was. In the words of Pope John Paul II at her She was elected general superior of the Sisters of Sr. Diane Ris, S.P. general superior when beatification, ‘not only was she holy, but she was fully Providence in 1996, and served in that position until 2001. Blessed John Paul II beatified human.’ Put those two things together and you have a saint.” Surviving are two sisters, Linda VanDenBerg of Mother Theodore Guérin, who founded the Sisters of Sister Diane, whose religious name was previously Jacksonville, Fla., and Peggy Joneas of Memphis, Tenn. Providence, in 1998. Beatification is the last major step Sister Martin Therese, was born on July 16, 1932, in Memorial contributions may be made to the before a person is declared a saint. Mother Theodore was Port Chester, N.Y. She entered the Sisters of Providence Sisters of Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence, canonized in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. on July 21, 1951, and professed perpetual vows on St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876. †

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By Sean Gallagher

BATESVILLE—Despite frigid temperatures and a cold, blustery wind, Catholics from across southeastern Indiana filled St. Louis Church in Batesville on Feb. 19 Sean Gallagher Photos by for a Mass with Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin. The Mass in the Batesville Deanery was the last of the 11 deanery Masses that Archbishop Tobin celebrated across central and southern Indiana to help him worship with and get to know Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. In his opening remarks during the Mass, Archbishop Tobin used humor to reference being at the end of his tour of the deaneries. “I think that it’s a bit like the wedding feast at Cana because the best wine has been reserved for the last,” he jokingly said as the congregation laughed. In his homily, Archbishop Tobin told his listeners that an early goal for him in his ministry in leading the Church in central and southern Indiana is simply to learn. “Each day, believe me, is a learning curve,” he said. “And I’m not sure if it’s gotten less steep. But that’s alright because the shepherd should know the people he Deacon Ronald Freyer, left, and Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin elevate the Body and Blood of Christ during a Feb. 19 Mass at St. Louis serves, the Church that he leads.” Church in Batesville. The Mass in the Batesville Deanery was the last of the liturgies celebrated by Archbishop Tobin in each of the The Gospel reading for the Mass included Jesus archdiocese’s 11 deaneries. Deacon Freyer ministers at St. Louis Parish in Batesville. teaching his disciples the “Our Father,” and the importance of forgiveness. “Jesus wants us to pray from the freedom that he gained for us in his death and resurrection,” Archbishop Tobin said. “What can take away that freedom is hatred or resentment, which becomes something like drinking poison ourselves and hoping that the other person dies. The poison kills us.” Archbishop Tobin also reflected in his homily, as he did in other deanery Masses, on the necessity to connect all pastoral priorities to growth in holiness. In reflecting on the importance of this call, Archbishop Tobin showed understanding for the difficulties some Catholics in the Batesville Deanery have experienced for more than a year as they have participated in the “Connected in the Spirit” parish planning process. Nick and Deb Bauer, members of St. Lawrence Parish Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin reacts to 3-year-old Kathryn Mack The process seeks to take account of resources for the in Lawrenceburg, pose for a photo on Feb. 19 with showing him her age during a Feb. 19 reception at St. Louis future ministry needs of parish communities across central Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin during a reception at St. Louis Parish Parish in Batesville following a Mass celebrated there by the and southern Indiana. in Batesville following a Mass celebrated there by the archbishop archbishop for Catholics in the Batesville Deanery. Joining “Holiness is finding freedom, and that’s why Jesus asks for Catholics in the Batesville Deanery. Taking the photo is Kathryn in meeting the archbishop are members of her family, us to forgive, to forgive all those who harm us, forgive Donna Doll, a member of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Morris. from left: Deb, Grace (partially obscured), Pete, Christian and even the Church who at times, through its representatives, Spencer Mack, all members of St. Louis Parish. has not seemed to be sympathetic or to listen or care,” Many of the worshipers attended a reception after the Archbishop Tobin said. “We do that because we loved the Mass and stood in line to meet Archbishop Tobin. one who died saying, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know Among those who greeted him were Pete and not what they do’ [Lk 23:34]. And our mission is to be Deb Mack and their four young children, all members of holy, to forgive and to be free.” St. Louis Parish in Batesville. After the Mass, a group of women from St. Vincent Deb sees good things for the archdiocese de Paul Parish in Shelby County spoke about how in the months and years to come because of important it was to attend the Mass and worship with their Archbishop Tobin’s leadership. new shepherd. “I hope that the enthusiasm that he has for the Lord and They arrived an hour before the liturgy began “because his faith just spreads throughout the archdiocese and takes we wanted to be sure to get good seats,” said St. Vincent it up a notch,” she said. “[Then] we can embrace that and parishioner Pat Barley with a laugh. get excited and enthused and then go out there and change “The homily was wonderful,” said Naomi Woods, the world.” also a member of St. Vincent Parish. “He’s very friendly Grace Mack, a fifth-grader at St. Louis School, also and down-to-earth. He wants to meet everybody in the spoke in praise of her new archbishop. archdiocese.” “It was cool to meet [him],” said Grace. “I think Helen Wysong, left, and Shari Cox, both members of St. Charles Jane and Nick Bauer of St. Lawrence Parish in he’s very good at homilies. He’s funny and very Borromeo Parish in Milan, pray during the Feb. 19 deanery Mass Lawrenceburg arrived even earlier. Nick, who is a easy to understand.” at St. Louis Church in Batesville. maintenance worker at his parish, was glad to see the Father Randall Summers, pastor of St. Louis Parish, church packed for the liturgy. sat a table during the reception watching the steady time to meet with everyone—that just says volumes about “It definitely shows that there’s a strong Catholic flow of well-wishers waiting in line to meet the new how much he cares about the people in this area and the community in this part of Indiana,” said Nick. “I hope archdiocesan shepherd. archdiocese as a whole,” said Father Summers. “I just his ministry goes long and strong. He’s a very wonderful “The fact that Archbishop Tobin has been standing think he’s a very genuine, kind, gentle kind of man. What person, very personable.” there for quite a long time receiving everyone and taking a great gift it is for us to have him in the archdiocese.” †

Archbishop Tobin reflects on worshiping, meeting parishioners in 11 deaneries By Sean Gallagher extreme north. people that I visited, say, in Burkina Faso [in Africa],” “I don’t think that I will forget that there’s a lot of the Archbishop Tobin said. “Here, I’m interested in each Over the course of about a month, Archbishop Joseph archdiocese outside of Indianapolis,” he said. “I wouldn’t of these communities because these are my people. I’m W. Tobin visited each of the 11 deaneries of the want them to feel like there’s Indianapolis and, as an going to see them again. The fact that they welcomed me Archdiocese of Indianapolis, worshiping with and afterthought, there’s the rest of us.” with such sincerity was a marvelous experience for me.” meeting many Catholics from these regions. Archbishop Tobin put that desire into action by It has been an experience that has also affected After the final deanery Mass on Feb. 19 at St. Louis celebrating a Rite of Election on Feb. 17 at St. Mary-of-the- Archbishop Tobin’s daily prayer. Church in Batesville, Archbishop Tobin spoke about his Knobs Church in Floyd County. “I pray for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis several experience in visiting the deaneries. It was the first time in the history of the archdiocese that times a day,” he said. “And those experiences help He first talked about his appreciation for the strong this ritual, part of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults me put a face on the prayer. I’m not only praying for turnout for his visits in nearly every deanery. process of welcoming catechumens and candidates into the where I live, but for people I know and people I share “It humbles me, and it energizes me because of the Church at the Easter Vigil, was celebrated away from SS. the most important things in life with—God’s word, sheer goodness of the people, and the sincerity of their Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. God’s sacraments.” welcome make me want to do the best I can for the Archbishop Tobin had in part been prepared for visiting Archbishop Tobin also said that his own faith has been people,” Archbishop Tobin said. “And I realize that each of the deaneries and the enthusiastic reception he strengthened by meeting Catholics from across central and there are thousands and thousands of more people in the received in them by the 12 years he served as the superior southern Indiana in receptions after each deanery Mass, archdiocese, but the welcome was consistent. general of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. hearing about the blessings and crosses in their lives and “So I have to believe that people here have a great When he visited parishes around the world staffed by his how their faith helped them accept them all. openness to the Church, to the word of God. I think we fellow Redemptorist priests, the parishioners were excited “Those are the people that I like to say help me get out can go forward together.” to meet him, just as they were in parishes in central and of bed in the morning,” Archbishop Tobin said. “I might Visiting each of the deaneries also gave southern Indiana. have had a late night the night before, and I might say, Archbishop Tobin an appreciation for what he described But he said that there is one critical difference between ‘What the heck. I’ll call in sick.’ But I get out of bed as “the sort of anomalous location of the cathedral, the the two experiences. because of these people, because they get out of bed with archbishop’s residence and the archdiocesan offices in the “I was never sure that I’d ever come back to visit the a lot more [cares] than I ever carried.” † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013

Opinion Letters to the Editor Allow yourself to be bad choice.” So where is the humanity in all of interrupted by God in this passionate discussion? Where is the Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 your life of faith concern about and respect for how we treat Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor one another in our neighborhoods, our Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus The big question is: Do we worship God schools, in our families and in our halls or do we worship our experience of God? Do of government, in our discussions? Why we worship God or do we worship our idea does the conversation about the presence of him? of high-powered guns cause such turmoil? Editorial If we are to avoid a narcotic approach Have we lost the ability to have reasonable to religion that pushes us to stagger from discussion, to live as reasonable people? experience to experience hoping for the Have we lost the ability to show respect to Happy retirement, Pope Benedict next bigger and better thing, we must know one another? f anyone deserves a happy and peaceful what we believe apart from the nice or nasty We believe, however, that we can lock Iretirement after a long life of service feelings that may or may not go along with away some of our most high-powered guns to the Catholic Church, it’s certainly such a belief. Feelings are good servants, but and remove one element of temptation Pope Benedict XVI. Indeed, his retirement poor leaders. from those who might be inclined to launch is coming almost eight years later than St. John of the Cross speaks of a an attack. A handgun in the hands of an he expected and wanted. However, the second conversion which has to do with attacker can do much less harm in a few cardinals who elected him pope, under the learning to manage and flourish when the seconds than an automatic assault rifle.

