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St. Josephine Bakhita inspires ministry Three ordained Holy Cross priests at USF NOTRE DAME — Father Aim is to increase Christopher Brennan, CSC; Father Brendan McAleer, CSC; awareness, combat and Father Timothy Weed, CSC, were ordained to the priesthood human trafficking on Saturday, April 7, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Page 11 the campus of the University of Notre Dame. The Most Reverend Daniel Robert Jenky, CSC, Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, conferred the ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’ sacrament of holy orders. Father Brennan is the young- Papal exhortation est of four sons of Michael and on holiness released Dorothy Brennan of Granger. He entered formation with the con- Page 3 gregation in 2008 as an Old Collegian and professed First Vows on Aug. 3, 2013. Father Brennan served his diaconate year at Holy Redeemer The NCAA-Catholic Parish, Portland, Oregon. Prior to his ordination as a deacon, he connection served in music ministry at Holy Championship victories put Cross House (2008-09); SSLP at André House, Phoenix, Arizona colleges in good light (summer 2009); sixth grade CCD at Christ the King Parish, South Page 14 Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame Bend (2009-10); SSLP at Project From left, with Most Reverend Daniel Jenky, CSC, Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, are Father Brendan McAleer, CSC; Father Timothy Weed, CSC; and Father Christopher Brennan, CSC. The three were ordained priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Jenky on April 7 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. ORDINATION, page 9 Parishes-in-Need grants awarded Divine Mercy celebration motivated by faithfulness Twelve parishes receive BY WILLIAM SCHMITT Faustina Kowalska, the Polish financial support nun to whom Jesus revealed His message of Divine Mercy, fol- Page 16 s Catholics from a wide lowed Sunday’s Mass. area gathered at St. Father Bob Garrow, whom AAnthony de Padua Church Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades offi- in South Bend on April 8, their cially installed as pastor of St. special observance of Divine Anthony de Padua on April 7, Mercy Sunday evoked memories was principal celebrant. His of trust and faith traced through homily looked through a mer- the lives of God’s children. ciful lens at St. Thomas the Several local traditions sur- Apostle, who was recalled in rounded the celebration of Mass the Gospel reading as having at 3 p.m. on what was also the doubted the appearance of the Second Sunday of Easter. The resurrected Jesus. practices have developed over “There was something rather time, and a multiparish Divine commendable about that man,” Mercy Committee has consistent- Father Garrow told the congre- ly made annual plans to mark gation that had filled the church. the devotion. St. Anthony Parish Thomas, by demanding to probe has hosted the day’s activities the Savior’s wounds, was seek- for several years. ing the ultimate kind of love Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades vis- — not only the love of a teacher, ited the parish and celebrated king or wonder-worker, but a a vigil Mass Saturday evening. love “that went to death for Then on Sunday the sacrament another.” of reconciliation, offered by Popular cultural references to eight priests, and Adoration of “Jesus Christ, Superstar” tend the Blessed Sacrament began to downplay Christ’s demonstra- at 1 p.m. A group of musicians, tion of love as a sacrificial victim, drawn from different parishes, Father Garrow said. Thomas’s led the assembly in the Divine desire for the love of a “super Mercy Chaplet. Another local tra- Joe Raymond dition, veneration of a relic of The altar of St. Anthony de Padua Church, South Bend, displays the Divine the True Cross, and relics of St. DIVINE MERCY, page 4 Mercy image as part of a Divine Mercy celebration April 8. 2 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC April 15, 2018 TODAY’S CATHOLIC

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Editorial Department PUBLICATIONS MANAGER: Jodi Marlin IN TRUTH PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan BRAND SPECIALIST: Molly Gettinger AND NEWS SPECIALIST: Mark Weber CHARITY Business Department BISHOP KEVIN C. RHOADES BUSINESS MANAGER: Stephanie A. Patka BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Geoff Frank [email protected] The following is an adapted version by Bishop Rhoades of his homily on Divine Advertising Sales Mercy Sunday at St. Anthony de Padua Church, South Bend: Jackie Parker [email protected] ’d like to invite you to reflect on the figure of St. Thomas the Apostle. Thomas was Website: www.todayscatholic.org Iabsent on that first Easter night when the 260-456-2824 Risen Jesus appeared and bestowed the Spirit upon the Apostles. Thomas is often referred to as “the doubting Thomas” since he said to the other apostles that he needed proof Published weekly except second to believe that Jesus was alive, that he had Sunday of January; and every other risen from the dead. 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Fax 260-744-1473. end of the Gospel of John, we read THE great and Confirmation, we received the Spirit that Pope St. John Paul II died 13 years ago. Christian profession of faith proclaimed by that Jesus breathed on the Apostles that first John Paul had already prepared the text for News deadline is 10 days prior to St. Thomas: “My Lord and my God,” the Easter night and we have been given a share his Angelus message for the next day. This publication date. Advertising deadline profession that Jesus Christ is truly Lord in His mission to bring His life and light to is what he wrote: “As a gift of humanity, is nine days before publication date. and God. 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How much the world needs to [email protected] When I was a little boy, I was taught at the apostles is still with us and we share understand and accept Divine Mercy!” my first Communion to pray silently the the same mission entrusted by Christ to the These words of St. John Paul II should (ISSN 0891-1533) Apostles that first Easter night. Our priests still resound in our hearts today: “How (USPS 403630) words of Thomas “My Lord and my God” when the priest elevated the Host at the con- share in Christ’s mission of forgiveness of much the world needs to understand and secration. I have been doing that ever since, sins. When Jesus breathed on the apostles accept Divine Mercy!” I encourage devotion even now when I am a priest and bishop that first Easter night, He gave them the to the Divine Mercy in our diocese, a devo- raising up the Host during the consecration Holy Spirit to communicate the forgiveness tion which includes putting into practice the of Mass. It is a profession of our faith that of sins. He said to them: “Whose sins you works of mercy, spreading the message of Jesus is truly and really present in the Holy shall forgive, they are forgiven them.” Our divine mercy by our words and our deeds. Eucharist. Of course, within this simple pro- priests serve among you as men anointed This is the mission of the Church. Professing fession of faith that St. Thomas proclaimed by the Holy Spirit to be instruments of God’s with St. Thomas, “My Lord and my God,” we is the profound core of our faith, that Jesus mercy, especially in the confessional. Please are called to live this faith in Jesus as Son of Find us on Facebook of Nazareth is truly the eternal Son of God. pray for them. God and Savior of the world. We are called to www.facebook.com/todayscatholicFWSB He is our Savior. He is the way, the truth, Every Catholic parish has the mission of trust in Him. May we entrust ourselves and and the life. He is the light of the world. He being an oasis of God’s mercy in the desert all our activities to the Lord, praying often Follow us on Twitter is the bread of life. of the world. We are called to extend God’s with St. Faustina: “Jesus, I trust in you, have @diocesefwsb St. John wrote in his first letter, which we mercy to all, especially to the poor, the sick, mercy upon us and upon the whole world.” heard in our second reading, that “the vic- the suffering and all those who are hurting. Yes, as St. John Paul II wrote: “How much tory that conquers the world is our faith.” St. We are called to reach out to sinners with the world needs to understand and accept Follow us on Instagram John wrote: “Who indeed is the victor over the truth of the Gospel of Jesus, to accom- divine mercy!” May the Lord bless us with @diocesefwsb the world but the one who believes that Jesus pany them with the love and mercy of Christ His grace that we may be faithful messen- is the Son of God?” St. Thomas, though a on the road of conversion and freedom from gers and servants of God’s mercy here in our Download the app stubborn doubter at first, came to believe the slavery of sin. We are all on that road of diocese! As we pray in the words of Thomas App Store or Google Play: TodaysCatholic after He saw Jesus and touched His wounds. conversion. “My Lord and my God,” we can add the But Jesus says to us as He said to Thomas: Like the early Church we read about in the prayer of St. Faustina: “Jesus, I trust in you.” “Blessed are those who have not seen and Acts of the Apostles, our parishes are called May the Risen Lord bless our diocese with have believed.” to be communities of believers “of one heart His abundant love and mercy! April 15, 2018 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC 3 Holiness means being loving, not Public schedule of Bishop boring, pope says Kevin C. Rhoades Sunday, April 15: 2 p.m. — Confirmation Mass, Sacred Heart BY CINDY WOODEN near the beginning. never lose their smile.” Church, Warsaw Saying he was not writing a Pope Francis also noted the Monday, April 16: 8 a.m. — Meeting of Indiana Bishops and Major VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God calls theological treatise on holiness, challenges to holiness, writing Superiors, Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, Indianapolis all Christians to be saints — not Pope Francis focused mainly at length and explicitly about Tuesday, April 17, 10 a.m. — Visit to Miss Virginia’s food pantry, plastic statues of saints, but real on how the call to holiness is the devil just two weeks after Fort Wayne people who make time for prayer a personal call, something God an uproar caused by an elderly Wednesday, April 18: 10:30 a.m. — Presbyterate Meeting, Our and who show loving care for asks of each Christian and which Italian journalist who claimed Lady of Guadalupe Church, Warsaw others in the simplest gestures, requires a personal response the pope told him he did not Thursday, April 19: 5:30 p.m. — St. Vincent de Paul Society Pope Francis said in his new given one’s state in life, talents believe in the existence of hell. Legacy Dinner, Gillespie Center at Hilton Garden Inn, South document on holiness. and circumstances. “We should not think of the Bend “Do not be afraid of holiness. “We are frequently tempted devil as a myth, a representation, Friday, April 20: 7:30 a.m. — Invocation, United Religious It will take away none of your to think that holiness is only for a symbol, a figure of speech or an Community of St. Joseph County, Century Center, South Bend energy, vitality or joy,” the pope those who can withdraw from idea,” the pope wrote in his exhor- Friday, April 20: 7 p.m. — Confirmation Mass, Ss. Peter and Paul wrote in “Gaudete et Exsultate” ordinary affairs to spend much tation. “This mistake would lead Church, Huntington (“Rejoice and Be Glad”), his time in prayer,” he wrote. But us to let down our guard, to grow Saturday, April 21: 10 a.m. — Confirmation Mass, Cathedral of apostolic exhortation on “the call “that is not the case.” careless and end up more vulner- the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne to holiness in today’s world.” “We are all called to be holy able” to the devil’s temptations. Pope Francis signed the by living our lives with love and “The devil does not need to munity and receiving the sacra- citing the example of a woman exhortation March 19, the feast by bearing witness in everything possess us. He poisons us with ments, especially the Eucharist who refuses to gossip with a of St. Joseph, and the Vatican we do, wherever we find our- the venom of hatred, desolation, and reconciliation, are essential neighbor, returns home and lis- released it April 9. selves,” he said. envy and vice,” he wrote. “When supports for living a holy life, tens patiently to her child even Much of the document was He wrote about “the saints we let down our guard, he takes the pope wrote. And so is find- though she is tired, prays the written in the second person, next door” and said he likes “to advantage of it to destroy our ing time for silent prayer. “I do rosary and later meets a poor per- speaking directly to the individu- contemplate the holiness present lives, our families and our com- not believe in holiness without son and offers him a kind word. al reading it. “With this exhorta- in the patience of God’s people: munities.” prayer,” he said, “even though The title of the document was tion I would like to insist primar- in those parents who raise their The path to holiness, he wrote, that prayer need not be lengthy taken from Matthew 5:12 when ily on the call to holiness that children with immense love, in is almost always gradual, made or involve intense emotion.” Jesus says “rejoice and be glad” the Lord addresses to each of us, those men and women who work up of small steps in prayer, in “The holiness to which the hard to support their families, in sacrifice and in service to others. Lord calls you will grow through the call that he also addresses, HOLINESS, page 5 personally, to you,” he wrote the sick, in elderly religious who Being part of a parish com- small gestures,” he said, before Lessons learned: a time for the Church to lead

