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CriterionOnline.com July 3, 2020 Vol. LX, No. 38 75¢ Court strikes ‘We find strength in Christ’ down abortion law; rules tax- credit program can’t exclude religious schools WASHINGTON (CNS)—In a 5-4 ruling on June 29, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. A day later, in another 5-4 ruling, the high court ruled that states cannot bar tax-credit from funding scholarships that would allow children to attend religiously- affiliated schools. On June 29, the court ruled in June Chief Justice John Medical Services v. Roberts Russo that the Louisiana law was “similar to, nearly identical with” a law in Texas that the court four years ago found to be an unconstitutional burden to women seeking abortion. Justice Stephen Breyer, who Dabrice Bartet, a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, carries an urn containing chrism oil during the June 29 celebration of the annual wrote the majority opinion, was joined in archdiocesan chrism Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) it by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. In the June Medical case, Breyer said the Louisiana law was unconstitutional because it posed a “substantial obstacle” for women Catholics from across archdiocese gather seeking abortions while providing “no significant health-related benefits.” for chrism Mass delayed by pandemic The Texas case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, struck down the law with a By Sean Gallagher in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in the postponed because of the pandemic. different bench without Justices Neil Gorsuch celebration of the archdiocese’s annual Measures were taken during the and Brett Kavanaugh. The court said the The coronavirus pandemic forced chrism Mass, the liturgy in which June 29 liturgy to protect against the requirements imposed on abortion providers— the suspension of the public celebration priests renew their ordination promises spread of the virus. Facemasks were to have hospital admitting privileges—put of the Mass and other sacraments in and oils are blessed that are used in common in the congregation limited “a substantial burden” on women who Indiana for 10 weeks this spring. several sacraments and in the dedication to priests and parish life coordinators were seeking abortions and the law wasn’t But the importance of the Church’s of churches and altars. serving in central and southern Indiana necessary to protect women’s health. sacramental ministry—and its witness In his homily during the Mass, and representatives of deacons, In the Louisiana case, Chief Justice John to Gospel values in a broken world Archbishop Charles C. Thompson said seminarians, religious and lay Catholics Roberts filed an opinion concurring in the marked by injustice—remained the liturgy was “a celebration of divine of the archdiocese. judgment of the four justices voting to strike unchanged. grace continuing to remain at work in During the pandemic, Archbishop down this law even though four years ago, The steadfastness of the Church’s our midst.” Thompson celebrated many liturgies he joined the dissenting opinion in the Texas ministry in the face of a worldwide Originally scheduled for April 7, in an empty cathedral for videos that decision. Last year, he sided with the justices pandemic was displayed on June 29 the Tuesday of Holy Week, it was See CHRISM, page 7 who agreed to stop the Louisiana law from See ABORTION, page 7 Knowing history, remembering God’s truth are essential to rooting out racism (Editor’s note: The following public consciousness and conscience to the point the issue can article is one in a series no longer be ignored. called “Racism and Religion” But how is it to be eradicated? How does American society that will run periodically in reverse a concept embedded in its culture since the first The Criterion regarding African slaves arrived in the “new world”? methods to address and There is no simple answer. eradicate all forms of racism But St. Joseph Sister Gail Trippett has in light of Catholic teaching, spent years reading on the topic—and and efforts underway living its reality. in parishes, through Through her research and lived archdiocesan offices and experience, she sees two necessary steps by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to move toward beginning the process of rooting toward a society without the sin of racism.) out racism: knowing the past and applying the faith. By Natalie Hoefer Sr. Gail Trippett, CSJ “A whole misrepresentation of God has been accepted,” says Sister Gail, parish life Since the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis coordinator for Holy Angels and St. Rita parishes in Indianapolis. policeman, protests for racial justice have swept the nation. “It has changed and formed our society and its thinking. And The reality and injustice of systemic racism have risen in See RACISM, page 11 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2020

Supreme Court allows federal Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson executions to move forward ______By Natalie Hoefer conception to natural death.” July 22-23, 2020 He noted that “the grave criminal acts The United States Supreme Court for which those on ‘death row’ have been July 22 – 2 p.m. CDT July 22 – 2 p.m. CDT justices voted 7-2 on June 29 to reject found guilty of committing can never be Installation of Belleville, Ill., bishop- Installation of Peoria, Ill., coadjutor an appeal filed on behalf of four federal overlooked, diminished or forgotten.” elect Michael G. McGovern at bishop-elect Louis Tylka at Cathedral death row inmates, whose rescheduled But, he continued, “The taking of life, no Cathedral of Saint Peter in Belleville. of St. Mary of the Immaculate executions were announced on June 15. matter how ‘sanitary’ or ‘humane,’ is always Conception in Peoria. The executions of Daniel Lewis an act of violence. … I make this plea Lee, Wesley Ira Purkey and Dustin Lee against the death penalty out of ultimate Honken are set to take place on July 13, concern for the eternal soul of humanity.” 15 and 17, respectively. The execution of Five federal executions were originally of Danny Lee … is not what I want solemn vigil” at or near the intersection Keith Dwayne Nelson is set for Aug. 28. slated to take place at the FCC in and would bring my family more pain,” of State Road 63 and Justice Drive in The executions will take place at December 2019 and January 2020. One she wrote, stating his execution would Terre Haute immediately prior to each the Federal Correctional Facility (FCC) inmate received a stay of execution, “dishonor the memory” of her daughter execution. in Terre Haute, which falls within while lawyers for the other four inmates and granddaughter. The group is also the boundaries of the Archdiocese of challenged a new protocol for the Additionally, lawyers for Purkey planning a gathering Indianapolis. executions. The appeal resulted in a requested a stay for his execution, declaring in Terre Haute on Archbishop Charles preliminary injunction. in a June 23 statement that his progressed July 12 (specific C. Thompson’s In April, an appeals court overruled the Alzheimer’s disease prevents him from details were not reaction to news of preliminary injunction, thus allowing for understanding why he is being executed. available at the time the failed petition the rescheduling of the executions. Nevertheless, Providence Sister The Criterion went to corresponds with the The inmates’ lawyers then filed a cert Barbara Battista, who serves as Justice press on June 30). tone of a statement petition (petition of writ of certiorari) Promoter for the Sisters of Providence “All concerned he issued on June 18. with the Supreme Court seeking to have of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, said the persons are invited to In the statement he the high court hear an appeal of the lower likelihood of the executions occurring is Deacon Steven join us in standing up quoted paragraph 2267 court ruling. It is this petition the justices “very likely, as I see it.” Gretencord for justice and to say of the Catechism of denied on June 29. Deacon Steven Gretencord, who ‘no, not in our name,’ ” Archbishop Charles the Catholic Church According to an Associated Press ministers to inmates on death row at the Sister Barbara said. “We cannot let this C. Thompson regarding the death report, lawyers representing the inmates FCC, agreed, saying, “The only thing that heinous act go unnoticed.” penalty. are separately asking a federal judge in would stop [the executions] now would be “The death penalty is inadmissible Washington to issue a new injunction on President Trump.” (For more information on the July 12 and because it is an attack on the inviolability the executions based on other unresolved Deacon Gretencord admitted being “a other gatherings, as well as details on the and dignity of the person,” the paragraph, legal issues. little surprised,” at the Supreme Court’s solemn vigils before each execution, go revised by Pope Francis in 2018, states. Earlene Peterson put out a personal decision. “I thought the courts would be to www.facebook.com/terrehautedpr or “The basis of this revision is consistent plea to the president on June 25 to “grant rethinking the value—or lack of value—of www.facebook.com/deathpenaltyaction. with the teachings of the last three clemency” to Lee, who will be executed execution in the criminal justice system. To sign a joint statement to U.S. Attorney popes,” Archbishop Thompson said in the for the murder of her daughter and I’m surprised in a very sad way.” General William Barr and President statement. “The Church has consistently granddaughter. The Terre Haute Death Penalty Donald J. Trump in opposition to the held up the dignity of the person and “I pray that [the president] will hear Resistance group, of which Sister Barbara resumption of federal executions, go to sacredness of life from the moment of my message: the scheduled execution is a member, plans on gathering “in bit.ly/3eJn0P1.) † There’s no true love without the cross, Pope Francis says in Angelus VATICAN CITY (CNS)—True love is In his address, the pope reflected on The pope said that Christ’s words are a corruption in governments come about not defined by preserving one’s personal the Sunday Gospel reading from call for his disciples “to take the demands precisely because love for the family is interests but by willingness to sacrifice St. Matthew, in which Jesus tells his of the Gospel seriously, even when that greater than love for one’s country, and so oneself for the good of others, Pope disciples that whoever loves father, requires sacrifice and effort.” they place family members in office,” he Francis said. mother, son or daughter “more than me is Jesus’ words of caution to those who said. In order to follow Christ’s call to take not worthy of me” (Mt 10:37). love their families more than him are not Instead, when love for parents or up the cross and follow him, Christians Whoever “does not take up his cross meant “to undervalue love for parents and children is “inspired and purified” by must take the same path he did “without and follow after me is not worthy of me. children,” but instead serve as a warning one’s love for Jesus, “it then becomes looking for shortcuts,” the pope said on Whoever finds his life will lose it, and that family ties, “if put in first place, can totally fruitful and produces fruit for June 28 before praying the Angelus with whoever loses his life for my sake will deviate from the true good.” the good of the family itself as well as pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. find it,” Jesus said (Mt 10:38-39). “We see this [when] some forms of beyond it,” the pope said. † “There is no true love without the cross, that is, without a personal price to pay,” he said. “And when borne with Rev. Henry F. Tully, pastor of Rev. Stephen W. Giannini, pastor of Jesus, the cross is not scary because he Official St. Michael Parish in Charlestown and SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi Parish in is always at our side to support us in the St. Francis Xavier Parish in Henryville, Greenwood, appointed pastor of hour of the most difficult trial, to give us Appointments granted permission to retire from active St. Martin of Tours Parish in Martinsville, strength and courage. Nor is it necessary Effective August 5, 2020 ministry. while remaining pastor of SS. Francis and to get agitated to preserve one’s own life Clare of Assisi Parish. through fearful or egotistical behavior.” Rev. Varghese Maliakkal, pastor of Rev. Adam L. Ahern, returning Sacred Heart Parish in Clinton and from deployment as Catholic chaplain, Rev. Jeyaseelan Sengolraj, parochial St. Joseph Parish in Rockville, appointed Indiana Army National Guard, appointed vicar of SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in administrator of St. Michael Parish in Parish in Greenwood, appointed parochial Faith Alive! Indianapolis. Charlestown and St. Francis Xavier Parish vicar of St. Martin of Tours Parish in in Henryville. Martinsville, while remaining parochial takes vacation Rev. Joby Abraham Puthussery, vicar of SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi The weekly Faith Alive! religious parochial vicar of St. Luke the Evangelist Rev. Jegan Peter, administrator of Parish. education feature, produced by Parish in Indianapolis, appointed St. Martin of Tours Parish in Martinsville, Catholic News Service, takes its administrator of Sacred Heart Parish appointed administrator of St. Vincent (These appointments are from the office annual break from now until Sept. 4. in Clinton and St. Joseph Parish in de Paul Parish in Bedford and St. Mary of the Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, Rockville. Parish in Mitchell. Archbishop of Indianapolis.) †