guidance of the Holy Spirit, knew what Romano via Reuters CNS photo/L’Osservatore warm feelings, consolations and props As members of the Sisters of Providence they were doing. that accompany the first “conversion leadership team, we hope and pray that our Many people, we believe, were characterized by joy and passion and filled governmental leaders will find a way to surprised by this mild and introverted with felt consolation and a deep sense of resolve the gun-control debate to benefit all intellectual, who succeeded the charismatic God’s presence” are taken away. humanity, not special-interest groups. Just and extroverted Blessed John Paul II. Does faith dissipate when the initial as all of us have a right to bear arms, we However, we also believe, most Catholics feelings dissolve? The ego has to break, and also have a right to live safely in our homes, grew to love this man who assumed the this breaking is like entering into a deep our schools, our places of work, worship arduous labors of the papacy when he darkness. Without struggle and affliction, and play. was 78. there can be no movement in love. Love is Our Litany of Non-Violence is a prayer His influence on the Church, though, Pope Benedict XVI prays in a private chapel directional and transcends feelings. that was written in 1992 by a group of began at least 50 years ago when, as during the closing day of a spiritual retreat Too often in our relationship with God, sisters at the first Sisters of Providence Father Joseph Ratzinger, he was selected at the Vatican on Feb. 23. The pope thanked we look and expect times of immense International Justice Network Gathering. It by Cardinal Joseph Frings of Cologne, members of the Roman Curia “for these eight spiritual consolation, mountaintop is probably the prayer we share most often Germany, as his peritus—theological years during which you have helped me carry experiences, and expanded moments of with visitors and groups, and it is recited adviser—at the Second Vatican Council. the burden of the Petrine ministry with great intimate personal encounter. This is not often at many of our gatherings. One line of He contributed greatly to some of the competence, affection, love and faith.” always the way of God, and we are plunged that prayer is this: “Grant us the desire, and documents of Vatican II, especially those into the dark night. But this dark night can the courage, to risk speaking and acting for regarding the liturgy and revelation. With everything else he had to do, prove to be prevailing conditions from which the common good.” Following Vatican II, he resumed has Pope Benedict also somehow found springs light, grace and growth in faith. We need that grace among us now as teaching and his writing while helping the time to write three volumes on We must always allow ourselves to be we try to reach a healthy, civil conclusion to found the journal Communio to foster Jesus of Nazareth, all immediately interrupted by God, casting aside our old in our gun-control debate. We pray that what he and the journal’s co-founders becoming best-sellers. concepts and preconceived notions of his accessibility to assault weapons can be believed was the authentic interpretation Well before he became pope, Benedict presence. tempered, and that we can all live safely and of Vatican II. was concerned about the secularism of more humanely. We pray that the process After serving as Archbishop of Munich modern society, especially in the West. He Kirth N. Roach will refocus an intentional effort of respect and Freising for four years, during which called for a “new evangelization,” a phrase Order of Carmelite Discalced Secular toward one another. time he was made a cardinal, in 1981 he first used by Pope Paul VI, and established Indianapolis accepted Pope John Paul II’s invitation a permanent office in the Vatican to Sister Denise Wilkinson, S.P., to become prefect of the Congregation oversee it. Healthy, civil conclusion General Superior for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). He This past October, he inaugurated a Sister Lisa Stallings, S.P., Vicar worked closely with Pope John Paul Year of Faith, to continue until November, is needed in gun-control Sister Jenny Howard, S.P., and oversaw the writing of numerous as part of the new evangelization. debate, sisters say General Officer official teaching documents. He did not travel as much as Sister Mary Beth Klingel, S.P., One of the most important of those Pope John Paul did, but he made 24 trips Guns are lively ammunition for passionate General Officer documents was the Catechism of the outside of Italy, plus 30 more inside Italy. debate these days. It seems that weekly we Sister Dawn Tomaszewski, S.P., Catholic Church. Cardinal Ratzinger He visited the United States in 2008, learn of a tragedy where someone showed General Officer headed the commission that prepared during which he spoke at the United reckless disregard for his or her own life, or the catechism from 1986-92. It is now Nations. He also met with some victims of for the lives of others. (See the entire Litany of Non-Violence considered the major catechetical clergy sex abuse. Typically, one camp deplores the use at www.SistersofProvidence.org in the achievement of Pope John Paul’s His trip to England in 2010 was a and availability of lethal weapons. The Spirituality and Prayer section under pontificate. masterpiece, as he met with the queen other side, just as passionately, defends “Peace and Justice.” Spanish and During those years, Cardinal Ratzinger and the Archbishop of Canterbury. He our right to own whatever type of lethal Mandarin versions are also available.) got a reputation of being a stern enforcer even won over the secular media that had weapon we choose. All too often, emotions of Catholic doctrine, especially when his been skeptical of the visit. He established race beyond reason and cloud logical, congregation felt it necessary to discipline a cordial relationship with the former intelligent conversation. Letters Policy certain theologians who taught things Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, We hear some people say they have a contrary to the Church’s doctrine. Rowan Williams. right, an entitlement, to have their weapon Letters from readers are published in Thus, many were taken by surprise Speaking of Anglicans, one of of choice, no matter how brutal it could be, The Criterion as part of the newspaper’s when his papacy turned out to be more Pope Benedict’s great accomplishments or how much harm it could cause. We hear commitment to “the responsible exchange pastoral than some people expected. was the establishment of a new ordinariate others say every gun ought to be removed of freely-held and expressed opinion Cardinal Ratzinger also wrote a for Anglican communities to enter into from society beyond typical hunting rifles among the People of God” (Communio et phenomenal number of theological books. full communion with the Catholic Church. and handguns for personal protection. Progressio, 116). Even today the catalog for Ignatius Press, During Pope Benedict’s pontificate, Are not all guns capable of assault? Some Letters from readers are welcome and which publishes most of his work in the the new vernacular translations of the do it harder, faster and more aggressive every effort will be made to include letters United States, takes five pages to list Mass and other liturgical rites were than others. from as many people and representing as his books. Included is Milestones, his approved and, in the United States, went One member of our congregation, many viewpoints as possible. Letters should autobiography from 1927 to 1977. into effect during Advent of 201l. Sister Patricia Linehan, has personal be informed, relevant, well-expressed and He continued to write constantly after Unfortunately, Pope Benedict’s experience with what assault weapons can temperate in tone. They must reflect a basic he was pope, not only his lectures for his pontificate will also be associated with do. She served in the U.S. Navy for 25 years, sense of courtesy and respect. Wednesday audiences and messages for the clergy sex-abuse scandal. The pope Navy Nurse Corps, with a good part of that The editors reserve the right to select the numerous meetings popes have to have, received a lot of criticism from people time as a charge nurse in neurosurgical the letters that will be published and to edit but also three encyclicals. who didn’t realize that it was the pope, units. She also served on the Admiral’s letters from readers as necessary based on The first, “Deus Caritas Est” while still at the CDF, who was one of the Staff at the Naval Regional Medical Center space limitations, pastoral sensitivity and (“God Is Love”), published in 2006, was first high-level officials of the Church to in Bethesda, Md., where she was head of content (including spelling and grammar). about the true meaning of love and how we realize the seriousness of the scandal and education and training. In order to encourage opinions from a are to live a life of love for God and others. to do something about it. “Probably no one else in this variety of readers, frequent writers will “Spe Salvi” (“Saved in Hope”), The pope has completed his pontificate Congregation has the in-your-face, up-front- ordinarily be limited to one letter every published at the end of 2007, was basically with the courageous, prudent and humble and-personal, first-hand experience as I, of three months. Concise letters (usually an extremely optimistic encyclical, but it decision to resign for the good of the the results of assault rifle violence,” she says. less than 300 words) are more likely to took issue with those in the modern world Church. He will continue to serve the “I, personally, have removed shrapnel and be printed. who separate reason from faith and hope. Church, as he has done throughout his tissue and sown up and dressed the wounds Letters must be signed, but, for serious The third encyclical, “Caritas in long life, through prayer. of hundreds of young men, and assisted in reasons, names may be withheld. Veritate”(“Charity in Truth”), published in We wish him many more years. pre-op and operating rooms to put them back Send letters to “Letters to the Editor,” 2009, was a social justice document that together, piece by piece. Nothing justifies The Criterion, 1400 N. Meridian Street, addressed a long range of economic issues. —John F. Fink these types of weapons, short of war or Indianap­olis, IN 46202-2367. imminent invasion and then it’s a forced The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 Page 5 Bills to regulate chemical abortion, improve informed consent advance By Brigid Curtis Ayer executive director, who serves as the official spokesman on to the place where she got the pills for treatment,” Swayze state and federal issues for the Church in Indiana, testified added. “That center needs to be equipped to do so with A bill to regulate chemical abortion in Indiana and on Feb. 20. medical facility equipment, [and] wider doorways for use another to improve the informed consent law for abortion “We rise in support of both bills under consideration of a gurney in case the woman needs to be transported to cleared their first hurdle on Feb. 20 when the Senate health because human life has dignity and value. We believe it is another medical facility.” panel passed the proposals. important that women be fully informed before making an Mark Tuttle, president of Right to Life of Indianapolis, The Church supports both important life-changing decision,” Tebbe said. “We believe said, “It makes sense that given the higher complication measures. it is in the best interest of the state to protect the health of rates of chemical abortion that the state should require the Sen. Travis Holdman, the mother as well as the life of the unborn child.” same licensure and oversight that surgical abortions have.” R-Markle, author of Senate Dr. Hans Geisler, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist Ryan McCann of Indiana Family Institute told Bill 371, said his proposal is (OBGYN) in Indianapolis, told the Senate panel, “I believe lawmakers, “We rise in support of these bills to help intended to ensure women’s safety. it is important to treat chemical abortions the same way we women get the information they need and protect them The bill requires facilities that dispense treat surgical abortions. through the law.” abortion-inducing drugs to meet the same medical “An examination should be required by a physician, and Abortion advocates who testified in opposition of the standards as those that provide surgical abortions. an ultrasound given before any chemicals are given to rule proposals cited concerns regarding limiting access to The proposal requires a doctor who prescribes out an ectopic pregnancy, [and] that a person administering abortion would harm women who would go to the Internet abortion-inducing drugs to examine the woman in person the chemical abortion have hospital admitting privileges and to find cheaper, more dangerous abortion-inducing pills. and schedule follow-up care. surgical privileges, in case they are needed,” he said. “And People who testified in opposition to the bills included On Feb. 25, the Indiana Senate eliminated the that the clinic where this is being carried out should be a Dr. John Stutsman, an Indiana University School of requirement for a second ultrasound licensed medical facility, the same Medicine professor and OBGYN who serves as medical after a chemical abortion. as other licensed surgical abortion director for Planned Parenthood in Indiana, the largest “We’re just trying to control facilities in Indiana.” abortion provider in Indiana. and regulate abortion-inducing Geisler provided a litany of Also opposing the bill was Rev. Linda Dolby, who drugs which are not regulated in data demonstrating that chemical ministers at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lafayette the state of Indiana,” Holdman abortion, when compared to and serves as a board member for Indiana Religious said in discussing his initial bill. surgical abortion, is riskier. He Coalition for Reproductive Choice. “We’re talking about the life of the noted a chemical abortion has a Sen. Jean Breaux, D-Indianapolis, who serves on the mother and of the child. I don’t 15.6 percent risk of hemorrhage Senate health panel, voted against both proposals. believe what we are asking for is an compared to a 2.1 percent risk from a “We are narrowing the circumstances and locations unreasonable request. We are not surgical abortion. available to women who seek reproductive services and in prohibiting physicians or abortion “This is statically significant,” he particular abortions, … and I strongly vote ‘no,’ ” she said. Sen. Travis Holdman clinics from continuing the practice Glenn Tebbe said. “I am not advocating surgical Swayze summed up the problem this way. “Today, they are engaged in.” abortions. I’m merely pointing out chemical abortion is flying under the radar in our state, Senate Bill 489, authored by Sen. Mike Young, chemical abortions are somewhat riskier.” and the abortion industry is not held to standard medical R-Indianapolis, changes Indiana’s informed consent Sue Swayze, legislative director for Indiana Right to marketplace expectations for patient care and safety. law for abortion requiring a woman seeking an abortion Life, told lawmakers, “Due to the rapid use of RU 486 in “Let’s face it,’ she continued. “Women who get to see an ultrasound and hear the fetal heartbeat unless Indiana, we believe Indiana law must begin to recognize, abortions aren’t going to file complaints or seek justice she certifies in writing that she declines. It requires define and regulate its use. The reason we want to regulate when their care is subpar. They assume that the clinic they the Indiana Department of Health to provide color chemical abortion is because we can statistically predict go to is safe.” illustrations, rather than black and white ones, showing the probability of failure rates which are much higher for fetal development stages for abortion centers to chemical abortions than with surgical abortion. (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a correspondent for The Criterion. provide to clients. “A woman who encounters complications a few days For more information about the Indiana Catholic Glenn Tebbe, Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC) after she takes the abortion-inducing drugs will likely return Conference, log on to www.indianacc.org. ) † Eleven Republicans file brief opposing Health and Human Services’ mandate WASHINGTON (CNS)—Eleven Republican members is protected and whose is not,” the lawmakers’ brief says. The proposed revision has left many still unhappy, of Congress filed a brief supporting conscience provisions “RFRA is a super-statute that protects the free exercise including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, because in one lawsuit fighting the U.S. Department of Health and of religion from standard interest-group politics,” the brief it does not go far enough to include secular employers with Human Services’ (HHS) contraceptive mandate. added, noting the overwhelming majorities in both houses moral objections. In their friend-of-the-court brief, filed on Feb. 21, the of Congress that passed it. The lawmakers’ brief contends that HHS erred in trying congressmen invoked the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Under the Affordable Care Act, HHS mandates that to define who constitutes a religious employer. in supporting the Hobby Lobby craft store chain in its bid for most employers, including religious employers, provide RFRA was designed “to cut across other federal laws,” an exemption from the mandate. insurance coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and the brief said, noting its “across-the-board protection The Religious Freedom Restoration Act was passed some abortion-inducing drugs free of charge, even if the for free exercise of religion; and the statute’s provision 20 years ago—unanimously in the House, and by a 97-3 vote employer is morally opposed to such services. of a judicial backstop.” RFRA, it added, applies “to all in the Senate—to prohibit the federal government from Much of the protest over the mandate in the past year federal law, and the implementation of that law, whether substantially restricting a person’s religious freedom, except has come from religious institutions over what they statutory or otherwise, and whether adopted before or after when it can demonstrate “a compelling government interest,” consider a too-narrow definition by HHS of which religious Nov. 16, 1993,” the date it was signed into law. and that the government’s action is “the least restrictive entities are exempt: only those that seek to inculcate their “The primary operative section of RFRA sets forth a means” of furthering that interest. religious values, primarily employ people of their own general rule that provides the same level of protection All 11 lawmakers filing the brief had voted for the bill, faith and serve people of their own faith. The mandate does to all religious groups and to all exercises of religion,” known as RFRA, in 1993. It was signed into law by President not include a conscience clause for employers who object the brief said, quoting from the act: “Government may Bill Clinton. to such coverage on moral grounds substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if it The law was passed to counter a 1990 Supreme Court Dozens of religious entities have sued the federal demonstrates that application of the burden to the person … ruling that the religious rights of two American Indians to government, which responded on Feb. 1 with new is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and smoke peyote during a religious ceremony were superseded proposed rules that exempt organizations that are is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling by an Oregon state law making the hallucinogenic classified as nonprofit under specific sections of the governmental interest.” substance illegal. Internal Revenue Code. Hobby Lobby is a privately held chain of 500 arts-and- “One of the primary reasons Congress enacted RFRA in the No exemption, however, will be given to “for-profit, crafts stores in 41 states founded in 1972 by David Green. first place [was] to prevent those charged with implementing secular employers” who, on moral grounds, object to The stores pipe in Christian music through their sound the law from picking and choosing whose exercise of religion providing the coverage, such as Hobby Lobby. systems and are closed on Sundays. † What was in the news on March 1, 1963? Two Americans get closer to sainthood, and Pope John XXIII has a new way to honor St. Joseph By Brandon A. Evans and the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia can be beatified. Pope John, who was baptized with the name of These are the decrees of ‘tuto’ [safe to go ahead Joseph, … put the Second Vatican Council under the This week, we continue to examine what was going with the beatifications] and canvassing the views patronage of St. Joseph.” on in the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen of the cardinals, archbishops and bishops in Rome • Urges priests to display ‘a courage of the spirit’ through the pages of The Criterion. concerning the prospective beatifications. But the dates • Mexico’s Catholics fighting for freedom of Here are some of the items found in the for the beatifications have already been set—at least education March 1, 1963, issue of The Criterion: tentatively: March 17 for Mother Seton and June 23 for • Moscow visit brought observers to council • Catholic schools are called essential culture Bishop Neumann.” • Honor Negro woman doctor witness • Vernacular views hit: Liturgist barred earlier by • Christians are blamed for social imbalance • Textbook bill passes Rhode Island Senate C.U., paper reports • Sees council emphasizing bishops’ role • Beatification causes move step forward • C.U. rector reaffirms stand on theologians • Life on other planets? No, says Jesuit expert “VATICAN CITY—His Holiness, Pope John XXIII, • Conference to deal with urban affairs • Says laity’s role not sure promulgated decrees [Feb . 25] declaring the • Sisters write home: Report from the missions • Pope honors theatre owners authenticity of miracles • First in history: Mosaic image of Saint Joseph • U.S. Catholic Relief tops agency report worked through the being made for Vatican Basilica • Latest Supreme Court obscenity ruling probed intercession of two American “VATICAN CITY—St. Peter’s Basilica is • Pope’s message opens children’s campaign to candidates for beatification— getting its first permanent image of St. Joseph—a aid world’s needy Mother Elizabeth Bayley 10 by 6 1/2 –foot mosaic. The mosaic, which is being • Explains why bishops back ‘liberal’ views Seton and Bishop John made at the Vatican mosaic studio, is expected to be Nepomucene Neumann, C.ss.R. This leaves—in mounted by Easter. It has been planned as a memorial (Read all of these stories from our principle—two more steps to be taken before the to the steps His Holiness Pope John XXIII has taken March 1, 1963, issue by logging on to foundress of the Sisters of Charity in the United States to give more honor to the foster father of Christ. our archives at www.CriterionOnline.com.) † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013

Events Calendar Archbishop Tobin to speak at Catholic March 1 Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., “Where Is God These Days,” Business Exchange on March 15 St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Indianapolis. Solo Seniors, 7 p.m., free-will Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin will be the keynote speaker Fr. Conen Hall, 4644 E. 46th St., Catholic, educational, offering. Information: at the Catholic Business Exchange (CBE) on March 15 at the Indianapolis. Lenten Fish Fry, charitable and social singles, 317-852-5091, ext. 7004 or 50 and over, single, separated, [email protected] Northside Knights of Columbus, 2100 E. 71st St., Indianapolis. 5:30-7:30 p.m., $7 dinner ($6 if The event begins with Mass at 6:30 a.m. with Archbishop Tobin age 65+) includes: one entrée widowed or divorced, new (baked fish, hand battered members welcome, 6:30 p.m. March 12 as the principal celebrant. The liturgy is followed by breakfast St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. fried fish, pizza or grilled Information: 317-370-1189. and an address by Archbishop Tobin. The event concludes at 17th Ave., Beech Grove. cheese), two sides, French fries, 8:30 a.m. Ave Marie Guild, Mass biscuit w/ apple butter, iced tea March 7 The cost is $15 for CBE members, and $21 for non-members St. Roch Parish, gym, for deceased members, or lemonade; $4.00 dinner and guests. The cost includes breakfast. 11 a.m., meeting, 12:30 p.m. includes pizza or grilled cheese, 3603 S. Meridian St., Information: 317-865-0910 or Reservations are required by noon on March 13. Due to meal French fries and one side. Indianapolis. Women’s Club, “A Journey of Spiritual [email protected]. planning, walk-ins cannot be accepted. To register, log on to Children 2 years and under are Archbishop Surrender” and dinner, www.catholicbusinessexchange.com. For more information, free. Contact church office at Joseph W. Tobin contact Jim Liston at [email protected]. † 317-546-4065. Anne Ryder, presenter, 6 p.m., $25 per person, no March 13 St. Luke Church, Fr. Courtney Our Lady of Lourdes tickets available at the door. Information: 317-652-7131. Room, 7575 Holliday Parish, 30 S. Downey Ave., Drive East, Indianapolis. Indianapolis. Fish fry, fish St. Pius X Parish, Lenten Speaker Series, St. Mark Church in Indianapolis to host or shrimp dinners, $7 per Rosemary Hume speaks on “The person, children’s meals, 7200 Sarto Drive, Indianapolis. Lenten program, “Life Spiritual Practice of Simplicity: Inclusion Sunday celebration on March 10 carry-out available, $3, 5-8 p.m. It begins with putting God in Information: 317-356-7291. as a Prayer: Ministry to St. Mark Church in Indianapolis will Awareness Fair will be held in Shafer Others,” Tina McIntosh the center of our lives,” 7 p.m., preceded by 5:30 p.m. Mass and celebrate its 12th annual Inclusion Sunday Hall, which connects to the church. The St. Mary Church, and Dr. Donna Yancey, DN, presenters, 7-8:30 p.m. then soup supper. Information: during the 9:30 a.m. Mass on March 10, fair will have an emphasis on resources 7500 Navilleton Road, 317-259-4373 ext. 256, or followed by a fair in Shafer Hall. This for people with autism, but will have Floyds Knobs. Information: 317-466-3369 or Concert, [email protected]. celebration is held in March to highlight information from a variety of other areas “I Thirst,” Tatiana, spxparish.org. presenter, 7 p.m. Information: March 14 Disabilities Awareness Month. as well. March 8 Inclusion Sunday will include several Joe Lorenz, a SPRED participant 812-923-5419 or St. Mary Parish, 2500 St. Mary’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, 14598 Oakridge additions to the 9:30 a.m. Mass. There who is a member of St. Roch Parish in stmarysnavilleton.com. Drive, Lanesville. International Road, Carmel (Diocese of will be a presentation during the children’s Indianapolis and visually impaired and speaker Alan Ames, Mass, March 2 Lafayette, Ind.). 6 p.m., Stations of the Cross, Catholic liturgy by Knight—a shaggy member of autistic, will be playing his keyboard St. Pius X Parish, Professional Business Canine Companions for Independence— and singing at the SPRED display. 7200 Sarto Drive, Indianapolis. 7 p.m., talk followed by healing service at 7:30 p.m. Club, Mass, “Faith’s and his owner. Members of the south side There will also be face painting, and Archdiocese of Indianapolis Allison Information: 812-987-9090 or Inner-Compass,” Special Religious Education (SPRED) coffee and donuts will be served, as well Catholic Charities Office, Melangton, President [email protected]. group will be hospitality ministers and as gluten-free treats. Global Solidarity Workshop, Indianapolis Sports Corporation, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., $15 per person. presenter, breakfast, 6:30 a.m., liturgy participants. Cantors and lectors for St. Mark Church is located at March 9 the Mass will be members of the Inclusion 535 E. Edgewood Ave., Indianapolis. Information: 317-473-0413 or St. Roch Parish, Family Life Information: cpbc-ld.org. [email protected]. Center, 3603 S. Meridian Ministry, SPRED and other diverse areas. For more information, call St., Indianapolis. Single March 15 After the Mass, a Disabilities 317-787-8246. † St. Bartholomew Church, Knights of Columbus Seniors meeting, 1 p.m., Council 437, 1305 N. 1306 27th St., Columbus. age 50 and over. Information: Delaware St., Indianapolis. Concert series, “Young 317-784-4207. Musicians Concert”, St. Patrick’s Day celebration, 7 p.m. Information: noon-midnight, food, drinks. Northside Knights of Columbus, 812-379-9353 ext. 237, or Information: 317-631-4373 or