BY FRANCESCO C. CESAREO, PH.D. of Children and Young People” young or old. was approved. This charter, April is Many have, and will con- which was adopted to address tinue, to focus upon the Catholic exual abuse by those in “allegations of sexual abuse Church’s shortcomings with positions of influence and of minors by Catholic clergy” regard to its initial response to Spower continues in this provides comprehensive “guide- the sexual abuse crisis. However, country. lines for reconciliation, healing, those with an earnest desire to While the first light into such accountability and prevention address the problem of sexual terrible acts was shed upon the of future acts of abuse.” Since abuse and assault at its core Catholic Church more than a the charter was implemented, Awareness and Prevention Month should instead focus upon and decade ago, since then incidents incidents of new allegations that learn from the reforms that were at institutions of higher learn- have occurred since 2002 have of safety within the Church. to sexual abuse of minors and implemented. Regardless of ing, the USA Gymnastics team, decreased significantly. Why, Secondly, acknowledging and assess their compliance in the one’s opinion with regard to the among Hollywood executives, then, have other embattled insti- apologizing for the grave sin implementation of the charter Catholic Church relative to the in the halls of government and tutions – higher education, USA and crime of sexual abuse – over through an annual audit, I have sexual abuse crisis, the Church even public schools, sexual Gymnastics, Hollywood, and the and over again. The Church also seen firsthand the effective has taken a leadership role in abuse of minors – and adults – U.S. Government – not looked established a comprehensive pro- reforms that emerged from the addressing this issue and today persists as a menace to our soci- to the success of the Church’s gram that provides to victims a pain of the past. These reforms serves as a model for other orga- ety and a threat to the innocent. response and implemented their support system including victim could undoubtedly discourage nizations to emulate. Sadly, the Church and the own programs to prevent such assistance coordinators and an abuse in other areas of society. aforementioned organizations acts and aid victims of abuse? annual audit of all dioceses with Sexual abuse does not dis- Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D., is presi- failed victims of abuse. Too often, These organizations could regard to their compliance with criminate and, as learned from dent of Assumption College and the entities sought to protect collectively benefit – and more the charter. Another example the despicable acts of Harvey chairman of the National Review the accused or the institution importantly victims of sexual that should be adopted by any Weinstein and Larry Nassar, can Board of the U.S. Conference of and the victim was forgotten. abuse and assault — from look- organization that provides ser- impact anyone, male or female, Catholic Bishops. This same response was appar- ing to and learning from the vices for youth: background ently employed by Penn State Church on how to effectively checks and safe environment University, Michigan State respond to the sin and crime training for children on how to University, Hollywood executives of abuse. The cost of sexual protect themselves from abuse and the United States Congress abuse should not be measured and how to report such actions. when those organizations were in financial settlements, rather To date, the Church has con- November 9, 2017 recently faced with accusations of by the number of lives shattered ducted 2.4 million background sexual abuse or sexual assault. from ignoring the allegations. checks as required by Article 13 Dear Bishop Rhoades: Instead of learning from the mis- We must begin a process now of the charter and has trained We are writing to inform you that the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South takes of the Church, they protect- of learning from the past and more than 4.26 million children Bend is in compliance with the data collection requirements for the ed the institution, exacerbating looking to the Church as a model on how to detect and report 2016/2017 Charter audit period. We have reviewed this information the victims’ pain and trauma. for how to serve and protect the abuse and trained nearly 2.38 While these organizations needs of the innocent. million adults on proper interac- and will be forwarding the documents to the Secretariat of Youth and failed to learn from the mistakes There are a number of pro- tion with children. There now Child Protection for use in the 2017 Audit Report. of the Church, they would be grams the Catholic Church has even exists a screening process Thank you for your cooperation and for participating in the data col- well-informed to look to the implemented as a result of its prior to an individual’s admis- lection process. Church with regard to its com- mishandling of allegations of sion to the seminary to prevent prehensive and unprecedented sexual abuse, which other orga- future incidents. Sincerely, response to its sexual abuse nizations would benefit from As chairman of the National crisis. emulating. First and foremost Review Board, a lay-based group Following a 2002 meeting of was the creation of an infra- of individuals established by the Stonebridge Business Partners the U.S. bishops in Dallas, Texas, structure aimed at creating safe charter to advise the bishops the “Charter for the Protection environments and a culture on how to prevent and respond Rochester, New York 4 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC April 15, 2018 Don’t be afraid of shame, open hearts to God’s mercy, pope says

BY JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES inspired by St. Faustina’s visions open our hearts and confess our was near the altar. The image, sins,” the pope said. “May the perched on top a bed of white Lord grant us the grace to under- VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Feeling roses, depicts Jesus with one stand shame, to see it not as a ashamed of one’s sins does not hand raised in blessing and the closed door, but as the first step mean wallowing in guilt, rather other pointing to His heart ema- toward an encounter.” it is the gateway all men and nating red and white light. Another closed door is women can use to experience As the sounds of the Sistine remaining resigned to one’s sins, firsthand God’s tender mercy and choir filled the air, Pope Francis he said, so “in discouragement, forgiveness, Pope Francis said. stood and bowed reverently we give up on mercy.” Christians should be grateful in front of the painting before Through the sacrament of for shame because it “means incensing it three times. reconciliation, Christians are that we do not accept evil, and In his homily, the pope reflect- reminded that “it isn’t true that that is good,” the pope said ed on the Sunday Gospel reading everything remains the way it April 8 at an outdoor Mass in St. from St. John, which recalled was,” and absolution allows Peter’s Square commemorating the apostle Thomas’ disbelief at them “to go forward from for- Divine Mercy Sunday. Christ’s resurrection. giveness to forgiveness.” “Shame is a secret invitation Despite Thomas’ initial lack The final door, Pope Francis of the soul that needs the Lord of faith, Pope Francis said, said, is the actual sin that is to overcome evil,” the pope said. CNS photo/Paul Haring Christians should learn from his Pope Francis walks near an image of Jesus of Divine Mercy after celebrating “only closed on one side, our “The tragedy is when we are no example and not be content with own,” because God “never choos- a Mass marking the feast of Divine Mercy in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican longer ashamed of anything. Do hearing from others that Jesus is es to abandon us; we are the not be afraid of being ashamed! alive. on April 8. ones who keep Him out.” Let us pass from shame to for- “A God who is risen but However, he added, confes- giveness!” remains distant does not fill ourselves Christians, call our- mercy “is not simply one of His sion allows for God to work His Divine Mercy Sunday, cele- our lives; an aloof God does not selves Christians and speak qualities among others, but the wonders and “we discover that brated every year on the Sunday attract us, however just and holy about the many beautiful values very beating of his heart,” Pope the very sin that kept us apart after Easter, was added to the He may be. No, we too need to of faith,” he said, “we need to Francis said. from the Lord becomes the place universal Church calendar by St. ‘see God,’ to touch Him with our see Jesus by touching His love. The first step, he said, is where we encounter Him.” John Paul II in 2000. The Polish hands and to know that He is Only thus can we go to the heart seeking and accepting God’s “There, the God who is pope was a longtime devotee of risen for us,” the pope said. of the faith and, like the dis- forgiveness, which is often dif- wounded by love comes to meet the Divine Mercy devotions of Like Thomas and the disci- ciples, find peace and joy beyond ficult because “we are tempted to our wounds. He makes our St. Faustina Kowalksa, whom he ples, he explained, Christian men all doubt.” do what the disciples did in the wretched wounds like His own beatified in 1993 and canonized and women can only understand There are several “closed Gospel: to barricade ourselves glorious wounds. Because He is in 2000. the depth of God’s love by “gaz- doors” that must be opened in behind closed doors.” mercy and works wonders in our As Pope Francis celebrated ing upon” Jesus’ wounds. order to experience this love, “They did it out of fear, yet wretchedness,” the pope said. the Mass, a painting of Jesus Although “we can consider and to understand that God’s we too can be afraid, ashamed to