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She did a lot for degree at Marian University and a us in the time to come.” the local and broader Church community.” master’s degree and doctorate at St. Louis Franciscan Sister Norma Rocklage, a In her decades of ministry at Marian, Marlene Dotson, president and University in St. Louis. member of the Congregation of the Third Sister Norma led the effort for Marian CEO of the Indiana Latino Institute in Before serving at Marian, she taught Order of the Sisters to help people in need receive a college Indianapolis, appreciates how Sister at St. Mary School in North Vernon from of St. Francis in education—from veterans in the 1970s Norma was an advocate for Hispanics in 1953-56 and at a Catholic grade school in Oldenburg, died to children of undocumented immigrants higher education in more recent years. Missouri. on June 22 at in more recent years. She also led a “She had a great affinity for the Latino Sister Norma’s service at Marian began St. Vincent Hospital partnership between Marian and the community,” Dotson said. “She welcomed in 1965, teaching classical languages from in Indianapolis. She archdiocese—the Indiana Catholic all Latinos to the Marian experience with 1965-74 and serving as dean of academic was 86. Principals Institute (ICPI)—to offer wide arms and an open heart.” affairs from 1970-74. While she continued Visitations were held spiritual formation to Catholic school Like Elsener, Dotson believes that to serve on Marian’s board of trustees after at Marian University in administrators across the state. Sister Norma’s legacy will continue in the that, she returned to Oldenburg in 1974 Indianapolis, where she “Sister Norma’s fingerprints are all over years to come. and ministered there at different periods as Sister Norma served for more than that,” said Marian president Daniel Elsener. “She planted the seed, and the fruits a councilor (a member of the community’s Rocklage, O.S.F. 40 years, and at her “She might be gone from this world, but the of that seed are seen today, and we will leadership team) and director of novices. order’s motherhouse work continues on, because she was a good continue to see them for years to come,” Sister Norma returned to Marian as in Oldenburg before she was buried at the steward. Her spirit of generosity will live Dotson said. vice president for mission effectiveness in sisters’ cemetery. on, not only in her individual legacy, but in Although Sister Norma was involved in 1989, a position she held until 2004. She Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the institution of Marian University and the a wide array of initiatives at Marian and then served at the university from 2005- a memorial Mass for Sister Norma will be Sisters of St. Francis of Oldenburg.” in the broader Church and community, she 19 as executive director of formation and celebrated at a later date. Archdiocesan chancellor Annette said in an interview with The Criterion outreach before retiring to her order’s Franciscan Sister Christa Franzer, who “Mickey” Lentz worked closely for last fall that it was all ultimately rooted in motherhouse in July 2019. leads the Oldenburg Franciscans as the decades with Sister Norma, whom she her Franciscan calling. She is survived by Mercy Sister Mary community’s congregational minister, said described as a “dear friend.” “To be a Franciscan is to be interested Roch Rocklage of St. Louis, Dee Schantz Sister Norma embodied the Franciscan Lentz said the ICPI, beginning in 1989, in community and deep relationships,” of Gresham, Ore., Joseph Rocklage of calling well and shared it with countless provided critical spiritual formation to lay she said. “I felt that when you’re around St. Louis, and Aloysius Rocklage of people. Catholic school principals at a time when people, it’s not so much what you say, it’s Rosemount, Mo. “Sister Norma and Saints Francis and they were taking over that role in many that you’re with them and being open to Memorial contributions may be made Clare were kindred spirits—living lives schools which religious sisters had previously receive from them.” to the Sisters of St. Francis, of simplicity, joy, commitment to peace led. Educators from all five dioceses in the Mary Ann Rocklage was born on July PO Box 100, Oldenburg, IN, 47036 and justice, respect for each individual, state participated in the program. 18, 1933, in St. Louis. She entered the (www.OldenburgFranciscans.org), or and care of creation,” said Sister Christa. “She was the catalyst,” Lentz said. “She Oldenburg Franciscans on Sept. 8, 1951, to the Sister Norma Rocklage, OSF “Norma’s Franciscan spirit has impacted led it all the way through. She really was and professed final vows on Aug. 12, 1957. Endowed Diversity Scholarship at thousands of people during her lifetime; an integral part of our Catholic education Sister Norma earned a bachelor’s Marian University. † Judge blocks limits that NYC mayor and NY’s governor put on religious gatherings ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS)—A federal state’s social-distancing requirements, the gatherings’ was no longer necessary to which was an exemption to the 10- or judge on June 26 blocked New York government cannot enforce any limitation ‘save lives,’ ” Ferrara added. “Yet they 25-person limits for other outdoor City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York for outdoor gatherings. were continuing to ban high school gatherings, such as religious worship. Gov. Andrew Cuomo from enforcing The plaintiffs were two Catholic priests graduations and other outdoor gatherings “There is nothing materially different state restrictions on outdoor and indoor from upstate New York, Fathers Steven exceeding a mere 25 people.” about a graduation ceremony and a religious religious gatherings that are stricter than Soos and Nicholas Stamos, members of Cuomo later increased the crowd gathering such that defendants’ justifications those imposed on comparable secular the Society of St. Pius X, which is not capacity for outdoor, in-person graduation for a difference in treatment can be found gatherings, such as the ongoing protests in full communion with the Church, and ceremonies to no more than 150 people, compelling,” the judge wrote. † over racial injustice. three Orthodox Jewish congregants from In his injunction, Senior Judge Gary Brooklyn, New York. They all argued the L. Sharpe of the U.S. District Court for size limits violated their First Amendment the Northern District of New York in rights to practice their religion. Albany ruled that de Blasio, Cuomo and For their part, the two priests said that New York Attorney General Letitia James under the restrictions they either had to could not enforce any indoor gathering turn away parishioners who wished to limitations against plaintiffs greater than attend Mass “or to hold more Masses per GOD’S WORK those imposed on various businesses day than are possible.” during the state’s Phase 2 plan for Thomas More Society special counsel through reopening as the pandemic subsides. Christopher Ferrara, an attorney for the In his order, Sharpe noted that offices, plaintiffs, said in a statement that Sharpe OUR HANDS retail stores, salons and restaurants—all now “was able to see through the sham of permitted to open at 50 percent capacity Gov. 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Opinion Reflection/John Shaughnessy The breath of life that all Americans share Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher As the gym pulsed with tension and him, helping to push his car to the starting Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus passion in the closing seconds of a line of the GEICO 500 in Talladega, one-point game, the two women stood Ala. And while an FBI investigation side by side, yelling determined that the noose wasn’t intended and praying for their for Wallace, the display of unity for him Editorial basketball team endures. So do the words of the winner of to make one last that race, Ryan Blaney. defensive stop to seal “He’s really strong,” Blaney said about the win. Wallace after the race. “I wanted to show When the game my support for my best friend. He’s just ended—with their been someone I’ve really, really loved for pleas and their prayers a long time, and I’m gonna support him answered—the two 100 percent along the way for many years women hugged. to come. I hope a lot of people will look And as the gym slowly emptied, they at that and learn from everyone coming sat together, continuing a 30-year-long together and supporting each other. That’s conversation about their children, their what it’s gonna take to make things grandchildren and life, a conversation that better.” began when their first-born sons became At the same time, there’s another fast friends in a Catholic grade school. essential element needed for change at In today’s simmering social climate in this point in our country’s history. It’s our country, perhaps it should be noted a necessity shared by Daelin Hayes, a that one of the women is black and the student-athlete on the football team at the other is white. Still, they see each other University of Notre Dame. Hayes believes more deeply through their bonds as wives, change will come when people use the mothers, grandmothers, Catholics and gifts God has given them to help shape a Sun shines behind a statue of Christ on a grave marker alongside an American flag at friends who would be there for each other world where we recognize God’s presence St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Appleton, Wis., in this 2018 photo. (CNS photo/Bradley Birkholz) in a heartbeat. in each other. Their friendship was the first one I Hayes shared that belief in an thought of when I recently came across impassioned talk he gave during a these words from Dr. Martin Luther peaceful, prayer-filled walk and rally on King, Jr.: “I am convinced that men Notre Dame’s campus on June 19. The The patriotism of hate each other because they fear each rally was in celebration of Juneteenth, other. They fear each other because they which commemorates the end of slavery don’t know each other, and they don’t in America 155 years ago. American Catholics know each other because they don’t “Not only does [God] breathe life into On July 4, 1776, Charles Carroll was show that they had $15. communicate with each other, and they us, he breathes gifts into each and every an elected 40-year-old representative to This growth did not come without its don’t communicate with each other one of us, and each of those gifts are the Continental Congress from Maryland. problems. Catholic immigrants usually because they are separated from each designed to be used to manifest and grow That was remarkable because Carroll was were poor and were discriminated other.” the kingdom of God,” Hayes said. “And also a Catholic, and Catholics could not against. Sometimes there was violence. These two women know each it means absolutely nothing to have those vote in Maryland. He was