The Catholic WITNESSWITNESS The Newspaper of the Diocese of Harrisburg February 21, 2020 Vol. 55 No. 4 OCTOBER 9, Diocese2018 Files for Chapter 11 Protection VOL. 52 NO. 20 Restructuring Process will Lay a Foundation to Build Upon By Rachel Bryson, M.S. The Catholic Witness On Wednesday, February 19, Bishop Ronald Gainer walked to the podium and delivered an important update regarding the future of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg. “Due to a culmination of events, primarily a steady decline in church attendance and the reality of dwindling Church revenues, and after much prayer and discernment, countless discussion with our accountants and attorneys, and in consultation with, and approval from, our Diocesan Finance Council and College of Consultors, our Diocese has had to come to terms with the harsh reality that we no longer have the funds to meet our current obliga- tions,” said Bishop Gainer. “That is why today, we must regrettably announce that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS States Bankruptcy Code.” Bishop Ronald Gainer addresses a press conference at the Diocesan Bishop Gainer explained that this form of Center in Harrisburg on Feb. 19, announcing that the Diocese has filed bankruptcy is known as Reorganization Bank- for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. ruptcy and will allow the Diocese to continue its ministry work, while also equitably compen- clergy child sexual abuse, or 96% of those who foundation to build upon,” said Bishop Gainer. sating its creditors. participated in the Program, we already are in To help answer questions, the Diocese has “Over the past few years, our Diocese has receipt of half a dozen new lawsuits, any one launched a special page on our website, www. been forced to confront our horrific past re- of which could severely cripple the Diocese.” hbgdiocese.org, about our path to a more garding clergy sexual abuse. Today, we are “As Bishop, I must ensure the Diocese’s core vibrant and secure future as we look to lay A facing some difficult financial realities. Despite mission is upheld, which is to remain focused Foundation to Build Upon. making every attempt to scale back operations on Christ’s mandate to preach, teach, sanctify, “I humbly ask for your prayers for our Diocese and reduce overhead, we are currently unable and to serve those in need. We must work to as we move forward in this process. May God to meet our financial obligations,” said Bishop bring the Chapter 11 process to a conclusion, grant us every grace needed during this dif- Gainer. as soon as is reasonably possible and in a way ficult time. May Mary, Mother of the Church He went on to explain that for several years that allows us to be present to the commu- and our Mother, intercede with Her Son to be before receiving the Grand Jury Subpoena in nity, as we have been for the past 152 years,” our strength and support as well,” said Bishop 2016, the Diocese’s financial situation was in added Bishop Gainer. Gainer. a challenging condition. He stressed that this action does not include “Responding to that investigation forced us the parishes and schools of the Diocese as Frequently Asked Questions to incur very heavy legal costs, which has had they are considered separate legal entities. What is Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and how does it af- harsh financial consequences for the Diocese. “When I think about our current situation fect the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg? Those costs were not something the Diocese and the future, I cannot help but think about 1. What exactly is Chapter 11? Chapter 11 is a chapter un- was able to plan for in our budget, which what it will take to rebuild and strengthen our der the United States Bankruptcy Code pursuant to which a greatly limited the options available to us to Diocese as we move forward. You cannot build company or entity seeks to reorganize nancially under court anything without a strong and solid foundation. supervision, with the goals of being able to equitably and pro- correct the preexisting financial trend,” said portionally address the nancial claims of those to whom it Bishop Gainer. “Our current financial situa- As we read in Luke chapter six, verse 48, ‘He owes money and to emerge with its operations intact. A Chap- tion, coupled with changes in the law both is like a man building a house, who dug deeply ter 11 ling with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court immediately stops here and in New Jersey, where we are already and laid the foundation on the rock; when all efforts at collection of debts and legal actions against the named in one lawsuit and where we antici- the flood came, the rivers burst against that entity. A Chapter 11 ling does not mean the entity is going pate more to follow, left us with no other path house and could not shake it, because it had out of business. Under Chapter 11, an entity is able to main- been well built.’ Our Diocese currently lacks tain normal operations and continues to provide employees forward to ensure the future of our Diocese. with salaries and bene ts, and retiree bene ts. Despite the success of the Survivor Compensa- that strong foundation; however, at the end of tion Program, which helped 111 survivors of this difficult process, we will again have a solid More DIOCESE, page 2 2 - The Catholic WITNESS • February 21, 2020 DIOCESAN NEWS
DIOCESE plate go to pay for this bankruptcy? The Continued From money you place in the collection plate will be used to fund your individual parish. 2. Why is the Diocese seeking reorganiza- 2. I am hesitant to give to a “bankrupt” or- tion under Chapter 11 now? Our Diocese’s ganization. Why should I? Your contributions nancial position has been tested as a result provide funding to operate crucial ministries of changes in the laws here and in New Jersey. for people from all walks of life. While the Dio- On December 1, 2019 New Jersey opened up course of action given the nancial liability our priests, deacons and seminarians. the Diocese faces. cese reorganizes, these needs continue and a two year “look-back” window. On June 11, 2. Will the Diocese be laying any employees One important aspect of ling for Chapter can only be met with the nancial support of 2019 the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued off as a result of restructuring and reorga- 11 protection is that ling stops all civil ac- the faithful. its “Rice Decision” which has effectively re- nization? While we cannot predict with one- tions, judgments, collection activities and re- animated certain time-barred claims. This hundred percent certainty that there will be 3. I made a large gift to the Diocese for lated actions by claimants. The stay, in effect, decision includes survivors of clergy-child no reductions in staff, that is not our inten- a specific cause. Is that money protected? provides time for the organization ling for sexual abuse, teacher/volunteer-child sexual tion. Yes. Restricted gifts and funds are protect- abuse, and/or other cases of abuse in the Chapter 11 protection to form a reorganiza- ed under law and cannot be used to settle Diocese. tion plan detailing how the available assets 3. Will the Diocese be able to pay employ- claims. These changes in law have resulted in the that it has will be used to pay claims and ne- ees as usual as it reorganizes? Yes, the Diocese being named in multiple claims of gotiate reasonable settlements. Diocese will continue to pay employees and 4. Will my gift to the Diocesan Annual Cam- retiree bene ts in the ordinary course of busi- paign (DAC) be used to pay legal settle- sexual abuse of a minor. 10. How long does reorganization take un- ness. ments? No. Gifts are made to the DAC to sup- Litigation costs and settlements will exceed der Chapter 11? There is no set schedule on many millions of dollars. The Diocese simply port speci c ministries and programs and we how long it takes a debtor to reorganize under 4. Will retired priests and employees still intend to use the funds for those purposes. does not have the resources to equitably and Chapter 11. The Diocese’s hope is to bring receive their pensions and benefits? Yes, proportionally address these claims on a this to a conclusion within the next two years. the Diocese will continue to pay retiree ben- 5. Will the DAC operate in the same way one-by-one basis. e ts. during reorganization? Yes. For many years, 11. What financial control will the Court the DAC has operated under a system in 3. What if the Diocese did not file for Chap- have over the Diocese in Chapter 11 bank- How will Chapter 11 Bankruptcy af- which goals are set for individual parishes us- ter 11? The Diocese would face multiple civil ruptcy? The Court will hear and decide on fect your parish school and af liated ing a formula based on parish demographics actions, a slow, unpredictable and costly pro- the Diocese’s requests to conduct business agencies? (number of households, Mass attendance, cess that would require years of court involve- as usual, e.g. carrying out its ministries, pay- 1. How will reorganization affect the daily parish collections, and median income of pa- ment. The rst survivor to obtain a judgment ing its employees, while the Diocese develops operation of your parishes, schools and af- rishioners) developed by HCAS. This system against the Diocese would likely receive all and submits a Reorganization Plan to satisfy filiated agencies? Our parishes and schools has proven to be a fair, equitable and objec- available funds, leaving little to no resources all claimants in a fair and equitable manner. are separate legal entities, distinct from the tive way of engaging parishes to contribute to available for compensation or otherwise car- While the Diocese undertakes the process of Diocese. Charitable entities such as Catholic the operation of the Diocesan church, and to ing for other survivors. As a result, later survi- submitting and obtaining approval of a Reor- Charities are similarly separate legal entities. collectively share the cost of services provid- vors would likely receive nothing, and the Dio- ganization Plan, the Diocese will be required The ministries and operations of parishes and ed by the Diocese to the parishes. Under this cese would be left with insuf cient resources to make regular nancial reports of its activi- entities, such as our Catholic Charities agen- system, parishes are required to pay the dif- to continue assistance to survivors. Most ties to the Court. cies, should not be directly affected by the ference between the amount contributed to importantly, such lengthy proceedings delay Diocese’s Chapter 11 proceeding. justice for survivors and only prolongs their How will Chapter 11 Bankruptcy af- the DAC or raised through fundraising efforts pain and suffering. fect sur i ors of abuse? 2. If the Diocese is in Chapter 11 bankrupt- and the parish goal. That system will remain 1. What does reorganization mean for cy, is my parish or school in Chapter 11 as in place. 4. Who made this decision to file for reor- survivors and their court cases? This Dio- well? No. Parishes and schools are separate 6. How do I ensure that my gift and/or ganization under Chapter 11? The Bishop of cese has limited resources for adequately entities and are not part of this bankruptcy Harrisburg made this decision in consultation planned gift to the Diocese is not used to responding to claimants in the current legal ling. pay settlements? Restricted gifts can only with experts in nance and law as well as our environment. We believe and hope that the 3. Will the Diocese sell parish property or be used for the purpose for which they were Diocesan Consultative Bodies which include Chapter 11 process will provide survivors, any use parish assets to pay its debts? It is our given. You may want to speak to your attor- lay persons with expertise in these matters. other claimants, the Diocese, and its insurers sincere hope and prayer that the celebration ney about how to make a restricted gift to the with a place where all of these claims can be 5. Has this been approved canonically? Yes. of Sacraments and regular parish life will be Diocese. settled, and the survivors compensated in a This has been unanimously approved by the unaffected by this dif cult nancial process to fair and timely manner. College of Consultors and the Finance Coun- resolve claims. One way in which the Diocese How will Chapter 11 Bankruptcy af- cil. Prior to the ling of the Chapter 11 pro- hopes to positively impact parishes is to seek fect any gift ha e or will make to my parish or the Diocese? 6. What is the Diocese’s total liability? At ceeding, the Diocese provided counseling to a court-approved process which stops any this time, we are unsure. anyone seeking it. We intend to continue to child sexual abuse-related litigation against 1. Will Chapter 11 Bankruptcy affect Cath- provide those services while we are in Chap- those parishes so that those claims can be olic Charities? Catholic Charities is a sepa- 7. Does the Diocese have insurance? Yes. ter 11. settled in the same way as claims against the rate legal entity and therefore is not part of The Diocese is in negotiations with its insurers Diocese. Future claims against the parishes the bankruptcy. We do not anticipate the ef- 2. Will the Diocese still have to defend it- to respond to these claims. and Diocese are expected to be resolved forts at Catholic Charities to be impacted. self against lawsuits in civil court during through a survivor’s fund established as part 8. Are other dioceses in Pennsylvania de- reorganization? No. Chapter 11 prevents all or more information about Chapter of the Diocese’s Reorganization Plan. Thus, all claring bankruptcy? That is unknown at this lawsuits from going forward. 11 Bankruptcy or to make a claim claims would be settled from the same fund. time. who should call? How will Chapter 11 Bankruptcy af- Final decisions regarding our nancial plans 9. Do legal costs associated with this fil- fect Diocesan priests deacons and must be approved by the Court. 1. If we have additional questions regard- ing just add to the Diocese’s financial bur- employees? ing Chapter 11 or would like to make a How will Chapter 11 Bankruptcy af- claim, who should we contact? Please call den? There are legal costs associated with 1. How will the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy im- fect any gift ha e or will make to my our bankruptcy information line at 1-866- ling under Chapter 11, but there would also pact Diocesan priests, deacons and semi- parish or the Diocese? 977-0992 or visit https://dm.epiq11.com/ be legal expenses to defend the Diocese in narians? Our ling should have no impact on litigation. Filing under Chapter 11 is the best 1. Will the gift I place in the collection RCDH.
