July 19, 2019 In This Issue ESSEESSENGERNGER M Serving the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky since 1926

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2 St. Ann novena for clarificationincremated remains law Laura Keener uations like this when there is no directive nothing happens” said 3 First St. Mary’s Church Editor Senator Schickel. About the bill’s unanimous, bi-partisan support, The Jubilee Year of Mercy (Dec. 8, 2015 — Nov. 20, 2016) is still Senator Shickel said, “It’s common sense.” 3 Official assignments having an impact in the Diocese of Covington and, now, the state of Rep. Fischer concurred. “People felt like this was an oversight in Kentucky. In the last General Assembly HB 110 passed unanimous- the law that would benefit those who otherwise would be forgotten,” 6 Congregation of Divine ly and rather anonymously. There were no public debates or he said. Additionally, Rep. Fischer said that funeral directors would protests but its impact is not insignificant. Governor Matt Bevin develop an internal tracking system so they will have a record of Providence signed the bill March 29. whom the cremains have been delivered to; that record would be Welcomes new associates Rep. Joseph Fischer was the primary sponsor of the bill, but if kept for at least 10 years. you ask him he might refer to it as “Father Stef’s bill.” Mr. Fogle does not know the exact number of unclaimed cremat- 7 Thomas More University The bill, which is now law, permits funeral directors who are “in ed remains in Kentucky. “I could not guess. I would dare say there Alumnae win national possession of unclaimed cremated remains for two years or more to is not a funeral home in the state that doesn’t have at least one set inter, bury, entomb, or place the cremated remains in a columbari- sitting around,” he said. sports awards um or to deliver the cremated remains to a bona fide religious soci- He also said there isn’t a very clear reason why — despite the ety, veterans organization, or civil group for interment, burial, funeral directors’ attempts to have the cremains claimed — family 8 ‘Be Witnesses’ entombment, or placement in a columbarium.” members refuse to pick them up. Before the bill funeral directors could be held liable if at some “Some might not have known next of kin. Some of it is money, I 9 St. Henry District High School time — even an eternity from now — a family member came to think, or the family doesn’t know what to do. I think a lot of times Mission trip to Jamaica claim the cremains and the cremains were not available. And so the family members think once the cremation occurs that’s it — there unclaimed cremains of people — probably hundreds, maybe even a is nothing left — or they don’t have any more responsibility,” he 12 We Choose Life thousand or more —have lan- said. guished on the basement shelves of Mr. Fogle said that Father Bankemper is not the only the more than 400 funeral homes one interested in making sure that these forgotten peo- 13 Obituary throughout the state of Kentucky. ple receive a proper and dignified burial. Divine Providence Sister Francis Father Stef Bankemper, pastor, “There are veterans groups who search for Anne Durbin St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Ft. unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and they will Thomas, learned of this legal bury those remains or entomb them with full military “flaw” when speaking with a honors,” he said. parishioner who is also a local In Kentucky, Dale LeMond is one of those people. He funeral director. It was during the is the Central U.S. Regional Coordinator for the Missing Moving? Wrong address? Jubilee Year of Mercy and as he in America Project (MIAP). Call the circulation desk, prayed and reflected on Christ’s The Missing in America Project is a federally recog- (859) 392-1570 mercy and what that means to the nized non-profit Veterans organization. Its mission is a Church, the plight of these forgot- nation-wide effort to locate, identify and inter the ten people became more and more unclaimed remains of forgotten veterans. According to Bishop’s Schedule ...... 3 dear to Father Bankemper. the organizations website (https://www.miap.us/ Commentary ...... 4 “It occurred to me that this is index.asp), MIAP has visited 2,346 funeral homes across People and Events ...... 10 not equal to the dignity of a human the United States, have found 19,661 cremains, have Saint Snippet ...... 11 person to be sitting in a basement identified 4,349 cremains as those of veterans and have Classifieds ...... 16 unburied for the rest of eternity interred 4,008 veteran cremains. Entertainment ...... 18 until Jesus comes back,” said Mr. LeMond was also Father Bankemper. “And, the sec- supportive of HB 110. Shopper’s Guide ...... 18 ond thing that occurred to me was He agrees that some Conversations with parishioners News Briefs ...... 