2100 E. 71st St., Indianapolis. Submitted photo [email protected]. [email protected]. Gift for “Tropical Tribute to Joe and Barb Krier,” food, Saint Meinrad Archabbey Guest Our Lady of the Greenwood music, 7:30 p.m.-midnight, House and Retreat Center, Parish, 335 S. Meridian St., $30 per person. Information: dining room, 200 Hill Drive, Greenwood. Fourth annual Ghana 317-872-5088 or St. Meinrad. “Trivia Night,” Lenten speaker, “A Mystery [email protected]. 6:30 p.m., $15 per person. to be Believed The Eucharist Alice Brennan and Hunter Miller, Information: 812-357-8319 or in Our Year of Faith,” Kokomo High School, seventh-graders at Nativity of [email protected]. Benedictine Father Godfrey Our Lord Jesus Christ Catholic 2501 S. Berkley, Kokomo Mullen, presenter, 7 p.m. March 3 (Diocese of Lafayette). Information: 317-888-2861. School in Indianapolis, hold tubs Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Seventh Annual Indiana containing more than $300 that 5333 E. Washington St., Holy Family Catholic March 16 the class raised for a kindergarten Indianapolis. Taizé prayer Conference, “Why Be St. Michael the Archangel classroom at Abomosu Catholic service, 6:30 p.m. Information: Catholic,” $30 for a teenager Church, 3354 W. 30th St., School in Ghana, West Africa. The not registered with their 317-356-7291 or Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s money will be given to and distributed [email protected]. family, $50 single adult, Precious Infants, pro-life by World Joy, a private, U.S.-based $90 married couple, $115 per Mass, Msgr. Paul Koetter, St. Simon the Apostle Church, family, includes two meals. celebrant, 8:30 a.m., followed charitable organization whose goal is 8155 Oaklandon Road, Information: 765-865-9964 or by rosary outside abortion clinic to improve the lives of Ghana citizens Indianapolis. “Reflections holyfamilyconference.org. and Benediction at church. living within a rural 13-village area of for your Healing Heart,” Information: Archdiocesan the Atiwa District (eastern region) of Tami Briggs, harpist, March 10 Office for Pro-Life Ministry, Ghana. The lighthouse in the picture 3 p.m., free-will offering. Holy Cross Parish, 125 N. 317-236-1569 or 800-382-9836, represents the school’s theme this Oriental St., Indianapolis. Information: 317-826-0086 or ext. 1569. year, SHINE, or Share His Incredible [email protected]. St. Patrick’s Day Party, 3-7 p.m., $5 per person, March 17 News Everywhere. March 4 food, Irish music, bagpipers. Catholic Community of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Information: 317-638-3020 or Richmond, 701 N. “A” St., 1530 Union St., Indianapolis. [email protected]. Richmond. Charismatic prayer Parish Mission, “Impact group, 7 p.m. Information: the Second Vatican Council St. Malachy Parish, gym, [email protected]. had on our life as Church, 330 N. Green St., Brownsburg. In celebration of its religious life and ministry”, Longaberger bingo, 1:30 p.m. March 18 Celebrating its history 175th anniversary, Sisters of St. Joseph of Information: 317-345-0166 or St. Mark School, 535 E. Edgewood Ave., Indianapolis. St. Joseph University Carondelet, presenters, 7 p.m. [email protected]. Parish in Terre Haute Information: 317-638-5551 or Catholic Charities offered tours of the [email protected]. March 10-13 Indianapolis, caregiver Submitted photos St. Malachy Parish, support group, 5:30-7 p.m. church on Feb. 10. March 6 9833 E. County Road 750 N, Information: 317-261-3378 or Donna McKenzie, Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Brownsburg. Lenten Mission, [email protected]. † pastoral associate for adult faith formation, explains the St. Michael Parish in Greenfield showing stained-glass window of the Holy Spirit in the film to raise funds for safe haven for youths dome above the main altar during one of the St. Michael Parish in Greenfield is fame and fortune without a moral tours. The window, hosting two showings of Restless Heart: compass—and the changes that occur pictured separately, The Confessions of St. Augustine when events lead him to see the light. is one of the many at 4:30 p.m. and 7:05 p.m. on It also chronicles the collapse of the stained-glass windows March 19 at the Legacy Cinema Theater, Roman world, and how Augustine laid made by the Tyrolese 2347 W. Main St., Greenfield. All the intellectual foundations of what Art Glass Company of proceeds will go to The Landing, a safe became Europe. Innsbruck, Austria. The haven for youths in Greenfield and the Tickets are $10, or $8 for students and windows were installed surrounding area. groups of 10 or more. To purchase tickets, after a fire in 1934 Restless Heart is the story of call Legacy Cinema at 317-462-6831. For destroyed the interior of St. Augustine of Hippo—who pursues more information, call 317-318-8411. † the church. The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 Page 7 Fixing Vatican bureaucracy is a top job for next pope VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Threats to religious freedom around the world, the human costs of globalization, media transformed by the revolution in information ‘The Roman Curia exists to give effect to the will of technology—these are some of the the bishop of Rome; that’s the only reason it exists. challenges that the next pope is bound to The curia should not be some place to which you face in leading the Church. According to one highly informed come to advance an ecclesiastical career. It’s a place observer, the next pope will also have an to which you should come to advance the mission of urgent task at home—reforming the Roman the Church, the evangelical mission of the Church.’ Curia, the Church’s central administration at the Vatican. —Author George Weigel in his new book “The curia not infrequently caused acute Evangelical Catholicism embarrassment to [Pope] Benedict XVI, putting obstacles in the way of his evangelical, catechetical and pastoral efforts, and ill-serving the pope’s attempts to reframe the global agenda of debate on the crucial issues facing humanity,” departments” of the governorate, and the curial dysfunction is evident only to of staff ... who can take this on and will writes George Weigel in his new book, criticizing the “inexperience” of advisers locals, it impedes the Vatican’s effectiveness have his authority and his backing to do Evangelical Catholicism. whom he said had led the Vatican to lose in ways directly relevant to Catholics and this properly.” The author, a biographer of Blessed John millions of dollars in bad investments. others around the world. Weigel pointed Even more necessary than technical Paul II and a well-known commentator Pope Benedict named the archbishop to the widespread outrage that broke out changes in administration, Weigel said, is a on Catholic issues, paints a picture of an nuncio to the United States in October 2011, in 2009 after Pope Benedict lifted the “change of curial culture and cast of mind.” inefficient bureaucracy where incompetence and he remains in that position today. excommunications of four traditionalist While emphasizing that a “lot of good often goes unpunished and all too many “Archbishop Vigano is a hero,” Weigel bishops in the Society of St. Pius X. The people work there who are dedicated to players serve their own ambition rather than said. “His description of the problems is a pope’s advisers had failed to warn him that the Church, who think of their service not the interests of the Church. real and accurate one, and I hope that the one of the four, Bishop Richard Williamson, in careerist terms but as real service to the “Things are in fact worse now, in my next pontificate will address those problems had a well-documented history of anti- Church,” Weigel said that such people are view, than they have been in perhaps which he’s described in a forceful way.” Semitic statements and Holocaust denial. under-represented at the highest levels. 40 years,” Weigel told Catholic News Part of the problem, Weigel said, is that In his new book, Weigel lays out “The Roman Curia exists to give effect Service. “Everyone who does not have a the headquarters of the universal Church is recommendations for restructuring the to the will of the bishop of Rome; that’s the vested interest in the status quo understands still dominated by the citizens of a single curia to make it more representative of the only reason it exists,” he said. “The curia that a major task in the early going of the nation, Italy. faith and more effective in advancing the should not be some place to which you next pontificate is going to be not only to “This curia needs to be thoroughly Church’s mission. Among other measures, come to advance an ecclesiastical career. change structure but to change attitude.” internationalized,” he said. “It needs to he suggests splitting the Secretariat of State It’s a place to which you should come to Charges of mismanagement and be detached from into two bodies, responsible for internal advance the mission of the Church, the corruption within the Vatican bureaucracy what has become, affairs and external diplomatic relations evangelical mission of the Church. were spectacularly documented in 2012, in according to one of respectively; and reducing the number of “That requires, as far as is humanly the so-called “VatiLeaks” of confidential my Italian friends, a Vatican offices that issue public statements, possible, an attempt to bring people here correspondence. deeply rooted culture to reduce the possibility of confusion over to Rome who, in fact, in some respects Some of the most serious charges of corruption in Italy the pope’s views or Church teaching. don’t want to be here,” Weigel said, appeared in letters written by Archbishop as a whole, which Such an overhaul is not something that suggesting that the ideal Vatican officials Carlo Maria Vigano, formerly the has a way of seeping the next pope can or should personally focus are those who regard their time in Rome second-highest official in Vatican City State. over the boundary on, Weigel said. “It’s not the job of the pope as a “sacrifice for the good of the larger The archbishop wrote to Pope Benedict between Italy and to move slots around on an organization Church,” and who “fully intend to go back in early 2011, warning of “corruption and Archbishop Vatican City.” chart, but he needs to hire somebody, he to their local churches when their service abuse of power long rooted in the various Carlo Maria Vigano Though much of needs to have a secretary of state, a chief here has ended.” † Archbishop: Reforming of curia ‘reasonable priority’ for new pope By Sean Gallagher bureaucracy that has been CONCLAVE around for the better part of continued from page 1 Since Pope Benedict XVI two millennia,” he added. ‘What I was able to do as a announced his resignation on At the same time, the burden of deciding Feb. 11, various commentators on Archbishop Tobin takes a non-Italian was to encourage them to the penalty on to Church affairs—and some Church balanced view when reflecting on think beyond the [Italian] peninsula. his successor,” said leaders—have said that reforming the curia—something he said he If you don’t make an effort to have Archbishop Celata. the Roman Curia needs to be a didn’t always do in the past. an international curia, it’s very easy, The penalty for priority of the next pontiff. “As one who used to severely and with goodwill, to slide into all cardinals who break the These calls come in the wake criticize the curia before I worked the issues of the Church and the state oath of secrecy, however, of recent scandals in the curia, there, I was told by one historian remains unspecified. most notably last year’s VatiLeaks that you have to remember that in Italy.’ The apostolic letter scandal in which the pope’s the curia saw the Church through included several other butler was convicted of releasing world wars and depressions and —Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin minor changes and confidential papal documents to kept it going, even when there clarifications, including the press that highlighted disputes wasn’t a pope,” he said. “My the addition of the phrase among various members of experience is that there’s a lot of “at least” to a two-thirds the curia. goodness in the Roman Curia, “I would often say to my noted. “We also use Italian for the majority when defining a Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin a lot of people who are very colleagues who would want us to working language. A lot of very valid election of a pope. of Indianapolis agrees that devout Catholics. But there are intervene in a situation in Italy, talented people just don’t want “For the valid election reform in the curia is needed, structures and trends that blunt the ‘Would we do that if the same to learn Italian and don’t want to of the Roman pontiff, and has several years of firsthand effectiveness of the curia.” thing happened in Rwanda?’ work in that kind of environment, at least two thirds of experience of working in and with One of those trends, he said, or ‘Would we want to be as which is unfortunate.” the votes are required, the curia that informs his analysis is the tendency of Italians to concerned about this if it was He also noted that calculated on the basis of the situation. dominate the staffs of the various happening in Brazil?,’ ” he asked. Pope Benedict may have chosen of the total number of He served in the curia as Vatican offices. “And I would say, because we to resign now, as his own strength electors present,” says the secretary of the Congregation for Although the congregation in dealt with religious orders, that is diminishing, to avoid problems revised rule. Institutes of Consecrated Life and which he served has a Brazilian we are not the ‘super provincials’ with the curia that happened in Also added were Societies of Apostolic Life from cardinal as its prefect and of Italy. We help religious life in the final years of the pontificate details about who and how 2010 until his appointment to lead formerly him, an American, as Italy, but we are concerned with it of Blessed John Paul II when many people outside the the Archdiocese of Indianapolis the person second in charge, across the world.” his deteriorating health made it College of Cardinals can last October. Archbishop Tobin noted that the He also noted that the trend difficult for him to take decisive assist during the conclave. Prior to that, he often worked majority of its approximately of filling the curia with Italians action in curial affairs. The last-minute closely with the curia when he 40 staff members were Italian. increased during Pope Benedict’s Archbishop Tobin said that changes marked served as superior general of “What I was able to do as a papacy in part due to the there is “some truth” to the belief the second time the Congregation of the Most non-Italian was to encourage management of Vatican Secretary that there was some “inertia” in Pope Benedict amended Holy Redeemer, more commonly them to think beyond the [Italian] of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. the curia in the years leading up to the rules established by known as the Redemptorists, from peninsula,” he said. “If you But internationalizing the Pope John Paul’s death in 2005. Blessed John Paul in 1996. 1997 to 2009. don’t make an effort to have an curia, including its lower level This reality, he said, combined In 2007, Pope Benedict Speaking in a Feb. 21 international curia, it’s very easy, positions, can be challenging, with more recent problems in the decreed that a pope is interview with The Criterion, and with goodwill, to slide into all Archbishop Tobin said. curia, may have been a factor in elected when he obtains Archbishop Tobin said that curial the issues of the Church and the He noted that it can happen in Pope Benedict’s considerations a two-thirds majority, reform “is a reasonable priority state in Italy.” part only “if dioceses are willing that led to the announcement of even when cardinal- to have, not so much to avoid This tendency could sometimes to part [with priests], and if the his resignation. electors are at an impasse, scandals, but to provide for a lead, Archbishop Tobin said, Holy See is willing to pay.” “There’s been some infighting which effectively undid a government that will help the to the congregation getting “In a certain sense, it’s much in the curia. That’s no secret,” more flexible procedure Holy Father exercise his Petrine involved to an unnecessarily high more economical to employ Archbishop Tobin said. “And I of moving to a simple service. degree with matters dealing with Italians. There are a lot of reasons think probably witnessing that majority. † “That’s a struggle for a religious orders in Italy. for that,” Archbishop Tobin didn’t help.” † Page 8 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 Pope Benedict: I am not abandoning the Church VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In one of his “Prayer doesn’t mean isolating one’s self last public appearances, Pope Benedict XVI from the world and its contradictions,” the told an overflow crowd in St. Peter’s Square pope said, in his commentary on the day’s on Feb. 24 that his upcoming retirement Gospel reading (Lk 9:28-36). “Prayer leads does not mean he is abandoning the Church, one back to the path, to action. Haring CNS photo/Paul but that he will be serving it in a new way, “Christian existence,” he said, “consists through prayer and meditation. in a continuous climbing of the mountain for At noon, the pope appeared at his an encounter with God, in order to descend window in the Apostolic Palace to pray the again bearing the love and strength derived Angelus, a papal Sunday ritual that will from it, so as to serve our brothers and not be repeated until after the election of a sisters with the same love of God.” new pope. If the relevance to his Feb. 28 resignation Despite the blustery weather, turnout was not already clear, the pope made the was several times the usual for such connection explicit. occasions—easily more than 150,000, with “I feel that this word of God is directed in some estimates as high as a quarter of a particular to me, in this moment of my life. million. The crowd filled the square, except The Lord calls me to ‘climb the mountain,’ where prevented by barricades, and spilled to dedicate myself even more to prayer out into the Via della Conciliazione. Many and meditation. But this does not mean groups held signs expressing gratitude and abandoning the Church. On the contrary, if affection—“You are not alone,”one read— God asks this of me it is precisely so that and national flags from countries as far away I may continue to serve [the Church] with as Brazil. the same dedication and the same love with Benedict was the “the rock: solid, which I have done so till now, but in a way strong and unwavering and yet kind and more suited to my age and strength.” compassionate and loving at the same time,” Speaking these words, Pope Benedict was said Balthazar Aguirre of Our Lady of interrupted twice by applause, and afterward Mercy Parish in Daly City, Calif. He and his received an ovation 30 seconds long. He two sisters took time off from work to come smiled broadly, thanked the crowd, and Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead his final Angelus as pope from the window of his apartment to Rome for the pope’s last week as the head added, “Let us thank God for the bit of sun overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Feb. 24. He told the crowd he is not abandoning the of the universal Church. he has granted us.” † Church. His papacy ended on Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Rome time. Pope Benedict to be ‘pope emeritus’ or ‘Roman pontiff emeritus’ VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Benedict XVI will the papal vestment, mainly without the little white cape Castel Gandolfo. continue to be known as Pope Benedict and addressed as piece on the shoulders, Father Lombardi told reporters on At 8 p.m. on Feb. 28—the exact moment Pope Benedict “His Holiness,” but after his resignation, he will add the Feb. 26. has said he will cease being pope—the Swiss Guards title “emeritus” in one of two acceptable forms, either Pope Benedict will leave behind his emblematic red stationed at the main doors of the papal villa at “pope emeritus” or “Roman pontiff emeritus.” shoes, Father Lombardi said. Instead, he will wear brown Castel Gandolfo will withdraw and close the doors, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican shoes, beginning with loafers he was given as a gift last Father Lombardi said. The Vatican gendarmes will spokesman, said decisions about how the pope would March during a visit to Leon, Mexico. The Jesuit said the take over. be addressed and what he would wear were made in pope has found the zapatos to be very comfortable. Pope Benedict also will give the College of Cardinals consultation with Pope Benedict and with Cardinal Tarcisio The safety of the pope emeritus will be ensured by the his “fisherman’s ring” and seal to be broken, as is usually Bertone, the chamberlain of the Church, along with others. Vatican police, Father Lombardi said. done upon the death of a pope, the spokesman said. The After Feb. 28, Pope Benedict will continue to wear Three hours before his pontificate ends, Pope Benedict pope will go back to wearing an episcopal ring he wore as a white cassock, but it will be a simplified version of intended to fly by helicopter to the papal summer villa at a cardinal. † IUPUI Sport Complex NEW! Summer Day Camp and Sport Camps