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This Council also assists the faithful by presenting their concerns to Bishop Gainer, serving CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS as a constructive means of com- munication between the faithful SSCM, Sisters’ Council Lancaster Deanery We will have a more in depth and Bishop Gainer. • Mr. Gary Parzanese, Renewal • Miss Ava Smith, Diocesan story on the Diocesan Pastoral The council members include Movements (Cursillo) Youth Council Council and their first meeting in • Most Rev. Ronald W. Gainer, • Mr. Christopher Pastal, • Mrs. Alicia Spelfogel, College the March 6 issue of The Witness. DD, JCL Lebanon Deanery Campus Ministry • ery Rev. David L. Danneker, • Rev. Charles Persing, • Mr. Jacob anier, Franklin B Ex-Officio Presbyteral Council of Priests Deanery • Sister Mary Joseph Albright, • Mr. Joseph Plum, Lebanon • Mr. Patrick Whalen, South G ’ SCC, Sisters’ Council Deanery Lancaster Deanery P • Deacon Gregory Amarante, • Ms. Francine Redman, North • Mr. Paul abroske, Persons Council of Deacons Lancaster Deanery with Disabilities C • • • Ms. Cheryl Bannon, Franklin Mrs. Cecilia Ritchey, Renewal Mr. Gary emba, Dauphin • February 22 – Attend High Hopes Deanery Movements (Charismatic) Deanery for Haiti Mardi Gras Celebration, • Mr. Joseph Brokus, • Mrs. Terri Rosenstein, This council will consider various Purcell Friendship Hall, Hershey, 6 p.m. Northumberland Deanery Cumberland/Perry Deanery ministry areas, including liturgi- • February 23 • Ms. Rebecca Davis, Young • Mr. Joseph Sabol, cal and sacramental life, works – Celebrate Sacra- Cumberland/Perry Deanery of charity, evangelization, social ment of Conrmation, St. Aloysius Adult Ministry Church, Littlestown, 10 a.m. • Mrs. Noelia Saez, Multicultural concerns, religious education and • Mrs. Mai Do, Multicultural • February 25 – Attend closing of Ministries (Vietnamese) Ministries (Hispanic) administration. Forty Hours Eucharistic Devotions, • Mrs. Margarita Elorriaga, • Ms. Roseanne Settino, North St. Margaret Mary Church, Harris- Adams Deanery Annulment burg, 7 p.m. • Mr. Mike Gauthier, York • February 26 – Celebrate Ash Youth Presentations Wednesday Mass, St. Patrick Cathe- Deanery dral, Harrisburg, noon. • Rev. Leo Goodman, Protection Scheduled • February 27 – Attend Holy Trin- Presbyteral Council of Priests Program The Tribunal of the Diocese of ity School Snow Ball Gala, Country • Ms. Barbara Goss, South To report suspected abuse of a Harrisburg will offer presentations Club of York, 6 p.m. Lancaster Deanery minor, call the toll free PA Child concerning divorce and annul- • February 29 – Celebrate Sacra- • Deacon Peter Jupin, Council of Abuse Hotline: ments from the Catholic perspec- ment of Conrmation, Holy Trinity tive in the coming months. These Church, Columbia, 10 a.m. Deacons 1-800-932-0313 presentations will be helpful for di- • • Mrs. elly rakowski, Dauphin To report suspected abuse of a vorced Catholics, divorced people March 1 – Celebrate Mass and Pas- Deanery minor by a church of cial, employ- who wish to marry Catholics, par- toral Visit, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church, Harrisburg, • Mr. Sangkook Lee, ee or volunteer, also please call the ish leaders involved in the RCIA Diocese of Harrisburg Youth Pro- process and those who have a 10:30 a.m.; Rite of Election, St. Pat- Multicultural Ministries tection Hotline: vested interest because of family or rick Cathedral, Harrisburg, 4 p.m. (Korean) 1-800-626-1608 or email: friends. • March 3 – Attend closing of Forty • Mrs. Judy Machesic, Northern [email protected] March 12 at 7: p.m., Hours Eucharistic Devotions, Holy Deanery St. John Neumann Parish, Name of Jesus Church, Harrisburg, • Mrs. Angel Mbassi, Para reportar la sospecha del abu- Lancaster 7 p.m. • Multicultural Ministries (Black so de un menor, llame al número March 25 at 7 p.m., Diocesan March 4 – Visit Millersville Univer- de teléfono gratuíto Línea de Ayuda Conference Center, Harrisburg sity Newman Center, Millersville, 6 Catholic) Abuso del Niño Pennsylvania p.m. • April 22 at 7 p.m., Corpus Christi Mr. John McGeary, Northern 1-800-932-0313 Parish, Chambersburg • March 5 – Celebrate Sacrament of Deanery Para reportar la sospecha del May 19 at 7 p.m., St. Joan of Arc Conrmation, Assumption BVM • Mrs. Frances McGuire, abuso de un menor a manos de un Parish, Hershey Church, Lancaster, 7 p.m. Northumberland Deanery of cial, empleado o voluntario de Presentations will include a ques- • March 7 – Celebrate Mass for Cath- • Ms. Beth McMasters, Adams la iglesia, también llame al número tion-and-answer session and an op- olic Medical Guild/Saint omas de teléfono gratuíto de ayuda dioc- Deanery portunity for private conversation More Retreat, Diocesan Center, esana: Harrisburg, 9 a.m. • Ms. Barbara Murdocca, York with Tribunal staff and representa- 1-800-626-1608 tives. For more information, call • March 8 – Celebrate Sacrament of Deanery o envíe correo electrónico: 717-657-4804 or send an e-mail to Conrmation, St. Mark Church, • Sister Michael Ann Orlik, [email protected] [email protected]. Greencastle, 1:30 p.m. - The Catholic WITNESS • February 21, 2020 WO D DA O E SIC World Day of the Sick Uplifts in Prayer Those Who are Ill
Alice Wuslum receives CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS Holy Communion from Cantor rista Leach leads the congregation in song Bishop Ronald Gainer during Mass celebrated at UPMC Pinnacle West Shore on the Feast of World Hospital in Mechanicsburg on the World Day of the Sick. Day of the Sick, Feb. 11.
By en Ree The Catholic Witness Each February 11, the Catholic Church and courage, and assistance from the Lord by miraculous place at Lourdes, France, where celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the power of the Holy Spirit for healing of the many have come with great faith and experi- commemorating the Blessed Mother’s appear- soul, and of the body if such is God’s will Cat- enced some healing; not always the healing of ances to young Bernadette in 1858 in Lourdes, echism of the Catholic Church, 1520 . their bodies, but certainly spiritual, emotional France, today a pilgrimage site where people After visiting with patients, the bishop cel- or mental healing,” Bishop Gainer said. find healing in the holy waters that flow from ebrated Mass for a number of hospital staff, “Let us remember the sick, as we always the grotto where Mary appeared. patients, volunteers and visitors. do in prayer, and on this day in particular,” In one of her 18 apparitions to Bernadette, The bishop began his homily with a reflec- he said. “We lift them up for God’s blessing, who suffered from asthma, Our Lady encour- tion on the Gospel reading from St. John which for God’s healing, and we thank God for all of aged that the faithful unite their suffering with recounts the Wedding Feast at Cana. This those who have devoted their lives to the care the sufferings of Christ. passage emphasizes the role of the Blessed and the cure and the healing of those who are The feast day is also World Day of the Sick, Mother in our lives, Bishop Gainer said. ill.” established by St. John Paul II on the Feast of At the Wedding Feast, Mary Our Lady of Lourdes in 1991 as a special time intercedes on behalf of the newly- Bishop Ronald Gainer of offering one’s suffering for the good of the married couple, to save them from prays over athy Step of ueen of Peace Parish Church, and reminding the faithful to see the the embarrassment of running out of wine. in Millersburg during face of the suffering Christ in those who are ill. the Sacrament of the In observation of World Day of the Sick, Bish- “Her maternal care for this Anointing of the Sick. op Ronald Gainer visited UPMC Pinnacle West couple is so evident, and it is Shore Hospital in Mechanicsburg on Feb. 11, multiplied through the centuries where he offered the Sacrament of the Anoint- through her maternal intercession ing of the Sick to several Catholic patients. for us,” the bishop said. During the sacrament, a prayer is prayed over “We honor Mary as someone the individual, and sacred Chrism is marked who truly has maternal love for in the sign of the cross on their foreheads and all of us, and who will intercede palms. The sacrament offers strength, peace before her son, that his power of healing might be realized in our infirmi- ties,” he said. For this reason, the World Day of the Sick is observed on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Father Richard Mowery, pastor of Our Lady of “Today Lourdes Parish in Enola and hospital chaplain, we cel- distributes Holy Communion during Mass. ebrate that A IS NEWS February 21, 2020 • The Catholic WITNESS - Blessings Flow during Bishop’s Visit to St. Bernadette in Duncannon
CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS Altar server David Frye eagerly awaits the Entrance Procession.
By en Ree 19 9, when a priest began The Catholic Witness celebrating monthly Mass- Pastoral visits from the es there. Eventually, after Diocesan Shepherd give several years of Masses reason to celebrate and in a rented storeroom, the demonstrate the dedica- faithful built a church in tion and faithfulness of 1954, dedicating it to St. parishioners, and such Bernadette of Lourdes. was the occasion on Feb. The congregation’s 16, when Bishop Ronald welcome of Bishop Gainer Gainer celebrated Mass extended to include his blessing of the church’s Bishop Ronald Gainer and Father Di o Thomas, for the people of St. Ber- MSFS, pastor, recognize Ruth Anne Wilson for nadette’s in Duncannon, newly-purchased Stations her years of service as church keyboardist. along the Susquehanna of the Cross, and of out- door statues of Jesus, Our River in Perry County. “Our people are very their works are voluntarily Lady and Bernadette. As Anne Wilson, who serves A Mission of Our Lady of dedicated and committed,” done, which speaks great well, St. Bernadette’s and both weekend Masses. Good Counsel Parish in Father Di o said. “Most of volume about their faith.” the bishop recognized the Father Di o Thomas, Marysville, the Duncan- MSFS, pastor, praised non congregation dates to talent and dedication of longtime keyboardist, Ruth the active congregation and their involvement in various ministries, Bishop Ronald Gainer blesses a statue of St. Bernadette at the including the Council Duncannon church named for her. of Catholic Women, the nights of Colum- bus, the prayer shawl ministry, the choir and the social committee. Collaborations and support of Lenten fish Members of the music dinners, pro-life ef- ministry lend voices and forts and a Cemetery instruments to worship. of the Innocents are hallmarks of St. Berna- dette’s and Our Lady’s.