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April 15, 2018 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC 5 In fact, the pope said, HOLINESS, from page 3 “Christian joy is usually accom- to those who are persecuted or panied by a sense of humor.” Biography of Society of St. Vincent humiliated for his sake. The exhortation included many The line concludes the of Pope Francis’ familiar refrains de Paul founder dense with details Beatitudes, in which, Pope about attitudes that destroy the Francis said, “Jesus explained Christian community, like gossip, BY BRIAN T. OLSZEWSKI with great simplicity what it or that proclaim themselves to be “Antoine Frederic Ozanam” by Raymond L. Sickinger, means to be holy”: living simply, Christian, but are really forms of is available from University of Notre Dame Press putting God first, trusting him pride, like knowing all the rules ne question readers (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2017). 412 pp., $60. and not earthly wealth or power, and being quick to judge others might have after read- differ- the same, through an enthusi- being humble, mourning with for not following them. ing “Antoine Frederic Holiness “is not about swoon- O ence is astic, dedicated practice of the and consoling others, being mer- Ozanam” is this: When will ciful and forgiving, working for ing in mystic rapture,” he wrote, reflected Gospel. this man be canonized a in Two chapters in particular justice and seeking peace with all. but it is about recognizing and saint? The example of the saints offi- serving the Lord in the hungry, Ozanam’s — one on servant leadership, That might be their report to the other on systemic change — cially recognized by the Church the stranger, the naked, the poor only unanswered question can be helpful, he said, but no and the sick. his confer- should resonate with Catholics because Raymond Sickinger, ence of who have embraced the Gospel one else’s path can be duplicated Holiness is holistic, he said, who chairs the department exactly. and while each person has a Vincentians and Catholic social teaching. of history and classics at in 1834, a Like St. Vincent de Paul, Ozanam Each person, he said, needs special mission, no one should Providence College, pro- “to embrace that unique plan claim that their particular call or year after the expected Vincentians to see the vides a thorough, detailed society was face of Christ in the poor. that God willed for each of us path is the only worthy one. examination of every aspect of from eternity.” “Our defense of the innocent founded: “As (St.) For him and those who min- the life of the founder of the Vincent taught us, the poor are istered with him, it required The exhortation ends with unborn, for example, needs to be Society of St. Vincent de Paul. a section on “discernment,” clear, firm and passionate for at hungry, so we must first give more: “We must do what is most It is, to be sure, a slow read them bread in order to dispose agreeable to God. Therefore, we which is a gift to be requested stake is the dignity of a human due to that detail, which at of the Holy Spirit and developed life, which is always sacred,” them to receive the Gospel.” must do what Our Lord Jesus times is almost overwhelming. Throughout, one learns that Christ did when preaching the through prayer, reflection, read- the pope wrote. “Equally sacred, But those details, culled from ing Scripture and seeking coun- however, are the lives of the Ozanam was a scholarly per- Gospel. Let us go to the poor.” the research of Sickinger and son with doctorates in law and Sickinger provides a large sel from a trusted spiritual guide. poor, those already born, the others, Ozanam’s writing and “A sincere daily ‘examina- destitute, the abandoned and the literature, and he was a loving quantity of information about his correspondence with friends, person, sensitive to the needs Ozanam because there was much tion of conscience’” will help, he underprivileged, the vulnerable academic colleagues and others said, because holiness involves infirm and elderly exposed to of those around him, i.e., par- to say. But he also provides the are the primary reason this is a ents, siblings, wife, daughter. context for that information, the striving each day for “all that is covert euthanasia....” comprehensive volume. great, better and more beautiful, And, he said, one cannot He extended that love and sen- “why” as to who Ozanam was The manner in which the sitivity to those within various and how his Catholic faith would while at the same time being claim that defending the life of author organizes the material concerned for the little things, for a migrant is a “secondary issue” French communities who today allow him to make an impact helps make it engaging and would have been considered “on upon the poor. each day’s responsibilities and when compared to abortion or inspiring reading — the latter commitments.” other bioethical questions. the margins.” What stands between aided by use of direct quotes From those whose words Ozanam and sainthood is one Pope Francis also included “That a politician looking for from Ozanam’s writing, e.g., a list of cautions. For example, votes might say such a thing Sickinger cites, including miracle being officially recog- “Charity does not consist so Ozanam’s wife, Amelie, read- nized as being due to his inter- he said holiness involves find- is understandable, but not a much in distributing of bread as ing balance in prayer time, time Christian,” he said. ers learn of a thread that ran cession. If that time comes, those in the manner it is distributed.” throughout the man’s life: He who read this book will know spent enjoying others’ company Pope Francis’ exhortation also While many are familiar with and time dedicated to serving included warnings about a clear could not be happy when others why he is being so honored. the Society of St. Vincent de Paul were suffering. That response others in ways large or small. lack of holiness demonstrated and the charitable work it does, And, “needless to say, anything by some Catholics on Twitter or was, no doubt, rooted in the what they will learn here is how Gospel. He not only wrote and Brian Olszewski is the editor of The done out of anxiety, pride or the other social media, especially the society came to be and what need to impress others will not when commenting anonymously. spoke about outreach to the Catholic Virginian, newspaper made it different from the work poor, but personally served of the Diocese of Richmond, lead to holiness.” “It is striking at times,” he of other charitable groups. That Being holy is not easy, he said, that “in claiming to uphold them, and taught others to do Virginia. said, but if the attempt makes a the other commandments, they person judgmental, always frus- completely ignore the eighth, trated and surly, something is which forbids bearing false wit- High Efficiency Windows not right. ness or lying.” “The saints are not odd and Printed copies of “Rejoice and aloof, unbearable because of Be Glad” can be ordered from their vanity, negativity and bit- the U.S. Conference of Catholic terness,” he said. “The apostles Bishops at: http://store.usccb.org/ of Christ were not like that.” rejoice-and-be-glad-p/7-599.htm.

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Today's Catholic 2016 Calendar.indd 1 9/30/15 2:13 PM 6 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC April 15, 2018 At annual convention, Catholic leaders react Catholic educators to Trump’s plan to send reminded of ews riefs troops to border missionary roles N B WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic leaders in Texas criticized CINCINNATI (CNS) — Nearly President Donald Trump’s April 5,000 Catholic school educators 4 announcement that he would and administrators attended the be deploying National Guard National Catholic Educational Pope denounces use of chemical weapons after attack troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Association Convention and Expo I an April 5 tweet, San Antonio at the Duke Energy Convention Archbishop Gustavo Garcia- Center in Cincinnati April 3-5. Siller said Trump’s move was The three-day convention was a “senseless action and a dis- filled with workshops dealing grace on the administration.” He with how to help students write also said the decision to send more creatively or tackle math troops to the border demonstrat- concepts, use modern technol- ed “repression, fear, a perception ogy safely and live their faith that everyone is an enemy, and in the modern world, but it also a very clear message: We don’t examined constant challenges care about anybody else. This and a way forward for educators is not the American spirit.” The and Catholic education at large. Diocese of El Paso’s Commission In the opening session, Cardinal on Migration similarly criticized Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Trump’s decision, saying in an Vatican Congregation for Catholic April 4 statement that the plan Education, encouraged educators was “morally irresponsible and from around the country to con- dangerously ineffective.” The tinue in their role as missionaries statement, signed by Bishop and evangelists. He urged the Mark J. Seitz of El Paso and convention delegates to take to co-chairs of the committee, Lily heart what the pope has said Limon and Dylan Corbett, called about education, primarily to CNS photo/SANA via EPA Trump’s action “a hurtful attack always place the heart of the on migrants, our welcoming bor- Gospel in their ministry and to A wounded woman receives aid at a hospital April 7 in Damascus, after a suspected chemical- der culture and our shared values see the importance of their work weapon attack in Douma, Syria. Pope Francis condemned the use of chemical weapons after as Americans.” The next day, as evangelization, not just with Bishop Seitz in his own state- students but parents and in dia- 42 men, women and children were killed and hundreds more injured by exposure, according ment said it was a “rash and ill- logue with the larger world. “You to the Syrian American Medical Society. “There is no good and bad war, and nothing, nothing informed action” and asked the are forming young people for ser- president to reconsider. During vice to the Church and society,” can justify the use of such instruments of extermination against defenseless people and popu- their administrations, Presidents he told them. lations,” he said April 8. The attack occurred when Syrian army warplanes allegedly bombed Barack Obama and George W. Bush also sent troops to the bor- the town, according to Reuters news agency. The Syrian government denied involvement. der for one- to two-year periods. Indiana parishioner recalls interactions with late civil rights leader

