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Confirmation Sponsor THE CATHOLIC PAGE 7 The joy of Lent CFebruary 26,ommentator 2021 Vol. 59, No. 2 2020 LPA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR thecatholiccommentator.org BONDED BY FAITH A ‘great’ confirmation sponsor By Debbie Shelley The Catholic Commentator The fiery power of the Holy Spirit and family love spanning decades were evident as Elle Caraccioli, 16, was ac- companied by her great-grandmother and sponsor Beverly Mason, 90, to be confirmed by Bishop Michael G. Duca at St. Patrick Church in Baton Rouge on Jan. 30. Caraccioli’s bond with Mason grew as a young child, staying after school at her great-grandmother’s house until her mother, Sheri Caraccioli, picked her up after work. Time flew as they did fun Pictured with Bishop Michael G. Duca and Elle Caraccioli are Caraccioli’s great-grandmother and sponsor Beverly Mason at the activities and talked. St. Patrick Church in Baton Rouge confirmation ceremony on Jan. 30. Photo provided by Melissa Harshbarger | St. Patrick Church Baton Rouge So Mason was the natural confirma- tion sponsor choice for Caraccioli. a junior at St. Joseph’s Academy in Ba- Mason said. son prays the rosary every morning and “She was so excited and grateful to ton Rouge. Caraccioli said she is inspired by her night and sometimes at night she would be doing this with me,” said Caraccioli, “I was surprised and very happy,” great-grandmother’s persistence. Ma- SEE SPONSOR PAGE 16 FranU, diocese to offer new program By Richard Meek tual prerequisites. spiritual directors, yet there was The Catholic Commentator “Catholic universities exercise a no formation program in place in critical role in shaping and educat- Baton Rouge. He said the majority A collaborative effort involving ing professionals in society and in of spiritual directors either attend- the Diocese of Baton Rouge and the life of the church,” Bishop Mi- ed Creighton University in Omaha, REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE DUST – Despite COV- Franciscan Missionaries of Our chael G. Duca said. “This is espe- Nebraska, or went through the ID-19, people still turned out in good numbers at Lady University will allow those cially true of FRANU here within archdiocese’s program. church parishes in the Diocese of Baton Rouge to wishing to enter formation with the Diocese of Baton Rouge and But with the demand for spiri- receive ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17. Ash the goal of becoming spiritual di- all of Louisiana. Our several part- tual direction burgeoning conver- Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day rectors to stay in Baton Rouge for nerships with FRANU exhibit our sations began to take place regard- season of Lent. Because of the pandemic, instead training. The two-year, spiritual unified resolve to make a positive ing the diocese developing its own of the traditional smudging of ashes on the fore- direction training program will contribution to Catholic education formation program. “The explora- head, ashes were sprinkled on top of the heads of employ the matrix developed by and healthcare. I could not be tion of the program possibilities attendees, which is a common practice in parts of the Archdiocese of New Orleans more excited about our continued led us to begin a conversation with Europe. Pictured is Father Cleo Milano, pastor of more than 30 years ago. The for- collaboration.” FranU, given the fact they have a Our Lady of Mercy Church in Baton Rouge, dis- mation program is scheduled to Vicar General Father Tom Ran- theology program, which is always tributing ashes following the noon Ash Wednes- begin in August 2022, allowing zino said the diocese has benefit- a prerequisite for a spiritual direc- day Mass. Photo by Debbie Shelley | The Catholic Commentator time for those interested to com- ted in the past from those individ- tion program,” Father Ranzino plete several educational and spiri- uals desiring to meet with trained SEE FRANU PAGE 15 2 The Catholic Commentator February 26, 2021 | DID YOU KNOW Faithful obedience By Dina Dow us by sacred Scripture. The Virgin Mary is its most perfect embodiment.” The Lenten journey continues as we nav- Am I obedient in my faith in God? Do I igate the path paved with stones of prayer, respond without hesitation when I hear his fasting and almsgiving. The Sunday Mass call? readings for the Second and Third Sundays Thou shall (Ex 20:1-17) of Lent unveil virtues of God’s It is with obedient faith most faithful, most poignantly we are called to respond to the virtue of obedience. For by Life-Giving God’s commands, as writ- obedience we grow in faith on FAI H ten in the Book of Exodus. Not our journey to Easter. so much a set of rules, the Ten Obedience (Gn 22:1-18) Commandments are given with The Book of Genesis contains the story of love from God to