A statue of St. Bernadette is seen during the celebration of Mass. Our Lady appeared to the peasant girl in 1958 in Lourdes, France, now Margaret Hively participates the pilgrimage site where people seek healing. in the choir during Mass. - The Catholic WITNESS • February 21, 2020 EA ES ON E AI
CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS The Just Man is a Light in Darkness Choir members oyously celebrate their faith and culture. The choir leads the congregation in song during the Diocesan Mass in Celebration of African and African-American Faith and Culture.
Father Anthony Eseke, parochial vicar at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Mechanicsburg and a native of Nigeria, delivers an impassioned homily on being a light against the darkness of racism.
By hr s e sey of Black History Month, and Paul Seminary and The Catholic Witness more than 00 faithful then earned masters and Woven in the collective gathered in St. Patrick’s doctorate degrees from the memory of this nation is Cathedral in Harrisburg University of Florida. the tragic terror African where Bishop Ronald In his homily, Father reality of American racism John Paul, had escaped Americans have long Gainer celebrated Holy Eseke shared a story of was the dark scare he now months earlier and oined endured. One hundred Mass on Feb. 9. The Mass, when he had ust arrived in would have to live with in the Union army to provide and sixty years ago, more organized by the Diocesan the United States in 2005 his new home. monies for the family; he than four million blacks Office of Multicultural and was out for a walk in a Augustus Tolton could would die of dysentery ust were slaves in America. Ministries and the Black oyous state of mind for all well relate, though his days after oining the army, One hundred and twenty Catholic Apostolate, fea- the abundant blessings in brush with fear occurred in far from his family. Martha years ago, more than a tured sung prayer by the his life. But that light was 1862 as civil war raged in Jane would receive his 11 thousand blacks were Diocesan Gospel Choir as soon replaced by darkness, Missouri. Tolton, an eight- monthly pension for the lynched, hanged from a well as visiting musicians when he was confronted year-old slave, along with rest of her life. tree for daring to vote or from Lancaster’s Swahili by a man on a bicycle who his mother Martha Jane Now, the rest of the speak to racial in ustice. choir, which offered deeply asked him, “What are you and two younger siblings, Tolton family fled to seek Fifty-five years ago, black moving renditions of Afri- doing here You live in this escaped from their Mis- freedom, but they were leaders were assassinated can spirituals from enya neighborhood Really ” souri plantation when word soon captured by Confed- in cold blood with their and The Congo, along with The tone was terrorizing, reached the family that the erate raiders who knew killers never facing ustice, French hymns of praise. Father said, and if “eyes Tolton children were going they were runaway slaves. as witnesses did not dare The homilist was Father could kill, his would have to be sold separately to speak the truth for fear Anthony Eseke, an assis- killed me.” The sober slave buyers. Their father, More S A , page of retribution. To be a ust tant professor of communi- man, it would seem fitting cations at Messiah College that truthfully remember- in Grantham and parochial Traditional African spirituals ing history means not ust vicar at St. Elizabeth Ann sung by the Diocesan Gospel celebrating the light, but Choir and Lancaster’s Seton Parish in Mechan- Swahili choir added to the also not forgetting the icsburg. Father Eseke is celebration of the Mass, held darkness. a native of Nigeria, where during Black History Month. In a beautiful celebration he attended St. Peter
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By en Ree vations will also expand The Catholic Witness Ground Broken at St. John Neumann and update the lobby and Tramping the muddy up- increase security and ac- turned earth at the ground- cessibility. breaking ceremony for to Welcome St. Anne School “We recognize that our their new school, students children play an impor- from St. Anne’s in Lancast- tant role in our parish er had reason to cheer on families, for they are the Feb. 2. present and the future of It wasn’t because of our Church,” said Father Punxsutawney Phil’s pre- Daniel Powell, pastor of St. diction of an early spring John Neumann and ex- that day, or even the burst ecutive pastor of St. Anne of flurries from a snow School. “Providing them squall as they pitched with instruction in the shovels into the ground. Catholic faith is not only Rather, the excitement crucial to their sacramen- centered on the promise of tal growth but is an invest- a new chapter in St. Anne’s ment in the future of our history. collective faith.” The school, founded and “Our Education Center located on the north side should be the place where of Lancaster city since our children learn about 1924, is moving to the sub- their religious heritage and urban grounds of St. John grow in their Catholic faith Neumann Parish four miles JEN REED, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS whether through weekly away, where renovation of Students oin in the ceremonial groundbreaking. From left are Emily Reynolds, Sara Reynolds, Cole Religious Education class- the Education Center is un- Dankenbring, Will Dankenbring, Caitlin Reynolds, Anisa Matson and Elaina Nguyen. es or by attending Catholic derway to welcome school school,” he said. students this August. “This is a time of great move to St. John Neumann the construction of nine (For information about St. Anne’s is the parish excitement for everyone will enable us to build on additional classrooms, St Anne School visit www school for both St. Anne connected to St. Anne the traditions that have restrooms and offices for stannelancaster org or call and St. John Neumann School,” said Suzanne evolved at St. Anne School St. Anne School. Reno- ) parishes. Wood, principal. “The for over 95 years; continue the spiritual and academic education of our students as defined through our Catholic Identity; and move our students and school into the future.” To welcome school students this fall, addi- tions and renovations will be made to St. John Neumann’s Education Center, which is home to religious education class- Natalie and Lucy es. Wohlsen Construction Mazur react to the Company is taking on the School and parish leadership dig up the ground during a Feb. 2 site of mud at the snow squall. From left are Suzanne Wood, principal of St. Anne groundbreaking. pro ect. School, and Father Steven Arena, parochial vicar, and Father Daniel The work will include Powell, pastor, of St. John Neumann.
S A pastor removed for allow- tus Tolton was ordained a like a fairy tale to me,” Christians,” Father Eseke ing a black student in the priest at St. John Lateran Father Eseke shared. “I said, quoting Dr. Martin Continued From school. Rocks were hurled Church in Rome, and a day had no idea about the Luther ing. “There are After being roughed up, through the church and later on Easter Sunday, he problems of America . thermometers and there Martha Jane managed rectory windows the fam- celebrated his first Mass What does it mean when are thermostats. One is a to escape again with the ily could not stay in such nearly 24 years to the day Jesus asks us to be the product of the environment three children in tow, a hostile climate. So the he was shot at by those light of the world We and takes the temperature. crossing the Mississippi family moved and found angry southerners in a row- have tunnels of darkness. The other controls the River in twilight in a floun- a parish more welcoming boat with his terrified slave It may not be slavery today, temperature,” Father dering rowboat as Confed- to them, and that is where mother of three frantically but we have meanness of Eseke said. “The Lord erate-fired musket balls at young Augustus took root rowing in the gathering public discourse, nastiness wants us to ust become the fleeing family hunkered under the Sisters of Saint dark. One hundred and of tweets. But I remind thermostats.” down in the skiff. Lawrence and Father Peter thirty years later, Father you that you are light, I am The ust man is a light The family made it to McGirr an Irish immi- Tolton’s sainthood cause light that brings peace to of darkness Psalm 112 free soil in Illinois, where grant priest who lovingly is being sponsored by the our culture. We are the states. It was the young Augustus began his began to foster Augustus’ Archdiocese of Chicago. essence of what is good in Responsorial Psalm all schooling at an all-white love for God, the Church “As a 12-year-old in Af- the world. Love, it comes sung together by the Catholic school. Parish- and a priestly vocation. rica, I did not know where from the heart.” he said. faithful at the Black History ioners soon wanted the On April 24, 1886, Augus- America was it seemed “There are two types of Mass. - The Catholic WITNESS • February 21, 2020 C C NEWS Philadelphia’s New Archbishop Sounds Call to ‘Welcome the Outcast’
COURTESY OF SARAH WEBB, CATHOLICPHILLY.COM Charles Chaput, whom he praised for his “great During the recessional, Archbishop Nelson J. Perez imparts a blessing on the crowd gathered steadfastness” in making for the Mass of Installation on Feb. 18. difficult decisions regard- ing parish life and archdi- ocesan finances during his eight-year administration, which “brought him great suffering and criticism,” Archbishop Perez said. He praised his predeces- sor’s “faithfulness and courage,” and said the archdiocese “owes this man a debt of gratitude,” for which the congregation stood in applause. Besides the more than 50 bishops from across the country, Archbishop Perez addressed the hundreds of priests and deacons in attendance directly, tell- ing them “I need you” and referring to his brother priests as “us.” He did not shy from the clergy sexual abuse crisis, which he called “a sad By a hol c h lly.co cathedra, the Greek word for the in the basilica and its ad oining betrayal of some of our own who Archbishop Nelson J. Perez chair of authority as bishop of a chapel of more than 2,000 people deeply hurt those they were sup- placed a mark of familiarity on the diocese, Archbishop Perez, 58, plus countless more viewing on posed to be serving.” formality of rites in the Mass that became the youngest archbishop television and the internet con- “We are deeply sorry,” he said, installed him as the new archbish- in the United States and its third firmed not a mere welcome for an pledging to “work with hope, that op of Philadelphia Tuesday, Feb. archbishop of Hispanic heritage. archbishop, but a welcome home we will be the source of healing.” 18 in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. His parents emigrated from Cuba. for a native son. Hope, in particular “Jesus, hope Peter and Paul, Philadelphia. A full-throated roar rising from Archbishop Perez was ordained for the world,” was the theme of Ascending to the basilica’s the overflowing congregation a priest for the Philadelphia Arch- Archbishop Perez’s homily. diocese in the same cathedral in “The source of our hope is 1989. Christ,” who has “traversed 20 In a break with protocol in which centuries of history” with his the celebrant waits at the rear of people, “sometimes re oicing, a procession into church, prior to sometimes saying, ‘these people the Mass Archbishop Perez stood are a piece of work,’” the arch- by the door into the cathedral bishop said. greeting each of the hundreds of Throughout that history, Christ’s archdiocesan and religious priests word and his body and blood in with warm handshakes, hugs and the Eucharist “where he feeds us smiles. He was among his own, food for the ourney” have re- and it was not the first such ex- mained, Archbishop Perez said. pression of the day. He built his theme to a crescen- “Once a Philadelphia priest, do with a challenge for the faithful always a Philadelphia priest,” he in the archdiocese “Wherever you said during his homily, a 26-min- find yourself on the ourney, it is ute address delivered not from the time time to reach out and grab elevated marble pulpit but from the Lord’s hand.” the first step of the sanctuary. Just as in the Gospel of Matthew In it, he thanked many planners 9 20 a woman with a hemor- Archbishop Nelson for the liturgy and its participants rhage touched the Lord’s garment J. Perez greets in a relaxed style and physical and was healed, so now “it is time Philadelphia’s Police warmth as he roamed the pol- Commissioner, Danielle to reach out to him he is there,” ished marble floor. Outlaw, named in said the archbishop. December as the first He noted the presence of Phila- “It is time to reach out, to come black woman to lead the delphia’s now two retired arch- city’s police force, and back to church, to the Lord in his the second woman to bishops of Philadelphia, Cardinal serve as commissioner. Justin Rigali and Archbishop More A C IS O , page C C NEWS February 21, 2020 • The Catholic WITNESS -