BY NATALIE HOEFER Rev. Andrew Brown, then- or racism come from him. Rev. King also believed in pastor of Indianapolis’ St. John’s “It sounds cliché now, but I “women being paid the same as Missionary Baptist Church. In knew he was something special. men, and he talked about men’s INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — It was the late 1960s, the church was It just oozed from him. He was responsibility to be real men.” April 4, 1968. Twenty years old ground zero for much of the very real. I have to say he was a He recalled Rev. King’s advice: at the time, Charles Guynn and planning of the civil rights move- holy man. He sacrificed his life, “Before you do anything, do his fiancee, Mary, were at a skat- ment in the city, the state and his family, his kids for the good your homework.” “Understand ing rink in Indianapolis when even the nation. of others.” who you’re going before, their suddenly the music stopped. Father Strange invited Guynn Guynn said he himself was “a strengths and weaknesses.” “The guy who was spinning to join him at the meetings. bit of a lightning rod,” with “a “Make sure you deliver your the records made the announce- There he met Rev. King, a close style more like Malcolm X. ‘You message in an articulate way.” ment,” he recalled: the Rev. friend of Rev. Brown’s. got to do something! You can’t “Understand where the kids are, Martin Luther King Jr. had been He recalled joining “both just let people hit you and spit so you can ... better give them assassinated. black and white” priests, on you!’” guidance.” “I can’t even express how I Protestant ministers and Jewish Those who promoted violent In 1967, Rev. Brown asked felt,” Guynn said, starting to rabbis for these planning meet- retaliation eventually were at the young Catholic to man- choke back tears 50 years later. ings. CNS photo/courtesy The Criterion odds with Rev. King, “who was age the Indianapolis branch of “What do you say when you lose “They were planning for civil Charles Guynn, a 70-year-old mem- about truly turning the other Operation Breadbasket, an inner- someone who gave you so much actions: How to approach the ber of St. Rita Parish in Indianapolis, cheek. He didn’t react to violence city youth outreach program cre- and never expected anything in legislature, deciding what the knew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with violence,” Guynn said. “I ated by Rev. King. return?” issue was, which legislator to personally. Twenty years old at the found out from him that violence Rev. King’s words and his The 70-year-old member of approach on an issue,” Guynn time, Guynn and his fiancee, Mary, on violence only leads to vio- peaceful, yet powerful activism, St. Rita Parish in Indianapolis told The Criterion, newspaper were at a skating rink April 4, 1968, lence. Instead, he talked about made a lifelong impact on Guynn. knew Rev. King personally. His of the Indianapolis archdiocese. the idea of forgiveness.” He has long been active in in Indianapolis when they heard Rev. multiple interactions with the “Would there be a demonstra- On occasion, Guynn did hear his parish, his community, his renowned minister and civil tion? Would it be in Indianapolis King had been assassinated. Rev. King raise his voice. He city and at the national level. A rights leader over the course or down South in Alabama or recalled a particularly tense former national secretary of of several months in 1967 and Mississippi? He said he saw Rev. King meeting in the basement of St. the Knights of Peter Claver, he 1968 left a lasting impact on the “The whole idea of (Rev.) King enough “that he developed a John’s when “one group of ladies once met with St. John Paul II to African-American Catholic. was to get away from that area nickname for me. He called me came down, and they were upset discuss the importance of black Through his involvement at (in the South) to plan, then take Chuckie. I think he knew I hated with his stance (against abor- Catholic leadership in the United St. Rita and his friendship with the plan back to those areas.” that. He’s the only one I let call tion). That was a pretty ugly States. the parish’s then-pastor, Father At age 19, he took it all in me that.” meeting.” “It’s why I was involved in Bernard Strange, Guynn came stride. “Back then, I did not even Guynn said he “became cap- “He was very anti-abortion. community action,” he said of Rev. to know quite a few movers and begin to understand (Rev. King’s) tivated with (Rev. King’s) sen- He saw that as murder. He King’s example. “Anything dealing shakers on the local and national greatness and what he was sitivity toward his fellow man. said it was anti-Christian, anti- with the betterment of the commu- civil rights front in the late doing,” Guynn said. “I thought he He was really strong on that human. He called some ministers nity, I want to be part of it.” 1960s. was just another minister, because and really strong on rights, that hypocrites because they were Hoefer is a reporter at The One of those activists was I met many ministers who came all people deserve their rights. I condoning this pro-abortion atti- Criterion, newspaper of the Father Strange’s friend, the through St. John’s to visit.” never saw any kind of prejudice tude,” Guynn added. Archdiocese of Indianapolis. April 15, 2018 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 7 charism of Our Lady of Victory Fall pilgrimage with Missionary Sisters in solidar- Father Budzinski ity with all persons, especial- ly those living in poverty and FORT WAYNE — The Office of oppression. Vocations of the Diocese of Fort round the iocese The grant process is underway Wayne-South Bend and Father A D and applications are currently Andrew Budzinski of St. John being accepted. Organizations the Baptist Parish invite Catholics applying for a grant must have across the diocese to attend the 501(c)(3), or equivalent, status ordination to the diaconate of and be geared toward effecting seminarian Spenser St. Louis in Easter sacraments at St. Augustine Parish systemic change. Rome. Characteristics on which pro- The Fall Italy Pilgrimage will grams eligibility for funding will take place Sept. 18-29. Travelers be judged include: promoting will spend two nights in Venice, justice for those living in pov- one in Siena, three in Assisi and erty and oppression; empower- four in Rome; they will also have ing persons to contribute to a the opportunity to attend the dia- more just and peaceful society; conate ordination at the Vatican. protecting and sustaining the Daily Mass will be celebrated, environment, God’s creation; with Father Budzinski presiding. and contributing to the well- The price of $4,500 per per- being of families. son is based on double occu- The foundation is not intend- pancy and includes roundtrip ed to fund such things as motorcoach transportation to scholarships, building projects, Detroit, roundtrip airfare from medical programs, existing well- Detroit to Venice and Rome to funded organizations, foreign Detroit, all transfers, breakfasts, organizations and direct service daily dinners, tour guides for programs. the entire trip, tickets to the dia- Grant applications are avail- conate ordination Mass, travel able for download at www. guard insurance, taxes and fees. olvm.org/jjsfoundation. For A $1,000-per-person deposit is more information contact the required. foundation by email at jjsfoun- Call or email parishioner Jeff [email protected], or by regular Kudrop at 260-434-6660 or jku- mail at John Joseph Sigstein [email protected] to secure a Foundation, 1900 W. Park Dr., reservation. Huntington, IN 46750-0109. Gigli receives Sertoma Award FORT WAYNE — Bishop Luers High School senior Mitch Gigli was the recipient of the Sertoma Mickey Price Award, which honors an out- Josh Price, Jr., received the sacraments of initiation — bap- standing student-athlete, in Pinnacle of new chapel placed March. Based on the core cri- tism, confirmation and first Eucharist — at the parish’s teria of scholastic achievement, Easter Vigil celebration. He stands, in front, with clergy and athletic distinction and demon- strated leadership, the Sertoma seven parish youth who made their first confession on Holy Award is the same today as it Saturday and received their first Communion on Easter has been for over six decades. Gigli is ranked in the Top Sunday at St. Augustine Parish, South Bend. 10 of the Bishop Luers Class of 2018. His scholastic awards and scholarships include high hon- ors, the Phillip Bail Scholarship, ident and president of the Academic All-State for wres- National Honor Society, has Deadline to apply for tling, IFCA: Academic All-State been a Student Council repre- Sigstein grants is July 1 for football in 2018, Larry sentative for four years, trea- Wedertz Memorial Scholarship surer of the Student Leadership HUNTINGTON — The deadline and recognition as a Luers Board, a student ambassador for applying for 2018 grants Scholar Athlete for football in and a Sodalitas service leader. from the John Joseph Sigstein 2018. At his parish, St. Elizabeth Foundation is July 1. His athletic participation Ann Seton, Fort Wayne, Gigli From their founding in 1922 includes four years of football serves as an usher. The son of by Father John Joseph Sigstein, and wrestling and he served Mike and Michele Gigli, he plans Our Lady of Victory Missionary as team captain of both teams to study actuarial science at Sisters have been dedicated his senior year. Gigli’s indi- Purdue University. to living the mission of Jesus. vidual athletic awards include Often considered the They proclaim the Word of God, the following football achieve- Heisman Trophy of Fort Wayne, foster justice, stand in solidar- ments: 1st Team All-SAC; IFCA, the Sertoma Award recognizes ity with those living in poverty Region 2, All Star, 2nd Team the achievements of the stu- and oppression, and promote All-Northeast Indiana; AP All- dent-athlete within the class- the development of leaders. The Joe Romie State Honorable Mention; room and upon the arena of ath- John Joseph Sigstein Foundation Bishop Luers MVP; Don Hall letic competition. The Sertoma was created to offer grants to Crews reached a milestone Thursday, April 5, in the con- Most Outstanding Lineman; and Award recipient represents the organizations that will extend struction of St. Francis Chapel on the University of Saint selection for the 2018 Indiana inner strength and determina- their approach to mission. North-South All-Star Football tion within the human spirit to The Victory Noll sisters, as Francis campus, Fort Wayne. At about 9:30 a.m. the cupo- Game. As a wrestler, he has been succeed at the highest level of they are known, have served the la, which will be the pinnacle of the chapel and the highest recognized in the following: accomplishment. people in mission centers across Woodlan Invitational champion; Each generation of Sertoma the United States. Through this point on campus, was raised into place by a crane and then 2018 SAC Champion; three-time Award winners have contrib- foundation, they continue to secured. The new emblem of the school’s Catholic identity regional qualifier; and two-time uted to society by excelling in have a presence in these areas. semi-state qualifier. areas of education, business, The foundation was established is expected to be completed in the fall, and plans call for a At Bishop Luers High School, medicine, law and the arts. to promote and sustain the mis- cross to be placed atop the center of the cupola. Gigli has served as vice-pres- sion of God according to the 8 TODAY’S CATHOLIC April 15, 2018

G G G G G Congratulations

rev. christopher brennan, c.s.c. rev. brendan mcleer, c.s.c. rev. timothy weed, c.s.c.

on the occasion of their ordination to the priesthood. May Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, patroness of the Congregation of Holy Cross, keep you close and help you continue to grow in faith, hope, and love.

Sincerely, The University of Notre Dame Her students, faculty, staff, trustees, and the Holy Cross community at Notre Dame April 15, 2018 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 9 the mandate of the Gospel to ‘Go great joy and excitement in his Parish, Portland, Ore. (summer after employment with Kay ORDINATION, from page 1 into all the world and preach the current work on campus. 2015); United States Province Pharmacy and Spectrum Health, Hospitality, Staten Island, New Gospel to all creation.’ My hope for Prior to his diaconate year, Chapter, Portland, Oregon. (sum- Butterworth Hospital, in Grand York (summer 2010); Our Lady ministry is that I approach every- Father Weed served in Campus mer 2015); Campus Ministry, Rapids, Michigan. He made of the Road Drop-in Center (fall thing I do with the same zeal and Ministry, Confirmation Program, Christ for the Curious Program, his First Profession of Vows on 2010); music ministry and hospi- joy that these men do.” at Notre Dame (2011-12); St. University of Notre Dame, Notre August 3, 2013. tality at the American College in During his formation, Father Ignatius Martyr Parish, Austin, Dame (2015-16); André House Father Weed celebrated his Belgium (spring 2011); tutoring McAleer served as ND Vision Texas (summer 2012); Holy of Hospitality, Phoenix, Arizona first Mass as a priest on April and aid at St. Adalbert School, Mentor (summer 2009); ministry Redeemer Parish, Portland, (summer 2016); Assistant 8, at the Basilica of the Sacred South Bend (2011-12, Postulant of hospitality at the American Oregon (Novitiate Year, winter Rector, Sorin College, University Heart, Notre Dame. He also cel- Year); St. John Vianney Parish, College of Louvain (fall 2009); 2013); Holy Cross Parish — St. of Notre Dame (2016-17). ebrated Mass at Sorin College Avondale, Arizona (summer Catholic Worker volunteer, South Vincent DePaul Food Pantry, Father Weed earned a bach- — St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, 2012); sixth grade CCD, Our Lady Bend (spring 2009, 2010); volun- South Bend (2013-14); Stonehill elor’s degree in geography and Notre Dame, on April 8, and will of the Woods Parish & Spiritual teer, St. Mary’s Convent (2010- College, My Brother’s Keeper, history from Aquinas College celebrate Mass at the Chapel Care, Penrose-St. Francis 11); ND Vision Master Mentor North Easton, Massachusetts in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in of Christ the Teacher, Portland, Hospital, Colorado (2012-13, (summer 2011); landscaping, (summer 2014); prepar- 2007, and earned his M.Div. Oregon, at 4:30 p.m. on April Novitiate Year); Holy Redeemer La Porte (summer 2012); CCD, ing couples for marriage, St. from Notre Dame in 2017. 15, and at St. Alphonsus, Grand Parish, Portland, Oregon (win- Christ the King Parish, South Joseph Parish, South Bend He entered Holy Cross in Rapids, Michigan, at 9 a.m. on ter 2013); volunteer, Logan Bend (2012-13, Postulant Year); (2014-15); Holy Redeemer August 2011 as a postulant June 3. Industries, South Bend. (2013- teaching faith class, OLW Parish, 14); Bangladesh (summer 2014); Colorado Springs, Colorado Assistant Center for Global (winter 2013); chaplain, Penrose Perspectives, Holy Cross College, Hospital, Colorado Springs, Notre Dame (2014-15); District Colorado (2013-14, Novitiate an encounter of East Africa (summer 2015); Year); Bible study teacher, Holy preparing couples for marriage Redeemer Parish, Portland, with the at St. Pius X, Granger (2015-16); Oregon (summer 2014); volun- St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker teer, Logan Industries, South House (summer 2016); followed Bend (2014-15); teaching by assistant rectorship at Dunne English/religion in Mizoram, Beloved Hall on the campus of Notre Northeast India (summer 2015); Dame (2016-17). Father Brennan followed by marriage preparation earned a bachelor’s degree in for couples at St. Joseph Parish, A RETREAT FOR philosophy and theology at Notre South Bend. Dame in 2012, and earned his He graduated with a B.A. MARRIED COUPLES M.Div. from Notre Dame in 2017. from Holy Cross College, Notre Father Brennan’s first Mass Dame, in 2011, and earned his as a priest was April 8 at St. Pius M.Div. from Notre Dame in 2017. April 28-29, 2018 X, Granger, his home parish. He He entered Holy Cross in 2009 also celebrated Mass at Blessed as an Old Collegian. He made $195 per couple Basil Moreau Chapel in Dunne his First Profession of Vows on Hall on the campus of Notre August 3, 2013. Dame on April 8. Father McAleer celebrated his Father Brendan Joseph McAleer, first Mass as a priest on April CSC, is the fifth of 10 children of 8 at St. Casimir Parish, South Michael and Patricia McAleer of Bend. He also celebrated Mass at www.dioceseFWSB.org/family Mount Prospect, Illinois. Presently the Basilica of the Sacred Heart serving in Campus Ministry at on the campus of Notre Dame on King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, April 8. Pennsylvania, as well as at Father Timothy Robert DIOCESE OF Weed, CSC, is the eldest of three FORT WAYNE SOUTH BEND Holy Family Parish, Luzerne, SECRETARIAT FOR EVANGELIZATION & DISCIPLESHIP Pennsylvania, near the campus, children of Robert Weed and Father McAleer shared an experi- the late Mary Weed, and step- ence that stood out for him during mother DeAnna Pierce, of Grand his formation in Holy Cross. “I Rapids, Michigan. Presently had many experiences of minis- serving in Campus Ministry and tering with our missionaries in in residence at Shipstad Hall, Tired of your for-profit bank? Mizoram, Northeast India,” said University of Portland, Portland, Father McAleer. “These Holy Cross Oregon, Father Weed looks for- Partner with Notre Dame FCU! missionaries have given their life ward to his ministry with great for the mission of the Church and anticipation, and said he finds

