Western Kentucky Catholic Nonprofit Org. 600 Locust Street U.S. Postage Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 Paid Western Kentucky Owensboro, KY Change Service Requested Permit No. 111 CATHOLIC 42301 Volume 33, Number 5 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky May, 2006 If We Build A Land of Opportunity, Immigrants Will Come By Kristie Lowry BOWLING GREEN,Ky. - On Sunday, April 2nd after the 12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish, members of St. Joseph Parish here marched together to the Warren County Justice Center where we met with other members of our community. There were people of many ages, races, and religions, but we were united in our goal of speaking out in sup- port of fair immigration reform. Many of us brought our families, there were signs in both English and Spanish, and the mood was optimistic as we tried to make our voices heard in Washington – even as our Senators brought the debate on this important issue to the Sunday political talk shows. Carrying signs that read, “We love the USA,” “The USA was built by immigrants,” and my favorite, “No man is illegal,” the group cheered and applauded as local religious leaders and human rights advocates took turns on a stage decorated in red, white, and blue. Father Stan Puryear, pastor at St. Joseph, was the first to speak. After greeting those present in eight languages, Father Stan said, “I am here today as an American, and I am here today as the descendant of immigrants.” He called for our leaders to recognize that they too are the children of immigrants who came for the same reasons as today’s immigrants: to escape fear, persecution, corruption and economic injustices, and to seek freedom, hope, and a better life for those who follow. In his conclusion, Kristie Lowry holding her son, Jon, and Father Stan Puryear at the Bowl- Father Stan said, “We are here to ask the leaders of our government to look at this ing Green Justice Center rally on April 2. Submitted photo crowd, to look at these faces, to look at this beautiful rainbow of people, and recognize that ‘We are America’.” depressed countries to work in the United States, and hope for reuniting families that A recording of the national anthem was played, and everyone stood with hands have become separated as some members tried to escape untenable situations. Every- over their hearts… some people were crying, and it brought home to me how fortunate one gathered also wanted the freedom to assist undocumented aliens without fear of I am to have been born here and not have to struggle to claim that anthem as my own. becoming a felon. Next came speeches and prayers from local religious and human rights leaders. One of the local religious leaders who spoke early in the rally asked God to hold We were asked to write to our congressmen and speak out. One St. Joseph School back the looming rain clouds for the duration of the gathering. It seemed that God had student, Selena Quintanilla, read her letter to everyone present. Selena is the ten-year- been listening as the raindrops began just as the closing song “Proud to Be An Ameri- old daughter of a Guatemalan and an El Salvadoran and in her letter she wrote, “I’m can” was ending and red, white, and blue balloons were released into the air. Although proud to be their daughter and I’m proud to be an American.” She referred to America my husband and I gathered our kids and dashed to our van, many stayed behind revel- as a “country of dreams” and mentioned her parents and grandmother, all of whom have ing in the hope that our voices might be heard by decision-makers in Washington as worked hard and accomplished much in this country. She well as by God. ended her letter with a simple request – she asked that Con- gress and President Bush allow her family to stay. “In God’s eyes, we are all the same and not different,” she said. From Diocesan Marian Observance my position behind the stage, I could see Selena’s mother Carmel Home crying as she proudly watched her daughter read her letter. Although I planned to write my own letter, I knew that what- Friday May 5, 2006, 7:00 P.m. ever I wrote wasn’t going to be as eloquent as the words read to us by that little girl. Speaker: Fr. Joe Mills “Mary’s Role In Our Lives” In interviews after the rally, those who gathered at the Eucharistic Holy Hour, Rosary, Outdoor Procession Justice Center expressed an understanding of the need for tighter controls on the borders. The prayers, speeches, and Sponsored By Diocesan Marian Shrine Committee letters were about opportunities. We asked for the opportu- Mary, Mother Of The Church, Model Of nity for immigrants to remain in a country that they have called home for many years, a way for people from economically All Christians, Pray For Us. 2 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Only When Our Gifts Are United In The Spirit Will The World Come To Hear The Good News! Bishop John McRaith’s Homily For The Chrism Mass, April 11, 2006 in changing this world. We must ask: in the Owensboro Sportscenter 1. How are we doing — as priests, as women What a joy to have the Church of Western Kentucky, the Diocese of Owensboro and men Religious, as the Baptized and Con- gathered together. What a special night for our Diocese as we gather the ordained firmed laity? Is unity in Christ a priority for priests, the Religious, and the laity together with me, the Bishop, in union with the each of us, or do we follow our own agenda? Bishop of Rome, Pope Benedict XVI. We gather as one to carry out the mission of the 2. How are we doing as the Catholic Church Church. of Western Kentucky? We read disturbing The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: “It was the Son’s task to accomplish stories of Mass attendance decreasing nation- the Father’s plan of salvation …Its accomplishment was the reason for His being sent. ally. Attendance in this Diocese remains around The Lord Jesus inaugurated His Church by preaching the Good News, that is the com- 57 percent attending Mass on Sunday. You are ing of the reign of God promised over the ages in Scripture.” In other words, Jesus to be commended, but there is the haunting came to tell and show us that God loves us. WE are the Church that Jesus inaugurated. question: where are the other 43 percent? And We gather tonight to do a number of things: where are those who have no church, no community—the unchurched? Those who are We will celebrate the Eucharist –the source and summit of the Christian life of searching for Jesus? What are we doing to INVITE all these people to participate in each and every one of us. We are one family around this table. the mission of the Church in an active role? While we take consolation in the fact that We gather to bless the Holy Oils for use in parishes and institutions across the we rank very high percentage-wise in the nation, we must never give up on encourag- diocese. These oils, another sign of our oneness, are used to administer the sacraments ing those who are not participating to return. We need them, and they need the and in blessing altars and churches. Church. Tonight, we pay special tribute to the ordained priests and give thanks to each for Our work is cut out for us. We find that the number of those answering the call saying Yes to the Lord’s call to the priesthood. These men have given their lives over to Religious life has declined over the years. We need more to say YES when the Lord to the Lord to act “in the person of Christ” in ministry. We thank God for their call to calls. Our priest numbers keep going down. We continue to be able to serve the be ordained priests, and we thank them for faithfully answering yes each day of their people of the diocese, thanks to our faithful priests and religious who remain commit- lives as they strive to serve and not be served. ted and to the generosity of our international priests and sisters who have come to help We also celebrate “the priesthood of Jesus Christ,” which includes the Religious us from other parts of the world. But we need more to say YES when the Lord calls. and laity. In his first letter, St. Peter explains, “The baptized have become ‘living stones’ The statistics are a wake-up call. In our diocese, we need to live the Gospel chal- to be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood. …BAPTISM GIVES A SHARE lenges in order to be a more inviting faith community. IN THE COMMON PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS.” By Baptism, we ALL share in the royal mission, the priesthood of Christ. Our attention now goes to our gift of new immigrants, mostly from Mexico, United in that common priesthood of Christ, each and every person is called to Central and South America. Have these Catholic brothers and sisters felt welcome carry out the mission Jesus gave to His Church on that first Pentecost Sunday — the in our faith communities, in our parishes, and other Catholic institutions? At this mission to spread the Good News of the Risen Christ to the whole world. …a special moment, we all should have serious concerns about how our national leaders are welcome to our Catechumens and Candidates, who will become full members of our handling the immigration issue; they are currently debating legislative reforms faith community this Easter. We are blessed to have you join us in this great mission that will either make life better for migrants and immigrants or make life worse. of the Church. Being Catholic calls us each to a personal commitment to unity AND to We must show our welcome by supporting just immigration reform. We will be the mission. It calls us to a common vocation to holiness. judged as a welcoming Church by how we support our brothers and sisters and The first question is: HOW do we share this story of God’s love? Secondly, how hold our great nation accountable to its commitment to legislation that promotes WELL are we sharing this Good News? We must start with our call to be united… liberty and justice for ALL. United as priests with a special call to lead the faith communities to carry out the mis- sion…United as Religious and laity with a special call to share this Good News – with- This is a wonderful diocese working to fulfill the mission of Christ, but we must in families, the Church, and Society. The bedrock of that unity is our communal rela- take seriously the heart of the message tonight: our call to be UNITED AS ONE on the tionship with the High Priest – Jesus Christ! same mission to tell people of the great gift of the Church and invite them to come and Without our being united as one body, we never fully answer Yes to the Lord’s see. call. Disunity truly CRIPPLES our ability to go forth and share the Good News! An The challenge is great when we think of all Jesus teaches, but the Holy Spirit in- attitude of “Do it MY way” CRIPPLES our ability to share the Good News! That is spires us to bring this Good News to ALL the people – the people of God – our broth- NOT the unity to which we are called. United in Christ, the Messiah - Savior of the ers and sisters in Christ. world, we WILL carry out our mission according to God’s will and not our own! So, I end by saying you are a wonderful Church – but tonight I challenge myself and we pray long and hard … do we – any one of us – selfishly spread disunity or do we each of you to look at all that still needs to be done to fulfill our mandate from Jesus to turn our lives over to the Lord and do it HIS way? spread the Good News. While we thank God for all who work so hard to fulfill the We are each empowered by the Holy Spirit to be witnesses to the Good News to mission of the Church – let us become ever more UNITED and take our mission ever all the nations. We call this Evangelization… sharing the Good News of God’s love. more seriously. There is much to be done —here and around the world. If we are to Pope Paul VI stated emphatically in his letter On Evangelization In The Modern World: let people know that God sent Jesus to suffer, die, and be raised from the dead - out of “Without the Holy Spirit, evangelization simply cannot occur.” Pope John Paul II love for each and every one of us, evangelization starts at home – in these thirty-two often repeated this message. The Holy Spirit gives gifts to each of us according to counties of Western Kentucky. God’s will, and only when our gifts are united in the Spirit will the world come to hear Let us take these oils back home with a renewed spirit AND renewed conviction the Good News! THIS is the mission Jesus gave to the Church on that first Pentecost. that IF we each do all we can – we will change western Kentucky and do our part to THIS is the mission He gives to each individual in His call to each of us to be holy. change the world. May God be with us all as we continue our pilgrimage from this night The very sacraments that bring us each into the Church give us each a part to play to eternal life. The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 3 Divine Mercy Mercy, St. Faustina’s Convent Chapel & her Tomb on her Feast! Then we will Pilgrimage: travel to Swinice Warckie-Warsaw for a visit to St. Casimir parish church, the POLAND Oct. church of St. Faustina’s baptism. We will visit Auschwitz Nazi Concentration Camp, where we make a special visit to the cell 3rd to Oct. 12th of St. Maximilian Kolbe (a visit to the Father Bruce Fogle Martyrdom Museum is also included). Our Under the Banner of Our Lady of travels will also include a visit to Nieo- Guadalupe, Father Bruce Fogle invites you to join him on Oct. palanow, home of the Basilica of the 2nd - 11th for a ten-day pilgrimage to Poland. The highlight & main focus for the Virgin Mary and the Franciscan Monastery pilgrimage will center on divine mercy in the lives of three of the greatest saints in the founded by the great saint. Off then to Zakipane Area for a visit to the Hermitage of St. Albert. There we will walk the same trails of the late Pope, John Paul the Great Mother’s Day Novena & take a cable car ride to view the Tatras A Symbol of Love Mountains. Our travels will also take us to Wadowie to visit his birthplace. Then for all our Mothers off for a day of solitude & prayer at Po- Living and Deceased land’s greatest shrine, the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa. We too will visit twentieth century, namely...Saint Maria churches, shrines, & historical places to Faustina Kowalska, Saint Maximilian numerous to mention. In May we honor our heavenly Mother, Prayer for Mother’s Day Novena Kolbe & the late Pope John Paul the Great, Interested parties may contact: Mar- Mary, and our earthly mothers at our Diocesan Loving Mother of the Re- all native sons & daughter of Poland! Why tha J. Kauffeld, 1.270.771.5525; 929.0672 Shrine, Mary, Mother of the Church/Mother of deemer, gate of Heaven, star of the not consider joining us for this exciting & (cell); e-mail - jameskauffeld@bellsouth. All Christians, at St. Joseph’s Church in Bowl- sea, assist your people who have prayerful tour? Our travels will take us to net Price per person: $2,199.00 double ing Green, Ky., with a “Bouquet” of sentiments fallen, as we strive to rise again. To Krakow & Lagiewniki for a visit to the occupancy, including air for Chicago as hundreds of carnations will be used as a the wonderment of nature, you most unforgettable Shrine of Divine O’Hare. backdrop for our Mother’s Day Novena. Each bore your Creator, yet remained a carnation represents a mother, living (red carna- virgin after as before. You who tion) or deceased (white carnation). This received Gabriel’s joyful greeting, Music Teacher Owensboro Catholic Schools is seeking ap- flower at the Shrine will become a symbol of have pity on us poor sinners. plicants for the position of Music Teacher at its K-3 campus beginning in August, love, gratitude, and joy that our mothers have Mother of the Redeemer, hold 2006. Submit resume to Ken Rasp, OCS Central Office, 1524 W. Parrish Ave., brought into our lives. close to your heart all our mothers, Owensboro, Ky. 42301 (270) 686-8896. During the novena, May 6-14, 2006 , living and deceased. Protect, bless, prayers will be said each day at the shrine. and lead them to the joys of heaven Throughout the Novena, names of all the Moth- now and forever. Amen. ers will be read aloud in the shrine. The Western Kentucky Catholic To have a carnation placed in the Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church/Model Official Newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro, KY of All Christians, please send the name along with the coupon below and a donation Story Deadline: 15th of month prior to publication of $10.00 for each name. The Western Kentucky Catholic is published monthly except June and July Clip and send the coupon below. from the Catholic Pastoral Center in Owensboro, KY. Publisher: Most Rev. John J. McRaith, D. D. Dear Shrine Committee, Editor: Mel Howard, e-mail: [email protected] Enclosed in my donation. Please have ______CARNATION(S) placed at the Dioc- Business Address: Catholic Pastoral Center, esan Shrine, Mary Model of the Church/Model of All Christians, for the Mother’s Day 600 Locust St., Owensboro, KY 42301 Novena, May 6-14, 2006. Please have the following person(s) remembered during Phone: 683-1545. Fax: 683-6883 the Mother’s Day Novena. 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Bishop McRaith’s May 2006 Schedule May 20 11:00 a.m. Carmel Home, Owensboro 1 Brescia Golf Tournament Fundraiser at Victoria National, Newburgh, In. May 28 11:00 a.m. St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville 2 Confirmation, St. Paul Parish, Princeton, 7pm June 3 4:00 p.m. Precious Blood, Owensboro 3 Paducah Office Day June 3 Noon Saint Joseph, Leitchfield 3 Confirmation, St. Leo Parish, Murray, 6:30pm June 10 4:00 p.m. St. Pius Tenth, Owensboro 4 Staff Mtg., CPC, 9am June 17 4:00 p.m. St. William, Knottsville 4 Confirmation, Blessed Mother Parish, Owensboro, 6pm June 17 4:00 p.m. St. Romuald, Hardinsburg 5 SPRED Picnic, St. Raphael, 4pm June 24 3:00 p.m. Our Lady of Lourdes, Owensboro 6 Confirmation, St. Michael Parish, Oak Grove, 5:30pm June 24 4:00 p.m. Immaculate Conception, Hawesville 7 25 Anniversary of Sr. Mary Agnes Higgs and Sr. Joseph Marie Snyder, June 24 5:00 p.m. St. Peter, Waverly Passionist Monastery, Whitesville, 2pm July 1 4:00 p.m. St. Mary Magdalene, Sorgho 9 Confirmation, St. Agnes Parish, Uniontown, Sacred Heart & St. Peter Parishes, July 1 3:00 p.m. St. Anthony, Axtel (Rough River) Waverly, and St. Ann Parish, Morganfield 6pm (to be held at St. Agnes) July 1 3:00 p.m. St. Anthony, Peonia 10 Confirmation, St. Columba, Lewisport, and Immaculate Conception, July 1 11:30 a.m.; 5:00 p.m. St. Denis, Fancy Farm Hawesville, 6:30pm (to be held at St. Columba) July 4 11:30 a.m. St. Augustine, Reed 11 McAuley Board Mtg., Healthpark, Owensboro, 7am July 8 4:00 p.m. St. Alphonsus, St. Joseph 11 Confirmation, St. Anthony Parish, Axtel, 6pm July 15 11:30 a.m.; 4:30 p.m. St. Charles, Bardwell 13 Brescia University, Owensboro, 10am July 15 4:00 p.m. St. Peter of Alcantara, Stanley 13 Confirmation, Lourdes Parish, Owensboro, 4:30pm July 16 11:00a.m. St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Ky. 15 Priests’ Personnel Mtg., CPC, 9:30am July 22 4:00 p.m. St. Mary of the Woods, McQuady 15 Priests’ Council Mtg., CPC, 1:30pm July 29 3:00 p.m. St. Paul, Leitchfield. 15 DPC Mtg., Madisonville, 6:00pm Aug. 1 5:00 p.m. St. Martin, Rome 16 Confirmation, St. Mary Parish, McQuady, 6pm Aug. 5 11:00 a.m. St. Jerome, Fancy Farm 17 St. Meinrad Alumni Dinner, at Brescia University Cafeteria Annex of Admin. Aug. 5 Noon Blessed Sacrament, Owensboro Bldg., Owensboro, 6pm Aug. 6 4:00 p.m. St. Anthony, Browns Valley 18 Staff Mtg., CPC, 9am Aug. 12 4:00 Mass St. Ann, Morganfield, at St. Ann parish grounds 19 Trinity High School Graduation, Whitesville, 7pm Aug. 26 3:00 p.m. (EST) Holy Guardian Angels, Irvington 20 SMHS Baccalaureate Mass (at St. John, Paducah) & Graduation Aug. 26 4:00 p.m. St. Columba, Lewisport (at SMHS gym), 7pm Sept. 9 4:00 p.m. Mass;4:30 p.m. serving begins St. Agnes, Uniontown 21 OCHS Graduation, Sportscenter, Owensboro, 2pm Sept. 9 Noon St. John the Evangelist, Paducah 23 CCK Mtg., Louisville, 11:00am-3:00pm Sept. 10 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mount St. Joseph, Maple Mount 23 Provincial Mtg. of Bishops, Louisville, 4pm Sept. 16 4:00 p.m. Blessed Mother, Owensboro 24 Provincial Mtg. of Bishops, Louisville, all day Sept. 16 4:00 p.m. Christ the King, Madisonville 25 Wisdom Day, CPC Sept. 17 11:00 a.m. Mary Carrico School Picnic,on St. Lawrence Picnic Grounds 27 Confirmation, Sts. Mary & James Parish, Guthrie, 5pm Sept. 19 Noon St. Thomas More, Paducah 28 Confirmation, St. Elizabeth Parish, Clarkson, 11am Sept 23 3:00 p.m. Immaculate, Owensboro 29 Memorial Day – Catholic Pastoral Center Closed Sept. 24 11:00 a.m. St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville Sept 29-30 Holy Name Fall Festival, Henderson, Ky. Bishop McRaith’s June 2006 Schedule October 7 Noon St. Stephen Cathedral, Owensboro 1 Staff Mtg., CPC, 9am Opportunities For Life Recruiting Hotline Volunteers 2 Youth/Adult Leadership Mtg., St. Raphael, 4pm Opportunities for Life, the Kentucky Catholic Church’s 3 Confirmation, St. Alphonsus Parish, 6pm pro-life ministry, is recruiting new hotline, parish represen- 4 Confirmation, St. Stephen Cathedral, 11am tative, prayer, and outreach volunteers. The ministry offers 4 Confirmation, Holy Name Parish, Henderson, 5:30pm help to women and their loved ones dealing with an un- 5 Pastoral Youth Minister Appreciation Dinner, CPC, 6pm timely pregnancy. Hotline volunteers answer calls for- 7 Paducah Office Day warded to their homes during hours chosen by them; parish 8 “Healthcare as a Moral Right and a Safeguard of Human Life,” Citizens’ Health representatives serve on respect life committees and act as Care Advocates (CHCA), Green River District Health Department, Owensboro, ministry liaisons; prayer volunteers organize prayer groups 5:30pm to support the ministry in prayer; and outreach volunteers 10 Confirmation, Christ the King Parish, Madisonville, 5:30pm act as community helpers. Volunteers are equipped to serve 14-17 USCCB Mtg., Los Angeles as ministers through participation in a detailed training ses- 22 Brescia University Board Mtg., All Day sion. The training involves three days beginning June 15 and June 16 from 6:30-9:00 23 Brescia University Board Mtg., All Day pm and June 17 from 9:00-3:00pm. This training will be held in the basement of the Catholic Pastoral Center, 600 Locust St. Owensboro. Please call (270) 683-1545 ext. 357 for more information and/or an application. Gone ... but not forgotten! The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 5 Christian County Conservation Winner On Sunday, March 5, PSR students at Sts Peter and Paul From Saints Peter and Paul School Church in Hopkinsville, and their families and friends, Congratulations to Mary Gayle buried a much-loved friend - Martin for being the first place Con- the Alleluia. During the servation Essay winner both at Saints weeks of Lent, this familiar Peter and Paul School and for the entire song of heaven was not heard Christian County. Mary Gayle’s essay on our lips or in our church will go on to the State Competition. music. The casket containing This is the third straight year that our Alleluia has been en- students from Sts. Peter and Paul trusted to the Blessed Moth- School have been the County essay er’s care and reposes at the winners. feet of the statue of Mary in Way to go, Saints!!!! the church. Perhaps, because we have grown so accustomed to sing- ing and hearing the word, we Mary Gayle Martin take the “Alleluia’ for granted. But, as the saying goes, “Ab- First Place Award, Jr. Beta Club sence makes the heart grow Students decorated an Alleluia banner with fonder.” At Easter, the Alle- Franki Durbin, Director of Religious Educa- State Convention By Shelly Riney luia returns to us again, and tion at Sts. Peter and Paul Church. The ban- OWENSBORO,Ky. - Samantha Tay- we greet it like a long-lost ner was placed in a wooden casket and car- lor, an 8th Grade Student at Burns friend who has been greatly ried to the church. Families made their own Middle School, and a member of St. missed, with joy and enthusi- cardboard caskets and the paper Alleluias to Stephen Church here, placed first in asm and new appreciation! take home and hide away until Easter. the Counted Cross Stitch competition at the Jr. Beta Club State Convention at the Galt House in Louisville, Ken- ATTENTION! St. Joseph/St. Frances Academy tucky on March 2, 2006. Samantha is Graduates and those that attended the two high schools. Second Reunion Party – Sep- a second year member of the Jr. Beta tember 16, 2006 If interested in attending and reminiscing with old classmates—call Club at Burns Middle School, which one of the following people with your name, address and class year. More information requires a 3.5 grade point average to will follow at a later date for those who respond. be a member, and she is also the Sec- Bill Froelich 281-0719 Gene Higdon 683-1677 retary of the Club this school year. Donald Hayden 683-4271 Dolores Wathen 764-1193 Samantha is the daughter of Stacey Barbara Hurm 683-7689 Charlene Pruden 686-3733 Taylor and the granddaughter of Billy and Lillian Taylor who are members of Precious Blood Church in Owens- boro. - Shelly Riney is the Bookpeeper and Co- Declaration Of Invalidity Sponsor of the Junior Beta Club at Burns Middle School in Owensboro

