Think Green 50¢ May 24, 2009 Recycle this paper Volume 83, No. 21 www.diocesefwsb.org/TODAY Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend ’ Summer Mass Guide TODAY S CATHOLIC Vacation and travel with Mass times in mind Pages 9-14 Prayerful, respectful and faithful BY DIANE FREEBY Joint effort Parishes work together to ND Response coordinates activities build Habitat House in support of life Page 7 NOTRE DAME — “The people who refuse to give up ... and I speak here specifically to students and alums ... they’ve taken on the role of teachers here. While the administration and many of the faculty sold out easily for the photo-ops, you and some of your alumni broth- Support the bishop ers and sisters who can’t be present today, showed the benefits of your Notre Dame education. You held firm Father John Corapi visits to foundational principles of respect for life and the dignity of every person!” St. Pius, diocese That’s how Holy Cross Father Wilson Miscamble Page 15 praised the pro-life student coalition group, ND Response, and their supporters on the sun-kissed Sunday afternoon of May 17. Thousands of people, some of whom traveled great distances, gathered on the University of Notre Dame’s Holy Land visit south quad and responded with thunderous applause. They gathered in support of life, and the stance taken A look at the papal trip by Notre Dame students opposed to the invitation of President Barack Obama to speak at this year’s com- Page 24 mencement ceremony. Many were upset he would receive an honorary doctorate of laws degree from the university that same day. Groups from outside the diocese showed their oppo- sition to the university’s decision and grabbed national Memorial Day CNS PHOTO BY SCOTT M. BORT headlines with protests at the university entrance. Diocesan offices Hundreds of people joined the two dozen Notre Dame seniors at the grotto to pray the ND Response chose to prayerfully, respectfully and glorious mysteries instead of attending the commencement ceremony with most of their faithfully make their opposition known in a different closed May 25 other classmates. Father Frank Pavone, director of the national group Priests for Life, led way. the scriptural rosary. Before receiving a final blessing, the graduates each placed a white rose in the grotto, in memory of children lost to abortion who might have been in their graduating class. RESPONSE, PAGE 4 Holy Land trip ends with SHARING appeal for peace, hope message OUR FAITH I am an 87-year-old con- for every man and woman,” he said. BY JOHN THAVIS At an ecumenical encounter in the Greek vert to the Catholic Orthodox Patriarchate headquarters the same faith. One JERUSALEM (CNS) — Pope Benedict morning, the pope pointed to the future, call- XVI closed his Holy Land pilgrimage by ing on Christians of the Holy Land to educate morning I delivering a plea for peace and a message of a new generation of “well-formed and com- couldn’t Christian hope. mitted Christians” who can help shape the In Jerusalem at the Church of the Holy life of society. find my glasses. Sepulcher May 15, the pope prayed at what The 82-year-old pontiff left Israel for After praying about them I found them Christians believe is the place of Jesus’ death, Rome later in the day. At a Tel Aviv departure burial and resurrection. In a talk, he returned ceremony he declared himself a friend of under my kitchen stove. I picked them up to a key theme of his eight-day visit to the both Israelis and Palestinians and urged them with tears in my eyes and made the sign of region: that the church can bring healing to a to “break the vicious circle of violence.” land torn by conflict and mistrust. “No friend can fail to weep at the suffer- the cross. I thanked God for helping me Christ’s empty tomb “speaks to us of ing and loss of life that both peoples have locate my glasses. hope,” he said. endured over the last six decades. Allow me “The Gospel reassures us that God can to make this appeal to all the people of these I am now a strong believer in prayer make all things new, that history need not be lands: No more bloodshed! No more fight- and faith. repeated, that memories can be healed, that ing! No more terrorism! No more war!” he the bitter fruits of recrimination and hostility said. Blanche Marie Baker can be overcome, and that a future of justice, peace, prosperity and cooperation can arise POPE, PAGE 3 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC MAY 24, 2009 TODAY’S CATHOLIC Official newspaper of the Weekend touched by sadness, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 