19 that it’s the Year of Mercy and people have the wrong during the Jubilee Year of Mercy burying the dead is a corporal work idea about cremation. inspire Father Stef Bankemper of mercy.” He remembers speak- and the creation of HB 110 — Father Bankemper approached ing to the daughter of upholding the dignity of the Missed an edition? Current and back Rep. Fischer, a parishioner, about one of the veterans human person by burying issues of the Messenger are available the situation and together they MIAP interred. unclaimed cremated remains online at covdio.org/messenger. worked on writing the bill. “She asked me, ‘How languishing on shelves of funeral “One thing I insisted on in the can you have my homes. bill was for interment, burial or father’s cremains when placement in a columbarium — my mother said he was something appropriate for the Catholic Church,” Father cremated and there was Bankemper said. “You just can’t spread them around and so that’s nothing left?’ People get in the bill.” the wrong idea that It took a year for the bill to make it into committee. The first year with cremation there is they simply ran out of time. Rep. Fischer and State Senator John nothing left,” he said. Schickel, who also helped draft the legislation, wanted to be sure Mr. Fogle expressed that the bill would have the support of Kentucky’s funeral direc- his gratitude to Father tors. The funeral directors not only supported the bill but helped Bankemper and Rep. lobby for it as well. Fischer for drafting the “It does become a problem. Funeral homes all over the state have bill and working for its cremated remains,” said Sidney Fogle, executive director, Funeral ratification. Directors Association of Kentucky. “I commend the Mr. Fogle said that he worked with Rep. Fischer and Father Catholic Church in Bankemper to help pass the legislation. Before the legislation, Mr. Northern Kentucky for getting involved and also Rep. Joe Fischer Fogle said, funeral directors “could do some of these things but it who introduced the bill; we have worked with him over the years. It wasn’t written in statute. Before (the legislation) a funeral director was very good foresight for those organizations and we were happy would be very reluctant to turn over those cremated remains to a to help them get this done,” he said. third party. A family member could show up years later and ask Father Bankemper is now working with diocesan councils on where their family member is.” developing protocols for acquiring and interring unclaimed cre- “There was really no directive on it. As is so often the case in sit- mains. 2 July 19, 2019 Messenger

On the feastofOur Ladyof Mount Carmel, Bishop Foys thanks Carmelite Sisters for ministry Laura Keener Blessed Virgin Mary as our mother to care for us Editor on our journey.” On the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 12, In closing he thanked the Carmelite Sisters Bishop Roger Foys celebrated Mass at Carmel Manor, Ft. for answering the Lord’s call in their life and for Thomas. Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the patroness of their ministry to the aged and infirm, especially the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm who sponsor at Carmel Manor; and asked those present to pray and operate Carmel Manor. Carmel Manor is one of 17 for vocations to the Carmelite order. At a private facilities (16 in the United States and one in Ireland) oper- ceremony at St. Teresa’s Motherhouse, New York, ated by the Carmelite Sisters offering independent, assist- July 6, the community welcomed three postu- ed and nursing care to the elderly. lants. Sister Doris, Sister Sharon and Sister In his homily Bishop Foys spoke of the importance of Morgan each received the Carmelite habit and a God choosing Jesus to be born of a woman, and how it ties religious name. with John’s Gospel passage (19:25-27) with Jesus giving “On this day when we celebrate Our Lady of Mary to John as his mother and mother of us all. Mount Carmel we especially give thanks for the “God chose to send his son to be born of woman to Carmelite Sisters who have for so many years allow Jesus to have the love of a mother,” he said. labored here, a labor of love and care for others,” “Everyone knows the love of a mother, the care that a he said. “We thank all the sisters who have given mother has for her children, that is a love unlike any other their life up in service to the Lord and in service in our lives. to God’s people.” “Jesus giving us his mother, Mary, as our mother trusts Following Mass, Bishop Foys, Father Joseph us to her care. We can go to her with any of our needs Shelton, administrative assistant to the bishop; knowing that, as a mother, especially as the Mother of the Carmelite sisters, residents and guests con- God, she will hear us and intercede for us. What mother tinued the celebration in the parlor with pastries would not interecede for her children? What mother does and refreshments. not want what is best for her children? So God gives us the Keener photos

(top right) With a little help from Carmelite Sister Alice Weber residents of Carmel Manor bring the gifts to Bishop Roger Foys, July 12, during the offertory. Bishop Foys celebrated Mass at Carmel Manor on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. (above left) Many residents and guests attended the Mass held in the nursing home’s chapel. (above right) Following Mass the Carmelite Sisters ministering at Carmel Manor joined Bishop Foys for a photo. To the left of Bishop Foys is Carmelite Sister Leda Domino, administrator, Carmel Manor.