(Annulment) Process Samantha Taylor In an effort to minister to the people of Western Kentucky, the Marriage Tribunal is giving you an opportunity to submit your ques- tions about the declaration of invalidity (annulment) process. Ques- Diocesan Mission Immersion tions will be addressed in upcoming issues of the Western Kentucky Catholic. Please print your questions in the space below: Trips Planned for 2007 The Diocese of Owensboro has confirmed with our Sister Dio- ______cese of Mandeville Jamaica the dates for the 2007 trips. They are: ______June 4 to 10, 2007; and October 3 to 9, 2007. Anyone interested in ______going on one of these trips should contact Richard Murphy at the and submit to: Ms. Louanne Gelarden, Tribunal address below for an application and further information about these Diocese of Owensboro, 600 Locust Street, Owensboro, KY 42301 trips. 6 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Murray Newman House Students Join Catholic Charities’ Helping Hands It’s Sophia Award By Beth Millbank, [email protected] (MURRAY, Ky.)-A volunteer group of 15 volunteers from Newman House traveled Nomination to the hurricane-stricken city of New Orleans to help Hurricane Katrina survivors rebuild their damaged homes from March 20 - 25, 2006. Time! Shannon Maryjanowski learned about Operation Helping Hands, a relief effort of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, where teams of 10 to 15 volunteers The eighth annual Sophia Award Senior Citizens’ Mass will be celebrated commit to short-term service projects and decided to participate. Project efforts focus by Bishop John J. McRaith on Sunday, on residence and neighborhood cleanup for the disabled, the elderly and those without September 17, 2006 at St. Stephen’s the financial means to reoccupy their homes. Cathedral, Owensboro, KY at 1:30 The volunteers removed appliances, furniture and other household goods from in the afternoon. The Mass will be homes as well as damaged walls, ceilings, floors, and wiring. Volunteers wore protec- immediately followed by a reception at tive gear and homeowners were not liable for the people entering their homes. Once a the Catholic Pastoral Center basement home is cleared, the team sprayed the residence with a sanitizing solution to kill bac- (next door). teria and mold. . Basic accommodations and simple meals were provided by church The Sophia Award recipients are parishes in partnership with Catholic Charities. elected by nominations from their parish “Some far from the disaster assume that New Orleans must be on the mend since and anyone can make the nomination. August 29, 2005 seems a long time ago now,” says Denise Chetta, director of volunteers TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR THE SOPHIA AWARD: for Catholic Charities. “But we have a long way to go. This is not something to do in • The nominee must be 65 years of age or over. a weekend. We have years of work ahead of us.” • The nominee can be single, divorced, or widowed: married people can be nomi- An estimated 92,000 houses in New Orleans and 200,000 houses metro-wide were nated as a couple or singularly. severely damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Areas of the city are still without • The nominee should be an outstanding example of Catholic faith whether they are gas and power and thousands of homeowners are displaced until help arrives. involved in (one or all) parish, community, spiritual, or family life. “We know that few people have ever been in a disaster area,’ says Chetta. “Vol- • The nominee can be a homebound person who is still active through prayer life, unteers are asked to bring a ‘pitch-in’ attitude and ‘good neighbor’ spirit!” phone outreach, etc. The volunteer team from Murray State University’s Newman House is one of more • The nominee can be a priest or religoius. than 82 groups scheduled to contribute more than 2,600 volunteers to Operation Help- • The nominee can be nominated on past outstanding contributions. ing Hands over the next six months. • The nominee can be nominated posthumously. “People may not have the money to fix the problem, but maybe they have the time,” • The deadline for nominations is no later than July 15, 2006 said Chetta. • To nominate a Catholic Senior Citizen from your parish please tell why the person you are nominating should receive the award. Send the information to Ginny “From the viewpoint of the U.S. bishops, it has been apparent for several years Knight-Simon, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 600 Locust St. Owensboro, KY 42301, that our immigration system is broken and badly in need of repair. The U.S. Bishops phone 270-683-1545, fax 270-683-6883 or E-Mail [email protected] are united in the view that migration is beneficial to our nation-economically, so- cially, and culturally. The strength of our nation comes from its diversity and from the hard work and contributions of immigrants who have come to our shores over the past two hundred years. It is our identity and our soul.” Spring Day of Wisdom THE MOST REVEREND KEVIN FARRELL, AUXILIARY BISHOP OF WASHINGTON Come celebrate God’s gift of aging AND MEMBER OF THE U.S. CATHOLIC at the 11th annual Spring Day of Wisdom CONFERENCE OF BISHOPS COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION Thursday May 25, 2006 Catholic school enrollment down again; Catholic Pastoral Center 600 Locust Street numbers affected by Katrina Owensboro, KY By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service ATLANTA (CNS) -- The number of students in Catholic schools again declined for Registration starts at 8:15 a.m. the 2005-06 school year, according to an annual National Catholic Educational Asso- Program 9:00 - 2:30 ciation report. Total Catholic school student enrollment is 2,363,220, down 57,370, or 2.4 percent, Come and enjoy the day with your friends! from the year before, according to “United States Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools 2005-2006: The Annual Statistical Report on Schools, Enrollment and Staff- Make your reservations now ing.” The report was made available during the NCEA’s 103rd annual convention in by calling Ginny Knight-Simon @ 683-1545 or Atlanta. Meanwhile, 38 new schools opened, while 223 were consolidated or closed email [email protected] -- with the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ schools excluded because of the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The current number of schools is 7,589. Gladys Clinton Lambert shared a life truly well lived, filled with The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 7 love of God and love for His people manner, she taught us all to more clearly know the presence of God in everyday life.” By Edie Keeney Several of her former students remember Miss Gladys with great fondness. Tonya PADUCAH,Ky. - Gladys Clinton Lambert Wetherington said, “I have known her all of my life. She was a wonderful person. was a member of a family whose roots in When I needed anything she was always eager to help. I will always remember her Paducah go back several generations. She ‘What can I do for you, Sugar?’ When I think of St. Francis de Sales I will always was one of 5 children in a family of 4 remember Miss Gladys. There will never be another like her.” Kathy West com- daughters, Barbarnella, Gladys, Henrietta, mented, “Gladys was my kindergarten teacher and she was a wonderful teacher. Any- and Laura and a son, Stanley (Bo) who was time I called St. Francis, she was the one who answered, always cheerful and so helpful. the youngest. Gladys taught kindergarten I loved her voice.” Brenda Spees was a student in Gladys’ 3rd grade class. She re- at the St. Mary Academy. The first grade members, “Miss Gladys was always a sweet person and a really good teacher, she was teachers were known to have commented kind to everyone, she made learning fun. Even then, she called everyone ‘Sweetie.’” that when the students came from her class Mary Ann Wooten is the mother of 2 sons who were pallbearers at Gladys’ fu- they were very ready to be first graders. neral. She said that her sons considered it an honor to be asked to do that. “Gladys When St. Francis de Sales bought the was such a sweet person. All of my kids loved her. Those 4 sisters were a special group Academy, Gladys taught 2nd and 3rd of ladies, giving so much of themselves for others,” Mary Ann added. grades there where she remained until the Gladys’ funeral Mass, concelebrated by 4 former St. Francis priests and the 2 cur- St. Francis School closed. Her sister Hen- rent priests, was a celebration of a life truly well lived, filled with love of God and love rietta, at that time, was the secretary and for His people. May her soul rest in peace. bookkeeper at St. Francis church. Gladys went to work at the church working with her sister. After Henrietta died, Gladys took on the job of secretary Gladys Clinton Lambert WELCOME BACK and bookkeeper, and later a part time book- said, “Gladys was wonderful to work with, keeper was added. “Gladys always worked always a joy and always had a smile.” to non-practicing behind the scenes, quietly getting so much Patty Sanders, Parish Administrator, “I done. Father Larry (McBride) handed the consider myself to be very blessed to have Catholics shovel to Gladys at the ground breaking known and worked with this true lady. In Are you a Catholic who has been of the new parish hall and when her picture honor of Gladys, the meeting room at the away from the Church? Do you was taken, she fussed because she thought parish office will be named the “Gladys know someone who is? After there were other people who should be Lambert Room” during a reception at the the feast of Easter, Saint Ste- having their picture taken, not her. Work- church. phen Cathedral began Catholics ing at the church was so important to Gladys welcomed each new priest Returning Home, a parish pro- Gladys, it meant everything to her and she who came to St. Francis and tried to make gram designed to help people dedicated herself to her work,” com- each feel that this was a truly wonderful return to the sacraments and mented her sister, Laura. place to be. Fr. Al Bremer commented, to regular church attendance. Gladys faithfully served her faith “One thing that I remember about Gladys The program provides a won- derful opportunity for people to community for over 50 years as teacher, was her total dedication and that she was ask questions about their faith historian, secretary and receptionist. To always full of joy. She was a very prayer- and learn about changes in the so many people at St. Francis de Sales, ful woman. I was privileged to visit with Church. Gladys was a fixture; they couldn’t imag- her and anoint her a few days before she ine not hearing her cheerful voice on the died.” Fr. Tony Shonis recalled, “Gladys The program began Tuesday, phone calling them “Honey,” “Sweet made me feel that being at St. Francis was April 18 and continues each Thing,” or this grandmother, “Child” and the best place I could be even before I Tuesday through May 23. Ses- “asking what can I do for you?” For came, just talking to me on the phone. I sions are from 7:00-8:30pm at St. Stephen Cathedral Parish Offices at 610 months even after Gladys was receiving do a lot of writing, and having Gladys as Locust Street. For information, without any obligation please call 683-6525. chemotherapy she was at her desk and few an extra pair of eyes to correct my English people knew that she was as ill as she helped, she was so good at that. She also was. liked my jokes; she was more perceptive Owensboro Serra Club Karen Hogancamp was one who knew than most people. Invites You To Adopt A Priest about her illness. “She was a determined Fr. Jerry Calhoun remembers that lady; even when she felt bad she was at her Gladys had a very pleasant voice and was The Serra Club of Owensboro has launched a program to provide prayerful support desk and never let on how bad she felt. very business like. Fr. Dave Willett com- for the priests of our Diocese called ADOPT A PRIEST. A lapel pin has been designed She was one of a kind, a jewel; she never mented, “Miss Gladys was a most gracious as shown. The initials of the priest and his date of ordination have been engraved on said a bad thing about anyone and when and kind person to everyone she came into the back of each pin. Along with each pin, a card and envelope will be included, de- she smiled her face lit up. I will always contact with by phone or in person. To all signed especially to be sent by the wearer to the adopted priest. The Serra Club is remember her voice on the phone, “What who knew her, and in her unique way, she asking that you pray daily for your adopted priest. can I do for you, Sweet Thing.” Doug always seemed to make people feel better To order a pin, send a check or money order for $15.00 to: Serra Club of Owens- Arnold, the Music Director at St. Francis about themselves and life. With her quiet boro, 4213 Spring Bank Drive, Owensboro, KY 42303 8 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 What does RCIA mean to me? Rita Russelburg, Immaculate Conception Glenmary Sisters assist tornado Church, Hawesville, Ky. RCIA stands for the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. RCIA is the beginning victims in Missouri process of joining the Catholic Faith and Caruthersville, MO, April 6, 2006: The Glenmary Sisters missioned in Caruthersville, family for me. Missouri are among the many volunteers assisting tornado victims. In the recent after- RCIA has helped me have a better math of damaging storms and a deadly tornado that ripped through Pemiscot County understanding of the sacraments and how in Missouri Sunday, Glenmary Sisters Darlene Presley and Catherine Schoenborn were they relate to the Catholic Faith. among the many that began to coordinate relief efforts at the main distribution center Sister Rita and Father David have both which is at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Caruthersville. “We have been assisting been instrumental in the learning process with immediate needs such as food, personal care items, and building materials since and have helped me each step of the way. the storms hit on Sunday,” said Glenmary Sister Darlene Presley. “Clothing is not My sponsor, Renita, has been very sup- needed; however there is a critical shortage of hygiene items including deodorant, dia- portive of me the entire process. Even pers, and baby formula,” added Sister Darlene. though she has a full time job and family, Sister Darlene continued, “This will be a long term recovery effort; however, we she comes to RCIA gatherings and the Rita Russelburg are focusing on the immediate needs. Large quantities of items are being collected at other important events for me to become a productive member of the Catholic Faith. Casino Aztar in Caruthersville. Smaller donations may be brought directly to the dis- The people whom I have met in the RCIA gatherings have helped to enrich my tribution center here at Sacred Heart. I must stress that this is a joint effort of all local life. They have each brought a uniqueness and diversity to help get a broader picture churches and community organizations. We are all working together to assist those of what the Catholic Faith mean to each of them. We all have different reasons for at- devastated by the tornado.” tending the gatherings but the greatest reason is our love of God and wanting a closer “Our mission in Caruthersville has only been established since June. The Glenmary relationship with God. charism calls each Sister to help those in need. This recent disaster is certainly no ex- I have enjoyed going to the RCIA gatherings for several reasons. One of the reasons ception,” stated Sister Patricia Leighton, Community President. is for learning about the Catholic Faith and how important the Sacraments are to You can assist the Glenmary Sisters in their relief efforts by keeping everyone in strengthening my faith. Another reason is the companionship of Sister Rita, my sponsor Pemiscot County in your daily prayers. To learn more about the Glenmary Sisters or and other candidates. Finally, by going through RCIA I have developed friendship with to make a donation contact the Glenmary Center at 1-800-301-2689 or www.glenmary- other members of the Catholic Faith. sisters.org. In closing, I just want to say thank you to everyone that has helped and supported me in this process. Prayer Service Remembers Ky. Children, Victims of Child Abuse