elected despite Nativists protested, especially the Know other—including having talks about gifts breathed into you for you to hold the fact that he was Catholic. Nothings and the Ku Klux Klan. racial issues—because they have always your breath and not exhale them into the Carroll was also the scion of a large Throughout all this, though, Catholics focused on the bonds that connect world. estate in Carrollton, and the wealthiest showed that they were patriots despite them. They are women whose children “My challenge to you: Continue to man in the American colonies. For those who questioned their civic loyalty, have continued as friends, women who exhale your time, your resources, your years, he had been campaigning for claiming that their first loyalty was to embrace each other’s children and love, your empathy, your compassion. independence from Great Britain, mainly the pope. grandchildren with love. … Imagine if we use this time, this through letters in the Maryland Gazette Catholics have also died for their As we celebrate our country on this platform, these resources—and aimed that he signed “First Citizen.” That country in numbers far exceeding Fourth of July weekend, we also need to them at creating a more equal and unified led to his election to the Continental their percentage in the population. celebrate these kinds of relationships— community. Imagine where we’d be.” Congress that adopted the Declaration of In World War I, more than 800,000 and seek them even more in our lives. One of the truths of life is that we can Independence 244 years ago on Saturday. Catholics served in the military forces That’s especially true during this time never completely understand the realities Carroll was the only Catholic to sign with a death toll of more than 22,000. when many people are still separated that another person—or people of another the Declaration, which he did on Aug. 2, And in World War II, it is estimated from each other, a time when many race—has to face. 1776, along with most members of the that between 25 and 35 percent of the people from different backgrounds have Yet, another truth is that we can walk Congress. He signed it as Charles Carroll military personnel were Catholic. also come together in the hope of a more alongside another person as a friend— of Carrollton to distinguish himself from During the Civil War, the draft united and just America. sharing the journey toward God, who has several other Charles Carrolls, including law allowed a man to buy himself a Another example of that hope shined breathed life into all of us. his father, Charles Carroll of Annapolis. substitute for $300 and free himself through on June 22 when NASCAR drivers As the wealthiest man in the colonies, he from the obligation to serve in the army. showed their support for Darrell “Bubba” (John Shaughnessy is the assistant editor risked more than most of the signers. The poor Irish couldn’t afford that, so Wallace Jr., the only driver who is black of The Criterion and the author of Then After both Thomas Jefferson and the Irish General Thomas Meagher in the racing series. Something Wondrous Happened: Unlikely John Adams died on July 4, 1826, commanded New York’s Irish Brigade. After a noose was found in Wallace’s encounters and unexpected graces in exactly 50 years after the ratification of The brigade began with 3,000 men. By garage, the other drivers united behind search of a friendship with God.) † the Declaration, Carroll became the last 1863, it was reduced to only 530. At the surviving signer and was highly esteemed. Battle of Gettysburg, 198 men of the He died at age 95 on Nov. 14, 1832. Irish Brigade were killed. Letter to the Editor We mention Carroll as one example It was during that battle that Holy of the patriotism of American Catholics. Cross Father William Corby, later a Catholics were few in number at the president of the University of Notre Editor offers inspiration to help time of the Revolutionary War. But once Dame, climbed on a large rock, gave a they were granted freedom of worship, patriotic speech reminding the solders of us on the Gospel route of living the Church grew quickly. their duty to God and country, and gave Criterion Editor Emeritus John Fink the word of God and read.” Most of that growth came from the general absolution. A bronze statue of has been a major force in the Catholic From Fink’s editorial, we can find fact that the United States was a haven Father Corby was erected at Gettysburg press for years, yes, many years. inspiration to help us to realize that the for the impoverished people of Europe. in 1910. A duplicate of the statue is in And he continues to teach us with captured mind of Christ can keep us all on This was especially true of the Irish, front of Corby Hall at Notre Dame. clarity of pen and preparation that the Gospel route of living. who escaped from the potato famine in In World War I, Father Francis P. Duffy clearly enhances and supports his needed I first came to study at Saint Meinrad Ireland. More than 800,000 Irish moved was the most celebrated chaplain, serving message. in September of 1951. Upon arrival, I to the United States during the 1840s. in the “Fighting Sixty-Ninth,” the Irish Look at his recent editorial in the met two black monks whom I lived with Catholic immigrants continued to regiment commanded by Col. William June 19 issue of The Criterion with the until their eternal reward called them to a come in the 19th century. During the Donovan. A bronze statue of the heroic headline “Our history of racism.” He heavenly home: One, Cyprian Davis; the 1880s, 1.5 million came from Germany, Father Duffy stands at the north end of brings together, in a truly convincing way, other, Boniface Hardin. They are the only 650,000 from Ireland, and 300,000 from Times Square in New York City. information we may not know or couldn’t two Saint Meinrad monks who carried off Italy. Others came from Poland, Austria, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen wrote, put together as clearly as he. several honorary doctorates. Hungary, France and Spain. “We Catholics love America—we How proud the American Catholic Father Cyprian was well known in the All this, of course, was before there love it more than Italy, more than Church can be to signal this listing of Church, at least in America. And think of was such a thing as an illegal alien. Germany, more than Russia. We love its black Catholic members whose lives Father Boniface when you think of Martin All immigrants were legal. When Ellis Constitution and its traditions, and we unfolded Gospel teachings with models University in Indianapolis. Island was set up to handle European want to see them preserved.” that are somehow open to all of us And so, thanks to John Fink! immigrants, those coming in only had readers. to pass a cursory physical exam and —John F. Fink I’m reminded of St. Augustine hearing Father Lambert Reilly, O.S.B., the invitation: “Tolle et lege,” i.e. “take up Indianapolis The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2020 Page 5 ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO CHARLES C. THOMPSON

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Christ promises light burdens, rest for weary hearts “Come to me, all you who labor and peace with ourselves, our neighbors death, anxiety and fear, emotional and “If the Spirit of the one who raised are burdened, and I will give you rest. and our God. We must be like Jesus economic hardships of all kinds. We have Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the Take my yoke upon you and learn from himself—meek and humble of heart—if also witnessed the resurgence of racism, one who raised Christ from the dead me, for I am meek and humble of heart; we wish to find true peace and lasting social injustice and the out-of-control will give life to your mortal bodies also, and you will find rest for yourselves. joy in our troubled world. responses of civil unrest, looting and riots through his Spirit that dwells in you ” For my yoke is easy, and my burden Jesus never promises that we will in communities all across our nation. (Rom 8:11). The life given to us by the light” (Mt 11:28-30). be free from the burdens of human Jesus’ words, “Come to me, all Holy Spirit is what makes our burdens existence. He himself suffered terribly you who labor and are burdened, and light and gives rest to our weary hearts. The Gospel reading for the 14th at the hands of cruel people (religious I will give you rest ” (Mt 11:28), are With God’s help, we can endure many Sunday of Ordinary Time, which leaders, government officials and a especially comforting now, but they hardships and accept serious suffering we will hear this weekend, is both a fickle, angry mob). He knows the also challenge us to change our ways even as we help our sisters and brothers comfort and a challenge. burdens that oppress us. He also knows of thinking and acting. The rest that our carry their own loads and diminish St. Matthew tells us that Jesus that only self-sacrificing love can ease Crucified Lord promises is not passive whatever causes them pain. “exclaimed” words of praise to the our burdens and relieve our sorrow. or indifferent. It requires us to take up The only way to the peace and joy Father: “I give praise to you, Father, This is the great paradox of Christian our own crosses and, by modeling our of the resurrection is by way of the Lord of heaven and Earth, for although life. We cannot escape our burdens, lives on the humility and generosity of cross of Christ. If we can embrace you have hidden these things from the but we can lighten them if we embrace Jesus, to dedicate ourselves to helping this mystery with the meekness and wise and the learned you have revealed Jesus’ words: “Take my yoke upon you others by sharing their suffering and humility of children, we will be them to little ones” (Mt 11:25). We can and learn from me, for I am meek and carrying their burdens. relieved of much unnecessary anxiety. take comfort in these words only if we humble of heart” (Mt 11:29). Blessed The yoke that Jesus offers us is “For my yoke is easy, and my burden are not so arrogant that we consider are we when we stop fighting and start lighter than the burdens we carry as light” (Mt 11:30) ourselves wise or learned when it trusting in the Lord. True strength a result of selfishness and sin. The Let’s take up the yoke Jesus offers comes to the mysteries of life. comes from acceptance (meekness) and understanding that he will give us is the us. Let’s accept the Lord’s challenge In fact, in the Gospels, Jesus from the childlike humility of one who truth that God the Father has hidden and let go of self-centeredness and sin. frequently tells us that childlike is spiritually wise. from the wise and learned. His rest is If we succeed in following Jesus on the innocence—not worldly wisdom—is These are comforting words at a the peace we receive when we have way of the cross, we will discover how what’s needed to comprehend his time when we have all experienced the set aside our own interests and helped light his burden really is, and we will teaching and to experience the fullness burdens of life in a time of pandemic. others carry their burdens. know peace. As St. Paul reminds us, of life. The Beatitudes reveal Jesus’ During the past months, many of us As St. Paul tells us in the second if the Holy Spirit dwells in us, we will vision of what is necessary to live in have come face to face with sickness and reading this Sunday (Rm 8:9, 11-13), have life in Christ. †