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marked by alternating tensions and new initiatives. via Reuters Hertzog, Pool CNS photo/Patrick During his pontificate, Pope Benedict visited synagogues in three countries and mosques in three others. However, despite his efforts to promote new forms of dialogue with the followers of Islam, in the field of Catholic-Muslim dialogue, many people remember Pope Benedict primarily for remarks about Mohammed in a 2006 speech. His relationship with the world’s Jewish communities was not always smooth either, primarily because of his decision in 2009 to lift the excommunication of a traditionalist bishop who denied the extent of the Holocaust. As recently as last October, Pope Benedict affirmed the Church’s teaching about the importance of dialogue with and respect for Jews, Muslims and members of other religions, but he did so with a caveat. In an essay published on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Benedict wrote about the ongoing importance of “Nostra Aetate,” the council’s declaration on relations Pope Benedict XVI and Mustafa Cagrici, the grand mufti of Istanbul, pray in the Blue Mosque in Istanbul in this 2006 file photo. In trying with other religions, for Catholics in increasingly to help people understand how belief in God is a natural part of life and provides grounding for the values that protect human dignity and multireligious societies. peaceful coexistence, Pope Benedict saw Muslims and Jews as natural allies. But he also said, “a weakness of this otherwise extraordinary text has gradually emerged: It speaks of and even persecute—the Jews; and he understands that the

religion solely in a positive way, and it disregards the sick contempt some Christians had for the Jews helped create via Reuters and distorted forms of religion which, from the historical an atmosphere that the Nazis easily and progressively and theological viewpoints, are of far-reaching importance,” manipulated to the point of killing 6 million Jews. and which explain why Christians for centuries had been And while his lifting of the excommunication of mostly critical of other religions. traditionalist Bishop Richard Williamson, a Holocaust denier, When some 300 religious leaders joined him in Assisi, caused real consternation, Pope Benedict said with gratitude

Italy, in October 2011 to mark the 25th anniversary that Jewish leaders were more willing than many Catholics Romano CNS photo/ L’Osservatore of Blessed John Paul II’s prayer for peace meeting, to accept the Vatican’s statement that it had not known of the Pope Benedict said that as more and more people become bishop’s position on the Holocaust. convinced religion is a major source of tension in the Pope Benedict later told German author Peter Seewald world, religious believers have to be honest about their that the incident showed “there are still great fears and communities’ past and present. tensions and that the dialogue can easily be damaged and “As a Christian I want to say at this point: Yes, it is true, is fragile.” in the course of history, force has also been used in the name Muslim leaders are less clear about where Pope Benedict Pope Benedict XVI greets Rabbi Elio Toaff, the former chief rabbi of the Christian faith. We acknowledge it with great shame. stands with regard to their faith, although he repeatedly has of Rome, during a visit to the main synagogue in Rome in this But it is utterly clear that this was an abuse of the Christian shown that he wants to keep open lines of communication 2010 file photo. faith, one that evidently contradicts its true nature,” he told and promote cooperation on social issues and in social the religious leaders. projects of concern to both Catholics and Muslims. Addressing the participants, the pope said that professing At the same, he insisted that history also has shown the When Pope Benedict stood in silent meditation in faith in one God, the creator of all humanity, obliges danger of denying God’s existence because “when man no Istanbul’s Blue Mosque in November 2006, the world Catholics and Muslims to respect one another and to work longer recognizes any criterion or any judge above himself,” took notice. together to defend human rights and help those who are he feels free to unleash his fury to obtain what he wants. The fact that the pope had taken off his shoes and was suffering. The commandments of love of God and love of During his May 2009 visit to the Holy Land, standing with his arms folded in a manner similar to the neighbor are at “the heart of Islam and Christianity alike,” Pope Benedict visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, imam praying next to him was read by many Muslims as he said. prayed at the Western Wall—Judaism’s holiest site—and a sign of deep respect and as a gesture that ran directly Pope Benedict’s Holy Land trip brought further met with Israel’s chief rabbis and with Jewish leaders from counter to a speech he had made two months earlier at the rapprochement with Muslim leaders as the pope visited throughout the country. University of Regensburg, Germany. a mosque in Jordan, made a major address to Muslim He used his meeting with leaders of the Jewish In the Regensburg speech, the pope had quoted a scholars there and visited the Dome of the Rock in community as an occasion to reaffirm the fact that “the medieval Byzantine emperor, who said the prophet Jerusalem, one of Islam’s holiest sites. Catholic Church is irrevocably committed to the path chosen Mohammed had brought “things only evil and inhuman, such In the 2010 book, Light of the World, Pope Benedict said at the Second Vatican Council for a genuine and lasting as his command to spread the faith by the sword.” The pope Catholics and Muslims have two basic things in common: reconciliation between Christians and Jews.” afterward explained that he was not endorsing the emperor’s “We both defend major religious values—faith in God and As “Nostra Aetate” affirmed, “The Church continues words, and he expressed regret that some Muslims were hurt obedience to God—and we both need to situate ourselves to value the spiritual patrimony common to Christians and by the remarks. correctly in modernity.” Jews and desires an ever-deeper mutual understanding and In reaction, 138 Muslim scholars from around the world As the Catholic Church did at the Second Vatican respect through biblical and theological studies as well as launched an initiative called “A Common Word,” writing Council, he said, the world’s Muslims now are grappling fraternal dialogues,” he said. to Pope Benedict and other Christian leaders asking for with questions like “What is tolerance? How are truth and Jewish leaders have praised Pope Benedict’s record a serious dialogue about values Christians and Muslims tolerance related? In this context, the question of whether on dialogue in several respects. He explicitly recognizes hold in common—the obligation to love God and to love tolerance includes the right to change religions also that a special bond continues to exist between God and one another. emerges. It is hard for the Islamic partners to accept this. the Jewish people; he recognizes that, for centuries, Representatives of the 138 scholars met at the Vatican to Their argument is that once someone has come to the truth, Christians used Jesus’ death as an excuse to denigrate— establish a new Catholic-Muslim Forum in November 2008. he can no longer turn back.” †

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—During an obligation to resign.” his almost eight-year pontificate, As inevitable as his election seemed after Pope Benedict XVI impressed the world as a Blessed John Paul died in 2005, his path to XVI CNS photo/Reuters teacher, guiding Catholics to the sources of the papacy was long and indirect. the faith and urging modern society not to Joseph Ratzinger was born on 2005 April 19 GermanBenedict Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 78, elected pope, takes the name Benedict XVI turn its back on God. April 16, 1927, in the Bavarian town of Dec. 22 Meeting with top aides, insists the teaching of the Second Vatican Council must be Citing his age and diminishing energy, Marktl am Inn, the third and youngest child read in continuity with the church’s tradition the 85-year-old pope announced on Feb. 11 of a police officer, Joseph Sr., and his wife, that he would resign effective on Feb. 28 and Maria. Young Joseph joined his brother, 2006 Sept. 12 In a speech at University of Regensburg, Germany, cites a historical criticism of would devote the rest of his life to prayer. Georg, at a minor seminary in 1939. violence in Islam, setting off consternation and protests As pastor of the universal Church, Like other young students, he was Nov. 30 Stands with Muslim leader in Turkey’s Blue Mosque; says he prayed God would help he used virtually every medium at his automatically enrolled in the Hitler Youth all believers see each other as brothers and sisters disposal—books and Twitter, sermons and program, but soon stopped going to 2007 April 16 First of what would be his three-volume work, “Jesus of Nazareth,” goes on sale and encyclicals—to catechize the faithful on meetings. During World War II, he was is an immediate commercial success the foundational beliefs and practices of conscripted into the army, and in the spring Christianity, ranging from the sermons of of 1945 he deserted his unit and returned May 27 In letter to Catholics in China, criticizes government restrictions on religion and St. Augustine to the sign of the cross. home, spending a few months in an Allied urges reconciliation among the country’s Catholic communities Having served in his 30s as an influential prisoner-of-war camp. He returned to the July 7 Issues apostolic letter permitting wider use of pre-Vatican II Mass adviser during the 1962-65 Second seminary late in 1945 and was ordained Vatican Council, he made it a priority as six years later, along with his brother. 2008 April Journeys to Washington, New York and the United Nations, meets victims of clerical pope to correct what he saw as overly In a meeting with young people in 2006, 15-20 sex abuse for first time expansive interpretations of Vatican II the pope said witnessing the brutality of July Travels to in favor of readings that stressed the the Nazi regime helped convince him 12-21 Sydney for council’s continuity with the Church’s to become a priest. But he also had to World Youth Day millennial traditions. overcome some doubts, he said. For one Under his oversight, the Vatican thing, he asked himself whether he “could continued to highlight the Church’s moral faithfully live celibacy” his entire life. He boundaries on issues such as end-of-life also recognized that his real leanings were CNS photos/Alessia Giuliani and Paul Haring medical care, marriage and homosexuality. toward theology and wondered whether 2009 Jan. 21 With his approval, Vatican lifts the excommunication of four traditionalist bishops But the pope’s message to society at large he had the qualities of a good pastor from the Society of St. Pius X to clear the way for reconciliation talks with the group focused less on single issues and more on and the ability “to be simple with the May Travels to Holy Land, stopping in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories the risk of losing the basic relationship simple people.” 8-15 between the human being and the Creator. After a short stint as a parish priest, the He consistently warned the West that future pope began a teaching career and Nov. 4 With “Anglicanorum coetibus,” establishes personal ordinariates for Anglicans en- tering into full communion with Catholic Church unless its secularized society rediscovered built a reputation as one of the Church’s religious values, it could not hope to engage foremost theologians. At Vatican II, he made 2010 July 15 With his approval, Vatican releases streamlined procedures for handling accusa- in real dialogue with Islamic and other important contributions as a theological tions of clerical sexual abuse and removing those found guilty from priesthood religious cultures. expert and embraced the council’s early A crowd waves and takes pictures of Pope Benedict XVI as he greets them after his April 24, 2005, inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square. The Mass, attended by about 350,000 people, marked the formal start of 2011 May 1 Beatifies his predecessor, Pope John Paul II In his encyclicals and in his three-volume work. But he began to have misgivings Pope Benedict’s papacy. That papacy came to an end on Feb. 28. series titled Jesus of Nazareth, the pope about an emerging anti-Roman bias, the 2012 March Visits Mexico and Cuba honed that message, asking readers idea of a “Church from below” run on a spirituality and pastoral planning. He preceding Pope Benedict’s resignation, Yet some Muslims continued to view the before the government returned to the 23-28 to discover the essential connections parliamentary model, and the direction opened a Year of Faith in October and press coverage of the Vatican was pope with suspicion or hostility, such as a practice of choosing bishops without the Dec. 22 After nearly a year of Vatican scandal over leaked documents and the papal butler between sacrificial love, works of of theological research in the Church— presided over a synod focusing on the new dominated by the so-called “VatiLeaks” prominent cleric who reiterated complaints Vatican’s approval. being convicted of theft, the pope visits the butler in jail and pardons him charity, a dedication to the truth and the criticism that would become even sharper in evangelization and a revival of Christian affair, a scandal over confidential and about the Regensburg speech in the run-up One of the most important documents Gospel of Christ. later years. faith in the secular West, one of the sometimes embarrassing confidential to the pope’s trip to Lebanon in September. issued under Pope Benedict, and with 2013 Feb. 11 Announces his resignation, becoming the first pope to do so in nearly 600 years The German-born pontiff did not try to In a 2005 speech that served as a priorities of his pontificate. documents that had been provided to Pope Benedict also visited synagogues, his explicit approval, was a doctrinal © 2013 Catholic News Service match the popularity of his predecessor, kind of manifesto for his young papacy, Some of Pope Benedict’s most the press by the pope’s own butler, in Germany in 2005, in New York in congregation instruction on bioethics in Blessed John Paul II, but the millions of Pope Benedict rejected what he called a memorable statements came when he Paolo Gabriele. 2008 and in Rome in 2010, and his strong 2008. The document warned that some people who came to see him in Rome and “hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture” applied simple Gospel values to social A Vatican court found Gabriele condemnations of anti-Semitism won developments in stem-cell research, gene regimes to the “cruelty of capitalism.” came in May 2006, when he approved a abroad appreciated his smile, his frequent ad in interpreting Vatican II as a radical issues such as the protection of human life, guilty in October and sentenced him to the appreciation of many Jewish leaders. therapy and embryonic experimentation The pope spent much of his time meeting decision saying that Father Marcial Maciel libs and his ability to speak from the heart. break with the past. The pope called the environment and economics. 18 months in jail. Pope Benedict, meeting However, tensions arose in 2008 over the violate moral principles and reflect an with bishops from around the world when Degollado, the founder of the Legion of Although he did not expect to travel instead for reading the council through a When the global financial crisis his former aide outside his cell in the wording of a prayer for Jewish conversion, attempt by man to “take the place of they made “ad limina” visits to the Vatican Christ, should not exercise his priestly much, he ended up making 24 trips to “hermeneutic of reform” in continuity with worsened in 2008, for example, the pope Vatican police barracks, pardoned him just which the pope had revised for use in the his Creator.” to report on their dioceses. ministry publicly. Father Maciel, who six continents and three times presided Catholic tradition. insisted that financial institutions must put before Christmas. pre-Vatican II Good Friday liturgy. The pope’s own writings frequently Some of Pope Benedict’s longest enjoyed favor for many years at the Vatican, over World Youth Day mega-gatherings, in In 1977, Pope Paul VI named him people before profits. He also reminded The pope’s 2009 letter to bishops also The pope considered Christian unity explored the relationship between personal and most-revealing encounters were had been accused of sexually abusing Germany in 2005, in Australia in 2008, and archbishop of Munich and Freising, and people that modern ideals of money and summarized what he saw as his main one of his priorities, and he took steps to faith in Christ and social consequences. with priests, in Rome and elsewhere. He minors. In 2009, the pope approved an in Spain in 2011. four years later Pope John Paul called him material success are passing realities, mission as the successor of Peter. “In our improve dialogue with Orthodox Churches His first encyclical, “Deus Caritas Est” frequently spoke of the importance of the apostolic visitation of the late priest’s order. Talking about aging last March when he to head the Congregation for the Doctrine of saying, “Whoever builds his life on these days, when in vast areas of the world the in particular. The most visible sign was (“God Is Love,”), issued in 2005, reminded quality formation of priestly candidates, Although he was expected to reverse a met the 85-year-old retired Cuban leader the Faith, where he wielded great influence things—on material things, on success, on faith is in danger of dying out like a flame the pope’s decision to accept the invitation all people that God loves them and called and in 2005 he approved the release of a trend set by Pope John Paul, Pope Benedict Fidel Castro in Havana, Pope Benedict told on issues such as liberation theology, appearances—is building on sand.” which no longer has fuel, the overriding of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on them to share that love in a personal and long-awaited document barring those with did not slow the Vatican’s saint-making him, “Yes, I’m old, but I can still carry out dissent from Church teachings and pressure Pope Benedict’s outreach to traditionalist priority is to make God present in this of Constantinople to visit the patriarch at social way. It won high praise, even from deep-seated homosexual tendencies from machinery, but he did immediately announce my duties.” for women’s ordination. Serving in this Catholics brought him some opposition and world and to show men and women the his headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, in quarters typically critical of the Church. the priesthood. he would not preside over beatifications. On a historic visit to the United States role for nearly a quarter century, then- criticism. In 2007, he widened the possible way to God.” 2006. Two years later, the pope invited Two years later, his second encyclical, In a few areas, Pope Benedict asked The pope’s decision was meant to highlight in 2008, the pope brought his own identity Cardinal Ratzinger earned a reputation in use of the traditional Latin Mass and began The idea that God is disappearing from the patriarch to give a major address at “Spe Salvi” (“Saved by Hope”), warned Church experts to engage in careful study the difference between a beatification and into clearer focus for Americans. He set some quarters as a sort of grand inquisitor, introducing touches of antiquity in his the human horizon and that humanity is the Synod of Bishops. The Vatican also that without faith in God, humanity lies and reflection: a canonization, but, in effect, the pope’s forth a moral challenge on issues ranging seeking to stamp out independent thinking, own liturgies, including the requirement of losing its bearings with “evident destructive arranged the resumption of theological talks at the mercy of ideologies that can lead to • He asked Vatican agencies to decision lowered the profile of beatification from economic justice to abortion. He also an image belied by his passion for debate kneeling when receiving Communion from effects” was a theme Pope Benedict saw with the Orthodox in mid-2006, and began “the greatest forms of cruelty and violations consider the moral and scientific aspects liturgies. Pope Benedict did make two took Church recognition of the priestly with thinkers inside and outside the Church. the pope. as common ground for dialogue between new forms of cultural collaboration with the of justice.” of condom use in AIDS prevention, after exceptions to his new rule—the first to sex abuse scandal to a new level, expressing As the newly elected pope in 2005, he Then in 2009, in an effort to reconcile Christians and Muslims. He voiced the Russian Orthodox Church. His third encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” some theologians argued that condoms beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman his personal shame at what happened and explained that he took the name Benedict with the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Church’s opposition to a potential “clash The fate of Christian minorities around (“Charity in Truth”) was released in 2009 were acceptable for married couples in during a September 2010 visit to England; praying with victims. to evoke the memory of Pope Benedict XV, he lifted the excommunications of four of of civilizations” in which religion was seen the world was one of the pope’s major and said ethical values are needed to which one spouse is infected with HIV. and the second to beatify Pope John Paul in The pope met three times with former a “courageous prophet of peace” during the society’s bishops who were ordained as a defining difference. But sometimes concerns, especially in places like Iraq and overcome the current global economic At the same time, his own statement in May 2011. U.S. President George W. Bush, including World War I, and said he wanted to place illicitly in 1988. his words drew as much criticism as other predominantly Muslim countries. The crisis as well as to eradicate hunger and 2009 that condom-distribution campaigns While Pope Benedict asked Vatican a formal visit to the White House, and the his ministry at the service of reconciliation A storm of criticism erupted because praise, particularly among Muslims who pope strongly defended the right to religious promote the real development of all the aggravate the problem of AIDS prompted experts to be more selective in picking two leaders found wide areas of agreement and harmony among peoples. one of the four, Bishop Richard Williamson, felt the pope was unfairly questioning the freedom in his speech to the United Nations world’s peoples. widespread criticism. candidates for sainthood, he ended up on pro-life and family issues. When The new pope spent most of his energy had made a number of statements—widely foundations of their religion. in 2008. Several months ago, the Vatican In his 2010 interview for the book canonizing 44 new saints, including the President Barack Obama was elected, the writing and preaching, in encyclicals, available on the Internet, but unknown In a lecture at Germany’s University In early 2007, the pope turned his said Pope Benedict had completed Light of the World, Seewald asked Native American Kateri Tekakwitha pontiff sent him a warmly worded telegram letters, messages, homilies and talks that to the pope—denying the extent of of Regensburg in 2006, the pope quoted a attention to China, convening a meeting work on another encyclical, this one on Pope Benedict about the use of condoms and Franciscan Mother Marianne and a promise of his prayers, but when they eventually numbered more than a thousand. the Holocaust. The Vatican scrambled Christian medieval Byzantine emperor who of Church experts to discuss ways to bring the theological virtue of faith, and its in AIDS prevention and the pope’s answer Cope of Molokai. met at the Vatican the next year, the pope Surprising those who had expected to distance Pope Benedict from the said the prophet Mohammed had brought unity to the Church and gain concessions publication was expected in the first half made headlines around the world. While Pope Benedict named 90 new cardinals; spoke clearly about the Church’s objections a by-the-book pontificate from a man bishop’s views and reaffirm the pontiff’s “things only evil and inhuman, such as his from the communist government. A papal of this year. Then, on the day after the continuing to insist that condoms were 67 of those he named are still under the to the administration’s policies on several who had spent more than 23 years as commitment to Catholic-Jewish dialogue. command to spread by the sword the faith letter to Chinese Catholics a few months pope’s announcement, Jesuit Father not the answer to the AIDS pandemic, he age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote life issues, including abortion and embryonic the Vatican’s chief doctrinal official, The pope himself wrote an unusually he preached.” Following protests in the later encouraged bold new steps to bridge Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, allowed that in particular circumstances— in the conclave to elect his successor. stem-cell research. Pope Benedict emphasized that Christianity personal letter to the world’s bishops, Islamic world, which included the burning the gap between Catholics registered announced that Pope Benedict would not for example, a prostitute seeking to As of Feb. 28, the day his papacy ends, Pope Benedict was 78 and in apparent was more a religion of love than simply a defending his efforts to restore Church of churches in the Palestinian territories and with the government-controlled Catholic issue another encyclical after all. reduce the risk of infection—using a Pope Benedict’s appointments will represent good health when elected on April 19, religion of rules. unity by reaching out to traditionalists the murder of a nun in Somalia, the pope Patriotic Association and the so-called His three-volume work, Jesus of condom might represent a step toward just over 57 percent of the 117 cardinals 2005, but was said to have told his fellow During the 2010-11 Year for Priests, and expressing sadness that even some said he was sorry his words had offended underground communities, whose leaders Nazareth, published between 2007 and 2012 moral awareness. under 80 that day. cardinals that his would not be a long papacy Pope Benedict held up the 19th-century Catholics seemed ready to attack him Muslims and distanced himself from the were frequently harassed or imprisoned by in several languages, emphasized that Christ • He convened scientific and theological In mid-2007, the pope made an like that of his predecessor. In an interview French St. John Vianney as a model of “with open hostility.” text he had quoted. the authorities. must be understood as the Son of God on scholars for private discussions about the important change in the conclave procedure, with the German author Peter Seewald in clerical holiness who struggled against the At the same time, he clearly Later that year, visiting a mosque in The pope’s letter also issued a broad a divine mission, not as a mere moralist or theory of evolution. In his own remarks restoring the traditional rule that requires 2010, Pope Benedict said, “If a pope clearly indifference and hostility of a militantly acknowledged mistakes in Vatican Turkey, he prayed silently alongside his invitation to government authorities social reformer. The books argued that while on the subject, he emphasized that the a two-thirds majority for papal election. In realizes that he is no longer physically, secular society. communications and said the Holy See host, a Muslim mufti. This interfaith gesture for dialogue on the appointment of Christ did not bring a blueprint for social acceptance of evolutionary theory should doing so, he reversed a modification made psychologically and spiritually capable of He convened a Synod of Bishops on would have to do a better job using the generated considerable good will, and bishops and other topics. A number of progress, he did bring a new vision based not mean the exclusion of a fundamental by Pope John Paul, who had allowed the handling the duties of his office, then he has Scripture in 2008, in an effort to move Internet in the future. Instead, the mishaps over the succeeding years, Pope Benedict bishops were subsequently ordained with on love that challenges the evils of today’s divine purpose in creation. possibility of moving to a simple majority a right and, under some circumstances, also the Bible back to the center of individual continued, and for most of the year continued to meet with Muslim leaders. both papal and government approval, world—from the brutality of totalitarian One of the pope’s most notable actions vote in the case of a deadlocked conclave. † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013