The students in the fifth and sixth grades at Sts. Peter and Paul School gathered at a Prayer Service to re- member the Kentucky children who had been victims of child abuse during the past year. The Christian County Council on Child Abuse and Neglect brought one balloon to repre- sent each child who had died in Kentucky last year. After a short program and prayer service the balloons were released into the sky. Submitted by Sts. Peter and Paul School April 18, 2006 The Land of Cotton - Reflections on the life of the founding Bishop of Owensboro, The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 9 Francis R. Cotton, and the beginning days of the Owensboro Diocese, Part V By Father Benjamin Luther prior to his death, in a conversation with Msgr. The Bishop of Louisville at the tirne Gilbert Henninger - but that is getting far ahead of the ordination of Father Francis R. of our story. More about that later. Cotton was the Most Reverend Denis A Benedictine Father of St. Maur’s Priory O’Donaghue. Father Cotton was not at South Union, near Bowling Green (today, ordained by him, however, but by the headquarters of the Fathers of Mercy), Bishop John T. McNicholas, O.P., served as a substitute for the pastor of St. Bishop of Duluth (later, Archbishop of Francis de Sales in Paducah and heard some Cincinnati; died, 1950), in Washington, stories about Father Cotton’s days there as D.C.. Assistant to Father Connell. One I recall con- It seems that Bishop O’Donaghue cerned a boy of nine years of age, who told the developed Alzheimers disease, and so story on himself to the Benedictine priest. It he was assigned a Coadjutor Bishop of seems that he was taken by his mother to St. Louisville cum jure successionis, “with Francis de Sales for Saturday afternoon confes- the right of succession,” the Most Rev- sions. Now, the boy was in public school and erend John A. Floresch, in early 1923, so did not have the benefit of catechism taught by Pope Pius XI. by the Sisters of Charity at St. Mary’s Acad- A photo of Frank Cotton from John Alexander Floresch was a Francis R. Cotton in cassock dur- emy near the parish church (the predecessor his seminary days. From the priest of the Diocese of Nashville. He ing seminary days. From the Dioc- of today’s St. Mary’s High School). As a Dicoesan Archives Collec- grew up near the city of Nashville. It is esan Archives Collection consequence, he was a bit “rusty” on the pro- tion. an interesting fact that one of his cedure for confession. He preceded his and for the Sisters, and most of- Catholic grade school friends was of Westem Kentucky, detached from mother into the box. After a brief time, the ten, an early morning Mass in the Samuel A. Stritch, who became the the Louisville Diocese in 1937. door of the confessional opened, and to his chapel there (which I visited once Bishop of Toledo (Ohio), Archbishop Bishop Denis O’Donoghue gave mother’s amazement, the boy emerged as well. only, weeks after my ordination). of Milwaukee, and Cardinal Arch- two brief assignments to Father Cotton Fr. Cotton took him by the hand and led him He also taught catechism to the bishop of Chicago (Archbishop in 1939, - at the old Cathedral in Bardstown, down the side aisle and into the sacristy, where students on a regular basis. Cardinal in 1946; died in Rome, in the following his ordination and then his he was seated. Fr. Cotton soon returned with The pastor of St. Francis de Curia, in 1958). first Mass there, and after that, to St. a catechism and proceeded to drill him in the Sales, Fr. Connolly, was not in The promotion of Father Floresch Cecilia’s parish in Louisville. Follow- proper manner ofconfessing his sins. Then good health. In fact, he retired to has an interesting background. The ing those, he was appointed Assistant both returned to the confessional, hand m hand, live back in Louisville not long representative of the pope to the Church to the pastor, Father Connell of St. and finished the matter. after Fr. Cotton’s tenure as As- in the United States was the Apostolic Francis de Sales in Paducah; in 1936, Father Cotton was also “chaplain” to the sistant ended. He delegated Fr. Delegate, who resided in Washington, Father Cotton preached the funeral Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. They staffed Cotton to confer Baptisms and the D.C.. (An aside: under President Rea- sermon for his old pastor. the “Academy” mentioned above. Their Acad- baptismal register of the parish gan, in 1984, diplomatic relations were We can pause here to interject sev- emy was in operation for many years. has the following records: Mary instituted between the Holy See and the eral stories about Father Cotton’s time I cannot refrain from recounting one of the Nellie Colman Melber, January 6, United States of America, and the Ap- in Paducah. Information is scant after minor glories of the old St. Mary’s Academy, 1923; Charlotte Mary Good, on ostolic Delegate then became “Apos- so many years, however. One item il- and of our diocese, and that concerned the first January 9,1923; Herman Shelby tolic Nuncio,” a representative of the lustrates his love of sports. On Sunday canonized American saint, Frances Xavier and Josephine Wilson, both on Holy See to the Church in the United afternoons, it was the custom to have Cabrini. St. Frances Cabrini lived in Chicago. January 29, 1923; Charlotte Mary States, and also ranked as ambassador the Rosary and Benediction of the She was the foundress of the Sacred Heart Good, and Erasmus Charles to the government of our country). One Blessed Sacrament. Father Cotton was Sisters, and their work centered on helping the Wolfe, both on April 1, 1923; of the professors of Father Floresch, assigned to this by his Pastor. It was poor and needy who sought food, clothing, and Catherine Louise Crawley, on who studied in Rome, became Apos- customary for him to take off his vest- shelter - and medical care - and St. Frances May 12, 1923; Francis Brooks tolic Delegate to the United States, ments and race out of church to play Cabrini founded a number of hospitals in dif- Egoff, May 19, 1923; John Wil- Archbishop Giovanni Bonzano (1911- tennis with young men of the parish. ferent countries for the poor sick. She had a liam Egoff and Anthony Sinclair 22), followed by Archbishop Pietro He was so fast at doing this that he was hospital in Chicago, and one in New Orleans. Egoff, both on May 25, 1923. In Fumasoni-Biondi (1922-32). Father already playing when parishioners Now, Paducah was about half way between addition, Father Cotton helped in Floresch was Secretary to the Apos- walked past the tennis court ! the two cities. The Saint was accustomed to neighboring parishes near Pa- tolic Delegate when he was appointed In addition to his fondness for ten- leave the train in Paducah and spend several ducah and also in western Tennes- Coadjutor Bishop of Louisville in 1923 nis, he also was a great fan of baseball. days with the Sisters of Charity in Paducah. see. The routine life of the parish and succeeded as Bishop of Louisville While in the seminary, Frank Cotton When she was canonized in 1947 by Pope Pius assistant was about to change. in 1924. (Bishop O’Donaghue died in was an avid player, and on one occasion, XII, the Sisters caused a plaque to be fixed to Bishop Floresch called Fr. Cotton 1925.) Bishop Floresch was to play a sliding into base, he injured a shoulder the door of the room where she had stayed so to Louisville, his next to the last central role in the life of Francis Cotton and arm. There was some continuing often. Now, back to our story... assignment. and the creation of the new Owensboro problem as a consequence of the injury. Father Cotton’s responsibility was routine Diocesan Church out of the 32 counties In fact, that played a minor role just - confessions for the students at the Academy, 10 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 YOUTH 2000 leads people to a personal encounter with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ By Lisa Bivins OWENSBORO,Ky. - Come let us adore Him! The words of Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed at World Youth Day in Germany last summer came true during the 9th annual Owensboro YOUTH 2000 held at Brescia University on March 10, 11, and 12. 2006. The three wisemen where led by a star to adore the Christ Child, as were 624 youth also led to adore the same Jesus Christ present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. They were called to be in the presence of God just as Moses was called to be with Him on Mt. Bishop John McRaith with semi- Horeb in the presence of a burning bush. narian Steve Hohman, Fr. Bruce The Owensboro YOUTH 2000 sponsored by The Fogle and altar server Eric Ebelhar Marian Shrine Commitee and the Office of Youth Min- listen to the petitions at the closing istry of the Diocese of Owensboro is the second largest Mass of Youth 2000. in the world. Our diocese Youth 2000 is also the longest- began with five priests hearing late into the running program in the United States. Fr. Ben Luther, night. The same line for confession lasted Director of the Marian Shrine, said, “I am convinced throughout the weekend with powerful YOUTH 2000 is successful because it is based on Mary testimonies of the youths healing experi- and Christ in the Eucharist. The Blessed Sacrament is ences. One college student testified that exposed in the middle of the youth on top of a burning she had made some wrong choices during bush throughout the event.” Fr. Bruce Fogle, Associate her first year of college, returned to Director of the Marian Shrine, said, “What a blessed sight YOUTH 2000 to get a new start, and she to see 624 youth gathered to love our Lord and the Blessed made a general confession of her life. Fr. Virgin Mary.” Bob Drury, also a Marian Shrine Member, Joann Bradford, a Marian Shrine member, attended said, “Hearing confessions during the along with 20 youth from St. Mary’s in Franklin, Ky. weekend was a tiring experience for us Some of the youths’ comments about the retreat weekend priests. But what far exceeded any tired- were: a young man said, “Tremendous weekend; thank ness priests may ahve felt, was the fact that you so much.” Another young person went to confession hundreds of persons came to admit sinful- Saturday night, and he said it had been so long since he ness and to have their sins taken away. had confessed since his first confession eight years ago, Conversion is very much alive.” that he forgot some things and went back Sunday morn- Bishop John J. McRaith made an ap- ing.” His mother told Joann that after supper Sunday night pearance on Satuday afternoon during the he got up from the table and said, “ I am going to the porch retreat and recieved a standing ovation to say the Rosary.” One non-Catholic boy attended, and from the youth. Their excitement for the wants to become Catholic. Bishop was a beautiful witness of their One of the most inspiring ways the youth partici- love for the Catholic Church. They were pated was the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Soon after the genuinely proud to have their shepherd opening rosary and Mass on Friday evening confessions among them. The Bishop also came Sun- day and offered the closing Mass for the retreat. We are very blessed to have a Bishop who loves being with the youth. The charism of YOUTH 2000 is to lead young people, through prayer amd instruc- tion before the Blessed Sacrament, to a personal encounter and ever-deepening union of the heart and mind with the Eu- charistic Heart of Jesus Christ through Eucharistic centered retreats, YOUTH 2000 responds to the call of the late Pope John Paul II to prepare young people to live and proclaim the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We want to thank our youth Let the dancing begin! The grand finale of Youth for responding to this call, “Come let us 200o finds the Assembly celebrating being sent adore Him.” forth to love and serve the Lord. Larena Lawson photos Diocesan Pastoral Council Meeting, Christ The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 11 conate committee continues to meet. Their main task at this time is to find a director The King Parish Hall, Madisonville, March 20, 2006 for the program. The director must be either a priest or a deacon. It will take some time Present: Valerie McCoy, Fr. Al Bremer, Sr. Cheryl Uebelhor, P. J. O’Donoghue, Barb to get everything in place. Carper, Jeff Lamb, Marilyn Chandler, Bill Rodgers, Paul Bachi, Fr. Jerry Calhoun, Five-Year Plan. The current diocesan goals & objectives expire in 2006. It is time Mary Prante, Delphine Operle, Homer Barton, Janet Thomason, Charles Rucks, Suzanne to begin rewriting them. Bishop McRaith has asked diocesan directors, with their ad- Wilson, Denny Mann, Bishop John McRaith, Cathy Hagan – Executive Secretary. ministrative assistants, to revise their goals. He asked that they look at them not in terms Absent With Notice: Perry & Betty Elder; Absent: Linda Frakes. CPC Staff: Sr. Joseph of what they want to do -- but what needs to be done. These are to be submitted to Angela Boone, Sr. Pat Froning, Tom & Kathy Buehrle, Jim Mattingly. Cathy Hagan by April 24, 2006. The DPC will review the proposed goals at their May Marilyn Chandler, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. Jeff Lamb 15th meeting. After the input from the DPC, directors will then make any changes led the opening prayer. Agenda Addition: Five-Year Goals & Objectives necessary to their goals. After this is done, the proposed goals will be sent via deanery Minutes from September 19, 2005 were approved as mailed. Bishop McRaith had councils to parish councils for their input. The goals will then come back to the DPC no remarks to make at this time. The Diocesan Pastoral Council approved the Diocesan for final approval. budget & assessments for fiscal year 2006-2007 as presented. Sr. Joseph Angela ex- DPC Terms and Nominations of Officers. First terms are expiring for Janet plained that the rate on loans from the Deposit/Loan Account will be raised from 5% Thomason, P.J. O’Donoghue, Jeff Lamb, Bill Rodgers, Barb Carper and Delphine to 5.5% effective July 1, 2006. The rate paid on deposits in the account will be raised Operle. All are eligible for a 2nd term. Nomination ballots for Chairperson, Vice-Chair- from 2.5% to 3%. Both Bishop McRaith and Sr. Joseph Angela emphasized how much person and Secretary/Treasurer were distributed. All DPC members are eligible to serve money Catholic Extension Society gives to parishes in the diocese. They urged deanery in any of the three positions. Forms are due back to Cathy Hagan by April 28th. representatives to ask their parishes to please encourage organizations to support the Committee & Council Items. One DPC member reported that he does a synopsis production of Extension Society calendars . of parish reports found in deanery minutes for his parish council. He commented that Realignment of Deaneries: Fr. Jerry Calhoun reported that the Priests’ Council he finds it fascinating to read what is happening in different parishes throughout the discussed realignment of deaneries at their meeting earlier in the day. Because of the diocese. Another member reported that she has called all the deanery council members size of the Owensboro Deanery the decision has been made to subdivide it into two in her deanery inviting and encouraging them to come to the deanery council meeting. deaneries – Frederica Street being the dividing line. Other deaneries are experiencing The next meeting of the DPC is Monday, May 15th at Christ the King Parish Hall, some difficulties because their deaneries are too small. The Priests’ Council will con- Madisonville. Submitted by Cathy Hagan tinue to look at the deanery structures. This created some discussion among DPC members about the difficulties they are Plans for October Collection of Goods for experiencing in their deaneries and parishes. There still seems to be a lack of awareness in parishes about the role of their deanery representatives and the purpose of the Dean- Diocese of Mandeville Jamaica Underway ery Councils and the Diocesan Pastoral Council. There seems to be a great number of The Diocese of Owensboro plans to send collected items in a shipping container people who do not realize this structure even exists. sponsored by Food for the Poor to our sister Diocese in Mandeville Jamaica in October The DPC recommended that a chart be drawn up which would list all the parishes 2006. The collection point currently is planned to be in Owensboro KY with the exact and what deaneries they belong to. Then show how the communication flows from the location of processing and packing still under consideration. Many of the Parishes, parishes to the deaneries to the DPC (and ultimately to the Bishop) and then flows back Schools and Institutions in the Mandeville Diocese have expressed needs for a number down to the deaneries and then to the parishes. of different items to assist their mission to the people of Jamaica. It was also suggested that when the minutes of the DPC are published in the West- In November, 2004, the Diocese of Owensboro sent an estimated eight tons of ern Kentucky Catholic that the names and phone numbers of DPC members be in- goods via a trailer from Food for the Poor to our Sister Diocese after Hurricane Ivan, cluded. Another suggestion was to highlight a different deanery in each issue of the a category 5 storm, had hit the island. Sister Connie Ostrander, the Development Direc- paper. tor for the Diocese of Mandeville, expressed appreciation when she received these items. Lay Ecclesial Ministers Task Force Proposal– Sr. Pat Froning. This proposal She wrote: “From the soul of Jamaica thank you to... all the donors of the Owensboro has been sent through the deanery councils to parishes. No negative feedback has been Diocese who reached out to make our lives easier with the gifts for our precious peo- received. The Priests’ Council has approved the proposal with a few suggested chang- ple.” es. The Diocesan Pastoral Council in complete consensus recommended to Bishop At the request of our Diocese, Sister Connie Ostrander asked various parishes and McRaith that this proposal be approved with the changes listed by the Priests’ Council. groups in the Mandeville Diocese to submit their requested list of needs. To date we Sr. Pat Froning distributed a copy to each DPC member of “Co-Workers in the Vineyard have responses from: St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in Chapelton, Our Lady of the An- of the Lord” which is a statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops nunciation Parish in Hayes, St. Charles Lwanga Parish and Community in Knockpatrick, for guiding the development of Lay Ecclesial Ministry. St. Croix Parish in Santa Cruz, St. Gabriel Parish in Balaclava, Mary Help of Christians Camp Board is asking for a Diocesan Pastoral Council member to serve on this Home, a home for abandoned elderly run by the Missionaries of Charity in Balaclava, board. Perry Elder is currently on the board and could serve as the DPC representative Our Lady Hope of Children’s Home, an orphanage in Black River, the Catholic College if this is what the council wants. The DPC was in agreement that Perry serve as the of Mandeville, the Housing Department that builds homes, the poor, and the Maintenance DPC rep. (If for some reason Perry cannot serve on the board, Valerie McCoy offered Department. Many other groups and parishes will likely have requests of their own for to do this.) needs that they have. Sister Connie has requested that all items be no more than gently Mandeville Report. Richard Murphy could not be at the DPC meeting and sent a used, if at all possible. written report. The report was distributed to DPC members. Sr. Pat Froning explained Clothing and shoes for men, women, and children are needed for the poor. All that the Diocese of Mandeville was very impressed with the brochure that was distrib- clothing should be suitable for a tropical climate. Basic furniture is needed, such as uted for the Ash Wednesday Collection. All of the pictures in the brochure were taken tables, chairs, couches, lamps, lamp stands, beds and bedding, kitchen utensils, and by people from this diocese on various mission trips. The Diocese of Mandeville plans appliances - stoves, refrigerators, fans, computers, and TV/VCRs, in many places such to make a generic brochure using the same pictures to be used in their communication as the parishes. Numerous household and kitchen items are needed throughout the efforts with dioceses and other organizations. Diocese, especially in the various institutions. Sheets, blankets, and pillows are also Diaconate Program Update – Fr. Jerry Calhoun. Fr. Jerry reported that the dia- Continued on page 32 12 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Catholic Connections Point To Importance Of Music Education “Study in all the arts – dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts – is vital to Catholic education.” This statement forms a guiding principle for the newly released Catholic Connections to Music in the National Standards for Arts Education, created and published by the Music Education Division of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM). The new 30-page document may be downloaded from the NPM web site, www.npm.org. The framers of the Catholic Connections took note of the centrality of music for the life and worship of the Church. The Second Vatican Council declared: “The musical tradi- tion of the Catholic Church is a treasure of immeasurable value, greater even than that of any other art” (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, no. 112). Every liturgical document since Vatican II has emphasized the importance of singing in the liturgy and the right and duty of the whole assembly to take an active part. Music has a vital role in Catholic education – to prepare young people for active par- ticipation in sung worship, to form the next generation of musicians and composers, and to open students to the richness of music as it expresses the glory of God through its beauty. The National Standards for Arts Education were developed in 1994 by a coalition of Bill Dudgeon, 17, a St. Joseph parishioner from Leitchfield, and An- arts education associations that included MENC—The National Association for Music nette Cannon, are shown here providing the instrumental accompani- ment as the cantors, Sarah Miller and Mark Cannon, led the assembly Education. The NPM Music Education Division published Catholic Perspectives on the in singing liturgical music April 2 for the 10:00 a.m. Mass. Both instru- standards that same year—a set of standards that applied the music part of the National mentalists study and practice their music many hours before playing Standards to education in a Catholic environment. their instruments for a Catholic liturgy.Staff Photo Now the NPM Music Education Division has issued a revised and expanded document to guide music educators in Catholic schools, parishes, and other institutions, including Continued on page 40 Composer Calls All To Sing At Mass “As One Though Davis Haas is a composer of sacred music, he has not written this Singing The Very Words of God” book to talk to certificated or degreed musicians alone. His emphasis is upon David Haas, The Ministry and Mission of Sung calling all who approach the altar of the Lord to prepare ahead of time for wor- Prayer, St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2002, ship and for sung prayer. 110 pages. Reviewed by Mel Howard People with experience in leading Catholic liturgical music already know David Haas has written a book about liturgi- and are implementing most of what Davis Haas writes about in this book, or they cal music that gets at what the assembly at a burn out fast. Anyone thinking about becoming a pastoral musician in their par- Catholic Mass can do while music is being per- ish or diocese would do well to read and discuss this book. Experienced pasto- formed. He writes about “the assembly as min- ral musicians can do well to pick up The Ministry and Mission of Sung Prayer ister.” every now and then. What? The congregation doing something In chapter three, “Toward A Spirituality of Music Ministry,” Haas writes more than being passive recipients of the “min- that “if we were to be truthful in our sung prayer and articulate honestly the istry” given to them by the leaders? He writes experience of many people, we would probably sing: “...I don’t know you are that “As a result of Vatican II, the more authentic near.” tradition from our history has been restored - that “Sung prayer,” he writes, “can celebrate the journey of waiting and hoping even the liturgy is an action of the assembly, and thus, when it is much easier to be cynical and suspect... It needs to tell the truth, and its music is rooted in the assembly as well.” in the midst of that truth, call us to conversion and action...” Liturgy is an activity of people. “If there is Haas quotes Saint Peter, “Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the no gathering of people, there is no liturgy,” Haas very words of God ...(1 Peter:4-11)” Haas writes, “For music ministers, the writes. “Even though many parishes find them- sentence should be: “Whoever sings must do so as one singing the very words selves far from reaching these goals (given over of God.” 40 years ago in Vatican Council II’s The Con- How are we singing at Mass? Are we singing? Are the very words of God stitution on the Sacred Liturgy),” Haas continues, liturgy, we Catholics frequently do with- coming from our vocal chords, even if we have only one musical note? This “music ministers need to remember that their out music at Mass, unless someone uses a book contains many “Aha” moments, moments of epiphany, moments of insight particular role is supportive. The primary minis- tape player to lead the assembly in musical for Catholics who are serious about participating at Mass. Haas doesn’t criticize ter of music in any liturgical celebration is always prayer. In fact, Haas claims that the min- individuals or types of musicians or singers. Not every reader will buy into Haas’ a musically untrained assembly.” istry of cantor is (hang on to your hats!) ideas about liturgy and liturgical music, but The Ministry and Mission of Sung We have thought that the cantor and the in- more important than the ministry of the Prayer is a book which does “open students (all) to the richness of music as it strumentalist were the primary music ministers! organist, choir, or the ensemble. “The can- expresses the glory of God through its beauty,” as urged in Catholic Connections Not so, Haas claims, and he has the Vatican II tor is the vital link or liaison between the to Music in the National Standards for Arts Education published by National documents to back up his claim. If cantors and assembly and the leadership in the sanctu- Association of Pastoral Musicians on their web site, www.npm.org. instrumentalists are not in church for a weekend ary,” Haas claims. Gifts of Holy Spirit The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 13 By Fr. Ray Clark SpiritualAdoption: This month we conclude our study of the gifts of the Holy Spirit by examining the gifts of Piety and Fortitude. Through the human virtue of piety I am devoted to those who have an Prayer Saved Our Son’s Life important role in my life. Through the Holy Spirit’s gift of Piety I recognize My family would like to share with God as my Father and I want to honor Him. I speak to him as a child speaks you the importance of Spiritual adoption. to its father. Through Piety I recognize others as children of God who Spiritual adoption is praying for a particu- deserve my respect. lar but unknown child’s life. We pray that As Piety matures, I give myself totally for God and others. Under the they are spared an abortion and are al- influence of Piety, I want to pray and to perform the works of mercy. lowed to continue life. We have been Like all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Piety continues in heaven. The asked to tell our story, to put a face on that saints honor God as Father and intercede for us here on earth. unknown child. St. Therese of the Child Jesus, the Little Flower, embodies Piety. This time last year my wife and I de- Therese had a deep sense of God as her father; she loved to pray the Our cided that we needed to look into adoption. Father. She is as example of the intercession of the saints for us, as We had struggled for several years with she said shortly before her death: ‘I will spend my heaven doing good infertility problems. In the church bulletin upon earth.’ we learned about Catholic Charities adop- Fortitude as a human virtue is courage. As a gift of the Holy Spirit, I tion program. It pairs infertile catholic receive the strength of God. St. Paul wrote to the Phillipians: ‘I can couples with prospective birthparents. In do all things in Him who strengthens me’ (4:13). the first week of June, after several adop- Fortitude overcomes fear, including the fear of death. It helps me to tion classes and home studies, we were persevere, to be confident even in danger that God will care for me. informed that we had been accepted. Our Fortitude takes joy in suffering. Patience is an effect of Fortitude. profile would now be shown to birthpar- The North American martyrs were French Jesuits who labored among ents looking for someone to raise their native Americans in the mid 1600’s in what is now Canada and the north- child. We were told that it could be a long eastern United States. They displayed Fortitude as they were tortured. St. wait. The average was at least 1 ½ to 2 Roger, Kathy and Lucas Martin Isaac Jogues had escaped torture and returned to France and asked to years. return to his ministry. As St. John de Brebeuf was being martyred, he displayed such courage that his persecutors ate his heart that they might About the same time last year Spiritual Adoption had began. Several members of have the same courage. my family “spiritually” adopted unborn children. In mid-August, we were contacted by Catholic Charities. There was a birth- In the gifts of the Holy Spirit we have been given a treasure. But we mother who had picked our profile and wanted to meet with us. We went to the are like children who do not know that we have only to claim this Catholic Pastoral Center to discuss the details. It is a day I remember very well. It was treasure, which we have received in Baptism and Confirmation. As we the first time we saw our future child. 4 ultrasound pictures and on the last picture 3 prepare to celebrate the feast of Pentecost, let us ask the Holy Spirit words. to help us claim these gifts and to use these treasures we have received. IT’S A BOY! Two weeks later, September 1, we met the birthmother. We met with her every couple of weeks just to get to know one another. During one meeting, She told us the story of how She had decided to place her child up for adoption. She had conceived in a less than perfect situation. No longer with the birthfather she de- Second Annual Picnic cided to have an abortion. She went to the doctors office where she was to have it August 26 ,2006 performed. She noticed a monitor in the corner of the room. It was monitoring the On The Beautiful, Spacious Grounds heartbeat of her unborn child. At that instant she knew what she was doing was wrong. Of The Sisters Of Charity, Bardstown, Ky. She then made the decision for adoption placement. Komfort Koaches Will Provide Transportation What was it that made her look at that monitor and move her heart to change her For $10 Per Person For Interested Persons mind? Watch For Details In The August Western Kentucky Catholic. The adoption was not a popular decision in her family. She had little if any support from them. She was forced to undergo this on her own. But when we met her we noticed how happy she was. She had no regrets and seemed to be on a mission to find Immaculate Over 50 Group will take a “Lan- a good home for her baby. caster Show Trip & the Dutch Country” Monday, November 13 through Where did her strength come from? Saturday, November 18. 5 nights including 3 nights in the Lancaster area; November 4th 2005, only 5 months after our journey began, My wife and I watched 8 meals - 5 breakfasts and 3 dinners. Admissions to the American Music as our son, Lucas Taylor, came into this world. Every day, when we look into his Theatre’s performance of “The 2006 Christmas Show: and “The Miracle eyes and see his smile, we are reminded of the importance of prayer. We are re- of Christmas” at the Sight & Sound Millennium Theatre; guided tour of minded of how it saved our son’s life and united him with us. Amish Country, the National Christmas Center, Historic Kitchen Kettle Thank you and God bless, Roger, Kathy and Lucas Martin Village, guided tour of Gettysburg, PA - site of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 and much more. $599 double occupancy; $75 upon signing. Call Gloria Zinobile 270-685-5268. 14 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 St. Isidore Feast Day, May 15 Centering Prayer retreat - Dear God, thank you for rural lives “Unmasking the False Self with Compassion” Centering Prayer practice is a way May 15th is the feast day of St. Isidore, a Spanish farmworker (1070- of life, a commitment to a new life, 1130) who is the patron saint of farmers to be a new creation, to become the and farmworkers. The National Catholic true self which is God’s idea of who Rural Life Conference celebrates this feast we are; to let God act and bring us day in recognition of the virtues found in little by little to the integration of all rural life: love of the land, commitment to reality and into our understanding of family and a deep spirituality. Along with God; and to see all things in God and his wife, St. Maria, this pious farm family God in all things. was known for their love of the poor and - Father Thomas Keating their humble ways. They are the patrons of NCRLC. Visit the St. Isidore website -- www.ncrlc.com/isidoreandmaria.html July 16-23, 2006 where we display St. Isidore and Maria prayer cards and other materials. This Retreat Directors: May 15th, say a prayer for farm families Father Justin Langille and Jean Johnson everywhere. The National Catholic Rural Life 8-Day Intensive Retreat or Post-Intensive Retreat Conference presents the Isidore and Maria Award to a married couple who exemplify In Cooperation with Contemplative Outreach fidelity to a vocation that combines family, integrity, stewardship and faith. To register, contact Kathy McCarty St. Isidore and St. Maria led virtuous lives: commitment to family, love for the (270) 229-0200, ext. 413 land, service to the poor and a deep spirituality. This simple couple worked their [email protected] entire lives for a wealthy landowner in medieval Spain. St. Isidore was known for his piety, special love of the downtrodden and a respectful care for animals. A brochure can be found online at Piety calls for faithfulness to relationships among family, kin, community and www.msjcenter.org society. Piety moves a person to venerate God with generosity and affection, humbly to others and to all of Creation. St. Isidore was known for coming late to work in the fields because he would first attend Mass every morning. Yet his work never suffered and he always met the tasks St. Maria always kept a pot of stew on the fireplace in their humble rural dwelling. demanded of him. His master, Squire de Vergas, decided one day to observe Isidore at She knew that her husband Isidore would often bring home anyone who was hungry. his work. The squire hid himself in some bushes near the field where his laborers were One day he brought home many hungry people. After she served several of them, Ma- working. As usual, Isidore arrived late and then began driving his oxen without forcing ria told him that there simply was no more stew in the pot. He insisted that she check a hurried pace. The master’s anger soon turned to astonishment. Two angels, one on the pot one more time, and she was able to spoon out enough stew to feed everyone. either side of Isidore, appeared and joined their faithful companion in plowing the St. Maria, Farmwife, Feast day: September 14th, Spanish saint and farmwife fields. Dear God, thank you for rural lives. Bless those who are formed by the rhythms St. Isidore the Farmer, Feast day: May 15th, (b. 1070 - d. 1130), Spanish saint and of nature and church. Help us to rejoice in You and each other. Isidore and Maria, pray patron saint of farmers and farmworkers for us. Amen. Abundant Prayer, Abundant Harvest Richard Murphy, Director, Office of Social Concerns, Diocese of Owensboro J. Fletcher Lowe, Jr. in an article entitled “Rogation Days Still Worthwhile” explains that Rogation represented the dependence upon God from the very beginning of the production cycles-on the farm, on the boat. Even though our societal focus has shifted, the dependence has not. In our industrialized, service-oriented world, we continue to be dependent upon the Lord for all that we have and all that we are. We may be more removed from the exigencies of nature, more removed from the cycles of rain and sun and wind and calm as they affect our work. Yet, not only are we just as dependent upon God for the food that comes from farm and boat but dependent too for all of the raw mate- rials we use in production and all the gifts and abilities we bring to produce and service them. That dependence, especially in our modern world, needs to be made more visible. The Rogation days, April 25th is the major day, and the three minor days before Ascen- sion Day or May 22-24 this year, provide us with the opportunity. Undergirding the farm and the boat is the common reality all of us share, no matter what we produce-our dependence upon the Lord’s bounty. We need to ask his blessing (Rogation from the Latin rogare-to ask) upon the means we each use to produce. Rogation Days have been determined to be one of three Diocesan Days of Prayer. Recently the Office of Liturgy sent out material on these days to the Pastors, including Rogation Days. The Diocesan Rural Life Committee encourages following the suggestions for prayer, especially the Prayer for the Blessing of Seeds at Planting Time. May the prayers and rituals remind us all of the dependence on God we mutually share for His continued blessings and mercies to allow us to provide food and fiber for our families and communities. Water – Lifeblood Of The Environment, Essential To All Life The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 15 By Richard Murphy, Office of Social Concerns Water is vital to sustaining life. Water makes up between 55-65% of the human Freshwater web site. body, and about 75% of the brain. About 82% of our blood is water. Water helps make From the same web site, it is learned that a five minute shower with a standard possible every movement, thought, and feeling. It helps digest our food, transport waste, showerhead uses about 26 gallons of water, while a similar shower with a low-flow and control body temperature. Without clean, refreshing water we humans die. Each shower head uses only a little over 9 gallons of water. The average load of laundry year according to the freshwater website, www.ec.gc.ca/WATER, 3 to 4 million people uses about 59 gallons of water. die of waterborne diseases, including 2 million children who die of diarrhea. In devel- During the summer, about half of all treated water is sprayed on to homeowners oping communities, it’s reported that 80% of illnesses are water related. Water is the lawns and gardens. A single lawn sprinkler, spraying a little over 5 gallons of water common denominator of life for every living thing on earth, and we all have a stake in per minute, uses 50% more water in just one hour than a combination of 10 toilet flush- preserving this important resource. ings, two 5 minute showers, two dishwasher loads and a full load of clothes being Fresh water is a finite resource. We must act as good stewards of this valuable washed according to the Freshwater web site. resource now, and in the future, or expose present and future generations to enormous There is a lot that could be done to consume less water in residences. One way is costs in terms of health, life, and livelihoods. According to the World Health Organi- to just fix the leaks. Many households lose more water from leaking taps than is zation, the earth’s surface is 70% covered with water. Although water seems abundant, needed for cooking and drinking. the real issue is the amount of fresh water available. Industrial, Commercial, and Mining Uses of Water Of all the water on earth, 97.5% of it is salt water, leaving only 2.5% as fresh In the United States, approximately 54% of freshwater is used for industrial, com- water. Nearly 70% of the fresh water is frozen in the icecaps at the poles and in Green- mercial and mining purposes. The biggest user of water is for thermoelectric power land. Most of the remainder of fresh water is present as soil moisture, or lies in deep production that accounts for 48% of the total. In fact, water to produce electricity has underground aquifers as ground water, not accessible to human use. That leaves less increased by about 500% from 1950 to 2000. The thermoelectric-power industry than 1% of the world’s fresh water that is accessible for direct human uses. This is the largely uses surface water to cool electricity-generating equipment. Only a small frac- water found in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and those underground sources that are shallow tion of the water used is consumed and most of this water is returned directly to its enough to be tapped at an affordable cost. Only this amount is regularly renewed by source after use. rain and snowfall and is therefore available on a sustainable basis. The United States Industry accounts for about 5% of total water usage in the U.S. According to the is very blessed to have about 8% of the world’s reusable freshwater supply, compared Freshwater web site, water is used as a raw material, a coolant, a solvent, a transport to 18% for Brazil, 9% for China and 7% for Canada. In 2000, the U.S. Geological agent, and as a source of energy. The industries that produce metals, wood and paper Survey (USGS) in its report “Estimated Use of Water in the U.S.” stated that about 408 products, chemicals, and gasoline and oil are the main users of water according to the billion gallons of water per day were withdrawn for use in this country. That is 1,430 USGS. gallons per day per person. Water is used in generally all manufacturing processes at some point. To make a According to the Bill Moyers PBS program, Now, on water, the world currently new automobile, for example, will involve the use of at least 31,680 gallons of water- uses about 50% of its available fresh water. Today, an estimated 12 billion people do 21,120 gallons to produce one ton of steel, and 10,560 gallons more for the actual not have access to clean drinking water, and approximately 2.46 billion people don’t fabrication process. Thousands of gallons more are used to manufacture the car’s have access to sanitation. By 2025 the world’s population growth is expected to increase plastic, glass, and fabric components. by 30%. Under these conditions, two-thirds of the world’s population is likely to live Agricultural Water Usage in countries with moderate or severe water shortages and access to safe drinking water Nationwide, between 35 to 36% of water is used for agriculture according to the would be greatly reduced. USGS website. The water is used in two ways: irrigation, or for livestock production. In a message by Pope John Paul II in 2004, the Pope called water a “gift of God” Irrigation, especially in the western U.S., is responsible for 34% of water usage in this and a “right of all.” He went on to say that “insofar as a gift of God, water is a vital country. The remainder of the water used on the farm is for livestock, dairies, feedlots, instrument, indispensable for survival and moreover a right of all. It is necessary to pay fish farms, and other farm needs. attention to the problems that derive from its evident scarcity is many parts of the Water is a key component of food. Tomatoes are 95% water, spinach 91%, milk world...” 90%, apples 85%, beef 61%, and hot dogs 56%. The USGS has a survey called “How “Water is not an unlimited resource,” Pope John Paul II wrote. “Its rational and much water does it take to grow a hamburger?” It provides information on common solidary use calls for collaboration of all people of good will with the proper govern- water amounts needed to grow certain foods. To grow a hamburger it takes water to mental authority.... Therefore, it is a question that must be resolved by establishing grow the vegetation the cow eats, water for the cow to drink, water for processing the moral criteria necessarily based on the value and respect for the rights and the dignity meat, and other things. According to the report it takes 1,300 gallons of water to sup- of all human beings.” ply one hamburger. The head of lettuce to supply for the burger required 6 gallons of Residential Water Usage water to produce it, and the tomato took 3 gallons. The serving of French fries required There are many competing uses of water today. Take residential usage to start. In 6 gallons of water to bring it to the table, and the glass of milk took 65 gallons of water the United States, approximately 11-12% of water is used for domestic household us- to provide it. The loaf of bread to make the sandwich took 150 gallons of water to get age. (Source is the USGS,’ Water Resources for the U.S., ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/help- it ready for consumption. It took 1,630 gallons of water to provide one lunch without topics.html) According to the World Water Council, www.worldwatercouncil.org, in dessert! North America the average person uses 92 gallons of water per day compared to 53 Because water is so essential to food production, irrigation is very important to gallons a day in Europe. Compare this usage to countries in sub-Sahara Africa: they farming. In his book, World Food Security, Martin McLaughlin points out that irriga- use 2.6 gallons to 5.3 gallons per day per person. tion has been central to the creation of viable farming throughout history. He estimates According to the Environmental Protection Agency web site, www.epa.gov/ebt- that 70% of the earth’s fresh water worldwide goes to irrigating crops and other agro- pages/water.html, Americans use 74% of water in the bathroom- 41% of it to flush the industrial uses. Mr. McLaughlin has pointed out that fresh water for agriculture is in toilet, 33% to bath, 21% in the laundry room, and 5% in the kitchen. One flush of a short supply. It is being further depleted by the soil erosion and pollution and by draw- toilet in the developed world uses as much water as the average person in the develop- ing down the underground water tables. There is hope that some of the current irriga- ing world for a whole day’s water usage. Toilets consume nearly one quarter of our tion systems that are very inefficient can be made more effective in delivering water to municipal water supply and use over 40% more water than needed according to the Continued of page 16 16 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 A St. William, Marion, Album At right, the serving team during St. William, Marion, “Super Senior” Valentine Breakfast honoring all our senior citizens. (front row): Madison Lynch, Shania Sisco, Dylan Fox, Kaylee Graham; (second row): Haley Sisco, Brody Bruns, Corey Bruns, Tay- lor Fritts, Emily Bruns, and Brenden Phillips.

0018 Brody Bruns “rocking” during a break at our “Super Seniors” Valentine breakfast

Hailey and Katie Mathieu and Zach- ary Paris wearing the crowns they made at our Epiphany Celebration. Below, right, Corey Bruns and Bren- CCD students in the “Fiery Furnace” re-enacting den Phillips raking leaves for an the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Brenden Phillips, Corey Bruns, Emily Bruns, Taylor Fritts, & elderly neighbor near St. William’s from the Book of Daniel. Food, Bible stories and Brody Bruns-the older serving team at our “Super Seniors” Catholic Church. games are enjoyed by our CCD “Knights of St. Valentine Breakfast Michael” group which meets the first and third Water – Lifeblood Of The Environment, Wednesday of each month. Essential To All Life (Continued from page 15) crops without great loss. Mr. McLaughlin has indicated that the projected shortfall of water could be largely made up by improvements in the irrigation system. Conclusion: It is clear that water is one of God’s greatest gifts to us to sustain life. As with any gift from God, it is right to express our appreciation, and show it by being good stewards of this precious resource. It is good to be mindful that we live in a community and that we all share this common treasure. We can jointly work together to preserve this valuable gift for many generation to come, and resolve not to exploiting it for temporary gain at the expense of the community. April 30 to May 7, 2006 is the 2006 Stewardship Week, and the theme this year is: Be Water Wise: for more information go to: www.stewardshipweek.com. This site offers a num- ber of activities that someone can use to learn how to conserve this valuable resource. May is also Water Awareness month in Kentucky and the following website contains further infor- mation about the wise usage of water: www.ca.uky.edu/enri/kwam.htm. If a person does not have access to the web, then there is a publication that can be gotten from the County Coop- erative Extension Office (one in every county): IP-2 “Conserving Water at Home”. Perhaps we can all resolve to learn more about water and how it affects life. Then we can be better stewards of this gift of God to all. Bridging Cultural Gaps The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 17 By Byron Macias Catholic leaders urge prayers, It was late summer 2005. It was the last kickball game of the season and our team –as usual- did its best. We lost. What a nice way to begin an article, uh? action on immigration reform Yes, we lost the kickball tournament in Hopkinsville, KY, but I also think we won in so many ways. I am not the best WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Bishops and church organi- kickball player in the world; in fact, I would skip my turns to either kick or tag and the team seemed to be okay with zations are urging Catholics across the U.S. to pray for that! So, happily from the bench I would witness a quite unusual picture: Anglos and Hispanics being teammates, comprehensive immigration reform and to push their speaking and cheering in two languages, coming out to play together thanks to a young man’s initiative. legislators for measures that would legalize the status His name is David Jarboe, a native from Hardinsburg, KY, who is currently a BB&T Bank Branch Manager in Hop- of millions of illegal immigrants. The bishops of New kinsville, KY. He attended –and received his First Communion - at Saint Romuald Catholic School, from kindergarten York state in a Good Friday statement supported legis- to the eighth grade. Then, his family moved to Brandonsburg, where he received the Sacrament of Confirmation at Saint lation that “provides for a pathway to permanent legal John’s parish. David attended Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, graduating with a Major in Finance. status for undocumented workers” and sets up “a ratio- A year and a half ago, he was assigned to Hopkinsville, and ever since, David has had one priority on his mind: reach nal and fair temporary worker program.” San Francisco out to the Hispanic community. “We all are equal,” he says, “and everyone deserves to be given respect.” Archbishop George H. Niederauer called for special His reaching out tries to be as inclusive as possible: David recognizes that Hispanics in Hopkinsville “don’t have a safe prayers for a humane immigration reform to be said place to keep their money,” and that they “lack recreation.” This is why he has made his bank branch available to April 23, Divine Mercy Sunday. In an April 12 state- Hispanics. ment, he also urged Catholics to make sacrifices and David, declaring himself as a “sports lover,” (he likes basketball, football, golf, obviously kickball, etc.), is also promot- contact their legislators on behalf of measures that re- ing sports tournaments for Hispanics, especially soccer: “It is inspiring: it is a sport uniting a whole culture; not only spect “the dignity of our brothers and sisters who have Mexicans. […] I wanted to be a part of it.” come here from other lands.” An April 10 statement by All these events have nourished his vision of Hispanics, to the point that somehow he can relate to them: “I can relate the Knights of Columbus supported paths to legalization [to them] in the sense of having big families” (David is one of six children). I was pretty ignorant as to why they are and noted that the world’s largest Catholic lay organiza- here. They have made me feel compassion.” David has also realized that Hispanics “are family oriented; very so- tion “has proudly included brother Knights in Mexico cial.” for more than 100 years.” David attends Mass at Saints Peter and Paul in Hopkinsville and enjoys its multi- cultural events such as the celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe: “I enjoy seeing a new culture.” David keeps learning about the Hispanic culture, the language and Learning has even planned to visit Latin America some day. Yes, we lost the kickball tournament last summer but God transforms everything to Achieve and makes of it a moment of grace. From that very bench I was cheering my team, made up of white, black, and brown. All this because of people like David, who Your Dreams! realize that we all are called (and have the potential), to bridge gaps.