A C IS O COURTESY OF SARAH WEBB, CATHOLICPHILLY.COM Continued From The newly-installed Archbishop of Philadelphia greets members of various apostolates. Word and to the altar.” As to his plan for a pastoral vi- sion as he begins to shepherd the Philadelphia Archdiocese, “I have no plan,” he said. “I want to visit, listen and learn. I do embrace the vision of Pope Francis in ‘The Joy of the Gospel.’” The pope’s 201 apostolic exhortation called for “a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ” and, as Archbishop Perez echoed, for a “church which goes forth as a community of mission- ary disciples.” These are disciples “who know that the Lord has taken the initia- tive,” the archbishop said. “He has loved us first and therefore we can move forward boldly, making the initiative to go out to others, meet those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast. That is the vision.” day’s moving experience in the in 1988 and 1989, respectively. Rockville Centre, N.Y., in 2012. He concluded by asking the spirit that might please the new He was ordained a priest for Phila- He was installed as the 11th people to remember a short sen- archbishop. delphia on May 20, 1989. bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland tence that he also asks the young “It was a very hope-filled and oy- He ministered as a parochial on Sept. 5, 201 . people he sacramentally confirms, ful day,” said Father eith Chylin- vicar at St. Ambrose Parish in As a member of the United never to forget “Never underes- ski, a Philadelphia priest on the Philadelphia 1989-199 , was States Conference of Catholic timate the power of the Spirit of faculty of St. Charles Borromeo assistant director of the archdioc- Bishops, Archbishop Perez serves God working in you, through you Seminary. “There was a sense of esan Office for Hispanic Catholics as chair of the Bishops’ Standing and despite you,” he said. coming home to the Lord’s church, 1990-199 , founding director Committee on Cultural Diversity, The Mass proceeded with music where we are at home. In our of the Catholic Institute for Evan- former chair of the Bishops’ Sub- both festive and sublime, per- relationship with the Lord, we are gelization 199 -2002 , pastor of Committee for Hispanic Affairs, formed by the archdiocesan and home. We come to a place of infi- St. William Parish, Philadelphia served as the lead bishop for the cathedral choirs, Philadelphia nite hope, despite the challenges.” 2002-2009 and pastor of St. Ag- Encuentro process for the US- Catholic Gospel Mass Choir and Archbishop Perez was born in Mi- nes Parish, West Chester 2009- CCB and is a former member of the Coral Hispana de Filadelfia, ami, Florida, on June 16, 1961 to 2012 . the Bishops’ Sub-Committee for along with talented musicians. David and Emma Perez and is the His work in education included the Catholic Campaign for Human Numerous groups representing brother of the late Dr. David Perez teaching psychology and religious Development. the many facets of Catholic life in and Louis Martin Perez. He was studies at La Salle University He currently serves as a mem- the Philadelphia Archdiocese lined raised in West New York, N.J. and 1994-2008 and developmental ber of the Administrative and the up to greet the archbishop dur- earned a Bachelor of Arts degree psychology at St. Charles Borro- Religious Liberty Committees for ing the Mass, including families, in psychology from Montclair State meo Seminary 2011 . the USCCB. In November 2018, ethnic groups, religious, students, University in 198 . Named a monsignor by Pope he began a three-year term as educators, Catholic social work- After entering St. Charles Bor- John Paul II in 1998 and a prel- the bishop liaison for the National ers, young adults, ecumenical and romeo Seminary in Wynnewood, ate of honor by Pope Benedict Federation for Catholic Youth Min- interfaith representatives, and he earned Master of Divinity and I in 2009, he was ordained an istry NFCYM . clergy. Master of Arts in theology degrees auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of One of them reflected on the
Archbishop Nelson J. Perez Archbishop Charles takes his seat Chaput, who served in the cathedra as Archbishop of for the first time Philadelphia since as the 10th 2011, reacts to the archbishop of new archbishop’s Philadelphia. words of gratitude. - The Catholic WITNESS • February 21, 2020 EA ES ON E AI Respect Equals Success for Retired Crusaders’ Coach Kauffman the same time, “A coach Catholic, then this is the way we is someone who can give play.’ I never had a player not correction without caus- respond and want to be a part of ing resentment.” the team.” In an interview at his Arguably, the most important home on the west end of trait of a coach is to be able to cor- Columbia, Coach auff- rect without fostering that deep- man and his wife Carolyn seeded resentment that causes graciously shared their a cancer on the team. When you wisdom and memories win dozens of championships, it of a coaching career is proof that your young people steeped in success. “I bought into what you were telling think the most impor- them. tant thing in coaching “I had some very good players Coach auffman is respect if you have play for me over the years,” he CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS encourages a Crusader respect for your players, said. “We played with discipline, The legacy of Coach auffman lives in respectful style. they will respect you,” you have to have that also, which on at Lancaster Catholic. Coach auffman said. comes out of respect. You cannot By hr s e sey A barometer for testing if a team win without discipline. But, if you said. “I loved coaching at Lancast- The Catholic Witness respects their coach is to watch respect them first they will respect er Catholic, and I really do miss Grit requires longevity to prove it whether the team’s eyes are on you back, and then you get that teaching young people.” true. When you drive over Chickies their coach listening during a time- disciplined way of playing.” Coach auffman still attends Hill and descend the long funnel- out. They are not digging for a wa- On the bus going to a game games, and his former players and ing way into Columbia, Lancaster ter bottle, looking into the stands there was never a peep out of current students always come up County, what strikes you as you or chatting amongst themselves. the players. It was Coach auff- and greet him and make him feel peer down upon the industrial To a player, a Lancaster Catholic man’s rule you can speak on welcome. At Christmastime, greet- town along the Susquehanna timeout was Coach auffman’s the way home and have fun if you ing cards and well wishes are sent River is the tenacity it houses. In a time, and it was unmissable to see win. Needless to say, there are an to him every year since he has re- very good way, Columbia is gritty, the respect and command he had awful lot of happy bus rides home tired. What more proof is needed and it is quite easy to have respect with his players hundreds and when you win more than 80 per- that respect is a two-way street in for that kind of discernable tough- hundreds over the three-plus de- cent of the time. Columbia, where true grit still lives ness. cade career at Lancaster Catholic. “I miss coaching very much,” he in a very good way. Coach Lamar auffman is Co- “The reason everyone bought lumbia born and raised where in is because of the style of play he learned how to compete and we played with,” Coach auffman excel in sports. He played bas- stressed. “Whether the best player ketball at Columbia High School or the number 12 player on the in the 1950s and then was an team, you knew that you were go- assistant at the school under ing to get a chance to play at any Coach Elmer reiser. There coach- moment or any time.” ing for the Crimson Tide, Coach The style of play the Crusaders auffman learned the lessons of unleashed on opponents was a playing hard all 2 minutes, and relentless full-court press. That it’s where his trademark full-court press was never static; it could be trapping defenses were born. man-to-man, 1-2-2 zone trap or a After stints as head boys’ varsity 2-2-1 soft zone meant to trap at coach at Columbia and Manheim mid-court. In addition, his teams Sunday, March 15, 2020 ▪ 12:30 PM-5:00 PM Central, Coach auffman landed could fall back into half court trap- at Lancaster Catholic in 1982 to ping defense to pounce on a team Bishop McDevitt High School take the reins of the girls’ basket- that had broken the initial press. ball program. When he retired in The result turnovers which Lan- Speakers: 2014, the legendary coach had caster Catholic turned into easy amassed 64 wins against ust baskets in transition. But most Fr. Jonathan Sawicki Kelsi Chuprinski 18 losses that’s 94 basket- importantly, playing full throttle the Vocations Director and Assistant College Campus Minister ball games and a remarkable 80 entire game meant players gave percent winning percentage. In 2 100 percent, knowing the bench years of leading the Crusaders, his was always there to spell them if Adoration, Praise, Social with DJ & More! teams won 18 Lancaster-Lebanon they were gassed by the pace. section league titles, 10 league The Crusaders’ practices were :: Open to any 8 to 12 grade youth :: championships, 12 District full speed. The champion is a championships and two PIAA state champion because she practices $20.00 per person (includes T-Shirt & Food) championships in 1989 and 1996. like one, is another maxim this “The worst thing about new outstanding coach preached. “If books is that they keep us from a player was not on board with reading the old ones,” Coach John our style of play, I would call them Wooden of UCLA said after win- aside and talk to them,” Coach Diocese of Harrisburg ▪ Office for Youth & Young Adult Ministries Additional information visit www.hbgdiocese.org/youngchurch ning one of his 10 NCAA men’s auffman said. “I would say, ‘Do Phone (717) 657-4804 Email: [email protected] championships. He also said at you want to play for Lancaster A IS NEWS February 21, 2020 • The Catholic WITNESS -
