Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 5 Editorial . 4 Question Corner . 19 The Sunday and Daily Readings . 19 Serving the CChurchCriterion in Centralr andi Southert n Indianae Since 1960rion Respect Life Supplement . 11 www.archindy.org October 3, 2003 Vol. XXXXIII, No. 1 75¢ Respect Life Sunday Pope names 30 new cardinals; Archbishop Photo by Mary Ann Wyand Photo by Mary Rigali is only one from U.S. VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope John Paul II named 30 new cardinals, including Philadelphia Archbishop Justin F. Rigali, enlarging and fur- ther internationaliz- ing the group that will one day elect his successor. The pope will induct the cardinals in a consistory at the Vatican on Oct. 21, adding a major event to an Archbishop Justin F. already heavy pro- Rigali gram of celebra- tions for the 25th anniversary of the pope’s election. “The candidates ... come from various parts of the world and carry out diverse duties in the service of the people of God,” the pope said in announcing the names from his window above St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 28. Father Frank Pavone of Staten Island, N.Y., the founder and director of Priests for Life, uses a bullhorn to lead 170 pro-life supporters from Indiana and “As a group, they well respect the uni- Kentucky in prayer on Sept. 13 outside an abortion clinic in downtown Louisville. Two women chose life instead of abortion for their babies during the versality of the Church and the multiplic- pro-life prayer vigil that morning. Father Pavone also presented a series of pro-life programs on Sept. 12-13 at Saint Meinrad School of Theology. ity of its ministries,” he said. The new cardinals represent 18 coun- tries from all six continents. Seven are Priests for Life founder works High school senior Vatican officials, 19 are heads of archdio- ceses around the world and four are to end abortion every day and longtime pro-life priests over 80 years old being honored for their service to the Church. volunteer to receive The pope also said he was preserving By Mary Ann Wyand pro-life organization for Catholic clergy Respect Life Awards the name of one new cardinal “in pectore,” First of two parts encourages priests to speak out from the or in his heart. In the past, such cardinals pulpit against abortion, artificial birth con- have served in places where public knowl- Every day is “Respect Life Sunday” trol, infanticide, euthanasia, capital pun- By Mary Ann Wyand edge of their appointment might provoke for Father Frank Pavone of Staten ishment, embryonic stem cell research and A longtime pro-life speaker and a hostility against the Church. Island, N.Y., the founder and director cloning. high school senior who prays for an Those named included Australian of Priests for Life, who tirelessly works Father Pavone knows that priests don’t end to abortion every day are the Archbishop George Pell of Sydney, for an end to abortion by preaching and like to preach about abortion because they recipients of the 2003 archdiocesan Canadian Archbishop Marc Ouellet of teaching the Gospel of Life. don’t want to upset any of the women in Respect Life Awards for distin- Quebec and Scottish Archbishop Keith “Our pro-life work is not done, but the pews who have aborted babies. guished service to the cause of life. O’Brien of Edinburgh. For the first time, it’s getting done,” Father Pavone told But women never forget about their St. Monica parishioner Stephen cardinals were appointed from the African Saint Meinrad seminarians and other abortion, he said, and it’s better to preach Martin of Indianapolis will receive countries of Ghana and Sudan. pro-life supporters during a series of about it in a firm but compassionate way the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara The pope made his announcement dur- educational talks about life issues on and to remind them that the Church offers Respect Life Award and Roncalli ing a nine-hour electrical blackout in Italy, Sept. 12-13 at the Benedictine school post-abortion reconciliation. High School senior Kimberly Buckley and the Vatican had to fire up emergency of theology in southern Indiana. “We should be doing more, we should See AWARDS, page 2 See CARDINALS, page 10 The director of the international See LIFE, page 2 Celebrating Catholic School Values dinner will honor leaders and raise scholarship money By Brandon A. Evans Over the past seven years, more than School in Hong Kong, and said that it $1 million has been given to more than gave her leadership skills, deepened her Five people from the archdiocese will 2,000 families. faith and taught her the value of commu- be honored for their role in the commu- Carolyn Woo, a nation- nity service. nity and for being a model product of a ally known speaker on She came to the United Catholic education. business