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June 21, 2020 • 12TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME • Volume 69:34 Inside this issue

Clergy on the move: New diocesan clergy assignments, including those for the newly ordained priests, will go into effect in July. The list with those announcements and also retirements can be found on Page 3

Time to do something: Everyone can make a difference to help to eradicate the sin of racism, but Erin Cordle of the diocesan Office for Social Concerns writes that it’s going to involve accepting a new normal in our society, Page 4

Answering God’s Call: Father Stephen Krile, pastor at Logan St. John Church, characterizes his role as a priest as a troubleshooter who deals with various issues in addition to carrying out his daily sacramental duties in his ministry to the church, Page 9 bishop ordains three priests for diocese and two deacons Page 10-18 Catholic Times 2 June 21, 2020 Local news and events Speakers to pray virtual rosary on Feast of Immaculate Heart Speakers at past Columbus Catholic Father Joseph Allen, OP, pastor of St. tution and looking forward to joining N. Waggoner Road in Blacklick. For men’s and women’s conferences will Catherine of Siena and St. Vincent de Father (Steven) Beseau and his lead- more information, go to www.shep- pray a virtual rosary for justice and Paul churches in New York City. ership team.” herdscorner.org. Register for pro- healing at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 20, Also featured on the tour will be He brings to the Josephinum more grams by calling (614) 866-4302 or at the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of full-day guided tours of Boston and than 25 years of experience in devel- www.shepherdscorner.org/calendar. Mary, via the Zoom videoconferenc- coastal Massachusetts. Stops in Mas- opment and fundraising. Early in his ing system. sachusetts will include Lexington, career, he was chief fundraiser at Ohio Trinity students The five decades of the Joyful Mys- Concord, Faneuil Hall, Quincy Mar- State University’s college of pharma- awarded scholarships teries will be led by Derya Little, Dea- ket, the John F. Kennedy Library and cy. He later served as executive di- St. Anthony of Padua Circle #1 of con Harold Burke-Sizers, Obianuju Museum, Old Ironsides, Cape Ann, rector of the Arthur G. James Cancer Columbus St. Christopher Church has (Uju) Ekeocha, Damon and Melanie Gloucester and Rockport. Hospital Foundation and the Richard awarded $500 scholarships to Colum- Owens and Lisa Hendey. The cost is $696 for two people J. Solove Research Institute. bus Trinity Elementary School grad- Participants are required to regis- sharing a room. Single rooms are From 2002 to 2008, he was the chief uates Anthony Wood and Christian ter at www.columbuscatholicwomen. extra. There is a $75 deposit due on fundraiser at Columbus St. Charles Kouam. com. Upon registration, a confirma- signing for the tour, with the balance Preparatory School, his alma mater, The organization presents scholar- tion email with secure Zoom informa- due by Friday, July 17. where he led a two-phased, $16 mil- ships each year to Trinity eighth-grad- tion will be sent. For more information, contact lion capital campaign – the largest ers who will attend Catholic high Woolard at lindawoolar@windstream. campaign in the history of secondary schools in the fall. Wood will enroll New England tour includes stops net, (740) 323-3105 or 636 Fox Run education in the Diocese of Columbus. at Columbus St. Charles Preparatory honoring Knights of Columbus Circle South, Newark OH 43055. He then became president and ex- School and Kouam will attend Colum- A day paying tribute to the Knights ecutive director for the Mount Carmel bus Bishop Watterson High School. of Columbus and to its founder, Ven- Stein appointed Josephinum VP Foundation, where he managed capital Trinity is the feeder school for stu- erable Father Michael McGivney, who The Pontifical College Josephinum campaigns. After two years at Ohio dents attending Columbus St. Marga- soon is to be beatified, placing him has appointed Douglas H. Stein as Dominican University, where he com- ret of Cortona, Our Lady of Victory, one step from sainthood, will be part vice president for advancement, ef- pleted its scholarship campaign, he St. Francis of Assisi, St. John the Bap- of an autumn tour of New England be- fective Wednesday, July 1. founded Veritas Philanthropy, LLC, tist and St. Christopher churches. ing planned by longtime Catholic tour He will succeed Father John Allen, a development consulting firm. As Anyone interested in donating to the leader Linda Woolard. who was recalled to his home dio- president and principal consultant, he scholarship fund may send a check to The tour bus will leave from the cese in Charlotte, North Carolina, to managed capital campaigns and built St. Anthony of Padua Circle 1 in care of park-and-ride at Newark at 8 a.m. serve as administrator of St. Matthew development programs for several St. Christopher Church, 1420 Grand- Wednesday, Sept. 23 and return Tues- Church in Charlotte. nonprofits and Catholic parishes. view Ave., Columbus OH 43212. day, Sept. 29. Stein will guide the seminary’s ef- The focus on the Knights will take forts in the areas of annual fundrais- Shepherd’s Corner plans Renewal offers online sessions place on Monday, Sept. 28. The first ing, planned giving, major gift so- storytelling program The Columbus Catholic Renew- stop will be for a 9:30 a.m. Mass at licitation, grants, capital and special The Shepherd’s Corner Ecology Cen- al will present an online program on St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, fundraising efforts, donor relations, ter, an outreach of the Dominican Sis- “Charisms of the Holy Spirit” via Connecticut, where Father McGivney alumni relations and communications ters of Peace, is hosting a program titled Zoom livestream. The six-week ses- organized the first Knights council in and public relations. “Storytelling II” for families from 7 to sion will meet on Wednesdays from 7 1882. A tour of the church will be fol- Stein was born and raised in Colum- 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. No story- to 8:30 p.m. from July 1 to Aug. 5. lowed by a visit to the Knights’ head- bus, attended local Catholic schools, telling experience is necessary. There is The program will include a talk quarters and museum, also in New and graduated from Ohio State Uni- a suggested donation of $5. by Renee Marazon, president of the Haven, and a stop at the Our Lady of versity. “To serve the Josephinum has Shepherd’s Corner invites people to Catholic Charismatic Renewal Com- Grace Monastery in Guilford, Con- been a personal goal of mine for near- join with the Dominican Sisters in ex- mission in the Diocese of Venice, necticut, which will include Vespers. ly 20 years,” he said. “I feel privileged periencing the joys and responsibilities Florida, followed by small-group Serving as guide for the day will be to be called to serve this storied insti- of caring for land and life, inspiring discussions. The objective is to help others to become shepherds of creation participants grow closer to the Lord, in their own corners of the world. learn to hear God’s voice more clearly The Catholic Times is on its summer schedule! Out of respect for each other, staff and activate the fullness of the Holy In June, July and August, The Catholic Times will be publishing members are wearing masks and prac- Spirit in their lives. every other week. Look for the newspaper just prior to July 5 & ticing social distancing and asking 19; and Aug. 2, 16 & 30. We will return to weekly publication that participants in its programs join in this healthy practice. in September. Shepherd’s Corner is located at 987 See local news, Page 7