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When an oncoming car slammed “Since I am handicapped myself, I can into Grace Okalany in 1990, she had relate to the young adults; they open up no idea God was using the event to to me,” Grace said. “I understand their make her a more effective disciple for frustrations, the discrimination they face, his people. and their desire to succeed. Because I In the moment of the accident, all understand them, I can better help them.” she could think about was her pain. Advancing from volunteer to Grace’s hip, pelvis and femur were secretary to director, Grace works severely broken. Doctors tried implanting among the disabled every day, pouring an arti cial hip, but her body rejected her compassion and skills into helping it. For three long years, she struggled them improve their lives. In Uganda through recovery and excruciating and other poor countries, the disabled rehabilitation at a treatment center in routinely experience discrimination Elias is one of the many young people bene ting from the services of the Wisdom Nairobi, Kenya. and abuse. They are often denied the Training Center. At 19-years-old, he is  nally getting the opportunity to make opportunity to attend school. use of his artistic skills. The 15 to 25-year-olds who come “Since I am handicapped to Grace often can’t read or write and This approach appealed to Cross are struggling for respect and hope.” myself, I can relate to the have been shunned by their families Catholic Outreach, a Florida-based “Supporting a project like Wisdom and society, but they all have a burning charity that supports Catholic ministries Training Center is a way for us as young adults; they desire to learn, Grace said. overseas. Soon after discovering the Catholics to say to a handicapped person, open up to me.” outreach, Cross Catholic Outreach ‘You are loved by Christ. You are — Grace Okalany — pledged to provide Grace with regular worthy, and we brothers and sisters in  nancial support — a huge blessing for Christ are here for you,’” Cavnar added. her ministry as it sought stability and For Grace, knowing American To this day, she bears the physical ways to increase its services to the poor. Catholics are standing with her through burden of that accident — one leg is With help from its charitable U.S. Cross Catholic Outreach is an invaluable shorter than the other and she must use benefactors, Cross Catholic Outreach has source of strength. It sparks a hope in crutches to walk. now supported Wisdom Training Center her that radiates outward to the students, “I felt so weak,” Grace recalled. “I for more than  ve years, providing them giving them greater self worth, energy thought God had left me to die in the with workshop equipment, training and optimism. hospital.” materials, teachers’ salaries, food, and “We are all one family in Christ,” Grace returned to Uganda after her other operational assistance. Grace said. “The help we’ve received treatment was complete and there met Jim Cavnar, the president of Cross from our American ‘family’ through Father John Ahimbisibwe, coordinator Catholic Outreach believes even more Cross Catholic Outreach is a blessing. I of Wisdom Training Center, an outreach can be done. want to thank them for their support and run by the Montfort Fathers in western “The work of Grace and the Montfort prayers, because we couldn’t do any of Uganda. The ministry is a vocational Fathers is the kind of service that this life-changing work without them.” training center where handicapped resonates with Catholics because it To support the worldwide outreaches young adults living in poverty learn life- Grace has found her place at Wisdom. af rms that each person is eternally of Cross Catholic Outreach, look for skills and income-generating careers like valuable in God’s eyes,” he said. “As the ministry brochure enclosed in this tailoring, shoe repair, and agriculture. “I know God led me here to serve more American Catholics become aware issue of the paper or mail your donation Fr. 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All contributions to the her for this special service at the center. are worthy in his eyes.” here but everywhere the handicapped ministry are tax deductible. “Cross Catholic” Now Endorsed by 60 U.S. Bishops, Archbishops As Cross Catholic Outreach Catholic Outreach does and elicit needy in every corner of the world.” used that method in special cases — to continues its range of relief work to their prayerful and  nancial support CCO president, Jim Cavnar, explained help the victims of natural disasters, for help the poor overseas, its efforts are for the service you provide to the less the signi cance of this connection. example,” he said.“It only represents a being recognized by a growing number fortunate around the world.” “Our collaboration with Cor Unum small part of our overall ministry, but it of Catholic leaders in the U.S. In addition to praising the work allows us to fund outreaches in virtually can be a very important bene t in those “We’ve received an impressive CCO accomplishes, many of the any area of the world and we have situations.” number of endorsements from Bishops and Archbishops are also American Bishops and Archbishops impressed by the unique collaborative — 60 Catholic leaders at last count,” relationship Cross Catholic Outreach explained Jim Cavnar, president of has with the Ponti cal Council Cor Cross Catholic Outreach (CCO). Unum in Rome. This allows the “They’re impressed by the fact that charity to participate in the mercy we’ve done outreaches in more than ministries of the Holy Father himself. 40 countries and that we undertake a In his praise of CCO, Archbishop variety of projects; everything from Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati feeding the hungry and housing the underscored this unique connection. homeless to supplying safe water and “Cross Catholic Outreach’s close supporting educational opportunities collaboration with the Ponti cal for the poorest of the poor.” Council Cor Unum is a source of Archbishop Robert Carlson of encouragement,” the Archbishop St. Louis sent one of the more recent said. “The Holy See has unique letters of encouragement, writing: knowledge of local situations “It is my hope that this ministry will throughout the world through its continue to  ourish and reach as papal representatives in nearly two many people as possible. I will inform hundred countries and through its the priests of the Archdiocese of St. communications with Bishops and Louis of the important work that Cross others who care for the poor and The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 Page 13

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In the ninth chapter of the book including Malawi, disabled children are of John, the Apostle describes Jesus considered a curse, and parents prefer to giving a blind man sight to glorify hide them away than endure the social God. In the story, John shows how stigma of raising a “cursed” child. faith and a simple dab of mud were “Some children couldn’t eat by used as instruments of a miracle — themselves when we discovered them,” ultimately giving new hope to the Sr. Emma said. “We showed them how handicapped man. to eat, how to wash their hands, how to Even today, thousands of years later, hold a cup and how to go to the toilet.” we recognize this act as an amazing Worldwide, millions of handicapped example of our Lord’s power and love. children in developing countries live When Sister Emma Kulombe looks in the shadows like John, forced to the to this story, she wishes she could, edges of humanity by social stigmas like Jesus, smear mud on the eyes of and, more often, extreme poverty. deaf/blind children to cure them. She Parents of disabled children in the and the other Servants of the Blessed developing world are too poor to properly Virgin Mary ache to have their wards care for them — when there’s barely transformed. enough food for the family to eat, much- Since she hasn’t been so blessed needed physical therapy, special schools with a miracle, Sister Emma does what and doctor’s visits are out of the question. she can instead. She helps the children “Physically and mentally handicapped blossom and  nd hope in other ways. children are largely ignored in many “These children have something to areas of the world,” said Jim Cavnar, offer that the world needs. We help president of Cross Catholic Outreach, a

Sr. Emma uses touch to help blind/deaf children expand their sense of the world.

impoverished mother, Regina, was portion of their budgets come through struggling to raise her in a shack within Cross Catholic Outreach. Such outreaches Manila’s worst slum neighborhood. would either close or need to reduce their Today, thanks to free therapy provided services drastically without that help. by the Cross Catholic Outreach-funded “There really is a direct link between school, Mishineca is thriving. She loves American Catholics and the success to dance, sing, and help her mother of the work being done. To put it around the house. No longer trapped in a simply — these outreaches wouldn’t terrible home, she has new opportunities be possible without outside support. and enjoys life. The school also provides Fortunately, American Catholics food for the family. remain involved and their generosity “One day, Mishineca will be capable is amazing, especially toward disabled of independence and the normal life children,” Cavnar said. “I’m con dent of an adult,” Regina said proudly. my fellow Catholics will continue to “The school is giving her the tools and see the eternal worth of the ‘least of Extreme poverty adds to the many hardships of the handicapped. Some children are helping her achieve that con dence. these’ among us and keep supporting never able to overcome the hurdles it presents — and they suffer greatly as a result. She will not let others take advantage our work — the kind of work that of her. The Lord has done this.” touches children like John in Malawi.” them glorify God through their faith, ministry alleviating poverty among “the Mishineca is just one example of the Because John’s parents have allowed joy and talents,” she said. “We work least of these” worldwide. “Even in many handicapped children who now him to live and study at Sister Emma’s with them to bring those blessings out.” cases where the parents are attentive, lives a better life because American ministry, the young boy’s life has taken This service is not without its tears, they are often too poor to provide the Catholics ministered to her through a remarkable turn from its dif cult however. Many of the children have special care a disabled child needs to Cross Catholic Outreach. start. Where there was darkness, there histories of past suffering that pierce lead a ful lling life. The poor can’t “As a Catholic ministry, we know is now light. Where there was despair, the nun’s heart with grief. afford surgeries to cure a club foot or the value of every human life. So do new hope is taking root. It is the kind Sr. Emma recalls one deaf/blind boy cleft palate, nor can they pay for special the Catholics who support us,” Cavnar of physical and spiritual transformation named John [his name is changed here boarding schools or therapy sessions. said. “Working together, we want that only God can orchestrate. to protect his identity] whose parents Poor families often live in deplorable to help poor families see disabled “The Lord has brought us together worked in remote  elds each day and slums or in far- ung rural areas, and it’s children as a gift from God. We want to serve handicapped children and left him home alone while they toiled. a struggle just to eat each day and keep to give those children an opportunity save them from the darkness,” Sr. The young boy ate nothing all day and a roof over their heads.” to succeed and experience God’s love Emma said. “He uses our outreach, slept outside of the hut at night because With support from its many American — perhaps for the  rst time.” a dedicated staff and  nancial support his parents forbid him from sharing the Catholic benefactors, Cross Catholic For some of the ministries serving from America to achieve this. Praise space with the rest of the family. Outreach is working to bring accessible handicapped children, a signi cant God!” One day Sr. Emma visited John and care to disabled children in dozens of saw he was naked while his brothers developing countries. It strives to carry and sisters were clothed. Matthew the light of Christ to those living and 25:36 came to her mind: “…I needed suffering in the shadows. How to Help: clothes and you clothed me, I was sick As an example of the good that can Your help is needed for Cross Catholic Outreach and you looked after me…” be done, Cavnar pointed to the story of to bring Christ’s mercy to the poorest of the poor. She immediately brought John some Mishineca Isorena, a 10-year-old girl with To make a donation, use the enclosed postage- clothes and promised to visit again. Down’s syndrome in the Philippines. paid brochure or mail a gift to: Cross Catholic Sr. Emma said this kind of neglect is Mishineca was taken in by a Cross sadly common for physically or mentally Catholic Outreach-sponsored school Outreach, Dept. AC00962, PO Box 9558, Wilton, handicapped children in Africa and when she was 5 years old. At the NH 03086-9558. around the world. In many countries, time, she couldn’t walk or talk. Her Page 14 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 St. Mary Magdalene relic ‘reminds us she was real,’ says tour organizer CHICAGO (CNS)—St. Mary A letter of authenticity from French Magdalene has come to the Chicago area— Bishop Dominique Rey of Frejus-Toulon that is a relic of the saint often referred to reports that relics of the saint were hidden at as the apostle to the Apostles. the time of the Saracen invasions. In 1279, On Feb. 20, a reliquary carrying a they were rediscovered in a chapel crypt in portion of her tibia (leg bone) began the town of St. Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. a two-week tour to churches in the The relics were found in a sarcophagus—a archdiocese. It then will then continue to stone coffin. When it was opened, the air other Illinois locations during March. was filed with an aromatic fragrance. Along Catholic World New CNS photo/Karen Callaway, “The purpose of the tour is to share the with the relics was a piece of old parchment holiness of the relic and tell the story of the wrapped in wax dated A.D. 710 and a saint who is recorded as the first witness to wooden tablet with the words, “Here lies the the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” said Paula body of Mary Magdalene.” Lawlor, coordinator of the Illinois tour. Shortly after this discovery, “St. Mary Magdalene was told to go and Pope Boniface VIII published a papal bull, tell the others.” or proclamation, for the establishment of The first stop was St. Vincent Ferrer the Dominicans at La Saine-Baume and Parish in River Forest. St. Maximin, the town where the Basilica “St. Mary Magdalene is the patroness of St. Mary Magdalene is located, 20 miles of our order,” said Dominican Father from the cave. The Dominicans have Thomas McDermott, pastor. “Dominicans remained guards of the relic ever since. are the custodians of the relic. We are One always travels with the reliquary. grateful and blessed for the opportunity to Father Henri-Dominique de Speville, a Asinati Andrew venerates the relic of St. Mary Magdalene on Feb. 20 at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in have her relic at our church.” French Dominican priest, is accompanying River Forest, Ill., the first stop on a one-month tour in Illinois. A reliquary carrying a portion of her Tradition has it that some years after the reliquary from its permanent home at tibia (leg bone) will travel for two weeks to churches in the Archdiocese of Chicago before it moves the Crucifixion, Mary Magdalene was La Sainte-Baume on the Illinois tour. on to other dioceses. imprisoned. Upon her release, she and “Pilgrims over hundreds of years have other followers of Jesus were cast out to traveled to La Sainte-Baume to pray and great interest in St. Mary Magdalene’s relic saints about whom we have learned. She sea on the shores of Palestine without sails, give thanks for the intercession of St. Mary based on previous experience with relics of actually lived during the time of Christ and oars or supplies. The boat miraculously Magdalene. Now those in the Chicago area other saints at his parish. knew him.” came to shore on the coast of Gaul (France) and other Illinois towns will only have “Last November, our parish had a Lawlor simplified the significance of in a town near Marseille. to travel to our parish or one of the other day devoted to relics of saints,” he told the tour. After preaching with her companions churches hosting the reliquary to do the the Catholic New World, Chicago’s “The presence of St. Mary Magdalene’s and converting the whole of Provence, same,” added Father Thomas. archdiocesan newspaper. “It was so moving relic reminds us she was real, made of flesh Mary Magdalene retired to a mountain cave Another Chicago parish that hosted the to see the way people reacted to them. and bones, just like us,” she said. “Through known as La Sainte-Baume, which means reliquary was St. Thomas More. This relic of St. Mary Magdalene is really this tour, St. Mary Magdalene will be able holy cave, and spent the last 30 years of her In an interview before it arrived, special. It does not just date from the to preach more, even though it’s some life in solitude. Father Charles Fanelli, pastor, anticipated past few hundred years like most of the 2,000 years later.” † Cardinal Dolan welcomes opportunity to discuss mutual concerns with president WASHINGTON (CNS)—In a letter ministries,” Cardinal Dolan wrote. all or no creeds—remains threatened due • International assistance to the world’s to President Barack Obama, New York “Surely, we should be able to find some to an erosion or loss of the constitutional poorest people. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan accepted ground where neither of us is asked to guarantee of the freedom to serve without • Protecting the environment. a White House compromise conscience.” violation of our faith,” he said. • Education reform, including offer to continue In response to a call from Cardinal Dolan said Obama’s parental choice. discussing the Catholic News Service on Feb. 26, a second term “provides a special • Developing a financially responsible Catholic Church’s White House official said there was no opportunity” to strengthen and promote federal budget that protects the poor, sick concerns about immediate reaction from Obama to the marriage, family, churches and faith-based and elderly. abortion, traditional cardinal’s letter. ministries of service in order to “keep • Peace in the Middle East and an end marriage and federal The cardinal also renewed good the American dream alive and well for to the war in Afghanistan. rules governing wishes and offered prayers for Obama generations to come.” • Efforts to strengthen family life and implementation as he prepared to tackle a long list of The letter also listed a series of issues uphold the importance of responsible of the Affordable goals for his second term that were in which the U.S. bishops are ready to fatherhood. Care Act. outlined in his inaugural and State of the work with Obama “for the good of all “These issues of mutual importance “We accept Union addresses. people who live in and love our nation.” are hardly new. … All of them flow from Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan your invitation to Recalling a meeting with Obama Cardinal Dolan specifically mentioned God’s own holy word in the Bible, and address these areas at the White House, Cardinal Dolan the bishops’ support for: the truth about the human person revealed together, always with the civility we have pointed to the president’s stated desire • Reasonable regulation of firearms. in Jesus as faithfully passed on by the both encouraged in public discourse,” “to cooperate with us for the good of • Increased attention to the needs of Church,” Cardinal Dolan wrote. the president of the U.S. Conference our beloved country,” particularly in the mentally ill people. “They also resonate, as you have of Catholic Bishops said in the letter Church’s educational, charitable and • Immigration reform. observed, from the most noble values on Feb. 22. health care services. • Access to comprehensive, affordable of America, which the founders of our “We welcome specifically an “The bishops of the United States and “life-affirming” health care, “which country identified in the Declaration of opportunity to resolve the perplexing cannot rest so long as the vital ministry the we believe includes the pre-born child, the Independence as ‘self-evident truths,’ ” issue of the redefining of our religious Catholic Church carries out—for people of undocumented and the dying.” he added. †