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BY JUDY CLARK feel uncomfortable in their con- versations together. They both are deeply committed to each om and Maribeth are col- other but aren’t sure just what lege sweethearts married the “good life” of being a two- T29 years. They feel they some again will be for them. have a stable marriage that has involved raising four children. It has been a wild ride of parent- A response hood with a few hair-raising No wonder Tom and experiences. Still, they both Maribeth are feeling agree that all four have been unsettled and out of successfully launched into adult- balance. They are tran- hood. And now that their young- sitioning from one life est has recently married, they cycle stage of their mar- are truly an “empty-nest” mar- riage to another major riage, not just the “shifting nest” stage that involves new of college years and a few years challenges as well as beyond. new adventure. This The couple have been very isn’t the first life cycle involved parents from the change they have experienced moment their first child was in their marriage. They have born after two years of mar- journeyed together through riage. Life with four children the newly married stage, first was busy and parenting was child stage, elementary school often emotionally draining and and adolescent stages, and the exhausting. Many days they launching stage of beginning to found themselves waving good- see their children as adults. Each bye to each other as they split stage involves developmental, up to take the children to their emotional and spiritual tasks separate events and activities. that take gradual readjustments. good way to They seemed to never have Indeed, the couple has Reconnecting begin redefining the enough time for each other and marriage is to reread your wed- already renegotiated several new In the best of situations, it is partners communicate on a would talk yearningly about how marriage relationships through ding vows to one another. things would be when the kids a challenge for married couples vulnerable level, sharing their these various life cycle changes. to stay in tune with each other important thoughts and feelings were grown and they were sim- Each time, they have adjusted ply a couple again. in the midst of parenting tasks regularly, they reconnect and Reinvesting in growth their roles and learned new skills and responsibilities. Their com- bonding occurs. Now that time has come. To as they moved into the unknown Allowing oneself to grieve the their surprise, Tom and Maribeth munication style can suffer as loss of particular roles enjoyed dur- future of the next stage. Since they concentrate on daily busy- aren’t sure just how to begin they are facing change, they will Redefining the ing parenting years is a healthy living it. They have devoted so ness and fail to connect on a start to new growth. Discussing feel unsteady and possibly tend level of intimate friendship. much of themselves to raising a to resist it, even if unconscious- relationship openly the strengths and limita- family, and much of their com- Taking time daily to talk about ly. The more they understand Sometimes a marriage has tions of the relationship and setting munication has been directed to each person’s ups and downs new goals together is also helpful. how to navigate the predictable of the day is a good beginning. been too child-centered to the that end. They find themselves changes of this next stage, the Letting go of old hurts and resent- experiencing a strange empti- Some couples develop a habit of detriment of the couple relation- easier it will be for them to make ship. It is important for couples ments is a necessary step toward ness in their daily lives and even a daily walk together. Others sit growing healthier and holier in the a smooth transition together. on the patio after work. When entering any stage of marriage to commit to keeping the rela- marriage. Sometimes professional tionship “partner-centered.” In help may be needed. a “we-centered” marriage, the Empty-nest couples, like Tom couple’s love relationship is and Maribeth, are called to new central in their daily lives. This choices, more freedoms, and new allows their love to flow outward ways of loving each other in this to their children and others. The grace-filled stage of marriage. An Church makes it clear that cou- excellent book for empty nesters ples are called to love one anoth- is “The Second Half of Marriage” by er in an extraordinary fashion. A David and Claudia Arp. — www.foryourmarriage.com

What it takes to become a Saint. Canonization Process of Blessed Catherine Kasper Foundress of the Poor Handmaids years in America 1868-2018 of Jesus Christ

1 – 4 p.m. EDT, Saturday, April 21 Cana Hall, The Center at Donaldson GPS: 9601 Union Road, Plymouth, Indiana www.poorhandmaids.org April 15, 2018 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 11 Josephine’s Hope battles the scourge of human trafficking

BY BARB SIEMINSKI Roberts. “I had the honor of join- ing the Church during Easter of last year, and participating in uge. The numbers are Josephine’s Hope alongside RCIA huge. And sad. Fort proved a fruitful way of explor- HWayne, the “City of ing my newfound faith. Bill was Churches,” is trying hard to a constant source of spiritual not also be known as a hub of encouragement throughout the human trafficking. The under- process.” world economy of human traf- Fundamentally, Josephine’s ficking is illicit, a world where Hope is all about spreading profit is king, and drugs are information, said Roberts. often used to control victims “Not everyone actually knows stripped of their humanity and how widespread this ubiquitous objectified. Credit Bill Duffy of crime is in our country, let alone the University of Saint Francis, the world. It is truly tragic that Fort Wayne, for getting involved so many children – the very in this issue last year and for essence of innocence – suffer encouraging students to follow without our prayers and our suit. attention. To that end we have Duffy, a counselor and embarked on a campaign of instructor with USF’s TRiO awareness. Bill’s prayer book (Student Support Services) office, features some reflections taken became interested in the prob- not only from Bakhita’s life, but lem, which continues to grow also from some modern traffick- nationally, two years ago when ing victims.” the university’s Mission and Barb Sieminski “Sex trafficking is a business Values Integration Committee coerced by manipulative men University of Saint Francis counselor and instructor Bill Duffy and students Lance Roberts and Mariah Escamilla was considering what to select driven by greed and a disgusting for its annual project to put the gather at USF’s Trinity Hall in Fort Wayne. The three and others are part of an initiative called Josephine’s Hope, which desire for this commercialized Franciscan values to work. It aims to increase awareness of human trafficking on the local, national and international level and contribute to its sex industry,” added Escamilla. was Duffy’s idea to spotlight eradication. “These traffickers only care human trafficking, both as a way about the supply and demand of raising community awareness of this business that brings in and also to honor St. Josephine strip clubs and prostitution are “The lead singer of the band, those safe homes as a part of the billions of dollars annually. Bakhita. She became the patron all the same. They all involve David Zach, works for and is a restoration for these girls to be Trafficking humans becomes saint of the group “Josephine’s the objectification of women for lead advocate for the anti-human integrated back into society. All more profitable than illegal drug Hope,” of which Duffy is project money. Our own campus pastor, trafficking organization, The the funds made from the sales trafficking in the sense that they director. Father David Meinzen, refers to Exodus Road (www.theexodus- go directly to their ministry of are able to sell the same person In 2007, Duffy read “Spe pornography as the gateway to road.com/). This group works rescuing, protecting and restor- over and over again at the dis- Salvi,” the encyclical by Pope other forms of human traffick- primarily in areas of Southeast ing these girls that have been posal of the buyer.” Benedict XVI that includes the ing.” Asia, India and the Americas to affected by sex trafficking. “Frequently, girls who have story a Sudan girl’s 12 years of It’s impossible to know exact- rescue those who are trafficked,” “It’s been an issue that has been brought to foreign countries bloody floggings, torture and ly how many victims there are, said Escamilla, an Auburn resi- weighed heavily on my heart. I are in situations where they are enslavement. When the girl final- anywhere, however, because 80 dent. continue to pray for these vic- not able to escape from their ly escaped, she became a nun percent of sex trafficking is done Escamilla was inspired by tims and for the end of human pimps. This is why we work so with the Canossian Daughters online, said Duffy. the humanitarian organization, trafficking as a whole. The goal hard to get these victims out of of Charity and was canonized by “Law enforcement is con- whose rescue efforts include pre- of our ministry is to allow each these situations because they Pope John Paul II. stantly on the lookout for new vention, rescue and support. and every one of these victims are forced to be sex slaves in the According to Duffy, when St. sites. Last year, the FWPD “Because this is an ever-grow- to experience God’s love in their brothels and red-light districts,” Josephine was telling her story to indicated they worked 15 sex ing problem, I was able to culti- unique dignity as a person who she continued. “It’s a really her Canossian sisters, she made trafficking cases involving 11 vate a heart for these victims of deserves to be loved. Also, learn- sketchy business that involves the comment: “I was in the mud, victims and 23 arrests. Cathie modern slavery and knew I had ing about St. Josephine Bakhita a hierarchy of pimps, recruit- but I never got dirty” – in other Bledsoe of the Indiana State to help with the fight to end this and how encouraging her life is ers, traffickers and middle men. words, she had been able to pre- Police says that on any given evil of forced sexual exploita- to have lived in the darkness of All for the purpose of stripping serve her virginity. day there are between 250 and tion,” she said. slavery and yet still was able to away a person’s dignity through “Her story as told by Pope 450 children alone advertised Escamilla is also a volunteer discover a great light. God has physical violence, manipulation Benedict, is so incredibly com- for sex online from 10 Indiana with a local Fort Wayne branch put this issue on my heart and and psychological coercion for pelling as to be unforgettable,” cities, with somewhere between of the organization Destiny I want to do something about it.” the purpose of commercialized said Duffy, who himself wrote a 25-40 of those in Fort Wayne. Rescue, which focuses on “res- Lance Roberts, a USF sex which generates billions of prayer book, “Awaited by This “Anyone in law enforcement cuing, restoring and protecting Columbia City junior also dollars per year. There is also a Love,” in her memory. will tell you that these numbers those enslaved by the horrors of majoring in music technology, problem with labor trafficking Now an annual awareness barely scratch the surface in human trafficking.” has also been touched by St. which is a whole other thing in campaign on campus, “our terms of what is actually going “In volunteering with this Josephine’s plight. itself. focus for next year’s Josephine’s on out there.” group, I go to various schools, “In exploring the life of this “Most of the time sexual slav- Hope is going to be on pornog- Mariah A. Escamilla, a music churches and events running saint and gaining new insights ery victims are going to be young raphy and its connection to technology sophomore at the a jewelry table, which includes on this societal plague, I pon- girls in vulnerable positions such human trafficking,” said Duffy. University of Saint Francis, ini- jewelry made by the girls in the dered more deeply what spiritual as runaways, low-income areas, “Rachel Moran, author of ‘Paid tially discovered the magnitude safe homes that Destiny Rescue poverty means, as well as all and areas where there is poor For,’ hammers away at this of human trafficking by follow- provides for them. They learn the blessings that we are so education. In other countries point in her book: pornography, ing the band Remedy Drive. vocational and trade skills in apt to take for granted,” said such as Thailand and Cambodia these girls are coerced into this industry because they believe there is nothing else they can do to provide for themselves or their “Trafficking humans becomes more profitable than illegal family as the income stream from the sex industry continues drug trafficking in the sense that they are able to sell the same to flourish. Through Josephine’s Hope we continue to be the person over and over again at the disposal of the buyer.” voice for those that are trapped in this kind of slavery. Whoever — Mariah Escamilla is affected by this, we want to help.”