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Brescia University Lechner Building, the Laurels (3rd floor) ST. JOSEPH SENIORS - The high school senior religious education class at St. Joseph Par- 717 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 ish in Central City, Kentucky, came for a retreat at Mount Saint Joseph Please R.S.V.P.: (270) 686-4254, toll free 1-877-273-7242, ext. 254 Conference and Retreat Center January 6-8. Shown in the photo (not in or by email: [email protected] order) are Jessica Wiggins, Matt Morris, Erin Day, Kyle Doll, Paige Far- laino, Katelyn Storm, Wally Braem, Ashley Lorenzed and Caleb Harper. If you cannot be with us that evening but would like information, MSJ Photo please contact our Office of Admissions at [email protected] or (270) 686-4242 18 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 added how heartbreaking it was to take a family’s photos and keepsakes to the garbage, “but you can’t save anything because the smell will never come out.” In fact, Josh Clary Operation Helping Hands: A New Orleans explained that the group would walk down the block each day to eat their lunch on the porch of an abandoned house because the stench from their workhouse was so severe. Experience Of Service To Others Where is Hope? Sister Pam Mueller, OSU and Brescia’s campus minister, accom- While most college students were heading for warmer weather and a week filled panied the students on this alternative spring break. Sister Pam helped remove flooring with parties and the beach, 11 Brescia students chose long sleeves and work gloves by day and led the group in reflection time at night. Each student was given a journal to over bathing suits and a margarita. These students and two faculty/staff members help them assess their thoughts and emotions. In the journal Sister Pam asked them ques- wanted to spend their vacation helping the grief stricken residents of New Orleans’ tions such as “Where did you see hope today?” “What are some lingering images you’ll Upper 9th Ward begin the rebuilding process. The desire to help began in the after- carry with you?” and “How has this experience changed you?” Stephanie Thomas said she math of Huricane Katrina when Brescia’s Student Government Association organized was disappointed at first to only have two houses because she thought they were going to a school supply drive in response to Sister Carol Shively’s needs in Shreveport, LA. make a huge difference. But in the end she realized they did make a difference for two Sister Carol, an Ursuline Sister and Brescia alumnae, is currently superintendent of families who can now start to rebuild their home and their lives. Kristen Main said the Catholic schools in Shreveport. In the weeks after the hurricane, her school system families were inspiring and added that she wouldn’t have had the desire or hope to go back. took in over 500 displaced students but didn’t have the books, paper, pencils, or Paulo Martins added that he was happy for the families and happy to help them rebuild so other necessary supplies to provide them a proper education. Brescia’s entire campus they could have a future. rose to the occasion sending backpacks, crayons, and other needed items. But many Now What? Brescia’s volunteer group had a life-altering experience over spring in our community felt called to do more. break. Several of the students reported plans to return to New Orleans this summer to help Father Larry Hostetter, associate professor of theology, and Josh Clary, president rebuild even more houses. But in the meantime they want others to realize how much as- of the Student Government Association, worked to find a way for Brescia to con- sistance is still needed. Nick Duvall, a sophomore from Owensboro, KY said, “It’s six tribute more to hurricane relief efforts. Their months of searching finally paid off months later and it still looks like the day after. Don’t think that everything is fine; it’s not. when they found Catholic Charities of New Orleans’ “Operation Helping Hands”. The main areas like Bourbon Street are being rebuilt but the poor parts haven’t been This volunteer project assists elderly, impoverished, and disabled homeowners touched. The city is still like a ghost town.” Josh Clary added that FEMA will stop col- prepare their homes for reconstruction. Catholic Charities screens all homes and lecting garbage from gutted homes in late March so anyone hoping to rebuild their home homeowners, then assigns various volunteer groups to those properties. While groups will also have to find the means to haul off the rubbish. Rebuilding the city will take time work for Operation Helping Hands they are fed and housed by the program. Brescia’s but these Brescia students will be able to look back one day and tell their grandchildren crew spent the week living at a FEMA base camp, Camp Brehman, located in Algiers, how hard they worked in service to others. a suburb of New Orleans proper. The camp consisted of six large tents with each tent housing about 300 people. The volunteers slept on metal cots, had shower trail- ers, outdoor sinks, six flushable toilets, tons of porta-potties, and great food. New Orleans didn’t want to lose the great chefs employed at Harrah’s Casino so they hired the displaced workers to cook for the volunteer crews. The Assignment While in New Orleans the Brescia group was asked to “gut” two houses. This consisted of removing the ceiling, floors, walls, dry wall, sheet rock, appliances, and any personal effects still remaining. When they were finished, only the wooden frame and stud supports on the interior would be visible. Each team member had to wear long pants, long sleeved shirts, thick work boots, latex gloves, work gloves, safety goggles, and a mask. This uniform was essential to the health of the volunteers, due to the high number of loose nails, rusty appliances, and abun- dance of black mold. The crew divided up the rooms, receiving instruction from Jesuit crew leaders overseeing the demolition. Students Laura Rhodes, a sophomore from Alaska, and Stephanie Thomas, a sophomore from Owensboro, KY, com- mented that if others want to go and assist with Operation Helping Hands they ought to take their own crowbar. The crowbar is the best tool for removing the thousands of nails used to construct a house. A regular hammer will do the job but less quick- ly and with more effort. Other students on the trip chimed in that not everyone should use a crowbar, a lesson painfully learned by Josh Clary who managed to hit himself in the head with one. The Brescia crew tackled their first house in two and a half days. They removed seven layers of flooring and took sledgehammers to the walls. The sheetrock came down easily because black mold had eaten through it. Some of the guys on the trip enjoyed knocking down drywall with their heads and fists and commented on the theraputic value of demolition. The group was in for a bit of a shock when they began the next house on the afternoon of day three. This home looked as if the hur- ricane had just happened. The house was abandoned, the refrigerator was full, photo albums were covered in mold and there was drycleaning still hanging in the bedroom. Upon seeing the condition of the second home Paulo Martin, a sophomore from Brazil, said “It was a sad thing.” So Paulo and others led the group in song to try and stay upbeat and positive if for no other reason than to lift the spirits of the family watching their lives being hauled to the curb and put out as trash. Laura The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 19

Mrs. Gail Thompson’s 4th Grade Class leads the Mass at the Owensboro Catholic 4-6 Campus. Each class has a chance to lead a prayer service and mass during the school year and students participate as altar serv- ers, lectors, choir members, and musicians. Pictured above (Left back row) Stephanie Hayden, Alex Ross, Jarred Millay, Sydney Riney, (2nd Mrs. Neal and Mrs. Hayden’s 4-year-old (M-W) class at Cathedral Pre- row) Kelsey Conkright, Meredith Whitehouse, Kendyl Bahnick, (on mic) school just finished their ‘Under the Sea’ Adventures. The children dis- Emily Paul, (Pianist) Nicholas Gray. Music Instructor Mrs. Virginia Bland- covered sea life which included: Puffer Fish, Starfish, Turtles, and Jel- ford. Nicholas is the son of Matt and Nicole Gray of Immaculate Parish lyfish. They made aquariums, used their handcrafted snorkels to swim Photo Submission by Nicole Gray through a massive ‘Under Water Aquarium’ built in the hallway by the teachers, and on the final class day, the class had a Beach Party to cel- Comfort & Hope... a message about grief ebrate sea life! Pictured above are Andrew Gray, the son of Matt and Nicole Gray of Immaculate Parish. (Top left to right) : Jack Lashbrook, By Jeannie Boone Weston Hayden, Andrew Gray, Nick Boarman, Ethan Avery (Bottom left The storm clouds that blew in so dark on Easter morning to right), Emily Teets, Lexie Magan, Cailey Warren, Cole Conley Photo reflected my mood; it was not one of joy and rising hope. I was Submission by Nicole Gray tired to the bone, had been up most of the night with an elderly friend, and when the thunder rolled I nodded in agreement. My Fr Thomas Dubay, SM thoughts turned to Katy, dead now for 17 years, and her Dad who died in 1997. It continues to amaze me that I can hurt so intensely, so sud- October 7, 2006 denly, as if the grief waits in my soul for just the right moment to grab my heart The Marian Shrine Committee is please to announce a day once again. with Fr. Thomas Dubay at Blessed Mother Church in Owensboro, The storm and rain soon passed and brilliant sunshine streamed down to Kentucky. reveal our piece of Kentucky glowing, fresh and vivid with color. New life Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M., is a well-known retreat master and everywhere, incredibly beautiful and hard to ignore; I adjusted my mood as best expert in the spiritual life. A Marist Priest, Father holds a Ph.D. possible and set to work preparing for the day ahead. The children and grand- from Catholic University of America and has taught on both major seminary level children were coming and there would be an Easter feast, an egg hunt, and lots for about fifteen years. He spent the last twenty-seven years giving retreats and writ- of laughter and rejoicing: a new grandchild is on the way and the eldest will ing books (over twenty at last count) on various aspects of the spiritual life. soon have her license to drive! But there is forever in this family a child not Ignatius Press has published several of his books, including Fire Within, Happy here, and her mother still misses her. Are The Poor, Faith and Certitude, Authenticity, The Evidential Power of Beauty, This flashback grief response can hit at any time and we never anticipate and Prayer Primer. He has presented many series on EWTN, including an extensive it. It can be the sight of someone who favors our deceased loved one, a person study of the spiritual life of St. Teresa of Avila and a series on the life of prayer. who walks just the same identical way coming toward us on the street, an an- www.marianshrineky.org niversary that catches us off-guard, or a large family gathering that has a gaping hole. It can be a hair in an old hairbrush, an article of clothing found stuck between drawers, a flower. It can have a subtle tug or an overwhelming grasp, It can also leave some bitter and struggling for years with the “whys” of it but it is the suddenness that takes our breath and reminds us of what was lost. all, but the choice is ours to make. It hurts so deeply. There is no better time that this to make that choice to live and live fully in hope. Someone once said they hated the term lost in reference to the death of a Easter reminds of the empty tomb and we do need to be reminded. Easter says loved one. “My husband is not lost. I cannot go search for him and bring him it is not time to give up but to rise up, and rise we will. We will be with our home happily. He is dead, not lost,” she said. And everyone present understood loved ones again, with Christ as our guide. He is risen and He is our comfort the sentiment. The ones who are lost are the ones left behind, though we move and our hope. through our grief and go on with the tasks of the living, we are forever I pray that as summer approaches it comes also to your heart. I pray that changed. though your grief is enormous you find comfort and hope in the love that was That change can lead us to be more compassionate people, to realize the shared and the promise of our faith. We cannot change what has happened nor importance of faith, family and friends, to set our priorities in the proper or- eliminate the pain, but we can make choices that perpetuate hope and that can der. make everyday Easter. 20 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Questions Regarding the Declaration of Invalidity (Annulment) Process By Donna Sauer, JCL theology of marriage has developed over the twenty centuries that Christianity has been Recently the Tribunal received an influx of questions. Although we usually answer in existence. one at a time in the WKC, the May issue is the last until August. Not wanting the inquir- Let me summarize the Biblical basis for “annulments” as simply as possible (in ers to wait that long for an answer, we are answering them here in as much depth as this limited space). Look at Jesus’ words in Mt 19:6: “So they are no longer two, but is feasible. For additional information or clarification, contact the Tribunal staff at one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate” 270-683-1545, email questions to [email protected], or mail them to (cf. Mk 10:9). In a sense, the purpose of the examination process is try to find out the Louanne Gelarden, Tribunal, Diocese of Owensboro, 600 Locust Street, Owensboro, truth with regard to whether the two people were “joined together” in a lifelong partner- KY 42301. ship at the moment they exchanged consent. The Church understands marriage to be (1) If my ex-spouse dies (never remarried), do I still need an annulment to a lifelong partnership between a man and woman for the whole of life. A valid marriage remarry? If you had no other previous marriage, then you do not need a declaration is an irrevocable covenant brought about by the two people exchanging consent, which of invalidity (formerly called “an annulment”) to remarry. This is because death termi- consent must be an act of the will. If the marriage is valid, its essential properties are nates the matrimonial bond. (See 1 Cor. 7:39: “A wife is bound to her husband as long unity and indissolubility (cannot be dissolved or broken). as she lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whomever she wishes, So, if any of these defining characteristics or essential properties was missing at provided that it be in the Lord.”) That is why marriage vows use phrases like “until the time the parties exchanged consent, then what was created was something other death do us part” or “so long as we both shall live.” Only living people can be bound than marriage. When asked to do so, the Church (through trained judges appointed by in marriage. (1) the Bishop) can examine a marriage to determine whether all of these characteristics (2) Can a Catholic marry a non-Catholic in the Church? Yes, a Catholic can and properties were present when the parties said “I do” to each other. The Church marry a non-Catholic as long as both parties are free to marry; that is, neither party is formalized this examination process, which is properly called the invalidity examination bound by a prior marriage or other impediment. If the non-Catholic party is a baptized process, to determine whether a marriage was truly a valid marriage from the start. If Christian, permission from the Bishop (or his delegate) is required for the Catholic to a marriage is determined to be invalid, the parties may be free to marry again (if there marry him/her. If the non-Catholic party is NOT baptized, a dispensation from the is nothing else standing in the way). Bishop (or his delegate) is needed for the marriage to occur. The priest who prepares Let me also say that the absence of a concept or a term from the Bible does not you for marriage will help get the necessary permission or dispensation. diminish its reality. Catholic beliefs (called the Deposit of Faith) are derived not from Can the Catholic receive the Eucharist? Sacred Scripture alone (sola Scriptura) but also from Sacred Tradition. Thus, Catholi- Yes, the Catholic can receive the Eucharist, as long as the marriage is valid. cism is rooted not only in the Word of God—as handed down by the Holy Spirit—but (3) Can a divorced Catholic remain a Catholic if she remarried outside the also in the rich sacred Tradition (actions, stories, customs, rituals, historical events, etc.) Church? A Catholic marries “outside the Church” in two ways: that has accumulated and evolved since the time that Christ’s physical body left the (1) by failing to follow canonical form (e.g., marrying before the Justice of the Peace earth. or the minister of another faith without a dispensation from the Bishop) OR Why don’t other religions do annulments? (2) when one or both parties were not free to marry (e.g., one party has a previous mar- Simply stated, most other faith denominations do not view marriage as a Sacrament. riage that has not been decreed invalid). This second situation usually is lacking in Rather, in accord with civil law, other denominations see marriage as more of a contract. canonical form also, since a Catholic cannot validly marry when one or both parties are Contracts can be broken if one party no longer wishes to perform his or her contrac- not free to marry. tual obligations. In addition, most civil states regulate marriage by requiring a license, Having said this, remember that “Once a Catholic, always a Catholic” holds true bond, and recording of the marriage with the civil authorities. Since the state also allows even today. So the divorced Catholic will always be Catholic, even if she gets married people to get divorced and be released of civil obligations to each other, most non- “outside the Church.” Catholic denominations accept the civil government’s granting of a divorce as a termi- I think the real question here is whether the divorced and remarried Catholic can nation of the marriage bond. receive the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist. The simple answer is “No, she cannot.” The Catholic Church views marriage as a sacramental covenant relationship, not (2) This is because she is “out of communion” with the Church based on her failure to merely a contract. As a sacrament, marriage is divinely instituted by God through Jesus abide by the fundamental teachings of the Church regarding marriage. To receive “Holy Christ. Therefore, the Church has never recognized the civil government as having Communion,” a Catholic must be in “communion” with the Church. The woman can authority over the validity of marriage. However, because we live in human societies, still go to Mass and participate in many activities in the life of her parish, but until her Church law tells us that we must abide by civil government requirements (license, bond, marital situation is resolved and she is restored to full communion, she cannot receive banns, recording, etc.) and be aware of the “merely civil effects of marriage.” Still, the the Eucharist or perform certain ministries at the parish. civil government does not have the power to terminate a marriage through divorce, (4) Where is “annulment” in the Bible? You will not find the term “annulment” whether the parties are Catholic or not. Just because a civil authority grants a divorce, in the Bible, at least not in regard to marriage. However, the concept of annulment, the spouses are not free to marry again unless their marriage is proved invalid accord- more appropriately called “invalidity of marriage,” is rooted in Scripture. Scripture has ing to God’s law. many references to marriage, divorce, and adultery. 3 Because Jesus put such an em- (5) If I’m a believer and my ex-spouse isn’t, and if he wanted the divorce and phasis on this special human relationship between a man and a woman, the Church I didn’t, am I free to remarry? recognizes it as one of seven Sacraments that Jesus himself instituted. Therefore, a Continued on page 21