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Gay St., Columbus Cathedral. CT photo by Ken Snow with your parish. Postage Paid at Columbus OH 43218. OH 43215. Please allow two to four weeks for change of address. June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 3 Official Announcement - Clergy Assignments The Diocese of Columbus has Court House, to Director of Voca- dained, to Parochial Vicar, St. Cecilia Ministry, St. Mary Church, Grove- released its list of changes in clergy tions, Diocese of Columbus, with Church, Columbus, Chaplain with port, to retirement. assignments for 2020-21. residence at the Pontifical College teaching and ministerial duties at Co- These appointments become effec- Josephinum, Columbus. lumbus Bishop Ready High School. Father Edward Shikina, from tive July 14, 2020, unless otherwise Parochial Vicar, St. Brendan the noted. Father Michael Hartge, from Father Milton Kiocha, AJ, from Navigator Church, Hilliard, to Pastor, Pastor, Perry County Consortium of residence at St. Pius X Church, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Ada Father Frank Brown, newly or- Churches (St. Rose of Lima Reynoldsburg, to Parochial and Immaculate Conception Church, dained, to Parochial Vicar, St. Bren- Church, New Lexington; St. Patrick Vicar, St. Peter Church, Chillicothe; Kenton. dan the Navigator Church, Hilliard. Church, Junction City; Church of the St. Mary Church, Chillicothe; and St. Atonement, Crooksville; St. Bernard Mary Church, Waverly. Father Wojciech Stachura, SAC, Father William Ferguson, from Church, Coming), to Vice-Chancel- to Pastor, St. Christopher Church, Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, lor, Diocese of Columbus, with resi- Father Todd Lehigh, from Parochial Columbus. Ada and Immaculate Conception dence at St. Peter Church, Columbus. Vicar, St. Andrew Church, Colum- Church, Kenton, to Parochial Vicar, bus, to Pastor, Perry County Consor- Father Mark Summers, from Pas- St. Andrew Church, Columbus. Father Timothy Hayes, from Pastor, tium of Churches (St. Rose of Lima tor, St. Peter Church, Columbus, to St. Timothy Church, Columbus, to Church, New Lexington; St. Patrick Pastor, St. Agatha Church, Deacon Klaus Fricke, from ac- Pastor, St. Peter Church, Chillicothe; Church, Junction City; Church of the Columbus. tive diaconal ministry, St. Michael St. Mary Church, Chillicothe; and St. Atonement, Crooksville; St. Bernard Church, Worthington, to retirement, Mary Church, Waverly. Church, Corning). Father Peter Totlenben, O.P., from effective July 31, 2020. Pontifical College Josephinum, to Father Lawrence Hummer, from Father Timothy Lynch, from doctoral studies outside the diocese. Father Michael Fulton, newly Pastor, St. Mary Church, Chillicothe, Parochial Vicar, St. Peter Church, ordained, to Parochial Vicar, Christ to retirement. Chillicothe; St. Colman of Cloyne Father Christopher Tuttle, from the King Church, Columbus, and Church, Washington Court House; Parochial Vicar, St. Mary Church, Chaplain, with teaching and minis- Father Hilary Ike, from in resi- and St. Mary Church, Waverly, to Portsmouth; Holy Redeemer Church, terial duties at Bishop Hartley High dence, St. Joseph Cathedral, Colum- Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph Cathedral, Portsmouth; St. Peter in Chains School, Columbus. bus, and Chaplain to the Nigerian Columbus. Church, Wheelersburg; and St. Moni- Catholic Community, to Adminis- ca Church, New Boston, to Pastor, St. Father Cyrus Haddad, from pa- trator, St. Mary Church, Groveport, Father Daniel Ochs, from Pastor, Peter Church, Columbus. rochial vicar, St. Joseph Cathedral, continuing with duties in the Dioce- St. Agatha Church, Columbus, to Columbus, to Pastor, St. Colman of san Tribunal. retirement. Father Patrick Watikha, AJ, from Cloyne Church, Washington Court residence at St. Cecilia Church, Co- House. Father Norbert Keliher, O.P., Father David Poliafico, from Pastor lumbus, to Parochial Vicar, St. Mary from service outside the diocese, to St. Christopher Church, Columbus, to Church, Portsmouth; Holy Redeemer Father William Hahn, from Pastor, Parochial Vicar, St. Patrick Church, Pastor St. Timothy Church, Colum- Church, Portsmouth; St. Peter in St. Peter Church, Chillicothe; St. Columbus. bus. Chains Church, Wheelersburg; and Mary Church, Waverly; and St. Col- St. Monica Church, New Boston. man of Cloyne Church, Washington Father Seth Keller, newly or- Father John Reade, from Priest Danville St. Luke Church renovation completed In spite of the pandemic, extensive ly at work here.” Father Olvera said. ey came from funds on hand and there on Saturday, Aug. 15, the Feast of the renovation work at Danville St. Luke “There was much prayer involved and was no need for a separate fund drive. Assumption, depending on the situa- Church was completed in time for a Father Hammond pointed out the fact Bishop Robert Brennan is sched- tion with the pandemic. “soft” reopening at a Mass celebrat- that everything was completed just uled to celebrate an anniversary Mass ed Saturday, May 30 by Father Daniel a few days prior to the church being Olvera with 30 to 40 persons in atten- opened. Many parishioners and oth- dance. ers have been overly generous with “What started out as a refreshing and their time and talent, whether it was repainting project in honor of the par- moving items, cleaning, installing, re- ish’s 200th anniversary became much pairing, donating or praying. Anyone more than that,” said Father Mark Ham- walking into the church will certainly mond, pastor of St. Luke and Mount see God’s hand in all of it.” Vernon St. Vincent de Paul churches. The project started Thursday, Jan. “In addition to the beautiful painting 2 and was completed in the last week and artwork, the carpet was taken up of May. R.A. Long Painting of Reyn- and wood floors were installed, new oldsburg was in charge, with consid- fabric was installed in the pews and erable input from diocesan buildings kneelers were added. There was also superintendent Bruce Boylan and as- some repainting of statues and the sistant Rob Schorr. Last Supper, installation of a beautiful A renovation committee appointed new pulpit, and a new granite top for by the Parish Council met weekly to the altar. New Stations of the Cross offer input. The project cost around were put in place as well.” $300,000. Since the parish has a strong “Divine Providence was definite- history of financial support, the mon- Newly renovated Danville St. Luke Church Photo courtesy St. Luke Church Catholic Times 4 June 21, 2020 Embrace the new normal and do not accept the sin of racism If we have no peace, it is because we have for- activity taking place even when you are not direct- gotten that we belong to each other. – St Teresa of faith in action ly involved or affected.” The bishop asked govern- Calcutta Erin Cordle ment and community leaders not to allow “the ugly I have been known to fall asleep in my comfy head of racism to arise in our community. Above Erin Cordle is associate director of the diocesan Office for So- chair at night with the TV and lights on. Needless cial Concerns. all, do not allow members of your staff to ‘trade’ on to say, that’s not the best way to get a good night’s this issue of racism for political gain.” rest. Sometimes I fall asleep in an awkward position took on the lesson and bested it, I would grow. If I Addressing the personal roots of racism, Bishop and awaken in the middle of the night with a numb did not, the lesson would come back again – only Griffin proposed a series of questions that people arm or leg – especially if Tess (my dog) decides to harder. He also assured me that each lesson learned can ask themselves as a “kind of ‘morality mirror’ curl up with me. When that happens, I am amazed would help me with the next lesson coming down the in which to see” prejudices. One question asked, at how long it takes me to decide to either get up pike. As farm boys go, he was quite the philosopher. “How would I feel were I confronted by people who and actually go to bed or just turn off the lights and The question is, are we as a nation of people of hold the same prejudices about me that I do about TV and drift off again taking my chances that I’ll be faith, determined to wake up from our privileged others?” The bishop said that “personal conversion able to stand in the morning. It also amazes me how slumber and shake up and transform our new nor- and pastoral charity” are necessary to address rac- often I decide to just tolerate the numbness. mal to ensure justice and the pathway toward hu- ism, but he added that “conversion from prejudice Our Catholic social teaching calls for us to read man flourishing for all? My prayer is that nothing must be linked to a sharing of power and influence the signs of the times. Any honest appraisal today goes back to normal – normal wasn’t working for with minority people.” He said, “We cannot let eco- would indicate that a significant portion of our citi- us all. If we go back to the way things were, we will nomic fears deter us from acting justly.” zens have fallen asleep in an awkward position and have lost the lesson. I pray that more of us will allow the Holy Spir- are choosing to take our chances when we finally We already have lost too much time by remain- it of Pentecost to wake us up and shake us out of decide to wake up. Nightly, we are watching the ing silent. In 1989, the U.S. Bishops’ Committee our numbness to the point where we are willing to heavy weight of years of dehumanization, of rac- on Black Catholics issued a statement commemo- speak up and work to assure that our communities ism, and violent white supremacist positions on rating the 10th anniversary of the national confer- of faith transform our country into who we say we people of color that discounts and even nullifies ence’s pastoral letter, Brothers and Sisters to Us: are. I realize the conversion of hearts to accomplish their God-given dignity and worth. U.S. Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Racism in Our this transformation must start with me. I’m ready We all are created in the image and likeness of Day. There was little to celebrate as the pastoral and willing to wake up and speak up in my circles God. Yet many of us have become numb to these was soon forgotten and surveys showed that it had of influence. I’m willing to shout, if necessary, to realities or are choosing to remain mute to the obvi- little or no impact of the majority of Catholics in the not let my family and friends settle for allowing ous racism and discrimination that exists all around United States. those of color, the poor, the vulnerable and the mar- us. We are better than that! Bishop James Griffin wrote the pastoral letter ginalized to continue to be victimized. If I don’t do For months, I have been trying to decide what my Racism: A Tarnished Reflection of Ourselves. He this for myself by any means necessary, who will? new normal will be. I’m sure I’m not alone in this addressed parents, religious leaders, government We cannot go back to our old normal! quest. God love my dad. I still hear his wisdom while officials and community leaders, business leaders, “In the end, we will remember not the words of I’m struggling. Pappy was good at reminding me that teachers, and all people of good will. Bishop Griffin our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Mar- life would provide me with a series of lessons. If I called for “’zero tolerance’ of racist comments or tin Luther King Jr. God’s forgiveness, healing mercy help mute cry of babies lost to abortion Babies cry. Unlike Poe’s victim, the aborted child’s life was I know this because my wife, Jo Anne, and I have ended by an industry that preys on a woman’s fear had five of them and they all cried. tim welsh and anxiety. Unlike Poe’s victim, the aborted child They cry for a variety of reasons from the onset of Tim Welsh is executive director of the Bethesda Healing Ministry has fallen victim to a culture that values convenience actual distress (dirty diaper, sore throat, teething) to for postabortive women and men. over compassion and comparison over contribution. the abstract (try shouting “boo” to a baby). Some- And the aborted child is martyred on the altar of in- times they just cry for no discernable reason. They What if the world was devoid of that marvelous tellectual impotence disguised as civil progress. wake up; they cry. Put them to bed; they cry. Let screech? What if we only could imagine the sound? Left in the wake are the women and men who are someone they don’t know hold them; they cry. In The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe relates relegated to a life of wonder and confusion. They Over the years, I’ve come to miss that crying. There the story of a man who ends the life of an elderly are left to wonder, as I do, “what if?” was something that was somehow quite beautiful man and his subsequent struggle with paranoia and There is little doubt in my mind that each one of about that cry, even though that beauty was lost on me his skirmish with his own sanity. The story, one of the readers of this article know someone who has at the time. Today, when I hear a baby cry, I’m relieved Poe’s shortest works, tells of how the man buried an abortion experience in their past. You may not that he/she is crying. I imagine that the world would his victim under the floor boards of his house, only know who they are, but they are there, struggling be less loving, less attentive, if not for a baby crying. to be haunted by the very heart he stopped. to keep the deepest secret that they have ever kept. As ear piercing as it can be, the sound of a baby Eventually, to make a short story even shorter, he They’re scared and lonely and they hear the crying. crying brings out the best in all of us. We seem to began to hear a low, dull quick sound: the beating The death of an elderly man, as in Poe’s story, is care more. We rock the baby in our arms. We tell of his victim’s heart. The sound grew louder and the death of the past. The death of a child, however, him/her that it’s alright. Our voices change to a louder until he couldn’t bear it any longer. is the death of the future. That’s what make the abor- more soothing tone. It may bring out our faults, too, We all bear the burden of indiscretions and mis- tion experience so devastating for some women. as it might showcase our impatience or display our deeds in our past that we would rather forget, but It is only though the healing power of God’s for- lack of understanding, but even in those times, we are unable to do so. The telltale heart of the incident giveness that the crying can grow softer. It may are more human, more vulnerable. won’t allow us our peace. never go away, but it can be muted. Only through Up to a certain point in their little lives, it’s really I think about Poe’s story when I contemplate confronting their fears and remorse in programs the only way that they can communicate with us. women who have an abortion experience in their like those at Bethesda Healing Ministry and the ac- We become somewhat Pavlovian as a result. They past. I know that they imagine the cry. I know they ceptance of God’s mercy will life return to normal. cry; we act. wake up through the night to a sound they can’t ex- It is in that mercy that we all find the shelter of But what if they never did? plain. peace and the deadening of the noise enslaving us. June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 5 Spiritual lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-9 pandemic has left many of us with a yond death. Our lives are on loan, and only He can great deal of uncertainty: uncertainty about how con- making sense out of guarantee the fulfillment of that loan in a destiny tagious the virus is and about the best way to treat it; that lies beyond this troubled world. uncertainty about how long our personal immunity bioethics Cardinal Robert Sarah summed it up well when will last after we get infected and whether a vaccine Father Tad Pacholczyk he recently said: will ever be developed; uncertainty about the future Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD, earned his doctorate in neu- “This virus acted as a warning. In a matter of of the economy and whether jobs will still be there roscience from Yale and did postdoctoral work at Harvard. weeks, the great illusion of a material world that He is a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, and for the 40 million newly unemployed; uncertainty serves as director of education at The National Catholic Bio- thought itself all-powerful seems to have collapsed. about how long the public quarantines should contin- ethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org. … A microscopic virus has brought this world to its ue; uncertainty about what will happen to ourselves, knees … our businesses, our families and our friends. these measures are stopgaps in the face of our larger “We were promised to push the limits of human In the midst of so much uncertainty, we naturally human questions. nature ever further by a triumphant science. We look for something firm to hold onto. Cataclysmic dis- Many centuries ago, a powerful king of the united were told about artificial procreation, surrogate ruptors, whether an outbreak of war, widespread riots monarchy of Israel and Judah mused about the false motherhood, transhumanism, enhanced humanity. and looting, or a new coronavirus, humble us and re- promise of earthly reassurances. Writing in Psalm We boasted of being a man of synthesis and a hu- mind us how we cannot guarantee our own future. 119, King David presciently declared, “Some trust manity that biotechnologies would make invincible Yet we instinctively yearn for a way to assure and in chariots or horses, but we in the name of the and immortal. But here we are in a panic, confined secure that future for ourselves and for our children. Lord. They will collapse and fall, but we shall hold by a virus about which we know almost nothing. Where should we turn for safety? and stand firm.” “Epidemic was an outdated, medieval word. It Maybe we can take a cue from our financial in- The answer to the uncertainties surrounding our suddenly became our everyday life. I believe this stitutions. When uncertainty becomes too high, and human condition lies, precisely as David noted in epidemic has dispelled the smoke of illusion. The lenders realize a potential borrower is at high risk his inimitable and direct style, in God himself. He so-called all-powerful man appears in his raw real- of default, they can sometimes turn to a higher au- alone knows and understands every event of histo- ity. There he is naked. His weakness and vulnera- thority like the federal government to “guarantee” ry, from coronavirus pandemics to civil disturbanc- bility are glaring. Being confined to our homes will a loan, as in the case of guaranteed student loans. es to economic collapses. hopefully allow us to turn our attention back to the Such loans offer a safety net and take away most It’s important for us to distinguish between true essentials, to rediscover the importance of our rela- risks for the lender. and false saviors. While a vaccine may limit the tionship with God.” What kind of higher authority should we be turn- immediate threat from the coronavirus for us indi- We have an important opportunity to ponder these ing to in order to guarantee our future when we face vidually, death will still have its day and eventually deeper lessons of the COVID-19 saga as it plays so many uncertainties in life? lay its claim upon us. As natural as it may be for us out in our midst. Rather than placing our hopes in One lesson of the pandemic is not to place our to reach out for a vaccine to calm our preoccupa- the limited promises of this world, the pandemic re- hope in undeserving sources. While scientists may tions and restore predictability to our future, only minds us of our vulnerability and our need for our promise new treatments, and politicians may prom- God opens a real path for us beyond fear and be- true Savior, at every moment of our life. ise safety through contact tracing and lockdowns, The biases of a Royal Commission A brief dip into Latin helps us understand how Royal Commission. Why? Because they didn’t tally preconceptions can lead to biased judgments that the catholic difference with the regnant preconceptions about Pell and the falsify history — as they did when an Australian George Weigel false judgment about his character his critics had Royal Commission on sexual abuse recently im- George Weigel is the Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics made, based on those preconceptions. pugned the integrity of Cardinal George Pell. Royal Commissions do not operate by the rules The Latin maxim is quidquid recipitur ad modum and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. of evidence of a criminal court. Their integrity de- recipientis recipitur – literally, “what is received is pends not on sound judicial practice, but on the fair- received according to the mode (or manner, or condi- and threats. What was the matter with this man? mindedness of the Commissioners and their staff. tion) of the receiver.” Less literally, the maxim holds Why didn’t he truckle as others — including many That fairmindedness was not apparent in the way that our predispositions – our mental filters – color Church leaders – had done? the Royal Commission dealt with Cardinal Pell, in our perceptions. Put another way, we often perceive Given their belief in their own infallibility, Pell’s its hearings or in its report. things, not as they are but because of what we are. political and ecclesiastical critics could not concede In the Commission’s hearings, witnesses were However abstract it may seem at first blush, the that they might be wrong. And a highly intelligent allowed to make outrageous charges against the maxim is confirmed by everyday experience. Peo- man with an Oxford doctorate couldn’t be dismissed cardinal, suggesting that he had been present when ple draw different conclusions about the same facts, as a mere fool. So his critics and enemies seem to children were molested by priests, that he had tried the same personalities, and the same situations. have concluded that George Pell must be wicked to bribe a victim to keep quiet about his molesta- More often than not, those differences are explained — and must be lying about his role in Australian tion, and that he had made lewd remarks about sex- by different filters at work in our minds. Catholicism’s grappling with clerical sexual abuse. ual abuse. These absurdities were shown to be lies. Which brings us to the misconceptions and preju- No matter that, on becoming archbishop of Mel- But why were they permitted to be made, in public dices surrounding Cardinal George Pell. bourne, Pell quickly instituted the first diocesan in the first place? Cardinal Pell has been under sustained assault program in Australia to reach out to abuse victims Moreover, the Royal Commission manifestly ap- from the Australian media, Australian social and and try to meet their needs — a program designed plied different standards to different witnesses. An political activists, and ecclesiastical opponents in cooperation with the police and praised by public abuse victim informed the Commission that he had for more than two decades. His defense of classic authorities. No matter that, in Melbourne and Syd- told a priest, Paul Bongiorno, about being molest- Catholic doctrine and morality offended some. His ney (after his transfer to that city), Pell dealt severe- ed by Father Gerald Ridsdale; Bongiorno said he politically incorrect views on climate change and ly with clerical abusers and saw to the removal of didn’t recall being told of Ridsdale’s assault; the the sexual revolution angered others. His relish in more than two dozen of them from the clerical state Commission punted, saying that it “could not re- debate and his vigor in debating shocked, then out- — the Church’s nuclear option for dealing with raged Australian cancel-culture bullies, accustomed abusive priests. Those demonstrable facts didn’t count, either to Pell’s critics or, it now seems, to the to their targets caving-in to shaming, denunciations, See weigel, Page 6 Catholic Times 6 June 21, 2020