More information about Josephine’s Hope is available at www.facebook.com/BakhitaUSF. 12 COMMENTARY April 15, 2018 A pro-life opportunity Hope continues on “Pro-life includes sensible gun grants and refugees. There were uring these past two control.” signs decrying war, reminiscent AMID months, different experi- It was one among a forest of of the 1980s movement Prolifers ences have put the cross OUR signs at the recent March for Our for Survival. There were various D and the Resurrection into my Lives in Washington, D.C., that groups calling themselves femi- THE FRAY heart. GLOBAL attracted hundreds of thousands nists for life, gays for life, athe- There was the passing of a of demonstrators, but it caught ists for life. number of people: a colleague FAMILY my attention. Especially among the young, who suffered a heart attack Has the eruption of gun con- but not just the young, there GREG ERLANDSON in the parking garage after a CAROLYN WOO trol activism following the spate seems to be a growing desire recruiting dinner; the wife of an of school shootings, most recent- to recognize that being pro-life risk of domestic violence turning elderly friend who drove herself the name of God. In our prayer ly in Parkland, Florida, provided means caring for more than just lethal. and a friend to my talk but col- together, hope swells. an opportunity for the pro-life the defenseless unborn. These Modest gun control measures lapsed outside the lecture hall; A good friend left a simple movement? If so, will pro-lifers days, the defenseless born aren’t may not be on the agenda of the mother of a classmate — a voicemail: “clean,” a profound seize it? doing too well either. every pro-lifer, but the high lady refined in every way pos- word for a young mother battling For nearly half a century, the There is a hunger for a moral suicide rates and murder rates sible; and my beloved nanny. stage 4 cancer. pro-life movement has had its consistency and a political view- among the young, among men, To steel myself to activate the Minutes before a piano recital, own March for Life every January point that can’t be found in a among the poor should be. It conveyor belt my teacher in the same town. It is a stub- political party that watches pas- would be great if future gun for her crema- Gerry whis- born, dedicated manifestation sively as children with Down control marches had a visible tion, I intoned, pered gleefully of political will unbowed by the syndrome and other disabilities pro-life presence, which in turn “From dust we that her doc- disdain of the secular media and are aborted into extinction, or a might spark a genuine discus- come, to dust “In short, I believe in believing, tor is willing the hostility of many political political party that cuts aid pro- sion about the common good we return.” to release her elites. It is surely the nation’s grams for the poorest while cut- and what we as a society can do At a from more longest-running annual demon- ting taxes for the richest. to protect the innocent and the speech for which doesn’t make sense, treatments as stration in defense of the most Some folks are calling this defenseless. the Religious her thyroid powerless. search for greater moral consis- There was another hand- Education cancer is under At the same time, the political tency “pro-life 2.0.” And this is made sign I saw at the March Congress in which gives me hope.” control. This polarization that has frozen the where the recent movement for 24 March for Our Lives in Los Angeles, will be the first gears of government has locked sensible gun laws may provide Washington. Its block letters the anguish of BRIAN DOYLE summer in five us into a frigid status quo. The an opportune moment. read: “No more empty desks.” the Hispanic when plans will political parties exploit their Gun violence is a pro-life There are a lot of empty desks in community not be placed respective sides on the issue for issue. In 2016, more than 38,000 our country — because of abor- filled me. The on hold. material gain, always promis- were killed by guns. Twice as tion and because of gun violence. “Dreamers” are so gripped with Despite my lifelong (50 years) ing some final victory down the many more were wounded. It’s a pro-life plea a lot of people fear and anxiety that even trips fear of performing, I agreed to road, and those of us who see Perhaps not the million that are would be willing to support. to church are now a risk many do a Mozart duet with her. She pro-life as not just a campaign lost to abortion, but when one are afraid to take. Tears welled had waited 18 years for the right slogan but as a comprehensive factors in the families and neigh- up. student to come along and I moral ecology are left wondering borhoods, schools and workplac- When did this country resort wanted to be part of something if polarization is exactly what es that are devastated by such to hunting down refugees and happy for her. I gained too, as I some people really want. violence, the numbers add up. immigrants? When did a docu- lost most of my fear when I saw Yet there are signs that a Two-thirds of gun deaths ment override the dignity of the the other pupils doing their best: growing number of pro-lifers are suicides. Smith & Wesson- person? Is cruelty the new sport? some perfect, some not, but all want a movement that breaks assisted suicide is still self-mur- But beyond the suffering, putting themselves out there. out of the stereotypes, that trans- der, is still morally abhorrent. Greg Erlandson, director and editor- I saw the people of God gath- I probably started on that gresses the partisan divide. At Thousands of children are killed in-chief of Catholic News Service, ered to be with each other and the pro-life march last January, or wounded each year, and the can be reached at gerlandson@ do what we do when we don’t there were signs defending immi- presence of guns increases the catholicnews.com. know where else to go: call on WOO, page 13 In Christ’s resurrection, God brings His promise to fulfillment assume a great responsibility. revelation. The Church proclaims again that and the other Apostles. Preaching, after all, by definition This reading proclaims the the Lord lives. Jesus walks with us. He THE is not simply lecturing others. It majesty of Jesus, the Savior. It Properly we should see teaches us. He appears in our is speaking in the very name of cautions, however, that accepting ourselves in the roles of the lives. Do we walk with Jesus? SUNDAY God. Jesus as Lord is more than lip disciples who walked with Jesus Do we listen? Do we accept what Those who preached, by service. It is actually living the to Emmaus. We have heard of Jesus says? GOSPEL ancient Jewish standards, were Commandments, by which, and the Lord. The Church already Open to the Lord, relying privileged people in this sense. through which, humans find has told us of the resurrection, upon the Lord, not surprisingly, MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION None chose to be a preacher. perfection, love, order and peace of the Lord’s sacrifice for us, and we ourselves find Jesus in the Rather, God selected each in God. of the identity of Jesus, Son of “breaking of the bread,” the preacher. Peter stood before this St. Luke’s Gospel provides God, Redeemer: but human, as Eucharist. Third Sunday of Easter Jerusalem crowd after having the last reading. It is another are we. Luke 24:35-48 been called to preach by Jesus, Resurrection Narrative, looking The Church has called us and Peter spoke in the place of back to the beautiful Emmaus before to realize that true life, gain this week, the Acts Jesus. He preached the words of story. In the story, as this group on earth or in the hereafter, is of the Apostles furnishes Jesus. of disciples was talking, Jesus in Jesus. It has reminded us READINGS the first biblical reading. This reading makes three stood in their midst, no longer that each of us will die. It has A Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Ps 4:2, 4, Almost every Sunday in the points. First, it establishes bound by location or time. reassured us that everlasting life Easter season features a reading the identity of Peter. He is an He revealed to them the full is an option for us, if we accept 7-9 1 Jn 2:1-5a Lk 24:35-48 from this book of the New Apostle. Second, he is the chief meaning of the Scriptures, the Jesus as Savior. Monday: Act 6:8-15 Ps 119:23-24, Testament. of the Apostles. He speaks in the testaments of God’s power and This wonderful story of 26-27, 29-30 Jn 6:22-29 In this reading, Peter preaches names of them all. love. They listened, but they Emmaus instructs us that life Tuesday: Acts 7:51—8:1a­­ Ps 31:3cd- to the crowds in Jerusalem. Finally, through Peter and recognized Jesus in the “breaking can be difficult, and distractions 4, 6ab, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab Jn 6:30-35 Americans are very accustomed the other Apostles, the salvation of the bread,” the early Church’s many and forceful. We must Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8 Ps 66:1-3a, to impassioned preaching. They given by Jesus still reaches name for the Eucharist. listen to Jesus. He alone knows 4-7a Jn 6:35-40 occasionally hear it in their humankind. They continue the the way. Thursday: Acts 8:26-40 Ps 66:8-9, own churches. They hear it on Lord’s work. As was the work of Peter, 16-17, 20 Jn 6:44-51 the radio and on television. The First Epistle of John Reflection recorded in Acts, repeated for Friday: Acts 9:1-20 Ps 117:1-2 Jn Impassioned preaching about provides the second reading. The Church continues to us today, the precise words of salvation and God’s mercy is The epistles of John are alike summon us to the joy of Easter Jesus still are spoken in, and by, 6:52-59 common in our society, godless in their eloquence and splendid celebration by presenting us with the Church. His mercy still flows Saturday: Acts 9:31-42 Ps 116:12-17 as it is becoming. language. They are alike in the Emmaus Narrative, so cherished to us through the Church, built Jn 6:60-69 Actually, to preach is to depth of their theology and by Christians throughout history. upon foundations laid by Peter April 15, 2018 COMMENTARY 13 Memory, identity and patriotism SCRIPTURE SEARCH® he second volume of my makes IPN into something omi- biography of St. John nously resembling Orwell’s “Big THE Gospel for April 15, 2018 TPaul II, “The End and Brother;” misconceived because Luke 24:35-48 the Beginning,” benefited it could promote falsifications of immensely from the resources history while criminalizing truth- CATHOLIC Following is a word search based on the Gospel of Poland’s Institute of National telling; misconceived because it DIFFERENCE reading for the Third Sunday of Easter, Cycle B: Remembrance [IPN, from its deflects attention from the 6,000 events after the journey to Emmaus. The words can Polish initials], which was estab- Polish rescuers honored at the lished after the Revolution of Yad Vashem Holocaust memo- be found in all directions in the puzzle. GEORGE WEIGEL 1989 to preserve records related rial in Jerusalem; misconceived to the Polish experience under because it re-awakens stereo- BREAKING BREAD SAID TO THEM the Nazis and the communists. types many of us have worked magnificent new museum of STARTLED SEEING GHOST Documents obtained from IPN by for decades to erase; miscon- the history of Polish Jewry in ARISE LACK OF MY FEET Polish historians helped me paint ceived because it exacerbates Warsaw — one of the finest his- FLESH SHOWED TO EAT a detailed picture of the 40-year tensions in a country where torical museums in the world. FISH ATE IT MY WORDS war the communists conducted (like America, alas), the survival Further, the late Archbishop Jozef LAW OF MOSES PROPHETS PSALMS against Karol Wojtyla, from of the shrillest seems to be the Zycinski of Lublin, following the OPENED SUFFER WITNESSES the days when he was a young order of the day. example of John Paul II, slowly priest, through his Cracovian No one should doubt that all but carefully created a Jewish- episcopate and on to his first Poland suffered terribly during Christian dialogue in Poland, so FLESH AND BONES decade as Pope John Paul II. World War II. Twenty percent that memories could be cleansed Thus, as a beneficiary of IPN’s of the population in 1939 was and purified, and a new relation- PAMYFEETSOHG archives, a longtime friend of dead in 1945, including 3 mil- ship between Catholics and Jews Poland and a grateful recipient of lion Jews. Another 1.2 million forged. R S DROWYMOMN N that country’s highest award for people had been “transferred” to In light of all this, and more, OTATEITHSIFI contributions to Polish culture, Siberia and its gulag camps. The the IPN Act seems a grave mis- I am deeply concerned by the race-mad Nazis seized 200,000 take. Poland in the 1980s offered PAKLWLACKOF E new “IPN Act” signed into law Polish children and took them to the world an inspiring model HREMMUTAEOTE this past February. For the law Germany. At the end of the war, of morally driven nonviolent dictates that IPN — presumably there was not a single structure revolution. Since 1989, Poland ETSESSENT IWS an archive for research — will more than 2 feet high in Poland’s has been the model for post- TLCHORUNANAH now become an agency monitor- capital, which Hitler had ordered communist transitions, politically ing thought, speech and writing. razed in retaliation for the and economically. Poland and its SEROBTYFTKEO According to a law so vaguely Warsaw Uprising of August friends were successfully mak- EDORHS E L F J SW drawn as to invite abuse, 1944. In the immediate after- ing the case to the world about it seems that IPN is to flag math of the war, Polish heroes the full truth of the unspeakable OPENEDALLE I E instances of someone speaking of unimpeachable integrity were atrocities that took place there LAWOFMOSESRD publicly or writing about Polish judicially murdered by the coun- during World War II. Now this. involvement in the Holocaust of try’s new Stalinist occupiers, And in the name of what? DFMEHTOTD I AS European Jewry, speech and writ- because their democratic convic- National identity is a precious © 2018 Tri-C-A Publications www.tri-c-a-publications.com ing that has been declared illegal tions might pose a threat to con- thing, but it can only lead to a under the IPN Act. The penalty solidating communist rule. true civic patriotism if it deals for such transgressions is three In recent years, real progress with history honestly. Russia is a April 15, 22 52 Peter fished with years in prison (ironically, the has been made in eradicating prime example of a country beset and 29, 2018 53 Mary's mother sentence passed by a Viennese offensive terms like “Polish by a national story riddled with he 54 Arid court against the odious Death Camps” from the world’s historical falsehoods. Poles, of all 55 Epoch 56 God's __ are not Holocaust-denier, David Irving). vocabulary, as Poles, Germans people, should not want to fol- CrossWord our ___ Sympathetic as I am to some and others have worked together low that example. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T of the current Polish govern- to make clear that those were 11 12 13 DOWN ment’s criticisms of the European Nazi extermination camps. 14 15 16 1 Organized crime Union, and much as I welcome Moreover, Poland’s Jewish heri- 2 Wrong its efforts to strengthen family tage is now celebrated: in mas- 17 18 19 20 3 A lesson life, I cannot extend my sympa- sive cultural festivals such as George Weigel is Distinguished Senior 21 22 23 24 25 26 4 Afloat thy to this gravely misconceived the one held in Cracow every Fellow of the Ethics and Public 5 Not switched on 27 28 29 law: misconceived because it summer, and above all in a Policy Center in Washington, D.C. 6 Pontius _____ 30 31 32 33 7 Temporary peace