Father Greer invites alltoparticipatein the132ndannual St.Ann novena Monica Yeamans The theme this year is ‘favorite Scripture passage’ pre- Editorial assistant sented each evening by one of nine deacons of the diocese St. Ann Mission, Covington, continues a long-standing as follows: tradition by celebrating its 132nd annual Novena to St. July 18 - Deacon Michael Keller Ann, July 18–26. The annual novena began in 1888 by July 19 - Deacon James Bayne Father Louis Clermont, pastor, a French Canadian priest, July 20 - Deacon Scott Folz who had established the shrine dedicated to St. Ann with a July 21 - Deacon Timothy Britt relic from her tomb in Jerusalem. Another relic from St. July 22 - Deacon Gary Scott Ann was added later. July 23 - Deacon Robert Stoeckle St. Ann is the patroness of Christian families, mothers, July 24 - Deacon Gerald Franzen grandmothers, housewives, pregnant women, women in July 25 - Deacon Richard Dames labor and sterility among others. The Novena to St. Ann is July 26 - Deacon Thomas Dushney said to be a very powerful novena for many petitions. After Mass there will be individual blessings with a The novena prayers begin at 7 p.m. each evening with relic of St. Ann. Confessions will also be available. On the the novena Mass starting at 7:15 p.m. Father Michael last evening, the Feast of Sts. Joachim and Ann — the par- Greer, pastor of St. John, Covington, and St. Ann Mission, ents of the Blessed Virgin Mary — there will be a recep- invites all parishioners in the diocese to take part. Father tion after Mass. All are invited. Greer explained that since St. Ann Mission has less than For more information call (859) 261-9548 or e-mail 60 active parishioners the participants for the novena are [email protected]. “mostly from other parishes.” Messenger July 19, 2019 3

First St.Mary’schurch leftanenduring legacytothe peopleofCovington Stephen Enzweiler them. In those years, Northern Kentucky belonged to the Covington then was still a small, secluded community Messenger Contributor Diocese of Bardstown, led by its capable Bishop, the Rt. scattered along the banks of the Ohio with less than 800 On the morning of Sunday, Sept. 21, 1834, two men Rev. Benedict Joseph Flaget. Bishop Flaget simply had no residents. A grid of dirt streets cut through a tortured boarded a ferry waiting on the banks of the Ohio River at missionary priests available to send to the Northern landscape still thick with stands of walnut, oak and hicko- Cincinnati and set off across the water toward the city of Kentucky city, but the close proximity of Cincinnati with ry, and the little church toward which they were headed Covington. One of the men, a Dominican friar, in flowing its much larger population forced him to ask Bishop was still considered to be in one of the more isolated areas white, named Rev. Stephen H. Montgomery, had been Purcell for help. of town. As the ferry landed and discharged its passen- across to Covington many gers, Bishop Purcell and Father Montgomery set off on times that summer check- horseback for the corner of Fifth and Washington Streets ing the progress of the only a short distance away. construction of a mission The land on which the church had been built was pur- church thereon a small chased the year before by Greenbury Ridgeley Stringer, a tract of land. The church devout Roman Catholic and wealthy notary from New had been the initiative of Orleans. On it there sat a fine Greek Revival home which the man Montgomery was had been painted white and was known widely in travelling with, the Covington as “The White Mansion.” Mr. Stringer, who had recently installed Second known Bishop Flaget for some years, immediately offered Bishop of Cincinnati, the the land to him as a location for a new church in Northern Right Rev. John Baptist Kentucky. Bishop Flaget, with few missionary priests to Purcell. It was to be a joy- spare and no money, instead offered the task of building a ous day for both men as missionary presence there to Bishop Purcell. Bishop well as for the people of Purcell wasted no time. Covington, and it would By the summer of 1834, the church was finished. It was be remembered as the day a simple but handsome structure situated