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According to the Gospel of St. Mark, Jesus healed people from a host of maladies, so much so that people were astonished (Mk 6:2). Jesus also frequently forgave the person’s sins before healing the body. Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory A. The Church remembers Jesus’ healing touch of body and soul in the sacraments of healing, particularly the anointing of the sick and penance, or reconciliation. While the practice of spiritual healing through the forgiveness of sins is a tradition as old as the Church itself, the practice of confessing individual sins and receiving absolution from a priest or bishop developed over time. And this sacramental practice has changed greatly. In the early Church, the confession of sins was not a common practice. In baptism, people were washed clean of sin, and no other means of forgiveness was thought needed. People who strayed from the narrow path would return to God through prayer, fasting and works of mercy, and would be forgiven their minor sins in the eucharistic celebration. Then came the Roman persecution of the second and third centuries when Christians were forced to renounce their faith in order to save their lives. How could this sin be forgiven and people be brought back into the body of Christ? A formal process for returning people to a full membership in the Church was needed, and so one developed. These early penitential practices were rigorous, reserved as they were for only those people who had sinned egregiously (e.g., murder, apostasy, sacrificing to false Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh hears a young woman’s confession during a pro-life youth rally at the Verizon Center in Washington gods). Tertullian, in “De Poenitentia” (“On Repentance”), prior to the March for Life on Jan. 23, 2012. The sacrament of reconciliation is rooted in the earliest days of the Church, and has wrote that this “second penance” (baptism was first) could undergone a great amount of development over the centuries. be received only once during a lifetime. When a person who had sinned grievously wished to receive forgiveness, one privately confessed serious sins to regular confession and absolution were necessary for a return to the Church, he or she would be required to come a priest, fulfilled a required penance needed to bring one “proper Christian life.” before the entire community and admit sinning. They were to spiritual wholeness, and accepted the forgiveness of the Two hundred years later, in 1439, the Council of required to make a public penance, often standing outside priest on behalf of the Church. Florence finally defined the sacrament of penance. To the church wearing sackcloth and ashes, giving alms, with Over a period of centuries, the monks developed be forgiven, the penitent must be contrite for his or her a sign confessing the sinful behavior. This penance often books called penitentials that listed the common sins sins, be determined not to sin again, confess aloud all occurred during the six weeks of Lent, with the sinner people confessed and the penance that would accompany sins (to the best of one’s memory), complete the penance being received back into full communion with the Church absolution. This type of forgiveness could happen multiple given by the priest (prayer, fasting, giving alms), during Holy Week liturgies. times during one’s life and was no longer connected and be forgiven by the priest who uses these words: For the most severe sin, this penance might last years. to Lent. “I absolve you.” The fourth-century Council of Nicaea set a 12-year As a result of this changed practice, the focus of the During the Protestant Reformation, the bishops at the penance for those guilty of the gravest sins. A person had sacrament came to be seen as more about punishment and Council of Trent reaffirmed in 1551 the requirements to be at least 35 years old in order to be admitted to this retribution, and less about healing, or helping people to of and need for the sacrament. All mortal sins had to be order of penitents because someone younger was thought amend their lives and return to the Church. confessed yearly. more likely to relapse into sin. Only a bishop could release What started out as a way to encourage people to seek The Second Vatican Council (1962-65) called for the a person from this penance and forgive his or her sins. forgiveness frequently for their sinfulness soon came to be reform of all sacraments, including penance. The reform The sacrament began to take on a different form seen as so harsh that people seldom took advantage of it. of penance focused on a return to spiritual healing, the during the fifth century. Now, priests—and not just During the next 600 years, the structure of the sacrament reconciliation of the person with the Church and with bishops—could forgive a person’s sins. Pope St. Leo the changed little. The Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 God, and less on punishment for sins. Great ended the public confessing of sins, deciding that ordered that anyone who had reached the age of reason In 1973 Pope Paul VI formally gave the sacrament the admitting one’s guilt to a priest was enough. should once a year “individually confess all their sins in name “reconciliation.” The more lenient monastic practice of penance—the a faithful manner to their own priest.” This council also predecessor of the form we practice today—was developed instituted the seal of confession—what was revealed in (Daniel S. Mulhall is a catechist who lives and works in by the monks of Ireland during the sixth century. To confession had to be kept a secret—and determined that Laurel, Md.) † Repentance can lead people of faith to renewal in the season of Lent By Fr. Lawrence E. Mick one day, he saw a beautiful woman bathing and desired my sin cleanse me. For I know my transgressions; my sin her. Being king, he was no doubt used to getting what is always before me” (Ps 51:3-5). Chapters 11 and 12 of the Second Book of Samuel tell he wanted, so he had Bathsheba brought to him and they This story gives us a model for our own lives. Like one of the most powerful stories of sin and repentance slept together. David, we often sin because of our desires, whether for recorded in the Bible. It is a story of great sin, followed by Bathsheba became pregnant. David tried to cover up sex, money, power or pleasure. Like him, we often have a strong confrontation and prompt repentance. his sin by bringing Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, back difficulty recognizing and admitting our sins. King David had a lustful heart. From his palace roof from a war so he would sleep with his wife. Thus the child Sometimes God sends a person into our lives who would be assumed to be Uriah’s. confronts us with our sinfulness. That may be as direct as But Uriah refused to sleep in his home while the army Nathan’s words to David or it may simply be the example was sleeping in tents, so David had him sent back to the of someone who makes us realize that we have not front and ordered his commander to put Uriah in the front measured up to the Christian way of life. line and have the other soldiers pull back so that Uriah When that happens, we are inclined to be defensive and

CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory A. would be killed. Then David took Bathsheba as his wife. to try to justify our actions. David did not respond that God was not pleased with David, and sent the prophet way. He admitted his sin and repented. Nathan to confront him. Nathan told David a story about a Lent is a season that calls us to do the same. This is rich man who stole a poor man’s only lamb, though he had a time for baptismal preparation for the elect and for great flocks and herds himself. David was outraged, and baptismal renewal for those already baptized. declared that the man should be severely punished. The sacrament of penance, or reconciliation, offers us At that point, Nathan spoke the crucial line: “You the opportunity to admit our sins and repent so that we can are the man!” (2 Sm 12:7). Hearing these words, David heal and take up anew our baptismal commitment to live recognized his guilt and immediately repented of his sin. as members of Christ’s body, and to witness to his love in A woman prays on Ash Wednesday at St. Francis of Assisi Psalm 51 is described as an expression of David’s our world. Church in New York on Feb. 13. The season of Lent can be a repentance. “Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your time for Catholics to enter more fully into repentance of their merciful love; in your abundant compassion, blot out my (Father Lawrence E. Mick is a priest of the Archdiocese of sins, especially in the sacrament of reconciliation. transgressions. Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from Cincinnati.) † Page 16 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith, Hope and Charity/ Year of Faith: Vocal and mental prayer David Siler The classic definition of prayer is minds can be miles away while we continue of its application to one’s life, and a resolution Understanding “the raising of the mind and heart to to pray the prayers we have learned by heart. to put it into practice. Those seriously God in adoration, We’re not thinking about what we’re saying. interested in practicing meditation should poverty and thanksgiving, We say prayers that are meaningful, but we read either St. Francis de Sales’ Introduction its implications reparation and think about all the things we have to do today. to the Devout Life or St. Ignatius of Loyola’s petition.” However, I As far as I know, all we can do about The Spiritual Exercises. January was Poverty Awareness Month have always thought distractions is to turn away from them, and Contemplative prayer has always been in the United States. At Catholic Charities, of prayer simply as a toward what we are saying, as soon as we considered the summit of the Christian life of we are keenly aware conversation with God realize they are there. I’m not aware of any private prayer. However, it is not necessarily every day of the or with the saints. We sure-fire method of completely eliminating for everyone. As Thomas Merton made struggles of more and can talk about anything. distractions—I think they’re simply part of clear in his book Contemplative Prayer, true more of our children There is both vocal prayer and mental our human condition—but we can force them contemplation “can come to us only as a gift, and families to prayer. Of course, all prayer is mental out of our minds as soon as we’re aware and not as a result of our own clever use of meet the most basic prayer because it should involve the mind. of them. spiritual techniques.” human needs. However, we usually use “mental prayer” “Mental prayer” can mean either Contemplative prayer is the wordless and I was appalled as synonymous with “meditation.” meditation or contemplation. Meditation total surrender of the heart in silence. It differs recently while Most of the prayers of the Church are requires a good bit of attentiveness. from meditation in that the mind is active in listening to a popular radio talk show vocal prayers, and I’m willing to bet that Fortunately, Catholics have plenty of things meditation but passive in contemplation. program when a caller suggested that most people—even those in contemplative to help us—the Bible, spiritual books of all Merton warned us against a false recipients of welfare be listed in local convents or monasteries—pray vocal types, paintings or statues, the liturgical texts contemplation, a quietistic view of newspapers so that “the hard-working prayers more often than they meditate. for the day, the wonders of God’s creation, contemplative prayer. He wrote that a person people can know who they are so that We use vocal prayer during liturgical even the events of the day. cannot become a contemplative merely we can shame them into getting their celebrations, and Jesus himself taught his Meditation can engage our thoughts, by “blacking out” sensible realities and lazy butts off the couch.” Although Apostles a vocal prayer—the Our Father. imagination, emotions and desires, all in the remaining alone with himself in darkness. “A usually a bit less harsh, I hear this type of The biggest problem with vocal prayer is act of praying. person doing this is not alone with God, but sentiment regularly. that we too easily become distracted while Meditation involves three basic steps: alone with himself,” Merton wrote. Unfortunately, there is very little saying prayers we have learned by rote. Our thinking of some religious truth, consideration Not everyone can be a contemplative. † real understanding of our social welfare system. Most people who have never been It’s All Good/Patti Lamb on any type of assistance have no idea what it takes to qualify or how much or Like Jesus, in all matters, remember to respond in love how long assistance is given. I will be the first to admit that our Last week, I had lunch with some I keep hearing it. “No good deed goes anything worthy of capital punishment. He system has gross inefficiencies and that girlfriends and one of them told us a unpunished.” So why do we keep reaching took upon himself the sins of the world to reforms are needed, but I would never story about her out to help others when so many times it only absolve humanity, and humanity nailed him to suggest that we altogether abandon our brother-in-law. ends badly? Sticking our necks out for others a cross. Perhaps it’s always been the case that commitment to the common good in our He works the often makes us look nothing but foolish. no good deed goes unpunished. country. As anyone who has ever received night shift, and often I am constantly reminded, however, that When we are repeatedly reminded that government assistance will tell you, it is walks to a nearby God looks to the heart. He sees our genuine good is the underdog, it’s easy to give up not a get-rich-quick scheme or a stream convenience store on intentions, even when things go awry—which and to conform to the ways of the world. of income that provides anything but a his “lunch” break. He happens more often than not. But Easter’s message whispers to us: “The bare-minimum lifestyle. saw someone exiting I think we have to proceed remembering world’s standards are not the same as God’s At Catholic Charities, we work to fill the store and paused that God is all-knowing. His mind is infinite, standards. Keep working for good.” the gaps—and there are many—in the to hold the door. It turned out to be a thief but our frail, human minds are limited. And Last month, I encountered some gray government-administered social welfare robbing the place. Upon his exit, the thief our human condition limits our ability to days and began to subscribe to the world’s system. These supports are not perfect by lodged the butt of his concealed weapon conceive of the power of good—and of standards. I grew tired of seeing good any means, but they do allow for families into her brother-in-law’s rib cage, resulting love—to win. We keep trying to rationalize intentions get penalized. A friend of to maintain some level of human dignity in two bruised ribs. and apply reason. But reason doesn’t mine gave me a CD containing a song by when they experience a major health Another girlfriend could relate and always apply. Martina McBride. crisis, job loss, disabling injury, physical chimed in with her story. The prior Our priest, Father Glenn O’Connor, In the refrain, she sings, “God is great, but disability or other crises that lead to an summer, she saw her elderly neighbor explained it well during a recent homily. He sometimes life ain’t good. And when I pray, it inability to earn an income. having a difficult time clearing some brush said that Jesus was a king, but when he came doesn’t always turn out like I think it should. I would submit that our social welfare in his back yard. She couldn’t tolerate on the scene, he didn’t have the traditional But I do it anyway.” programs—whether public, private watching the neighbor’s struggle, and qualities of royalty. Jesus’ presence was not My friend reminded me to believe in good, or faith-based—need to have both an insisted on intervening and clearing the one of power and glory. He put no stock in even when it seems like a lost cause. When element that provides a “safety net” to brush herself. My girlfriend got the worst gold. He never wore a crown—except one no good deed goes unpunished, do it anyway. provide for a level of human dignity when case of poison ivy imaginable. constructed from thorns. And the message After all, Jesus did. necessary, and a “trampoline” to help I brought up the time I baby-sat for my Jesus preached was contradictory to the And that’s why we’ll soon be celebrating vault individuals and families permanently friend’s son when she had a critical work ways of the world: In all matters, respond the miracle of Easter. out of poverty. meeting, but her regular sitter got sick. with love. Enhancements to the trampoline aspect Daily, I am reminded of her son’s visit by I think about the ultimate sacrifice Jesus (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna Parish of our programs need the greater attention. the permanent marker doodles he left on made for us on Good Friday. He never did in Plainfield, is a regular columnist for It is not good for any part of our human our living room couch. anything wrong, and he certainly never did The Criterion.) † family to suffer the many indignities experienced as the result of poverty. For the Journey/Effie Caldarola Investments in education, health and well-being, entrepreneurial ventures, job A Lenten challenge to make us take a long hard look skills training, social skills training and the like are all wise places to focus our The Sunday paper reported the death spouse. We were teachers or firemen or brownie a sin—given that gluttony is a sin—or financial and human resources that can of Reg Presley. The name may not sound volunteers or businesspeople. We belonged was my irritability for doing it, taken out on put the bounce in the trampoline for an familiar. Presley was a member of the to a church. If we had ever written or sung my spouse, my real sin? individual and his or her family. musical group The Troggs, and provided anything close to “a paean to teenage lust,” Imagine how your children perceive you. The need for a safety net will the raspy voice that our kids might leave that part out. Do they see you as someone who listens? Do always exist because there is a segment sang “Wild Thing.” But if someone could write an authentic, they feel positive about your time together? of the population that will always Remember now? If objective story about your life, what would Imagine them describing your legacy as be dependent—the intellectually or you grew up in the it say? a parent. developmentally disabled, for instance. 1960s or 1970s you Maybe that’s a good question to ask I found this exercise particularly But the vast majority of people on couldn’t forget the ourselves during Lent. compelling when I looked at myself from welfare don’t want to stay there, but do song. “Wild thing, you At Sunday Mass, our pastor made an the eyes of someone with whom I’m not not have the hope or the understanding of make my heart sing.” observation that challenged my examination particularly close. Choose a relative, neighbor how to find their way out. This is where The abbreviated of conscience and the way I perceive my or in-law with whom you don’t have the you and I come in. obituary from The New York Times called life’s story. He repeated it twice so it would greatest relationship. Jesus told us that we would find him in the song “a paean to teenage lust.” Presley sink in. He said that the things we generally From the perspective of the “other,” why the poor. They are our responsibility, and was 71, and died after a series of strokes. recognize as our sins—our faults and is the relationship struggling? Don’t focus on it is our privilege to serve. I’m sure there was much more to failings—are often not what those who know her faults, obvious though they may be. Focus To learn more about our nation’s Presley’s life than these few paragraphs us best struggle with about us. on your behavior through her eyes. How kind welfare system so that you can be conveyed. Relationships, children, the joys During Lent, many of us will receive the and forgiving are you? Do you come across educated and to help dispel the many and struggles of a lifetime, these weren’t sacrament of reconciliation. But many find as self-righteous, haughty, defensive, selfish, myths that are perpetuated about the poor, mentioned. We were left to believe his it hard to identify their sins. After hearing uncaring? Imagine how she might describe go to www.welfareinfo.org/programs/. legacy was a song that gets stuck in your my pastor’s comments, I began to think that you. Honesty can make this exercise bear fruit. And to learn more about the mind once you think about it. my examination of conscience could take on For just a moment in your imagination, issues of poverty in general and what Do you ever wonder what your legacy a little new territory if I got out of my own hand that person a pen and let her write a short the Catholic Church is doing about will be? head and tried moving into someone else’s. summation of your life. Let her write your it, go to www.povertyusa.org and Most of us will never merit an obituary How would it change my examination legacy. Let her sum up the main points of www.CatholicCharitiesIndy.org. in The New York Times. When we die, of conscience if I imagined myself standing your life. our obits will be written lovingly, and in my spouse’s shoes, and asked, What it Do you like what’s written there? (David Siler is executive director forgivingly, by our families. They will is about me that he finds least Christ-like, of the archdiocesan Secretariat for write the standard fare. We were someone’s that he struggles with? What belittles or (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News Catholic Charities and Family Ministries. child, someone’s parent, grandparent, disappoints him? Was eating the extra Service.) † E-mail him at [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 Page 17