Cristo promese cargas livianas y descanso para los corazones fatigados “Venid a mí todos los que estéis ser como el propio Jesús, humilde el miedo, las dificultades emocionales segunda lectura de este domingo fatigados y cargados, y Yo os haré de corazón, si queremos encontrar la y económicas de todo tipo. También (Rm 8, 9; 11-13), “Si el Espíritu de descansar. Carguen con mi yugo y verdadera paz y la alegría duradera en hemos sido testigos del resurgimiento aquel que levantó a Jesús de entre los aprendan de mí, pues yo soy apacible nuestro mundo turbulento. del racismo, la injusticia social y muertos vive en ustedes, el mismo que y humilde de corazón, y encontrarán Jesús nunca promete que seremos las respuestas descontroladas de los levantó a Cristo de entre los muertos descanso para su alma. Porque mi libres de las cargas de la existencia disturbios civiles, los saqueos y los también dará vida a sus cuerpos yugo es suave y mi carga es liviana” humana. Él mismo sufrió terriblemente disturbios en las comunidades de todo mortales por medio de su Espíritu, que (Mt 11, 28-30). a manos de personas crueles (líderes el país. vive en ustedes” (Rm 8,11). La vida religiosos, funcionarios del gobierno Las palabras de Jesús “venid a que nos da el Espíritu Santo es lo que La lectura del Evangelio del 14.º y una turba caprichosa y furiosa). Él mí todos los que estéis fatigados y aligera nuestras cargas y da descanso Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario, que conoce las cargas que nos oprimen. cargados, y Yo os haré descansar” a nuestros corazones cansados. Con escucharemos este fin de semana, es a También sabe que sólo el amor (Mt 11,28) resultan especialmente la ayuda de Dios, podemos soportar la vez un consuelo y un desafío. abnegado puede aliviar nuestras cargas reconfortantes hoy en día, pero también muchas dificultades y aceptar un San Mateo nos dice que Jesús y nuestra pena. nos desafían a transformar nuestra sufrimiento intenso e incluso ayudar a “exclamó” palabras de alabanza al Esta es la gran paradoja de la forma de pensar y actuar. El “resto” nuestros hermanos a llevar sus propias Padre: “Te alabo, Padre, Señor del vida cristiana: No podemos escapar que nuestro Señor Crucificado promete, cargas y mitigar su dolor. cielo y de la tierra, porque habiendo de nuestras cargas, pero podemos no es pasivo o indiferente. Requiere El único camino hacia la paz y la escondido estas cosas de los sabios e aligerarlas si acogemos las palabras que tomemos nuestras propias cruces alegría de la resurrección es a través de instruidos, se las has revelado a los de Jesús: “Carguen con mi yugo y y, modelando nuestras vidas en la la cruz de Cristo. Si podemos acoger que son como niños” (Mt 11,25). Estas aprendan de mí, pues yo soy apacible humildad y generosidad de Jesús, este misterio con la mansedumbre y palabras solo nos brindan consuelo si y humilde de corazón” (Mt 11,29). nos dediquemos a ayudar a otros la humildad de los niños, nos aliviará no somos tan arrogantes como para Benditos somos cuando dejemos de compartiendo su sufrimiento y llevando de muchas ansiedades innecesarias. considerarnos sabios o eruditos en lo luchar y empezamos a confiar en el sus cargas. “Porque mi yugo es suave y mi carga es que respecta a los misterios de la vida. Señor. La verdadera fuerza proviene El yugo que Jesús nos ofrece es liviana” (Mt 11, 28). De hecho, en los Evangelios, de la aceptación (mansedumbre) y más ligero que las cargas que llevamos Tomemos el yugo que nos ofrece Jesús nos dice frecuentemente que de la humildad infantil de quien es como resultado del egoísmo y el Jesús. Aceptemos el desafío del Señor la inocencia infantil, no la sabiduría espiritualmente sabio. pecado. La comprensión que nos dará y dejemos de lado el egocentrismo mundana, es lo que se necesita Estas son palabras reconfortantes es la verdad que Dios Padre ha ocultado y el pecado. Si logramos seguir para comprender sus enseñanzas y en un momento en el que todos hemos a los sabios y entendidos. Su descanso a Jesús en el camino de la cruz, experimentar la plenitud de la vida. Las experimentado las cargas de la vida en es la paz que recibimos cuando hemos descubriremos cuán ligera es su Bienaventuranzas revelan la visión de una época de pandemia. Durante los dejado de lado nuestros propios carga y conoceremos la paz. Como Jesús de lo que es necesario para vivir últimos meses, muchos de nosotros nos intereses y hemos ayudado a otros a nos recuerda san Pablo, si el Espíritu en paz con nosotros mismos, nuestros hemos enfrentado cara a cara con la llevar sus cargas. Santo habita en nosotros, tendremos vecinos y nuestro Dios. Debemos enfermedad y la muerte, la ansiedad y Como nos dice san Pablo en la vida en Cristo. † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2020 Events Calendar Retreats and Programs

July 15 Club, 2100 East 71st Street carry-out only due to COVID-19; July 18 July 19 Conference Center, 1402 Calvary Mausoleum Chapel, in Indianapolis. Catholic however, tents and tables will Oldenburg Franciscan Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Southern Ave., Beech Grove. 435 W. Troy Ave., Indianapolis. Business Exchange Meeting, be available for outdoor dining. Center, Fairy Tales: Coffee Talks “Exploring Personal Day of Retreat, Monthly Mass, 2 p.m. Indiana Catholic Conference Information: 812-576-4302. Patterns in Our Love (via Spirituality Today (via 9 a.m.-4 p.m., includes private Information: 317-784-4439 or Director Angela Espada, Zoom), 9:30 a.m.–noon, Zoom),” 10:45 a.m.– noon, room for the day and lunch, $40, www.catholiccemeteries.cc. speaker. Mass, 7 a.m., buffet July 26 presented by Franciscan presented by Mirabai Starr. spiritual direction for additional breakfast and program, $15 All Saints Parish-St. Martin Sister Olga Wittekind and Information: Franciscan Sister fee of $30 (must be scheduled July 16 members/$21 nonmembers. Campus, 8044 Yorkridge Road, Claire Sherman, Ph.D. Cost Olga Wittekind, 812-933-6437 in advance). Registration: St. Joseph Parish, 1401 Information and registration: Guilford. Carry-out Chicken is $25, or $40 with CEUs. or [email protected]. www.benedictinn.org/retreats- S. Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. catholicbusinessexchange.org. Dinner & 5K Run, Southeast Information: Sister Olga programs. Information: Third Thursday Adoration, Indiana chicken dinners will be Wittekind, 812-933-6437 or August 4 [email protected], interceding for women July 19 available from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., [email protected]. Benedict Inn Retreat and 317-788-7581. † experiencing crisis pregnancy, All Saints Parish, St. John the carry-out only due to COVID-19; 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with Mass at Baptist Campus, 25743 State however, tents and tables will 5:45 p.m. Route 1, Guilford. Carry-out be available for outdoor dining. Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass Chicken Dinner, Southeast The 5K Country Run, July 17 Indiana chicken dinners will 9:30 a.m. Information: Northside Events and Social be served from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 812-576-0532. † on Aug. 9 is canceled The Golden Wedding Jubilee Mass, includes information on how to provide which was scheduled on Aug. 9 at a photo, if desired. National Pastoral Musicians Convention SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Those without computer access can Indianapolis, has been canceled due to call Ann Lewis at 317-236-1585 with on July 7-10 moved to virtual format the risk of coronavirus for those in a high- the following information: Couple’s risk demographic. This annual celebration first names and last name, wife’s Due to the COVID-19 global Land” will take place at 1 p.m. on is sponsored by the archdiocesan Office maiden name, wedding date and year, pandemic, the 2020 National Pastoral July 6. Participants will virtually of Marriage and Family Life. current parish, church married in Musicians Convention, originally visit significant Catholic sites in Couples celebrating an anniversary and city/town and state it’s located scheduled to be held in Louisville on Washington, Nelson and Marion of 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 or more years in, children’s first and last name July 7-10, will now take place in a counties. The cost of the tour is $30 and who are members of a parish in the (no spouse information), number of virtual format on the same dates. and is available for those attending all archdiocese are always welcome to run grandchildren and great-grandchildren The theme for the gathering or only part of the conference. an announcement in The Criterion at no and, if desired, how the anniversary was is “Called from Living Waters.” The cost for full registration is $295, charge. celebrated (i.e. blessing at Mass, dinner Participants will be able to remotely which includes access to all virtual To submit an anniversary with family, family cruise, etc.). take part in the four-day virtual content, livestream and interactive announcement online or to print out a For more information, contact Ann convention experience, which includes options for the convention. Pricing for submission form, go to Lewis at 317-236-1585 or alewis@ keynote talks, breakout sessions, a full registration for youth participants is bit.ly/AnniversaryForm. The page archindy.org. † virtual exhibit hall and daily prayer $225, and $205 for seminarians. experiences. Among the topics are Other registration options include sessions addressing how music ministry group registration for $265, limited Notice on parish festivals listings in The Criterion looks in the midst of a pandemic, ways registration for $195, and one-day to be more inclusive within music registration for $95. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the festivals in our regular events calendar ministry, and more. For more information about the need for parishes to cancel or reschedule section. 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During the chrism Mass, he thought of the dying residents of a Greenwood nursing home hit especially hard by the virus for whom he celebrated the sacrament of the anointing of the sick while wearing personal protective equipment. “When any of us are ordained, we don’t know where our ministry is going to take us,” Father Augenstein said after the chrism Mass. “We have ideas. We’re going to Archbishop Charles C. Thompson processes on June 29 into SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral at the start of the annual archdiocesan chrism anoint people, celebrate the Mass, baptize people. But the Mass. He is flanked by priests serving across central and southern Indiana, spread apart to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. direction of the world leads in ever-new ways. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) “So, today, in renewing the promises and in blessing oils called to mind for me those times when I used oils in ways “It was wonderful to gather together as the Church,” languages, ethnicities and cultures that are woven into that I never would have imagined I would have, in the time of she said of the chrism Mass. “There was some emptiness, the fabric of our communion of faith enrich rather than a pandemic when the Church and the world was shut down.” though, because other people weren’t able to come. But it hinder our unity as people of God.” The continuation of the Church’s ministry and his was good to pray for them and still feel united with them.” He reminded his listeners of the efforts the Church has participation in it was a sign of hope for Father Augenstein. Dabrice Bartet, a member of St. Monica Parish in made and continues to make to promote racial justice. “It reminded me how the Church, by God’s design Indianapolis, took part in the chrism Mass by bringing “Our Catholic health care, our Catholic schools, our and providence, is built for every age and circumstance, forward the chrism oil to be blessed. Catholic Charities—so many different ways that we strive even the ones that we don’t anticipate,” he said. “When She had in mind during the liturgy the Catholics to make that systematic change, to bring people out of the time came for a worldwide pandemic that shut many across central and southern Indiana who died during the cycles of poverty, cycles of oppression, cycles of ignorance, things down, the Church had within herself the structure, shutdown and their friends and loved ones who couldn’t cycles of injustice, of abuse and addiction, to lift people up,” prayers and rituals to be able to address that.” mourn for them in a funeral Mass or at their burial. Archbishop Thompson said. “It is something that we must While Archbishop Thompson praised the ministry of “This is a gathering where we can pray for them never give up or lose sight of.” priests like Father Augenstein and the creative efforts and for the future,” Bartet said. “We hope that it will It is the unity of the Church, he said, that gives strength made by parish leaders across the archdiocese to remain strengthen us so we don’t give up. Faith comes with a to its ministry in worship and in promoting justice. connected to their parishioners during the shutdown, cross. We just need to pray.” “Together, in Jesus Christ, we form one body, one especially through the use of social media, he said the Bartet was born in