on a low hill and St. Mary’s Church — the rising above Fifth Street like a monument. It was small, first Catholic church ever just 30 by 50 feet, and held about a hundred people. A stone erected in Northern walk led up the hill from the street to the church and its Kentucky — was dedicat- wooden steps and single door, and above rose a modest ed. steeple with a single bell sounded by use of a pull rope. The The effort to build it interior was a single room with a sanctuary and main had begun more than a altar at the far end separated by a communion rail. Behind year before, when a group Provided Provided the sanctuary was the sacristy, used for vesting and stor- of Irish and German citi- French-born Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget, Bishop John Baptist Purcell, Bishop of age and later as a schoolroom for the instruction of boys zens met and formed a Bishop of Bardstown (1808-1851) was unable to Cincinnati from 1833 to 1883, was a native and girls. Later that day, before a crowd of several hundred small congregation of field missionary priests to the distant northern of Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. With people, Bishop Purcell, assisted by Father Montgomery, Catholic faithful. It was Kentucky city of Covington, which was in the Bishop Flaget’s permission, he set into celebrated the first solemn high Mass there and officially the first such congrega- Diocese of Bardstown. Cincinnati’s Bishop John motion the building of the first St. Mary dedicated it under the patronage of the Virgin Mary, nam- tion in Covington’s histo- Baptist Purcell happily honored Flaget’s request Church in 1834 for the people of Covington ing it “St. Mary’s Church” at the request of Bishop Flaget. ry, but they had no church that he assume episcopal oversight of Covington’s and provided missionaries to minister to the In its first few years, the church was known simply as or priest to minister to catholic population. Irish and German populations. “St. Mary’s Mission,” and it served a congregation of both English-speaking and German-speaking Catholics, most of them immigrants. For the first three years of its existence, it had no resident priest. “One of the Reverend clergy of the Cathedral of Cincinnati,” noted the Catholic Official assignments Telegraph, “celebrated ‘Holy Mass’ on two Sundays (sec- ond and fourth) of every month.” The “Reverend clergy” mentioned in the article was Father Stephen Montgomery. Effective Monday, July 1, 2019 Rev. Niby Kannai Rev. Ryan L. Stenger Later, a Rev. Ferdinand Kühr, a missionary of the Sacred To: Chaplain, St. Henry District To: Chaplain, Covington Latin School Rev. Jason M. Bertke Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, was High School Term: One year Term: One year To: Chaplain, Notre Dame Academy Continues other duties Continues other duties (Continued on page 17) Term: One year Continues other duties Rev. V. Ross Kelsch Rev. Jeffrey D. Von Lehmen To: Chaplain, Newport Central To: Chaplain, Holy Cross District High Rev. Michael A. Black Bishop’s Catholic High School School To: Chaplain, St. Patrick High School Schedule Term: One year Term: One year Term: One year Continues other duties Continues other duties Continues other duties July 19 July 27 Rev. Baiju Kidaagen, V.C. Effective Monday, July 11, 2019 Rev. Edward J. Brodnick Marriage Encounter Mass, Thomas More University, To: Chaplain, Villa Madonna To: Chaplain, Bishop Brossart Deacon Charles J. Melville Cathedral Basilica of the President’s Society gathering, Academy Assumption, Covington, 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m. High School To: Pastoral Associate, St. Barbara Term: One year Term: One year Parish, Erlanger July 21 Continues other duties Mass, Cathedral Basilica, Continues other duties July 28 10 a.m. Mass, Cathedral Basilica, By order of Rev. Thomas P. Robbins July 22 10 a.m. Very Rev. Matthew A. the Most Rev. Roger J. Foys, D.D. To: Chaplain, Holy Cross District Individual meetings, 9 a.m.; Cushing, V.F. Bishop of the Diocese of Covington July 28 – 1 High School 11 a.m.; 1:30 p.m. Annual seminarians retreat, To: Chaplain, St. Henry District Term: One year DPAA priests meeting, Curia, St. Meinrad