Third Sunday of Lent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, March 4 Friday, March 8 Sunday, March 3, 2013 St. Luke’s Gospel furnishes the last St. Casimir St. John of God, religious reading. This reading gives one of the 2 Kings 5:1-15b Hosea 14:2-10 • Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 rare glimpses of Pontius Pilate in the Psalms 42:2-3; 43:3-4 Psalm 81:6c-11b, 14, 17 • 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 Gospels outside the Passion Narratives. Luke 4:24-30 Mark 12:28-34 • Luke 13:1-9 It is hardly complimentary to him. The Roman governor who sentenced Jesus to In the first reading, from the Book of death was ruthless and unmerciful. An Tuesday, March 5 Saturday, March 9 Exodus, Moses encounters God. Moses ancient tradition is that he was recalled to Daniel 3:25, 34-43 St. Frances of Rome, religious was tending his father-in-law’s flock when Rome because of his brutality, a brutality Psalm 25:4bc-5ab,6-7bc, 8-9 Hosea 6:1-6 suddenly an angel too vicious even by accepted standards Matthew 18:21-35 Psalm 51:3-4, 18-21b appeared and led of Roman imperial governance. He had Moses to a bush. The no regard for the God of Israel, or for the Luke 18:9-14 bush, although on fire, religion of the people who worshipped the Wednesday, March 6 did not burn. Then out God of Israel. Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Sunday, March 10 of the fire God spoke, Jesus said that the victims of Pilate’s Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20 Fourth Sunday of Lent the God of Abraham, impetuous cruelty did not deserve what Matthew 5:17-19 Joshua 5:9a, 10-12 Isaac and Jacob. His they received. Jesus referred then to an identity was clear. accidental disaster, when 18 people were Psalm 34:2-7 God, always with killed by a falling tower in Siloam. He Thursday, March 7 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 the people, knew of noted that they, too, were innocent. Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 their plight. He was intervening in the However, all those to whom Jesus martyrs situation to give the people relief. As events referred in the end died, innocent or not. Jeremiah 7:23-28 unfolded, Moses was the instrument of this They could not control evil decisions or Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9 relief by leading the people out of Egypt. others or mishaps of nature or invented The reading reveals intimacy, things. He warns the audience to reform, or Luke 11:14-23 immediacy, in God’s relationship with else they too will face doom. the people. He is almighty and above all. Then, Jesus tells the parable of the Moses cannot stand to look upon God’s barren fig tree. The owner wants to destroy face. Moses, by removing his footware, the tree, but the vinedresser pleads for shows respect even for the ground upon another year, for enough time to nourish Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle which he meets God. the tree in the hope that it will bear fruit. Yet, God speaks his divine name to Moses. It was a supreme revelation. In the Reflection Offering Masses for the dead is an ancient Hebrew tradition, names carried the very In these Lenten readings, the Church is being of the person. To know a person’s very frank. As Paul said, abandoning God practice rooted in Scripture and tradition name was to be given access to the person’s reaps a whirlwind of calamity, sweeping It is a common practice of Catholics What that purification consists of, and identity. God freely spoke this name. into its wake even the innocent. We well Qto request Masses for the deceased. how long it lasts, remains a mystery for St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians may be victims of human coldness and How can the blessings us while we are still on this near side provides the second reading. Corinth’s human evil, as were the victims of Pilate’s of a Mass help a of eternity. But our prayers and Masses Christian community challenged Paul outrage. We may be victims of accidents, person who has died beseech the Lord to speed the process since the city was a reservoir of excesses as were those killed when the tower fell. and presumably has and soften whatever heartache it entails. and moral outrages, and Christians It is hard, but humans must face the fact already been judged? were vulnerable. Not surprisingly, Paul that very often they expose themselves (New York) When I visit my mother in the warned the Corinthians of the temptations to calamity if they rely upon themselves Qtown where I grew up, the priest surrounding and bombarding them. He alone. They cannot always withstand The custom of there regularly omits what I think is an encouraged them, taught them and sought human power as great as Pilate’s. They ACatholics praying important gesture at the beginning of to inspire them. cannot control nature. for the dead has its the Gospel reading. He does not use his Recalling the history of God’s people, God alone is their sure support. origin in Scripture and thumb to sign himself with the cross on Paul insists that without God’s guidance, Lovingly, God provides guidance, support, tradition, which stand as the twin pillars his forehead, lips and heart. without the nourishment provided by and eternal life in Jesus. The question is of Catholic faith and practice. First, with I had understood that by making that him, the people will die. What they had whether or not we humbly will turn to God Scripture, in the Old Testament’s Second gesture you were demonstrating your from earthly resources will not protect or and obey God. God will not overwhelm us. Book of Maccabees in Chapter 12, the intention to take the Gospel into your sustain them. With God, they will live and He will not entrap us as if we were prey. Jewish leader Judas Maccabeus prays for mind, proclaim his word to others and live forever. We must decide. † his troops who have been slain. Some keep his message in your heart. Because of the fallen soldiers have been found the priest has foregone that important wearing pagan amulets taken in plunder, sign, his parishioners omit it, too. Has My Journey to God which would have violated the law of this gesture been declared optional now Deuteronomy, and Judas asks that God or perhaps dropped altogether? (city and forgive their sin. state withheld) The New Testament shows in the Second Letter of St. Paul to Timothy that The “General Instruction of the St. Paul prays for a deceased man named ARoman Missal” says in #134 that CNS photo/Debbie Hill CNS photo/Debbie Onesiphorus that the Lord “may grant the priest, upon announcing which of him to find mercy” (2 Tm 1:18). the Gospel writers that day’s passage is The Catechism of the Catholic Church taken from, then makes “the sign of the states in #1032 that “from the beginning, cross with his thumb on the book and on the Church has honored the memory of the forehead, mouth and breast, which the dead and offered prayers in suffrage everyone else does as well.” for them, above all the eucharistic So, it is not optional. At the same sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may time, the wording is ambiguous and attain the beatific vision of God.” could be taken to indicate that each During the days of Roman persecution, member of the congregation should sign the ancient Christians would gather in the Gospel book itself. Such has never the catacombs to pray for the dead, and been the practice, however, as it would Tertullian in the early third century wrote be impractical. that once a year, Christians would gather The congregation signs only their to offer special Masses for their ancestors foreheads, mouths and breasts, and there in the faith. is evidence that they have done this at All of this is based, of course, on the Masses as far back as the ninth century. theological doctrines of purgatory and of The fact that this gesture by the entire Letting God Benedictine Sister Susan Marie the communion of saints. In explaining assembly was first mentioned specifically Lindstrom is a member of purgatory, the catechism explains that “all in the general instruction only in 2002 the Sisters of St. Benedict of who die in God’s grace and friendship, would seem to indicate that, far from Be God Our Lady of Grace Monastery but still imperfectly purified, are indeed having been dropped, there is even By Sr. Susan Marie Lindstrom, O.S.B. in Beech Grove. She teaches assured of their eternal salvation; but after stronger reason to keep to it today. theology at Bishop Chatard death they undergo purification, so as to As so often happens with Catholics, I have set limits … High School in Indianapolis. achieve the holiness necessary to enter a ritual gesture reminds us of what our on myself, certainly, Palestinian Christians the joy of heaven ” (#1030). faith calls us to do—in this case, to but also on You, God … George Hamah, 65, left, and The communion of saints describes receive the Gospel with an open mind, I have set the limits, boundaries, parameters … Yousef Lutfi, 73, walk near the the spiritual relationship that endures to speak it faithfully and to treasure it in You may be God of THIS part of my life. Israeli-erected barrier that among believers and produces mutual our hearts. divides their olive groves near benefit. Those who have already attained I no longer choose to erect fences … Bethlehem, West Bank, on heaven pray for us who are still on Earth, (Questions may be sent to I am tired of playing God … Dec. 22, 2011. while we can pray—and offer good Father Kenneth Doyle at so maybe, God, that leaves room for You? works—for those deceased who are still [email protected] and undergoing purification. 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.) † Page 18 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013

Mother of Jeff, Larry, Ralph Jr. and Tony Linne. Sister of Melba Fortwendel, Mary Freeman and Priscilla Sche. Grandmother of Rest in peace nine. Great-grandmother of six. MITCHEL, Lotus, 91, St. Jude, Duran CNS photo/Octavio Please submit in writing GIUFFRE, Salvatore F., 79, Indianapolis, Jan. 29. Husband of to our office by 10 a.m. St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, Mildred Mitchell. Father of Macil Thursday before the week of Jan. 29. Husband of Lucille Lambert, Sharon Tetereault, publication; be sure to state Giuffre. Father of Melanie Susan Young, John and Robert date of death. Obituaries of Collins, Dawn Smith, Lauri, Mitchell. Grandfather of 16. archdiocesan priests serving Corey, Keith and Kyle Giuffre. Great-grandfather of 12. Great- our archdiocese are listed Grandfather of seven. Great- great-grandfather of seven. elsewhere in The Criterion. grandfather of one. MULLIS, John E., 68, Order priests and religious GOODHART, Robert Daniel, St. Boniface, Fulda, Jan. 30. sisters and brothers are 84, Annunciation, Brazil, Jan. 27. Husband of Ruth Mullis. Father included here, unless they are Husband of Edith Goodhart. of Deborah Bays and Tom natives of the archdiocese or Father of Barbara Bennett, Mullis. Brother of Esther Klee, have other connec­tions to it; Donna Miller, Mary Elizabeth Mary Ann Troesch, Joe, Leo, those are separate obituaries Stanley, Paula Sutton, Laura Leroy, Oscar and Sylvester on this page. Tilson, Connie Yarber, Richard, Mullis. Grandfather of five. ALLEN, Laura M., 37, Robert Jr., Ron and Russ PLEAK, Walter E., 98, St. Mary, Greensburg, Feb. 16. Goodhart. Brother of Martha Lou St. Mary, Greensburg, Feb. 6. Wife of Rodney Allen. Mother Bosma. Grandfather of 19. Husband of Freda Mae Pleak. of Paige and Damon Allen. GRANINGER, Eleanora, 94, Father of Cheryl Linville and Finding St. Anthony Daughter of Wade Farr Sr. and St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, Richard Pleak. Grandfather Kathleen Powers. Sister of Jay, of two. A woman touches a rosary to a relic of St. Anthony of Padua during a Mass at St. Francis of Richie and Wade Farr II. Jan. 27. Mother of Charles Jr., Assisi Church in New York on Feb. 19. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York celebrated one of Chris, Eric, Michael and Patrick REISERT, Mary (Kokojan), several Masses honoring St. Anthony of Padua, a Franciscan friar who died in Italy in 1231, who CAVANAUGH, Mary Lynn, 65, St. Paul, Sellersburg, Jan. 28. Graninger. was known for his gifted preaching and is commonly appealed to as a patron saint of lost items. 56, St. Mark the Evangelist, Mother of Carol and Vince HARVEY, Donald L., 81, Indianapolis, Feb. 2. Mother of Kokojan, Mary, Matthew and The relics will be on display in New York and New Jersey before returning to Padua, Italy. St. Bridget, Liberty, Feb. 6. Drew and Garod Cavanaugh. Paul Reisert. Sister of Libby Husband of LaVerna Harvey. Daughter of Delana Levy. Sister Crisp, Gary, Larry and Mike Father of Theresa Dorrel, Mother of Denise Boyer, Grandmother of 21. Great-grand- Grandmother of several. Great- of Jim Levy. Grandmother of one. Gasparian. Grandmother of five. Christine Logue, Dale and Cheryl Lynette and Jeff Lazo. mother of 12. grandmother of several. CAVAZOS-WENNING, ROTH, Anna M., 93, Darrell Harvey. Brother of Grandmother of 11. Great- WAHMAN, Viola F., 99, Raquel, 51, St. Bartholomew, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, , 75, Joy Meyer and Jane Welborn. grandmother of 19. Great-great- Holy Family, Oldenburg, Jan. 28. WOOD, Richard L. Columbus, Jan. 29. Wife of Floyd County, Jan. 30. Mother Grandfather of 13. Great-grand- grandmother of two. Mother of Kathleen Jones, Dave, SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Andrew Wenning. Mother of of Peg Fey, Lisa Schultz, Alice father of 26. Lynn, Robert and Tim Wahman. Raquel Hooker and Tiadorita and Pete Roth. Sister of Rosalie SUTTMILLER, Joseph B., Greenwood, Jan. 31. Husband Grandmother of 11. Great-grand- Cavazos. Stepmother of Jennifer, HESS, P. Patrick, Dr., 91, Sanders, Andy and Paul Smith. 90, St. Louis, Batesville, Feb. 5. of Anita (Smyser) Wood. Father St. Mary, New Albany, Jan. 28. mother of 12. Kathryn and Michael Wenning. Grandmother of 11. Great-grand- Father of Denissa Bowling and of Tiffany and Richard Wood Sister of Viviana Cavazos. Husband of Gloria Hess. Father WILLIAMS, Frances E., 75, mother of 12. Joseph Suttmiller. Brother of II. Brother of Norma Lockhart, of Amy, M. Charlotte and Penny Mary, Queen of Peace, Danville, CRABTREE, Jack Wallace, 81, RYAN, Mary Ellen, 91, St. Luke Mary Ann Metz and Dennis Hess. Grandfather of eight. Feb. 5. Wife of John Williams Susie Villareal, Carol and Bob Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Feb. 6. the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Suttmiller. Grandfather of 10. Jr. Mother of James and Jeffrey Husband of Barbara Crabtree. JOHNSON, Elizabeath, 93, Feb. 1. Mother of Kay Booth Great-grandfather of 11. Great- Wood. Grandfather of seven. Williams. Sister of Mary Lou Father of Chris, Kyle, Mark and St. Bridget, Liberty, Feb. 5. and John Ryan Jr. Grandmother great-grandfather of two. Dininger, Nelda Garland, Bibby ZIZNOVSKIS, Alberts, Matthew Crabtree. Grandfather of Mother of Nicki Hertel, Gail of four. nine. Great-grandfather of seven. Nuss, Eric, Jay and Neal TRIMPE, Mary Helen, 89, Neal, Charles, Harold and 92, St. Luke the Evangelist, Johnson. Grandmother of five. SCHWARTZ, Earl, 65, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Feb. 4. Joe Cummins. Indianapolis, Feb. 2. Husband CRAIG, Kathleen Ellen, 94, St. Pius V, Troy, Feb. 4. Husband Great-grandmother of five. Mother of Patricia Berry, Barbara WISE, Marjorie A., 88, St. Patrick, Indianapolis, Feb. 4. of Brenda Schwartz. Father of of Karolina Ziznovskis. 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Brother of Mary Jo Fry, administration at parishes and schools for 31 years Gary Criss. Grandfather of four. Richmond, Jan. 31. Mother Mildred Schaedele, Franciscan Great-grandfather of one. of Jerry and Joseph Krupa. Sister Constance Smith and Providence Sister Jean Michele Monaghan Sister Jean Michele ministered for 31 years in Sister of Donald and Jack died on Feb. 16 at Mother Theodore Hall at administrative positions in Catholic parishes FALKENSTEIN, Mary V. Norbert Smith. Thomas. Grandmother of four. St. Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 93. and schools in Indiana and California. In the (Caradonna), 99, St. Anthony of , 87, Step-grandmother of two. SNOW, Mary Katherine The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated archdiocese, she ministered at the former Padua, Clarksville, Feb. 5. Mother St. Rita, Indianapolis, Feb. 7. Step-great-grandmother of two. on Feb. 21 at the Church of the Immaculate St. Agnes Academy in Indianapolis from of Robert Falkenstein. Sister of Mother of Bonnie Dumes, Pamela Conception at the motherhouse. Burial followed 1968 to 1969. LAUCK, Mary Louise, 93, Margaret Lori. Grandmother of Griffin, Mary Reed, Beverly, at the sisters’ cemetery. She returned to the motherhouse in 1999, and Christ the King, Indianapolis, one. Great-grandmother of one. Karen and Dennis Snow. Sister Mary Jean Thompson was born on contributed to the community life in a variety of Feb. 3. Mother of Linda Elson, GAUDREAU, Mary Ellen, of Dorthy Lewis, Elinor Phillips, July 10, 1919, in Indianapolis and grew up at ways. Beginning in 2002, she dedicated herself Marianne Miller and Frank 65, St. Charles Borromeo, Mable Smith, Joseph and Lincoln SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral Parish. completely to prayer. Lauck Jr. Grandmother of nine. Bloomington, Jan. 30. Mother Wright. Grandmother of 13. She entered the Sisters of Providence of Memorial gifts may be sent to the Great-grandmother of five. of Laura Anderson, Elizabeth STERNBERG, Dorothy S., Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Sept. 12, 1963, and Sisters of Providence, 1 Sisters of Pursell and James Gaudreau. LINNE, Helen M., (Cravens), 92, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1969. Providence Road, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Grandmother of four. 87, St. Pius V, Troy, Feb. 7. Feb. 7. Wife of Jerome Sternberg. During 49 years as a Sister of Providence, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876. †