his people. Abraham’s test given by God. Recall, it took a “The Decalogue (Ten Commandments) is lifetime for Abraham and Sarah to conceive a path of life: If you love the Lord your God, and bear a child. Yet by the mercy of God, by walking in his ways and by keeping his Isaac was born, a true blessing and miracle. commandments and his statutes and his or- God asked the unimaginable of Abraham, dinances, then you shall live and multiply” to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. Filled with trust (Catechism #2057). and obedience, Abraham did as he was asked The covenant with Moses is a dialogue without hesitation, even to the point of hav- between God and mankind. God initiates as ing Isaac carry the wood for the sacrifice up mankind responds in faith. God invites us the mountain. Yet before the sacrifice was to communion with him and others on this, to happen, God’s messenger interceded, and the path of life through actions which require Isaac’s life was spared. Notable is Abraham’s love, obedience and sacrifice. Am I loving obedience, fully trusting in God’s willing to God above all? Do I honor the name of God? sacrifice his only son. God made a covenant Am I taking time to worship God, resting 19th Annotation with Abraham since his devotion was au- from my labor? Am I honoring my parents, thentic. He was promised countless descen- my marriage and others? Am I respecting Getting away for a 30-day prayer as the exercises are also offered on- dants, a superabundant blessing forever. and preserving life? Am I speaking truth? retreat and spending time on the line. Through gatherings with small This account draws to mind a future sacri- Am I grateful for my family and for the ma- Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius groups during the course of the re- fice of an only son for the sake of many. This terial goods I have? Am I walking the path of may seem blissful, yet impossible. treat, people also have the benefit of son too carried the wood of his sacrifice up a Lent by becoming more familiar with the Ten The kids, the job … just too much developing new, or deepening rela- mountain. That wood would become the altar Commandments? to do. tionships with others, either from of fulfillment for all who believe and worship. Transfigured But even in today’s busy world, within their own church parishes or This son was God’s only son, our Lord, as If obedient faith is our response to God’s there’s still a way to make the com- beyond. St. Paul writes, “He (God) who did not spare commands then the Ten Commandments is mitment and find peace through the Through the daily spiritual disci- his own son but handed him over for us all” our response to life in Christ, for “when we 19th Annotation. pline, people can still find answers (Rom 8:32). And again, “He humbled him- believe in Jesus Christ, partake of his myster- Even in the 16th century, St. Ig- to their deepest questions. self, becoming obedient to death, even death ies, and keep his commandments, the Savior natius recognized not everyone can The 19th Annotation has been on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalt- himself comes to love, in us, his father and his take a month away for prayer and especially helpful for people con- ed him and bestowed on him the name that is brethren, our father and our brethren” (Cate- meditation. So as an endnote to his sidering a transition or discerning above every name, that at the name of Jesus chism #2074). By his life, death and resurrec- journal of exercises (#19), he offered a major life decision, such as ac- every knee should bend, of those in heaven tion we are transformed. a method for taking them as a “re- cepting a call into ministry, getting and on earth and under the earth, and every Such was this revelation in the Trans- treat in everyday life.” married or just listening for “what’s tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to figuration: Jesus’ divinity unveiled and his This all may sound good but who next.” But it is not necessary to have the glory of God the father” (Phil 2:8-11). glory shown forth, as the voice of the father is the 19th Annotation meant for? a question in mind to benefit from In the Catechism of the Catholic Church was heard, and the Holy Spirit appeared as a Anyone, from teen to busy mom, them. Paragraph #177 states, “To obey (to hear or cloud that covered the mountain. Witnessed career-focused people and even re- And even though people are not listen to) in faith is to submit freely to the by Peter, James and John to prepare them tirees (retirees often have their own physically present at a retreat cen- word that has been heard, because its truth is for what was to come, Elijah and Moses ap- “booked calendar” bustling with ter, some find the 19th Annotation guaranteed by God, who is truth itself.
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