Retreat House High School Continues other duties 10 a.m. Term: One year Jamie N. Schroeder, August 2 July 23 New teachers meeting, Bishop Continues other duties Chancellor Rev. Robert A. Rottgers Episcopal Council meeting, Howard Memorial Auditorium, To: Chaplain, Bishop Brossart 9:30 a.m. 11:45 a.m. Rev. Michael C. Hennigen High School July 25 August 3 To: Chaplain, Covington Catholic Term: One year Serra Club summer seminarians Sisters of St. Francis of Christ High School Continues other duties cookout, Baker Hunt the King 150th anniversary, Term: One year Community Art Center, noon Lemont, Ill. Continues other duties July 26 August 4 Diocesan staff summer Mass, Cathedral Basilica, gathering, noon 10 a.m. 4 July 19, 2019 Messenger COMMENTARY ‘Evangelical Realism’—not pharisaical exclusion In his opening address at the Congress on the Family for tions in response to Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of the public life of Jesus but also in the late first century life the Diocese of Rome in 2016, Pope Francis set forth a spiri- heaven. (Matt 13: 1-9) An allegorical explanation of the of Matthew’s church. tuality to inspire the reflection and dialogue of the Parable of the Sower is inserted in Matthew 13: 16-23. The parable’s call for patience and tolerance rooted in a Congress participants. His message centered on several The Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat (Matt 13:24- confident trust “that at the final judgment there will be a biblical images as touch- 30) follows the allegorical explanation of the Parable of the separation between the just and the unjust along with COMMENTARY points for pastoral dis- Sower (Matt 13: 16-23). It is unique to Matthew; an allegori- appropriate rewards and punishments.” cernment in the light of cal interpretation of the Parable of the Weeds is given in The allegorical explanation of the Parable of the Wheat “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Matthew 13: 36-43. An additional brief parable — the and the Weeds (Matt 13: 36-43) affirms the appropriate Joy of Love,” 2016), the Parable of the Fishnet (Matt 113: 47-50) — dovetails with the response to the mixture of good and evil in the field of the post-synodal apostolic world and the Church: “patience and tolerance until the exhortation on the final judgment, when God will set matters straight.” As Gospel of Marriage and ‘Christ, “holy, innocent, and undefiled,” Father Meier explains, the mixed presence of good and evil the Family. knew nothing of sin, but came only in the world and in the Church before “the close of the age” The second stands as a summons “to repentance while there is still Scriptural image to expiate the sins of the people. time.” invoked by the Holy Hence, the allegorical interpretation of the Wheat and Father was that of “the The Church, however, clasping sinners Weeds and the Parable of the Dragnet (Matt 13: 47-50; 36-43) Pharisee,” taken from to her bosom, at once holy and appear to nuance a shift of “the parable’s center of gravity the Parable of the from the need for patient tolerance now to the fearful judg- Pharisee and the Tax always in the need of purification, ment to come.” Father Ronald Ketteler Collector in Luke 18: 9- follows constantly the path of penance In his “Matthew: God with Us,” Sulpician Father Donald 14: “I give you thanks, O D. Witherup confirms the consensus of exegetes on the sit- God, that I am not like the rest of men …” (Luke 18:11) and renewal.’ (a) All members uation faced by Matthew’s community: “Troubled by the Referring back to “Amoris Laetitia” (AL, n. 229), the presence of some evildoers, those who would lead others Pope unmasks the temptation of the pharisaical “separatist of the Church, including her ministers, astray, there may have been an urge to cut them out, like logic.” must acknowledge that they are sinners. some cancer, and throw them away.” That sort of outlook Regarding the inclination towards so-called pharisaical reflects the temptation “to set things right immediately,” a exclusion, the Holy Father states: “We think we gain in In everyone, the weeds of sin will be mixed propensity to have “little patience to wait for God’s own identity and security