34 35 8 Animal foot 9 Globe WOO, from page 12 after this essay is to mark out 36 37 38 39 40 41 dates for visits. Saint of the Week 10 Church bench On Holy Saturday, a pack- 42 43 44 13 Central nervous system journey when a friend who has 18 "Our hearts do not come through her struggles with age came from Mary, the widow 45 46 47 48 49 50 of Catholic author Brian Doyle. ___ us" self-doubt offered this advice: 51 52 53 20 Injuries “Carolyn, you are fearful because Much loved by all for his witty, inspiring and unabashedly 54 55 56 23 Chinese drink you want perfection. But perfec- 24 Advertisements tion is not us; we make mis- Catholic prose, Brian’s early © 2018 www.tri-c-a-publications.com 25 Downwind passing was a searing loss to all takes, and these make us real, Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Lk 24:35-48 and 26 Artist's creation his friends and particularly his Readings: authentic.” New freedom! Acts 4:8-12 Jn 10:11-18 27 Set of supplies My brother struggles with the family. 29 Possessive pronoun loss of his leg to diabetes and Mary put her art to Brian’s Benedict Joseph Labre ACROSS 28 Helper 30 Poem of praise a wound that would not heal. words to let me know she and 1 Female parent 30 Part of Iroquois League 31 No Though baptized and raised a the family are forging new 1748-1783 5 Choose 33 Beginning 32 Vane direction Catholic, he has drifted away. A beginnings. The quote reads: Feast April 15 8 Short for "Father" 34 Authored "The Inferno" 33 French "yes" “In short, I believe in believing, 11 Tree trimmer prophet 35 Teeth holders 35 The vine ___ friend’s gift from the Holy Land Born in France, Benedict tried has ignited his desire to pray the which doesn’t make sense, which 12 Evergreen tree 36 An ___ for an __ 38 Do penance gives me hope.” unsuccessfully to join a religious 13 "___ for the poor" 37 Ave ___ 39 Cincinnati's baby rosary again. 14 Dead branches go here 39 Farm credit hippo My older sister did her part by We believe because God, order. He was rejected as too whose love overcomes all suf- young and too eccentric. After 15 Influenza administration (abbr.) 40 Silly typing the prayers and instruc- 16 Northwest by west 42 ___ us a son is given 41 Chile mountain range tions. Though I could have fering and failures, holds back a pilgrimage on foot to Rome nothing to get to us. 17 Abraham's son 43 Royal son 42 Ship initials told her that she could down- around 1770, he spent several 19 ___ of the Apostles 45 Grow acorns 44 Animals talon load these from the internet, years wandering among Western 21 Sign language 48 To be in debt 45 Unusual I refrained because there was Carolyn Woo is the distinguished Europe’s Catholic shrines, beg- 22 Swimming mammal 50 Paul spoke in the 46 Atmosphere heart and spirit in her loving president’s fellow for global devel- ging as he went. The Roman 24 Wing name of the ___ 47 "___ of David" labor. My brother mentioned opment at Purdue University and people esteemed this mendicant 27 Genuflect on 51 Unless a grain ____ 49 Airport abbr. he did not know what is in his served as the CEO and president of pilgrim, whose health finally future. I do not either, but I Catholic Relief Servies from 2012 failed, as a “new St. Francis.” know God is in it. My next task to 2016. Answer Key can be found on page 15 14 TODAY’S CATHOLIC April 15, 2018 NCAA championship is a win-win for Catholic universities