Two asides: (1) It does not matter whether the ex-spouse remarried before his death. Your freedom to remarry does not depend on your ex-spouse never remarrying, but only upon the fact that his death terminated your marriage bond; (2) Make sure your intended spouse is free to marry you! If he/she has a previous marriage, that marriage may have to be examined – otherwise the subsequent marriage cannot be “in the Lord”. (2) - Pope John Paul II recognized the only exception to this situation: when the married parties agree to live together as “brother and sister” without sexual intimacy, and then only if their reception of the Eucharist does not cause scandal. (3) - See, for example, Mt 5:31-32; Mt 19:3-9; Mk 10:9; Luke 16:18; 1 Cor 7:10-16; 1 Cor 7:39. Questions Regarding the Declaration of Invalidity (Annulment) Process The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 21 (Continued from page 20) determining factor. What matters is whether all the “ingredients” necessary for a valid (6) If a believer wanted the divorce and a non-believer didn’t, is the believer marriage were present on the day the parties exchanged consent. Marriage does not free to remarry? result from being “blessed by God,” but from the valid exchange of consent between I’ll address these two questions at the same time. First, the meaning of “believer” the parties. and “unbeliever” must be established since both of these questions and the next also (10) How can a person who was married 25 years with a dozen children be use these terms. given an annulment? This is a good question because longevity in a marriage seems Canonists understand “believer” to mean a baptized person (a Christian) and “non- to suggest that the parties were happy and all was well. The same could be asked about believer” to mean an unbaptized person. With this understanding in place, the simple marriages that produce 8 or 10 children. answer to both of these questions is, “No, you are not free to marry simply because one However, the goal of the examination process is to discern the truth about the par- spouse is a believer and one is not.” (4) This is because the Catholic Church starts with ties’ intentions at the moment they exchanged consent. In order to arrive at the truth, the presumption that all marriages are valid. Sometimes this presumption is easily re- the Tribunal seeks to answer two primary questions: (1) What happened between the butted, as in the case of a Catholic who marries without following canonical form. parties during the courtship and the engagement period? and (2) What was in the mind However, the Church does not and cannot hold non-Catholics to laws that the Catholic of each party (what was their intention) on the day of the wedding? These are not easy Church established for governing and regulating itself (such as requiring canonical questions to answer, and that is why the examination process can be painful and inva- form). Still, divine law aspects of marriage do apply to everyone. So, we presume that sive. Witnesses must also verify pertinent information. the marriage of a non-Catholic believer to a non-believer is valid. In fact, the Church Discovering the truth about painful life experiences is not easy or pleasant. But it starts with the presumption that all marriages of non-Catholics to each other are valid. is necessary if the Church is to uphold its teachings regarding the sanctity of marriage. They do not have to follow canonical form, but they must intend marriage according Marriage comes into existence at the moment consent is exchanged. Yes, married to divine law. couples decide every day, or every minute of every day, to continue to stay together. One other point should be made on this topic of the marriage of a non-believer to But the consent they place on the day of the wedding is not an ongoing consent. Consent a believer (Christian). If the marriage ends in divorce, without the non-believer ever does not end and cannot be withdrawn simply because one party (or both) decides that being baptized, the non-believer or the Christian spouse can ask the Pope to grant them s/he no longer wants to be married. a special privilege and dissolve the marriage “in favor of the faith.” This is commonly Therefore, although longevity is an important piece of evidence, it is not the decid- called the “Petrine Privilege” or “Privilege of the Faith” and has several criteria that ing factor as to whether the exchange of consent produced a valid marriage on the day must be met and proofs that must be gathered before the request can be submitted to of the wedding. A decision to marry that was gravely lacking in discretion on the wed- the Holy Father. (5) Although the preparation of a petition for the Petrine Privilege can ding day is not “cured” by the passage of time. The decision to stick with the marriage be just as tedious as that for a formal case, the wait for a decision is generally shorter. for 30 years may be commendable, but it does not change the fact that the person made (7) If two believers divorce, are they free to remarry? No, they are not free to a gravely poor decision 30 years earlier. The truth does not change with the passage of remarry simply because they divorce. (6) Remember, the Catholic Church recognizes time or with the birth of children. the marriages of non-believers and non-Catholic believers to each other. We presume (11) I asked a priest to meet me about proceeding with an annulment – he their marriages are valid. Recall also what Jesus said in Mt 19:6 and Mk 10:9, which never did, now we have another priest. I asked him and sent him a letter, he is essentially that divorce does not end marriage. If God joined two people together, never responded. It’s been four years and no priest has helped me. What do I do? no human can part them. Marriage is a divine institution, which means it is God-given. I feel they feel annulment is not needed. Because the civil state is a human institution, it cannot dissolve marriage. First of all, if the priests about whom you write are in this diocese, I apologize for Having said that, any believer or non-believer who wishes to marry again can ask what has happened to you. You should call this Tribunal to discuss how we can help the Catholic Church to examine the marriage for validity. (7) The determination of you proceed with your case. We have a number of lay people trained as Advocates who (in)validity is made on a case-by-case basis. If the marriage is declared invalid, and if can assist you if the priest is not able to do so. Call 270-683-1545 and ask to speak to there is no other impediment, then the parties are free to marry again. someone in the Tribunal. (8) Can a non-Catholic marry a divorced non-Catholic? If you are asking (12) What percent of annulments are NOT granted? In the Diocese of Owens- whether the Catholic Church will recognize such a marriage, the answer is, “Yes, IF boro, that number changes from year to year. For the calendar year 2005, we still have both parties are free to marry.” If the previous spouses of the divorced person are de- incomplete cases, so we cannot give you an accurate number yet. For the year 2004, ceased, and if there are no other impediments, these two can certainly marry each we still have a few incomplete cases, but we can estimate that for cases where the peti- other. However, if the previous spouse of the divorced person is alive, the divorce did tion was accepted and the case was admitted to the formal process, the percent that not end that marital relationship. Unless there is some reason the marriage was invalid, received an affirmative from First Instance and a confirmation from Second Instance then the divorced person cannot marry while the spouse is alive. The Catholic Church was approximately 95%. (8) will examine a marriage of non-Catholics if asked, but prefers that there be an intention Continued on page 23 on the part of the non-Catholic to either marry a Catholic or to enter the Church. Usu- ally non-Catholics do not care what the Catholic Church says about the validity of their (5) This is where the issue of who wanted the divorce and who caused the breakup marriage. The only time it comes up is when the non-Catholic wants to marry a Catho- come in. There must also be proof that the non-believing spouse does not wish to live lic or wants to enter the Catholic Church. with the believer/Catholic spouse any longer. Also, the non-believer must intend to (9) If a Catholic divorces, who feels the wedding was blessed by God, can she marry a believer, usually a Catholic. receive an annulment? Yes, she can. It is not the belief of the parties that determines (6) The same is true for two non-believers OR for two Catholics. whether a marriage was valid. The judge(s) assigned to examine and study the case (7) Normally this is only done when the non-Catholic wishes to marry a Catholic or is make that determination based upon moral certitude. The judge(s) will certainly want joining the Catholic Church. to know what both parties think about the marital relationship and the courtship, but (8) Please note that we read and study each petition upon receipt in order to determine the subjective belief of one party that the marriage was “blessed by God” is not the whether there appears to be a substantiable ground for us to examine. If no reason (ground) is suggested by the petition and testimony, we refer it back to the petitioner (4) The issue of who wanted the divorce is inconsequential as to this specific matter. or the Advocate with a recommendation that they wait to submit it until there is more It may be very relevant if a formal examination is made, however. proof or until witnesses are available. 22 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Recreating “The Last Supper” Celebrating The Catholic Journey By Shelia Clemons WAX & GRAYSON SPRINGS,Ky. - The First Communion class and the 3rd grade class of Sts. Anthony, Augustine & St. Benedict in Grayson County recreated “The Last Supper” on April 2, 2006 with the help of Father Brian Johnson. The children relived the last moments of Jesus’ life as they imagined what it would be like to have walked with Jesus during his final hours. They learned that Jesus endured much pain and suffering to have our sins for- given when he died on the cross for us. Hopefully the children Presents The Book of Revelation: Our Road Map on the Journey to Eternity left the class with a better un- Presented by Fr. Anthony Shonis derstanding of Jesus’ great love When: Each Sunday morning for us. In the picture at left Where: WLME Oldies Radio Station, 102.9 FM, Owensboro, KY are Father Brian, Chad Time: 9 - 10 AM Starting Date: Sunday, April 9, 2006. Each Sunday morning we Wilson, Chance Perkins, will study the Book of Revelation or a seasonal appropriate topic. This will give Alex Shellhart, Kody us an opportunity to study not only one of the most fascinating books in the New Braun, Cody Shellhart and Testament, but also to experience its hope and confidence in the Risen Lord. Aaron Meador. Donations to this radio ministry would be appreciated. For information, contact Sister Joseph Angela Boone , OSU, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, 270-683-1545. Oxfam America Benefit Leah Raffer- ty, manager for Canteen Service Com- pany, pres- ents Sister Pam Mueller, OSU, campus minister at Brescia Uni- versity, with a check for $100. Brescia and Canteen collaborated in a Lenten Optional Fast Day. Students, faculty, and staff voluntari- ly pledged to skip a meal in the University’s dining hall and Canteen agreed to make a donation to Oxfam America for a percentage of the cost for the meals. The money raised through the fast is used to fund development and disaster relief projects in 30 countries in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas and to educate the American public about the root causes of hunger. Brescia University Photo Questions Regarding the Declaration of Invalidity (Annulment) Process The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 23 (Continued from page 21) (13) My Catholic daughter is married (has 2 children) to a Protestant man church. This partner’s family is uncooperative in helping provide necessary in- who had a brief marriage to a Protestant lady many years ago when he was quite formation. These two married and one cannot receive Communion and is very young. How complicated is it to have a Protestant marriage go through the decla- uncomfortable because of it. He was raised in a very Catholic home, marriage was ration of invalidity process? The invalidity process begins the same with any a big help to his mental health, but not this way. marriage that is examined. The Catholic Church presumes that the marriage of two If the non-Catholic party has a living spouse from a previous marriage, then the Protestants is valid. We will first ask whether either of the Protestant parties was actu- Church starts with the presumption that the marriage of those two people was and is ally baptized Catholic as an infant or entered the Catholic Church at any time prior to still a valid marriage. Remember, divorce does not end marriage and does not free the the wedding. If they were never Catholic, we will look at whether there were prior parties to marry again. So, even though the non-Catholic spouse attends no church, the marriages for either one. If they were free to marry each other, then a formal examina- Catholic Church recognizes her previous marriage as a valid marriage until proven tion process is necessary. otherwise. The complication in a case like this occurs if the Protestant husband does not wish As for the uncooperative family, this should not deter the non-Catholic party from to have his previous marriage examined. Only he or his ex-wife can file the petition. If filing a petition to have the marriage examined. Sometimes public records are the best he is willing to do so, the Tribunal will work his case just as it does for Catholic peti- evidence, especially if the parties married at a young age (a marriage license can veri- tioners. If the ex-wife cooperates, this helps the process. But even if she will not coop- fy this) or were expecting a child when they married (a birth certificate can verify this). erate, the examination can still proceed. The projected time frame for completion of Friends can also serve as witnesses. Baptismal status of one of the parties may also be such an examination is the same as for that of a Catholic party – 12 to 15 months. In a key factor. fact, a significant number of the cases that are examined in this diocese are initiated by All this to say that the Tribunal is the best (and only) entity that can tell the parties non-Catholic petitioners. whether their particular case has a chance of being granted a declaration of invalidity. (14) Explain the need for the annulment when one partner is a Catholic and Please call the Tribunal to discuss your situation in greater detail. a widower; the partner needing the annulment is non-Catholic and attends no Bishops’ President Urges Support For A Federal Constitutional Marriage Amendment WASHINGTON—Bishop William S. Skylstad, President of the United States Confer- In the letter, the Bishop recalled that an attempt was made to pass a Federal Mar- ence of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has written to all Catholic Bishops asking that the riage Amendment two years ago. The USCCB expressed support for an amendment bishops and the people in their dioceses become involved in the effort to support a in a policy statement of the Administrative Committee (September 2003) entitled Pro- federal constitutional marriage amendment. mote, Preserve, Protect Marriage, and in subsequent letters from the Conference In the April 3 letter, Bishop Skylstad also informed the Bishops that the Knights president to members of Congress. The Conference also submitted testimony to the of Columbus have initiated a national postcard campaign with respect to public advo- House and Senate Judiciary Committees. In November 2003 the full body of bishops cacy for the Protection of Marriage Amendment. “Today there is a growing sense shared approved and published an educational statement entitled Between Man and Woman: by many people, including a wide range of religious leaders, that a Marriage Protection Questions and Answers about Marriage and Same-Sex Unions. In addition to empha- Amendment is the only federal-level action that ultimately will protect and preserve sizing the value of marriage, the two statements also call attention to church teaching the institution of marriage,” Bishop Skylstad said. “In particular, timely and focused about respecting the dignity and rights of homosexual persons. efforts are needed to help the Catholic faithful form their consciences on such an im- Bishop Skylstad told the bishops that the Knights of Columbus have offered to portant matter.” extend their campaign to every diocese and parish in the country, thus increasing its Noting he was writing at the request of the USCCB Administrative Committee, impact and effectiveness. The Knights will distribute the postcards through their system Bishop Skylstad said: “In a matter of months we will have the opportunity once again of state, district, and local councils in April and May. On March 14, 2006, the USCCB to stand publicly in support of marriage as the God-given union of a man and a woman.” Administrative Committee formally and unanimously reaffirmed its position of support He was referring to the likelihood that the Protection of Marriage Amendment (S. J. for the amendment as expressed in Promote, Preserve, Protect Marriage; endorsed again Res. 1) will be introduced in the Senate in June. The proposed text of the amendment a two-fold strategy of education and advocacy concerning the amendment; and re- reads as follows: quested that Bishop Skylstad communicate with all the bishops concerning the reaf- “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a firmation, the strategy, and its implementation. woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union Diocesan Review Board Members Ready other than the union of a man and a woman.” “I am aware that the time is short for taking action so I urge you to do whatever To Respond To Calls you can, given the situation and the resources available to you,” Bishop Skylstad wrote. The members of the Board who deal with sexual abuse allegations in the Diocese of Ow- “I am also aware that in some states there are upcoming votes for either legislation or ensboro are as follows: Mr. Larry Abel, Dr. William Bach, Ms. June Bell, Sr. Vivian Bowles, constitutional amendments defining marriage. We are challenged, therefore, to give OSU, Ms. Susan Clark, Chair, Mr. William Craig, Jr., Ms. Louanne Gelarden, Dr. Carroll attention to the interplay of state and federal level policy as well as to focus our efforts Howard, Fr. Pat Reynolds, Dr. Darrell French , and Ms. Shannon S. Wright. where they are most needed and can do the most good.” Any person who wishes to communicate with the Diocesan Review Board is asked to call “Married love is a gift of God to humankind and to his Church,” Bishop Skylstad the Catholic Pastoral Center at 1-270-683-1545 and ask to speak with a member of the Review said. “It needs to be promoted, preserved, and protected now and for the future. Indeed, Board. To speak with a particular member of this Board, tell the receptionist. In either case, the receptionist at the Catholic Pastoral Center will give the caller’s information to a member in his first encyclical letter, Deus caritas est, Pope Benedict XVI places the highest of the Diocesan Review Board for follow-up. Callers may choose to remain anonymous for the value on love between a man and a woman ‘where body and soul are inseparably joined initial call to the Catholic Pastoral Center receptionist. The phone numbers of the members and human beings glimpse an apparently irresistible promise of happiness.’” of this Board will not be made public. “Sharing this conviction, I reiterate the importance of leadership by the bishops indi- You may also contact the Board via email at [email protected]. However, due to vidually and as a Conference for the support of marriage and for its protection in soci- confidentiality no direct response will be given by email. Confidentiality is never guaranteed ety,” Bishop Skylstad said. when using email. 24 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 “Can you hear Me now? Dare to put out into the deep!” Vocations Are Everybody’s Business By Larena Lawson We are all called to live a life of holiness. We are all called to a specific vocation, be it a call to marriage and family life, the single life, the consecrated religious life, or to the ministe- rial priesthood. We begin our spiritual journey with the gift of Baptism, putting on Christ, and accepting His invitation to live this life of holiness for Him. We each are invited to listen to God’s call Diocesan Vocations Director Father Andy Garner spoke for Vocation in our life and are asked to respond generously to that call, devoting our lives to what Night at St. William/St. Lawrence PREP class March 15 about being open God calls us to be. It is important, then, that we encourage and affirm one another in to what God is inviting them to do as their vocation in life, whether to our vocational call, and to assist one another in recognizing it and in being faithful to serve Him in the single life, the married life, the priesthood, or in reli- it. gious life. When it comes to vocations, do not “mind your own business,” but instead, make an extra effort in placing an emphasis on the importance of choosing the right vocation. It is everybody’s business to foster, encourage, and promote vocations, especially with our young people. Expose them to different vocations so that they can learn about them and be familiar with the beauty that God gives to each one. That will give them a better ability to discern which one that God might be calling them to consider. “Whoever opens his heart to Christ will not only understand the mystery of his own existence, but also that of his own vocation; he will bear the abundant fruit of grace. The first fruit will be his growth in holiness, in the course of a spiritual journey which begins with the gift of Baptism and continues even to the fullness of perfect love.” - Pope John Paul II, in his final address for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.

Bishop John McRaith walked with Eric Ebelhar and diocesan seminarian Steve Hohman during the Youth 2000 recessional March 12 at Brescia University, just before the Vocations talks at the end of the retreat.

St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville, 2006 Confirmation class, on retreat at Saint Meinrad Archabbey in March, experienced some of the ambience of a Benedictine monastery. Larena Lawson photos this page and page Sr. John Mary Read, C.P., explained the meaning of the Pas- 25. sionist symbol to Katrina Rhodes and Courtney Hagan. Vocations Are Everybody’s Business The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 25

Sr. Pat Leighton, GHMS, spoke Sister Pam Mueller, OSU, spoke about the missions for Vocations with the St. William/St. Lawrence Night at St. WIlliam/St. Lawrence PREP Class March 15 about know- PREP Vocation Night March 15. ing one’s own God-given gifts and talents.

Sister Katie Bell Whitfield, a Sister Servant of the Eternal Word at Casa Josh McCarty, Master of Ceremo- Sr. M. Andrea Niehaus, C.P., and Maria convent in Irondale, Al, vis- nies for the Closing Mass at Youth ited with her cousin, A.J. Anthony; 2000, followed the Cross into Bres- Anne Hagan folding some of the At the 2006 Youth 2000 closing cer- both are from St. Romuald Parish, cia University’s gym converted to a Passionist Nuns’ 2,000 newsletters emony, all - religious brothers, Sis- Hardinsburg. chapel for the retrteat. Larena Law- for mailing. ters, priests, and lay people - sang son photos “We Are One Body.” Women and Men, Holy Together Where Do Vocations A Marriage Forecast As I was listening to the radio one morning they inter- Come From? rupted the song and the emergency broadcast weather system came on: “This Is A Test. If this were a real storm for threat- Council of Religious Vocation Committee ening weather, we ask that you please take shelter.” It wasn’t Where DO vocations come from? Have you stopped re- until late one night as I was writing about my marriage that I cently to ask yourself that question? God calls. Do you remembered that broadcast that many of you hear either going suppose God has stopped calling men and women to priest- or coming home from work. hood and religious life? Probably not. We respond. Are I thought to myself how marriage is just like a weather we failing to respond? Perhaps. Although more likely is the forecast. Here is a marriage forecast; today you’re marriage fact that we are not listening. We live in a flurry of activity will be partly cloudy, storms possible, or sunny with a few accompanied by increasing noise and shallow communication clouds creeping in. I can honestly say that my marriage before with one another. Our prayer is likely to be just as hectic, noisy, and shallow. my husband died fit all those descriptions. There were many Vocations are fostered in praying families who are supported by the praying faith times my marriage forecast was sunny, cloudy, stormy, chilly, or just down right cold. community of the parish. We were very fortunate, because whatever storm Steve and I faced, we faced it to- Do you hope to have priests and religious serving in your parish in the future? gether, with love, and a lot of prayer. Our shelter was our faith in God. Take a look at your parish. Are you praying for the women and men whom God is If a marriage is faced with stress and difficult trials you can rest assured that if you calling? give it to our heavenly Father with trust, He will help your marriage. Since Steve died How many vocations to priesthood and religious life (sisters and brothers) has I have come to a decision about my future. Would I want to marry again? If that’s your parish nurtured, fostered and given to the ministry of the Church in the past? God’s will, I would open to marriage again. I loved being married, even with all its How many are you nurturing and fostering now? ups and downs. A future issue of WKC will show the picture of the gift of priesthood and religious I want those butterflies in my stomach that you get when you fall in love. Even life to the Church from the Diocese of Owensboro. In order to do that we need your knowing, that with a new romance, that feelings come and go just like the change of help. weather. Our shelter and everyone’s shelter should be with God. Pray together every Please send a list of brothers, sisters,and priests who grew up in your parish to: night before you sleep. Try to always go to church together as a family every Sunday. Council of Religious Vocation Committee, Sr. Pat Froning, OSF, 600 Locust Street, If our marriages are built with a strong foundation, with a deep love for God and com- Owensboro, KY 42301. OR E-mail Sr. Pat at [email protected]. mitment, you can feel some security that you will grow old together with your spouse. - JMJ - Julie Onstott 26 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Addressing Underage Drinking Is Everybody’s Responsibility April 5, and April 13 entitled “Warning: 21 By Mel Howard or Bust” for adults in the community to raise DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. Warning: awareness of the illegality of giving or tac- providing alcohol to an individual under itly agreeing to permit consumption of alcohol the age of 21 is illegal. by underage persons either in their own This and other messages are what two homes, at friends’ homes, or anywhere else. groups from Daviess County Catholic high The group, sponsored by Christy Medlock, schools are trying to get across both to THS English teacher, handed out pre-test students and to adults of the county com- questionnaires about the effects and illegality munity, including school parents. of underage drinking, then asked participants The Trinity High School Students to watch a video entitled “Smash” made by Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Trinity teacher Christy Medlock thanked THS students for speaking at the and the Owensboro Catholic High School Driving (RADD). The students then asked March 21 Adult Summit on underage drinking at the Senior Center in Whites- Students Creating Respect Using Better people to take a post-test with questions about ville. THS students participatinging were Cory Bickett, Andrea Crisp, Britney Gray, Bridget Gray, Marissa Boone, Mallory Johnson, and Emily Howard. Bev Decisions (SCRUBS) groups have been the illegality and the effects of underage in- Howard photo hosting public meetings and a “Fatal Ex- dividuals consuming alcohol. Many were perience Driving Simulation” in their surprised at what they learned from the im- driver in a car wreck just before the hit.” communities and on campus to raise pub- ages of paralyzed teens and suffering families Student groups like Trinity’s SADD or OCHS’ SCRUBS do an enormous amount lic awareness of the clear possibilities that they had to endure while watching the video. of good by bringing to people’s awareness just how dangerous alcohol-impaired underage individuals who consume alco- Drunk driving changes lives, not only the driving or consumption of alcohol by underage individuals is for themselves and hol and then either try to drive a motor victims’ but everyone else’s. everyone. vehicle or ride as a passenger in/on a mo- The Trinity SADD group hosted a “Fa- Not everyone in the communities likes for the high school students to be bring- tor vehicle driven by an alcohol-impaired tal Experience Driving Simulation” in the ing these dangers to their attention. One SADD member said, “Kids at school and person may be killed, paralyzed, or school parking lot just before Spring Break even adults around town treat us as goody-goodies. They make fun of us when we maimed for life in a vehicle crash. Students in the middle of March stand up and explain this stuff and try to warn others about the dangers for a young and staff from both schools have also been The Owensboro Catholic High School person who uses alcohol and then tries to drive a car. It’s like they’re always looking attending community programs in Owens- SCRUBS group also hosted a “Fatal Experi- at us.” boro on the subject this Spring. ence Driving Simulation” in the school park- One parent at the March 21 meeting in Whitesville said to the Trinity teens, “Let The Trinity High School SADD group ing lot just before Spring Break in late March. them watch! Kids may be copycats in their talk, but are honest inside; they know sponsored three Adult Summit meetings As in the Trinity High School activity, stu- when they’re doing the Bad even if they act like they don’t care. These kids are always at the Whitesville Senior Center March 21, dents were asked to wear “drunk goggles” watching people like you all; everyone needs to see what the Good looks like. Just that simulate how driving under the influence remember, somneone is always watching what you do and say. Keep on doing the of alcohol affects driving ability. OCHS Good things, like this program, even if you get laughed at!” counselor and SCRUBS sponsor Beverly Howard, who supervised the OCHS outdoor day-long event, said, “I wore the goggles myself to try to walk a line and to drive a golf cart. Everything looked blurry, and I saw some things with triple vision! How in the world an alcohol-impaired driver can even see the steering wheel is beyond me. I had to be helped to walk, and when I got behind the wheel, I must have knocked over every one of the little orange traffic cones on the course. What a bad trip!” Ms. Howard said that most of the students and adults who do the “Fatal Experience Driv- ing Simulation” cannot walk straight or drive straight during the exercise. “That is a good experience for a lot of the students,” she said. “The feeling of being out of control in a pres- sure situation leaves a bad memory, and a As if expecting a crash, Randy Yelley, feeling of relief that this time it is not for real. a retired police officer helping out with The feeling of not being able to control one’s OCHS SCRUBS officers Jennifer Renshaw and Kyle Woodall, at rear the OCHS Fatal Experience Driving reactions to oncoming danger gives the sensa- center, spoke at the April 7 MADD/Community Solutions sponsored Simulation, winces as Jody Cecil hits tion of a little bit of fear and also a clue about forum about underage drinking issues at Towne Square Mall, Owens- an orange marker. Bev Howard photo what may be happening to an impaired boro. Staff Photo St. Agnes Parish Hosts Mardi Gras and Pantomine Potluck The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 27

UNIONTOWN,Ky. - On Sunday, Feb. 26, St. Agnes Parish hosted the annual Tri-Parish Pre-Lenten Potluck. This year’s theme was the Mardi Gras. The wonderful food and fellowship was topped off this year by a pantomime Show that included over 30 members of St. Agnes Parish. Under the direction of Vickie French, there were 12 acts of various celebrities. From the opening of “Sister Act” with Fr. Terry Devine and his staff pantomin- ing “I Will Follow Him” to the passing out of beads to everyone during the finale, “Down In Mississippi in New Orleans,” a grand time was had by all 275 or more that attended this event. The event was the “talk of the town’ all the following week.

At left, “Whoopie” (Fr. Terry), directs his staff in “I Will Follow Him,”a tune from the Sister Act movie. The “nuns” from left to right are Linda Gough, Pastor’s Assistant, Carolyn Duncan, custodian, Annette Buckman, house- The Soggy Bottom Boys clog and sing to “A Man of Constant Sorrow” keeper, and Bev- from the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” They are left to right erly Buckman, sec- Roger Ruark, Kevin Ferguson, Jimmy Baird, Jerri Floyd. Photos sub- retary. mitted by Linda Gough Volunteers bring prayers, concern to funerals of Louisville’s poor LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) -- Bordered by black hills of sludge, railroad tracks and a power station, River Valley Cemetery sets a dismal scene for the burials of Louisville’s At right, the di- poorest citizens. Only a handful of permanent headstones stand in the dirt-pocked grass rector of our pan- field. Many of the ground-level grave markers -- only inches long and made of metal tomine Vickie and plastic -- have been mangled and moved by mowing equipment. The scene was French, received worse a couple of years ago when indigent men, women and children were laid to rest a floral bouquet in particleboard caskets without a witness or word of prayer. The particleboard boxes from cast mem- are still used -- and they still collapse when the backhoe piles on damp earth -- but now, ber, Craig Gough, in appreciation for thanks to the Jefferson County Coroner’s office and volunteers from Epiphany Catho- all her hard work. lic Church in Louisville, each burial includes at least one witness, a bouquet of flowers, and a prayer. And students from St. Xavier High School are poised to brighten the scene further, volunteering as pallbearers for the 100 or so 15-minute paupers’ funerals held at River Valley each year.

Mount Saint Joseph Academy and College Alumnae: Please join us for the annual Alumnae Weekend at Maple Mount, Kentucky, Friday-Sunday, May 19-21, 2006 Plans include evening prayer, election of new officers for the alumnae association, a wine and cheese reception, and a banquet and awards presentation. The keynote speaker will be Sister Rose Marita O’Bryan, OSU. Come and socialize with your former classmates! For an online registration form, go to www.ursulinesmsj.org and click on Alumnae. You can also call the Office of Ursuline Partner- ships at 270-229-2006. Our e-mail address is: alumnae@maplemount. org 28 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Jim & Donna McCoy, 25 Eugene & Sandra Doyon, 40 Donald & Marietta Hagedorn, 40 St. Martin, Rome Francis & Eleanor Rogers, 60 Happy Anniversary! St. Alphonsus, St. Joseph Russell & Shirley Roberts, 50 Marriage Celebrations for June 2006 Robert & Marian Lee, 55 Jesse & Mag Morris, 64 Blessed Mother, Owensboro Marriage Celebrations for May 2006 St. Ambrose, Henshaw St. Mary Magdalene, Sorgho Stephen & Michelle Sharp, 25 Blessed Mother, Owensboro Leroy & Ann French, 51 Paul & Dorothy Knott, 52 Bob & Frances Osborne, 50 Jeff & Lynn Hofer, 25 St. Ann, Morganfield Kenneth & Stansell Ebelhar, 58 Joan & Ernest Adams, 56 Charlie & LaVerne Speaks, 54 Ronnie & Kelly Nelson, 25 Ben & Mary Salmon, 25 Paul & Carol Hodskins, 51 Christ the King, Madisonville Billy Ray & Virginia Clements, 56 William & Mary Jenkins, 25 Bob & Frances Osborne, 50 Billy & Jeanette Gipson, 40 Lawrence & Mary Frances Strehle, 60 St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville Thomas & Martha Payne, 55 Ralph & Jeanne Hines, 40 Thomas & Rose Danhauer, 57 Phillip & Sherry Johnson, 40 Thomas & Vera Powell, 55 Christ the King, Scottsville Dorris & Jean French, 57 Eddie & Donna McKinley, 40 Joseph & Mary Simmons, 58 Louis & Maria Rosales, 53 St. Anthony, Axtel Tony & Bernadine Dean, 50 Christ the King, Madisonville Holy Guardian Angels, Irvington Frederick & Alice Whelan, 50 Anselm & Elizabeth Bickett, 56 Bernard & Rita Rich, 60 Joseph & Martha Elder, 51 Hiram & Chris Gantt, 53 Louis & Nora Edge, 68 Holy Name of Jesus, Henderson Robert & Margaret Smith, 40 William & Laverne Vincent, 55 Robert Carl & Doris Howard, 54 Terry & Jean Carver, 25 Michael & Pattie Payne, 25 St. Augustine, Grayson Springs Mel & Bev Howard, 35 years Richard & Cynthia Danhauer, 25 Holy Name, Henderson George & Trecy Smith, 58 Aloysius & Doris Knott, 52 James & Nellie Daugherty, 25 William & Shelia Cardwell, 50 St. Augustine, Reed Joseph & Jean Ann Rearden, 56 Danny & Lisa O’Nan, 25 Jerry & Delores Long, 50 Herman & Martha Miller, 50 Joseph & Dorothy Woodward, 51 James & Dorothy Alvey, 50 Marvin & Patricia Fulkerson, 51 Posey & Violet Newman, 56 St. Paul, Leitchfield James & Maxine O’Nan, 50 Don & Ursula Metzer, 54 St. Denis, Fancy Farm Roger & Mimi Stinson, 25 George & Ginny Austin, 57 James & Beatrice Stanley, 57 Sam & Oneita Ellegood, 53 Rudolph & Garnet Meredith, 52 James & Jeanette Hollowell, 54 Doris & Barbara Wilson, 56 St. Elizabeth, Clarkson St. Peter, Waverly John & Agnes Marchand, 53 Holy Spirit, Bowling Green Edward & Alberta Morrison, 51 J. W. & Wanda Berry, 55 Pat & Mary Emma Mellen, 66 John & Linda Kelly, 25 Julian & Donna Probus, 58 St. Pius X, Calvert City Norman & Margene O’Nan, 56 Charles & Tanya Gries, 25 St. Francis de Sales, Paducah Lee & Irene Myers, 59 Robert & Gloria O’Nan, 61 Horst & Melanie Benhart, 25 Lawrence & Nora Hayden, 51 Lou & Marilyn Stockbridge, 52 Holy Spirit, Bowling Green Gary Leo & Clara Verst, 25 Irvin & Margaret Nance, 68 John & Marilyn Brooks, 51 Steve & Terri Thornton, 25 Stanley & Connie Peterie, 25 John & Mary Piercefield, 58 St. Pius X, Owensboro Vince & Kathleen Berta, 25 Thomas & Mary Gaietto, 50 Richard & Pauline Wheeler, 63 Terry & Ann Wink, 25 Matt & Holly Williams, 25 Richard & Cynthia Gensler, 56 St. Jerome, Fancy Farm Joe & Sara Wathen, 25 Kenneth & Linda Feeler, 25 Dr. Robert & Joan Panchyshyn, 54 Thomas & Shirley Englert, 53 Greg & Hope Wells, 25 Steven Eric & Mary Lou Anderson, 25 Richard & Joyce Wanta, 52 Leon & Dot Carrico, 54 Joseph & Joyce Payne, 40 James & Janet Hasford, 40 Immaculate, Owensboro Delbert & Lydia Hobbs, 54 Charles & Norma Bivins, 50 Richard & Shirley Jakel, 50 Robert & Sylvia Lovett, 40 St. John the Baptist, Fordsville William & Lorena Boarman, 51 James & Martine Fisher, 64 George & Pam Randolph, 25 Joseph Byron & Judy Edge, 25 Don & Agnes Powers, 52 Harold & Stephanie West, 56 Patrick & Dorothy Berry, 58 Frank & Margaret Montgomery, 40 St. Romuald, Hardinsburg Karl & Dorothy Berta, 56 James & Annette Rubsam, 55 St. John the Evangelist, Paducah Gerald & Rosemary Hinton, 62 William & Ruth Theirl, 55 George & Bernice Ralph, 61 Dennis & Brenda Dickey, 25 St. Rose, Cloverport Anthony & Marie Meffert, 53 Thomas & Rose Curtsinger, 52 Brad & Lisa Morris, 25 William & Bonnie Hess, 51 Albert & Helen Skees, 52 Immaculate Conception, Hawesville George & Thelma Kaufman, 52 St. Stephen, Cadiz Immaculate, Owensboro Ronnie & Dana Payne, 25 Paul & Dorothy Kaufman, 54 Dan & Maria Bruzewski, 40 Donald & Jo Ann Augenstein, 51 Francis & Rita Fillman, 53 Joe & Celeste Russell, 52 Daniel & Mary Sullivan, 25 Tom & Lee Wendt, 50 Our Lady of Lourdes, Owensboro St. Joseph, Bowling Green St. Stephen Cathedral, Owensboro Charles & Margaret Smith, 56 Daniel & Joanne Barnard, 25 Brian & Sherri Herman, 25 Edward & Marguerite Welsh, 62 James & Martha Clark, 60 Bruce & Ilene Bullington, 25 Steven & Marianne Dieball, 25 George & Shelby Webster, 50 Wm. Richard & Elizabeth Jane Cavin, 60 William & Lillian Haynes, 51 St. Joseph, Central City William & Goldie Knott, 50 William & Mildred Clark, 58 Thomas & Mary Riney, 59 Harry & Mary Belle Gossett, 52 William & Evelyn Speer, 60 Joseph & Jean Yeand, 59 Fred & Judy Smith, 40 St. Joseph, Leitchfield St. Thomas More, Paducah John & Florence Thompson, 54 Bob & JoAnn Vessels, 53 Ishmael & Catherine Grant, 58 Jerry & Leslie Teer, 25 Bernard & Betty Blandford, 52 Precious Blood, Owensboro St. Joseph, Mayfield Robert & Mary Riedfort, 58 Clifford & Bettie Hall, 53 Raymond & Mary Barham, 25 Chuck & Freida Vessels, 25 Norbert & Amilda Schmitt, 56 Robin & Cynthia Owens, 25 John & Clarice Kuegel, 51 Louis & Mary Toon, 25 Robert & Norita Clements, 60 Our Lady of Lourdes, Owensboro Rosary Chapel, Paducah St. Lawrence, Philpot St. William, Philpot Keith & Lillian Bowman, 25 Clifford & Pat Robinson, 52 Steve & Larena Lawson, 25 Sam & Mary Frances Fulkerson, 63 Thomas & Barbara Hagan, 50 Sacred Heart, Russellville Russell & Rosemary Payne, 40 Sts. Joseph & Paul, Owensboro William & Helen Hein, 51 John & Stella Ciunowicz, 74 St. Leo, Murray John & Debbie Hermann, 25 Martin & Frances Hermann, 52 Sacred Heart, Waverly Robert & Frances Ross, 55 Sts. Peter & Paul, Hopkinsville Walter & Margaret Knott, 40 Marion & Mary Crowdus, 56 Raymond & Klara Pawlowski, 50 Patrick & Joann Fields, 54 Continued on page 29 Allen & Dolores Dodd, 55 St. Sebastian, Calhoun The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 29 Happy Anniversary! James & Janet Hasford, 40 Alvin & Betty Bickett, 55 Wilfred & Mary Lois Hagan, 55 (Continued from page 28) St. Joseph, Leitchfield St. Stephen Cathedral, Owensboro John & Billie Rogers, 57 Leon & Lisa Shoemaker, 25 Harold & Delphine Brown, 61 William & Helen Blandford, 60 Robert & Judith Schell, 40 Dennis & Gayle Whitehouse, 25 Roger & Lillie Sandlin, 40 Paul & Dorothy Pearl, 56 Precious Blood, Owensboro Lee & Patty Wilson, 40 Lenn & Faye Wright, 51 Richard & Sharon Ford, 25 Larry & Martha Stites, 25 Precious Blood, Owensboro St. Joseph, Mayfield Maurice & Roberta Schaefer, 64 Sacred Heart, Russellville William & Delores Blincoe, 52 John & Inez Lee, 52 John F. & Mary Jones, 64 Bernard & Lolita Bryan, 55 Clyde & Margie Robinson, 40 Francis & Ruth Dillard, 53 Robert & Joyce Fortune, 65 St. Alphonsus, St. Joseph Rosary Chapel, Paducah St. Leo, Murray John & Joyce Kirby, 40 Gene & Elaine Glenn, 40 Mary & Victor Blackwell, 57 Robert & Frances Hudson, 59 Paul & Betty Staples, 52 St. Ann, Morganfield Sacred Heart, Russellville John & Eleanor Cavanaugh, 57 Joseph A. & Olivia Murphy, 58 Drury & Mildred Greenwell, 56 Dennis & Loretta Boeck, 25 Milton & Mable Keifer, 55 Daniel & Mary Dawson, 60 Henry & Margaret Watson, 56 Robert & Ruby Mason, 54 Robert & Marge Garland, 51 George & Margaret Frey, 40 St. Anthony, Hardinsburg Sacred Heart, Waverly Patrick & Patricia Butler, 40 Joseph P. & Rose Bender, 54 Paul & Monica Jarboe, 25 Gordon & Alma McBride, 54 St. Martin, Rome William E. & Dorothy Lanham, 55 John & Wanda Lanham, 52 St. Alphonsus, St. Joseph Charles & Helen Steitler, 52 St. Thomas More, Paducah Alvin & Margie Martin, 56 John & Louise Mulligan, 57 St. Mary, Franklin Robert Alan & Patty Hughes, 25 St. Anthony, Grand Rivers St. Ambrose, Henshaw Edward & Helen Berry, 40 Louis & Elvira Theobald, 50 Maurice & Alice Hustedde, 60 Paul & Diane Henshaw, 25 Ken & Teresa Garrett, 25 Frank & Marietta Alvey, 51 St. Edward, Fulton Denny & Sheree Hardesty, 25 St. Mary & St. James, Gutherie Robert & Cleo Higdon, 53 Conrad & Neva Antosiak, 60 St. Ann, Morganfield Roland & Katie Hampton, 65 Ray & Pat Kramer, 51 St. Francis de Sales, Paducah Denny & Kathy Young, 40 Hazel & Henry Bissaillon, 68 Jack & Carol Harvell, 51 Louis & Janet Metzger, 56 Thomas & Margaret Clements, 51 St. Mary of the Fields, LaCenter Frederick & Brigitte Strope, 51 St. Jerome, Fancy Farm St. Anthony, Axtel Bill Don & Shirley Marshall, 55 Sts. Joseph & Paul, Owensboro Robert & Judy Brown, 40 Joe & Larraine O’Donoghue, 25 St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville Michael & Karen Cole, 25 Joe & Marietta Spalding, 51 Frank & Lois Bowlds, 52 Kenneth & Donna Boarman, 25 Tony & Virginia Glahn, 50 Billy Joe & Donna Thomas, 51 St. Anthony, Peonia Luke & Faye Wathen, 40 Walter & Helen Franey, 65 Raymond & Norma Thompson, 52 Glenn & Etta Pierce, 51 Herman & Edith Payne, 51 John & Margaret Smith, 59 Dewey & Mary Ruth Hobbs, 55 St. Anthony of Padua, Grand Rivers St. Paul, Leitchfield Herbert & Martine Millay, 54 Ross & Betsy Curtsinger, 61 John & Jean Bailey, 54 Sherman Paul & Rita Cripps, 53 St. John, Fordsville Ray & Shara Parish, 25 St. Paul, Princeton Marriage Celebrations for July 2006 Jim & Barbara Montgomery, 40 St. Augustine, Grayson Springs Walter & Josie Haberlock, 53 Blessed Mother, Owensboro St. John the Evangelist, Paducah Leo & Joyce Mudd, 40 St. Peter, Stanley Joseph & Sherry Calvert, 25 Gary & Brenda Miller, 25 St. Augustine, Reed Mike & Donna Smith, 40 Christ the King, Scottsville Joe & Barbara Felts, 54 James & Betty Davis, 53 St. Peter, Waverly Gary & Joyce Wolf, 40 Maurice & Frances Scheer, 59 St. Columba, Lewisport Joe & Juanita Hagan, 61 Holy Guardian Angel, Irvington St. Joseph, Bowling Green Dexter & Lula Marsch, 40 Damien & Jane Fowler, 61 Jack & Linda King, 53 Jerry & Jodie Fulkerson, 60 Leo & Eileen Basham, 53 Paul & Brenda Fredrick, 40 Holy Name of Jesus, Henderson Michael & Camilla Sympson, 25 St. Francis de Sales, Paducah St. Pius X, Calvert City Gary & Rhonda Gillham, 25 James & Lois Cummings, 56 Elmer & Dorothy Breidert, 59 Richard & Joan Rosa, 56 William & Linda Oliver, 25 St. Joseph, Leitchfield George W. & Joan Cooper, 51 Earl & Shirley Henderson, 50 Douglas & Frieda Sandefur, 25 James & Mary Davis, 54 Cletus & Mary Ettensohn, 60 Jerry & Anita Pidcock, 40 Michael & Gwendolyn Boggess, 40 St. Joseph, Mayfield Herbert & Mary Theobald, 57 Tony & Margie Banik, 25 Joe & Zelda Alvey, 51 John & Ardella Meyer, 58 John & Donna Trogolo, 51 St. Pius X, Owensboro Robert & Dorothy East, 64 Ralph & Barbara Pickard, 58 Elmer & Lucila Kellerman, 40 David & Barbara Galloway, 25 Raymond & Peggy Ervin, 52 William & Mary Durbin, 67 Charles & Nancy Luciano, 25 Gary & Judy Payne, 25 Bobby & Sue Liles, 52 St. Lawrence, Philpot St. Jerome, Fancy Farm Roger & Elizabeth Horn, 25 Charlie & Rosie Shade, 54 John & Wanda Lanham, 52 Danny & Teresa Thompson, 25 Roger & Marian Jones, 25 Holy Spirit, Bowling Green Bill & Cheryl Whitaker, 40 Robert & Sara Elliott, 51 Doug & Margie Sloan, 50 Randall & Jeanne Lamastus, 40 Lawrence & Margaret Squire, 25 Rudy & Judy Elliott, 53 Doug & Agnes Crowe, 54 Eugene & Gladys Faller, 55 St. Mary Magdalene, Sorgho Louis & Jane Toon, 53 Eugene & Rose Head, 60 Gene & Peg Walschon, 53 Ira & Ruth Ann Hardy, 56 Paul & Lois Burch, 55 Hugh & Theresa Higdon, 55 Robert & Carole Lastufka, 52 Ed and Mag Kaelin, 55 Doug & Hazel Thomas, 55 Frank & Maxine Johnson, 60 Immaculate, Owensboro John & Imelda Madison, 25 Bernard & Dolores Toon, 59 St. Romuald, Hardinsburg George & Marie Clark, 60 St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville St. John the Baptist, Fordsville Wayne & Martha Cashen, 40 Eugene & Ruby Estes, 58 Frederick & Phyllis Barr, 40 Paul & Mary Rose Rusher, 51 Beavin & Ginna Thornsberry, 55 Anthony & Margaret Cox, 60 Henry & Mary Joe Higdon, 57 St. John the Evangelist, Paducah St. Rose, Cloverport Immaculate Conception, Earlington Carl & Teresa Logsdon, 64 Chris & Alberta Wurth, 58 Danny & Janice Russelburg, 40 Tom & Cora Lee Carroll, 56 Allen & Carol Lynn, 25 Thomas & Patricia Hayes, 53 Our Lady of Lourdes, Owensboro Continued on page 30 St. Joseph, Bowling Green 30 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 WHO AM I? Danny & Rose Ann Payne, 40 I am the nice lady or gentleman who does what they are asked to do without Happy Anniversary! James & Wilma McManaway, 52 complaint. I participate in all the fundraisers, and work tirelessly for the good of the (Continued from page 29) Francis & Louise Hayden, 57 Church. I try to serve on committees and participate in Mass ministries. I am the St. Michael the Archangel, Oak Grove Delbert & Margaret Mattingly, 62 potential volunteer who can help you with your projects and your Church upkeep. I don’t complain when I am called at the last minute, and when I am treated as though I James & Deyanira Kinzer, 25 Terry & Mavis Blandford, 40 am an underling to the leaders. I don’t say much when I am told in plain language that St. Paul, Leitchfield Gene & Nancy Clark, 54 my particular talents are not needed. However, if I would do that distasteful, nasty job Norman & Virginia Powell, 25 William & Dorothy Riney, 25 no one else wants to do, then I can feel a part of things and be included. St. Paul, Princeton St. Thomas Moore, Paducah I am the person who is told I must participate in things I am not comfortable doing Haskel & Jean Riddle, 50 Louis & Frances O’Bryan, 58 because it is for the Church. I must do things in a particular way because it is the way St. Peter, Stanley Robert & Jo Ann Ingram, 51 the person in charge wants it done, even if I am not comfortable with that way. Marvin & Janie Settles, 25 Fred & Peggy Paxton, 52 I am the person who will back away slowly from being involved with the Church. St. Peter, Waverly Fred & Janye Erdmann, 53 It will not be because I lack faith, nor will it in any way affect my belief in God. It John & Ruth Royster, 62 St. William, Philpot will be because my humanity has not been respected, my integrity has not been upheld, Jamie & Patti French, 25 Raymond & Mary Jo Smith, 53 and my dignity has not been allowed to remain intact. It will be because I have been St. Pius X, Calvert City Robert & Anna Turner, 55 pushed at in ways that have damaged a part of me that God does not want damaged in His name. It will be because I have been demanded of rather than requested from, Frank & Flo Tomsic, 64 Sts. Joseph & Paul, Owensboro I have been put down rather than lifted up. It is because I have been demeaned rather Jim & Emma Brumlow, 59 Mike & Dorothy Henderson, 59 than respected, hurt rather than healed. St. Pius X, Owensboro J. Arvel & Emma Jean Church, 59 Who am I? I am the person who no longer is on that committee, the one who no Jeffery & Deborah Potter, 25 Joseph & Wilma Payne, 58 longer has a heart for Mass ministry, the volunteer who has learned to distinguish the James & Rose Kimbley, 54 Louis P. & Bertha Wedding, 57 difference between the will of God and the will of man. I am the nice lady or gentleman St. Romuald, Hardinsburg Fred & Joan Roberts, 52 who used to sit on that pew beside you or across from you. Without me you have no Willard & Lola Basham, 58 Sts. Peter & Paul, Hopkinsville need for the perfect building, nor the perfect service, nor the perfect music or liturgy. St. Stephen Cathedral, Owensboro Michael & Mary Kay Green, 40 Who am I? I am your friend, your neighbor, the person down the street. I am not Henry & Dody Payne, 59 John & Norma Downs, 53 only a member of your community; I am a member of your family. We are all members of God’s family. He made each of us in His image and likeness. Not one of us is more special or more entitled to proper treatment and respect than any other. The person Now Sing We Of A Lady’s walking down the street beside each of us is God’s child and your family member. Christianity calls each of us to love. - Submitted by Mary Jo

Unceasingly Generous Spirit she didn’t have an easy childhood, but it never seemed to matter, since everybody she By Theresa Ballard, Diocesan Schools Food Service Office knew was just as poor as her family. Josephine has an education that is ahead of most OWENSBORO,Ky. - During a typical day of her age group and has experienced more of life than most of any age group. Josephine in the K-3 Center’s Cafeteria, Becky Payne has two children, Becky Payne, (Food Service Manager at the K-3 Center in Owensboro) admits that she may be forgetful a time or whom Josephine has volunteered with in the cafeteria, and Doug Robinson, her son two, but Becky’s mother, Josephine Head, who passed away at age 29. She was married to Chester Head for 10 years until he always remembers, even the details. As I passed away in 1962. sat across from Josephine, it struck me that When I asked Josephine “what had changed the most in the 16 years she has been this is how I want to be “when I grow up.” volunteering,” the first thing she said was that there are now much stricter rules. When Full of laughter and stories, talking to she began, during a typical day Josephine remembered the ladies may have left to go Josephine was just like talking to one of to a few garage sales or run other errands, but they always got their work done and the my girlfriends over lunch. kids loved the food and there was less complaints then than they get now with all the Josephine has been volunteering for new regulations to follow and better supplies to make lunches. at least 16 years, and while she hasn’t been Largely, Mike Clark, principal at St. Pius at that time, made Josephine’s favorite monetarily compensated very much for her memory possible. One year for her birthday, the whole school got in on the plan. The hard work, she says she does it because teachers all brought gifts and the children all made cards and a very special memory she wants to, and wouldn’t do it if she was created. Josephine’s funniest memory is about a little boy who shyly came up to didn’t want to. This very spry 88-years her and she asked what he needed rather bluntly he asked how old she was. Instead of young woman is no stranger to hard work. answering right away, Josephine asked the young man how old he thought she was. Growing up on a farm in Knottsville KY, “Oh, about a hundred years old,” the little boy answered. “Get out of here, you little Josephine would wake up and get ready devil.” Josephine has, from that moment on, always immediately and honestly given for school and leave “as soon as it got light a response. enough outside to go.” Unlike her sister, In the Food Service office of the Pastoral Center, Josephine is famous for her un- Josephine didn’t like to wake up “early” Josephine Head, left, and her ceasingly generous spirit, as she has been in the cafeteria since back in the days of the just to walk the 3 miles to school to get a daughter, Becky Payne, in a 1988 school being called St. Pius, then changed to Bishop Cotton and now consolidating and good seat in class, but I am sure she did a photo from Food Services Office is now called the K-3 Campus in Owensboro. Josephine is at home in any part of the lot more before 8:00 a.m than most of us a lunch bucket) of whatever they happened kitchen, since she has been a vital part of our kitchens and has done every job in these today do before noon. Food service has to have on hand. It may have simply been kitchens. We probably will never be able to thank her enough, but if you are in the definitely changed since Josephine’s child- some molasses on a biscuit, a ham biscuit, K-3 Center neighborhood, you might drop in and let her know that we do appreciate hood. Her mother would pack a lunch (in or some eggs. Josephine commented that her. Saint’s Teaching of Practical Holiness Compared To Inspired The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 31

Common Sense well attended and the crowd grew larger we are born to love. St. Francis believed By Edie Keeney each evening. Father Murray also joined this. Father Murray explained, “Devotion St. Francis de Sales parish in Paducah Father Tony Shonis on his Monday morn- must be adapted to the strength, abilities held its annual Parish Mission March 13- ing radio ministry that is broadcast on and duties of each particular person. To 15. Father Michael Murray, an Oblate of Sundays on 95.7 FM at 10 a.m. and on follow Jesus is to live the life we have, to St. Francis de Sales, drove from Maryland 102.9 FM at 9:00 a.m. also on Sunday. bloom where we are planted.” Love God, to share St. Francis de Sales’ message of St. Francis de Sales is described as love others and love ourselves whatever “Practical Holiness.” There were morning “one of the greatest men of the seventeenth our station is in life. and evening sessions on each of the three century in France, and one of the noblest Father Murray spent many years of days. The morning sessions were followed and most lovable Saints of the Church of his priesthood as a teacher and an admin- by Mass and following the evening ses- God.” Practical Holiness - Father Murray istrator in boys’ schools in the eastern part sions everyone was invited to stay for food compared it to inspired common sense. St. of the country. Presently he is serving as and fellowship. All of the sessions were Francis was convinced that ordinary peo- the Executive Director of the De Sales Spirituality Center in Maryland. He is Mount Saint JoSeph ConferenCe and retreat Center responsible for developing publications Calendar of eventS, May-noveMber 2006 that can be used in programs in schools May 2006 August 2006 and in the field. He will go anywhere he 2 Leadership Owensboro 4-6 Catholic Engaged Encounter is asked to expose people to the message 5-7 Living the Mass: 11-13 Mount Hope Weekend Fr. Michael Murray. the Executive of St. Francis de Sales. “People are look- Father Dominic Grassi 18-20 Retouvaille Director of the De Sales Spiritual- ing for more spiritually, they are looking 17-18 St. Gabriel 7th Grade 25-26 Grace Fellowship ity Center in Maryland, preached for a framework for their lives; a language Environmental Day Women’s Retreat a mission for St. Francis de Sales and context of knowledge of Christ and 19-21 Alumnae Weekend 28 DRE/Youth Ministry Church, Paducah, in March. Edie how to apply that knowledge,” Father 31-4 Youth Group Keeney Photo Murray said. He commented that, “This September 2006 ple living ordinary lives could live a holy is the first time I have been in Western June 2006 8-10 MSJ Picnic Weekend (devout) life in the midst of the world. God Kentucky. The people here are open, 6-7 McLean County Board 15-17 Catholic Engaged Encounter sees each person as beautiful in his or her friendly and very welcoming.” As an ap- of Education 19-22 Runaway Quilters own uniqueness. The various callings of preciation gift and a remembrance of his 9-11 Grief Workshop: Rev. Dan 23 Adult Faith Formation life, soldier, prince, single, married, wid- visit, he was given a framed print of the Phillips and Betty Medley Conference ow, all are like the various flowers of the St. Francis de Sales Church. 23 Christian Rock Concert 29-30 McLean County Leadership field; God loves them all. St. Francis chal- Jack O’Neill attended the Mission and 24 Rosary Chapel/Tour lenges us, no matter what God has called made these comments, “Fr. Murray had a 25-30 Christian Leadership October 2006 us to do, to be good people; devout, good lot of good points. What we do not only Institute 6-8 Marian Retreat and pious men and women. That is our affects us but it affects other people. We 9-13 Spiritual Direction primary challenge. Little things mean a are part of a community and what we do July 2006 Institute 2: Week 1 lot when done with love and devotion. affects the whole community. It was a 5-7 Ursuline Sisters 14-15 Alanon True, living devotion, implies the love of good Mission; I enjoyed it and I enjoyed Community Days 19-20 NAUF Vocation God. To serve God, take care to serve Him the food and the camaraderie after- 7-9 Associate Weekend Conference in small unimportant matters as well as in wards.” 8 Jubilee Celebration 23-27 Priests Retreat large matters. St. Francis wrote, “Great Mary Myrick also attended the Mis- 9-14 Sisters Conference 27-29 Catholic Engaged works do not always come our way, but in sion, “I enjoyed it so much that I felt sad and Directed Retreat Encounter every moment, we may do little things when it ended. It touched me deeply. I 16-23 Centering Prayer Retreat well, that is with great love,” God has want to buy the C Ds so I can listen to them 24-28 Spiritual Direction November 2006 called each of us to fill a special need that over and over.” Institute: Week 8 3-4 Ministry of Today’s no one else can fulfill. When we live our Nancy Smith commented, “It was Catechist Retreat lives in that way, we bridge the gap be- different than any Mission we have had 5-6 International Program tween heaven and earth. previously and I really enjoyed it. He for Religious Father Murray explained that we are presented a lot of food for thought.” 10-12 Mount Hope Weekend not perfect, but are being perfected. We Interested individuals can purchase 17-18 Thomas Merton Retreat must live in the truth, really know our- the 3 CDs of Father Murray’s presentations selves, our nothingness, our lowliness, and by calling The Good Book Store in Pa- our sinfulness, and to know that patience ducah. There was a follow up discussion is the one virtue which gives the greatest group on St. Francis de Sales beginning Center-sponsored programs are in assurance of our reaching perfection. Per- April 23 at 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. bold letters. To register or to schedule fection is nurtured through endurance. The The group will meet once a month for one an event, contact Facilities Director Salesian Tradition is doing all things, the hour. Everyone interested is urged to Kathy McCarty at (270) 229-0200, ext. little and the great, with great love. Loving participate. 413 or [email protected] God and loving neighbor are inseparable; 32 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Secular Franciscans Rejoice

Kathi Latta, left, and Donna Favors Bishop John McRaith and Brother making their professions into the Ambrose Eischens, OSFConv (Re- Secular Franciscan Order. Submit- gional Spiritual Assistant) during ted photo A Vision of Angels the Profession Ceremony. Eighteen-month-old Jacqueline Ramos was fascinated by the angels and the other Amidst the weather warnings so familiar during these members of the living Nativity scene portrayed by the children and youth of Saint Mary April days, the Companions of Saints Francis and Clare of the Fields parish in LaCenter, Ky. Photo submitted by Rubi Ramos Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order gathered to rejoice and pray with Kathi Latta (St. Anthony, Browns Valley) as Plans for October Collection of Goods for Diocese of she made her perpetual profession in the Secular Franciscan Mandeville Jamaica Underway (Continued from page 11) Order. The ceremony took place during Mass at the Catholic needed in the orphanage in the home for abandoned elderly. The Housing and Maintenance Departments have Pastoral Center on April 2. Bishop John J. McRaith pre- need for a wide range of tools, including circular saws, drills, carpenter’s aprons, and nails. The Basic Schools sided. Brother Ambrose Eischens, OFMConv Holy Trinity through the Catholic College of Mandeville have a wide range of needs for paper, pencils, pens, markers, note- Regional Spiritual Assistant (Mt. Saint Francis, IN), and Rose books, binderies, and basically any school supplies. They also have need for plastic stacking chairs that do not Mary Menetrey, SFO, Holy Trinity Regional Minister (Fort fold, folding tables, computers, and computer desks. Thomas, KY) served as official witnesses of the profes- If a group, Parish, or Institution in the Diocese of Owensboro should want to partner with an individual Par- sion. ish, school, or institution in the Diocese of Mandeville, please contact Richard Murphy, Director of the Office of Kathi requested Profession in these words: “I ask to be Social Concerns for the Diocese of Owensboro. The number to call is 270/ 683-1545, or e-mail a message to: admitted to profession of the Rule of the Secular Franciscan [email protected] to make your request known. Order and to make a permanent commitment to the gospel Food for the Poor is constrained in its work with a Jamaican government in transporting items into the coun- life. The experience during the time of formation has try. Therefore, certain items are not allowed to be placed in the container bound for the Diocese of Mandeville. strengthened me in the conviction that our Lord is calling me Here are list of items that cannot go on the container. No folding chairs are allowed to go out on the container. to observe the gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ by following No soap, such as hand soap or dishwashing soap, can be shipped. No vitamins or over-the-counter medications in the footsteps of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi.” can go. No bandages containing any alcohol for antiseptic purposes can go. No meats of any sort can be in- Donna Favors (St. Pius, Owensboro), Minister of the cluded on the container manifest. This includes beef, fish, or chicken products. No oils including motor oil or fraternity, received, Kathi’s profession with “Thanks be to cooking oil can be included. And no coffee can be sent. Food items such as dried pasta for soups, tomato sauce, God! As minister of this fraternity, I accept your profession, dried cereal, oatmeal, dried beans, and rice can be shipped. All are welcome to participate in this project. It was Kathi, and receive you into this fraternity of the Secular truly a labor of love for our Diocese to ship the items that were sent in November 2004. Countless people Franciscan Order… Your membership in the fraternity is throughout the Diocese collected a wide range of goods for our Sister Diocese, and nearly 100 people were in- cause for great joy and hope for all the members of the com- volved with processing and loading the trailer. Please consider answering this call. munity and for the whole Church. Bishop John responded to Kathi: “I confirm your com- CCHD Thanks Diocese for 2005 Contribution mitment in the name of the Church. … Francis himself en- Dear Bishop McRaith: courages you in the words of his Testament: May whoever I write on behalf of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), to thank you and your pa- observes all this be filled in heaven with the blessing of the rishioners in the Diocese of Owensboro for your generous contribution of $16,681.15 from your 2005 CCHD most high Father, and on earth with that of the beloved Son, collection. together with the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, and all the pow- Last year, the incidence of poverty in our country rose for the fourth consecutive year, with most of the in- ers of heaven and all the saints.” creases occurring among the working poor. Without the safety net provided by safe and adequate housing, reli- Donna Favors presented Kathi with the symbol of the able transportation, functioning schools, steady employment and dependable health care, even more people will fraternity, a medallion of Saints Francis and Clare. The slip into an intolerable existence. Through the support of parishioners in dioceses across the country, we were newly professed was also presented with the Book of the able to grant $9 million in 2005 to anti-poverty, social justice projects in forty-nine states, the District of Colum- Gospels and the San Damiano Crucifix to be daily reminders bia, and Puerto Rico. CCHD takes the risk of investing in the dignity of poor and low-income people.Your that, like Francis and Clare, it is Christ who has invited her support of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development helps achieve “the good” for families and communi- and to whom she had pledged her life. ties struggling in poverty. We are grateful for your leadership and the invaluable efforts of your diocesan direc- The fraternity prepared lunch in true Franciscan style tor, Mr. Richard Murphy. Thank you for your ongoing support. with joy and celebration. - Respectfully yours in Christ, Timothy F. Collins,Exec. Director, Catholic Campaign for Human Development The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 33

Donor Appreciation Day at Mount Saint Joseph - Sister Michele Morek, congregational leader of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Jo- seph, center, welcomed Mary Sue and Bennett Ligon of Morganfield March 18 on Donor Appreciation Day at Maple Mount. Mr. Ligon is the nephew of Sister Martha Ann Cargile, OSU, who resides at St. Joseph Building Habitat for Humanity - During Their Villa. Christmas Break, working for six hours a day from Dec. 27-30, 2005, the Precious Blood Parish Confirmation students along with adult supervi- sors built a storage building for Habitat for Humanity. This project came about from a request of the Precious Blood Social Concerns Committee. Submitted by Sister Rosanne Spalding, OSU

NEVER TOO EARLY – Sister Rosanne Spalding, Living Stations of the Cross - On April 10, 2006, the students at OSU (left), pastoral associate at Precious Blood parish, conducts a craft Holy Name participated in a presentation of Stations of the Cross in honor of Holy workshop every Saturday morning, which results in the making of nu- Week. Students at every grade level participated in the living stations. Although merous items for the parish’s booth at the annual Mount Saint Joseph most of the students watched, there were contributing roles for everyone such as Picnic at Maple Mount. Workshop participants on April 8 included, l. to responses and songs. “Love Each Other”was the opening song, but there was a r., Sister Laurita Spalding, OSU, of Holy Name parish in Henderson, Pre- different song for each station, each with a different meaning. The Holy Name cious Blood parishioner Rita Elder, and Sister Suzanne Sims, director Children’s Choir led the singing, under the direction of Mrs. Janet Barkley. From of Mission Advancement at Mount Saint Joseph. The 2006 Mount Saint l to r: Eric Johnson, Alex Wimber, John Shelman, Katherine Wilson, and Anna Joseph Picnic will be held Sunday, September 10. PSJ Photo Vettiankal.Holy Name Elementary Photo 34 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006

Oldest, Newest Member of the Fourth Degree This One’s For Jerry! Each year of the Owensboro Catholic Schools Phonathon fund-raiser, Jerry Knights of Columbus Gough had gathered friends and members of the Class of ‘58 to work the phones On April 2, 2006, 52 men from all over Kentucky were inducted into the Fourth one night. He was very competitive, and always pushed the group to do well. Degree of the Knights of Columbus at exemplification ceremonies held at the Since the last phonathon, Jerry has died, but the group gathered in his name Knights of Columbus Hall Council 817 behind Saint Pius Tenth Church in Ow- again, and worked the first night of the phonathon. Gathered around his picture ensboro. Among them were three members of an Owensboro family shown here and a sign, “This One’s for Jerry,” are classmates Natalie Jones, Jonell Richeson, with Joe Dant, of Louisville, Master Knight for the KC District of Kentucky: from Dorothy Thomas, Mary Hilda McFarland, Bob Davis, and Jim Knott and buddies, left, Joe Castlen, Dant, Joseph W. Castlen, 92, (oldest and newest member) and Gene Clemens and Tom Scales. Photo submitted by Mary Hilda McFarland. Tom Castlen. Submitted photo

Receiving the gift in the name of the community, Congregational Lead- Father Pete Hughes er Sister Michele Morek, shown in the picture above with Father Pete, asked the sisters if they could still quote sections of the Rule of Saint Augustine, Presents Gift to the which they did with great enthusiasm! (They used to hear this document read Mount Saint Joseph at meals once a week.) Though the community returned to the original rule of Saint Angela Merici after the Second Vatican Council, the sisters remem- Ursulines ber Saint Augustine’s writings as being wise and compassionate. On March 25, 2006, Father Pete Hughes presented the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph with a rare and historically significant Spiritual Warriors Work To Prevent gift, a 1640 copy of the Constitutions of the Ursuline Sisters of the Congregation of Paris. Abortions At Louisville Site The small, fragile, well-thumbed book, just Hello. We are trying to answer Jesus’ call to “suffer the little children to the right size to slip into a sister’s pocket, also come unto me.” We are Roman Catholic men: Philip Calvert, (270-617- contained a copy of the Rule of Saint Augustine. Father Hughes, who found the book on e-Bay, bought it from an agent representing the Sulpician Fathers.The section of the book containing the 0401) and Raymond Wethington, a member of St. Romuald in Hardinsburg Constitutions (written in French, of course) was interesting to the sisters, since the Mount Saint (270-788-3962). We are asking for people to try to come on the Saturday Joseph Ursulines are historical descendants of the Congregation of Paris. The Constitutions of before Mother’s Day to pray with us all the decades of the Rosary, the a community, written by the sisters themselves, describe details of how to live their vowed life. Divine Mercy Chaplet, pray litanies, and witness to women entering the The sisters at Mount Saint Joseph are looking forward to seeing how their present documents EMW Women’s Surgical Center at 136 West Market St, downtown Louis- compare to the ones from 1640! ville. We are looking for people to also come on all the other Saturdays of The Ursulines were founded in 1535 by Saint Angela Merici in Brescia, Italy, as a group of the year. We minister every Saturday from 7:00 a.m. EST to 8:30 a.m. Please consecrated women who lived and ministered “in the world” with their own rule written by their call Ray or Phil at the above phone numbers for more information. foundress. Around the time they began to spread into France, they submitted to a cloistered way Changing Hearts For Jesus One At A Time of life and were given the Rule of Saint Augustine. ... The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 35 SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Summer Feeding Program By Eileen Payne, Diocesan Schools Food Service Office Last summer Holy Name Elementary started a summer feeding program in their TRAINING PROGRAM school cafeteria during the month of July to see how it wopuld go. Well it has taken off and is growing with leaps and bounds. 2006-2008 The summer feeding program is available to any child 18 years of age and under for free. They offer up to 2 meals per day either breakfast and lunch or lunch and sup- The mission of this program per, and also in Henderson, a woman’s shelter offers all three meals. This program is to prepare persons for fixes meals during the summer break, but Lori, the manager at Holy Name Elementary, the ministry of spiritual has been asked by many of the sites to offer it during the fall break, spring break and also over the Christmas break. This gives children who sometimes may not even receive direction and to enhance one meal a day a chance to have two meals a day. On spring break the first day they the skills of experienced served 200 and some children. By the end of the week, that number of people being spiritual directors, in the fed was over 500 and some. This is a real need for these children and has been a great spirit of Saint Angela Merici. way to evangelize for Holy Name. The cafeteria is open to any child not just children that attend school or church there. Participants will come This summer one of our school in Paducah is going to start the same program. together eight times for eight weekly sessions. First International TEC Congress To Be Registration is now open Held At Brescia, July 14-16, 2006 for the next program, which By Sharrie Cinnamond begins in October. The Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) Conference is inviting representatives from centers throughout the U.S. and abroad to attend its first annual TEC Congress, held July 14-16 at Brescia University, in Owensboro, Ky. The event, an outgrowth of the topiCS and dateS movement’s 2005 40th Anniversary Celebration, is expected to draw hundreds of exist- ing and emerging TEC members together—clergy, religious, lay leaders and youth Spirituality ...... October 9-13, 2006 alike. Spiritual Direction...... Jan. 22-26, 2007 Through liturgy, round table discussions, speakers and other activities, participants The Inner Journey..... April 9-13, 2007 of the TEC Congress will delve into the components and spirituality of the TEC week- Prayer and Scripture ....July 23-27, 2007 end, and strengthen their skills and knowledge of mentoring and ministering to Catho- Theology Update....October 15-19, 2007 lic young people. The 2006 gathering is being hosted by Western Kentucky TEC, a Methods of Spiritual Direction ....Jan. 21-25,2008 center which is strongly supported by Bishop John McRaith. “The TEC Movement has Ethics of Spiritual Direction ....April 21-25, 2008 been an integral part of the total youth ministry program in our diocese for 25 years. Case Studies .....July 28-Aug. 1, 2008 The dedicated adults who minister in this program have demonstrated a true commit- ment to the catechesis and spiritual growth of the young people they serve. TEC has Each weekly session will be led by a team of trained spiritual directors. helped approximately 3,000 of our teens and young adults better understand their faith Presence at all sessions is required to receive a certificate. and come to a closer relationship with God and their local parishes,” Bishop McRaith To register or for more information, contact Kathy McCarty at explained. 270-229-0200, Ext. 413 The cost for the event is $125 per participant. To register, contact Sharrie Cinna- or e-mail [email protected] mond, TEC Congress Chair, at (270) 233-1510 or via email: sharriecinnamond@aol. A brochure can be found online at www.msjcenter.org com. For additional information about the TEC Movement, visit online at www.tec- conference.org. TEC, a Catholic movement of spirituality for older adolescents and young adults, was founded by Fr. Matthew Fedewa and Dorothy Gereke in the Lansing, Mich. Diocese in 1965. Centered around the theology of the Paschal Mystery—the dying, rising, and 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY, 42356 going forth in Christ—the TEC weekends provide youth with the opportunity to en- counter Jesus at a time of passage into young adulthood. “Return to the Upper Room” May 19-21, 2006 Passionist Nuns Retreat House, Whitesville Math/Science Teacher Needed Mary Carrico Memorial is seeking to employ a 5th - 8th grades Math/Science A Retreat on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to Abp. Luiz Martinez teacher beginning with the 2006-2007 school year. (The Sanctifier), St. Thomas Aquinas, and others. Contact: Mr. Mike Clark, Principal, 270-281-5526 or 270-929-8833, or mail resume Retreat Master: Fr. Ray Clark, Chaplain to the Passionist Nuns. to: Mary Carrico Memorial School, 9546 KY 144, Philpot, KY 42366 Retreat open to Men and Women. Call (270) 233-4571 or email [email protected] website: www.passionistnuns.org 36 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Teaching Men to Fish By Edie Keeney PADUCAH,Ky. - Twenty-one years ago a young priest of The Society of the Precious Blood began his ministry in Chile. This is a story about the life and vision of Father Dan Mangen. Many people in the Paducah area remember Dan Mangen, as Deacon Dan, who in 1979 lived and worked with Frs. Harold and Otto Diller at Lourdes Hospital and Rosary Chapel. Throughout the years when he would return to the United States for a visit, he would stay with our family for a few days to take the opportunity to reunite with old friends before going on to see his family in Ohio. In 1991 and 1994 my husband, Dave, and I flew to Chile and each time spent several weeks with Fr. Dan. During our first visit we spent time in Valdivia, the loca- tion of his church. As time permitted, Fr. Dan had cleared Fr. Dan travels by bus or on horseback; at left, Fr. Dan testing the out part of the large lot behind the church, put up a fence new windpower generator. Edie Keeney Photos and prepared several compost piles that he used to enrich ranged the purchase of a 9-acre farm where many of the youth, some of whom the soil and planted a garden. As he worked in the garden, were beginning to marry and raise families, could continue to work and learn he attracted a group of unemployed young people who new skills. He spent what time he could there improving the small house, he invited to help him and in return he taught them how drilling a well for water, and bringing it into the kitchen and bathroom, all the to properly prepare the compost. He would give them while building large raised beds in the garden. There were several men who vegetable seedlings and explain how to plant and care for lived in the area who cared for the garden and the pigs and chickens that were them. Everyday at the riverfront the local farmers would raised for food and to sell. A young couple and their two children lived in the bring in their produce to sell and then later in the afternoon small house and coordinated everything with the young men who were hired to they would pack up what was left, throwing away what wasn’t sellable. The young work on the farm. A carpenter shop was built and well drilling equipment was purchased men would go there and pick up these scraps and add them to the compost piles along providing additional opportunities for work and income. with horse manure that they would collect from the local cavalry regiment. One day One cold wintry day in 1995 the small hospital in Purranque burned and although they overloaded the cart to such an extent that the poor horse’s front legs were lifted no one was hurt this created a real hardship for the 25,000 people who were served by off the ground. With the compost piles built and fermenting, they began building this hospital. Chile had lived through a 17-year military dictatorship and was still greenhouses to have seedlings ready for the spring planting season. struggling to reestablish a democracy and the government did not have the funds to As interest grew in the project more youth wanted to work. An elderly widow from rebuild the hospital. This poor farming community had already lost its 2 main busi- the parish had a large lot behind her house and she volunteered to let it be used to build nesses, the cheese factory and the linen mill; this meant that 80 more jobs were gone. more greenhouses and compost piles. All the work in the garden was done with hand Fr. Dan decided to call together the civic and church leaders to find a solution to the tools. Fr. Dan told us that a small garden tiller would really help but such tools weren’t problem of health care for the Purranque area. Fr. and a talented and faith filled Prot- available in Chile. We had a small tiller that we weren’t using and we offered to give estant minister were elected to head a county commission to form a team and rebuild it to him. This was during the time of the dictatorship and it was doubtful that if we the hospital. The government finally did build the hospital but it was not equipped. sent it to him, he would get it, so we devised a plan to send it to him in pieces that ap- Through the generous donations of used medical equipment from Lourdes and Western peared to have no value. The tiller was disassembled and the pieces were mailed to Baptist hospitals, St Nicholas Family Free Clinic, and donations from family and friends him in one box a month for 5 months. Each was mailed with a fervent prayer that he from Paducah and Ohio that was accomplished. Over a period of some years, six 40- would get it. During the 6th month we received a photograph of the reassembled tiller foot shipping containers were sent to Chile filled with new and used medical equipment being used in the garden. and supplies for the new 42-bed hospital, computers, a small farm tractor, tools and As more and more compost material was needed, the youth decided that the local multiple items needed for the farm. Our home became a storage area for many of the people could trade so many pounds of table scraps for seedlings, a head of lettuce, cab- donations until they could be moved to Ohio and into the shipping containers. bage, carrots, or other garden produce. Soon a good portion of the neighborhood began With the help of several benefactors in the U.S.A. Fr. Dan was able to purchase separating their organic wastes from the inorganic, and a simple recycling program the six containers. After being unloaded they were brought to the organic farm where began. After awhile when the locals saw how the unused lot had become a beautiful some were converted into storage units and granaries, one became a storage unit for garden and how much it produced they began to imitate his gardening methods, saving bales of hay and straw and another became a tool shed. Two of the containers were the organic wastes for themselves and planting small gardens in their backyards. The incorporated into the first floor of a two-story workshop that serves as the carpenter growing need for more seedlings for the neighborhood gardens increased the need for shop and a metalworking and welding shop. Most recently one of the containers was additional greenhouses and more compost piles. Eventually 90% of the seedlings would converted into a renewal energy shop where wind generator towers were built along be sold to help pay small salaries to the young people and the remaining 10% were with hot water solar panels and a battery storage area. The farm is designed as a sus- planted in the parish garden. Over the years more than 38 young people would learn tainable development center and provides participants in the projects a place to learn organic gardening while earning, working at this site. how to build wind generators, bio-gas digestors, organic farming techniques, drill wa- By the time we flew to Chile the second time, Fr. Dan was at a new parish in ter wells and construct solar water heating panels. There is a food processing salon Purranaue about 70 miles south of Valdiaia. Before he left for his new parish, he ar- Continued on page 38 Let’s Make Our Own Memories The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 37 By Ben Warrell Sister Mary Bertha Wethington Celebrates I had the opportunity to read over an article about Camp Marymount in Tennessee. I was incredibly excited to see that there is another Catholic 100 Years camp that is flourishing. For sixty-eight years kids have been going to this MAPLE MOUNT — On April 24 site and allowing God to work in their lives! I wondered about all the lives Sister Mary Bertha Wethington that have been changed, all the young men and women called to religious — an Ursuline Sister for 80 years life, all the leaders of the church created there, all the sharing of great times, — will celebrate another remark- all the sharing of sorrows, and all the memories that exist because of this able achievement — her 100th special place called camp. I also thought how great it will be when we have birthday. the opportunity to send our youth to such a place only here in our diocese. Born in Clementsville in The memories that we will begin making, the calls to religious life, the future Casey County on April 24, 1906, leaders of our church, the lives changed, the friendships created and the Sister Mary Bertha was one of the strengthening of our church and the deepening of faith will all occur just as 12 children of Albert Clarence and it has at Camp Marymount. Mary Bertha Clements Wething- It’s pretty simple, camp changes lives! It is such a powerful tool the ton. She entered the Ursuline Sis- Lord uses to reach so many. The camp experience may be the only time a ters of Mount Saint Joseph on young person is exposed to Christ’s love and have the chance to feel it, know March 19, 1926 — the feast of more about it and share it. We are moving ahead with our plans to create such Saint Joseph. an environment for our parishioners. We ask for your prayers and support in An educator for 59 years, she this endeavor. How great it will be to have this type of facility, at lower costs taught at St. Mary Magdalene and closer in distance, in our diocese. Thank you so much to those who have School, Sorgho (1927-28), and Sts. already given so much to see this opportunity happen. If you would like to Joseph and Paul, Owensboro be involved in any way please contact me at [email protected] or by (1950-51). She was principal of St. phone at 683-1545, ext.330. Pius Tenth School, Owensboro, 1968-71. She also taught in Leitch- field, in the Archdiocese of Louis- Sister Mary Bertha Wethington Diocese Makes Disciples ville, and in Missouri. From 1972- “What I really loved was teaching.” 78, she was coordinator of Saint With the help of her brother, Sister Mary Response Fund Awards Grants Angela Educational Center, Lou- Bertha was able to travel in her earlier years — to isville. A gifted seamstress, she France, Rome, Fatima, and Madrid. This was “for On March 31, 2006, the Owensboro Diocesan Response Fund (DRF) grant com- produced many beautiful quilts for fun,” she said, and she enjoyed it. mittee met and the following awards were made: the community. She retired to Sister Mary Bertha has one surviving sibling, Mount Saint Joseph in 2001. Mary Louise O’Rourke, of Bridgeton, Mo. On GRANT REQUESTS: SPRING 2006 When asked how it feels to be April 30, Sister Mary Bertha celebrated her birth- 1. Saint Michael, Sebree – ESL Program. Provide materials for Spanish speaking turning 100, Sister Mary Bertha day and her 80th jubilee at the Mount. Some of her people to learn English. Granted: $500.00 replied, “I take that like I take ev- nieces and nephews are coming to help her cele- 2. Saint Rose, Cloverport – Echoes of Faith Video Series. Granted: $539.00 erything else. That’s God’s will.” brate. 3. Saint John the Baptist, Fordsville – Money to purchase a copy machine. Granted: She did admit that she gets tired Cards of congratulation may be sent to Sister $1,200.00 sooner these days. About her 80 Mary Bertha at 8001 Cummings Road, Maple 4. Saint Pius X, Calvert City – LCD Projector Granted: $1,350.00 years as an Ursuline, she said, Mount, KY 42356. 5. Mary Carrico Memorial School, Philpot – Purchase library resource books Grant- ed: $2,000.00 I am ready to teach other married couples 6. Crisis Pregnancy Center of Henderson DBA Marsha’s Place Pregnancy Resource Center – Food for emergency pantry. Granted: $1,000.00 this beautiful way of life 7. Collaboration of Our Lady of Lourdes, Owensboro; Saint Mary of the Woods, My name is Roni Mudd, and I am a member of St. Joseph Church in Leitchfield, Whitesville; Holy Name of Jesus, Henderson; and Mount Saint Joseph – Money will Ky. My husband, Kevin, and I have three children, Megan, Gabriel, and Lydia. When be used to cover the cost of sound/light rental, artists’ compensation, and promotion of Kevin and I met in 1998, 1 was a practicing Baptist, but soon after marrying Kevin and a concert for youth. Granted: $2,500.00 being exposed to the Catholic Faith, I fell absolutely head over hills in love with Ca- 8. Saint Anthony, Axtel; and Saint Mary of the Woods, McQuady – To purchase free tholicism. On Easter Vigil, 2003, 1 became Catholic. standing partitions for the renovated multi-purpose hall. Granted: $1,000.00 I loved all of it - the Consecration of the Eucharist, the devotions to our Blessed 9. Office of Youth Ministry, Diocese of Owensboro – To help pay for a new leader- Mother, the Communion of Saints, etc, but one of the ideas that intrigued me most was ship training program for youth and adults. Granted: $1,000.00 the sacredness of the marital institution, including the ideology of artificial contracep- 10. Saint Stephen Parish, Cadiz; Saint Henry Parish, Aurora – Choir and liturgical tion. Soon after converting to Catholicism, Kevin and I took a Natural Family Planning music, organ repair, continued musical and liturgical education for choirs, cantors, and class from Michelle Roberts. The method was so easy to learn, and it has done nothing organist. Granted: $1,000.00 but strengthen our marriage. 11. Mount Saint Joseph Retreat Center – Scholarships for the Second Spiritual Direc- I finished the Billings Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning in November, tion Program. Requesting: $3,000.00 Granted: $3,000.00 and I am ready to teach other married couples this beautiful way of life. Please feel 12. Radio Ministry – Fr. Tony Shonis Granted: $5,000.00 free to contact me at home in Leitchfield, (270) 259-0511, or my cell, (270) 868- Total Granted: $20,089.00 6219. 38 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 To Talk of Many Things Teaching Men to Fish (Continued from page 36) where a line of high nutrition organic baked pies, muffins, carrot cakes, zucchini breads, “The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things; of herbal breads and pizzas, plus ice cream and yogurt, are made and sold at their Mini- shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings.” Market and Nutritional Food Store there at the farm. The farm also has 40 cherry, 60 “Indulgences” plum trees and strawberries that are harvested and sold fresh and also made into jams and jellies. The large amounts of vegetables grown there are canned and dehydrated, By H.J. Rumage, Jr. the livestock supply meat, and the chickens and ducks provide the eggs, all of these are Within the treasury of the Catholic Church there are many grace- also sold at the Mini-Market. I told Fr. Dan that all that the farm needs to be a town is giving practices. It seem that for a time some of these have fallen its own post office. from the spotlight of our practices. However, they are still very Fr. is in demand to talk about his organic farm and the alternative energy projects. much present as they have been for generations. I don’t know why we hear and read He recently held a special conference at the farm for 25 students from the university in less about the practices of indulgences than we did a few years ago, but it seems that Valdivia and 10 members of the local indigenous community accompanied by 5 profes- that is the situation of today. sors. One of the professors from Brazil asked if he could arrange for some of his students For those who are interested, some of the requirements for gaining the different in- to spend 2 weeks working at the farm. The university professors want to workout a dulgences are listed below. Note that in addition to the described work, obtaining a joint educational project to be held at the farm with several courses provided on or- plenary indulgence also has the following conditions attached: ganic agriculture, organic high nutrition food preparation, alternative energy, solar hot • Sacramental confession. A single sacramental confession suffices for gaining water panels, biodigester and used vegetable oil conversion to diesel fuel. Fr. Dan took several indulgences; but Communion must be received and prayer for the intention of to heart the saying, “Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, you the Sovereign Pontiff must be recited for the gaining of each plenary indulgence. feed him for life.” • Eucharistic Communion After a serious neck injury, Fr. Dan had surgery and during his convalescence • Prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. This is satisfied with the recita- moved to the farm where he continues to work full time in The Jacob’s Well Reha- tion of and Our Father and Hail Mary; however one is free to recite any additional bilitation Center. The Center is a part of the farm and is dedicated to providing spiri- prayers according to their wishes. tual guidance, counseling, job training, and development projects for ex-prisoners and Obtainable any time and place. the local people who need a second chance in rebuilding their lives. “I believe this is • Reading of Sacred Scripture the essence of the gospel message,” said Fr. Dan, “Jesus came to give us another op- • Recitation of the Marian Rosary portunity. He forgives our mistakes, lifts us up in spirit, and opens up new horizons • Exercise of the Way of the Cross for those who are willing to trust. After years of prayer and preparation, I know what • Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament it is what God has been calling me to do.” In answer to this calling, he is leaving his Obtainable on special occasions - Papal Blessing- even by radio; a Closing Mass work with the Society of the Precious Blood to devote his life to this ministry. Fr. Dan of a Eucharistic Congress; During a Diocesan Snyod; During a Pastoral Visitation donates a lot of his time to help the participants, some of who are in recovery or reha- There are many other special days and occasions that these indulgences apply. I bilitation. “Anyone who can learn to build a wind generator after having not been able have listed the above ones just as a refresher for those who are interested. to finish high school,” says Fr. Dan, “suddenly finds new confidence in him or herself. It would be well for all of us to keep indulgences on our minds from time to time This confidence is the cornerstone for the rebuilding of confidence in others, in God when we are celebrating special feast days, and when we participate in religious ser- and in what the future holds in store.” He continued, “Rebuilding one’s life from the vices. ashes of deception, addiction, tragedy, poverty or delinquency is a difficult task. Some The first ten years of “To Talk of Many Things” will be soon available in book of us don’t make it. Once you stop believing in yourself, everything and everyone else form. Keep reading here to find out when the books are ready. also become unbelievable. But God con- tinues to believe in you even after you’ve given up on your self.” Denise Mangen, Fr. Dan’s niece, and Nate Cooper spent some time last year at Pray with us as we plan the farm. It was a special time for her because up until then she had only seen the Memorial Rosary Walk her uncle five times when he was home for visits. “I’m thrilled to have spent this time Will you pray with us? with my uncle. After this trip, he is no Our mission at Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Re- longer some mythical figure spreading treat Center is to help people get closer to God. God’s word and good works in some far- We want to build a new Memorial Rosary Walk. away place; he is a man as real and genu- You can help fulfill this mission by sponsoring a ine as you and I. The difference is his personalized brick for $125.00. dedication to others and, most important, Beads, mysteries, and the bricks encircling the cross his answer to the calling of a life of servi- can also be sponsored. Please consider contributing to tude,” Denise commented. “Fr. Dan is the construction of this unique place of prayer. really inspirational in this way. He is af- fecting by demonstrating, teaching by For information about sponsoring a brick, demonstrating,” added Cooper, who had bead, etc., please contact Sister Amelia been sharing his talents with the people of Stenger, OSU, at (270) 229-0200 Chile through his juggling and Vaudevil- or e-mail [email protected] Continued on page 40 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 39

Want to get your summer off to a great start? Want to get your summer The Conference Retreat will be a shared reflection on selected New off to a great start? Testament stories of Jesus. The Gospels announce the Christ who calls us into his healing ministry. Participants in the Directed Retreat Join us for Ursuline Hospitality will meet each day with a spiritual guide. Weekend. We welcome you! To register or for more information, contact Kathy McCarty June 2-4, 2006 [email protected] Ever been curious about religious life? The Ursuline Sisters invite you and a friend to Mount Saint Joseph to have fun, relax, explore, learn, pray, reflect, and meet A brochure can be other women who are seeking to learn where God is found online at leading them, as well as women who have www.msjcenter.org followed God’s call to be Ursuline Sisters. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn what it’s like to live as a Sister, at no cost or obligation. When? Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, June 2-4 Where? Mount Saint Joseph Motherhouse Who? Single Catholic women, ages 18-30 Cost? You and a friend will be our guests Time is running out! Contact Sister Pam Mueller, OSU (270) 229-2009 Or e-mail Medicare Prescription Drug Plan The last day to enroll in a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan without paying a pen- [email protected] alty is May 15, 2006. If you need assistance or have questions regarding this new law for Medicare beneficiaries, please call Sister Jacinta Powers at 270-683-1545 extension 323.

“In its history, America has experienced many immigrations, as waves of men and women came to its various regions in the hope of a better future… The Church is well aware of the problems created by this situation and is committed to spare no effort in developing her own pastoral strategy among these immigrant people, in order to help them settle in their new land and to foster a welcoming attitude among the local population, in the belief that a mutual openness will bring enrichment to all. “Migrants should be met with a hospitable and welcoming attitude which can encourage them to become part of the Church’s life, always with due regard for their freedom and their specific cultural identity.” - Ecclesia in America (January 23, 1999, No. 65) 40 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 Father’s Day Novena - A Symbol of Love Catholic Connections Point To Importance For All Our Fathers Living And Deceased Of Music Education (Continued from page 12) In June, we honor our spiritual Fa- diocesan education offices and publishers of Catholic music education materials. In ther Saint Joseph and our earthly Fathers addition to an introductory section on student assessment, the Catholic Connections at our Diocesan Shrine, Mary Mother of to Music provides music education standards for young people from pre-kindergarten the Church/Model of All Christians at through high school. Saint Joseph Church in Bowling Green, The Catholic Connections was developed by a five-member writing team with con- Ky. with a bouquet of sentiments as tributions from fifteen other leaders in the field of music education. Sr. Teresita Espi- hundreds of carnations will be used as a nosa, CSJ, Chair of the Music Department at Mt. St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, backdrop for our Father’s Day Novena. writes in the foreword that the new document presents “a genuine, comprehensive, Each carnation represents a Father, living (red carna- and qualitative vision for music education in a Catholic school and parish setting.” tion) or deceased (white carnation). This flower at the The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PASTORAL MUSICIANS fosters the art of musical Shrine will become a symbol of the love, gratiutude, liturgy. NPM members serve the Catholic Church in the United States as musicians, and joy that our Fathers have brought into our lives. clergy, liturgists, and other leaders of prayer. NPM’s 9,000 members receive a bi- During the Novena, June 10-18, 2006, prayers monthly magazine, Pastoral Music, and a bimonthly newsletter for members called will be said each day at the Shrine. Throughout the Pastoral Music Notebook. NPM provides ongoing formation for musicians and clergy Novena, names of all the Fathers will be read out loud through annual conventions, educational institutes, and events in more than 70 dioc- in the Shrine. esan chapters. The Association also provides certification programs for cantors, organ- To have a carnation placed in the Shrine of Mary, ists, and directors of music ministries. Mother of the Church/Model of All Christians, please send a donation of $10.00 for The MUSIC EDUCATION DIVISION of NPM (NPM MusEd) is dedicated to fostering each name. With each name a carnation will be placed near the statue of Our Blessed the art and educational power of music in a Catholic setting. NPM-MusEd is affiliated Mother per each $10.00 offering. with the MENC—The National Association for Music Education and shares the mission of NPM and MENC. We strive to encourage and support quality music teaching and Prayer For Father’s Day Novena learning for all in Catholic educational settings and quality worship services of the Saint Joseph, Guardian of Jesus and chaste spouse of Mary, you passed your Catholic Church within the United States. NPM MusEd publishes a quarterly newslet- life in perfect fulfillment of duty. You supported the Holy Family of Nazareth with ter, Catholic Music Educator, and sponsors programs at NPM conventions and insti- the work of your hands. Kindly protect our Fathers who trustingly turn to you. You tutes. know their aspirations, their hardships, their hopes; and our Fathers turn to you This information is submitted by J. Michael McMahon, NPM President. For further because they know you will understand and protect them. You, too, have known information, please contact Dr. McMahon at the National Association of Pastoral Mu- trial, labor, and weariness. But, even amid the worries of material life, your soul was sicians, 962 Wayne Avenue, Suite 210, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Phone (240) 247-3000. filled with deep peace and sang out in pure joy through intimacy with the Son of Fax (240) 247-3001. E-mail [email protected]. Web www.npm.org. God entrusted to you and with Mary, His tender Mother. Teach our Fathers that they do not labor alone. Teach them how to find Jesus Teaching Men to Fish (Continued from page 36) near them, to greet Him with grace, and to guard him faithfully, as you have done. lian humor during events and impromptu performances, giving the gift of laughter to Grant this in every family, in every factory and place of work. - wherever a Christian the people he encountered in Chile. labors - all may grow in charity, patience, justice, and in seeking to do the right, so To contact Fr. Dan send an e-mail to him at [email protected]. Anyone who that a flood of gifts may descend from heaven. AMEN. wishes to help with the ministry of The Jacob’s Well Project and give someone far away a second chance, can do so by making a contribution. A typical training program for Clip and send the coupon below. a new participant costs about $150.00 but a donation of any size will be greatly ap- preciated and put to good use. Checks can be made out to Dan Mangen and mailed to Dear Shrine Committee, me, Edie Keeney, at 8910 Blandville Road, West Paducah, KY 42086 and I will de- Enclosed in my donation. Please have ______CARNATION(S) placed at the posit them in his bank account here that he has access to from Valdavia, Chile. Diocesan Shrine, Mary Model of the Church/Model of All Christians, for the Father’s Day Novena, June 11-19, 2005. Please have the following person(s) remembered during the Father’s Day Novena. Please indicate if the person(s) is/are living or dead. Thank you to the students and staff from the OCS system that were involved Name______Name______with the 14th annual OCS Name______Name______Food and Personal Care Donor’s Name______Drive that was held during Address______City/State______Zip______Holy Week. Fr. Brian Roby was presented with a $500 Send this remembrance and donation to: check, plus many carloads of items for the St. Joe & Marian Shrine, c/o Jean Fulkerson, 526 East 13th Street, Paul food pantry. Pictured are Catholic High NHS Bowling Green, Ky. 42101-2639 students who organized the drive. Why Do Passionist Nuns Do That? The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 41

Hi, my name is Sister Jeanne Marie and I am currently a novice at the Passionist Nuns Monastery in Whitesville KY. Coming from southern California, and having been raised Protestant before converting to the treasure of our Catholic faith, I naturally have re- ceived oodles of questions from family, friends and acquaintances about my new life since I entered our Passionist monastery. I would like to share some of them with you. Please keep in mind that most of my family is Protestant, so not only are they not familiar with religious or monastic life, but are confused by the Catholic faith as well. -Do you really pray 7 times a day – all year long? Yes, we come together to be with Our Lord 7 times a day to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. The custom of setting aside certain hours for common prayer was foreshad- owed in the Acts of the Apostles. The Liturgy of the Hours extends our praise, petition and thanksgiving of the Mass throughout the day. We gather communally in the early morning, midmorning, midday, midafternoon, evening, and at night. - Is your monastery like a jail? You said you each have your own “cell.” In monastic terms, our rooms are called cells. The term cell derives from the Latin word “caelum” which means “heaven.” Our cells are to be our little heaven – a place of union with God. Our monastery is anything but a jail, living as we do in the Spirit of the Living God each day. who would be here in prayer before Him present in the Tabernacle, to worship Him and -Why are you quiet all day? Don’t you have anything to say? intercede for all the intentions with which we have been entrusted? We desire the quiet in order not only to speak to our Divine Bridegroom, but more -Why don’t you make personal calls or write to friends and family during importantly, to listen to Him when He speaks to us. When we love someone, we want certain seasons of the year? to hear what He has to say more than we want to hear ourselves. During the times of Advent and Lent, we refrain from unnecessary visits and com- -Why are you dressed all in black – from your munications (except, of course, for emergencies) in order to head to your feet? Did someone die? intensify our prayer life during these special times of the As a matter of fact, someone did die – Jesus. We year: Advent leading up to Our Lord’s birth, and Lent lead- wear black as a sign of mourning in continual remem- ing up to His Passion, Death and Resurrection at Easter. brance of, and devotion to, His Passion and Death – done These times of the year are normally very busy as it is, and for us out of His incredible love for us. the cutting back of communications enables us to give the -How come you don’t have a emblem over your Lord extra time with us. heart when the Sisters with black veils do? -Why do you have those beads hanging at your When a Sister makes her First Profession of vows side? she receives, among other things, the Passion Sign. This The beads form a Rosary, which is a very special is what we call the emblem that we wear on our religious prayer of meditation on Our Lord’s life, and that of His Holy habit. For those who have never seen a Passion SignCit Mother. There are 4 sets of mysteries of the rosary: the is a heart-shaped emblem with three nails inside the heart, joyful, sorrowful, luminous, and glorious mysteries. The and also some words written inside of it. The words are rosary beads are also a sign of our special love and devotion “Jesu XPI Passio” and they mean “The Passion of Jesus to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, whom the Crucified Lord gave Christ.” The emblem is a living reminder of the Passion to us as our mother when He was hanging on the cross. of Jesus. We wear it over our hearts as an external sym- bol of what is inside our hearts. The Passion Sign is a -Why did you have to go all the way to Kentucky to find symbol of being like Mary, the Mother of Jesus who a monastery? (I am from southern California). cherished in her heart all the mysteries of the life, death I felt called by God to enter the Passionists, and and resurrection of Jesus. particularly this monastery. He calls first, and we respond -How come most of you have black veils, but some to His invitation. are wearing white ones? White has been the traditional color of veils of If there is anyone reading this who is experiencing Novices in monasteries and convents for centuries. The Sister Jeanne Marie “the still, small voice” (1Kings 19:12) of the Beloved invit- word, novice, comes from a Latin word meaning “new.” We are Novices in the time ing him/her to respond, please know that you are in our prayers daily. If you are a of formation when we learn the Passionist way of life. When we make our First Profes- single, Catholic woman between the ages of 16 and 40 and would like to learn more sion of vows we will receive the black veil. about our Passionist way of life - dare to put out into the deep and contact us. You can -Why do you stay in your monastery all the time – aren’t you free to come and visit our website www.passionistnuns.org, email us [email protected] or go? call us (270) 233-4571. We have freely chosen to give our lives to the Lord. We make a vow of enclosure to create the essential atmosphere of silence for maintaining our recollection in the Lord. MAY THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE EVER IN OUR We limit our time away from the monastery for personal needs such as shopping, HEARTS! doctor’s appointments, and so forth. If we were away from the monastery quite often 42 The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 (Source: Andrew Sum, Mykhaylo Trubskyy, Ishwar Khatiwada, et al., Immigrant Seeking Justice For Immigrants: Learn The Issues Workers in the New England Labor Market: Implications for Workforce Development Policy, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, Prepared for the New England Regional Office, the Employment and Training Administration, MYTHS and the U.S. Department of Labor, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2002. http://www. • IMMIGRANTS DON’T PAY TAXES nupr.neu.edu/1102/immigration.PDF#search=’center%20for%20labor%2 0market%2 Immigrants pay taxes, in the form of income, 0studies%20at%20Northeastern%20University%20studies’) property, sales, and taxes at the federal and • IMMIGRANTS DON’T WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH OR BECOME AMERICANS state level. As far as income tax payments Within ten years of arrival, more than 75% of immigrants speak English well; moreover, go, sources vary in their accounts, but a demand for English classes at the adult level far exceeds supply. Greater than 33% of range of studies find that immigrants pay immigrants are naturalized citizens; given increased immigration in the 1990s, this between $90 and $140 billion a year in figure will rise as more legal permanent residents become eligible for naturalization in federal, state, and local taxes. Undocu- the coming years. The number of immigrants naturalizing spiked sharply after two mented immigrants pay income taxes as events: enactment of immigration and welfare reform laws in 1996, and the terrorist well, as evidenced by the Social Security attacks in 2001. (Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association, “Myths & Facts Administration’s “suspense file” (taxes that in the Immigration Debate”, 8/14/03. http://www.aila.org/contentViewer. cannot be matched to workers’ names and aspx?bc=17,142#section4) (Source: Simon Romero and Janet Elder, “Hispanics in the social security numbers), which grew by $20 US Report Optimism” New York Times, (Aug. 6, 2003). billion between 1990 and 1998 (Source: • TODAY’S IMMIGRANTS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THOSE OF 100 YEARS AGO http://www.immigrationforum.org/about/ar- The percentage of the U.S. population that is foreign-born now stands at 11.5%; ticles/tax_study.htm) in the early 20th century it was approximately 15%. Similar to accusations about today’s • IMMIGRANTS COME HERE TO immigrants, those of 100 years ago initially often settled in mono-ethnic neighborhoods, TAKE WELFARE spoke their native languages, and built up newspapers and businesses that catered to Immigrants come to work and reunite their fellow émigrés. They also experienced the same types of discrimination that today’s with family members. Immigrant labor force immigrants face, and integrated within American culture at a similar rate. If we view participation is consistently higher than history objectively, we remember that every new wave of immigrants has been met nativeborn, and immigrant workers make up with suspicion and doubt and yet, ultimately, every past wave of immigrants has been a larger share of the U.S. labor force (12.4%) vindicated and saluted. (Source: Census Data: http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/ than they do the U.S. population (11.5%). Moreover, the ratio between immigrant use c2kprof00-us.pdf,http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf ) of public benefits and the amount of taxes they pay is consistently favorable to the U. • MOST IMMIGRANTS CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY S. In one estimate, immigrants earn about $240 billion a year, pay about $90 billion a Around 75% of today’s immigrants have legal permanent (immigrant) visas; of the year in taxes, and use about $5 billion in public benefits. In another cut of the data, 25% that are undocumented, 40% overstayed temporary (non-immigrant) visas. (Source: immigrant tax payments total $20 to $30 billion more than the amount of government Department of Homeland Security (http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/index. services they use. (Source: “Questioning Immigration Policy – Can We Afford to Open htm) Our Arms?”, Friends Committee on National Legislation Document #G-606-DOM, • WEAK U.S. BORDER ENFORCEMENT HAS LED TO HIGH UNDOCU- January 25, 1996. http:www.fas.org pub/gen/fcnl/immigra.html) MENTED IMMIGRATION • IMMIGRANTS SEND ALL THEIR MONEY BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES From 1986 to 1998, the Border Patrol’s budget increased six-fold and the number In addition to the consumer spending of immigrant households, immigrants and of agents stationed on our southwest border doubled to 8,500. The Border Patrol also their businesses contribute $162 billion in tax revenue to U.S. federal, state, and local toughened its enforcement strategy, heavily fortifying typical urban entry points and governments. While it is true that immigrants remit billions of dollars a year to their pushing migrants into dangerous desert areas, in hopes of deterring crossings. Instead, home countries, this is one of the most targeted and effective forms of direct foreign the undocumented immigrant population doubled in that timeframe, to 8 million—de- investment. (Source: http://www.cato.org/research/articles/griswold-020218.html.) spite the legalization of nearly 3 million immigrants after the enactment of the Immigra- • IMMIGRANTS TAKE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM AMERICANS tion Reform and Control Act in 1986. Insufficient legal avenues for immigrants to The largest wave of immigration to the U.S. since the early 1900s coincided with enter the U.S., compared with the number of jobs in need of workers, has significantly our lowest national unemployment rate and fastest economic growth. Immigrant entre- contributed to this current conundrum. (Source: Immigration and Naturalization website: preneurs create jobs for U.S. and foreign workers, and foreign-born students allow many http://www.ncjrs.org/ondcppubs/publications/enforce/border/ins_3.html) U.S. graduate programs to keep their doors open. While there has been no comprehen- • THE WAR ON TERRORISM CAN BE WON THROUGH IMMIGRATION sive study done of immigrant-owned businesses, we have countless examples: in Silicon RESTRICTIONS Valley, companies begun by Chinese and Indian immigrants generated more than $19.5 No security expert since September 11th, 2001 has said that restrictive immigration billion in sales and nearly 73,000 jobs in 2000. (Source: Richard Vedder, Lowell Gal- measures would have prevented the terrorist attacks— instead, the key is effective use laway, and Stephen Moore, Immigration and Unemployment: New Evidence, Alexis of good intelligence. Most of the 9/11 hijackers were here on legal visas. Since 9/11, de Tocqueville Institution, Arlington, VA (Mar. 1994), p. 13. the myriad of measures targeting immigrants in the name of national security have • IMMIGRANTS ARE A DRAIN ON THE U.S. ECONOMY netted no terrorism prosecutions. In fact, several of these measures could have the op- During the 1990s, half of all new workers were foreign-born, filling gaps left by posite effect and actually make us less safe, as targeted communities of immigrants are native-born workers in both the high- and low-skill ends of the spectrum. Immigrants afraid to come forward with information. (Source: Associated Press/Dow Jones News- fill jobs in key sectors, start their own businesses, and contribute to a thriving economy. wires, “US Senate Subcommittee Hears Immigration Testimony”, Oct. 17, 2001.) The net benefit of immigration to the U.S. is nearly $10 billion annually. As Alan (Source: Cato Institute: “Don’t Blame Immigrants for Terrorism,” Daniel Griswold, Greenspan points out, 70% of immigrants arrive in prime working age. That means we Assoc. Director of Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies (see: http://www. haven’t spent a penny on their education, yet they are transplanted into our workforce cato.org/dailys/10-23-01.html) and will contribute $500 billion toward our social security system over the next 20 years The Western Kentucky Catholic, May, 2006 43 My Little Washington D.C. experience By Byron Macias, Sts. Peter & Paul, Hopkinsville, Ky I found myself surrounded by people who were holding signs, big and small. Yet, a single image stuck in my mind: two students wearing graduation gowns, holding a sign saying: “We are students, not criminals.” Talking about the current immigration debate may be redundant. The Media has pretty much talked about it all; although not always accurately, but they have talked about it. Moreover, it is because of the media that many non-immigrants have become conscious of the presence of a group of people who generally live in the shadows and in a culture of fear (quite opposite to the civilization of love St. Paul writes about). Ten people from our Diocese (from Mayfield, Paducah, Hopkinsville and Owens- boro) joined the about 3,000 people (about 120 from Kentucky) on the west lawn of the United States Capitol on Monday, March 27. We did so because we believe in the dignity of human beings: God’s children are not to live in fear. We had just gotten back from Regional Encuentro in GA, grabbed something to eat, switched cars and left for Washington D.C., on Sunday, March 26. After a 14- hour-drive filled with prayer, songs and fellowship, we arrived to our destination. Diocesan delegates to the Regional Youth & Young Adult Encuentro, Al- We decided to make (actually, improvise) some banners displaying the name of tanta, GA with Diocesan Directors Melinda Prunty and Patti Murphy. our Diocese and pictures of Jesus Christ and Our Lady of Guadalupe with the mes- (See more photos from Encuentro on Católico Page 3) sages: “We are all brothers and sisters” and “Pray for Us”. After leaving our car at Union Station’s parking lot (which we finally found after getting lost for a few min- Impressive! utes…), we walked towards the Capitol and joined people from different parts of the By Paul Witte, St. Susan, Elkton, St. James & St. Mary, Guthrie, Ky country, who were there for the rally that took place in a wonderful semi-warm day. It Besides “impressive,” I could add the words, “full of energy, disciplined, respect- felt as if God was warming us up. ful, hard-working” – in a word “fantastic.” That’s how you could describe the 600 The number of members of the press covering the event was impressive. Several young adult Hispanics who took part in the regional encuentro that took place near representatives of our Diocese were interviewed about justice/injustice, hope, personal Atlanta the 24th to the 26th of March. I and 13 others were elected during the Diocesan stories of struggle, and opinions on the issue. Encuentro of September 2005 to represent the Diocese of Owensboro in the Regional Patti Murphy, our Diocesan Director of Hispanic Ministry, was part of a delegation Encuentro convoked by SEPI (the Southeast Pastoral Institute). There is going to be that was able to meet with Senator Bunning’s staff. Other delegations met with Sena- another encuentro, the National Encuentro, in June at the University of Notre Dame, tor McConnell and several of the Kentucky Representatives. After that, we had dinner, the culmination of a process that started in May of 2005 with parish encuentros. got back into the cars and drove back to Hopkinsville. It has been several weeks since For me, the whole process of more than a year has been a unique and new experi- that rally and I still have that picture in mind: it is an analogy of a claim for dignity. ence. I am neither Hispanic nor young; nevertheless they chose me to represent the Then, I had an epiphany: Dignity for Human Beings was the reason why I went to DC. Hispanic youth of the Diocese of Owensboro. I believed that the poor young people of Somehow I had to collaborate in saying that immigrants are good people who are the Diocesan Encuentro were hard up and so they elected me. Now, on the contrary, I rooted out from their environments and pushed to figure out new means to survive -such understand why they elected me. To them I represented all native Americans. They as emigration-; all this due to globalization and socio-economical models that make the didn’t elect me to be the nominal representative, the representative of the minority, that poor even poorer (i.e., NAFTA). Immigrants do not equal criminals. There must be a is the person chosen in order to be inclusive, in order not to offend. The young people common ground and a fair solution to this. Christ’s followers are those willing to live chose me, I believe, because I, an older American, am in a unique place to dialogue. out the Beatitudes. You and I are followers of Christ. In a world strangulated by rules, Indeed, on the banner we put together with photos of our parish and diocesan encuen- the best thing is to see things as Jesus would see them. This is ultimately how things tros that we took to the encuentro my photo appeared with a subtitle written by one of make sense. (See Católico Page 1 for photos from DC) the young people. Only one word appeared: “Dialogue.” Now, the fact that they put dialogue next to my photo meant that I represented the Demographic, poll data show complexities theme of dialogue and that dialogue with the older generation of Americans is of immigration issues important for Hispanic youth. They desire, need and search out dialogue – dialogue WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Amid the enthusiastic rallies and dueling politicians’ rhetoric betwee Hispanic and American, dialogue between young and old, dialogue between about immigration of the last few weeks, recent demographic analyses and opinion polls Catholics of one culture and Catholics of another culture. My presence alone is a put the debate into numerical perspective. Among the conclusions drawn from the data are dialogue. If I couldn’t say one word in Spanish, the mere fact of my presence would that the nation’s illegal immigrants include many families in complex situations, and that be a profound statement. Thanks to God I can communicate a bit in Spanish and the opinions of Americans on the subject don’t line up easily into neat rows. Some of the that makes dialogue easier. Even more important is the attitude of the heart. Do I demographic information may surprise people who think the illegal immigrant population consists largely of single young men. About 36 percent, or 2.3 million, of the estimated 11 love Hispanic young people? Do I respect them? Do I appreciate them? Yes, all million to 12 million illegal immigrants are single men with no children; another 12 percent, that and more – I marvel at their creativity, energy, and active faith. or 740,000, are single women with no children. About 540,000, or 9 percent, are couples The future of American Catholicsm is bright because I saw it in the social hall without kids. According to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of census data, the other 41 percent of St. Andrew Parish of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The 600 young adults were a or so break down into an assortment of “mixed status” families where parents aren’t here small portion of the total number of young adults who participated in the encuentro legally. Those “mixed status” categories include 1.5 million families where all the children process. What I saw gathered in the social hall was only a small part of the total are U.S. citizens, but at least one parent is in the country illegally; 630,000 families where number of young disciples of Christ. What a joy! What hope for the future! all the children are also here without legal papers; and 460,000 families in which some minor children are U.S. citizens and others are not.