for $1 each. Information and full menu at Knights of Columbus Council #15137 of PARISH LENTEN FISH DINNERS www.ssbvm.org. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish Sacred Heart of Jesus, Spring Grove, in Harrisburg, sh dinners on Fridays, Feb. Enjoy fellowship, good food and friendly take out. Sponsored by Knights of Columbus seafood dinners on Fridays, Feb. 28 through 28 through April 3 from 4:30-7 p.m. in the service at the many parish sh dinners Council #8151. April 3 from 4-7 p.m. Crab cakes, hand- community center in the church basement. this Lent. An updated listing will also be The Knights of Columbus and The Christo- patted oysters, baked and fried combos, Beer-battered haddock, seasoned oven- available at www.hbgdiocese.org. Submit pher Club in Mount Carmel, Ash Wednesday haddock, salmon and shrimp entrees and baked cod or large breaded shrimp. Two- your parish’s information via e-mail to sh fry, Feb. 26. Soup, sh platter and des- sandwiches. Meals include applesauce, cole- item combo plates and half portions avail- [email protected]. sert. Open from 4 p.m. until sold out. slaw and dinner roll. Children’s menu. Eat able. Fish sticks for kids. Dinners include Holy Infant Parish in Manchester, sh in or take out. Option to order and pay on- coleslaw, choice of homemade mac & St. Catherine Labouré Parish in Harris- cheese, baked potato or French fries, bev- dinners on Feb. 28, March 6 and 13 from burg, sh fry dinners on Fridays Feb. 28-April line. Visit https://www.sacredheartsg.com/ 4-7 p.m. in the social hall. special-events. erage and dessert. Adult dinners are $10, 3 in the school gymnasium from 4:30-7 p.m. kids’ meals are $5. Take out available. Sta- Holy Angels Parish in Kulpmont, sh St. Monica Parish in Sunbury, Lenten din- Baked or deep fried sh dinners, sh fry tions of the Cross at 7:15 p.m. every Friday. dinners on Fridays in Lent from 4-6 p.m. bites, sampler of sh llet plus beer battered ners on Fridays, Feb. 28-April 3 in the parish in the activity center. Baked sh, potato, shrimp and scallops, and crab cake dinners, center from 4-6 p.m. Weeks 1 and 4, fried/ St. Joan of Arc Knights of Columbus vegetable, soup and salad bar, dessert and including choice of baked potato, French fries broiled sh, French fries, mixed vegetables, Council #6693 in Hershey, sh dinners beverage. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for or macaroni and cheese, plus coleslaw or ap- coleslaw, bread & butter, dessert. Weeks 2 March 6, 20 and April 3 from 5-8 p.m. in children 12 and under. plesauce, and dessert. Homemade pierogis and 5, fried/broiled sh, macaroni & cheese, the school cafeteria. Fried or baked sh, French fries or homemade mac & cheese, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in available. Handmade chocolate eggs (peanut stewed tomatoes, coleslaw, bread & butter, coleslaw or applesauce. Drinks and des- Elysburg, sh dinners Feb. 28, March 13 butter and coconut) available for purchase. dessert. Weeks 3 and 6, cheese ravioli with serts available. and March 27 from 4-6:30 p.m. Eat in or Eat in or take out. Stations of the Cross in the marinara sauce, tossed salad, apple sauce, take out. Baked haddock with lemon and Shrine Church at 7 p.m. bread & butter, dessert. Adults $10, children Good Shepherd Parish in Camp Hill, butter, roasted potatoes, vegetable, cole- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Enola, baked 12 and under $5. Stations of the Cross at sh fry on Fridays, Feb. 28 through April 3 slaw, dessert and beverage. sh, mac & cheese and pierogi dinners, Fri- 7 p.m. in the church, except for Good Friday from 4-7 p.m. Fried or baked sh, piero- Stations at noon. gies, French fries, baked potatoes, mac-n- St. Rose of Lima Parish in York, seafood days Feb. 28-April 3 from 4-7 p.m. in the so- cheese, coleslaw, apple sauce, homemade fundraiser begins Ash Wednesday, Feb. cial hall. Seasoned baked cod, church-made St. Anne Parish in Lancaster, Lenten desserts and beverages. Dinner packages 26, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunches baked macaroni & cheese, church-made meals in the parish library, Fridays Feb. 28 and à la carte. Eat in or take out. Plat- and dinners every Friday through April 3 pierogis, veggie or stewed tomatoes, coleslaw, through April 3 from 4:30-6 p.m. and 6:30- ters $10. Kids’ meals $6 (with toy prizes). from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., and 4-7 p.m. roll, dessert and coffee or punch. Baked sh 7:30 p.m. Reservations not required, but Handicap accessible. Credit cards accept- Menus and information at www.saint- is $12, mac & cheese, and pierogi dinners helpful for planning purposes. Free-will do- ed. Visit www.thegoodshep.org. roseo imayork.org. $10. Children are $5, any meal. Eat in or take nation accepted. For menu information, visit www.stannechurch.org or call the parish at St. Joseph Parish in Hanover, Lenten St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Me- out. Reservations not needed. Acoustical mu- 717-392-2225. dinners Feb. 28, March 13 and 20, and chanicsburg, sh dinners on Fridays from sic provided by Nate & Friends. April 3 from 5-7 p.m. Baked haddock, fried Feb. 28-April 3 from 4-6:30 p.m. $12 for Holy Name of Jesus Knights of Columbus Our Lady, Help of Christians Parish in shrimp, mac & cheese, French fries, stewed adults, $6 for special menu for children Council #14081 in Harrisburg, sh dinners Lykens, sh fry on Fridays, Feb. 28 through tomatoes, homemade coleslaw, pizza, des- 11 and under. Weekly specials for $14. A in the social hall, Fridays Feb. 28-April 3 from April 3 from 4-7 p.m. in the social hall. A va- serts, beverages. Prepared by Knights of la carte desserts and ice cream. Eat in or 5-7 p.m. Baked or pub battered sh dinner riety of seafood, both baked and fried, plus Columbus Councils 871 (English) and take out. Soup, sh, side dish, salad, roll with sides. Weekly special meals also offered. sides and dessert. Call 717-453-9931 to or- der take out. No sh Fry on Good Friday. 16069 (Spanish). and butter; sh sticks for children’s menu; St. Peter Parish in Elizabethtown, Lenten drinks free with eat-in meals. Weekly spe- dinners on Fridays Feb. 28-April 3 from 4-7 cials feature crab cakes, stuffed shrimp, p.m. in the parish center. Baked and fried salmon, and stuffed ounder. Stations of sh, homemade clam chowder, macaroni and the Cross and Mass after dinner. cheese, fresh cut French fries. Weekly pasta Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Corn- specials. Dinner includes drink and dessert. wall, sh dinners on Wednesdays, Feb. 12 $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12. Sta- through April 1 from 4-7 p.m. Cost is $10. tions of the Cross follow dinner. Contact Pat Prayer Baked or fried sh, baked potato or fresh Minick at 717-367-5370 or check the parish cut fries, applesauce or coleslaw, coffee or website. Shawl tea. Bernie’s Bakers’ homemade desserts. St. Peter Parish in Columbia, sh fry on Eat in or take out. Fridays Feb. 28-April 3 from 4-6:30 p.m. in St. Francis Xavier Parish in Gettysburg, the parish center. Fish platters and non-meat Retreat sh dinners on Feb. 28 and March 6, 13 dishes prepared by the women of the par- and 20 from 5-7 p.m. in Xavier Center. Eat ish. Platters include coleslaw, macaroni and in or take out. Children under ve eat free. cheese, a vegetable, French fries and coffee Haddock, cod, shrimp, clams, haluski, mac or tea. Homemade soups, weekly specials, a and cheese, potatoes, roasted vegetables, la carte items and desserts available. Eat in The Harrisburg Diocesan Council of Catholic pizza, dessert and beverage. No reserva- or take out. Women invites women from the Diocese to their tions required. Call 717-334-4048 or vis- Knights of Columbus of St. Jude Thaddeus it www.stfxcc.org. Parish in Mifflintown, sh dinners in the so- 9th Annual Prayer Shawl Retreat Holy Spirit Parish in Palmyra, sh din- cial hall on Fridays Feb. 21-April 3 from 4-7 ners on Fridays from Feb. 28 through April p.m. All-you-can-eat fried and baked sh, March 21 at Good Shepherd Parish in 3 from 3-7 p.m. North Atlantic haddock popcorn shrimp, fried clams, French fries, (baked or fried), crab cakes, shrimp, clam macaroni and cheese, stewed tomatoes, Camp Hill from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. strips, pierogis, soup, mac and cheese, corn, green beans, coleslaw, applesauce, homemade desserts. rolls, puddings and homemade desserts. Pay Pray the Rosary, knit/crochet and share St. Ann Byzantine Parish in Harrisburg, at the door: $13 for adults, $6 for children sh and perohi dinners hosted by the ages 6-12, free for children ve and under. Catered lunch. Beginners welcome! Contact Joe Zarnowski, 908-892-0271. Knights of Columbus, Wednesdays in Lent Register by March 16. Cost is $10. from Feb. 26 through April 1 from 4-6 p.m. Seven Sorrows BVM Parish in Middletown, $10 for adults, $5 for children, free for chil- sh fry on Fridays, Feb. 28 through April 3 Mail your check (payable to Kathy Kokoski) to dren ve and under. Take out available. from 5-8 p.m. in the school cafeteria. All-you- Kathy Kokoski, 6209 Westover Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA St. Bernadette Parish in Duncannon, can-eat batter-dipped sh (eat-in only) plus 17050, with your e-mail address or phone number. sh dinners on Feb. 28, March 13 and lemon-pepper sh, crab cakes, jumbo fried Contact Kathy at 717-448-8899 or [email protected] March 27 from 4-7 p.m. in the social hall. shrimp, macaroni and cheese, pierogies, lob- Fried pollock/baked cod, macaroni & ster mac and cheese, crabby cheese fries and with questions. Prayer Shawls will be collected for cheese, corn or green beans, stewed to- desserts. Dine in or order take out at 717- Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats in Columbia Bring any prayer matoes, bread roll, beverage, dessert. $10 944-5488 after 4 p.m. (All orders must be shawls you would like to donate and any shawls for adults, $5 for children ages 4-10, free received by a volunteer; phone messages you wish to display and patterns to share. for children ages three and under. Eat in or not accepted). Chocolate eggs available 2 - The Catholic WITNESS • February 21, 2020 EA ES ON E AI
I think the ultimate key is to as principal, and then back to have some kind of prayer life. I McDevitt as principal. Then I spent The Called didn’t have a focused or deep, 22 years as Diocesan Secretary A series of profiles on clergy and religious meditative prayer life, but a lot of for Education, succeeded by Dan times I’d take my motorcycle and Breen in 2019. go riding down through the Pine We are so blessed in this Dio- F t er Ed rd Quinl n Barrens in Jersey and mull over cese to have so many good people o eto n Pennsaucken and life. It was as close as I would have working in Catholic schools. Our Cinnaminson, N.J. gotten to some kind of reflection principals, our teachers, our par- or meditation. A lot of those times, ents who are devoted. We’ve been Edu tion St. Peter School in you realize that you maintain that very blessed, and I think in many Merchantville, N.J., Cinnaminson openness to God. Do what you ways we still have a strong system High School, Rutgers University, think you need to do, but maintain of Catholic schools. Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Em- that openness to God. Eventually, t do you en oy in your ree mitsburg, Md. he will help you to see what you ti e need to see. Current Assi n ent Pastor of Not long after I was appointed to Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Har- o did you end u e o the Education Office, the Norber- risburg in riest or t e Dio ese o tines were leaving some assign- rris ur , nd ere e you ments in the Diocese, so Bishop ser ed Dattilo asked if I would go to St. ell e little out your ild I was really thinking of a military My family moved here in 19 4, Matthew’s in Dauphin as pas- ood nd your edu tion career. I had applied to West Point, and my early pastoral assignments tor. It’s a wonderful place in the I was born in Philadelphia, but and the Army had given me an from the seminary were in the Dio- mountains. When I had some time we grew up in New Jersey, two lit- offer to go to a prep school at Fort cese. So I decided to transfer over, on a Saturday morning or Sunday tle spots called Pennsaucken and Benning with the prospect of next realizing my parents were settled afternoon, I would hike through Cinnaminson. I have two brothers year heading up to the academy. I here. I was ordained in 19 8 by the game lands and the ridgetops. and two sisters, and one of my was impatient, so I went to Rutgers Bishop Daley. I used to love going fishing, espe- sisters has since passed away. because I was accepted there. But Good Shepherd in Camp Hill cially down at the Jersey Shore. In Pennsaucken, we were part of in the fall of my sophomore year, was my first assignment. It was That’s one of the things we grew St. Peter’s Parish in Merchantville I went to see the people at the a wonderful assignment with an up with. I also have a motorcycle in the Diocese of Camden. I went Naval Yard in Philadelphia and we active school. The Sisters of the and I occasionally like to go out for there for grades 1-4 and then we talked. They had a program where Immaculate Heart were there in a ride. moved to St. Charles Borromeo you would do summer training, the school. Then I went to the Workaholics don’t do themselves Parish in Cinnaminson, and it was then you would be commissioned Cathedral as assistant and Harris- or anybody else any favors. The founded the year we moved there. when you graduated. I signed up in burg Hospital as chaplain. It was reality is, with the demands, some- At that point, we moved into public January 19 2. I was sworn in to the a wonderful assignment, to have times you ust can’t say no. We school, and I stayed there through Reserves, and received my instruc- that opportunity to take care of do look for opportunities to take a high school. tion to report for training in June. the pastoral needs of the sick. My little break from time to time. Then I went on to Rutgers in There were two busloads of us first pastorate was at St. Joseph t is on your ori on no s Camden, and I did three years that came from the Philadelphia in Danville, with a big community stor o oly e there studying history. During my area to uantico for summer with the Geisinger Medical Cen- third year is when I finally made training. As I got there, there was ter. I was also in Mount Carmel We ust started a capital cam- my decision to study for the priest- a distinct sense that I’m missing as administrator of Holy Spirit paign, and we’re going to be work- hood. At Rutgers, I had some phi- something. I think I was slowly School and part-time assistant at ing on some building pro ects. One losophy courses, but my concen- coming to the awareness and was Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish. of the things is, I have no office, tration was history, so they sent really trying to avoid answering the And I was pastor at St. Matthew’s the assistant has no office, and my records to a couple places, and question about a priestly vocation. in Dauphin. Now I’m here at Holy we share a little meeting room to Mount St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg I went back to school and Name. meet with people in the middle came back with an ambiguous worked at the A P grocery store, I wound up going to Marywood of the parish office. Our plan is to reply. I drove there to meet with and ust continued to wrestle with University to work on my adminis- build a new residence, convert the Father Harry Flynn, and I was able the question. There were several trative degree in education, then I parish office, renovate the cafete- to finish the necessary philosophy things that were kind of coming went to Bishop McDevitt as assis- ria and social hall, and complete courses, plus finish the degree in together. The regional vice presi- tant principal, then on to Delone the lower level of the old church my senior year. dent approached me and asked into meeting space. if I would be interested in man- en did you rst onsider t e agement in the company . Then, LA SANTA MESSA PER LA FESTA DI SAN GIUSEPPE riest ood that Sunday at Mass, the priest ITALIAN MASS FOR THE FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH It was fourth grade. We had in his homily said, “Just a couple Sunday, March 15 at 1 p.m. wonderful Franciscan Sisters of thoughts about vocation. There from somewhere up in New York. CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT are those out there who have a 300 West Pine Street, Palmyra, PA 17078 In those days, it was not uncom- vocation but either don’t know it Father Joshua R. Brommer mon to go to the seminary after or choose not to respond.” I sat in Father Anthony Dill eighth grade. ery clearly, there the pew and thought, “Oh good- SPECIAL THANKS TO: was something drawing me at that ness, he’s talking directly to me.” Father Joshua R. Brommer, Chaplain for the Italian Apostolate Ministry point. Father Anthony Dill, Pastor at the Church of the Holy Spirit By January of that year, I went to When we moved and I went to & see the vocations director. Through the generosity of the Collura and Manzella families public school, I got away from we will have a traditional Saint Joseph Altar created in the social hall where having to think about all that. But t d i e ould you i e The Italian Apostolate Ministry Committee will provide a dinner reception after Mass every now and then, it would keep youn erson o is e lor For more information, contact: MARIA DISANTO AT 717-554-5698 e-mail: [email protected] coming back up. in t e di erent o tions on t e OR MARIELLA AMATO AT 717-278-9420 When I was preparing for college, t le CA O IC CO EN A February 21, 2020 • The Catholic WITNESS -
space. alien, but nevertheless are real- Create a Safe, ay Lindahl, author of The Sacred Art of ity to the person with whom we Listening Forty Re ections for Cultivating a engage. Reverence that. God Spiritual Practice, describes the importance can work though differences Sacred Space for of safe places “to facilitate listening when and His glory can be found sensitive or controversial issues are being within those gaps Listening discussed.”1 In short, it is how true listening If we really begin to live takes place. She describes two foundational like this, not only do we iste e al n ch i t CC ecial to The Witness aspects of creating such a space finding a begin to listen differ- common ground, and having respect for each ently, but also we begin One of the pictures I treasure from my other in the differing ways of expression. The to find the hidden roots childhood is of me when I was probably two aspects below are the author’s; the explana- of being a child of God. years old. I was dressed in a bright pink frilly tions are mine. I invite you to find your S s er eralyn Sch , S dress and my thin blond hair was a mass of Common ground. As a Catholic Christian, own sacred spot nestled wispy, unruly ringlets. My sister, who was ten Tho hts o a our common ground that every person is cre- within the roots of the Catholic an elist at the time, stood holding me, dressed in ated in God’s image and likeness. Because tree of life the same dress as me. We were both next to of this, every person has a fundamental right 1 a spindly cherry tree in full bloom with pink Lindahl, ay. The Sacred Art of Listening to be respected, even if we don’t agree with Forty Reflections for Cultivating a Spiritual blossoms. their politics or their belief system. They ARE As the tree and I both grew, I discovered Practice. SkyLight Paths Pub., 2002. Pg. 44- a child of God even if they don’t know that 46. that I found a sacred place under its boughs. Can we gaze on them with eyes of our Creator Sister eralyn Schmidt is the Wide Area You see, the root system of this tree grew and love them If we can, that creates scared Network Coordinator at the Diocese of Harris very close to the surface. Within its twists space. burg and the Director of Formation for Wives and turns, I found a spot that perfectly sup- Respect for each other and their differing in the Diaconate Program An educator for ported not only my back but also my neck ways of expression. Have you ever looked years she is responsible for Professional and head. Under this tree, I learned how to back at old pictures and thought, “How could Development Programs for every age learner read, how to sew invisible stitches on a hem I ever have worn that in public ” Our clothes Through her presentations she challenges and how to play chess. Under its boughs, I as well as our words change, not only due her audiences to be the individual od has felt God’s protective love because, nestled to cultural pressures but also with different called them to be. within its root system, I discovered a safe perspectives. These perspectives might be
opened his own shop and styled customers Harrisburg Diocesan at their homes. As Madame Berard was dy- Council of Catholic Saint Spotlight ing, she had her lawyer draw up papers for Pierre’s freedom. He became free on July 2, Women’s 95th 180 , and in 1811 married Juliette Noel. Annual Convention ener le ierre He continued as a hair dresser and be- “Rejoice and Be Thankful” ouss int came a friend and confidant to many elite of All women of the Diocese are New York society. Pierre attended daily Mass cordially invited to attend une 2 , at St. Peter’s on Barkley Square where he Saturday, April 25, 2020 une , was a member of the Society of St. Peter. He from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Diocesan Center, 4800 Union Deposit Road, attempted to start an orphanage for white Harrisburg, PA. children, and Bishop John Connolly wrote to Bishop Ronald W. Gainer, Compiled by Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Principal Celebrant and Homilist ngela rsini Md., to send three of her Sisters of Char- Concelebrated Mass with Priests and Pierre Toussaint was born in San Domi- ity. Pierre undertook many charitable ven- Deacons of the Diocese nique on the island of Hispaniola and was tures, such as nursing the sick during the Keynote speaker: Sarah Christmyer – a slave on the plantation owned by Jean Yellow Fever outbreak, housing homeless co-developer and founding editor of “The Great Berard, who taught Pierre to read, write and black boys in his basement where they were Adventure Catholic Bible Study Program” and adjunct faculty member at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. have access to the library. In 1 8 , Jean well taken care of and offering apprentice- Blogger at ComeIntotheWord.com. left for New York with his wife, Marie, and a ships in some of the society homes. Afternoon workshops (choose one) few servants, including Pierre. In New York, When the old St. Patrick’s was opened • “Finding Forgiveness on the El Camino de Pierre did the shopping and arranged par- with a ceremony in 1842, Pierre and his wife Santiago de Compostela” with Donna Giberti • “Active Listening Basics – How to be a Better ties. At the suggestion of Jean, Pierre began were stopped at the door because there Listener” with Kelly Gollick to apprentice as a professional coiffeur. He were not any “colored seats.” A few days lat- • “SHINE”-Faith Based Exercise Program with started to cut and style children’s hair, then er, he received an apology note from one of Tina Kowalski those of the society ladies in elaborate the trustees, “In the house of the Lord there Game time from 3-3:30 p.m. The HDCCW styles of the time. is no distinction. God looks at the heart but Board will host a version of Family Feud, complete with commercials. Cheer on the contestants and test Worried about his home in San Dominique, never the color of the skin.” Juliette died in your knowledge of the Council of Catholic Women. Jean returned to find it ravished. Upon 1851, and Pierre became weak and bedrid- There will be a meditation room, exhibits, a religious receiving a note that Jean eventually died of den. He died at 8 and was buried from St. items for sale, a silent auction to bene t the HDCCW Scholarship Fund & a collection of new clothing for pleurisy and their fortunes gone, Madame Peter’s on Barkley Square. On the cente- infants & toddlers. Berard fell into a deep depression. Pierre nary of his death, a plaque was placed on Cost: $30 - Includes registration fee, was able to pay the household bills from the the steps of St. Peter’s. After his Cause for continental breakfast and lunch. money he earned from hairdressing, thus Canonization was opened, he was the first Registration and continental breakfast from keeping her from bankruptcy. He purchased layman interred in the crypt below the main 8 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration deadline is April 10, 2020 Contact Diane manumission papers for his sister and altar of the current St. Patrick’s Cathedral Roskos, 157 15th Street, New Cumberland, PA 17070 several others, but chose to remain a slave, on 50th Street, an honor usually reserved for [email protected] or 717-770-1287 feeling he could be of greater service. Pierre the Archbishops of New York. Cancellations must be received by April 17, 2020 - The Catholic WITNESS • February 21, 2020 A IS NEWS