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By John Shaughnessy students’ involvement in the areas of math, science, technology and engineering. As he prepared his teams for the The success of the Bishop Chatard first-ever competition in Indianapolis, teams reflected the overall achievement Andy Mundell adopted the approach that of Catholic high schools in Indianapolis many good teachers take. in the competition as the robotic teams John Shaughnessy Photo by He wanted his high school students from Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School— to build their confidence as they tried to sixth place—and Roncalli High School— do something most of them had never 10th place—also placed in the top 10. done previously. Teams from Cathedral High School He stressed that making mistakes and and Father Thomas Scecina Memorial learning from them are crucial parts of the High School also participated. learning process. Bishop Chatard’s third-place-finishing He also hoped that the experience would team also won the competition’s Amaze spark a flame in them that would possibly Award, given to the team with an “amazing, lead to a continued interest in college and well-rounded and top performing maybe even a career. robot.” That team also qualified for the Oh yeah, he also had another goal: U.S. National VEX Robotics Championship “I wanted them to have fun,” on March 7-9 in Ralston, Neb. Mundell said. “It’s such an accomplishment to build The coach never focused on how these robots,” Mundell noted. “It’s been the teams from Bishop Chatard High kind of a whirlwind since we started School in Indianapolis would finish in October.” Bishop Chatard High School students Joe Bormann, left, Jacob Mack, Courtney Thompson and in the first Indianapolis VEX Robotics That’s when VEX Robotics provided the Robert Dooley work on one of the robots that their team built for the Indianapolis VEX Robotics Championship at Bankers Life Fieldhouse kits that team members had to assemble Championship in Indianapolis on Jan. 19-20. Four teams from Catholic schools in the archdiocese on Jan. 19-20. into a robot. Students then had to program finished in the top 10 at the competition. “I just kept congratulating them on and prepare the robot for a competition what they had already accomplished— that involved directing the robot in a series Bishop Chatard senior and a robotics team “I thought we could be competitive, but I that they had built a robot, they had of tasks. captain. “Here, you have to try different wasn’t expecting us to be good enough to started something new, and they would Mundell gave the credit to the teams’ things. You might have an idea, and then make it to the finals.” represent the school well,” said Mundell, members, saying, “It’s a lot of trial and there’s a problem. So you have to keep The national championships will be who teaches physics at the archdiocesan error on their part. It really didn’t take going back and checking your progress.” another “great learning opportunity” for the interparochial high school for the much more than pointing them in the right Junior Eric Rohrbach was one of the students, Mundell said. Indianapolis North Deanery. direction and asking them to think critically few students on the Bishop Chatard teams “It should be a lot of fun,” he said. Of the 40 teams that participated in about it.” who had previous experience in working “We’ve already had so much positive the competition, the two teams from The teams’ members enjoyed the with robots. reaction from other students, parents and Bishop Chatard placed third and fifth different approach to learning. “When I heard Chatard was going to teachers. It’s a huge boost for the program in the event that was hosted by the “In the classroom, all the equations have a team, I thought it would be fun,” going forward. I’m just very proud Mayor’s Office of Indianapolis to fuel work out perfectly,” said Deegan Atha, a said Eric, who is also a team captain. of them.” † U.S. House passes bill to help storm-ravaged houses of worship rebuild WASHINGTON (CNS)—Many churches “were the discriminatory and may even suggest hostility to religion,” line with the Constitution. only shelter available to people who lost their homes” said Smith. “It is unconscionable that foundational pillars “Your proposed bill will not violate the Constitution but during Hurricane Sandy, said Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., in of our communities damaged by Sandy … have been will instead protect it,” the analysis concluded. arguing for federal assistance to help houses of worship categorically denied access to these otherwise generally In October 2012, the super-storm Hurricane Sandy still trying to recover from the storm. available relief funds.” knocked out power and flooded large portions of the On Feb. 13, the House of Representatives passed a The bill must now pass the Senate before it may be New Jersey-New York coast, toppling trees and destroying bill in a 354-72 vote that will allow Federal Emergency signed into law by the president. A measure supported many homes and businesses. Management Agency (FEMA) disaster funding to go to by large numbers of Republicans and Democrats alike, On Jan. 29, President Barack Obama signed into churches, synagogues, temples, mosques and other houses it has been endorsed by a wide variety of organizations law a $50.5 billion emergency measure for victims of of worship. from the National Association of Evangelicals to Sandy, which enveloped large regions of New York and “Organizations should not be denied federal assistance the Jewish Federations of North America to the New Jersey last October. But because of FEMA regulations, in times of need just because of their religious affiliations,” U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops. many religious organizations have not received federal said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. “There’s no constitutional reason why houses of worship, funding to aid with cleanup. Co-sponsored by Reps. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and which often are the first to provide timely disaster relief to “The wind and waves did not discriminate when it came Grace Meng, D-N.Y., the Federal Disaster Assistance hard-hit communities, should be categorically banned from to destroying property. The houses of worship are the very Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013 will provide federal receiving funds to repair buildings,” said Daniel Blomberg, bedrock of the neighborhoods now trying to rebuild. To not assistance to all nonprofit organizations, regardless of legal counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. offer natural disaster assistance grants to rebuild a house of religious affiliation. The Becket Fund provided a detailed legal analysis of the worship just doesn’t make any sense,” Cardinal Timothy “Current FEMA policy is patently unfair, unjustified and Establishment Clause for Smith to show that the bill was in M. Dolan of New York told The Wall Street Journal.†

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Box 1410, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-1410 For more information, please log on to 317-787-4638 317-236-1548 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1548 www.archindy.org/layministry 877-625-7633 [email protected] Page 20 The Criterion Friday, March 1, 2013 New book captures archbishop emeritus’ journey of faith Reviewed by John Shaughnessy In those opening revelations, the At the same time, he writes glowingly archbishop emeritus offers a powerful of the influence of his parents, and even In the opening pages of his latest book, reminder of how a person’s mind and the influence of a then-sixth-grade boy Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein spirit can still reach for hope and holiness named Bryan Rush who wrote to him after Surprised by Grace: offers a poignant and revealing look at how even as the body struggles—and the quiet the archbishop emeritus was diagnosed MEMORIES AND REFLECTIONS AFTER the stroke he suffered two years ago has strength and courage it takes to seek those with cancer in 2008. 25 YEARS OF EPISCOPAL MINISTRY changed his life and his journey of faith. goals under challenging circumstances. Bryan wrote: “The definition of courage He starts by describing the physical In the book overall, he seeks to offer is hard to memorize. But luckily for challenges he faced when he realized he his memories and reflections on his everyone, it’s easy to describe. It’s the was having a stroke in the early morning 74 years of life and his 25 years as a ability to move forward when times are hours of March 19, 2011—and how he bishop, including the 19 years of leading dark. The times you give it all you got, called 911 on that feast day of St. Joseph. the Archdiocese of Indianapolis before even though you’re weary. So remember “Once I knew the paramedics were Pope Benedict XVI granted his request dear Archbishop, that even though times on their way, I had to figure out how to for early retirement for health reasons in are bad, you’ve still got the grace of God, unlock the front door so they could get September of 2011. so always stay glad.” in,” he writes in Surprised by Grace: The book touches briefly on some of the Still touched by that message, the Memories and Reflections After 25 Years of highlights during his tenure—expanding archbishop emeritus writes: “In many Episcopal Ministry. the services of Catholic Charities to serve ways, this young man helped me accept “I managed to crawl out of the bedroom nearly 180,000 people a year in central the fact that my cancer was God’s gift. … and down the stairs to the front door, and southern Indiana, raising $300 million Bryan’s call to courage underscored what I mumbling prayers to St. Joseph to help me. to pay for building projects and ministry knew I needed to do. His insight provided THE MOST REVEREND DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B. Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis I reached up, unlocked the door and then needs across the archdiocese, and having a fine stimulus for me to remember that crawled back to the stairs where I sat down a Catholic school system in which Easter comes by way of the cross. There is and waited for the response team.” 26 schools earned Blue Ribbon recognition no other way.” The struggle was just beginning. for excellence from the U.S. Department The book also delivers a reminder that In Surprised by Grace, Archbishop Emeritus In a first chapter titled “Aloneness,’ of Education­—more than any diocese in the burdens of carrying a cross can be Daniel M. Buechlein offers a poignant and the archbishop emeritus writes, “Since the the country. lifted at times through the strength that revealing look at how the stroke he suffered stroke, I have had to face the fact that I Yet, at its heart, the book captures the other people provide in small ways. two years ago has changed his life and his will never be able to live on my own again. journey of faith of a man of faith. The archbishop emeritus recalls an journey of faith. My emotions, and my pride, strongly reject The quiet monk who grew up in unexpected visit he received in 2012 when this humiliating truth about myself. I know southern Indiana has walked a path of faith he was in the infirmary of Saint Meinrad and his life as a bishop. that I have to fight against this temptation that has led him to personal encounters Archabbey in St. Meinrad where he now “When I first received the call to be a to see myself as ‘damaged goods for life.’ with the late Blessed John Paul II, lives. The visit was from a group of young bishop, I was surprised by grace,” he notes. In fact, that’s not the case at all. My mind Pope Benedict XVI and Blessed Teresa men and women from Indianapolis on a “That same grace [the love of Christ] has is clear. My body is healing. And I’m of Calcutta. He writes about his meetings retreat at the monastery. The group stopped guided me, and sustained me during the learning to deal with my emotions. with those spiritual leaders and the by to thank him for his years of effort to past 25 years in personal and ecclesial “I’m not damaged goods. I’m a monk, a influences that their lives and their support young people in their faith. crises, in moments of deep sorrow and in priest and a bishop who seeks God alone.” thoughts on faith have had on him. That visit touched the archbishop times of great joy. emeritus. In a different way, the example “I thank God for the gift of his grace. of Mary, Christ’s mother, has touched him I hope to remain open to it, and surprised throughout his life and even more so now. by it—until I see him face to face in our ‘In many ways, this young man helped me accept “She was repeatedly confronted with heavenly home.” the fact that my cancer was God’s gift. … Bryan’s choices that required blind faith in God’s Providence,” he writes. “From a human (Surprised by Grace can be ordered online call to courage underscored what I knew I needed perspective, Mary had every reason to be at www.archindy.org by clicking on the to do. His insight provided a fine stimulus for afraid and anxious. In every case, Mary icon about the book on the left side of the me to remember that Easter comes by way of the said yes to God’s will. … Mary accepted website. It can also be ordered by phone at cross. There is no other way.’ many things that she did not understand, 317-236-1454 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1454. and she placed her hope in the only thing The cost of the book is $15 plus $5 for that is trustworthy: the love and fidelity of mailing for a total cost of $20. All proceeds — Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein the Triune God.” from the sale of the book will be used in his new book At the end of his book, the archbishop to support Bishop Simon Bruté College emeritus shares the inspiration for its title, Seminary in Indianapolis.) † Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes Parishes throughout the archdiocese have scheduled • March 6, 7 p.m. for Holy Cross and St. Philip Neri at • March 12, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, communal penance services for Lent. The following list St. Philip Neri New Albany (individual confession) of services was reported to The Criterion. • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Mary • March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Charlestown • March 13, 6:30 p.m. at St. Rita • March 21, 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul, Sellersburg Batesville Deanery • March 14, 7:30 p.m. at St. Michael, Greenfield • March 24, 1 p.m. at St. John the Baptist, Starlight • March 1, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for St. John the Baptist, Dover; St. Joseph, St. Leon; St. Paul, New Alsace; and Indianapolis North Deanery Seymour Deanery St. Martin, Yorkville, at St. Martin, Yorkville • March 10, 2 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas • March 10, 2 p.m. for Holy Trinity, Edinburgh, and • March 4, 6:30 p.m. at St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg • March 11, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas St. Rose of Lima, Franklin, at St. Rose of Lima, • March 6, 7 p.m. for St. Charles Borromeo, Milan; • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Franklin St. Mary Magdalen, New Marion; St. Pius, • March 13, 7 p.m. for Our Lady of Providence, Ripley County; and St. John the Baptist, Osgood, at Indianapolis South Deanery Brownstown, and St. Ambrose, Seymour, at St. John the Baptist, Osgood • March 4, 6:30 p.m. at Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ St. Ambrose, Seymour • March 7, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Greensburg • March 10, 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd • March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Bartholomew, Columbus • March 12, 7 p.m. for St. Nicholas, Ripley County; • March 11, 7 p.m. at St. Roch • March 17, 3:30 p.m. at St. Patrick, Salem St. Anthony of Padua, Morris; and St. Louis, Batesville, • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Jude • March 17, 5 p.m. at American Martyrs, Scottsburg at St. Louis, Batesville • March 13, 7 p.m. at St. Mark the Evangelist • March 25, 6:30 p.m. for St. Ann, Jennings • March 12, 7 p.m. for St. Denis, Jennings County; • March 20, 6 p.m. at St. Barnabas County; St. Mary, North Vernon; and St. Joseph, St. Maurice, Napoleon; and Immaculate Conception, • March 25, 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Greenwood, Jennings County, at St. Joseph, Jennings County Millhousen, at Immaculate Conception, Milhousen Greenwood • March 20, 7 p.m. for St. Joseph, Shelbyville; • March 27, 6 p.m. at St. BarnabasArchbishop Emeritus Tell City Deanery and St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County, at Daniel M. Buechlein • March 13, 6:30 p.m. at St. Meinrad, St. Meinrad St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County Indianapolis West Deanery • March 17, 4 p.m. at St. Paul, Tell City • March 20, 6:30 p.m. for St. Anne, Hamburg; • March 4, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas More, Mooresville St. Maurice, Decatur County; and St. John the • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel the Archangel Terre Haute Deanery Evangelist, Enochsburg; at St. John the Evangelist, • March 14, 7 p.m. for Holy Angels at Marian University • March 13, 7 p.m. at St. Paul the Apostle, Greencastle Enochsburg Chapel • March 14, 1:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus, • March 20, 6:30 p.m. at St. Susanna, Plainfield Terre Haute Bloomington Deanery • March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph • March 14, 7 p.m. at St. Patrick, Terre Haute † • March 19, 7 p.m. at St. Agnes, Nashville • March 23, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Connersville Deanery • St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis will have • March 6, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel, Connersville reconciliation each Wednesday during Lent from Lenten activities • March 7, 7 p.m. at St. Bridget of Ireland, Liberty 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. except during Holy Week. All • March 19, following 5:30 p.m. Mass for Richmond attending should enter through the Day Chapel side door. available online Catholic Community at St. Mary, Richmond Be sure to visit The Criterion’s Lenten Web page • March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima, Knightstown at www.archindy.org/lent. New Albany Deanery The page consists of links to daily readings, Indianapolis East Deanery • March 3, 4 p.m. at St. Mary, New Albany archived Lenten columns by Archbishop Emeritus • March 4, 7 p.m. for St. Bernadette, St. Therese of the • March 6, 6 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua, Clarksville Daniel M. Buechlein, a full list of communal penance Infant Jesus (Little Flower) and Our Lady of Lourdes, at • March 11, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Sellersburg services taking place at parishes and other features. † Our Lady of Lourdes • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Lanesville