Togo in West Africa. There were presbyterate, one people, one family of God,” Archbishop chrism Mass “reminds us that the world has one Savior priests at the chrism Mass who came to the archdiocese Thompson said. “Made possible by his passion, death and and none of us may claim to be him.” from Africa, Latin America, India and elsewhere. resurrection, we are anointed in unity with Jesus Christ as “Whether clergy, religious or laity, we are merely In remarks during the Mass, Archbishop Thompson priests, prophets and kings. instruments through which the Lord touches the lives said such racial and ethnic diversity demonstrated “the “In contrast to the contagion of sin and disease, may of those to whom we minister and serve,” Archbishop richness of our Church.” we spread the contagion of faith, hope and charity.” Thompson said. “We must never forget that any He also reflected in his homily on the recent protests Bartet appreciated the archbishop’s message, seeing effectiveness we may realize is in the holy name of Jesus and unrest in Indianapolis and other cities across the a connection between the Church gathering for worship, Christ rather than our own.” country related to racial injustice. especially at the chrism Mass, and its promotion of Franciscan Sister Shirley Gerth, present at the chrism “There is no room for racism among those who profess justice in society. Mass, has touched the lives of many members of the to be part of one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, “We really need to look inside ourselves and see Batesville Deanery faith communities she leads as parish especially as we proclaim the unity of our Catholic where we are falling short, where we aren’t following the life coordinator: St. John the Baptist Parish in Osgood faith that marks this great solemnity of SS. Peter and teachings of the Church and how we can change,” she said. and St. Maurice Parish in Napoleon. Paul,” Archbishop Thompson said. “The various races, “Everything is connected. We find strength in Christ.” †

even at the margins—on this vital and deeply divisive matter.” hostility toward the Catholic Church. We are grateful that ABORTION “The court has undermined the rule of law, done the Supreme Court has taken an important step that will continued from page 1 further violence to the Constitution, and has thus badly help bring an end to this shameful legacy.” † damaged its own legitimacy,” he said, adding: “This is a going into effect while its challengers pursued their appeal. sad day for the court and the nation.” “The Louisiana law imposes a burden on access to On June 30, the court ruled in Espinoza v. Montana abortion just as severe as that imposed by the Texas law, Department of Revenue as unconstitutional Montana’s for the same reasons,” Roberts said, adding: “Therefore, so-called “Blaine amendment,” which specifically Louisiana’s law cannot stand under our precedents.” barred state funds from supporting religiously affiliated He said the legal doctrine known as “stare decisis”— schools. Many other states across the country have such which obligates courts to follow the precedent of similar amendments, which were passed in the late 19th century. cases in most instances—“requires us, absent special In the majority opinion of the Espinoza case, authored circumstances, to treat like cases alike.” by Chief Justice John Robert, the court noted that In his dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas said the such prohibitions of state funds supporting religiously Online Lay Ministry Formation court’s decision “perpetuates its ill-founded abortion affiliated schools were unconstitutional and noted that The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has partnered with the jurisprudence by enjoining a perfectly legitimate state law “a state need not subsidize private education. But once a University of Notre Dame and Catholic Distance University and doing so without jurisdiction.” state decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private (CDU) to offer not-for-credit online theology classes: He also said the court should revisit its 1973 Roe v. Wade schools solely because they are religious.” • Earn certificate in Lay Ministry decision that legalized abortion. “Roe is grievously wrong The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops • Complete 12 courses online with ND STEP program for many reasons,” he wrote, emphasizing that its “core (USCCB) issued a statement on the ruling from two of • CDU offers classes on Catechism of the Catholic Church holding—that the Constitution protects a woman’s right its committee chairmen: Miami Archbishop Thomas • 20% discount for all employees, volunteers, and parishioners to abort her unborn child—finds no support in the text of G. Wenski of the Committee for Religious Liberty and For more information, please log on to the Fourteenth Amendment.” Oakland, Calif., Bishop Michael C. Barber. www.archindy.org/layministry Louisiana state Sen. Katrina Jackson, a Democrat, who “The court has rightly ruled that the U.S. Constitution was the author of the 2014 Unsafe Abortion Protection does not permit states to discriminate against religion,” Act at the center of this case, said the court’s action was the bishops said. “This decision means that religious a “tragic decision that continues its practice of putting persons and organizations can, like everyone else, the interests of for-profit abortion businesses ahead of the participate in government programs that are open to all. REPORT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT NOW health and safety of women.” “This is good news, not only for people of faith, but If you are a victim of sexual misconduct by a person ministering on Supporters of the Louisiana law said it was a necessary for our country. A strong civil society needs the full behalf of the Church, or if you know of anyone who has been a victim of such misconduct, please contact the archdiocesan victim assistance regulation to guarantee women’s health and safety while participation of religious institutions. By ensuring the coordinator. There are two ways to make a report: its critics argued that the law placed unnecessary burdens rights of faith-based organizations’ freedom to serve, the Ethics Point on abortion providers and made it more difficult for Court is also promoting the common good.” 1 Confidential, Online Reporting women to get abortions. The bishops also noted the ruling was a strong step toward www.archdioceseofindianapolis.ethicspoint.com or 888-393-6810 After the ruling, O. Carter Snead, law professor at the fixing the country’s “odious legacy of anti-Catholicism.” Carla Hill, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Victim Assistance Coordinator University of Notre Dame and director of the university’s “Blaine amendments, which are in 37 states’ 2 P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1410 Center for Ethics and Culture, said the court “has once again constitutions, were the product of nativism and bigotry,” 317-236-1548 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1548 overstepped its constitutionally-defined role and robbed the they said. “They were never meant to ensure government [email protected] people of this country the authority to govern themselves— neutrality towards religion, but were expressions of Page 8 The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2020 Perspectives Making a Difference/Tony Magliano For the Journey/Effie Caldarola Humanity may never again get a chance like this Examining While to a certain degree returning to indifference, repent, and strive to transform And we need to develop strategies “business as usual” will not likely happen, ourselves and these structures of sin. on how best to influence and pressure our prejudices that does not mean the vast majority of Pope Francis, in his homily on Divine government and corporate leaders to put the those who hold most Mercy Sunday, warned that as the world common good and the care of the planet as When my old grandmother visited of the world’s wealth looks forward to the eventual recovery from their top priorities—not power and profit. Virginia in the late 1960s, it was her first trip and power will not the pandemic, “there is a danger that we will All of this can easily tempt each of us back since her family had migrated to the use every advantage forget those who are left behind. The risk to feel overwhelmed. Midwest when she was at their disposal in is that we may then be struck by an even But it is essential not to allow a child near the turn of trying to hold onto worse virus, that of selfish indifference. A ourselves to become overwhelmed. It’s the 20th century. broken, corrupt, unjust virus spread by the thought that life is better not all up to you and me. The Holy Spirit Nevertheless, there systems—what if it is better for me. It begins there and is with us. Each of us in our own personal were memories she St. John Paul II called ends up selecting one person over another, sphere of influence (family, friends, held close, including the “structures of sin”— discarding the poor, and sacrificing those parish, workplace, social media, lobbying) family legend that after which feed their greed left behind on the altar of progress. can make a difference. the Civil War ended, while starving the morally just aspirations The Holy Father continued, “The present In their 1983 pastoral letter on war and and her grandfather of the world’s poor and vulnerable. pandemic, however, reminds us that there peace titled, “The Challenge of Peace: had been compelled And so, what should each follower of are no differences or borders between those God’s Promise and Our Response,” the to release his enslaved Jesus do? We should sincerely pray for who suffer. We are all frail, all equal, all U.S. Catholic bishops wrote: “Let us have persons, they hadn’t wanted to leave. the spiritual conversion of the rich and precious. May we be profoundly shaken by the courage to believe in the bright future “They said to my grandfather,” she told powerful. And we should oppose them. what is happening all around us: the time and in a God who wills it for us—not my cousins who traveled with her, “we We need to put on the nonviolent has come to eliminate inequalities, to heal a perfect world, but a better one. The want to stay with you, massa.” fight of our lives to ensure that we don’t the injustice that is undermining the health perfect world, we Christians believe, is She held, until her death in the 1980s, sleepwalk ourselves right back into a of the entire human family.” beyond the horizon, in an endless eternity the conflicting views that those long-ago morally sick “normal.” In every parish, diocese, civic, where God will be all in all. But a better African-American people had been both Old habits die hard—both individually academic, business, labor and social world is here for human hands and hearts close to and loyal to the family, and yet and structurally. After the coronavirus forum, we need to start dialoguing, and minds to make.” now, their descendants were inferior, not pandemic, the sinful structures of raw planning and organizing ways to build to be trusted and decidedly second class. profit-centered capitalism and death- structures and systems that work (Tony Magliano is an internationally Grandma’s firmly held prejudices remind dealing militarism will surely continue for everyone—from the moment of syndicated Catholic social justice and me that even though the slave trade, the Civil marching on—crushing underfoot the poor, conception to natural death—where no peace columnist. He is available to speak War and Jim Crow seem like ancient history vulnerable and the planet itself—unless one gets left behind and everyone has a at diocesan or parish gatherings. He can to some, they live. History lives, translated we humbly admit our significant personal seat at the table. be reached at [email protected].)