Lancaster Court Queen of Peace #1023 of the Catholic is $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12. DIOCESAN NOTEBOOK Daughters of the Americas, Lenten retreat for all women, Knights of Columbus of Christ the King Church in Ben- (Submit typed announcements to witness@ March 15 from 1-4 p.m. at St. Philip the Apostle Parish in ton, pasta dinner on March 29. Tickets are $8. Pick up hbgdiocese.org. No yers or ads, please. Millersville. Sister Mary Paul Giordano, DM, and co-present- “take outs” from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., or dine in from 11:30 Next deadline is February 26 at 4:30 p.m.) ers explore “The Mystery of Brokenness” from Job’s to ours. a.m.-2 p.m. Free-will offering accepted. RSVP to mgiordano.sultzbach@ piritual fferingS gmail.com or 717-390-9035. AOH of Cumberland County, St. Patrick’s Day Party, S O March 14 at the West Shore Elks Club. Social at 5 p.m. Lenten retreat, “Listen to God in His Sacred Silence,” Parish Mission, “If You Knew the Gift of God,” March 8-12 Irish dinner at 6 p.m., including corned beef, bangers (Irish March 7 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at San Juan Bautista Church at St. Peter Church in Columbia. Adoration and Confessions Sausage) and cabbage. Featuring The Lena McGinley Irish in Lancaster. Led by Deogratias Rwegasira. Concludes with at 6 and 8 p.m., presentation by Father Ricardo Pineda, CPM, Dancers and Down by the Glenside. Cash bar. Bene ts di- at 7 p.m. For information, call the parish at 717-684-7070. Mass at 1 p.m. For info, call the Diocesan Of ce of Mul- vision’s Trinity High School Scholarship Fund. Tickets are ticultural Ministries at 717-657-4804, ext. 313, or 717- Caelorum at St. Joan of Arc Church in Hershey, March 4 $35; purchase by March 1 through Tom Zugay at 717-761- 608-0718. at 7 p.m. Prepare for Lent by spending time with our Lord in 2950 or [email protected]. Silent, 24 Hour Bio-Spiritual Focusing Retreat, March adoration, song, meditation and praise. A reception will be Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, “A Starry held in the cafeteria. For information, call 717-215-4175. 6 -7 at the Saint Cyril Spiritual Center, Danville. Presented by Sr. Jean Marie Holup, SS.C.M. Experience one session of Night on Crusader Way: A Pops Concert and Art Exhibit” March 7. Exhibit of students’ visual art at 6 p.m., Pops educatiOn & enrichment “Bio-Spiritual Focusing” to tap into body-spirituality while honoring the incarnate wisdom God has put within us. $75 Concert at 7 p.m. featuring student solo and group perfor- St. Patrick Parish in Carlisle, Lenten Soup and Scripture due by registration deadline, Feb 28. Visit www.sscm.org or mances, and the Bishop McDevitt bands and choirs. Tickets Series in the Parish Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. Father Mi- call 570-275-0910. are $10 for adults, $5 for students (children ve and under chael McFadden on Feb. 28, Father Kyle Sahd on March 6, are free) and refreshments will be served. Father Samuel Miller on March 13, Father Tiburtius Raja on undraiSerS ventS Holy Infant Parish in Manchester is selling chocolate March 20, Father Rocco Danzi, S.J., on March 27, and Father f & e Perohi and kielbasa sale at St. Ann Byzantine Catho- peanut butter and coconut eggs. Cost is $1 each or $12 Donald Bender on April 3. per dozen. Call the parish at 717-266-5286 to order. St. John the Baptist in New Freedom, adult formation lic Church in Harrisburg, Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m.-1 course in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd-Level I, p.m., as well as from 4 -6 p.m. on Wednesdays and on Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at St. Joseph Parish March 14-15, April 4-5, May 16-17, Aug. 15-16, Sept. 12, Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon during Lent. All items frozen. in Hanover, Feb. 25 from 4-6:30 p.m. Pancakes, sausage, Oct. 10 and Nov. 7. Montessori-based religious education for Perohi (pierogi) sold by the dozen for $6.50 and kielbasa applesauce, fastnachts, desserts and drinks. Cost is $6 for children which seeks to create and facilitate a sacred, “hands in ring or sticks for $7. Perohi llings include potato and adults, $3 for children 12 and under and free for children on” space where the child and the catechist can hear, ponder cheese, farmer cheese, sweet cabbage, sauerkraut, prune under 3. Proceeds bene t the parish. and celebrate the most essential mysteries of our faith as and apple. www.StAnnByz.org or 717-652-1415. “Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat,” March 19-21 revealed in scripture and liturgy. Contact Sister Jane Keller at St. Richard Parish in Manheim, spaghetti dinner on at 7 p.m. and March 22 at 2 p.m. at Lancaster Catholic 717-235-2439 or [email protected]. Feb. 21 from 4:30-8 p.m. $9 for adults 19 and older; 18 High School’s Old Main Auditorium. Cost is $17 for reserved York Theology on Tap, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at The First Post. and under eat free. All-you-can-eat spaghetti and meat- seating, $15 for general admission, $7 for student general Presenter is Dr. Marie Kellett, a family physician in Columbia, balls, bread, salad, drinks and dessert. Tickets at the door. admission. Tickets available at the door, or mail payment PA. Theology on Tap features a social, presentation and Q&A St. Margaret Mary School in Harrisburg, annual 5K and self-addressed envelope to Tony Brill, Lancaster Cath- for young adults. For more information, visit York Theology on Run/Walk, March 28 at 8:30 a.m. Course starts and ends olic High School, 650 Juliette Ave, Lancaster, PA 17601. Tap on Facebook. at the school, and winds through the East Harrisburg Cem- Make checks to LCHS Fine & Performing Arts Department. Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia, free presenta- etery and Greenbelt trail. Prizes for top three male and fe- Seven Sorrows BVM Parish in Middletown, selling tion by the Alzheimer’s Association, March 3 at 10:30 a.m. at male nishers by age group. Cost is $25 with shirt by March chocolate eggs through Easter. Available in peanut butter, the Diocesan Center in Harrisburg. Presentation will include 1, $30 after. Register at www.stmm5k.webs.com. butter cream, coconut, and peppermint, dipped in white, helpful resources and a Q&A session. RSVP to Jaclyn Curran Winner’s choice designer bag Bingo, sponsored by Res- dark or milk chocolate for $1. Order at www.ssbvm.org, or at [email protected] or 717-657-4804, ext. 313. urrection Catholic School PTO in Lancaster, April 26 in the by mail or e-mail ([email protected]) to the school or Explore the Five Keys of the Unbound Prayer Ministry at school cafeteria. 20 games, 3 specials, door prizes, raf es, parish of ce, with avor, chocolate, quantity, name, phone St. Joseph Parish in Hanover in the social hall, March 2, 9, 50/50 and food. Of cial start is 2 p.m., early bird game at number and pick-up location (school, after Mass or at a 16 and 23 from 6:30-8:30 p.m., with DVDs of Neal Lozano’s 1:45 p.m. For tickets, contact [email protected] sh fry). Allow 48 hours to ll order. Unbound Conference. There is a way to nd greater healing, or 717-341-3387, $20 in advance or $25 at the door. St. Patrick’s Day Dance at Seven Sorrows BVM Parish peace, and freedom through Unbound prayer. Register at St. Columba School in Bloomsburg’s Leprechaun Loop in Middletown, featuring Class Act Featuring Rita, March [email protected]. 5K run/walk, March 14. Run through the streets of Blooms- 14. Ticket includes food and beverages. All seating is re- Council of Catholic Women of St. Katharine Drexel Par- burg in your Irish apparel. Individuals, families and groups served. Contact Darlene at 717-939-7494 or Jan at 717- ish in Mechanicsburg, Lenten Evening of Re ection, March welcome. Visit http://www.saintcolumbaschool.org/ 944-2340; or email [email protected]. No one under 10 at 7 p.m. Presenter is Father Andrew St. Hilaire, parochial leprechaun-loop. 21 admitted. vicar at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Gettysburg. Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Williamstown, home- York Catholic High School’s spring musical, “You’re a Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, monthly meeting on made halushki sale. Orders are $9 per quart, for pickup in Good Man, Charlie Brown,” Feb. 28 at 7 p.m., Feb. 29 at 7 March 8 from 1-3 p.m. at the Monastery of the Immacu- the church social hall on Feb. 25 after 1 p.m. Call Dawn at p.m. and March 1 at 2 p.m. All seats are general admission. late Heart of Mary in Lancaster. Group is a worldwide move- 717-647-9124 or JoAnn at 717-647-2287 to order. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students (age 5-18); and ment of apostolic cooperation within the whole Dominican Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Marysville, spa- $40 for a family. Tickets at the door or in advance at www. family. For information, [email protected] or ghetti dinner, March 12 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-7 p.m. yorkcatholic.org. Children can picnic with the Peanuts, Feb. www.laydominicans.org. Includes homemade sauce and two meatballs, bread, pep- 29 from noon-2 p.m. in the cafeteria. Cost is $5 per person. per slaw or applesauce and dessert. Take out available. $9 Registration is not required. ilgrimageS etreatS p & r for adult meal, $6 for small. Children under 6 free. For info, “Bingo for Babies” fundraiser for the Carlisle Area Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2021 with Father Michael call 717-957-2662. Family Life Center, hosted by Knights of Columbus #4057, Reid, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish Hanover, Feb. 3-13, St. Joseph School in York, new family registration, Feb. March 6 at St. Patrick Parish’s Activity Center, Carlisle. 2021. The 11-day itinerary organized by Select International 21 from 5-6 p.m. for St. Joseph parishioners, and Feb. 24 Doors open at 5:30 p.m., light dinner at 6 p.m. and games Tours includes Mount Tabor, Nazareth, Cana, Galilee, Tabgha, beginning at 9 a.m. for all other families. Packets available at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and include dinner, and can Magdala, Mount of Beatitudes, Capernaum, Mount Carmel, at www.sjyschool.org/howtoapply or in the school of ce be purchased at the center. Prizes include gift cards, tick- Caesarea Maritima, Bethlehem, Shepherds’ Field, Jericho, the from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on school days. Contact Kristin Baker, ets and certi cates from local and area businesses and River Jordan, the Dead Sea, Mount of Olives, Mount Zion, Je- Development Director, at 717-755-1797 or development@ attractions. Two black-out games with cash prizes up to rusalem and Ein Karem. Land and air cost is $3,495; deposit sjy.org. $500. Contact the center at 717-243-6544 or info@ of $500 required by Oct. 5, 2020. Flights from and to Newark St. Joseph School in York, indoor golf fundraiser to carlisleareafamilylifecenter.org. International Airport. For a brochure and information, contact benefit the faculty. Mini golf course set up in the school. Ephrata Knights of Columbus, annual spaghetti dinner, Father Reid at 717-637-4625, ext. 113. Tee times available Feb. 29 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost is Feb. 29 at Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Ephrata from Corpus Christi Council of Catholic Women’s retreat, $5 per person. Reserve time at https://www.signupgenius. 4-7 p.m., unless sold out. Spaghetti with homemade meat “Women’s Lenten Afternoon of Reflection,” Feb. 29 at the com/go/10c044fafae29a0fa7-indoor. Adult-only preview sauce, tossed salad with an available homemade dressing, parish center in Chambersburg, 1-3:45 p.m. Led by Ann Ko- on Feb. 28 from 6-9 p.m. with apps, beverages, games and bread and desserts. Beer, soda and wine available at extra shute, speaker, writer and adjunct faculty at Saint Joseph’s a silent auction. Contact Kristy Baker, Development Director cost. All-you-can-eat dinner is $9 for adults, $6 for children. College. “Do Whatever She Tells You: Becoming a Disciple with at 717-755-1979 or [email protected]. Tickets at the door. Take outs available. Mary.” Confession from 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. and Mass at 5 St. Monica Parish in Sunbury, spaghetti and meatballs p.m. in the Church. Retreat is free. Contact Beth Moyer at dinner, Feb. 23 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the parish center. 240-498-4224 or [email protected] by Feb. 25. Eat in or take out. Salad, bread and dessert included. Cost D N A IS NEWS February 21, 2020 • The Catholic WITNESS -