BY CAROL ZIMMERMANN is not a first for either squad, nance is in sharp contrast to its but it is a first for two Catholic football performances, where university teams to win both only Boston College and Notre WASHINGTON (CNS) — This championships in the same Dame have powerhouse teams. year’s NCAA basketball tourna- year, according to Paula Moore, Part of the link between ment was one for the books for vice president of external affairs Catholic colleges and their win- Catholic universities. You might for the Association of Catholic ning basketball teams goes back even say the ball was in their Colleges and Universities based to the predominance of parish court. in Washington. CYO basketball teams, pointed That’s because for the She pointed out that the out a USA Today sports article, first time, Catholic university NCAA Women’s Division I tour- which also said state schools teams won both the men’s and nament didn’t begin until 1982 and mainline Protestant colleges women’s national champion- and since then, Notre Dame has typically had more money and ship games. The women’s team, been the only Catholic team to many Catholic colleges latched the Fighting Irish from the take the championship, which onto basketball as their signa- University of Notre Dame, beat they first did in 2001, the year ture sport. Mississippi State University on Duke University was the win- But whatever got them start- Easter 61-58, thanks to Arike ning men’s team. ed, these universities have kept Ogunbowale’s dramatic, three- Prior to this year’s win, CNS photo/ Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports via Reuters the ball rolling, so to speak. point shot with less than one Villanova, which plays in the Big Villanova Wildcats guard Jalen Brunson hoists the national championship Augustinian Father Peter second left on the clock. East Conference, won national Donohue, president of Villanova, The next night, the Wildcats, trophy after defeating the Michigan Wolverines, 79-62, in the 2018 NCAA championships in 1985 and men’s basketball championship April 2 in San Antonio. said in a letter to the school the men’s team from Villanova 2016. In 1985, the women’s team community on the university’s University, beat the University of from Old Dominion University for something deeper.” he grabbed a rebound. Other website after the men’s win: “If Michigan 79-62, winning their won the title, and in 2016, The Augustinian-run univer- key players hailed from Catholic, you had told me two years ago second national title in three the women’s team from the sity boasts several standouts private or public schools from that we would be celebrating years. University of Connecticut won with local Catholic-school con- Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey another national championship And it wasn’t just the final one of their 11 national titles. nections. and New York, plus star guard today, I honestly don’t know that matchups where Catholic col- Augustinian Father Rob Donte DiVincenzo, a sopho- Jalen Brunson, who is from I would have believed you. In leges dominated. For the men’s Hagan, who is chaplain of the more reserve guard who scored Illinois. 2016, it had been 31 years since teams, half of the No. 1 seeds Villanova men’s team, was a stu- 31 points on 10-for-15 shoot- Catholic universities in this our last national championship in the 2018 tournament were dent at the university when the ing from the field, including NCAA tournament and previous for basketball, and now, just two Catholic teams, as were eight of Wildcats won the 1985 champi- 5 of 7 from three-point range, matchups is no long shot. A New years later, Villanova is once the 64 teams in the bracket. onship. He called it “one of the attended Salesianum School York Times article in late March, again the national champion!” And of course, the media great memories of my life.” in Wilmington, Delaware, run “Why Catholic Colleges Excel at He said that in the days lead- darling during much of March Being the team’s chaplain by the Oblates of St. Francis de Basketball,” points out that the ing up to the Final Four, he had Madness was 98-year-old Sister is “one of the great joys of my Sales. He was named most out- history of men’s basketball teams’ frequently been asked about how Jean Dolores Schmidt, the retired priesthood,” he told Catholic standing player of the Final Four success at Catholic colleges has the team embodies the school’s Sister of Charity of the Blessed News Service a few days before in this year’s NCAA tournament. been as long as the tournament spirit, a question he was sure Virgin Mary and chaplain of the the championship game. Freshman guard Collin itself, which started in 1939. other teams’ college and univer- Ramblers, the men’s basketball “It’s a wonderful opportunity Gillespie, who graduated last Over the years, Catholic uni- sity presidents weren’t asked. team from Loyola University to minister,” he said. The joy year from Catholic League cham- versities with winning basketball His answer tied the team’s Chicago. of serving the team, he noted, pion and Pennsylvania state teams have included Holy Cross, success with the Catholic view The woman religious, whose comes in seeing “these student champion Archbishop Wood La Salle, San Francisco, Loyola of the importance of community, image was on socks and bobble- athletes just simply do their best High School, also came off the Chicago and Marquette. In 1985, noting that the players often head dolls, personally encour- and discover gifts within them- bench for 16 minutes during the the Final Four included three give credit to their opponents, aged players and cheered on the selves and how they help each championship game, scoring four Catholic universities: St. John’s teammates and coaches, “always team at the sidelines up to its other get stronger.” points from the foul line. in New York, the University of placing the team before the indi- final 69-57 loss to Michigan in Father Hagan also said that Neumann-Goretti High Georgetown and Villanova. The vidual.” the March 31 semifinals. he sees all the media coverage School product Dhamir Cosby- title, as previously mentioned, Matthew Gambino and The victories for the Notre on hoops chaplains this champi- Roundtree, also a freshman, went to Villanova. 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REST IN PEACE Fort Wayne LaMoine L. Romy- M. Anne Olinger, 86, What’s Happening? Lambert Raymond Yingling, 82, Most St. Mary Dumask, St. Jude Precious Blood Notre Dame M. Joan Amstutz, 78, Geraldine Theresa Dorene D. Hammes, WHAT’S HAPPENING carries announcements about upcoming events in the diocese. View St. Peter Woehnker, 89, St. Jude 86, Basilica of the more Catholic events and submit new ones at www.todayscatholic.org/event. For additional list- Sacred Heart ings of that event, please call the advertising sales staff at 260-399-1449 to purchase space. James C. Morton, Jr., Betty Jean Sapp, 94, St. 55, St. Jude Vincent de Paul South Bend Ernest Kostielney, 89, Paul E. Chambers, Huntington Safe Harbor widow’s retreat is sponsored by the Holy Cross St. Matthew Cathedral FORT WAYNE — St. Vincent de Lay Associates.he Registration and he 78,he Cathedral of Adeline P. Martin, 100, Paul Parish widow’s grief sup- details are online at http://holy- the Immaculate SS. Peter and Paul Louise F. Rucano, 89, port group, Safe Harbor, will crossassociates.org/. Conception Corpus Christi CrossWord CrossWord CrossWordSister Delores Tringl, host a widow’s retreat Saturday, TApril 1 and 8, 2018 TApril 15, 22 and 29, 2018 TMay 6 and 13, 2018 April 14, from 9-11 a.m. at St. Youth Ministry Disciples’ Night of John C. O’Rourke, 87, OLVM, 91, Archbishop Vincent de Paul Parish. Kay CAPT OCT NAY MAMA OPT POP ATONESt. Peter SEC TABNoll Chapel Submit obituaries to Formation [email protected] Cozad, certified grief educator, GRANGERALAR — Youth PRO Ministry HYDE AMO S F I R C A RE SEP I A WAR A L E will present “The Pilgrimage Disciples’R I SE Night TAPof Formation ECON F I R E F L U NWBW PATHS I RE BOA of Grief.” Optional Mass at 8 at St.LACES Pius X Church, FEAR 52553 Fir I SAAC ACTS CemeteryI Tcleanup EM CLOUD Parish rummage sale a.m. in the church, 1502 E Rd.,ASH will include PETER guest speaker ERA ASL OTTER ALA CALSOUTH LED BEND — CHORDS The Sacred AUBURN — Immaculate Wallen Rd. Retreat begins at 9 Dr. Lenny DeLorenzo,L I LY who TENET will KNEE A I DER ICYHeart Cemetery RICHER (corner of Conception Parish, 500 E. a.m. with continental breakfast speakDEBUNK about ministering SLEEVE to ONE I DA OUTSET ASEAWestern Ave. CPA and Pine DARD Rd.) will Seventh St., will have a rum- in the Msgr. Kuzmich Center. youthOMEGA in the transition NOE from L high DANT E GUMS conductRETURN spring cleanup CUE from mage sale Friday, April 20, from Reservations required by con- schoolCUD to college. CROSS Mass at 6 Lp.m. I B EYE MAR I A FCA OWNERSMonday, April 16, GOSPEL through 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, tacting Judy at 260-489-4875 or will be followedCH Iby T dinner, STONE pre- UNTO SC I ON CHOSESaturday, April SENT 21. Please have April 21, from 9 a.m. to noon. [email protected]. sentationAJAR and night G I prayer N ABUT at 8 OAKS OWE LORD Hall IM fall and COP Christmas CEASE decora- Bag day Saturday. Freewill donations accepted. p.m.HOLY Visit https://www.fwsbym. HOE NERO D I ES NET ANNE ETAtions removed TAR from OLDER the graves com.AYE TNT EDEN DRY ERA WAYS REDby this time. SKY MASER Competency to See, Courage to Act con- ference Tenderloin and fish fry NOTRE DAME — A conference HUNTINGTON — St. Mary’s in discipleship for our times will Rosary Sodality will have a ten- be held Saturday, April 14, from derloin and fish fry by Dan’s on 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Holy Cross Friday, April 20, from 4:30-7:30 College Auditorium, 54515 State p.m. at St. Mary Church, 903 N. Rd, 933 North. Keynote speaker Jeffersonhe St. Carryout available, he he is Bishop William Wack, CSC. homemade desserts, bake sale Bishop Wack will speak at 1 and 50/50C raffleross featured.Word Tickets CrossWord CrossWord p.m. about “Today’s Role for Lay are T$10 forMay adults 20 and and 27, 2018$5 for TJune 3 and 10, 2018 TJune 17 and 24 2018 Women and Men.” The event children 6-12. is free and open to the public. HATS ABR PST ABUSE SR I RAD EBB CAPS TWI N The optional lunch is $15 and ORAL BEE AS I A BORAX HEN ALE LOT URSA A I DE UMBO SHE WIND CANTO EXT III MOUN T A I N I S L E SOOTH OVA L ADHD EASES WEB D I PPED McElhERRane OGLEDy-Har DAHt AVENUE URGENT WOMB SHADE PROD VO I CE DAY S I ENNA A V OW S E L L I P S E FUNRELOADERAL HOM BANNERE STEP FEE ROTC LET ERASE TEN EGYPT CONE TWE L VE BOO KNEADER DOSED 71DOE5 North ISAACJefferson RUE CHASER ENMI TY F A I TH ODDS HO L Y EMEND HINDI ANDY TRA I NS ADZ FH Iu NOnting OUTton A I DE ADO GNU ORDER W I LE SAL I ENCE CL EG SSE SCUM FED HUN WROTE OPALMonte USER Freeze EPA ALT HEN SHEA ESE TNT SHEAF SEND ELSE TAR (260) 356-3320 Bob Jesch

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BobMonte_DivineMercy_Jan2018_6x8vert.indd 1 2/16/18 11:09 AM 16 T O D A Y ’ S CAT H O L I C April 15, 2018 Twelve Parishes-in-Need grants Notre Dame to confer approved for upgrades, repairs honorary degrees NOTRE DAME — A distinguished William M. Goodyear — he Annual Bishop’s Appeal ried over and allocated to next St. John the Baptist, New group of U.S. and international of the Diocese of Fort year’s Parishes-in-Need fund. Haven — $21,200 for internet figures will join the principal doctor of laws A member of Notre Wayne-South Bend includes “Hopefully, this money will switches and cabling to improve speaker, Brazilian Judge Sérgio T Dame’s board of trustees and a funding program to assist less strengthen these parishes finan- internet connection for the school Fernando Moro, as honor- a Fellow of the university, affluent parishes. A Parishes- cially, increase their outreach St. Mary of the Assumption, ary degree recipients at the Goodyear is the retired chairman in-Need Fund Committee met and improve their ability to Avilla — $38,100 for heating University of Notre Dame’s 173rd and chief executive officer of recently to review parish requests do the work of Christ,” Bishop and cooling system for the school University Commencement Navigant Consulting. He previ- for financial assistance with Rhoades has said of Parishes-in- gym Ceremony on May 20. ously spent nearly three decades church projects, and recommend- Need grants in the past. Moro, a leader in his country’s as a top executive in the banking ed a total of $212,696 be granted This year’s allocation of anti-corruption movement, will South Bend industry. to 12 parishes for essential proj- Parishes-in-Need funding receive an honorary doctor of ects — enabling them to arrive at brings the amount granted to Our Lady of Hungary — laws degree. The other honorary Kamal Hossain — a more stable existence. Bishop $6,437,797 from the Annual $9,800 for heating and cooling degree recipients are: doctor of laws Kevin C. Rhoades approved the Bishop’s Appeal to parishes in system for the school Cardinal Blase J. Cupich — Hossain is considered the grants. need during the 31 years of the St. Adalbert — $35,000 for doctor of laws father of the Bangladeshi constitu- According to Msgr. Robert Annual Bishop’s Appeal. church parking lot repairs tion, which he drafted in 1972. Schulte, vicar general of the dio- This year’s disbursements and St. Anthony de Padua — Cardinal Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago serves He earned a bachelor’s degree cese, although the diocese cannot the primary parish projects are: $24,000 to replace the school in economics from the University meet every request submitted by roof on three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. of Notre Dame and three degrees the parishes, the nature of each Fort Wayne Holy Cross — $13,500 to from Oxford. He has served on sev- request is carefully considered replace four exterior doors and He previously served as bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, and eral United Nations commissions “in light of the total needs and Queen of Angels — $9,450 for $7,500 to refit classrooms to as a champion for human rights financial resources of the parish LED lighting replacement in the accommodate fall enrollment Spokane, Washington, and as secretary at the apostolic nuncia- and founded the People’s Forum as well as the other parishes in activity center political party in his country. the diocese requesting funding St. Joseph — $14,000 for South Bend area ture in Washington, D.C. assistance. If all or part of a computers for upper grades Louise Richardson — Margaret Murnane — request cannot be met, often the St. Joseph – Hessen Cassel — St. Michael, Plymouth — doctor of laws doctor of science committee will recommend the $1,800 to replace entry access at $8,346 for school and gym roof The vice-chancellor of Oxford, A professor of physics and of parish apply to another fund or the school entrance repairs Richardson is an Irish political sci- electrical and computer engineer- financial resource in the diocese St. Monica, Mishawaka — entist who specializes in the study ing at the University of Colorado, or community, or seek other Fort Wayne area $20,000 for complete restoration of international security with an Murnane is a fellow of JILA, a alternatives,” he added. and repairs, releading and pro- emphasis on terrorist movements. research institute where she Some funds usually remain in St. Catherine of Alexandria, tection of the church’s stained- The author of several books on ter- built what is regarded as the the account for use throughout Columbia City — $10,000 for glass windows rorism, Richardson has lectured fastest laser ever created. She the year by parishes when a new new interior storm windows on widely on the subject and received has earned numerous awards need arises. If all the money is 12 stained-glass windows in the the Sumner Prize for her work and has written or co-written not used in 2018, it will be car- church toward the prevention of war and more than 200 papers for peer- the establishment of universal peace. reviewed journals.

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