Any teacher or coach knows that while we our Encouragement actly where you are meant to be.” job is to instruct others, there is also the aspect of She also said, “May you use those gifts that you encouragement that is an important part of our role. holy and healthy have received, and pass on the love that has been I teach group strength classes and each student is Lori Crock given to you.” different in the type of encouragement they need to One more beautiful thought from St. Teresa, “May excel. For example, some need encouraged to try Lori Crock is a parishioner at Plain City St. Joseph Church. you be content knowing you are a child of God.” heavier weights and others need to be encouraged Lori leads SoulCore Rosary prayer and exercise at parishes, Encouragement. It’s simple, but not easy in a teaches physical strength classes and writes about faith and fit- to pull back so they don’t overdo it. ness at holyandhealthycatholic.com. world where we are busy and often too focused Encouragement is part of the instructional pro- on ourselves rather than lifting up others. Telling cess no matter what we are coaching or teaching someone they are a beloved child of God is amaz- and it applies to all areas of our lives. up for others and to share the truth. Never has there ingly encouraging. God loves us and asks only that I’ve been thinking about encouragement in spir- been a time when our culture needs love and en- we pass on his great love. May St. Teresa’s message itual terms lately. One of the primary roles of a couragement rooted in faith in God. May our role of inspire us to be courageous encouragers in our ev- Christian is to lead others to Christ. To do that, we encourager foster hope and healing in those who are eryday lives. need to pray and ask for the Holy Spirit’s help to hurting, angry, and feel misunderstood. “Christ has no body now on earth but yours, encourage people on their journey of growing in re- St. Paul said in his second letter to Timothy 4:2, no hands but yours, lationship with Jesus. “be persistent; convince, reprimand, encourage no feet but yours, Much like coaching and teaching in our temporal through all patience and teaching.” He is one of Yours are the eyes through which to look out roles, this encouragement is a very individual pro- many saints who encourage us to persevere con- Christ’s compassion to the world cess and we are called to simply give what we have stantly no matter what the circumstances. In fact, Yours are the feet with which he is to go about been given. Encouraging people with love, being the saints are the embodiment of encouragement. doing good; authentic — and following the promptings of the St. Teresa of Avila is one of my favorite saints Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men Holy Spirit is what we are asked to do. The rest are when it comes to simple, everyday words of en- now.” up to him. couragement. We can look to Jesus in the Gospels as our model She said, “May you of how to encourage others. Encouragement is root- trust God that you are ex- ed in love, forgiveness and being willing to stand weigel, continued from Page 5 Diocese of Columbus solve the differing accounts” of the rectness and the premier defender of victim and Bongiorno. Yet the Com- Catholic orthodoxy in Australia — and Child Protection Plan mission refused to believe Cardinal therefore must be a bad man who lies? Pell’s sworn statements (buttressed by As Cardinal Pell has said, the Aus- the sworn testimony of others) that he tralian Church behaved shamefully knew nothing about Ridsdale’s pre- for decades in dealing with clerical It is the goal of the Diocese of Columbus to make the Church a dations; the Commission, effectively, abusers. Yet Pell, the Australian first place of safety: a place of prayer, ministry and comfort. Everyone called Cardinal Pell a liar. Why the dif- bishop to address that scandalous sit- who enters our churches, schools, or facilities must be confident in ference? Might it be because Bongior- uation forcefully, was scapegoated by this. Not one child or young person should suffer from abuse while no, having abandoned the priesthood, the Royal Commission for the gross became a politically correct media failures of other bishops. Why? at Church. In order to assure the safety of our youth, the Diocese of personality, whereas Pell was the em- Ponder that Latin maxim once more. Columbus has enacted a complete program of protection. As part bodiment of Australian political incor- of this program, the Diocese of Columbus will provide appropriate, just, and pastoral care for anyone who has suffered the crime of sexual abuse of a minor at the hands of diocesan clergy or church Our Family Serving Yours... employees or volunteers. The Diocese of Columbus will report any and all allegations of abuse reported to it to the authorities and will Now for 5 Generations, cooperate fully with those authorities. Over 150 Years Help is available: The Diocese of Columbus wants to hear from Our family of Funeral Directors anyone who has suffered. 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Broad St. The Rev. Msgr. Stephan J. Moloney 614.451.5900 614.221.6665 614.224.2251 • [email protected] June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 7 Death: Not grief from loss but hope for heaven’s happiness I have a confession to make: Death does not make Physical therapists have told me that it is possible to me sad. This is a change I’ve noticed in myself as all that we have break up the tissue into smaller parts so that it does I’ve grown older. The deeper I grow in my relation- MaryBeth Eberhard not adhere. ship with Jesus, the more I notice changes like this. We all have scars from the choices we have made MaryBeth Eberhard writes about marriage, life experiences of a I have faced the proximity of death in many ways large family and special needs. She attends Sunbury St. John Neu- and from events we have experienced. Perhaps a in my 44 years of life, from close encounters with mann Church. little spiritual rubbing is necessary in our lives. For my children to my own health scares. I have grown, me, the practical application of this rubbing looks been strengthened and changed by its proximity in how long it takes, she is going to heaven. It means like a continued giving of my relationship with my every encounter. one day I will get that long-awaited embrace with mother to Jesus. I say “yes” to the Lord’s prompt- As I have pondered my lack of sadness, I often my mother that I crave. It means we will one day be ings in prayer and in action. I have tried to make wonder if I am missing some emotion that others reconnected and healed, and death only brings us this relationship well, and I am unable to do so, but have been granted. I find myself pondering at fu- closer to that realization! I know the Lord can and will, either here on earth or nerals, wondering at the deceased’s encounter with I have the privilege of an amazing younger sis- in heaven. I trust in this. Jesus, the angels and the saints. Can those in purga- ter whose strength, love and dedication have been a He gave me this mother for a reason, and she is tory hear the choirs singing from heaven? Does the lifeline through these past years. She longs for ev- his daughter as much as she is my mother. I give choir draw them upward? Are their hearts lightened erything to be put together and made well. We all this struggle to him, and then I pick it back up, and of the burdens of this world? Are they at peace? do. My gift to her is this glimpse that one day, with this process continues day in and day out as I wres- I am up this evening thinking about this because the help of Jesus, all the messiness will be wiped tle with my desire to make all things well. But, in death is knocking again at the door of my family. I away. Everything we could not fix here in life, if we the quiet, which is where I sit now, the truth speaks. recently received news that my mother is dying, and keep our hearts aligned with the heart of Jesus, He In Revelations 21:5, we hear the words spoken, I once again found myself surprised that I am not will make well in heaven, and that life is eternal. “Behold, I am making all things new.” As my son sad but rather reflective. This is such solace and comfort! went off to be a missionary this year, he struggled I grew up listening to country songs of Jesus and I have shared glimpses of my childhood, journey with a great feeling of unworthiness. The director of the angels. My mom would play them very loudly, and parenting with you. No one’s life is as it appears the program wrote to him, and his words resonated and if I learned the song well enough, she’d let me in a snapshot or a social media image. We all car- within my soul: “We know who and what we are attach the little microphone to the radio and sing ry wounds, either physically or emotionally. I have getting, and we said ‘yes’ knowing and wanting all along. Over the years, my mother has collected an- found it an interesting thought that scar tissue can of you.” gels that might rival the heavenly courts, or maybe attach itself to the bone, limiting and sometimes re- Jesus speaks that to our hearts from the cross. He she is trying to replicate it. I am not sure. stricting movement. From a spiritual standpoint, I died for us, and he calls to us knowing who we are I do know, however, that my mom knows Jesus. find that thought-provoking. and wanting all of us. And so, I am not saddened by Regardless of the scars inside and out that both she When my son or daughter has had surgery, the death, but rather I rejoice in the glory of what is to and I carry from our time together, of this I am cer- protocol is to rub that scar to keep it from attaching. come – for me, for those I love and for all whose tain. My momma knows who Jesus is, and that is It is necessary to break down the sensitivity to it. hope is in the Lord. sweet comfort. That means to my heart, no matter Mary Claire Greve awarded scholarship local news, continued from Page 2 The $30 registration fee includes a To register, call Karen Droll at (614) Mary Claire Greve is this year’s as a student, a citizen and a Catholic. handbook on Charisms of the Holy 582-8848. recipient of the Chris Damo Scholar- Chris Damo, the scholarship’s Spirit, Tools for the New Evangeliza- ship sponsored by Knights of Colum- namesake, inspired others by how he tion written by Marazon. Registration Dresden St. Ann Church bus Council 11445. The award goes lived his Catholic faith every day. He will be limited to 100 participants. each year to a Worthington St. Mi- volunteered with the Special Olym- to host Latin Mass this month chael School eighth-grade graduate pics, the Homeless Families Founda- Register online for “Charisms of Dresden St. Ann Church, 405 who plans to attend a Columbus-area tion, SPICE, 40 Days for Life, Honor the Holy Spirit” by Sunday, June 28 Chestnut St., will be the site for a Catholic high school and is the son Flight and the Mid-Ohio Food Collec- at https://www.eventbrite.com. For traditional Latin High Mass (the Tri- or daughter of an active member of a tive, arranged for flags to be placed questions, send an email to info@ dentine form) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Knights of Columbus council. on all veterans’ graves at Resurrection ccrcolumbus.org. June 24, the Feast of the Nativity of The scholarship is presented in Cemetery on Memorial Day, spent St John the Baptist. $1,000 annual increments, with the many hours at daily Mass and Eucha- Bereavement ministry Father Ty Tomson, pastor of Lan- requirement that the recipient main- ristic Adoration, and was an active caster St. Bernadette Church, and Fa- tains a minimum 3.0 grade-point aver- member of the Knights of Columbus. resuming sessions online age and demonstrates good character The Seasons of Hope Bereavement ther Cyrus Haddad, chaplain for the Ministry, sponsored by the parishes of Columbus Latin Mass Community, the North High Deanery, is resuming are scheduled to be the celebrants. Newark students receive scholarships its support group programs through the Zoom teleconferencing platform. DeSales receives grant Natalie Lane of Newark Blessed Its programs are for anyone suffer- Sacrament School and Shamus Sutton from Catholic Foundation of Newark St. Francis de Sales School ing the loss of a loved one and look- The Catholic Foundation has have been awarded the 2020-2021 ing for friends to share in the grief and awarded Columbus St. Francis De- Gretchen O’Neill Scholarship. healing process. Sales High School a $5,000 grant for The scholarship, in memory of a The first session for the next sev- a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) longtime educator and principal at en-week program will be from 2 to phone system. both schools, pays the full year’s tu- 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28. Remaining School principal Dan Garrick said ition for an eighth-grade student at sessions will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on the new communication platform will each school who best exemplifies Natalia Lane Shamus Sutton Sundays from July 12 to Aug. 16. connect the entire campus and im- O’Neill’s work ethic and her motto, To guarantee the security of all prove the safety and security of daily “be kind.” Kindness and work eth- scholarship, placing it within reach of who participate in the group, anyone operations. ic are the sole criteria for the annual every student. interested in attending must register. Catholic Times 8 June 21, 2020 Martin de Porres Center aids Latinos during pandemic Staff members of the Martin de Por- for food, personal supplies and gift res Center in Columbus usually show cards for gasoline and groceries. love to the Latino youth and families The Dominican Sisters of Peace, who they serve by helping with homework, sponsor the center, make nearly 200 welcoming young people to summer peanut butter sandwiches each week, camp or celebrating their clients’ ac- assemble bags of rice, beans, pasta and complishments. tortillas, and write personal notes of en- But in this time of social distancing, couragement and love to each family they are finding other ways to show the center serves. The sisters also sewed they care for their community. more than 300 masks, which were dis- Center director Yahaira Rose, as- tributed to families in March. sistant director Laura Baird, Rising Bishop Robert Brennan offered his Youth Program coordinator Mayra support for the center’s efforts during Betances and Dominican Learning a visit in May. Center director Denise Hilliard are Other community partners also meeting needs resulting from the helped. Businesses provided more coronavirus pandemic. than 210 bags of food, and Colum- “Many Latino families were confused bus Fit Life, a local corporate fitness by the constant and ever-changing flow provider, paid for additional food and of news during this pandemic,” Rose supplies. The Ohio State Universi- Members of the Dominican Sisters of Peace assemble food bags for families assisted by said. “Many of the parents also lost their ty Wexner Medical Center provid- the Martin de Porres Center, a ministry of the sisters. employment and were uncertain how to ed community care kits. Altogether, Photo courtesy Martin de Porres Center access benefits to keep their families more than 30 community members afloat. Other families are working to- partnered to help. spark creative thinking this summer time of quarantine is a double trage- ward citizenship and had no opportuni- Each Thursday and Friday, families when many families are struggling dy,” Rose said. “Not only have they ty for assistance from the government, safely pick up food bags at the center. through the coronavirus outbreak. lost their home, their emotional and but they needed help with home school- They are participants in the center’s The center will continue to support physical security, but a family on ing, food and supplies.” community outreach programs. Do- families through its partnership with the the street is significantly more sus- Feeding 100 families every week minican Learning Center adult clients Dominican Learning Center and Shep- ceptible to contracting and spreading during the pandemic has been no also take part in the program. herd’s Corner Ecology Center in Black- COVID-19. Assisting these fami- small task for the center. Common- To feed the minds and spirits of the lick. All three organizations are minis- lies with housing is an urgent public Spirit Health, a national Catholic children, the center is providing boxes tries of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. health concern.” health care ministry, provided money of educational and craft materials to “A family being evicted during this Ohio Dominican Roundup University to resume on-campus instruction for fall semester Ohio Dominican University (ODU) ed to ensure the safety and health of fort level and concerns in returning ing break, they will not return until the is preparing to resume in-person all who live, learn and work at Ohio to work on campus, either on a part- beginning of the spring 2021 semester learning on its campus for the fall Dominican.” or full-time basis. The university’s on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. 2020 semester. During the spring To allow for enhanced social dis- current work-from-home order runs ODU previously announced plans 2020 semester, ODU transitioned to tancing in the classroom, the university through Friday, June 12. to resume in-person instruction on online-only learning to adhere to so- is acquiring additional equipment that campus for the fall 2020 semester. The cial distancing directives issued by will be installed in classrooms to give Administration revises decision is subject to future directives Gov. Mike DeWine in response to the students greater flexibility to attend 2020-21 academic calendar and guidelines issued by Gov. Mike COVID-19 pandemic. The universi- class remotely, along with students Ohio Dominican University’s lead- DeWine and public health officials in ty’s summer courses also are taking who are attending class in person. ership team has approved a revision response to the COVID-19 pandemic. place exclusively online. ODU’s pandemic task force, led by to the university’s academic calendar “At this point in time, as long as Jamie Kemp, the university’s health for the fall 2020 semester in an effort ODU, Wilmington partner for directives and guidelines from Gov. services director, and including mem- to reduce the potential for exposure to DeWine and public health officials bers from many campus offices, has sport management program permit us to do so, we intend to resume met weekly since mid-March to dis- COVID-19 during breaks. Ohio Dominican University (ODU) in-person classes this fall,” said Dr. cuss the university’s response to the The changes include canceling has partnered with Wilmington (Ohio) Robert Gervasi, university president. COVID-19 outbreak. ODU’s fall break, which was sched- College to allow Wilmington students “Considering the many unknown The task force and the university’s uled to take place on Monday and who are pursuing a Bachelor of Sci- variables related to this virus, we leadership team are collaborating to Tuesday, Oct. 12 and 13, and extend- ence degree in sport management the are considering a range of options to discuss how to safely resume on-cam- ing its Thanksgiving break by two ability to earn a master’s degree in allow us to safely educate students pus learning and working, which in- days. In addition, Thanksgiving break one additional year of study through on campus while adhering to social cludes the distribution of disinfectant will mark the conclusion of under- ODU’s online Master of Science in distancing guidelines, including the products, availability of hand sani- graduate on-campus classes, with the Sport Management program. potential use of online technology tizing stations, signage to encourage last day of on-campus instruction be- Through this accelerated bache- to provide students a classroom en- good personal hygiene, and policies ing Friday, Nov. 20. lor’s-to-master’s program, Wilmington vironment that features both online to keep the campus community safe. After Thanksgiving, the last week students will take graduate-level cours- and in-person instruction. As we learn ODU also has asked faculty and of instruction and finals week will be more about this virus, ODU will ad- staff to complete a confidential survey conducted exclusively online. Once students leave campus for Thanksgiv- just its instructional strategy as need- to better understand employees’ com- See odu, Page 9 June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 9 Answering God’s Call Father Krile describes priest as ‘troubleshooter’ By Tim Puet Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, the chance to spend a few years learn- Catholic Times Reporter Maryland and was ordained a priest ing from experienced pastors now be- by Bishop Griffin on June 11, 1983 at cause of the decrease in the number Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral. of priests and because so many priests Father Stephen Krile says the best “From a young age, I felt drawn to are at or near retirement.” way to describe a priest’s role is to the priesthood, mostly because of the His first pastorate was at Wellston call him a troubleshooter. example of Father Edward Kessler, Sts. Peter and Paul Church from 1993 “When I was in high school, stu- my pastor at Sugar Grove,” he said. to 1999, followed by 12 years at Cir- dents used to be given vocational apti- “Father Kessler was such a kind, lov- cleville St. Joseph and seven at Mill- tude tests designed to help them deter- ing person. He set a perfect example ersburg before coming to Logan. mine what type of career may be best of what a priest should be, one I’ve “I’ve never been pastor at a church suited for them,” said Father Krile, always tried to follow. I went to CCD within the Columbus outerbelt,” he pastor of Logan St. John Church. classes while I was at Berne Union, said. “Circleville is close to Colum- “On a couple of occasions, my since my parish didn’t have a school, bus, but it’s still a one-man operation test results said a good career for me and my interest in the priesthood kept that covers an entire county. I’ve been would be that of a troubleshooter. In growing. By the time I went to Fisher, on my own as a pastor everywhere 37 years as a priest, I’ve found that to I had a pretty good idea I was going to I’ve been. That’s been both the hard- be a good definition for what a pastor Father Stephen Krile study to be a priest. est and the most joyous thing for me. actually does,” he said. “I wasn’t what you’d call super-reli- “Perhaps the most interesting place “Certain things are a natural part of for a few more years. Logan wasn’t on gious. I came from a typical Catholic was Millersburg. It’s in Holmes the job – celebrating Masses, sched- family and I think their example just County, which is less than 1 percent uling appointments and so forth. But the list of parishes due for a pastoral change in 2018. It was great to get made me want to serve people. That’s Catholic and has the world’s largest most of my day is spent with what- the whole reason I went into ministry. I Amish settlement, and it’s so far north ever is happening that you may have closer to home so I could help my sis- ter at the house. just wanted to care for people. I never of Columbus that even though it’s in to deal with – the death of a parish- wanted to be a bishop or anything like the Columbus diocese, it gets most of ioner, counseling, faith issues, home “Also, I missed being at a parish with a school. And St. John’s has that. that.” its news from Cleveland, and the par- visits, office issues, finances, someone Father Krile’s first assignment was ish ties into a lot of Cleveland dioce- wanting to join the parish or become It’s an interesting mix, with a lot of both older folks and young families.” as associate pastor at Newark St. san activities.” a Catholic – just the whole run of ev- Francis de Sales Church from 1983 to He said the closing of churches for eryday events. Father Krile’s father was employed at Diamond Power in Lancaster, and 1987. He also taught at Newark Cath- more than two months because of the “Bishop (Emeritus James) Griffin olic High School during that time. He coronavirus pandemic was a frus- once said that real ministry is in the his mother worked at the Lancast- er Glass and Anchor Hocking Glass then was associate pastor at Colum- trating thing for him and many other unexpected situations. It’s in those bus St. Matthias Church and chap- priests because he couldn’t celebrate moments that you reach out to people plants there. “We were always busy with something at home, gardening lain at Columbus St. Francis DeSales Mass with a congregation and because and help them.” High School for two years and associ- personal health issues required him to Father Krile, 63, has been at the Lo- and so forth, to help make ends meet,” he said. “From about sixth grade ate pastor at Reynoldsburg St. Pius X rely on younger priests to anoint peo- gan parish since 2018. His assignment Church for four years. ple and visit parishioners. there was practically a homecoming for through high school, I started helping farmers in the summertime, baling “The most important things I learned “Things never will go back to the him because he grew up in nearby Sug- as an associate were all the things they way they were, and we have to rec- ar Grove and went to St. Joseph Church hay and doing other things. One sum- mer I worked at Anchor Hocking, and didn’t teach you at the seminary,” he ognize that,” he said. “Our lives are there. He is the son of the late Louis and said. “Father Bill Johnson at Newark, going to be changed forever, but if we Esther Krile and has a younger broth- I did night maintenance at a McDon- ald’s while I was in college.” my first pastor, was kind and caring work together and pray together, we er living in Carroll and a younger sister and taught me a lot. In fact, I served can forge a new lifestyle by follow- living in the family home. He was educated at the Berne Union Elementary School in Sugar Grove under four good pastors – Father John- ing the Great Commandments – love “I was surprised to get the phone son, Father Ray Lavelle at St. Matthias God and love your neighbor as your- call from Bishop (Emeritus Freder- through eighth grade and is a 1975 graduate of Lancaster Fisher Catholic and Msgr. Ed McFarland and Msgr. self. We’re going to be doing more ick) Campbell asking me to come to Mike Donovan at St. Pius. things to take care of people. Wearing Logan,” he said. “I had been pastor High School. He attended the Pontifi- cal College Josephinum for four years, “I learned a lot on the fly in those a mask in public is one of them. We do at Millersburg St. Peter Church since years. 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He holds Brennan ordained three new priests nothing back; he gives us his all. for the Diocese of Columbus on Sat- “He speaks directly to you this urday, June 13 at St. Joseph Cathedral. morning: ‘I call you friends because I In any other year, the cathedral have told you everything I have heard would have been filled with friends from my Father. I chose you, and I ap- and family members of newly or- point you to go and bear fruit that will dained Fathers Frank Brown, Michael remain.’ He tells us no one has greater Fulton and Seth Keller. Most of the love than this, to lay down one’s life diocese’s priests would have been on for one’s friends. hand, and the cathedral choir would “Jesus entrusts his gift, the laying have provided inspiring music. down of his life and the giving of him- But because of the coronavirus self to you in the offering of the sa- pandemic, the ordinations, originally cred liturgy. Never, never cease to be scheduled to take place on Saturday, amazed by this gift, by this awesome May 23, were delayed for three weeks. responsibility. When the event did occur, attendance “Responding to the hand of friend- was limited to about 70 people, mu- ship that Jesus offers to you, you give sic was provided by an organist and Newly ordained Fathers Seth Keller, Michael Fulton and Frank Brown (left to right on over yourselves in humility, offering a few singers, and many of the priests carpet) bow for the final blessing from Bishop Robert Brennan at the end of Mass on every breath of your life. You are ap- were not there to welcome the newly Saturday, June 13 at St. Joseph Cathedral. The diocesan ordination was delayed for three pointed a priest forever, not taking ordained. Most of those who would weeks from its original date because of the COVID-19 pandemic that closed churches for this honor on yourself but in obedi- have been in attendance had to settle public Masses for more than two months. CT photos by Ken Snow ence, called and appointed by God. for watching a live videostream of the “Your ministry will perfect the spir- Mass. itual sacrifice of the faithful by uniting “My one sadness today was not see- it to Christ’s own sacrifice, the sacri- ing the cathedral full,” the bishop said fice which is offered sacramentally in remarks at the close of the ceremo- through your hands. Know what you ny. “Boy, am I looking forward to see- are doing, and imitate the mystery that ing you at work, because we’re ready you celebrate. In the memorial of the for you.” Lord’s death and resurrection, make After the reading of the Gospel, the every effort to die to sin and to walk rite of ordination began as the can- in the new life of Christ.” didates for the priesthood, who until Noting that the ordination took place then were seated with their families, on the Feast of St. Anthony, Bishop were called from the congregation Brennan said to the new priests, “In a and presented to the bishop by Father day when we celebrate St. Anthony – I Paul Noble, diocesan vocations direc- know you did your Office of Readings tor, who declared them ready for the today – St. Anthony reminds us that priesthood. through the gift of the Holy Spirit, we Each man answered “present” as his speak different languages in testify- name was called and then walked to ing for Christ – languages of humil- the altar and was seated on a stool in ity, poverty, patience and love. … We front of the bishop, who delivered his are all so very proud and happy to be homily from his chair, rather than the with and for you. I pledge our frater- pulpit. nal love, support, encouragement and Referring to the change in ordina- gratitude. Know how much we love tion dates, Bishop Brennan said in his and support you and are grateful for homily, “How appropriate it is, then, Bishop Robert Brennan engages with Bishop Robert Brennan presents a chalice the gift of yourselves.” that we celebrate your ordination to- Father Frank Brown from his chair in the to Father Michael Fulton that he will use After the homily, each candidate day – not exactly our plan, but it is declared he would faithfully serve the Cathedral during the Promise of the Elect for the celebration of Mass as a new priest people through administration of the appropriate on this weekend of (June that was part of the ordination Mass. in the diocese. 14, the Feast of) Corpus Christi we sacraments and performance of other are gathered here to ordain you priests priestly duties. Each of the men then of God. ordination to the priesthood, your ser- drink this chalice, we proclaim the knelt before the bishop and promised “You will offer your Mass of thanks- vice, your very lives are now so iden- death of the Lord until he comes. In the obedience to him and his successors. giving on the solemn feast of the body tified with the Eucharist, the self-gift sacred Eucharist, which you will now and blood of Christ. Indeed, through of Jesus Christ. celebrate, we encounter the total self- “Every time we eat this bread and gift of the Lord – his coming among See Priests, Page 11 June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 11 p riests, continued from Page 10 They had made similar promises to Stephen Alcott, OP, and Vincent him when he ordained them as dea- Nguyen. cons last year. Bishop Brennan then anointed the After their declaration came the new priests’ hands with sacred chrism, congregational chanting of the Lit- and the mothers of the priests each pre- any of the Saints, during which the sented a chalice and paten to the bish- three men prostrated themselves on op, who handed them over to the new- the floor around the altar in a gesture ly ordained to signify their sharing in of supplication symbolizing their un- Christ’s sanctifying ministry of trans- worthiness. After the litany, each man forming bread and wine into his body knelt before the bishop, who laid his and blood. This was followed by a hands on their heads one by one in the fraternal kiss of peace from the bishop traditional sign of ordination, with the and the priests in attendance, conclud- approximately 20 priests of the dio- ing the ordination portion of the Mass. cese who were present repeating that The newly ordained then joined gesture individually. Before laying their fellow priests at the altar to con- their hands on each new priest’s head, tinue celebrating the Liturgy of the each priest in attendance was sprayed Eucharist and to pronounce the words with hand sanitizer. of consecration for the first time. At This was followed by the bishop’s Communion, each of the new priests prayer of ordination and the investi- presented the Eucharist to his family ture of the new priests with stoles and members. chasubles symbolizing their transition Georgetown University’s Center for from the diaconate to the priesthood. Applied Research in the Apostolate, a Each newly ordained priest chose national nonprofit social science re- Bishop Robert Brennan delivers the homily during the ordination Mass from his chair at two priests to do the vesting. The search center that studies the Catholic the Cathedral to the diocesan candidates for the priesthood (from left on carpet), Frank priests selected were: for Father Church, said the diocese’s three new Brown, Michael Fulton and Seth Keller, while flanked by new Deacons Stephen Ordney Brown, Fathers Stash Dailey and priests are among 448 men who have (foreground) and Jacob Stinnett. Bishop Brennan has now ordained two classes of priests Christopher Tuttle; for Father Fulton, been or will be ordained this year in since his arrival in Columbus in March 2019. The three new priests completed their for- Fathers PJ Brandimarti and James the United States from dioceses or re- mation and studies at the Pontifical College Josephinum in May. Black; and for Father Keller, Fathers ligious orders. CT photo by Ken Snow

Congratulations and prayerful best wishes from Very Reverend Steven P. Beseau, President/Rector, and the seminarians, faculty and staff of the Pontifical College Josephinum, to

Alumni 7625 North High Street Columbus, Ohio FAther FrAnk Brown Forming generous, holy priests FAther michAel Fulton for service in the Church and the world: FAther Seth keller Missionary disciples, good shepherds and spiritual fathers for the new evangelization. Ordained to the Holy Priesthood June 13, 2020 Ad Multos Annos! Catholic Times 12 June 21, 2020 Persistent call drew Father Brown to priesthood By Tim Puet before I entered the seminary. Church and School there. He is a 2003 Catholic Times Reporter “It was tough. I wanted to get mar- graduate of Columbus St. Francis De- ried and have a bunch of kids, but I Sales High School, where he won a Father Frank Brown says his accep- kept feeling something pulling me on state wrestling championship in the tance of God’s call to the priesthood the inside. You can run all you want, 130-pound class in his senior year and was not an easy process. but it doesn’t go away until you do qualified for the state tournament in “I was not that well-informed about something about it. the preceding three years. vocations,” he said. “I thought the “If there is a silver lining to my vo- “Wrestling was pretty much my life priesthood was a decision by a person, cation story, it’s my understanding then,” he said. “I continued wrestling not a calling from God. that the choice was between me and at Ohio University for three years, but “But while spending six years in the God. I wasn’t pushed into it by my an injury ended my career, and it was working world, I kept feeling a sense family and friends, so the discernment tough to let go.” of being pulled in another direction, process wasn’t as stressful as it might He received a bachelor’s degree and I couldn’t figure out what it was. have been.” from OU in 2007, majoring in finance Then I started reading about vocations Father Brown, 35, was born in Hum- and minoring in psychology, and then and became friends with Father Stash ble, Texas and is one of three sons became a project manager for the Father Frank Brown Dailey, who at the time was parochi- and two daughters of Dan and Tracy Continental Group in Powell, helping al vicar at Worthington St. Michael Brown, who have lived in the Hock- develop and manufacture glass-re- ing Hills area near Logan for the past lated products such as shower doors, COVID-19 pandemic, so he complet- Church, which I was attending. ed his degree requirements at his par- “I think he always knew I had a vo- six years on land they bought 10 years mirrors and canopy systems. He also ago. Because his father worked for was a volunteer wrestling coach at ents’ home. cation to the priesthood, but he never “Like most everyone else, I wasn’t pushed that thought on me,” Father the Anheuser-Busch brewing compa- Olentangy Liberty High School. ny in packing and shipping, the family He entered the Pontifical College Jo- able to go to Mass for 2 ½ months, and Brown said. “I moved to the Franklin- I missed it terribly,” he said. “In the ton area of Columbus, and he became also lived in Colorado and New York, sephinum in 2014, spending two years where the company has breweries, be- in its pre-theology program and the end, we have to take things like this as pastor of Holy Family Church in that a testing. America is a very individu- neighborhood. fore Dan Brown was transferred to the past four years in its school of theology Budweiser brewery in Columbus and preparing for the priesthood through its alistic society, but this was a wake-up “We kept talking, and I slowly start- call telling us we are a people of com- ed coming around to the idea that God the family settled in Ohio. Master of Divinity program. might be calling me to be a priest. But Father Brown grew up in Wester- Josephinum seminarians were sent it still took a good two to three years ville and attended St. Paul the Apostle home in mid-March because of the See brown, Page 15 June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 13 As a boy, Father Keller heard God’s call to priesthood By Tim Puet for me,” the newly ordained dioce- Catholic Times Reporter san priest said. “My biggest ques- tion was whether God’s will for me Father Seth Keller’s seven years as would bring me peace and happiness. a seminarian at the Pontifical College Through lots of prayer and the dis- Josephinum ended any feelings of cernment process, I realized it would. hesitation that God was calling him to “Since coming to the Josephinum be a priest. in 2013, I’ve felt a profound sense “I’ve felt since I was a young boy of peace that has stayed with me. that the priesthood was God’s will I’ve had the normal ups and downs of seminary life but never doubted God’s call. My love for Christ and the church has kept growing.” Father Keller, 27, is the oldest of eight children. His family attended Columbus St. Cecilia and Reynolds- burg St. Pius X churches while he was in grade school and has been part of Columbus St. Patrick Church for the past 10 years or so. He is a 2011 grad- uate of Columbus St. Charles Prepa- ratory School. “My family was involved for sev- eral years in a charismatic Catho-

Father Seth Keller See keller, Page 16 Catholic Times 14 June 21, 2020 Sacrament of Confession changed Father Fulton’s life By Tim Puet I just knew God was speaking to me. Catholic Times Reporter “After coming home, I met with Fa- ther Dave Sizemore,” who at the time Besides being priests, newly ordained was the pastor of his parish, Sunbury Father Michael Fulton has at least one St. John Neumann Church. “We talk- other thing in common with Pope Fran- ed about what it means to be a priest, cis: At age 16, both had an encounter and that made me want to look into it with Jesus in the sacrament of reconcil- even more. iation that changed their lives. “My next step was to take part in a The pope often has told the story of live-in weekend at the (Pontifical Col- how he went to confession one day in lege) Josephinum. From the time I got 1953, with a priest he didn’t know ad- there and left my mom’s minivan I felt FATHER MICHAEL FULTON ministering the sacrament, and left the an amazing sense of peace. I thought, confessional knowing he would be- ‘I don’t know what I’m supposed to do come a priest. “I don’t know what hap- with my life, but I know I’m supposed pened,” the pope has said, describing it to be here,’” he said. as “an experience of divine mercy.” In “Confession is what drew me here, a 1990 letter, he also said it was “like but the Mass is what kept me here. I St. Paul being thrown from his horse.” wanted to give people the same feel- ing that came to me in confession, then, as I learned more about the Mass and what really happens there, it was truly amazing.” Father Fulton is the son of Brian and Mary Carol Fulton of Denver. The Fultons moved to central Ohio in 2005 to be closer to members of his father’s family and returned to Den- ver a few years ago. His father is in sales for a technical company, and his mother is chief of staff – as Father Fulton puts it, “the office mom” – for the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, a national outreach based in Denver with a presence in the Diocese of Columbus. Father Michael Fulton He’s the oldest of three children. “My sister is a Buddhist and a yoga instruc- tor, and my brother’s a rock ‘n’ roller,” Like the pope, Father Fulton, 26, is he said. “It’s a very diverse family. hazy on the details of his pivotal mo- “Mom and dad were very supportive, ment but knows it was a life-altering but they didn’t push me about being a experience. priest. Support from Father Sizemore “It came in my junior year at Olen- and Tina Burtch (former youth minister tangy High School during a retreat or at St. John Neumann) played the biggest conference of some kind at the Heart- role. They kept me Catholic through land Retreat Center in Morrow Coun- high school,” Father Fulton said. ty,” he said. “I had been throwing “Dan DeMatte and Aaron Richards around the idea of becoming a priest at Catholic Youth Summer Camp but didn’t want to commit to anything. (CYSC) also were very influential. During confession, somehow I had a I’ve been a camper, counselor and sudden awareness of God’s healing, staff member at CYSC for years. mercy and forgiveness. I can’t describe Through CYSC, I met Father Ty Tom- it beyond that. It just happened. son (pastor at Lancaster St. Berna- “In that moment, the thought oc- dette Church) and Father Don Franks curred that ‘I want to give this to peo- (pastor at Dresden St. Ann and Mat- ple.’ That’s when I knew I had to check tingly Settlement St. Mary church- out the seminary and find out what the es), who also have been important in Lord had in store for me.” Asked who forming me as a priest. So has Father his confessor was that day, Father Ful- ton said, “Honestly, I don’t remember. See fulton, Page 15 June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 15 fulton, continued from Page 14 Jim Black (pastor at Powell St. Joan was a good place to learn and make of Arc Church), my spiritual director.” mistakes and be thrown into the cler- Father Fulton went to the Josephi- ical life. I got lots of support when I num from high school and has earned a did things well, and people were char- Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy itable when I didn’t.” and a Master of Divinity degree from Most Josephinum students went there. He has served with the youth home and finished the academic year group at Hilliard St. Brendan Church online after the coronavirus resulted and in the homeschool program at Co- in the closing of the campus, but Fa- lumbus Holy Family Church and has thers Fulton and Keller stayed at the worked with the St. Paul’s Outreach college. “COVID-19 has taught all of household in Columbus. With Father us the foundational things in life, how Seth Keller, another member of his much we need the Holy Spirit and all ordination class, he spent a summer of the sacraments,” Father Fulton said. Spanish-language immersion in Costa “It’s taken away a lot of distractions. Rica a few years ago. It will simplify some things and com- He also had assignments at Colum- plicate others. For instance, it meant bus Immaculate Conception, Marion some weddings had to be scaled back, St. Mary, Cardington Sacred Hearts, but what’s important is the marriage, Columbus St. James the Less and Co- Father Michael Fulton participates in the Liturgy of the Eucharist for the first time as not the wedding. It’s the same with lumbus Christ the King churches. a priest at the diocese’s ordination Mass on Saturday, June 13. Behind him is Father PJ ordinations. There wasn’t as much “I especially loved being in Mari- Brandimarti (left), parochial vicar at Westerville St. Paul Church, and assisting at the al- ceremony this year, but the essential on with Father (Thomas) Buffer,” he tar is Father Cyrus Haddad, parochial vicar at St. Joseph Cathedral. CT photo by Ken Snow thing is that the diocese has three said. “He had me do a lot of Hispanic more priests. ministry door-to-door, preaching the can follow instructions. That’s all Fa- shrine. What I learned both there and “It’s been an amazing eight years at Gospel in a language I’m still trying ther Buffer needed. in Marion was the importance of fam- the Josephinum learning everything to figure out and just getting to know “When Seth and I went to Costa ily and community to Latino Catholics the Church has to offer, but I’m so ex- the local Latino community and going Rica, he lived with a family, and I lived and their strong devotional life.” cited to leave,” Father Fulton said. “I to its homes, celebrations and funer- with a widow and her dog. She was an Father Fulton spent this past year as don’t know where my first assignment als. Father Buffer and I also built a amazing cook and just a kind, sweet a deacon at his home parish in Sun- will be, but wherever it is, I want the pipe organ for the church at Carding- woman. We went to Masses every day bury. “That was a blessing, for sure,” people of the parish to know I’ve been ton. I’m not a musician, but I can lift and made a 15-mile pilgrimage walk- he said. “Guys don’t often get sent praying for them for weeks.” something and screw it in place and ing to the country’s central Marian back home for their deacon year. It brown, continued from Page 12 munity. You realize just how much we the Bethesda post-abortion healing are social beings when told you have ministry was the most satisfying of to stay home by yourself. his assignments while at the Josephi- “In my case, you also pick up an num. “What happens after an abortion interesting hobby. We have plenty of is something most people neglect to morel mushrooms growing in the hills see,” he said. “These women and men where my parents live, so I spent a lot are in pain, and it’s not a pain that of time hunting morels.” goes away easily. Father Brown spent summer assign- “They struggle with being pro-life in- ments at Mount Vernon St. Vincent de dividuals because of their regrets about Paul, Danville St. Luke, Powell St. Joan their past. The abortion industry is a de- of Arc and Gahanna St. Matthew the ceptive one, and they feel duped.” Apostle churches and Columbus St. Jo- He said that besides being able to seph Cathedral. After his ordination to celebrate Mass, one of the things he the diaconate last May, he was assigned looks forward to most as a priest is to Columbus St. Andrew Church. marriage preparation. “I want to help “I learned that once you’re given a couples the best I can to have a strong, position of authority like that of a dea- joyful marriage,” he said. “In our age, con, it’s not as glamorous as people marriage needs a lot of respect and re- think,” he said. “People are watching pair. When marriages fall apart, lives you. People expect more out of you, so fall apart, and I don’t want to see that. you need to be watchful in your min- If you want good priests, fix marriage. istry and be very self-aware. When “I also want to thank all the people you’re needed by other people who are of the diocese who have supported me, facing difficulties and are in a vulnera- particularly those who have contribut- ble position, you want to give them a ed to the Bishop’s Annual Appeal,” Fa- Father Frank Brown gives a first blessing to Bishop Robert Brennan after Father Brown’s sense of hope. You don’t want to see ther Brown said. “A lot of the money ordination to the priesthood on Saturday, June 13. It is customary for newly ordained them end up being more hurt because the appeal raises goes toward seminary priests to offer blessings to bishops, clergy and the faithful after receiving the Sacrament of something you said or did.” education and takes a big financial Father Brown said working with weight off seminarians’ shoulders.” of Holy Orders. CT photo by Ken Snow Catholic Times 16 June 21, 2020 keller, continued from Page 13 lic community known as the People Youth Summer Camp member during nity have,” he said. “Many of its won- of God’s Love, so I grew up with a the summer from 2011 to 2014. derful families and people have been strong faith background,” he said. Father Keller was awarded a Bachelor supportive of me. My Spanish has not “When I was 8 or 9 years old, I of Arts degree in philosophy from the always been the best, but they’ve al- thought about a lot of the usual occu- pontifical college in 2016 and recently ways been patient and kind. pations young boys do – police offi- received a Master of Divinity degree “My time in the seminary has giv- cer, firefighter, doctor – but something after completing its theology program. en me a great love for the teachings kept attracting me to the priesthood. I While at the college, he has been as- of our faith, and I want to be able to can only say it was the grace of God. signed at various times to Columbus bring some of that to the people of “I went to St. Charles, and a lot St. Andrew, Columbus Immaculate whatever parish I serve. In the last of priests come from there. My in- Conception, New Philadelphia Sacred three months, the coronavirus pan- volvement with the youth group at Heart, Denison Immaculate Concep- demic forced us to finish classes at the St. Patrick’s also had a big impact. tion, Zoar Holy Trinity, Columbus St. Josephinum online and delayed dioc- The strong faith life of the Domini- James the Less, Columbus Holy Name esan ordination ceremonies and my can friars who serve St. Patrick’s and and Columbus Christ the King churches first Mass as a priest for three weeks. the culture of vocations there had me and Parroquia Santa Cruz in Columbus. But it taught me a lot about trust in thinking of the priesthood more and He and classmate Father Michael God and to see the heart of the priest- more while wondering if I truly could Fulton spent nine weeks of Span- hood is serving Christ. be happy as a priest,” he said. ish-language immersion in Costa Rica “I really look forward to hearing “Right before my senior year at a few summers ago. That proved to be confessions and helping people over- St. Charles, I went to Catholic Youth useful at Father Keller’s most recent come their sins and to teaching and Summer Camp and met Father Don assignments, both of which were with preaching the Gospel. As a deacon, Franks (pastor of Dresden St. Ann congregations of significant Latino I’ve been able to do some preaching, and Mattingly Settlement St. Mary populations. Last summer, he was at but now I can give all my time and at- churches), but he didn’t push the Holy Name and Santa Cruz, which tention to the people of the parish I’ll subject. His kind and joyful witness worships at Holy Name Church and be assigned to,” Father Keller said. helped plant the seed of the priest- has offices across the street in the for- “I’m grateful to everyone I’ve received hood deeper in me. mer Holy Name School. During the help of any kind from at all my assign- “Then in a senior year theology school year, he served at Christ the ments. Without their assistance and with- Bishop Robert Brennan grasps the hands class at St. Charles, several diocesan King as a deacon. out the grace coming from their prayers, of Seth Keller during the Promise of the seminarians who now are diocesan “I’ve learned the beautiful, pure faith I wouldn’t have made it. Thanks for their Elect at the ordination Mass. priests visited, and I thought they so many people in the Latino commu- prayers, support and example.” CT photo by Ken Snow were pretty cool,” Father Keller said. “After high school, I still wasn’t sure about my vocation, so I spent the 2011-2012 academic year with NET Ministries (a Minnesota-based group of young people who travel the na- tion to share their Catholic faith with others). We led about 100 retreats for middle- and high-school students in the East. In that year, working with other young people in close quarters, I learned a lot about how to love peo- ple and the value of daily prayer. I was praying to St. Therese of Lisieux, and she helped me know I needed to enter the seminary. “I started to apply to the Josephi- num after NET but felt God was tell- ing me to wait a little longer, so I lived during the 2012-2013 school year at Ohio State University with St. Paul’s Outreach (an organization that evan- gelizes young people on college cam- puses),” he said. During that year, Father Keller was associate youth ministry director at Newark St. Francis de Sales Church. “I thought I might want to be a youth minister but realized that wasn’t what God was calling me to,” he said. “I learned you can have everything you want but know it’s not God’s will.” He entered the Josephinum in fall 2013. He also served as a Catholic June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 17 Three new priests, two deacons ordained to serve Church

The candidates for priestly ordination lie prostrate before the altar at St. Joseph Cathe- dral on Saturday, June 13 while Bishop Robert Brennan prays. CT photo by Ken Snow

Newly ordained Father Seth Keller concelebrates Mass for the first time as a priest at St. Joseph Cathedral. CT photo by Ken Snow

Deacon Stephen Ondrey, who was ordainied to the diaconate in May for the diocese at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts, proclaims the Gospel during the priestly ordination Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral. CT photo by Ken Snow

Bishop Robert Brennan lays hands on Frank Brown (left) and Michael Fulton as part of the rite of ordination to the priesthood. CT photos by Ken Snow

Compliments of DEE PRINTING, INC. 49994999 Transamerica Transamerica Drive Drive Columbus,Columbus, Ohio Ohio 43228 43228 777-8700 the Murnane Family Deacon Jacob Stinnett kneels before Bishop Robert Brennan during the Promise of the Specializing in Catholic Church Sunday bulletins and Elect at the diaconate ordination on Friday, June 12 at the Pontifical College Josephi- Serving Columbus Diocese and others since 1974 num’s St. Turibius Chapel. Stinnett was ordained a deacon for the Diocese of Columbus. CT photo by Ken Snow Catholic Times 18 June 21, 2020

Deacon Jacob Stinnett (left) stands with Deacon candidates Jacob Stinnett of the Diocese of Columbus and Emmanuel Ingabire of Bishop Robert Brennan lays hands on Bishop Robert Brennan in front of the al- the Diocese of Gikongoro, Rwanda, prostrate themselves before the altar at the Josephi- Emmanuel Ingabire, a seminarian at the tar after the diaconate ordination Mass in num’s St. Turibius Chapel during the ordination Mass to the diaconate while Bishop Rob- Pontifical College Josephinum from Rwan- St. Turibius Chapel at the Pontifical College ert Brennan prays to their right along with then-Deacon Seth Keller, who was ordained to da who is studying theology in preparation Josephinum on Friday, June 12. the priesthood the following day. CT photos by Ken Snow for ordination to the priesthood next year. Two deacons ordained at Josephinum By Tim Puet burg St. Pius X Church for the next deeply. You are sent into this world – Walk with God’s people, generously Catholic Times Reporter year in anticipation of being ordained not a world of our own construct, of sharing the joy, the hope, the grief, the by Bishop Brennan to the priesthood wishful thinking, but the real world, anguish of the people of our time, es- Deacon Jacob Stinnett of the Dio- next spring. a world in need of healing. Like the pecially those who are poor, who are cese of Columbus and Deacon Em- Deacon Ingabire, 30, attended three Risen Lord, we must be honest to be afflicted in any way. As deacons, bind manuel Ingabire of the Diocese of seminaries in Rwanda and was sent effective ministers, charting the path the wounds of one another and of the Gikongoro, Rwanda were ordained to to the Josephinum in 2017 to study of Christ in his Church. world with the salve of the Gospel of the diaconate by Bishop Robert Bren- theology. He has served at Colum- “We must be unwavering in our call Jesus Christ,” Bishop Brennan said. nan on Friday, June 12 in St. Turibius bus Holy Family Church and Picker- for the respect and dignity of every After the homily, the deacons pro- Chapel of the Pontifical College Jose- ington St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish human person in every stage of life. fessed their commitment to perpetual phinum, where both are students. and has given several presentations We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye celibacy, followed by their promise of They were to have been ordained on in the diocese on Marian apparitions to racism and exclusion in any form respect and obedience to the bishop Saturday, May 2, but the ceremony was in Rwanda. He anticipates being or- and claim to defend the sacredness of and his successors. Because they are delayed because all Catholic churches dained in his home diocese next year. human life. We condemn racism and unmarried, their promise to remain in Ohio were closed at that time as a The rite of ordination began after hatred and violence in all of its ugly celibate is a permanent one. Mar- result of the coronavirus pandemic. the Gospel reading and before the forms,” the bishop said. ried men also may serve as deacons, When the ordinations did occur, the homily, with Bishop Brennan calling “See for yourselves and help others and most deacons of the diocese are number of people attending the event the two deacon candidates forward. to see the divine image, the image and married. Those men must remain cel- was restricted because of the virus. They were declared ready for service likeness of God in every single soul. ibate if their wives precede them in Deacon Stinnett, 24, has complet- by Father Paul Noble, diocesan voca- With the insight of the Holy Spirit, we death. They need permission from the ed three years of theology studies at tions director, and the bishop accepted can be attentive to this and to so many church to remarry. the Josephinum. He is a member of the declaration. things, so much suffering by so many The promises the deacons made to Columbus Immaculate Conception “Well, it’s about time!” the bishop here and all around the world. Both of the bishop were followed by what, Church and a graduate of Columbus said in beginning his homily. “We you in your own ways and through your to many people, is the most visually St. Charles Preparatory School and have waited for this day and gone own influence have shown yourselves dramatic part of the ceremony, as they received a Bachelor of Arts degree in through Plan A, B and C, and I think to be powerful signs of conciliation, of lay face down in front of the bishop philosophy from the Josephinum. we’re somewhere around R and S, but service, bringing people together. while a cantor and the congregation During summer breaks, he served I’m so very happy that we are together “In looking at the wounds of the chanted the Litany of the Saints. They at Catholic Youth Summer Camp and here today.” world, we bring the peace and the rec- were formally consecrated as deacons Newark St. Francis de Sales, Hilliard The Scripture readings for the ordi- onciliation of Our Risen Lord. Con- through the bishop’s laying of hands St. Brendan the Navigator, Chillicothe nation Mass included the prophet Isa- templating his wounds, we see the on their heads, followed by his read- St. Peter, Washington Court House St. iah’s call from God and Jesus’ show- wounds of the world and we are ready ing of a prayer of consecration asking Colman of Cloyne and Waverly St. ing of his wounds to the Apostles on to bring about that healing, to chart a God to dedicate them to the service of Mary churches. the evening of his resurrection. new course,” Bishop Brennan said. the altar and the Word. He will continue his studies for the Bishop Brennan said both events “As deacons, you will walk with The bishop’s laying-on of hands is priesthood at the Josephinum and will occurred in tumultuous times, “and God’s people, standing in their midst a gesture based in Scripture and sig- serve the parishioners at Reynolds- today, the world is in tumult in so and listening deeply. Listen attentively, many ways. The world is wounded lovingly. Seek always to understand. See deacons, Page 19 June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 19 deacons, continued from Page 18 2020 Holy Father’s Peter’s Pence collection nifies the special conferral of the Holy came the deacons’ investiture with Spirit, which ordains men to service the stole and dalmatic, symbolic of Dear Brothers the need for help more considerable in Holy Orders. their ministry. They next were pre- and Sisters in and more urgent. Their ordinations mean they have sented with the Book of the Gospels, Christ, Through works of charity, the entered from the lay state of the church symbolizing their commitment to pro- Church provides a powerful witness of into the clerical state through the Sac- claiming God’s Word. Each year near love and deeds to empower the weak, rament of Holy Orders. The diaconate The ordination rite concluded with a the Solemn Feast the defenseless, and the voiceless. The is the first of the Catholic Church’s fraternal kiss of peace from the bish- of Sts. Peter and Church sustains those who suffer. three clerical orders, the others being op, who extended his greeting to the Paul, a weekend By participating in the appeal, we is designated as share in the concern of the successor priest and bishop. new deacons as a sign that they are Holy Father’s of Peter for the many different needs Many people say the new deacons co-workers in the church’s ministry. Collection, com- of the universal Church and for the made vows to the bishop, but “prom- The one-hour, 40-minute ceremony monly called relief of those most in need around the ises” is the more accurate theological then proceeded with the Liturgy of the “Peter’s Pence.” The collection in globe. We join with other Catholics in term because promises are made to Eucharist. our diocese will be taken on the week- a loving expression of solidarity. a person – in this case, the bishop – Their ordination means the deacons end of June 27 and 28. I ask you to contribute generously while vows are made directly to God. can baptize, assist a priest at Mass, This collection helps support the to this collection and I am grateful for Unlike members of religious orders, proclaim the Gospel and give homi- Holy Father’s relief programs which your generosity. Together, let us ask members of the diocesan clergy, in- lies, witness at marriages, preside at provide assistance to victims of war, the Lord to bless the Holy Father and cluding deacons, do not make a vow funeral vigils and graveside commit- oppression, and natural disasters us, as well as those in need through- or a promise of poverty. However, tal services and give certain blessings. around the world. These programs, out the world. they are expected to live a simple life- They cannot celebrate Mass, hear which are an expression of Christ’s style, without an excess of material confessions or anoint the sick until love for the poor, help more than one Sincerely yours in Christ, goods. being ordained as a priest. billion Catholics worldwide. Most Reverend Robert Brennan, DD After the prayer of consecration The coronavirus pandemic makes

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12th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A The Weekday Bible Readings 6/22-6/27 WEDNESDAY FRIDAY Cast aside your fear; Christ is here MONDAY Isaiah 49:1-6 2 Kings 25:1-12 Jeremiah 20:10–13 2 Kings 17:5-8 Psalm 139:1b-3,13-15 Psalm 137:1-6 Psalm 69:8–10, 14, 17, 33–35 F ather Timothy Psalm 60:3-5,12-13 Acts 13:22-26 Matthew 8:1-4 Romans 5:12–15 Matthew 7:1-5 Luke 1:57-66,80 Hayes SATURDAY Matthew 10:26–33 TUESDAY THURSDAY Lamentations 2:2,10-14,18- Father Timothy M. Hayes is pastor of Colum- 2 Kings 19:9b-11,14-21,31-35a,36 2 Kings 24:8-17 19 During this time of the coronavirus, bus St. Timothy Church. Psalm 48:2-4,10-11 Psalm 79:1b-5,8-9 Psalm 74:1b-7,20-21 we have all been isolated due to the Matthew 7:6,12-14 Matthew 7:21-29 Matthew 8:5-17 necessity of preventing the spread of Christ is the new Adam: He is the human being as God intended us 6/29-7/4 WEDNESDAY FRIDAY the disease. Fear has been awakened MONDAY Amos 5:14-15,21-24 Ephesians 2:19-22 in many and even as we return to life to be. What He has done changes Acts 12:1-11 Psalm 50:7-13,16b-17 Psalm 117:1b-2 everything. The invitation Jesus offers Psalm 34:2-9 together, we still find that this emotion 2 Timothy 4:6-8,17-18 Matthew 8:28-34 John 20:24-29 casts its shadow on us. Nature has a us is to stand with Him. We do this by Matthew 16:13-19 Matthew 11:25-30 way of grounding us in another way standing with one another in spite of THURSDAY our sense of isolation and of fear of TUESDAY Amos 7:10-17 SATURDAY of seeing things. Its beauty and the Amos 3:1-8;4:11-12 Psalm 19:8-11 Amos 9:11-15 sheer abundance of signs that new what is to come. Psalm 5:4b-8 Matthew 9:1-8 Psalm 85:9ab,10-14 life is possible can draw us out of our The exercise of freedom is not to do Matthew 8:23-27 Matthew 9:14-17 isolation. “whatever we want.” Rather, it is to Jesus cries out to us: “You are worth put into practice what truly makes us Diocesan Weekly Radio and Television more than many sparrows. … Fear no human. Mass Schedule: WEEKs OF June 22 & 29, 2020 one!” We are created in the image and Sunday Mass Angels Monastery, Birmingham, , Ada, Logan, Millersburg, Trust in the Lord is a challenge likeness of God: 10:30 a.m. Mass from Ala., at 8 a.m. on EWTN Murray City, Washington C.H.; sometimes because we take our eyes • We have intellect – we can Columbus (Spectrum Channel 385, Insight Channel 125, Marion, Newark, off His face and look at ourselves or at know things; not everything, St. Joseph Cathedral on St. Channel 382, or WOW Channel Newcomerstown and New the world around us in its brokenness. but enough to be sure that God Gabriel Radio (AM 820), 378). (Encores at noon, 7 p.m., Philadelphia; Channel 207, takes care of His world. Columbus, and at www. and midnight). Zanesville). We are confused by partial sight that stgabrielradio.com. leaves out hope. In one glance at the • We have memory – we can Mass from the Archdiocese of 8 p.m., St. Gabriel Radio (AM beauty of natural life around us and take in our environment and 10:30 a.m. Mass from Milwaukee at 6:30 a.m. on ION 820), Columbus, and at www. at our relationship with God Himself, gather into ourselves all the Portsmouth St. Mary Church TV (AT&T U-verse Channel stgabrielradio.com. we can see that grace overflows. All truth and beauty of creation that on St. Gabriel Radio (FM 88.3), 195, Dish Network Channel surrounds us; we can discover Portsmouth. 250, or DirecTV Channel 305). Videos of Masses are available it takes for God to “get in” is for us to at any time on the internet at allow just a little bit of room for grace. reasons for hope, realizing that Mass with the Passionist Mass from Massillon St. Mary these parish websites: Mattingly We can be like Jeremiah, hearing God has always been with us Fathers at 7:30 a.m. on Church at 10:30 a.m. on WILB Settlement St. Mary (www. what other say about us, becoming and will care for us just as He WWHO-TV (the CW), Channel radio (AM 1060, FM 94.5 stannstmary,org); Columbus St. fearful because of plots against us. does for the sparrow. 53, Columbus and 10:30 and 89.5), Canton, heard in Patrick (www.stpatrickcolumbus. Yet, the truth is that God’s love casts • We have a will of our own – we a.m. on WHIZ-TV, Channel Tuscarawas, Holmes, and org); Delaware St. Mary (www. can choose the good who is 18, Zanesville. Mass from St. Coshocton counties. delawarestmary,org); and out fear. We will either overcome the Francis de Sales Seminary, Sunbury St. John Neumann world or we will be strengthened to God. Here is where we are most Milwaukee, at 10 a.m. on Daily Mass (www.saintjohnsunbury.org). endure whatever comes. “like God.” It is our will that WWHO-TV. Check local cable 8 a.m., Our Lady of the Angels Trust in the Lord means acknowl- has the capacity to receive and system for cable channel Monastery in Birmingham, Ala. We pray Weeks IV and I , edging our weakness and fear and live in the very love of God. listing. (Encores at noon, 7 p.m. and Seasonal Proper, Liturgy of midnight). See EWTN above; the Hours. trudging along anyway. We may say Mass from Our Lady of the and on I-Lifetv (Channel 113 to ourselves: “I can’t do this!” We All of this calls us to cast aside may be right about that. Then we our fear and to live in the security of realize that God can do whatever it is knowing who we are in God. If we He will acknowledge us before His We are worth many sparrows – we in us. stand with Jesus and for Jesus now, Father and we will share eternity, the will live forever! life of God with Him. 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A The heart of the matter is that God ourselves to new ways of seeing and wants everything we are: body, mind thinking. A connection is made be- and spirit. The world tries to set other tween Heaven and Earth through the Put God first in your life priorities. “Looking out for number way we relate to God, to one another one” is not about putting God first. and to the world. 2 Kings 4:8–11, 14–16a throw up our hands and to let go of “What is in it for me?” gets in the Jesus tells us that when we are Ps. 89:2–3, 16–17, 18–19 all responsibility. way of a real spirit of cooperation accepted for who we are, as His Romans 6:3–4, 8–11 Christ calls us to respond differ- with God’s plan for us. disciples, we bring God to others: Matthew 10:37–42 ently. We can train ourselves to put Life is paradoxical. When we see “Whoever receives you receives Me, first things first, setting priorities. things through the eyes of Jesus and whoever receives Me receives Life throws many challenges at According to the Scriptures and the Christ, death leads to true life; loss the One who sent Me.” us. Sometimes it is not at all easy to teachings of our Church, these prior- is gain. The cross alone is the path to When we receive a prophet, we determine the right course of action ities have a hierarchy: God is first. If Resurrection. stand a chance of becoming prophet- to take. In these times, especially, you are married, then your spouse is Rewards flow from getting this ic; when we accept a holy person, there are such conflicting calls for first after God. Then come children right and putting the paradox into holiness becomes ours. When we response. The temptation is to allow and the rest of the family, followed practice through our own choices. receive another in the name of Christ, our first reactions to dominate and by work and our own pursuits and Responding to the pains and hurts of to fail to make choices. We want to hobbies, etc. other and to the failures of our past efforts, we pray and fast, opening See god first, Page 21 June 21, 2020 Catholic Times 21

SHELDON, Gregory T., 55, May 29 WEISER, Robert, 88, May 26 Pray for our dead St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville SHULTS, Samuel, 75, May 29 WILLIAMS, Thomas J., 93, June 7 ADORNETTO, Karen (Turner), 90, May HAVILAND, Gisela (Kastner), 78, June 5 St. Luke Church, Danville 28 St. Mary Church, Marion St. Matthew Church, Gahanna St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville SLANE, Stephen, 53, June 9 WIMER, Rita J. (Nold), 90, June 7 HEINZENBERGER, Carole M., 81, May 27 St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington ARMSTRONG, Peter J., 76, May 30 St. Christopher Church, Columbus St. Leonard Church, Heath St. Paul Church, Westerville SNOKE, Dennis L., 75, June 4 WRENN, Mary J. (Mulchaey), 76, June KRUMENACKER, James R., 69, June 2 St. Mary Church, Lancaster COUREY, Catherine (Simon), 102, of St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin 9 St. John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester Columbus, May 29 STONE Laura (Cecil), 50, June 8 Immaculate Conception Church, Clarks- LA VALLEY, Bertha L. (Tarasewicz), 100, May St. Joseph Church, Dover burg, W.Va. 21 WULLIGER, Maria M. (Maier), 86, June St. Anthony Church, Columbus THOMPSON, Jeannette “Jean,” 96, May 1 DeMATTEIS, Christine E. (Borghese), 96, May 29 St. Catharine Church, Columbus 29 MALONEY, Margaret E. (Phillips), 88, May St. Catharine Church, Columbus St. Christopher Church, Columbus 29 ZIMMERMAN, Mary Jo (Montes), 95, June St. James the Less Church, Columbus VERDI, Lena E. (Van Sadres), 93, June 10 8 DINOVO, Mona C., 78, June 1 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Grove City St. John the Baptist Church, Columbus St. Paul Church, Westerville MARSTRELLI, Irene, 96, May 29 Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison DONNELLY, Robert C., 84, June 2 Heidi M. Detty Christ the King Church, Columbus MASELLI, Francis R., 79, May 22 St. Paul Church, Westerville Funeral Mass will be celebrated at san Council of Catholic Women as DUNN, Grace M. (Giallombardo), 85, June Columbus St. Cecilia Church on a secretary in 2008 and 2009 and held 2 MEGLEN, Mary (Dale), 95, June 8 date to be determined for Heidi M. administrative professional positions St. Mary Church, Marion Corpus Christi Church, Columbus Detty, 57, who died Thursday, June 4. in the insurance, banking and medical Burial will be at Grand Prairie Ceme- industries. She also was as a substitute DUSTERBERG, Robert “Rod,” 81, May MILLER, Shirley, 83, June 7 29 Corpus Christi Church, Columbus tery, Marion. teacher for the South-Western City Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus She was born in Marion on Feb. 24, Schools, received certification as a PRICE, Nancy A. (O’Connell), 70, June 1963 to the late Donald and Jeannette paralegal, working for a law firm, and ENAMA, Kathy (Ocel), 65, May 9 3 (Sears) Brewer, was a graduate of was a Meals on Wheels volunteer for Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Pickerington Buckeye Valley High School and re- 21 years. ceived a Bachelor of Science degree Survivors include her husband, Da- FRANTZ, Wendy M., 50, June 4 ROWE, Charles E., 51, June 8 from Ohio State University. vid; daughter, Chelsea Mondesir; broth- Our Lady of Perpetual elp Help Church, St. Leonard Church, Heath She was employed by the Dioce- er, Max (Susan) and sister, Debbie. Grove City RYWALSKI, Virginia (Speakman), 93, FRASURE, Bernadine (Ucker), 95, May 31 formerly of Columbus, June 8 St. John Church, Logan St. Clement Church, Toledo Suzanne M. Wehinger Funeral Mass for Suzanne M. We- U.S. Department of Education’s Blue GALLICK, Rita A., 99, June 4 SAMUEL, Donald E., 88, June 2 hinger, 86, who died Wednesday, May Ribbon award for the 1993-1994 ac- Holy Spirit Church, Columbus St. Catharine Church, Columbus 27, was celebrated Monday, June 1 at ademic year. She also served as or- Columbus St. Andrew Church. Burial ganist for many years at Columbus St. GRAVENESE, Marie (Marzella), 88, May 29 SANTOS, Natividad O., 89, May 25 St. Andrew Church, Columbus St. James the Less Church, Columbus was at Resurrection Cemetery, Lewis Thomas Church. Center. She was preceded in death by her HATEM, Peter G., 87, May 21 SCHOTT, John, 87, May 28 She was born on Jan. 21, 1934 to parents; husband, Robert; daughter, St. Philip Church, Columbus St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville Daniel and Alma Hartnett and re- Kathryn Lorraine; and brothers, Wil- ceived a Bachelor of Science degree liam and Thomas. Survivors include god first, continued from Page 20 from Marquette University in 1955 sons, Mark (Patricia); Michael (Mar- and a Master of Education degree garet); daughters, Stephanie (Ste- Christ lives in us. discover that we have been received from Xavier University in 1981. phen) Isaacs, Shelley (Brian) Keith Welcome of what God is doing for and we are loved. She was a teacher and principal at and Christine; brother, Daniel (Mary); us through others who respond to Our own ability to love grows. We Columbus Immaculate Conception one grandson; three granddaughters; their own call brings a correspond- are stretched. We are baptized into School from 1978 to 1999. While she and one great-grandson. ing reward. When we are able to Christ’s death so that we might live a was principal, the school received the acknowledge the presence of Christ new life. We are dead to sin, but alive in every other person we encounter for God in Christ Jesus. – the one who speaks in God’s name We discover that simple ges- Martha A. “Marty” Weiler (the prophet), the one whose witness tures have the power to bring about Funeral Mass for Martha A. “Mar- Medal Church for more than 30 years is clear and true (the righteous per- something far better than we could ty” Wiler, 91, who died Saturday, May after being employed by the Ohio Bell son), the one who has no power but have planned. In these strange times, 23, was celebrated Wednesday, June 3 Telephone Co. for 27 years. She was is open and vulnerable (the little one may we continue to be willing to at Columbus St. Philip Church. Burial a member of the Our Lady of the Mi- who is a disciple) – we are truly in a accept the paradoxes of life and to was at St. Joseph Cemetery, Colum- raculous Medal 50-Plus Club and the living relationship with the Lord. be open to the good that He so freely bus. Telephone Pioneers of America. Think about all that we are doing in offers through others, so that we may She was born on Oct. 2, 1928 in Co- She was preceded in death by her response to the troubles of our times. receive the reward God has in store lumbus to Ralph and Mildred (Cullen) parents; husband, James; daughter, In spite of our fears and doubts, we for us. Elk. Melinda Dailey; and brothers, John open our hearts to one another. We Let us forever sing the goodness of She was the parish secretary at Co- and James. Survivors include a son, let down our defenses. Suddenly we the Lord. lumbus Our Lady of the Miraculous Herbie, and two grandsons. Catholic Times 22 June 21, 2020 God’s grace can lead to joyful union By Stephanie Rapp teaching and sharing practical guidance both of you. You become aware that ing, suffering and repairing. Here, he for living it out. Through honest story- this Love is seeking to make you bet- provides couples with wisdom for the and Catherine Suprenant telling and real-life examples, he demon- ter people, holier people, in service “dark nights” of doubt or dryness that Living the Mystery of Marriage: Build- strates that a holy, joy-filled marriage is to each other. You become aware that they might feel in their relationship. ing Your Sacramental Life Together truly attainable with the Lord’s grace. the love you share with each other as However, he also tells couples that Perry J. Cahall Living the Mystery of Marriage is spouses is a ray of Christ’s love that practicing a spirituality of marital ten-

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Pictured are some of the members of the Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School Class of 2020 who gathered for a final time as a class at the senior banquet in the Walter Student Commons on Sunday, June 7. Bishop Robert Brennan and diocesan school Su- perintendent Adam Dufault were special guests. Seniors receiving special awards were: Sedric Granger Jr., Principal’s Award for outstanding service to school and community and Bishop Herrmann Service Award; Noah Kuhr, Bishop Fulcher Memorial Award for excel- lence in creative writing, drama, journalism, the visual arts or music; Finn O’Reilly, Msgr. Father Thomas Petry, Columbus St. Anthony Church pastor, participated in a drive-by Paul O’Dea Latin Award; Andrew Sarff, Father Charles Jackson Leadership Medal. birthday parade for St Anthony School eighth-grade student Jessica Salyer and decorated Photo courtesy St. Charles Preparatory School his car with a sign. Photo courtesy St. Anthony Church St. Bernadette car parade Public Masses resume

Lancaster St. Bernadette School, which has students from preschool to fifth grade, hosted a car parade as a send-off for its fifth-graders on what would have been their last day of Roped-off pews to maintain social distancing on Sunday, June 7 at Columbus St. Mary, school had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic. Families decorated their cars, held Mother of God Church in German Village are signs of the times during the COVID-19 signs and sounded car horns as they drove the vehicles around the lot to salute the fifth- pandemic. Public Masses have resumed throughout the diocese while safety precautions grade class and the school’s teachers. Photo courtesy St. Bernadette School remain in place to help avoid spreading the virus. Photo courtesy John Rees

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Board Resolution of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Diocesan Council of Columbus

In Recognition and appreciation for distinguished service by Pat Summers

WHEREAS, PAT SUMMERS has faithfully and with honor, integrity and great distinction served The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Diocesan Council of Columbus in her capacity as Administrative Assistant for over 33 years;

WHEREAS, PAT SUMMERS has provided loyal and diligent assistance, counsel, and advice to seven Council Presidents as well as hundreds of Conference Presidents;

WHEREAS, PAT SUMMERS has always been mindful of the mission and ministry of the Society in providing for the needs and dignity of the many thousands of persons served over those years; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that we, the Board of Directors of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Diocesan Council of Columbus, formally acknowledge and extend our profound appreciation to PAT SUMMERS for her many years of service to the Society, its leaders and those served; and

RESOLVED further that this Resolution be promulgated to all Diocesan Council of Columbus Vincentians and all Diocesan Personnel with whom she worked on a daily basis.

Warren Wright President