every time we differentiate ourselves time of judgment.” and isolate ourselves from others, especially from those liv- with the good wheat of the Gospel Dominican Father Benedict Viviano’s study in the “New ing in a different situation.” until the end of time. (Matt 13: 24-30) Jerusalem Biblical Commentary” sums up well the point of In reality, disciples of Jesus are summoned to continual the parable on the weeds: “the kingdom is a mixed body of and ongoing conversion, a disposition that grounds “an Hence the Church gathers sinners saints and sinners on earth, until the final sifting by God’s attitude of humility and listening.” agents.” Nonetheless, although Matthew counsels With a clear reference to the New Testament Parable of already caught up in Christ’s salvation “patience, tolerance, and forbearance,” the Church “needs the Wheat and the Weeds (Matt 13:24-30; 36-43), Pope but still on the way to holiness. [(a) Constitution on the constant reformation and positive action including the Francis illustrates both God’s realism and evangelical real- quest for holiness, yet must avoid unrealistic purism or ism. He observes: “This does not mean not to be clear in Church. n. 8; Decree on Ecumenism, n. 3; 6 …] angelism.” doctrine, but to avoid falling into judgments and attitudes – Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 827 Pope Francis weaves the spirituality of the Parable of that do not take in the complexity of life.” the Wheat and the Weeds throughout the tapestry of However, the Pope notes that the spirit of evangelical theme of the Parable of the Weeds. “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel,” 2013), his realism “knows that ‘weeds and wheat’ grow together, and In Matthew’s era, the post-70s of the first century, the apostolic exhortation on the proclamation of the Gospel. the best wheat — in this life — will always be mixed with a church was confronting discouragement and internal From the standpoint of the parable of the weeds among bit of weeds.” struggles occasioned by the lack of universal acceptance of the wheat, the Holy Father recognizes that “an evangeliz- Pope Francis concludes: “The Church’s pastors, in pro- Jesus’ preaching and teaching. The point of this parable ing community,” while being concerned with a good har- posing to the faithful the full ideal of the Gospel and the focuses on the need for disciples to exercise patience and vest, should not become “impatient at the weeds,” for in the Church’s teaching, must also help them to treat with com- tolerance lest in uprooting evil the potential for good be story the sower’s noticing of weeds sprouting up does not passion, avoiding aggravation or unduly harsh or hasty destroyed. degenerate into grumbling or overreaction. (EG, n. 24) judgments. The Gospel itself tells us not to judge or con- In his “Lifting the Burden: Reading Matthew’s Gospel in Moreover, a more expansive vision, an awareness not demn (cf. Matt 7:1; Luke 6:37).” (AL, n. 308) the Church Today” (2004), Jesuit Father Brendan Byrne constricted by expecting immediate success and results, Earlier, in his Angelus address July 20, 2014, Pope notes that “like the farmer … God is patient, prepared to must inspirit the mission of evangelization in the long run. Francis also applied insights drawn from the Parable of the tolerate evil along with the good, until the time for the har- The parable of the weeds among the wheat (Matt 13:24-30) Wheat and the Weeds. The patient waiting of the house- vest has come.” In the long run, at the harvest “the good “graphically illustrates an important aspect of evangeliza- holder to not uproot the weeds stands in bold relief against (the kingdom” will prevail.” tion: the enemy can intrude upon the kingdom and sow the backdrop of his servants’ impatience to destroy. The Contrasted with the zealot’s impatient uprooting, God, harm, but ultimately be defeated by the goodness of the Holy Father commented: “We are sometimes in a hurry to the Lord of the harvest, “knows that good and evil in wheat.” (EG, n. 225) judge, classify, place the good here and the bad beyond. But human hearts stem from the same prior disposition …” In Chapter V, entitled “Spirit-filled Evangelizers,” