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The Editor’s Notebook Groundhog Day By David Garick, Editor

Most of you will be reading this is- shone.” That sue of Catholic Times right around light comes Feb. 2, Groundhog Day. We all know from Christ. He the legend: If the groundhog emerges tells us in John from his den on this day and the sun is 8:12, “I am the light of the world. shining brightly and he sees his shad- Whoever follows me will not walk ow, he will be frightened back into his in darkness, but will have the light of burrow and we will have six weeks life.” more of winter. But if the day is So, like Christ, we also are light. cloudy and he sees no shadow, spring This Sunday’s Gospel (Matthew 5:13- is just around the corner. 16) makes it clear: “You are the light Given the dark, gloomy weather we of the world. A city set on a mountain have been experiencing of late, I have cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a great hope for an early spring. But the lamp and then put it under a bushel Groundhog Day saga addresses light, basket; it is set on a lampstand, where and that is something for us to think it gives light to all in the house. Just about. so, your light must shine before oth- In the Church, Feb. 2 is Candlemas, ers, that they may see your good deeds the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and glorify your heavenly Father.” Jesus in the Temple. It was historically We do not have to make ourselves the time when people brought the can- the light of the world, because we are dles they used to light their homes into light already. Jesus has called us and church, where they were blessed for we have responded to his call. Most the coming year. The following day is of the world has not heard the call of the Feast of St. Blaise, who was said to Jesus. By our faith in him, we are the have healed a child who was choking beacon that lights the way for them to on a fish bone, and hence became the follow. patron saint of those with throat mala- St. Paul tells us that we are children dies. Today, the church invokes the of light; therefore, we should walk as blessing of St. Blaise with the place- children of light. We are saved in Je- ment of two blessed candles on either sus our Savior and should be renewed side of a person’s throat. day by day and shine that light upon Light is of great spiritual significance. others by living in the way of Christ. Physical darkness is the symbol of We are not groundhogs. We need spiritual darkness. The Devil is the not fear our shadow. The shadow we prince of darkness. In his realm, all is cast is not a dark profile of ourselves, dark, while in the realm of God, all is but rather the cross which bursts forth light. The prophet Isaiah wrote, “The with the glory of resurrection and eter- Don’t forget to renew your people who walked in darkness have nal life. Spring is just around the cor- seen a great light; Upon those who ner. Darkness will be dispelled. The CATHOLIC TIMES subscription lived in a land of gloom a light has light is there and it will go on forever. in February!

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(subscriptions @columbuscatholic.org) Postage Paid at Columbus, OH 43218 CT photo by Tim Puet Postmaster: Send address changes to Catholic Times, 197 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio 43215. Please allow two to four weeks for change of address. February 5, 2017 Catholic Times 3 Jubilant crowd gathers in Washington for annual March for Life By Carol Zimmermann Vann, a Catholic News Service member of Tens of thousands of pro-life supporters Holy Infant of filled the grounds near the Washington Prague Parish Monument and marched up Constitu- in Trussville, tion Avenue to the U.S. Supreme Court Alabama, said on Jan. 27, as both a protest of legalized she hoped the abortion and a celebration of successful energy at the pro-life efforts across the nation. march could In years past, the March for Life -- be channeled which takes place on or near Jan. 22 to into everyday mark the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 support for the pro-life move- decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Vice President Pence Bolton that legalized abortion virtually ment, which on demand -- has been almost a battle she is involved cry for the constant uphill fight faced with on a regular basis through sidewalk by those in the pro-life movement who CNS photo/Leslie E. Kossoff counseling, volunteering at crisis preg- hope for more restrictions on abortion nancy centers, and helping young moth- and ultimately an end to abortion. ers with basic needs. She also said she is disheartened by hearing those who say This year’s March for Life, under dential adviser Kellyanne Conway, got amid recent discussion about crowd pro-lifers only are concerned about ba- mostly sunny skies in 40-degree tem- plenty of cheers when she said “This is size at Washington events, it was hard bies, noting that she and her fellow vol- peratures, was decidedly more upbeat, a new day, a new dawn for life.” to measure the number of people that unteers bring pregnant women to their in part because one of the first speakers The scheduled presence of the vice day or the total who have attended the doctor’s appointments and help pay their was Vice President Mike Pence. It was president, which was announced the march during the past four decades. medical costs. the first time such a prominent official day before, required the rally perim- “The only number we care about is the attended the rally. eter to be fenced in and the crowd to 58 million” lost to abortion since it was Jim Klarsch, a member of St. Clement Pence, who marched at the event be- enter through long lines that formed at legalized, she said. Parish in St. Louis, who came with a fore as a participant and addressed it security checks. Participants seemed As in years past, the crowd was pri- busload of eighth-graders, is involved as a congressman, repeatedly said “life unfazed by the wait, taking it in stride marily young, with many high school with pro-life work with the Knights of is winning” and assured rally partici- with the day. Some pulled out their pre- and college-age groups. The speakers Columbus at his parish. In Washington pants that the Trump administration is packed lunches and started eating; oth- took note of this, saying this generation for his second march, he said the expe- behind them. ers prayed the rosary. These marchers not only would keep the pro-life move- rience was “empowering.” Crowd members wearing winter coats are used to plenty of hardships from ment going, but also would bring about Standing alongside Constitution Av- and hats huddled together in the cold weather conditions at the march. changes. enue waiting for the march to begin, he and held placards aloft, but carried Jeanne Mancini, president of March Mary Ann Vann, a retiree attending said the crowd, which was filling the none of the usual giant banners, which for Life, noted that the group has been her sixth march, said the most excit- street to each side and behind him as were banned for security reasons. marching in all types of bad weather ing thing for her each time is seeing the The rally’s first speaker, special presi- over the years. She pointed out that young people. See LIFE, Page 19 Cardinal Dolan: If sanctuary of the womb is violated, no one is safe By Mark Pattison Cardinal Dolan (pic- cluding those used by “should it shock us” that “such a soci- Catholic News Service tured), chairman of the Israelites; the sanc- ety would begin to treat the sanctuary Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New the U.S. Conference tuary of the Temple of the earth’s environment as a toxic York warned that if the sanctuary of the of Catholic Bishops’ in Jerusalem, where waste dump; would begin to consider womb is violated, then other sanctuar- committee on pro-life Mary and Joseph took homes and neighborhoods as danger- ies are at risk. activities, described Jesus each year; the ous instead of as sanctuaries where “Can any of us be safe, can any of us the womb as “a sanc- use of cathedrals and families are protected and fostered; claim a sanctuary anywhere, when the tuary which beck- churches as sanctuar- would commence to approach the poor first and most significant sanctuary of ons us, where we are ies from violence; and as bothersome instead of brothers?” them all, the mother’s womb protecting safe and secure in our the United States – Cardinal Dolan asked. a tiny life, can be raided and ravaged?” mother’s tender, yet first as a sanctuary for Shrine officials estimated that 12,000 he asked in his homily on Thursday, Jan. strong embrace, where the Pilgrims fleeing people attended the Mass, which was 26 at the opening Mass for the National the Creator himself as- religious violence in shown on three cable channels and Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the sures us of protection and life itself – a England, later for Catholics with little broadcast on two radio networks. National Shrine of the Immaculate Con- sanctuary God has designed for us to to their name, but “clinging within to Among the faithful were 545 seminar- ception. The vigil always precedes the protect our lives now and in eternity.” that ‘pearl of great price,’ their faith,” ians, 90 deacons, 320 priests, 40 bish- annual March for Life, which takes place He summoned up a montage of sanc- and today’s immigrants and refugees. ops, and five cardinals in a 20-minute the following day on the National Mall. tuaries throughout human history, in- When life in the womb is threatened, entrance procession. 4 Catholic Times February 5, 2017 Trump’s action banning refugees brings outcry from U.S. church leaders By Catholic News Service us.’” President Donald Trump’s executive memorandum Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego said the intended to restrict the entry of terrorists coming to executive action was “the introduction into law of the United States brought an outcry from Catholic campaign sloganeering rooted in xenophobia and leaders across the U.S. religious prejudice. Its devastating consequences DISCOVER THE CATHOLIC DIFFERENCE Rely on the Knights of Columbus to protect your family’s future. Church leaders used phrases such as “devastating,” are already apparent for those suffering most in our James B. 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It also es- Christian faith as Jesus has challenged us to do,” 614.445.8421 . www.igelco.com tablishes a religious criteria for refugees, proposing he said. to give priority to religious minorities over others Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington called SITE DEVELOPMENT . EARTHWORK . UTILITIES . CONCRETE STABILIZATION . EARTH RETENTION . ROLLER COMPACTED CONCRETE who may have equally compelling refugee claims. attention to the USCCB statement and the executive “We are told this is not the ‘Muslim ban’ that had action and noted that “the legal situation is still fluid been proposed during the presidential campaign, and news reports are sometimes confusing.” but these actions focus on Muslim-majority coun- “The political debate, which is complex and emo- tries,” Cardinal Cupich said. “Ironically, this ban tionally highly charged, will continue, but we must does not include the home country of 15 of the 19 do our best to remain focused on the pastoral and Sept. 11 hijackers. Yet, people from Iraq, even those very real work we undertake every day for the vul- who assisted our military in a destructive war, are nerable and most in need ... for the strangers at our excluded.” doors,” he said. The cardinal quoted Pope Francis’ remarks to Con- Across the nation, people gathered at airports to gress in 2015: “If we want security, let us give se- express solidarity with immigrants and green-card OAKLAND NURSERY curity; if we want life, let us give life; if we want holders denied admission, including an Iraqi who VOTED BEST IN THE U.S. Since 1967 opportunities, let us provide opportunities.” NowNow is thethe bestbest timetime toto planplan and and had helped the 101st Airborne Division during the designdesign youryour landscape.landscape. Patios,Patios, pools,pools, He said Pope Francis “followed with a warning Iraqi war. 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Adopted tal organizations receiving funds from the United by a Republican president, it has been rescinded States from performing or promoting abortion as a when Democrats sat in the White House, only method of family planning in other nations. to be restored when Republicans claimed the presidency. Pro-life leaders hailed the action. In 1993, President Bill Clinton’s revocation of the Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, chairman policy was made so quickly following his inaugu- of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ com- ration that some participants in the March for Life, mittee for pro-life activities, applauded the news in which took place two days after the inauguration, a Jan. 23 statement. “This is a welcome step toward carried “Impeach Clinton” signs. restoring and enforcing important federal policies that respect the most fundamental human right -- the Just as Clinton had rescinded the policy two days right to life -- as well as the long-standing bipartisan after taking office, so did President George W. Bush consensus against forcing Americans to participate in reinstate it two days into his presidency, expanding the violent act of abortion,” he said. it to include all voluntary family planning activities. President Barack Obama rescinded the policy on Jan. “President Trump is continuing Ronald Reagan’s 23, 2009. legacy by taking immediate action on day one to stop the promotion of abortion through our tax Court challenges to the policy resulted in rulings in dollars overseas.” said a Jan. 23 statement from 1987 and 1988 that limited its application to foreign Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. nongovernmental organizations. Anthony List. The executive memorandum “makes clear that “President Trump’s immediate action to promote consensus that taxpayer dollars should not fund abor- Trump intends to carry out with his promised pro- respect for all human life, including vulnerable un- tion and the abortion industry.” life agenda. Taxpayer funding for abortions, whether born children abroad, as well as conscience rights, “Now we see pro-life fruits of the election unfold- here or overseas, is unpopular with voters and is plain sends a strong signal about his administration’s pro- ing, as President Trump has taken immediate action wrong,” said a Jan. 23 statement by Ashley McGuire, life priorities,” she said. to reinstitute President Reagan’s Mexico City policy,” a senior fellow with the Catholic Association. “By redirecting taxpayer dollars away from the in- said Father Frank Pavone, head of Priests for Life, on “It amounts to subsidizing the violent victimization ternational abortion industry, President Trump has Jan. 23. “Poll after poll shows that Americans do not of women and children; in particular, poor and mi- reinstituted life-affirming protections for unborn want their tax money to pay for abortions. Stopping nority women who feel they have no choice but to children and their mothers,” said a Jan. 23 statement funding to foreign pro-abortion groups is a powerful have an abortion,” McGuire said. “Redirecting those by Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, co-chair of the first step toward doing the same domestically.” funds to health centers that offer women real choice Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. “There is political Named for the city that hosted the U.N. Interna- and hope is the right policy moving forward.” Small acts of kindness work wonders in euthanasia battle, Canadian clergy told By Deborah Gyapong/Catholic News Service might be considering recourse to the deed,” he said. In Finland, 90 percent of abortions are chemical; in Helping someone contemplating death through eu- Last year, 744 Canadians died because of euthanasia Scotland, it’s 80 percent, he said. thanasia can be as simple as saying “Hello.” or assisted suicide following its legalization in Quebec The drugs – methotrexate and misoprostol – are It’s the little things that can make a difference, in December 2015 and in the rest of Canada last June. available through a doctor’s office or clinic to wom- Campaign Life Coalition President Jim Hughes told Campaign Life’s U.N. representative, Matthew en who are less than seven weeks pregnant. an audience of clergy at a Jan. 17 information ses- Wojciechowski, said Canada is moving at a faster Brownrigg urged clergy to help unmask abortion by sion, where they also discussed abortion. pace than either Belgium or the Netherlands did acknowledging the loss of an unborn child in miscar- “Stop to say ‘Hello’” to the elderly, Hughes said. when they started implementing assisted death pro- riages. Miscarriages are “virtually ignored, woman “Give them your time, your ear, and try to listen.” grams in 2002. to woman,” she said. “We need to reverse that. If you do, you will contribute to humanizing the unborn and He said small acts of kindness, such as visiting the “What is happening in the Netherlands and Belgium sick in nursing homes, taking a shut-in to a ballgame, will start happening here,” he said, adding that people unmask abortion.” making a phone call, or sending a card to a lonely with disabilities, children with disabilities, the men- The session was one of several hosted each year by elderly person can help prevent euthanasia. tally ill, and elderly people who have not consented the Campaign Life Coalition to inform Catholic and Hughes told the luncheon gathering that volunteer- to euthanasia could be next to be euthanized. non-Catholic clergy of the group’s work on Parlia- ing to become a power of attorney for medical care, “It doesn’t have to happen if we speak up,” he said. ment Hill and at the United Nations. or taking time to greet the “chorus of people” who Hughes said another challenge facing Canada is the “Without your spiritual leadership, we couldn’t do congregate near the elevators or the front door at advent of chemical abortions, in which pharmaceu- our job,” Hughes told the gathering. nursing homes “are just little things that can make a tical drugs are taken to induce an abortion. Hughes The coalition also organizes the National March tremendous difference.” predicted that this eventually will make surgical for Life in Ottawa. This year’s march, scheduled for They all add up and can have an “impact on folks who abortions “a thing of the past.” May 11, will mark the event’s 20th anniversary. 6 Catholic Times February 5, 2017 REVERENCE IN CHURCH; Free “Come & See” Retreat The Dominican Sisters of Peace invite single Cath- CATHOLICS AND THE FREEMASONS olic women, ages 18 to 45, to attend a free “come shortly before Mass that the next few minutes will and see” discernment retreat from Friday to Sunday, be spent in silent preparation for the sacred cel- March 10 to 12. QUESTION & ANSWER ebration. Experience Dominican prayer and community with (And yes, I do think your congregation needs a the sisters and explore the possibility that you may by: FATHER KENNETH DOYLE reminder from the priest that the use of cellphones be called to religious life. Catholic News Service is never proper in church -- whether to speak or No matter where you are in your discernment jour- to text.) ney, a ”come and see” retreat is an excellent oppor- tunity to meet other women who are exploring a call . Growing up in our family, God always . Recently, a friend asked me what the dif- came first. Our parents taught us to love and to religious life while growing in the discernment Q Qference was between the Knights of Colum- process. respect the Eucharist, especially when the Blessed bus and the Masons, and I didn’t really know what Sacrament was exposed on the altar. (We would to tell her. I’ve read about the good works done The retreat begins at 4:30 p.m. March 10 and con- genuflect and bow.) by each of these organizations, and we were won- cludes at noon March 12 at the Dominican Sisters of Our parish church now exposes the Eucharist dering whether a Catholic gentleman can belong Peace Motherhouse, 2320 Airport Drive, Columbus. before Sunday Mass. I am shocked to see people to both. (Please respond in your column, because For questions, call or text Sister June Fitzgerald, (young and old) come into Mass, plop themselves I’m sure that others may have the same question.) OP, at (570) 336-3991 or email jfitzgerald@op- down in the pew and whip out their cellphones. (Cumming, Georgia) peace.org . Then they begin to laugh and text -- without, it Participants may register online for the retreat or seems, so much as a glance at the altar. . The Knights of Columbus is an interna- request a registration form. See more at http://www. Can’t people forget their phones and their friends Ational organization of Catholic men whose oppeace.org/thinking-about-religious-life. for just one hour and reflect on just why they are chief work involves helping those in need. Their there and whom they have come to worship? And charitable donations total more than $175 million why doesn’t our priest ever comment about this? annually, and they engage in joint projects with (Leeds, New York) such organizations as Special Olympics and Habi- Foundation Grant tat for Humanity. . I am grateful for your letter because it The Catholic Foundation has awarded a $6,000 Freemasonry is a fraternal society that traces its mission capital grant for education and faith forma- stands as a valuable reminder of the need origin to medieval associations of stonemasons; forA reverence in what is clearly a sacred space. tion to Sts. Peter and Paul Retreat Center in New- in the U.S., there are grand lodges of Masons in ark for addition and extension of central air condi- The General Instruction of the Roman Missal every state, with a total membership of about 1.2 highlights the importance of that reverence: tioning to the center’s chapel, north hall. and three million in the U.S. Masons, too, involve them- meeting rooms. “Even before the celebration itself, it is a praise- selves in a variety of charitable works, and no worthy practice for silence to be observed in the doubt many Americans view Masonry primarily The Catholic Foundation is an autonomous non- church, in the sacristy, in the vesting room and in as a social and philanthropic fraternity. profit organization that receives and manages assets adjacent areas, so that all may dispose themselves to provide funding for diocesan parishes, schools, The reality, though, is that Masonry is at heart a and ministries. Anyone can contribute to the Foun- to carry out the sacred celebration in a devout and naturalistic religion whose basic tenets are incom- fitting manner” (No. 45). dation or to one of its multitude of funds dedicated patible with Catholic faith and practice. (Pope Leo to specific purposes or institutions at any time. The practice of exposing the Blessed Sacrament XIII said in 1884 that Masonry had as its fundamen- in a monstrance on the altar has a long history and tal doctrine “that human nature and human reason If you would like more information on contribut- serves well to promote devotion to Jesus present ought in all things be mistress and guide” and de- ing or would like to work on a planned gift of your in the Eucharist. nied “that anything has been taught by God.”) own, contact James Anzelmo at janzelmo@catho- The size and layout of a church may help in deter- The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of lic-foundation.org or (614) 443-8893. mining whether regular exposition before Sunday the Faith declared in 1983 that “the church’s nega- Mass is a wise practice. Many newer churches have tive judgment in regard to Masonic associations a generous gathering area (lobby) where parishio- remain unchanged” and that “the faithful who en- Alumni Mixer ners can greet one another upon arriving for Mass. roll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in- Doors may be closed to separate that area from the sin and may not receive holy Communion.” vites all alumni and current and former faculty and worship space as an indication that all conversation In 1985, a report by historian William J. Whalen staff to a mixer on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 6:30 to 8 should cease once one enters the church proper, es- of Purdue University given to the pastoral research p.m. at Plank’s, 4022 Broadway, Grove City. pecially if the Eucharist is exposed. In smaller rural and practice committee of the U.S. Conference churches, there often is no gathering area and one of Catholic Bishops said that Masonry “honors Admission is $10 per person and includes pizza enters directly into the worship space. Jesus Christ as it honors Socrates, Buddha and and soft drinks. A cash bar will be available. Net It is a natural instinct, and a good thing, for pa- Muhammed,” that Masonry “cannot acknowl- proceeds will benefit the school’s Guardian Angel rishioners to want to welcome one another warm- edge any special spiritual claims by Jesus, since Tuition Assistance Fund. Attendees are welcome to ly and catch up on their lives, and it is often a sign this would violate the basis of Freemasonry,” and bring old yearbooks, photographs, sports memora- of a parish’s vitality that people genuinely enjoy that “Catholics in the United States and elsewhere bilia, or other mementoes to share. socializing before and after the Sunday Eucharist. may not be Freemasons.” To make reservations, call Amy McKenzie in the In such a setting, it might be better not to expose Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth Doyle Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church office at (614) the Blessed Sacrament on the altar before Mass. at [email protected] and 30 Columbia 875-3322, extension 326. Perhaps, instead, an announcement could be made Circle Drive, Albany NY 12203. The RSVP deadline is Monday, Feb. 20. February 5, 2017 Catholic Times 7 Concert in the Country The second concert of the 2016-2017 sea- son of the “Concerts in a Country Church” THINKING THROUGH series at Washington Court House St. Col- MAKING SENSE man of Cloyne Church, 219 S. North St., THE TEMPTATION OF will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. Out of Bioethics The program is titled: “Urbane and Urbiel” COHABITATION Father Tad Pacholczyk and will feature Christopher Urbiel, the first guest solo performer since the series began. It will include organ works by composers Men and women clearly need each other and naturally ing couple practice holding back on one another. They ranging from Bach’s mentor and inspira- gravitate towards arrangements of mutual support and rehearse not trusting.” They don’t develop the elements tion, Dietrich Buxtehude, through those of lives of shared intimacy. Because women are frequently crucial to a successful marriage, but instead keep their Bach and a contemporary, Johann Kuhnau, the immediate guardians of the next generation, they options open so they can always beat a hasty retreat to to works of contemporary American com- have a particular need to ascertain if there will be steady the exit. As Chuck Colson has put it: “Cohabitation -- it’s posers Richard Proulx and J. Wayne Kerr. support from a man before giving themselves sexually to training for divorce.” Many studies confirm that the di- Urbiel is in his third year as organist and him. The bond of marriage is ordered toward securing this vorce rate among those who cohabit before marriage is music director at Newark St. Francis de critical element of ongoing commitment and support. nearly double the rate of those who marry without prior Sales Church. He is a graduate of the Uni- Cohabitation, in which a man and a woman decide to live cohabitation. versity of Michigan, where he studied with together and engage in sexual relations without marriage, Steven Engler, Michelle Johns, and the dean Some researchers believe that people who cohabit are raises a host of issues and concerns. Sex, of course, has a more unconventional to begin with, being less commit- of American organ teachers, Marilyn Ma- certain power all its own, and both sides may be tempted son. Many of the works he will be perform- ted to the institution of marriage overall and more open ing are based on well-known hymn tunes. to play with it in ways that are potentially damaging -- all to the possibility of divorce. Others suspect something the more so when they decide to cohabit. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at more insidious -- that living together slowly erodes peo- the door. More information is available at One concern is that cohabitation often can become ple’s ability to make a commitment by setting them up www.stcolmanmusic.org or by calling (877) a rehearsal for various selfish patterns of behavior. It into patterns of behavior that work against succeeding 232-2751. This is the fourth year for the perpetuates an arrangement of convenience, popularly in a long-term relationship. Both actually may be true. concert series, which is directed by Craig phrased as “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk Various risks correlate strongly with cohabitation. Jaynes, music director at St. Colman. for free?” Even as many women try to tell themselves Compared with a married woman, a cohabiting woman they are “preparing” for marriage by cohabiting with is roughly three times as likely to experience physical Evening of Worship their partner, they may sense the trap of the “never- abuse, and about nine times more likely to be murdered. Columbus Catholic Renewal, also known ending audition” to be his wife, and become intuitively Children also tend to fare poorly when it comes to these as the diocesan Catholic Charismatic Re- aware of how they are being used. Cohabitation also in- live-in arrangements. Rates of serious child abuse have newal, will sponsor an evening of worship, vites the woman to focus on lesser concerns such as sav- been found to be lowest in intact families; six times prayer, and community from 6 to 9 p.m. ing on rent or garnering transient emotional attention higher in stepfamilies; 20 times higher in cohabiting Wednesday, Feb. 8 at Columbus St. Eliza- from her partner by moving in with him and becoming biological-parent families; and 33 times higher when beth Church, 6077 Sharon Woods Blvd. sexually available. the mother is cohabiting with a boyfriend who is not Recitation of the Rosary will begin at 6 Even as a woman becomes attuned to the power of sex the biological father. Cohabiting homes see significantly p.m., followed by praise adoration, with from an early age, she eventually can fall prey to an easy more drug and alcohol abuse, and bring in less income trained prayer teams available for individu- mistake. Aware that sexual intimacy also is about bond- than their married peers. Cohabitation clearly is bad for al prayer. Father Ramon Owera, CFIC, will men, worse for women, and terrible for children. celebrates Mass at 7:30 p.m. The evening ing, she may suppose that by surrendering this deeply will end with a potluck social. personal part of herself through cohabitation, she has a “Marriage,” as Glenn Stanton notes, “is actually a very “hook” into a man and his heart. While such an arrange- pro-woman institution. People don’t fully realize what For more information, visit www.ccrco- ment can trigger various platitudes, (that he “cares for lumbus.org or call (614) 500-8115. a raw deal for women cohabitation is. Women tend her,” “loves her,” etc.), experience shows it doesn’t typi- to bring more goods to the relationship—more work, cally help him reach the commitment reflected in those more effort in tending to the relationship—but they get National Black Congress all-important words, “Will you marry me?” less satisfaction in terms of relational commitment and The diocesan Office of Black Catholic Cohabitation, in fact, is a relationship that is defined by security.” While marriage doesn’t automatically solve Ministries is making plans for interested in- every problem, it clearly offers a different and vastly dividuals to attend the 12th National Black a holding back of commitment. The notion that it some- Catholic Congress, scheduled from Thurs- how allows both parties to “try out” a marriage before- better set of dynamics than cohabitation for all the day, July 6 to Sunday, July 9 in Orlando, hand is conveniently make-believe, a kind of “playing parties involved. Florida. Its theme will be “The Spirit of the house,” mostly because it’s impossible to try out some- Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD, earned his doctorate Lord Is Upon Me: Act Justly, Love Good- thing permanent and irrevocable through something in neuroscience from Yale and did postdoctoral work at ness, and Walk Humbly With Your God.” temporary and revocable. Harvard. He is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Mas- This assembly meets every five years. If As Jennifer Roback Morse has described it, “Cohab- sachusetts, and serves as director of education at The you are interested in attending, call (614) iting couples are likely to have one foot out the door National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See 228-0024 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Mon- www.ncbcenter.org. days through Thursdays. throughout the relationship. The members of a cohabit- 8 Catholic Times February 5, 2017 St. Mary School Musicians in All-Fairfield County Band are your gifts Faith-Filled? 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LIVING The CallFaith to Conversion from Our Lady of La Salette Life is pretty predictable in small towns, and the news If time is a problem, the Virgin Mary continued, at spreads fast. Someone dies, finds out they have cancer, least say an Our Father and a Hail Mary. Perhaps she battles with an ex-husband? You’ll know it before the Finding Faith in knew that women like myself, bearing the burden of funeral home or the police. Someone has a baby, gets Everyday Life busy, would roll our eyes at the idea of continual prayer. pregnant, wins the lottery? No need for a newspaper. “When will I get my work done?” I imagine myself When the Blessed Mother appeared to Melanie Sarah Reinhard asking her. Calvat and Maximin Giraud — two uneducated “Just say an Our Father and a Hail Mary, dear,” she peasant children — in 1846, it didn’t take long for the replies through the La Salette apparition. word to spread. La Salette, France, was a small town, In the secrets, when they were revealed, Mary’s and this was a miraculous apparition. language was prophetic. That, together with the painful Though only 200 people live there, La Salette remains a pilgrimage destination. Our Lady of La Melanie and Maximin woke up from a nap in the truths she revealed and the pending punishment, Salette appeared to a couple of small-town nobodies field on an afternoon when they were watching their inspired many people to conversion. Miracles at La and fanned the flame of controversy with the difficult cows, who had wandered off. As the children climbed Salette started when Melanie and Maximin were taken message she brought. a nearby hill, a bright light caught their attention. back to the site of the apparition during interrogations from the local authorities. At the heart of it was a call to conversion. Mary It was coming from a beautiful lady nearby, dressed leads us always to Jesus, and in this instance, she was in a white cloak with a yellow apron, with a crown A man in the group broke off a piece of the rock no different. At La Salette, Mary called all of us back and shoes decorated with multicolored roses. She the Virgin Mary had been on, and revealed a spring. to the fold from our sins, back to the arms of God, wore a crucifix around her neck, with a hammer and Twenty-three cures were accredited to that spring in the back to the glory of heaven. pliers on each end of the crossbar. Her beauty was first year after the apparition. Since then, hundreds of compelling to the two shepherds, as were the tears additional miraculous cures have been reported. We can choose not to go, because free will remains streaming down her face. In all the drama of controversy, it’s easy to overlook a ours to use. At La Salette, Mary also tells us, just as any The lady’s tears were a result of her Son’s anger. simple component that Our Lady of La Salette reminds loving mother would, of the consequences we will face. He was angry about people’s swearing, specifically all of us, and that she admonished the two children: we Sarah Reinhard is the author of many books, using God’s name in vain; their working on Sundays should be in prayer morning and night. This is easier including her latest, “The Catholic Mother’s Prayer and violating the day of rest; and the widespread said than done in our hustle-and-bustle society. Companion.” She’s online at SnoringScholar.com. disobedience of God’s laws. She told the children that she could not hold off her Son’s hand much longer, and that repentance in the form of confession, prayer, and penance were the only things that could stop his Immaculate anger from taking action. Conception By now, Melanie and Maximin knew that Mary, Jesus’ own mother, was speaking with them. She gave Spellers each of the children a secret of their own, which the Pictured are the top 20 other could not hear, with instructions on when and spellers at Columbus how the secrets could be shared. Before disappearing, Immaculate Conception Mary asked the children to spread her message. They School. They were the returned home and told their incredible tale, and it best in their respective was put in writing the next day. levels, which allowed Church officials were very cautious, and, in some them to compete in the cases, downright cantankerous, opposing devotion school championship. They are (from left): to this vision of Mary and questioning it from every first row, Matthias Wen- angle. In July 1847, not quite a year later, a detailed ning, Cal Mangini, Jef- investigation began, including eight conferences of frey Schloss, Parker Jen- questioning and debate. kins, and Ethan Dvorak; Though it seemed inevitable that the apparition was second row, Jack Byrne, true — 12 of 16 investigators voted in unquestionable Thomas Ellis, Brandon favor of its truth — the opposition, especially within Ryan, Brendon Scholl, the Church in France, was remarkable. There is still Kensington Wheeler, and Ana Haselmayer; third row, Caroline Dunham, Victoria Alves, Mary Yablonski, Maggie Johnson, Emily Summanen, Lillian Schillingburg, Audrey Ruschau, Grace Ortega, and Grace Pavich. The champion some lingering controversy, though in July 1851, the was Jeffrey Schloss, and Parker Jenkins was runner-up. Photo courtesy Immaculate Conception School apparition was approved, under the title Our Lady of La Salette, in a pastoral letter by the diocesan bishop. 10 Catholic Times/ February 5, 2017 February 5, 2017/Catholic Times 11 ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH HAS BEEN PART OF MOUNT VERNON FOR 175 YEARS BY TIM PUET for Deacon Birie, the St. Vincent de Paul a city of about 16,000 people about an The first church in Mount Vernon was Reporter, Catholic Times conference, and parish financial secretary hour’s drive from Columbus. built 175 years ago, in 1842, and burnt Barbara Dusenberry, as well as a meet- Weekend Masses are at 4:30 p.m. Sat- down two years later. The current church Mount Vernon St. Vincent de Paul ing room and space for the parish youth urday and 8, 10, and 11:30 a.m. Sunday. building was dedicated in 1922 and has Church, which is celebrating its 175th group. The rectory contains offices for The 11:30 Mass on the last Sunday of bells dating to 1875. The school also has anniversary this year, is one of the oldest Father Hammond and Father Vincent each month has been in Spanish since a long history, going back to 1856. The parishes in the Diocese of Columbus, but Nguyen, parochial vicar, and parish sec- 2009. Father Hammond said that al- school building was erected in 1931, with it continues to find new ways of reaching retary Shirley Lower. though he can’t speak the language, he a wing added in 1953. out to the people of its community and Besides the Pope Francis Center, other has gained enough familiarity with it in The parishes in Mount Vernon and Dan- Knox County. recent physical changes which have tak- the past eight years that he now can de- ville have shared close ties throughout Four years ago, it established a parish en place at the church and school include liver homilies in Spanish, with help in their history. Today, they are joined once conference of the St. Vincent de Paul So- a first-floor addition to the school, which writing them from Molly Davis, a Span- again, as they were in Father Lamy’s era. ciety, the international Catholic organiza- was dedicated in October 2015 and en- ish teacher at the school. Since July 2014, they have been part of tion which has offered person-to-person hances safety and security by creating a “Father Nguyen also is becoming more the Knox-Licking Consortium of Catho- service to the needy for more than 170 protected entrance area. School offices familiar with Spanish,” Father Hammond lic Churches, one of 25 parish clusters years and is a familiar part of many parish- were moved from the third floor to the said. “That’s something a young priest formed throughout the Diocese of Colum- es throughout the Diocese of Columbus. addition, creating space for two new needs to know in the Catholic Church of bus in response to changing demograph- classrooms. “At that time, the community didn’t today.” About 60 Latino Catholics come ics, resources, and needs. The consortium have a nongovernmental organization The church’s sanctuary was enhanced a to the Mass each month. “Many English- also originally included the Church of the devoted to full-time service to the poor,” few years ago by construction of a new speaking parishioners have told me how Nativity in Utica, which was merged into said Deacon Tim Birie, the conference’s wooden stand for the tabernacle holding much they appreciate the Mass,” Father St. Vincent de Paul Church last year. The spiritual director. “Our parish and other the Eucharist. A local lumber company Hammond said. “They’re also increasing Utica church building was torn down in congregations of various faiths were in- provided the wood free of charge. Parish their familiarity with the language, and 2015 because of structural issues. Above, from left: Pastoral assistant Greg Henkel; Father Mark Hammond, pastor; financial secre- volved with an interchurch soup kitchen volunteers built the stand and a frame for it’s a reminder of both the diverse and the Fathers Hammond and Nguyen and tary Barbara Dusenberry; Father Vincent Nguyen, parochial vicar. Below: The church at Christmas. Father Vincent Nguyen at the annual graduation Mass for Mount Vernon St. Vincent de Paul and a homeless shelter, which continue to the tabernacle, which was moved from its universal nature of the Church.” Deacon Birie divide their time among School students. CT photo by Tim Puet (church staff); photos courtesy St. Vincent de Paul Church and School former location at the left of the altar and exist and which we remain involved with. St. Vincent de Paul Church’s history the two parishes, which are separated by is now elevated above the altar. “I was doing my internship before be- goes back to 1839, when Father Jean- about 15 miles in actual distance and a Vincent, there are lots of times when we parishes because Utica was the smallest. ing ordained a deacon and mentioned to “The guideline the volunteers had when Baptiste Lamy came to Mount Vernon half-hour in driving time. barely see each other. He’s been a great It’s been particularly hard for the people Father (Mark) Hammond (the parish’s building the stand was to make sure it was from Danville, where he was pastor of St. “Time management is the biggest chal- help because of his youth and enthusi- at St. Luke because of that parish’s long pastor) that it was surprising there wasn’t tall enough to be seen from the back of Luke Church, to say Mass. Father Lamy lenge in serving two parishes,” Father asm, particularly at the school. They call history with a resident pastor, but they’ve a St. Vincent de Paul conference in the the church and small enough that Sister eventually became archbishop of Santa Hammond said. “I’m always wondering him ‘Father Hurricane’ there. been very generous. We all have the hope parish that bears his name. He asked me Jean, who’s about 4-foot-11, could reach Fe, New Mexico, and was the subject of whether I’m spending enough time at “It’s a little easier now that we’re not the day will come when the diocese has to look into it. That conversation got ev- it,” said pastoral assistant Greg Henkel. Willa Cather’s classic American novel either one. Even though Father Nguyen traveling to Utica, but the responsibil- enough priests that they again can have erything started.” He was referring to Sister Jean Welling, Death Comes for the Archbishop. and I both live in the rectory here at St. ity was not that much greater with three their own pastor.” Deacon Birie said that in the four years SC, who came to the parish as pastoral Father Nguyen was ordained in 2014 since it began, the conference has as- minister in 1983 and has been there ever and has served the consortium since its sisted between 120 and 150 families per since. Sister Jean, who took her vows with formation. “It was quite a challenge to re- year and distributed a total of around the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in 1954, alize that my first assignment was going $200,000. “We are very flexible in how is retired, but continues to serve as a lector, to be what at the time was a three-parish we handle each situation,” he said. “Most take the Eucharist to the homebound, and cluster,” he said. “In two-and-a-half years of our gifts are in the $200 to $300 range, perform other tasks as part of her ministry here, my main goal has been to always sometimes as high as $400 – not large of prayer and presence. center all things in Christ. I hope I’ve amounts, but critical when you don’t The church recently received a $25,000 adapted and formed my ministry to best have the money. Most people come to grant from The Catholic Foundation serve the people of God and to provide an us because they’ve had a bad break and which will be used for replacement of a active, young presence as vicar, assisting need something to get them through the ramp for the handicapped and for repair Father Hammond and becoming more situation. Only four or five have asked of the roof at the front entrance of the pastorally sensitive.” church and the granite underneath it. for help a second time.” St. Vincent de Paul School has about Establishment of the conference coin- Father Hammond, who has been pastor 150 students in kindergarten through cided with the parish’s purchase of a for- since mid-2006, said the church serves eighth grade. Martha Downs, who has mer private residence located between about 800 families in Mount Vernon and been a staff member for 29 years, the last the church and school, which are at the the nearby Knox County communities nine as principal, said that seven years corner of East High and Chestnut streets, of Gambier, Centerburg, and Frederick- ago, the school was one of the first in the and the parish rectory, which is in a for- town. Mount Vernon, the county seat, is diocese to use the “family” model to help mer convent at 303 E. High St. Left: Fifth-grade students display projects students of various grades get to know The building, renamed the Pope Fran- about Native Americans. Right: Sixth-graders each other. cis Center, was remodeled by volunteers participate in a STEM (science, technology, en- from the parish and now includes offices gineering, and mathematics) challenge. See CHURCH, Page 12 12 Catholic Times February 5, 2017

CHURCH, continued from Page 11

Its students are divided into 17 family- type groups consisting of one or more stu- dents from each grade level. The groups remain mostly intact from year to year, with eighth-graders who leave being re- placed by arriving kindergarten students. Each of the groups perform service proj- ects based on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, with the seventh- and eighth-graders serving as mentors for the younger students and determining what projects will be performed. Downs said that this year, the stu- dents chose to assist Montana de Luz, a Worthington-based organization which has created a home for children in Hon- duras affected by HIV/AIDS. Closer to The 2016 first Communion class of Mount Vernon St. Vincent de Paul Church. Photo courtesy St. Vincent de Paul Church home, they conducted an anti-vandalism campaign. Those choices came after the The school has a decades-long tradi- ber of ways we are very much alike,” Catholic or entering into full commu- older students determined that the issues tion of conducting plays at the Memori- she said. nion with the Church. He said what’s with the most impact on them involved al Theater, which is just down the street. St. Vincent de Paul School’s main fun- especially encouraging about this year’s prejudice and vandalism. For many years, music teacher John draiser is a silent auction and dance. group is that four are college students – The school has received a number of Vining has written an original Christ- This year’s event, with a Wizard of Oz a higher-than-usual number for that age significant state awards for various pro- mas play. The 2016 play was titled It’s theme, will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, March group. The parish also has seven-week grams. In 2015-16, it was one of 45 Ohio the Three Kings, Charlie Brown. In the 4 at the Gund Gallery of Kenyon Col- “Welcome Back!” programs for inactive schools honored with the Governor’s spring, sixth- to eighth-graders pres- lege, 101 E. Brooklyn St., Gambier. The Catholics several times a year. Thomas Edison Award for excellence in ent an adaptation of a popular musical, cost is $60 a person. The school also The Parish School of Religion program STEM (science, technology, and math) while younger children take part in short is sponsoring a Texas Hold ‘Em poker for students not attending a parochial education. In 2015, it also was one of a plays they write themselves. tournament at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. school, directed by Deacon Birie’s wife, handful of schools receiving the Harold The school offers half-day classes two, 11. The cost is $55 in advance or $65 at Susan, has 125 students from kinder- C. Shaw Outstanding School Award for three, or five days a week for three- and the door. garten through eighth grade, who meet team performance on State Science Day. four-year-olds, plus a pre-kindergarten Henkel, who has been pastoral assistant from 9 to 9:50 a.m. Sundays. Susan Bi- Along with the traditional core subjects, program. since July 2008 and is parish adult faith rie also directs confirmation preparation music, art, and Spanish are regular parts The school for many years has part- formation coordinator, said the parish classes on Sunday nights, which have of the curriculum. An all-school Mass is nered with Mount Vernon Nazarene will be presenting Bishop Robert Bar- been watching Matthew Kelly’s Deci- celebrated each week, with each grade University in a strong interfaith rela- ron’s series on Catholicism: The Pivotal sion Point videos on the sacrament. taking turns at planning it and providing tionship. Downs said several MVNU Players and the Augustine Institute’s Knights of Columbus Council 847 has readers and cantors. Students also lead students are serving as full-time student Forgiven: The Transforming Power of served the parish since 1904, making it recital of the rosary throughout the year teachers this year and others are doing Confession at various times during the one of the oldest councils in the state. and Stations of the Cross on Tuesdays their initial observations at the school. next few weeks. It sponsored and provided much of the in Lent, with a Living Stations program “Our churches may look at some things Both are in six parts. The Catholicism labor for the tabernacle project, cleans on the last Tuesday before Easter break. differently, but we realize that in a num- series, beginning Feb. 1, 2, and 4, will part of a state highway several times a be split into two segments of four and year, and collects funds and conducts two weeks before and after Easter, with programs related to the Ohio Knights’ the Forgiven series during the six weeks annual Measure-Up program for the de- of Lent. Times are 7 to 9 p.m. Wednes- velopmentally disabled. days, 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays, and 9 to 11 A Catholic Foundation grant provided and 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays. the parish youth group with the funds to Other adult faith formation programs purchase Ascension Press’ YOU!: Life, at the parish include a men’s faith shar- Love, and the Theology of the Body se- ing group which meets at 7 p.m. on the ries, which the group recently finished fourth Monday of each month and a viewing. women’s Bible study which meets from Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesdays. has become a fixture of parish life over Henkel said this year’s RCIA program the last several years. It takes place from has 14 people from the Mount Ver- 5 p.m. Thursday to 5 p.m. Friday, fol- non and Danville parishes who have lowed by Benediction and Mass. expressed their interest in becoming For more information about the parish, The Pope Francis Center is the newest addi- go to its website, www.st-vincentdepaul. tion to the parish. CT photo by Tim Puet org, or call (740) 392-4711. February 5, 2017 Catholic Times 13 Catholic Scouting award winners honored at annual day with bishop Bishop Frederick Campbell spoke St. Patrick Church; and Mike Wind- to Boy and Girl Scouts and American holtz and Maggie Wright from Pack 8 Heritage Girls at the annual diocesan of Newark St. Francis de Sales Church. Scout Day with the Bishop service Receiving the St. Elizabeth Ann Se- about the importance of Scouting in ton medal, presented by the National building a sense of united effort. Catholic Committee for Girl Scouts The bishop, who was a Boy Scout and Camp Fire to adults who help while growing up in Elmira, New York, Catholic young people develop their recalled that his Scout troop occasion- spiritual lives in the context of those ally would be visited by Native Ameri- programs, were Christina Goodwin of cans from the Seneca tribe who lived Powell St. Joan of Arc Church and Me- nearby. The Scouts learned their cus- lissa Riederer of Reynoldsburg St. Pius toms and lore, and often while camp- X Church. ing, they would find arrowheads and Donna Hughes, community develop- shafts probably used by the Senecas’ ment director for the Girl Scouts of ancestors. Ohio’s Heartland Council, was award- Deacon Kevin Murrin (left), Bishop Frederick Campbell, and Deacon Christopher Reis applaud “We learned how important it is to Red Sash of Merit recipients (from left) Laura Williams, Daniel Edgington, and Katherine ed the St. Anne medal, the highest na- work as a community,” he said. “If one Croswell. In back are Kevin Miller (left) of the Catholic Committee on Scouting, and Mike Hall, tional recognition for adults who serve of us couldn’t do a thing, another one diocesan Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry director. CT photos by Ken Snow Catholic young people through Girl would. And when one of us got in trou- Scouts and Camp Fire. ble, we all were in trouble, so some- Church of the Resurrection on Sun- award was presented to nine individu- For the sixth consecutive year and times we’d hide behind each other and day, Jan. 29 was sponsored by the di- als who have performed exceptional eighth time in the last nine years, Boy all would accept the punishment that ocesan Catholic Committee on Scout- service to Scouting through their con- Scout Troop 50 of Marion St. Mary resulted from what we did.” ing. The committee presented its Red tributions to the spiritual development Church was honored as the Bishop’s The bishop said that as he and his fel- Sash of Merit to three Scouts who ear- of Catholic youth. Troop for combining active participa- low Scouts shared experiences, they lier earned other Catholic Scouting em- This year’s honorees were Roger Blum tion in religious activities with service were “formed by prayer and a grow- blems, have demonstrated leadership, and William DeVelin from Troop 14 of to the community and to Scouting. ing recognition of what it meant to be accepted responsibility, and are active Chillicothe St. Mary Church; Patrick Also honored were Cub Scout Pack a human person, made in the image and in their troop, community, and parish. Higgins, Delaware District executive 859 of Hilliard St. Brendan the Navi- likeness of God, made to honor God Honored were Danny Edgington of for the Simon Kenton Boy Scout Coun- gator Church as the bishop’s pack, and each other.” Columbus St. Timothy Church and Boy cil, from Buckeye Lake Our Lady of and Grove City Our Lady of Perpetual “God put each of us here specifically to Scout Troop 295, Laura Williams of Mount Carmel Church; Ellen Sullivan Help Church as the bishop’s parish for do something, to become something,” Columbus St. Patrick Church and Ven- from American Heritage Girls Troop its Girl Scout programs. Pack 326 of Reynoldsburg St. Pius X Church re- Bishop Campbell said. “Scouting helps ture Crew 1618, Katherine Croswell 31 of Columbus St. Patrick Church; ceived a certificate of merit. us understand who we are, what we are of Reynoldsburg St. Pius X Church Father Nick Ventura, parochial vicar of to do, how we are to do it, and how we and Girl Scout Troop 1295, and Grace Columbus St. Peter Church; Doug Ver- About 125 emblem recipients were are to use our talents to glorify God and Wright of Newark St. Francis de Sales maaten from Troop 8 and Cub Scout recognized. They included participants serve other people.” Church and Venture Crew 1618. Pack 8 of Newark St. Francis de Sales The program at the New Albany The committee’s Bronze Pelican Church; Anna Williams of Columbus See SCOUTING, Page 19

From left: Seton Medal recipient Melissa Riederer; Deacon Reis; Seton Medal recipient Chris- Bronze Pelican recipients (from left): Patrick Higgins, Anna Williams, William DeVelin, Father tina Goodwin; Bishop Campbell; St. Ann Medal recipient Donna Hughes; Deacon Murrin. Nick Ventura, Roger Blum, Ellen Sullivan, Doug Vermaaten, and Mike Windholtz. 14 Catholic Times February 5, 2017 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A) The Weekday Bible Readings What it means to be salt and light for the world MONDAY Genesis 1:1-19 Psalm 104:1-2,5-6,10,12,24,35 salt water for a sore throat? In the ancient world, Mark 6:53-56 newborns were rubbed with salt. Salt also was mixed Father with sacrifices as a kind of purifying agent. TUESDAY Genesis 1:20-2:4a Some suggest that salt as both a spice and a Psalm 8:4-9 Lawrence L. Hummer preservative “is like a good teacher.” That is what the Mark 7:1-13 Christian disciple must be – able to offer spice to his WEDNESDAY or her world, but also able to preserve what is good Genesis 2:4b-9,15-17 and necessary from the past. Matthew will describe Psalm 104:1-2,27-30 Isaiah 58:7-10; a scribe trained for the Kingdom as “like the head of Mark 7:14-23 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; a household who brings from his storeroom both the THURSDAY new and the old” (Matthew 13:52). Genesis 2:18-25 Matthew 5:13-16 The question about what happens if salt has lost its Psalm 128:1-5 Mark 7:24-30 The Isaiah reading arises from earlier verses in which flavor would mean that it is not really salt. However, the prophet faults Israel for the insincerity of its fasting, as it is used here, it is meant to say to the disciples that FRIDAY during which it is still “business as usual,” so that the if they fail in their task in the world, they are not worth Genesis 3:1-8 anything and presumably will be judged accordingly. Psalm 32:1-2,5-7 people continue to “oppress your laborers” and to live Mark 7:31-37 in “strife and contention.” Yet they wonder why the To be called the “light of the world” is meant in the Lord takes no note of their fasting: “Why, when we sense that the disciples are to reflect divine light in the SATURDAY Genesis 3:9-24 starved our bodies, did you pay no heed?” Now the world they inhabit, by what they say and do. The light Psalm 90:2-6,12-13 Lord tells them what their fasts should be like. is compared to a city on a mountain, which cannot be Mark 8:1-10 “Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the hidden. It is built there in part to be seen. The same homeless; clothe the naked … and do not turn your thing applies to a lit lamp put under a basket. It is put back on your own.” This, says the Lord, is what will on a lampstand where it can light up the house. If the heal your wound. “If you remove from yourselves Christian hides the light she carries instead of letting false accusation and malicious speech,” then light it shine for all to see, then she is denying others the DIOCESAN WEEKLY RADIO AND will arise for you in the darkness. Christians too often chance to see that light and give praise and glory to TELEVISION MASS SCHEDULE think they have a monopoly on good works, but Isaiah the heavenly Father. Notice it is not done so that the WEEK OF FEBRUARY 5, 2017 dispels that notion with this one sentence. One cannot individual garners such praise, but so that the Father leave the assembly without being aware of our mutual may be glorified. SUNDAY MASS call to serve the needs of the oppressed, no matter Paul continues reminding the Corinthian church 10:30 a.m. Mass from Columbus St. Joseph what kind of world we re-enter when we leave the of his condition when he came to them. He is likely Cathedral on St. Gabriel Radio (AM 820), Co- lumbus, and at www.stgabrielradio.com. assembly. thinking of his rejection shortly before in the great Mass with the Passionist Fathers at Matthew continues the charge as the Sermon on the city of Athens, where he was basically laughed out 7:30 a.m. on WWHO-TV (the CW), Channel 53, Mount continues. We might well ask what Jesus meant of town (Acts 17:32-33). Corinth was a port city, with Columbus. and 10:30 a.m. on WHIZ-TV, Chan- when he called his disciples (and us) “the salt of the all the things one expects to find in port cities, yet the nel 18, Zanesville. Check local cable system earth.” He addresses the group as a whole – “You,” Corinthians listened to his preaching of the crucified for cable channel listing. second person plural. What we do, we do as members Christ. Thus, their faith rested not on human wisdom, Mass from Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, of the body of Christ, as a whole. Salt can preserve but on divine power. Birmingham, Ala., at 8 a.m. on EWTN (Time Warner Channel 385, Insight Channel 382, or things as it did in the ancient world – things such as Father Lawrence Hummer, pastor of Chillicothe WOW Channel 378). meat and fish. Salt also can flavor food. Salt also can St. Mary Church, may be reached at hummerl@ (Encores at noon, 7 p.m., and midnight). purify certain things. Don’t people tell us to gargle stmarychillicothe.com. Mass from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee at 6:30 a.m. on ION TV (AT&T U-verse Channel 195, Dish Network Channel 250, Two important public lectures set or DirecTV Channel 305). DAILY MASS for the Josephinum 8 a.m., Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Dr. Christopher J. Ruddy will the Second Vatican Council. Birmingham, Ala. (Encores at noon, 7 p.m. and speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Ruddy is associate professor midnight). See EWTN above; and on I-Lifetv Feb. 8 at the Jessing Cen- of systematic theology at the (Channel 113 in Ada, Logan, Millersburg, Mur- ter of the Pontifical College Catholic University of Amer- ray City and Washington C.H.; Channel 125 in Josephinum, 7625 N. High ica. Marion, Newark, Newcomerstown and New St., Columbus, on the craft- On Sunday, April 23 at 7 Philadelphia; and Channel 207 in Zanesville); ing and legacy of Gaudium et p.m., Archbishop Christophe 8 p.m., St. Gabriel Radio (AM 820), Columbus, Spes, the pastoral constitution Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to and at www.stgabrielradio.com. on the Church in the mod- the United States, will be at the We pray Week I, Seasonal Proper ern world, which was one of Jessing Center to deliver the of the Liturgy of the Hours the principal documents of annual Laghi lecture. Go to Church! February 5, 2017 Catholic Times 15 Theology isn’t math, but it is theology During the heyday of the Solidarity movement, a scribable as the truth? famous Polish slogan said that “For Poland to be Po- As for theology, the word means speaking of God; land, 2 + 2 Must Always = 4.” It was a quirky but in Christian terms, speaking of the One who is Truth pointed way of challenging the communist culture of THE CATHOLIC – the Truth Who makes us free in the deepest meaning the lie, which befogged public life and warped rela- DIFFERENCE of human liberation. There are many ways of doing tionships between parents and children, husbands and theology, and not all of them are strictly syllogistic; wives, colleagues and neighbors. For Poland to be George Weigel St. Ephrem the Syrian and St. Therese of Lisieux, something other than the claustrophobic Soviet pup- doctors of the Church, were not logicians. But if the- pet state it had been since 1945 – for Poland to be ology decays into illogical forms of Newspeak, it is itself, true to its character and history – Poland had to seemed to be saying. But as his tweet rang ominous false to itself. live in the truth. It had to be a nation in which 2 + 2 bells for anyone familiar with Orwell or Solidarity, It was providential that Christianity had its first always equaled 4. it’s worth reflecting upon. “inculturation” in a milieu – Greco-Roman antiquity That Solidarity slogan harkened back to George Or- Here’s what Father Spadaro tweeted (in linear, rath- – where the principle of noncontradiction was well- well’s 1984. In Orwell’s dystopian novel, a totalitar- er than Twitter, format): “Theology is not Mathemat- established and something couldn’t “be” and “not be” ian state maintains social control by obfuscating real- ics. 2 + 2 in Theology can make 5. Because it has to simultaneously. That cultural environment was where ity, using what the British author called “Newspeak” do with God and real life of people.” Christianity found the conceptual tools to turn confes- and “doublethink” to compel its subjects to acknowl- Now that was not, so to speak, a tweet in a vac- sion and proclamation – “Jesus is Lord” – into cat- edge as true what they know is false. One of the more uum. It was a message projected into an already- echesis and creed. Suppose the first “inculturation” odious of the characters in the novel, a regime stooge overheated Catholic conversation about the proper had been in a setting where it made perfect sense to whose job is to break the will of “thought criminals,” interpretation of the apostolic exhortation Amoris say “Jesus is Lord” and “Jesus is not Lord” at the same explains that if Big Brother and the omnipotent Party Laetitia. In that context, the charitable reading of time – like the culture of India two millennia ago? It say so, two plus two doesn’t necessarily equal four: the tweet is that Father Spadaro was reminding us made a great deal of difference that the first formative “Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. of the obvious – that pastoral care is an art, and that centuries of Christianity took place in a culture where Sometimes they are all of them at once.” the priest dealing with complicated and messy hu- 2 + 2 always equaled 4. Which brings us to a tweet earlier this month from man situations is not like a first-grade teacher drill- Applying the truths of the faith to the complexities Father Antonio Spadaro, SJ, a prominent figure on the ing six-year olds in addition. of life is not a matter of logic alone. But if attempts current Roman scene. But then the question inevitably arises: What is the to do so are illogical, in that they stretch truth to the I don’t use Twitter, so its syntactical wonderland is a relationship of truth to pastoral care? And why sug- breaking point, they’re unlikely to be pastorally effec- bit foreign to me. And having previously experienced gest, even in Twitterworld, that there are multiple tive. Because the soul needs truth to be free. Father Spadaro’s capacity for provocation-via-Twit- “truths” – a convention of the post-modern academ- George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of ter, I’m prepared to think that, in this case, he may ic playpen that leads by a short road to the chaos of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washing- have been trying to say something other than what he “your truth” and “my truth” and nothing properly de- ton, D.C.

Lancaster St. Bernadette STEM Program Lancaster St. Bernadette School students designed projects with a literary theme at their monthly after-school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) experi- ence. Pictured at left are preschool students (from left) Danny Woo, Dominic Messerly, and Kate Huber getting started on building a bridge using toothpics and marshmallows. The bridge was based on the story “The Gingerbread Man” and was designed to help the title character cross a river without the “help” of the sly fox. In the other picture are fourth-graders (from left) Olivia Reynolds, Kyndra Nagle, and Isabelle Lazar. Their activi- ties focused on the novel “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen. Fourth- and fifth-grade students designed and built temporary shelters, using only items they could find in their “world.” Many students repurposed things found in the school’s recycling bins. They also built bows and arrows and participated in a chal- lenge to propel Q-tips at a target. Photos courtesy St. Bernadette School

16 Catholic Times February 5, 2017 Pray for our dead