† into a litany of sins of endemic racism today. They live on in our implicit biases. Grandma, who bequeathed to me It’s All Good/Patti Lamb her tiny stature and that Southern name “Effie,” reminds me of William Faulkner’s famous quote: “The past is never dead. See Jesus in others through acts of humility, kindness It’s not even past.” It’s funny which childhood memories stick and become duties as a result. I remember looking at my mom one day There’s another aphorism, that as we engrained in our brains. I have some distinct memories of my after she helped my uncle, and I inquired about how she did look at our history we stand on the shoulders uncle when I was growing up. difficult things without complaining. of giants. True, but we also stand on the Uncle Gerry, a handsome bachelor and I’ll never forget her response. shoulders of flawed, sinful people, and many one of my mom’s younger brothers, became “I’m doing it for God,” she said. times those two are one and the same. paralyzed on the left side of his body as the I wasn’t quite 10 years old. I didn’t appreciate it at the time, Thomas Jefferson? How do we reconcile result of an aneurism soon after he turned but she went on to explain that when we are called to do the his powerful, foundational words on 40. He entered a nursing home and began monotonous, thankless, and even difficult works of service, we freedom and equality with his commitment using a wheelchair at a young age. must shift our mindsets. When we frame it that we’re doing to the institution of slavery? His political My parents drove across town regularly it for God, that’s a game changer, she said. She told me that eloquence was rivaled only by Lincoln’s. to visit my uncle, always bearing we’ve got to look to the divine—to the presence of God—in Yet he kept an enslaved black concubine. homemade treats and other goodies. They others. Then service can even become joyful. I am not just the descendant of my talked at length with him about sports, My goal is to better adopt this mindset during grandma; I am the inheritor of this whole recent events and gave family updates. This uncomfortable service opportunities, such as: tradition. So are all Americans, the heirs was all before computers and cell phones. • Cleaning up after my child’s bout with a ferocious of goodness and grace, evil and sin. What I remember even more distinctly is that, in order for him intestinal bug at 2 a.m. Currently, some are attacking the past to enjoy the company of family, my mom and dad brought Uncle • Delivering appliances to a family on behalf of the Society by attacking statues. Many statues in public Gerry to our house on holidays and special occasions for stretches of St. Vincent DePaul on a sweltering summer day. places need to be removed, including those of a week or so. It was no small feat, as he slept in the dining • Changing our plans to visit the community pool as of Confederate generals erected specifically room—which our mother transformed into a comfortable and a family, and instead using our time to help our elderly to proclaim the suppression of blacks. accommodating guest room—on the second floor of our house. It neighbors with yardwork when we see them struggling. In San Francisco recently, St. Junipero took several men to help him navigate the stairs with his good leg. Scripture reminds us: “And the king will say to them in Serra’s representation was knocked off Mom cooked like never before, and I marveled at her culinary reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these its pedestal. St. Serra lived in the 18th masterpieces. She would prepare special food that typically least brothers of mine, you did for me’ ” (Mt 25:40). century, a founder of the California didn’t have its place on our regular family menu. As a small While this may not be particularly comforting in our earthly missions during the time of colonization. child, I remember staring at the supper table at my uncle’s spot moments, Jesus promised unfathomable eternal rewards He was canonized in 2015. before he would roll up his wheelchair and being impressed, when we act with humility and kindness, acknowledging his We had time to examine his worthiness, wondering why my parents went to such great lengths. presence in others. but his canonization was controversial, “Dorothy, thank you for another delicious meal,” he would I’m beginning to understand that it starts by loving and serving because the early missionaries were often say. My brothers and sisters and I remember this well. He family and those closest to us, then extending our circles. culturally insensitive and had little regard gratefully spoke from his heart. for the way of life or faith of the Native Facilitating the use of the bathroom for my uncle was not (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna Parish in Plainfield, is a Americans they encountered. an easy task, and my parents signed up for some unglamorous regular columnist for The Criterion.) † Maybe we should re-examine this canonizing business, in our secular world and the Church. Someone said once that The Human Side/Fr. Eugene Hemrick a saint is simply someone you don’t yet know very well. At the root of each of us Pandemic gives us opportunity to compare contrasting perspectives is a complex soul struggling toward God within the cultural context of our own time. In German, the word “gegensatz” another opposing point of view. The word “gegensatz” prompts us to So, examine our statues and our saints. indicates an opposing point of view. How It is true medical science has enhanced look at opposing points of view and whether But let’s spend more time examining our might this translate? our life. But as helpful as it is, do we have they strengthen or weaken our character, hearts, for the bias we haven’t noticed, Undoubtedly, a will to health? Do we wholeheartedly freedom, self-reliance and responsibility. the unrealized prejudice, our acquiescence we live in a blessed embrace discipline needed to cultivate “Gegensatz” also seeks ways on how to with institutional sin. progressive age. good eating habits and health practices? make opposing perspectives come together. What will our grandchildren look back Take, for example, How willing are we to study and use How, for example, do we respect on some day and ask, “How could they have modern medical the best means for ensuring our health? health-enhancing medicines without done that? Thought that? Missed that?” achievements that Do we overly depend on medical science losing our power to control them? How Did I protest children in cages? Do I create better human to the neglect of employing our own do we control the anxiousness caused by proclaim that life in the womb is sacred, life and health. Many ingenuity in staying well? speeding through life? How do we control yet fail to demand health care and a safety also enjoy greater It is true we can travel from one place the paranoia that often accompanies being net for mothers in desperate poverty? Do I peace of mind due to to another faster. But do we really gain overly security-minded? become angry in the face of injustice, but increased protections time and greater leisure, or are we more The pandemic gives us a good opportunity quietly move on? and dependable insurance programs. rushed and busier? to re-evaluate cultural values considered to We decry those who justified the Our life is richer thanks to accomplishing It is true we have well-planned insurance mark progress. True progress is achieved institution of slavery, and well we should. tasks with less labor and time. Faster programs and security. But could it be that when we avoid taking one step forward and But now is the time to look at our own cars and planes have compressed time. our independence, healthy confidence and two steps backward, and when we make the institutions and most especially at our Sociology and psychology now treat readiness for whatever might come are effort to connect opposing points of view. own hearts. tensions in greater depth. minimized? Do we rely on others to protect Most people agree we live in a world us to the neglect of devising imaginative (Father Eugene Hemrick writes for (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News of awesome progress. There is, however, ways of looking out for ourselves? Catholic News Service.) † Service.) † The Criterion Friday, July 3, 2020 Page 9

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, July 6 Friday, July 10 St. Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr Hosea 14:2-10 Sunday, July 5, 2020 Hosea 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22 Psalm 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17 • Zechariah 9:9-10 Psalm 145:2-9 Matthew 10:16-23 • Romans 8:9, 11-13 Matthew 9:18-26 Saturday, July 11 • Matthew 11:25-30 Tuesday, July 7 St. Benedict, abbot Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13 Isaiah 6:1-8 The first biblical reading for Mass this Scriptures. Often, they opposed the Lord. Psalm 115:3-7b, 8-10 Psalm 93:1-2, 5 weekend is from the Book of Zechariah. Yet, in the minds of many at the time, Matthew 9:32-38 Matthew 10:24-33 It is thought that Zechariah was of they were the wisest and most learned the priestly caste and in society, and often they had a high Wednesday, July 8 Sunday, July 12 was born in Babylon estimate of themselves. Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time when many Jews Jesus insisted that the wisest in popular Psalm 105:2-7 Isaiah 55:10-11 were languishing in consensus were not the wisest after all. Matthew 10:1-7 Psalm 65:10-14 exile there. It was a By contrast, the Lord said that humble Romans 8:18-23 miserable time for and innocent children often can better see Thursday, July 9 Matthew 13:1-23 the exiles, since quite the greatest truths. St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and or Matthew 13:1-9 understandably, they Rather than denouncing the arrogant, martyr, and companions, martyrs longed to return home. abandoning people to drown in the sea of Hosea 11:1-4, 8c-9 Human nature their own pride and ignorance, the Lord Psalm 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16 being what it always calls all. He reaches to them. He tells Matthew 10:7-15 has been, the contemporaries of Zechariah them of reality, shows them a better way. must have felt disappointment that the It is typical. Jesus identifies sin and merciful God had left them in their plight. human folly. He always points the way to Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle Zechariah urged people not to lose righteousness. hope in the power and protection of God. One day, in God’s good time, they would Reflection Scripture and tradition both support go home. God, their true king, would lead The Gospel reading this weekend them. He would safeguard them from the presents facts indispensable to Christian the Church’s beliefs about purgatory bows and arrows of their oppressors. He doctrine and to achieving Christian I was raised to be a devout Catholic In 1999, I traveled to the Holy Land, would be mighty and invincible, leading holiness. None of us, in the last analysis, Qand have a great interest in works of Qand one of our stops was at the them into Jerusalem while riding a colt. is perfectly insightful. Original sin has theology, such as those by St. Thomas Basilica of the Dormition. We were told The reading for Mass this weekend robbed us of our good vision. We all look Aquinas. But my that this is the site where the Virgin Mary captures the intense yearning of the people at a world with blurred vision, out of mother, who is also a died. Some years later, I visited Ephesus in to be rescued. It must have seemed to be focus. Everything is distorted and unclear. Catholic, doesn’t believe Turkey and took a cab out to a little home slow in coming, but Zechariah called the We are myopic. in purgatory. She where, we were told, Mary had lived and people to take heart. God would come. In this fog, we are afraid. Uncertain, thinks that God loves died. In 1967, St. Paul VI visited there, and They would be at home again. nervous, we think only of ourselves. us so much that there in 1979 St. John Paul II celebrated Mass The image that he drew of God as their In our inadequacy, even though not wouldn’t be a reason for there. My question is this: On a matter leader, guiding them homeward, brings to identified, we exaggerate ourselves. We purgatory. Is there any of such historical importance, why hasn’t mind the story of the Lord’s entry into the make ourselves greater than we are. way I can try to prove it the Church made a decision on the correct holy city of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, We deceive ourselves. We trick to her? (Michigan) place where Mary died? (Georgia) an event that actually would occur many ourselves into thinking that we can find centuries after Zechariah and his promise. the way on our own. We cannot. Only A belief in a postmortem purification First, I should