PUBLISHER: Bishop John M. D’Arcy but also great hope EDITOR: Tim Johnson became Pope Paul VI and was a close friend lovely home, just a few steps from Notre NEWS EDITOR and STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad of Father Hesburgh. Dame, was packed with those young men and women who had majored in theology. A packed church Their parents were with them. I had some Editorial Department The Alumni Chapel is one of the more fun with the parents, thanking them for these PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan NEWS beautiful places at Notre Dame, and it was beautiful children, expressing my empathy FREELANCE WRITERS: Lauren Caggiano, packed — people standing in the aisle. with their concerns as to whether or not their Michelle Castleman, Karen Clifford, &NOTES Father Kevin Russeau, CSC, a quiet hero of child would ever bring home a month’s pay Elmer J. Danch, Michelle Donaghey, these days, exposed the Blessed Sacrament, with their newly gained theological expertise. I was pleased to meet many members of the Bonnie Elberson, Denise Fedorow, BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY and provided a very comfortable chair and kneeler for me. I stayed about 45 minutes. theology faculty at this brunch. I shared a Diane Freeby, May Lee Johnson, Sister few words on the present difficulties as I had Margie Lavonis, CSC, Joe Kozinski and There was not a sound in the chapel, just quiet prayer. The group was made up of stu- at St. Matthew’s. Deb Wagner A weekend to remember dents and their parents. I met a man who had It started, as it always does, when I cele- come from St. Louis. There were also small On to the campus Business Department brated the baccalaureate Mass at Saint children. When I left there about 10:50 p.m., Earlier in the week, I had communicated BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice Mary’s College. For me, it marks the begin- the church was still crowded. After watching that I would not attend the campus effort on ning of graduation weekend at Notre Dame. AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber the news with the students, I found a Sunday; but at the grotto on Saturday night, I Afterwards, an excellent dinner presided Starbucks for a muffin at 11 p.m. with Fred realized that it was a requirement for the BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol over by President Carol Mooney. Here, I met [email protected] and Lisa Everett, our pro-life directors, and bishop to be present with these beautiful Judy Woodruff — the famed commentator we left at midnight as they were closing. young people and with those whom they had from the “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” on drawn to Notre Dame and to a pro-life rally Advertising Sales public broadcasting. We talked about her son Tess Steffen (Fort Wayne area) A necessary distinction on the south quad. who is handicapped with spina bifida. I arrived to a stirring address by Professor (260) 456-2824 On Saturday, I presided at the baccalaure- It is necessary to distinguish. First, there are the protesters who came weeks ahead of Bill Miscamble. Bill is from Australia, and is Jeanette Simon (South Bend area) ate Mass for the 2009 class at the University a great scholar, and a former chair of the his- of Notre Dame. As always, I had the privi- time, and who said that they were going to (574) 234-0687 turn this into a circus. My Good Friday mes- tory department, and a good friend of mine. Web site: www.diocesefwsb.org/TODAY lege of speaking to them at the conclusion of This stirring address was received with great Mass. I told them it was my 25th time in sage asked all Catholics not to join them in their protest, and most did not. They must be enthusiasm. I was invited to the platform, Published weekly except the fourth attendance at this Mass, and I was surprised and said that I would not be so bold as to by the warmth of their applause. distinguished from the other group who came Sunday in June, first and third weeks in to be with the students. They arrived on speak after Bill Miscamble, which was like July, first week in August and last week After a humorous story about my own Friday or Saturday in buses to pray and batting after Babe Ruth. I said that in this in December by the Diocese of Fort graduation from high school 60 years ago, I time of sadness, I had thought there were no Wayne-South Bend, 1103 S. Calhoun St., reflected on “Fides et Ratio.” In the words of found places to stay as best they could. P.O. Box 390, Fort Wayne, IN 46801. They worked cooperatively with ND winners.