BAVIERA, Sally A. (Martin), 58, Jan. 22 GILBERT, Dale R., 62, Jan. 15 St. Ladislas Church, Columbus St. Mary Church, Lancaster Deacon Robert A. Neely Funeral Mass for Deacon was actively involved in the BOAZ, Linda R. (Gorski), 63, Jan. 26 GUGLE, Helen (McCann), 88, Jan. 25 Robert A. Neely, 79, who died Kairos prison ministry. He St. Anthony Church, Columbus St. Catharine Church, Columbus Thursday, Jan. 26, was held also was a member of the Thursday, Feb. 2 at Columbus Knights of Peter Claver and BROCK, Margaret “Peg” (Rogers), 80, Jan. 29 HOUSTON, William A., 60, Jan. 23 St. Dominic Church. Burial the St. Dominic men’s Bible St. Thomas More Newman Center, Columbus St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg was at Resurrection Cemetery, study. BURNS, Margaret “Peg” (O’Rourke), 89, Jan. MATHIAS, Louise M., 78, Jan. 28 Lewis Center. He was honored as clergy 22 St. Bernadette Church, Lancaster He was born on July 14, 1937 member of the year by the St. Matthew Church, Gahanna in Nashville, Tennessee, to the diocesan Black Catholic MILLS, Clarence C., 88, Jan. 26 late Mansfield and Allie Mae (Tunstall) Ministries office at its annual “In God’s CAPRIO, John A., 87, Jan. 24 Church of the Resurrection, New Albany Neely. He attended Catholic grade Service” event for high school students Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus MORTENSEN, Leif H. “Mort,” 76, Jan. 22 school in Nashville, graduated from St. in 2014. CHAPMAN, Mary (Drushi), 97, Jan. 28 St. Anthony Church, Columbus Emma Military Academy in Rock Cas- Before his discernment as a deacon, Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton tle, Virginia, and attended Fisk Univer- he worked with young people at the NASH,Marguerite “Goog” (Montell), 82, Jan. 24 sity in Nashville, The Ohio State Uni- St. Rose Church, New Lexington Training Institute of Central Ohio and CICALE, Edward J., 86, Jan. 17 versity, Columbus State Community was active in the Cursillo movement. St. Leonard Church, Heath ROBINSON, Abigail A. (Moran), 69, Jan. 25 College, and Franklin University. He entered the diocesan CHRISM lay St. Peter Church, Columbus He was ordained a deacon by Bishop ministry program in 1986 in prepara- COLLOPY, Bernard L., 93, Jan. 19 James Griffin on Feb. 17, 1990 in Co- tion for his diaconal studies. St Nicholas Church, Zanesville SLATZER, Ellen L. (Dumolt), 69, Jan. 17 St. Rose Church, New Lexington lumbus St. Joseph Cathedral and was He spent most of his working ca- CRENSHAW, Vivian C. (Fallon), 82, Jan. 20 assigned to ministry at Columbus St. reer as an environmental engineering STEBELTON, Rita J. (Martin), 67, Jan. 25 Sacred Heart Church, Coshocton Dominic and Columbus Holy Rosary- draftsman with Western Electric, Rack- St. John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester St. John churches, where he served un- off Associates, Design Enterprise, P.E. DALTON, Dolores J. (Ward), 84, Jan. 20 WARE, Sam J., 68, Jan. 19 til his death. He served Holy Rosary- Martin and Associates, and Malcolm St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg St. Matthias Church, Columbus St. John as business manager and was Pirnie, Inc., retiring from the latter firm temporary administrator at St. Dominic in 1998. EMERICK, Gerald, 73, Jan. 24 YOUNG, Norma (Grein), 88, Jan. 17 in 2002. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, St. Cecilia Church, Columbus St. Mary Church, Lancaster He was a part-time chaplain at the Grace (Thompson); sons, Mark (Judy) Marion Correctional Institution and and Anthony; daughters, Lisa Burke Maxine E. Fox the North Central Correctional Com- and Portia Lipkin; brother, Mansfield; Funeral Mass for Maxine E. Fox, 90, also was employed at Risch’s Drug plex in Marion from 1998-2010 and and five grandchildren. who died Wednesday, Jan. 25, was Store in Lancaster. held Monday, Jan. 30 at Lancaster St. She was preceded in death by her Brother Francis Blouin, FIC Mary Church. Burial was at St. Mary parents; husbands, William Maravy Brother Francis Blouin, FIC, presi- He joined Walsh as chairman of the Cemetery. and Harold Fox; brothers, Norman, dent of Walsh University in North board of trustees, a position he held She was born Dec. 28, 1926 to Jacob Roy, and Arthur; a grandson; and Canton from 1978-92, died Saturday, from 1970-76 before being appoint- and Agusta (Rader) Kilbarger, gradu- a great-grandson. Survivors include Jan. 21. ed president. He was superior of the ated from Sugar Grove Berne Union sons, William Maravy and William He was a native of Rumford, Maine, American province of the Brothers of High School, and obtained a bach- (Ruthann Vinson) Fox; brothers, and joined the Brothers of Christian Christian Instruction from 1970-76 elor’s degree in education from Ohio Russell and Jacob; sisters, Gertrude Instruction in 1946. He dedicated his and 1994-2000. University. Miller, Josephine Kibbee, and Alma life to education from 1949-2012, serv- After his retirement, he spent most Bennett; seven grandchildren; and 10 She was a teacher at Lancaster St. ing as teacher, guidance counselor, and of his time in Africa as director of the great-grandchildren. Mark School and a substitute teacher administrator at Walsh and at schools in Kisubi Brothers University Center in for the Lancaster city schools. She Massachusetts, New York, and Maine. Uganda. Jessica L. Eckhart Elizabeth M. Grunenwald Funeral Mass for Jessica L. Eckhart, science degree in education from The Funeral Mass for Elizabeth M. “Bet- husband, William; son, Michael; 64, who died Wednesday, Jan. 25, was Ohio State University. ty” Grunenwald, 85, who died Sunday, daughter, Laurie; and brothers, Ray- held Tuesday, Jan. 31 at Columbus St. She was a kindergarten teacher at St. Jan. 22, was held Saturday, Jan. 28 at mond, Jacob, and Will. Survivors in- Andrew Church. Burial was at Resur- Andrew School and also worked at Hilliard St. Brendan Church. Burial clude sons, Richard (Kathy), Robert, rection Cemetery, Lewis Center. Dublin Methodist Hospital. was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Columbus. and Jim (Julie); daughters, Beth Ann She was born June 14, 1952 to the Survivors include her husband, Mi- She was born April 10, 1931 in Pitts- Legech, Carol (Robert) Lynch, and late Ellis and Carolyn Foster, graduat- chael; sons, Mick Eckhart and Eric burgh to Otto and Loretta Werwie. She Joanne (Michael) Trueman; brothers, ed from Columbus St. Andrew School Dobson; daughters, Barbara Eckhart worked for many years in the St. Bren- Joseph and Bernard; sisters, Norma and Columbus Bishop Watterson High and Ashley Eckhart; and brother, Ea- dan parish office. Berringer and Virginia Kinney; and 12 School, and received a bachelor of gan (Janet). She was preceded in death by her grandchildren. February 5, 2017 Catholic Times 17 H A P P E N I N G S

3, FRIDAY prayer with Pete McClernon, former music minister at St. Adult and Continuing Education Info Session at ODU CLASSIFIED St. Cecilia Adoration of Blessed Sacrament Christopher and several other diocesan parishes. 6 to 7 p.m., Bishop Griffin Center, Ohio Dominican Univer- St. Cecilia Church, 434 Norton Road, Columbus. Begins Exposition at Church of the Resurrection sity, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. Information session after 8:15 a.m. Mass; continues to 5 p.m. Saturday. Our Lady of the Resurrection Chapel, Church of the Res- on university’s adult and continuing education programs. St. Charles Preparatory School Monthly Adoration of Blessed Sacrament urrection, 6300 E. Dublin-Granville Road, New Albany. 614-251-4700 Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refu- Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, beginning with pro- Lecture on ‘Gaudium et Spes’ at Josephinum ANNUAL SPAGHETTI DINNER gee Road, Columbus. Begins after 9 a.m. Mass; continues cession following 11 a.m. Mass and continuing to 5 p.m. 7 p.m., Jessing Center, Pontifical College Josephinum, Sunday, Feb. 5th-1p.m.to 6:30 p.m. through 6 p.m. Holy Hour. Prayer Group Meeting at Christ the King 7625 N. High St., Columbus. Lecture by Dr. Christopher Spaghetti w/ meatball, salad, Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club 5 to 7 p.m., Christ the King Church, 2777 E. Livingston Ave., J. Ruddy, professor of systemic theology at The Catho- rolls, dessert & drink 12:15 p.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Colum- Columbus (enter at daily Mass entrance). Weekly parish lic University of America, on the crafting and legacy of Adults:$10; Seniors:$8; Kids 4-12: $5 bus. Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club meeting, with Bishop prayer group meets for praise, worship, ministry, and “Gaudium et Spes,” the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral Kids 3 and under free; Carry outavailable Frederick Campbell presenting Catholic Man of the Year teaching. 614-861-1242 constitution on the Church in the modern world. award to Josef Banks of Columbus St. Dominic Church. Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter 614-885-5585 Eucharistic Vigil at Holy Cross 7 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Colum- 9, THURSDAY Holy Cross Church, 205 S. 5th St., Columbus. 7:30 p.m. bus. Mass in Spanish. 706-761-4054 Women to Women Listening Circle at Corpus Christi Mass, followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Compline at Cathedral 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Corpus Christi Center of Peace, 1111 FEBRUARY with various prayers, ending with Benediction at 11:30. 9 p.m., St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus. E. Stewart Ave., Columbus. Women to Women program All-Night Exposition at Our Lady of Victory Chanting of Compline, the Catholic Church’s official for women of all ages and life circumstances. Begins with Our Lady of Victory Church, 1559 Roxbury Road, Colum- night prayer. 614-241-2526 soup lunch until noon, followed by listening circle. No 2, THURSDAY bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 8 p.m. child care available on-site. 614-512-3731 until Mass at 8 a.m. Saturday. Cenacle at Holy Name 6, MONDAY Cenacle at Holy Name 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- 4, SATURDAY Marian Prayer Group at Holy Spirit 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in Fatima Devotions at Columbus St. Patrick 7 p.m., Day chapel, Holy Spirit Church, 4383 E. Broad St., bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. 7 a.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Columbus. Columbus, Marian Movement of Priests prayer cenacle the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. Holy Hour at Holy Family Mass, followed by devotions to Our Lady of Fatima, pre- Mass for Catholic family life. 614-235-7435 Theology on Tap Meeting 6 to 7 p.m., Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., Colum- ceded by confessions at 6:30. 614-240-5910 7 p.m., El Vaquero restaurant, 3230 Olentangy River bus. Holy Hour of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Mary’s Little Children Prayer Group 7, TUESDAY Road, Columbus. Theology on Tap discussion and social followed by meeting of parish Holy Name and Junior Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 Refugee Catholic War Veterans Monthly Meeting group for young Catholics, with Pam Heil of Empowered Holy Name societies, with refreshments. 614-221-4323 Road, Columbus. 8:30 a.m., confessions, 9 a.m., Mass, fol- 7 p.m., Red Room, St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, to Love Ministries speaking on relationships. RSVP to Mass, Candle Blessing, Procession at Cols. St. Patrick lowed by Fatima prayers and Rosary (Shepherds of Christ Columbus. Catholic War Veterans Post 1936 meeting. [email protected] or Columbus Theology 6:30 p.m., St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Colum- format); 10 a.m., meeting. 614-861-4888 For those who served three months, were honorably dis- on Tap Facebook page. bus. Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Lay Missionaries of Charity Day of Prayer charged, or are on active duty. 614-221-7601 Catechism Uncorked in Delaware followed by blessing of candles, candlelight proces- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, 893 Hamlet St., Abortion Recovery Network Group 7 p.m., Amato’s Woodfired Pizza, 6 S. Sandusky St., Dela- sion through church, traditional Dominican chant, and Columbus. Monthly day of prayer for Columbus chapter 7 p.m., Pregnancy Decision Health Center, 665 E. Dublin- ware. Catechism Uncorked social for 36- to 64-year-olds, the Oblatio Candelarum, a special Dominican custom. of Lay Missionaries of Charity. 614-372-5249 Granville Road, Columbus. Abortion recovery network sponsored by Delaware St. Mary Church adult faith 614-224-9522 Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City group meeting for anyone interested in recovering from formation program, featuring social time, question- 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. abortion or who has been through a recovery program. answer session with speaker, and food for purchase. Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and and wants to stay connected. 614-721-2100 740-513-3325 confession. Relevant Program for Young Adults 10-12, FRIDAY-SUNDAY All fund-raising events (festivals, First Saturday Mass at Holy Family 7 p.m., Church of the Resurrection, 6300 E. Dublin-Gran- Retrouvaille Weekend for Hurting Couples bazaars, spaghetti dinners, fish fries, 9 a.m., Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., Columbus. ville Road, New Albany. Relevant program for adults ages Retrouvallie weekend for couples who are facing diffi- First Saturday Mass for world peace and in reparation for bake sales, pizza/sub sales, candy sales, 21-35(ish). Begins with Mass, followed by light appetizers culties in their marriage or already may be separated or blasphemies against the Virgin Mary, as requested by Our and conversation with Father Jim Csaszar at Wyandotte etc.) will be placed in the “Fund-Raising divorced and wish to try again. All inquiries confidential. Lady of Fatima. 614-221-1890 Winery, 4640 Wyandotte Drive. Cost $5, with wine avail- Details at HelpOurMarriage.com or call. 800-470-2230 Guide.” Ohio Dominican Preview Day able for purchase. 614-855-1400 An entry into the Guide will be $18.50 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bishop Griffin Center, Ohio Domini- Talk on Pope Francis at Watterson 11, SATURDAY for the first six lines, and $2.65 for each can University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. Pre- 7 p.m., Dominican Hall, Bishop Watterson High School, 99 Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City additional line. view day for prospective students, featuring campus E. Cooke Road, Columbus. Talk by Dr. Paul Murphy, his- 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. tours, talks with professors and current students, For more information, tory professor at John Carroll University, on “The Mission Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and financial aid information, and a complimentary meal. confession. call David Garick at 614-224-5195. and Ministry of Pope Francis.” Sponsored by Columbus 614-251-4500 chapter of JCU Alumni Association. Light refreshments Dominican Learning Center Tutor Training Workshop Centering Prayer Group Meeting at Corpus Christi served. 216-397-3061 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Dominican Learning Center, 1111 E. 10:30 a.m. to noon, Corpus Christi Center of Peace, 1111 E. Stewart Ave., Columbus. Training workshop for volunteer Stewart Ave., Columbus. Centering prayer group meeting, 8, WEDNESDAY tutors needed to teach adults seeking basic education beginning with silent prayer, followed by Contemplative Turning Leaves and Tea Leaves skills, GED readiness, or English as a Second Language. ‘Happenings’ submissions Outreach DVD and discussion. 614-512-3731 2 to 3:30 p.m., Martin de Porres Center, 2330 Airport Drive, 614-444-7330 Filipino Mass at St. Elizabeth Columbus. Turning Leaves and Tea Leaves book club with Bosco Bash Youth Rally at St. Timothy Notices for items of Catholic interest must 7:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Church, 6077 Sharon Woods Dominican Sisters Marialein Anzenberger and Colleen 2:30 p.m., St. Timothy Church, 1088 Thomas Lane, Colum- be received at least 12 days before expected Blvd., Columbus. Mass in the Tagalog language Gallagher. 614-416-1910 bus. Annual Bosco Bash rally for sixth- to eighth-graders, publication date. We will print them as for members of the Filipino Catholic community. Renewal Evening at St. Elizabeth sponsored by diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult space permits. 614-891-0150 6 p.m., St. Elizabeth Church, 6077 Sharon Woods Blvd., Ministry. Theme: “Fire and Water,” featuring musician Paul Items not received before this deadline may 5, SUNDAY Columbus. Program sponsored by Columbus Catholic Re- Kim as keynote speaker, with music by Station 14, skits, not be published. St. Agatha Adult Education newal featuring rosary at 6, followed by praise adoration games, dinner, and evening Mass. Cost: $25 students, $15 Listings cannot be taken by phone. 9:30 a.m., St. Agatha Church, 1860 Northam Road, Colum- with trained teams available for individual prayer, Mass adults. 614-241-2565 Mail to Catholic Times Happenings, bus. First of four talks with Father Edmund Hussey on a celebrated by Father Ramon Owera, CFIC, at 7:30, and Our Lady of Bethlehem Diamond Jubilee Gala 197 E. Gay St., Columbus OH 43215 modern theology of the Church. Topic: “You Are the potluck social. 614-500-8115 6:30 p.m., St. Charles Preparatory School, 2010 E. Fax to 614-241-2518 Church.” 614-488-6149 Delaware St. Mary Theology on Tap Broad St., Columbus. Diamond jubilee gala mark- E-mail as text to St. Christopher Adult Religious Education 7 p.m., El Vaquero restaurant, 259 S. Sandusky St., Dela- ing 60th anniversary of Columbus Our Lady of [email protected] 10 to 11:20 a.m., Library, Trinity Catholic School, 1440 ware. Meeting of Delaware St. Mary Church Theology Bethlehem School and Childcare, with silent and Grandview Ave., Columbus. “Come Away and Pray,” on Tap discussion and social group for young Catholics. live auctions, dinner, dancing. $75 per person. second of two consecutive hourlong sessions on Taize 740-513-3325 614-444-7330 18 Catholic Times February 5, 2017 MARCH FOR LIFE 2017

Top two photos by Catholic News Service; bottom two photos, by Larry Pishitelli: Columbus St. Patrick Church pilgrims in Washington for the March for Life. February 5, 2017 Catholic Times 19 SCOUTING, continued from Page 13 Governor honors Ohio’s Cristo Rey high schools in the Light of Christ and looking for other Scouts Parvuli Dei programs for who may qualify for this Cub Scouts; the Ad Altare award. If you know of any- Dei program for Boy Scouts; one fitting that description, the God Is Love, I Live My call Chuck Lamb at (614) Faith, and Marian Medal 882-7806. programs for Girl Scouts The committee also spon- and Camp Fire members and sors the annual Catholic American Heritage Girls; and Scout Camporee in May and the Pope Pius XII program conducts the locally based for young men and women. St. Tarcisius and Interna- All these emblem programs tional Awareness, Founders are sanctioned by the national of Faith, and Santa Maria Scouting organizations. programs, which examine Also honored were recipi- various aspects of the faith ents of the committee’s Four each year. Corners of My Faith pro- In addition, it offers uni- gram, given to Boy Scouts form patches for completion and Girl Scouts from the of activities related to the Gov. John Kasich honored the Cristo Rey high work-study employee at Nationwide Children’s diocese who have completed rosary, to Marian feasts, to schools in Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati Hospital: “I’ve been given amazing opportuni- all four national religious Catholic practices and tradi- for their innovation and excellence in education at ties that have shaped me into a strong collabora- emblem activities from tions, to women in Scripture, a ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 23 in the Statehouse. tor and compassionate worker.” she said. their respective branches of and to men and women who The governor described Cristo Rey’s unique Photo: Attending a Statehouse ceremony honoring Scouting. These include the are saints or have been de- work-study program as a proven model that em- the Cristo Rey high schools in Columbus, Cleveland, programs listed above and clared “blessed” or “vener- phasizes what can be achieved when the busi- and Cincinnati were (from left): first row, Ann the Pope Pius XII emblem able” by the church and have ness community joins forces with educators to Davis, vice president, Cleveland; Andy Farfsing, program for Catholic young connections with the Ameri- benefit children and communities. In honoring principal, Cincinnati; Cincinnati student Joseph men and women. cas. More than 380 patches Cristo Rey and six other schools or school dis- Whittle; Cleveland student Nautica Jefferson; Gov. Many Scouts have two or were awarded this year in tricts, Kasich said he wants Ohio to be the edu- John Kasich; Columbus student Vanesa Mora; and three religious emblems, the diocese. cational envy of the nation. “Let’s look at some Jim Foley, president, Cristo Rey Columbus; second but only one in 10,000 has More information on Cath- of the incredible things your schools are doing row, Rich Clark, president, Cleveland; Gary Sardon, earned all four. There have olic Scouting programs is and see if we can help other schools copy parts principal, Cleveland; Sister Jeanne Bessette, OSF, been 21 such Scouts identi- available at the committee’s of that,” he said. president, Cincinnati; and Cathy Thomas, principal, fied in the Diocese -of Co website, www.cdeducation. Cristo Rey Columbus senior Vanesa Mora Cristo Rey Columbus. lumbus. The committee is org/oym/dccs. spoke of her experience as a student and as a Photo courtesy Cristo Rey Columbus High School

LIFE, continued from Page 3 far as the eye could see, reinforced his were together. Although the crowd en- handmade signs at the march, described made placards with messages such as feeling that “this is not just a day, but a thusiastically applauded Pence’s men- themselves as feminists and said they “I am pro abundant life” or “Defund lifelong mission.” tion of Trump’s support, only a few of found the pro-life march more positive Planned Parenthood” and “I am the “You’re part of a pilgrimage. You take the presidential campaign’s red “Make and less angry. pro-life generation.” that experience home and you live it,” America Great Again” hats were visible. “This is a message of love,” said The city of Washington, having ex- he added. Some people noted that the march Bridget Donofrio of Washington, who perienced the inauguration on Jan. 20 Most people in the crowd wore match- had a distinctly different tone than the held aloft a poster-board sign with the and the women’s march the next day, ing hats representing the groups they Women’s March on Washington six words “Respect all women born and seemed prepared for this march. were in, and chaperones frequently were days earlier. Two sisters who stood on unborn” written with a black marker. On the Metro, two older women, point- counting hats to be sure group members the sidelines, carrying some of the few Many of the march signs were pre- ing to a sign-carrying group they wanted to join, asked a young woman for directions. The woman looked up www.educu.org from her phone and asked 614-221-9376 if there was a protest to- day. “It’s the March for Visit Our Website To See All Our 80th Anniversary Money-Saving Offers. Life,” one of the older We’re Celebrating 80 Years of Putting You First! Beautifully women said. A few sec- Proudly Serving the Catholic Diocese since 1936 onds later, she added, 614-276-1439 modlich-monument.com “It’s not a protest. It’s Some restrictions may apply. Membership eligibility is required. more of a celebration.” 20 Catholic Times February 5, 2017

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