ethics and the States in 1972 with two The annual “Celebrating Catholic Martin J. Gillen Dean suitcases and enough School Values: Scholarship and Career of the Mendoza College money to pay for one Achievement Awards” dinner will be of Business at the year’s tuition to Purdue held at 6 p.m. on Oct. 14 in the Sagamore University of Notre Dame, will University in West Ballroom at the Indiana Convention be the keynote speaker. Lafayette, Ind. She went on to earn bache- Center in downtown Indianapolis. Woo was born and raised in Hong lor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from The event will provide tuition assis- Kong. Her mother was a Buddhist and her Purdue, where she joined the faculty in tance grants to help needy families in the father was Catholic. 1981. Woo joined the Notre Dame faculty archdiocese send their children to a She received 12 years of Catholic in 1997. Catholic school. schooling from the Maryknoll Sisters See SCHOOL, page 9 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, October 3, 2003 that is why priests and pro-life supporters said, “and that we are, in fact, ready to situation go away,” Father Pavone said LIFE must continually work for an end to abor- help [women experiencing crisis pregnan- later. “She ends up going to the abortion continued from page 1 tion. cies]. mill if someone has been able to convince His three-day visit to Saint Meinrad to “The U.S. bishops have repeated this her that that’s what abortion is going to be saying more,” Father Pavone said about present the series of pro-life programs was promise and have indicated that the accomplish for her. In other words, it’s the need for priests to speak out against arranged by seminarians who have formed Church is at the service of these individu- just a big eraser. It’s going to make her abortion. a pro-life group there and pray on als [in need],” he said, “whether it’s ‘unpregnant.’ She thinks it’s going to Priests for Life “calls with equal vigor Saturday mornings outside an abortion through Catholic Charities or through make her whole problem go away, and on the Church and on our clergy, when we clinic in downtown Louisville, Ky. pregnancy services that are coordinated then she can go back to her life as it was do our clergy seminars, to address all At Saint Meinrad, Father Pavone through the diocese or through the many before.” kinds of issues of social justice,” he said, emphasized that he is committed to stay- networks of pregnancy services that are But after a woman has an abortion, he “and also all kinds of issues that are even ing on the front lines in the struggle run by Catholics or other Christians work- said, she must face the reality that she has less popular to preach about than abortion, against abortion until the day when no ing outside of or in collaboration with the chosen to kill her child and she eventually such as contraception. more defenseless babies are killed in the Church. The [pro-life] resources are there. realizes that her life will never be the way “There’s a lot of hesitation [on the part womb. The good news is that there are, depend- it was before. of priests] for all kinds of reasons,” Father Father Pavone said he also is concerned ing on how you count them and how you That’s when priests and the Church’s Pavone said. “We did a survey in 2000 of about the harmful long-term physical, categorize them, about 3,000 pregnancy post-abortion reconciliation ministries American Catholic priests to find out what mental, emotional and spiritual effects of resource centers in the United States.” need to help her turn to God for forgive- are some of these hesitations, and basi- abortion on women, and he praised min- There were two confirmed “saves” by ness and healing, he said, and to support cally it involves our emotional sensitivity. istries that provide post-abortion counsel- pro-life sidewalk counselors on Sept. 13, her as she grieves for her aborted baby. We’re very careful. We don’t want to be ing to help women find healing and recon- when first one and then another expectant Seminarian Brian O’Brien, a first-year disliked because we’re trained to shepherd ciliation with God. mother turned away from the Louisville theology student from the Diocese of the flock. A shepherd doesn’t want his Through a Web site, videos, audio abortion clinic and went to a pregnancy Tulsa, Okla., helped coordinate Father sheep growling at him. I don’t know if tapes, publications and personal appear- resource center across the street for help Pavone’s visit and said about 150 people sheep can growl, but people can.” ances by Father Pavone, Priests for Life and counseling, while Father Pavone and attended the pro-life educational sessions Father Pavone also urges lay people to promotes education and prayer to increase more than 170 pro-life supporters prayed open to the public.