New Freedom Dorothea Gallagher St. Rose of Lima: OBITUARIES St. John the Baptist: Martha Masek Rita Sen Joe Allulis e names of the following deceased persons have been submitted by their parishes. Please remember in your Palmyra Sister Marian D. Frantz, IHM prayers the happy repose of these recently departed souls Holy Spirit: Sister Marian D. Frantz, IHM, died in Camilla Hall in Im- Starr Skishalley and the consolation of their loved ones. maculata, Pa., Jan. 14. She was 84. Rohrerstown Born in York, her home parish was St. Patrick’s. She entered Abbottstown George Goodeluinas St. Leo the Great: the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Immaculate Heart of Mary: Charles Nevius John M. Ganse, III 1953. She assisted at Immaculate Heart Academy in Fountain Fred Miller Diane Rompallo Judith Guarino Springs; Incarnation, Philadelphia; St. Maria Goretti in Hat- Annville James L. Stellar William R. Trimble eld; Holy Saviour in Norristown; St. Joseph Annex in Down- Paul J. Ventilli St. Paul the Apostle: Shamokin ingtown; and Our Lady of Charity in Brookhaven. June Brestensky Lancaster Mother Cabrini: From 1959-1983, Sister Marian taught French at Our Lady’s Elaine Kile Assumption BVM: Leanne Krieger in Mount Carmel, PA; Our Lady of Lourdes in Shamokin; Im- John Moyer Judy Guarino maculata, Somerville; Villa Maria Academy in Malvern; York Jeanne Rittle Shippensburg St. John Neumann: Catholic; and Bishop Hafey. Sister was Coordinator of Studies Berwick Patrick Bagley Our Lady of the Visitation: at York Catholic and Associate Vicar for Religious during the Immaculate Conception BVM: John Bernard Col. Lawrence William 86-87 year while at York Catholic. Ho man Dennis Horse eld John Engle From 1987-2000, Sister Marian was the Director of the Of- Joseph Jarski Jerome Gbur York ce for Religious for the Harrisburg Diocese. She then served Buchanan Valley Leon Kmiec St. Joseph: in the Camden Diocese as Spiritual Director of Programs Joan Mason Martha Brunner before entering Camilla Hall in 2015. St. Ignatius Loyola: Gene Wentling Andrew Crossland LaVerne McDonald e Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Camilla Hall Anna Jacob Lewisburg ong Quoc Nguyen on Jan. 21. Burial was in Immacualta Cemetery. Kenneth Pasch Camp Hill Sacred Heart of Jesus: Joe Csernica Eileen Zappia Sister William Margaret Romen, OSF Good Shepherd: Richard Greb Anna Farrell St. Patrick: Sister William Margaret Romen, OSF, 78, died in Assisi Lenore B. Herbert Madelyn Chervenitski House in Aston, Pa., on Jan. 20. Allene Nichols Margaret Heverly Angela Romeo Born in Philadelphia, she professed her rst vows in 1963 Lynn M. Metz and earned a B.A. in English from Neumann University. She Carlisle Pat Sullivan ministered primarily in elementary education and eldercare St. Patrick: Clare Wendt in the Dioceses of Harrisburg and Trenton, and in the Arch- Je rey Rudolph Catherine Widenor D diocese of Philadelphia. In the Diocese of Harrisburg, she Columbia Littlestown C taught at St. Joseph School in York and St. Joseph School in St. Peter: St. Aloysius: Lancaster. John Good Mary M. Buckley Please pray for the following Since 1986 Sister William Margaret served as part of the Dolores Byron clergy who died in February support sta at Assisi House, the congregation’s retirement Elizabethtown Barbara A. Murren St. Peter: during the past 25 years: residence in Aston. Andrew “Bing” Horvath McSherrystown Deacon Stephen Bankos, 1996 e Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in Assisi House Annunciation BVM: Gettysburg on Jan. 27. Burial was in Our Lady of Angels Cemetery in Anna Brady Father Paul Miller, 2004 Aston. St. Francis Xavier: Estella Wagaman Doris Hankey JoAnn Wambach Father Joseph Celia, 2005 Rose Marie Hydock Sister Florence Marcin, SS.C.M. Mechanicsburg Deacon Matthew Culley, 2005 Sister Florence Marcin, SS.C.M. (formerly Sister M. Hilary) Harrisburg St. Joseph: Father Philip DeChico, 2006 died Jan. 28 at Emmanuel Center in Danville. She was 93. Holy Family: Robert “Bob” Elliott Born in Swoyersville, Pa., she entered the Sisters of Saints Ralph Kohr Betty Husic Father Robert Strome, 2007 Cyril and Methodius in Danville in 1944. Sister Florence Holy Name of Jesus: St. Katharine Drexel: Msgr. Lawrence Overbaugh, received a B.S. in education from Marywood College, an M.S. Peter J. Hammes Patricia Sellman 2008 in English from DePaul University, Chicago, IL, and a B.S in nursing from Cornell University, New York. She also studied St. Catherine Labouré: Milton Troy Macier Father Brian Conrad, 2011 at Bloomsburg University. St. Joseph: Sister Florence served in education ministry in the Archdio- St. Francis of Assisi: Clare Bogle Wendt Deacon James Sneeringer, 2011 cese of Philadelphia, and in New Jersey, Connecticut, South Adelina Gonzalez Mount Carmel Carolina and Illinois. She also served as superior and principal Alisha Watson Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Father Joseph Hilbert, 2014 for six years. Aer receiving her R.N., Sister Florence spent Hershey Jeanette Bergan Father Louis P. Ogden, 2015 the rest of her life in ministry as a nurse at Maria Joseph and St. Joan of Arc: Albert John Bush Maria Hall in Danville. Later, she worked in Medical Records Joyce Nantz Joseph Dugan Deacon Robert Mack, 2018 and performed clerical duties before embarking on the minis- Kulpmont New Cumberland Deacon Martin McCarthy, try of prayer and hospitality at Maria Hall. Holy Angels: St. eresa: 2019 e Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in Maria Hall Jean Cherneski Josephine Binker on Feb. 1. Burial was in the Sisters’ cemetery.
Child Abuse and FBI. Submit résumé and cover letter to plete PA Criminal, PA Child Abuse, and FBI Criminal His- D N [email protected]. tory background checks and youth protection training. Send St. Joan of Arc School in Hershey seeks a full-time résumé to [email protected]. Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation’s essay and oratory custodian, Monday-Friday from 2:30-10:30 p.m. Duties in- contests for students. Cash prizes for top winners; top two clude cleaning and maintaining good order in one or more winners published in the summer edition of LifeLines, the Fed- of our generally large facilities. Includes physical activities a o Calen a s eration’s newspaper. Contest offers an all-expense paid trip such as lifting, stretching, bending, climbing stairs, operat- to the 2020 National Right to Life Convention this summer to ing cleaning and garden equipment. Valid drivers’ license e t De dline Fe ru ry 2 compete against other state winners. Essay contest deadline and clearances are required. Contact Matt Dunkle at 717- Want to share an announcement for the is March 2; oratory contest deadline is April 10. Visit www. 533-7168, ext. 127; 717-533-2854, ext. 127; 717-585- Notebook page The deadline for submissions pa.prolife.org/for-students. 5140, or [email protected]. for the March 6 edition is Good Shepherd School in Camp Hill seeks a part-time ednesd y, Fe ru ry 2 t O peningS O custodial technician to maintain and care for the school Submit your written announcement via e-mail St. John the Baptist School in New Freedom, principal’s facility. Position requires attention to detail and to be a self- to witness hbgdiocese.org. Limit 0 words. position opening for the school year 2020-21. Candidates starter. Duties include general janitorial tasks (sweeping, No ads, posters or PDFs, please. must be able to obtain a pastor’s recommendation: have vacuuming, mopping, dusting, etc.). Schedule: 25 hours a A link to the submission deadlines for all The Catholic their PA Instructional Certi cation and Administrative certi - week, typically Monday through Friday/late afternoons and editions in 2019 is posted on Witness cation; obtain clearances including PA State criminal record, early evenings. Custodial experience preferred. Must com- page at www.hbgdiocese.org. - The Catholic WITNESS • February 21, 2020 A IS NEWS
St. enedict O N O LENTEN PENANCE SERVICES March 22 at 2 p.m. Mary, Mother o the Church Parishes throughout the Diocese offer Penance Services during the April 1 at 7 p.m. St. Cecilia Lenten season. These services typically include an opening hymn, March 22 at 2 p.m. Scripture readings and time for an examination of conscience prior to E S OWN Confession. The following is a list of Penance Services provided by the EWIS OWN Mary, ate o Hea en parishes. The Diocesan website, www.hbgdiocese.org, will include an Sacred Heart o Jesus March 23 at 7 p.m. updated listing as additional parish information is received, or contact March 15 at 3 p.m. your parish for information. NEW OO IE D I I St. ernard St. James A O S OWN ONES OWN March 1 at 7 p.m. April 7 at 7 p.m. Immaculate Heart o Mary Our ady o atima April 7 at 7 p.m. March 22 at 2 p.m. A S I E A A Our ady o ood Counsel Holy Spirit ANN I E ANCAS E March 2 at 7 p.m. April 1 at 7 p.m. St. Paul the Apostle Assumption M Mass at :30 p.m. March 12 at 7 p.m. April 5 at :30 p.m. EC ANICS St. Eli abeth Ann Seton E ID E S I S I ENS St. Anne March 24 at 7 p.m. St. Rita March 2 at 7 p.m. Our ady o the isitation March 21 at 11 a.m. St. Joseph April 1 at :30 p.m. St. John Neumann April 5 at 2 p.m. CA I April 2 at 7 p.m. E O ON ood Shepherd I IN OWN St. Patrick April 1 at 7 p.m. St. Joseph St. Jude Thaddeus April 2 at 7 p.m. April 2 at 7 p.m. March 15 at 7 p.m. CA IS E St. Patrick E ANON I E S I E O March 8 at 7 p.m. Assumption M St. Philip the Apostle St. Rose o ima Marsh Dri e Church March 22 at 2 p.m. March 15 at 2 p.m. March 23 at 7 p.m.
C A E S Corpus Christi March 25 at :30 p.m. OW O O O CON ESSION CO NWA Sacred Heart o Jesus and re ecting I since March 22 at 2 p.m. on your sins be ore you enter the con essional. You might your last Con ession, do re iew the Ten Commandments or the eatitudes. not be a raid. The priest DA AS OWN will help guide you. You St. Joseph C with the Sign o the Cross: can ask him to walk you March 2 at 2 p.m. In the name o the ather, and o the Son, and o the Holy through it. Spirit. You may then say, less me, ather, or I ha e DAN I E sinned. It has been give days, months or years since my at St. Joseph last Con ession. March 30 at 7 p.m. www.hbgdiocese.org/ con ession C to the priest. I you are unsure o what D NCANNON to say, ask him or help. St. ernadette E AC March 31 at p.m. O CON I ION such as My od, I am sorry or my ANO E something or you to do or a prayer to pray. sins with all my heart. In St. Joseph choosing to do wrong and April 8 at 7 p.m. ailing to do good, I ha e A C as a means o expressing sinned against you whom sorrow or your sins and resol ing to sin no more. A IS I should lo e abo e all Holy Name o Jesus things. I rmly intend, with April 7 at 7 p.m. by extending his hands your help, to do penance, o er your head. A ter he says the Prayer o Absolution, to sin no more, and to St. Catherine abour respond Amen. a oid whate er leads me April 2 at 7 p.m. to sin. Our Sa ior Jesus Christ su ered and died or St. Margaret Mary . At dismissal, the priest may say, od has reed you rom your sins. o in peace. You can respond, us. In his name, my od, March 2 at 7 p.m. Amen. ha e mercy. Amen.
E S E St. Joan o Arc March 2 at 7 p.m.