answer a question you St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans God can show the way. Apredates Christianity. Shortly before Adidn’t even ask: Did Mary die, as we provides the second reading. In this Mercifully, happily for us, God shows the advent of Christ, in the Old Testament know death? That question has prompted selection, Paul repeats the theme so us the way in Jesus. He not only leads Book of Second Maccabees (2 Mc 12:39- theological speculation for centuries, often given in his writings. Christians us, but also gives us a share in divine life 46), Judas Maccabeus was collecting the and the Church has not answered it in a not only follow Christ or join Christ in itself. As true believers, we live in Jesus bodies of fallen comrades when he noticed definitive way. their own individual walks through life, and the Lord lives in us. that some of them had been wearing pagan When, in 1950, Pope Pius XII solemnly but the Lord becomes part of them, and The key to attaining this relationship is amulets. So he arranged for an expiatory defined the dogma of the assumption of they become part of Jesus. Christian our humility, our trust in God. sacrifice, and “made atonement for the Mary, he said “the Immaculate mother discipleship forges this strong a bond. We do not have to yearn for God dead that they might be absolved from of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having This profound union and identity with without relief. God awaits our call. He their sin” (2 Mc 12:46). The implication, completed the course of her earthly life, Christ is a theme in Paul’s writings. loves us with an everlasting, perfect of course, is that some sins can be forgiven was assumed body and soul into heavenly The last reading is from St. Matthew’s love. He will come to us. Thus, with in the world to come. glory.” That seems to leave open the Gospel. Jesus continually encountered Zechariah, we can rejoice. The Lord will That implication is confirmed in the question of whether Mary died first. persons very well educated in the come to us. † Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus says, Some theologians feel that, since death is “Whoever speaks a word a consequence of original sin, Mary would My Journey to God against the Son of Man not have had to die since she was preserved will be forgiven; but from original sin by her immaculate whoever speaks against conception. But others speculate that, since the Holy Spirit will not Jesus himself chose to die, it would be fitting be forgiven, either in this for his mother to have shared the same fate. Source of Endless Litanies age or in the age to come” Moving on to the question you did (Mt 13:22). The Fathers ask—where Mary spent her final years By Brandon A. Evans of the Church allude to on Earth—there are two strong historical the standard practice of traditions. One is that, following the Mary, Queen of All Hearts, pray for us. praying for the dead. In ascension of Jesus, Mary returned with Mary, Mother of the Impossible, pray for us. the middle of the third the Apostles to Jerusalem and lived there century, St. Cyprian of for the remainder of her earthly years. Mary, Golden Key, pray for us. Carthage told us that But there is other evidence that seems Mary, Balm of Wounds, pray for us. prayers for the departed to show that Mary, under the protection Mary, Hope for the Hopeless, pray for us. had been said in all the of the Apostle John, went to a place near Mary, Youth of the Old, pray for us. churches since the time of Ephesus (modern-day Turkey) and stayed Mary, Road for the Weary, pray for us. the Apostles. there until she was assumed into heaven. This belief is stated That second tradition—the Ephesus Mary, Harbor of the Shipwrecked, pray for us. in the Catechism of the one—is linked to the 19th century visions Mary, Queen of History, pray for us. Catholic Church: “All of Anne Catherine Emmerich, a bedridden Mary, Strength of the Weak, pray for us. who die in God’s grace Augustinian nun in Germany. The Church Mary, Our Lady of Surprises, pray for us. and friendship, but still has never pronounced formally on the Mary, Full of Tenderness, pray for us. imperfectly purified, authenticity of either of these sites. Mary, Life Amidst Death, pray for us. are indeed assured of Actually, there are two Jerusalem sites their eternal salvation; connected to Mary: a church near the Mary, Ever Vigilant Intercessor, pray for us. but after death they Mount of Olives, venerated by Orthodox Mary, Light in the Darkness, pray for us. undergo purification, so Christians, and the one you mentioned, Mary, Inspiration of Authors, pray for us. as to achieve the holiness the Church of the Dormition, maintained Mary, Tower of Splendor, pray for us. necessary to enter the joy by Catholic Benedictine monks. Mary, Unflinching Before Our Sins, pray for us. of heaven. The Church I think that the final answer to your gives the name ‘Purgatory’ question is lost in history and unlikely Mary, Constant Through All Ages, pray for us. to this final purification of ever to be settled. But this doesn’t stop Mary, Boundless in Generosity, pray for us. the elect” (#1030-1031). anyone from honoring the Virgin Mary, Mary, Source of Endless Litanies, pray for us. What we don’t know is the mother of God and our mother. the exact nature of that (Brandon A. Evans is a member of St. Susanna Parish in Plainfield and is the graphic designer and purification, how many (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth online editor of The Criterion. 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BOSTOCK, Larry J., 76, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd County, April 27. Husband of Thelma Bostock. Father of Kelly Klein, Donna Poff Rest in and Greg Bostock. Brother of Morton Bostock. Grandfather peace of six. Great-grandfather of one. BRUCE, Francis H., 90, Please submit in writing Christ the King, Indianapolis, to our office by 10 a.m. May 3. Husband of Emilie Thursday before the week of Bruce. Father of Kathy publication; be sure to state Bannister, Nancy Ceccanese, date of death. Obituaries of Sharon Regalado, Rosemarie, archdiocesan priests serving Garry, Robert and Tom our archdiocese are listed Bruce. Brother of Alice Hall. elsewhere in The Criterion. Grandfather of 11. Great- Order priests and religious grandfather of three. sisters and brothers are included here, unless they are CARNEY, Patrick E., 82, natives of the archdiocese or St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Floyd have other connec­tions to it; County, May 10. Father of those are separate obituaries Theresa and Patrick Carney. on this page. Brother of Mary Anne Staser. Grandfather of two. CROWE, Karen Jo, 56, ALLEN, Betty (Burkhart), St. Mary, Greensburg, April 23. 79, St. Michael, Brookville, Mother of John Crowe. April 24. Wife of Charles Daughter of Rita Veerkamp. Summer in Belgium Allen. Mother of Tonya Sister of Susan Veerkamp Beesley, Leah Dooley, April and Mary Ann Wentzel. People cool off in the shade near a fountain during a hot summer day in Brussels on June 24. (CNS photo/Francois Lenoir, Reuters) Huber and Jason Allen. Sister Grandmother of three. of Linda Grocox, Debbie Pierce, Mary Strohmier, DEAN, Edward J., 93, April 30. Husband of Roseann HANSON, Ruth M., 95, Leffingwell. Father of Logan Arthur and Joseph Schneider. Franciscan Sister Andre St. Mary, New Albany, Fuernstein. Father of Bridget St. Joseph, Corydon, May 4. and Evan Leffingwell. Grandfather of six. May 4. Father of Mary Hisle, Burkhart, Dorothy, Charles, Fuernstein. Brother of Darlene Grandmother of four, Great- LIDDY, Lois M., 91, St. Jude, SIEFERT, Mary Ann, 92, Donald and John Burkhart. Allison Lane, Susan Parris, Mudd and James Fuernstein. grandmother of six. Great- Anne Schindler, Edward, Jr., Indianapolis, May 2. Mother St. Louis, Batesville, April 28. Grandmother of nine. Great- HAGER, Francis M., 87, great-grandmother of one. of Gloria Jacobson, Kelly Mother of Jean Beckley, Jane grandmother of three. Miles and William Dean. Grandfather of eight. Great- St. Bartholomew, Columbus, HELLMICH, Leona C., 88, Liddy-Alderson, Jerry Friend Nordmeyer, Peggi Shipman BARHORST, Alfred, 90, grandfather of three. May 8. Husband of Barbara St. Mary, Greensburg, April 7. and Tim Liddy. Grandmother and Sue Siefert. Grandmother St. Mary, Greensburg, May 3. Hager. Father of Camilla Mother of Mary Lou Gauck, of 17. Great-grandmother of of seven. Step-grandmother of Husband of Laverne Barhorst. FLAHERTY, Mary Pat, 68, Gehring, Michelle Hager- Marilyn Lecher, Fred and Dale 19. Great-great-grandmother two. Great-grandmother of five. Father of Sharon Fischer, St. Jude, Indianapolis, May 5. Harrison, Veronica Kagley, Hellmich. Sister of Bertha of 26. Mother of Angela Jones and SMITH, Robert E., 84, Ronnie and Tim Barhorst. Bridget Mitchell, Barbara, Haskamp and Albert Daeger. MAGNANT, Jean, 104, St. Mark the Evangelist, Brother of Delores Simon. Thomas Decker. Grandmother Damian and Tim Hager. Grandmother of 10. Great- of two. St. Jude, Indianapolis, May 2. Indianapolis, May 7. Husband Grandfather of seven. Great- Brother of Alysce, Bregetta, grandmother of six. Mother of Marilyn McKibben, of Georgia Shea-Smith. Father grandfather of eight. FUERNSTEIN, Jerome, 72, Dorothy and Joseph. HENLEY, Joseph L., 80, Paula Roessler, Annette Steeb, of Ann LeBlanc, Barbara, All Saints, Dearborn County, Grandfather of nine. Great- St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Michael and Peter Magnant. Gerald, John, Robert, Timothy grandfather of two. May 8. Father of Jane, Laura Grandmother of nine. Great- and William Smith. Stepfather and Matt Henley. Brother of grandmother of 14. Great- of six. Brother of Edith, Mary Clarence Henley. Grandfather great-grandmother of one. and Ralph Smith. Grandfather Providence Sister Helen Therese Conway of six. MARTEL, Margaret C., of 11. HUBLER, Dorothy R., 92, 107, St. Mary, New Albany, SOUZA, Francisco, R., 86, served in Catholic education for 37 years St. Mary, New Albany, May 1. April 30. Mother of Merrily St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Providence Sister Helen Therese Conway retiring from education in 1987, she served at Mother of Luanne Jones and Habermel and Thomas Martel. May 4. Husband of Carolyn Dale Hubler. Grandmother of Grandmother of six. Great- Krings Souza. Father of died on April 16 at Lourdes Hall at the the motherhouse in a variety of administrative four. Great-grandmother of grandmother of 11. Great- Andrea Davis, Christian, motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence of assistant positions and composed and circulated four. Great-great-grandmother great-grandmother of one. Jonathan and Matt Souza. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the- an information bulletin for the sisters known as of three. Brother of Lenore Souza. Woods. She was 94. “Day by Day” until devoting herself entirely to NOONE, Marianne JANSING, Roger J., 57, (Cahill), 79, Christ the King, Grandmother of six. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, prayer beginning in 2017. St. Peter, Franklin County, Indianapolis, April 28. Wife SZYMANOWSKI, Mary Jo, a virtual funeral service was held. Burial In the archdiocese, Sister Helen Therese May 7. Husband of Brenda of Francis Noone. Mother 66, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, followed at the sisters’ cemetery. served at the former St. Andrew the Apostle Jansing. Father of Melody of Eileen Benson, and Anne Richmond, April 24. Wife Eileen Conway was born on Jan. 25, 1926, in School in Indianapolis from 1950-53, the Feller, Chris and Michael Crowe. Sister of Joseph Cahill. of Dr. James Szymanowski. Chicago. She entered the Sisters of Providence former Holy Trinity School in New Albany Jansing. Stepfather of Grandmother of eight. Mother of Shawn McNabb. of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on Feb. 2, 1948, from 1953-54, the former Sacred Heart School Brandon, Patrick, Jr., and O’HARA, Mary J., 85, Christ Stepmother of Jill Crull, Jason and professed final vows on Aug. 15, 1955. in Terre Haute from 1954-55, the former Ryan Fackey. Son of Clarence the King, Indianapolis, May 1. and Keith Szymanowski. Sister Helen Therese earned a bachelor’s degree St. Catherine of Siena School in Indianapolis and Laverne Jansing. Brother Cousin and aunt of several. Daughter of Marilyn Bizzaro. in education at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods from 1965-67, Our Lady of the Greenwood of Sandy Collins, Sharon Sister of Christina Erbse. PFEFFER, Sr., Karl J., 89, College and a master’s degree in education at School in Greenwood from 1967-69 and Riedman, Shelley Schnur and Grandmother of eight. Randy Jansing. Grandfather St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, Indiana State University in Terre Haute. St. Michael School in Greenfield from 1969-76. TODD, Victoria G., 98, of 18. April 26. Father of Heidi During her 72 years as a member of the Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Blevens, Jayna Dunning, Christ the King, Indianapolis, Sisters of Providence, Sister Helen Therese Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint JOHANN, Jean (Clower), Gretchen Pfeffer Clifford, April 28. Sister of Vincent ministered as an educator for 37 years in Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 84, Prince of Peace, Madison, Karl Jr., and Mark Pfeffer. Todd. Aunt of several. April 28. Mother of Charles, schools in California, Illinois and Indiana. After 47876. † Grandfather of seven. TURNER, Mildred G., 90, Michael and Randal Johann. RIEMAN, Margaret Ann, 99, Prince of Peace, Madison, Grandmother of seven. Great- April 30. Wife of Cletus grandmother of six. St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, Providence Sister Regina Norris served in May 2. Mother of Mary Turner. Mother of Shirley KERRIGAN, Lawrence, D., Burnett, John and Mark Forsythe and Deborah Perman. archdiocesan Catholic schools for 35 years 87, St. Lawrence, Indianapolis, Rieman. Grandmother of six. Sister of Cecilia O’Donnell. April 21. Father of Linda Great-grandmother of 11. Grandmother of three. Great- Providence Sister Regina Norris died on entire 35 years as an educator in schools in the DeGroot and Pam Weber. grandmother of two. April 29 at Mother Theodore Hall at the archdiocese, serving at the former St. Leonard SARTIN, Audrey L., 94, Grandfather of six. WITT, James R., 92, motherhouse of the Sisters of Providence of of Port Maurice School in West Terre Haute St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, KLEEMAN, Sr., Maurice SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in St. Mary-of-the- from 1964-65, the former Annunciation School May 5. Mother of Paula King P., 78, St. Paul, Tell City, and Tim Sartin. Grandmother Greenwood, April 11. Father Woods. She was 84. in Brazil from 1965-67, St. Charles Borromeo April 27. Husband of Viola of Teresa Beaman, Debbie Because of the coronavirus pandemic, School in Bloomington from 1967-78 and at of two. Great-grandmother of Kleeman. Father of Gayle, two. Boyce, Ann Davidson, Sharon a virtual funeral service was held. Burial St. Jude School in Indianapolis from 1978- Bittel, Chris and Maurice Fletcher, Jeanne Heere, Sue followed at the sisters’ cemetery. 1999. After retiring from full-time teaching, Kleeman, Jr. Stepfather of SCHICK, Cynthia B., 84, Richwine, Sandra Searles, Donna Regina Norris was born on Jan. 24, she remained at St. Jude as a substitute teacher Angie Payne, Tammy Rust and St. Luke the Evangelist, James and Timothy Witt. 1936, in Bicknell, Ind. She entered the Sisters and teacher until 2013. After returning to the Jason Eigel. Brother of Brenda Indianapolis, April 22. Wife Brother of Mary Ann Abbott, of James Schick. Mother of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on motherhouse, she served from 2013-14 as a Pannett, Larry, Robert and Nancy Hoskins, Ben and of Joan and Thomas Miller. Sept. 18, 1961, and professed final vows on tutor at Educational Family Services there. In Roger Kleeman. Grandfather Denny Witt. Grandfather of 19. of six. Step-grandfather of Stepmother of Teri Toler Great-grandfather of 31. Great- Aug. 15, 1969. Sister Regina earned a bachelor’s 2018, she devoted herself entirely to prayer. five. Great-grandfather of six. and Timothy Schick. Sister great-grandfather of three. and master’s degrees in elementary education at Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Step-great-grandfather of one. of Jennifer Byrne Clark, Indiana University in Bloomington. Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint Robert and K. Kerry Byrne. WIWI, Mildred M., 107, During her 58 years as a member of the Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN LARSON, Mary L., 84, Grandmother of eight. Great- St. Michael, Brookville, May 3. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mother of Joan Menda. Sisters of Providence, Sister Regina spent her 47876. † grandmother of eight. Jeffersonville, May 2. Mother Grandmother of five. Great- of Valerie Feldkamp, Roberta SCHNEIDER, Bernard T., grandmother of 10. Great- Gritton, Ann Robinson, Kelly 73. St. Louis, Batesville, great-grandmother of five. May 9. Father of Nancy Zelli, Carl and Christopher YOUNG, Richard A., 72, Correction Larson. Sister of Elizabeth Herman, Carol Kuntz, Lisa, Mark and Tom Schneider. St. Thomas More, Mooresville, An obituary of Providence Sister archdiocese because of the coronavirus Poore and William Sinex April 29. Husband of Yolanda Christine Patrick that was published in the pandemic. Sister Christine did not Grandmother and great- Brother of Theresa Eckerle, Frances Hartman, Ruth Young. Father of Sonya, June 19 issue of The Criterion contained serve on the order’s provincial council grandmother of several. Tonya, Eric and David Mulkey, errors. A Mass of Christian Burial was in Massachusetts. She did minister as Messerschmidt, Rose Roell, LEFFINGWELL, John K., Rita Struewing, Albert, and Josh Young. Brother of not celebrated for her because she died administrator of the infirmary at Saint 59, St. Michael, Brookville, Sharon Enbody and Donna while such liturgies were suspended in the Mary-of-the-Woods from 1982-89. † April 22. Husband of Missy Royce. 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to tell the story of slavery in America,” RACISM the meaning of certain Bible stories and continued from page 1 verses were manipulated to justify owning African slaves. that thinking has not been revealed or One passage cited was Gen 9:18-27. In explained—but it’s been passed on.” the story, Noah curses his son Ham and The “misrepresentation” is that all declares that Ham’s son Canaan will be a humans are not created equal, she says. servant to Noah’s other sons. “Once we get back to that eternal truth, “In its boiled-down, popular version, we can see the need for change and start known as ‘The Curse of Ham,’ Canaan working toward all human beings living in was dropped from the story, Ham was unity with each other and God.” made black, and his descendants were made Africans,” the article explains. ‘We have to go back to the beginning’ Mark Noll, an historian of American “Generation after generation continues Christianity, confirms this assertion in a to do certain things or believe certain April 30, 2019, Washington Post article things, and they don’t even know how titled “The Bible was used to justify those practices or beliefs came about in slavery. Then Africans made it their path the first place,” says Sister Gail. to freedom.” She likens the fact to a story about a In the article, Noll states the girl who asked her mom why she cut the interpretation of this Bible story “is made ends of a pot roast off before putting it in up of whole cloth in the 15th century. the pan. There’s just no historical record of any As Sister Gail relates, the mom said seriousness to back it [the interpretation] she learned this step from her own mother up.” who, when asked, gave the same answer. He also points out that “slaveholders Kathy Boyum and Jeffrey Edwards hug during a reconciliation revival in Minneapolis on June 20. The So the great-grandmother was consulted, frequently noted that the Israelites of the event was part of Juneteenth, the date that honors the end to slavery in the United States. and she had the answer: “I only did that Old Testament owned slaves.” (CNS photo/Eric Miller, Reuters) because my pan was too small.” Such “biblical proof” supporting “So to understand racism [toward slavery began “the misrepresentation of parents’ example of applying their She says her mom pointed out that blacks] in America, we have to go back to God,” says Sister Gail. “It started the Catholic faith to challenging situations. siblings continue to love each other even the beginning,” says Sister Gail, back to narrative that Africans are not human when they have arguments and differences the time when the nation was first being beings.” ‘They’re a brother or sister in Christ’ of opinions. settled. Sister Gail admits she has experienced Likewise, her mom said, “You don’t Religion—primarily Christianity—has ‘We have to get to a place of unity’ racism firsthand, even in the Church. stop loving other brothers and sisters. You much to do with that era. Once Americans understand that racism “I think that’s part of every person of just pray for them to be open to God’s According to text for a Library of toward blacks is based on a twisting of color’s life,” she says. “There’s no way to grace and help them see their blindness to Congress exhibit called “Religion and the God’s truth to change beliefs and justify get around it.” the actions they’re doing.” Founding of the American Republic” (bit. slaver, “There has to be acknowledgment To help her and her siblings through By serving as a prayer advocate for ly/2YI1EvP), 75-80 percent of colonists of the truth: that God created all of us in such struggles, “Our parents placed God those who show enmity, Sister Gail was attended church between 1700-1740. The his being and likeness,” says Sister Gail. on top of our experience,” says Sister taught, unity with them and God could be text goes on to note the further spread of “Not some, but every human being. Gail. “They would help us come to grips restored. religion following the “Great Awakening” “When you stray from that premise, with the reality of our experience, but “If we keep that in mind, it will turn movement of the mid-1700s. and you look at what’s been going on in then they’d help us to realize God is the axis on everything we do, because Yet since at least 1619, Africans had our country, it puts in perspective that we larger than any challenge we have.” we’re acknowledging God in every been enslaved, sold, separated from can’t continue doing what we’ve been They reminded their children that God person.” family and forced to work by many of doing.” is a unity of three persons, and that God From there, rooting out racism is a these “God-fearing” people. To start the healing process, says Sister calls for unity among those he created. “both/and” process, says Sister Gail. To justify the institution of slavery, Gail, individuals need to have honest Staying in union with disrespectful Honest conversations and true listening says Sister Gail, “Christians of good faith conversations and acknowledge the people “sometimes means speaking the are needed. So are reviews of laws that had to be made to believe that Africans other’s reality. truth in love, and other times it means institutionalize racism and the initiation were not really human, that they had no But then, she says, “We have to move using the proper channels to deal with of projects that meet immediate needs souls.” past blame and guilt. We have to ask how injury,” says Sister Gail of her parents’ caused by racism—both topics to be The argument used to achieve this end does God ask us to move beyond, to get advice. addressed later in this series. began two centuries before the colonies to a place of unity.” But mostly, her parents said, maintaining “But there needs to be an internal were founded. That argument was based That process may not be so simple. unity with such people comes from asking, change that helps people see where the on a misrepresentation of Scripture. Some people on both sides of the issue “How do you restore your relationship with blindness began,” she says. “have feelings of anger, jealousy, doubt God and that person,” Sister Gail recalls. “It should inform our minds so we can Interpretation of Bible story “is made up” and fear to work through to get to the “To never get to the point that you don’t come back to the center with the one who According to a Feb. 23, 2018, time.com place God wants them to be,” says Sister love that person enough that you can’t pray created us all, and the truth that we are review of Noel Rae’s book The Great Gail. for them. 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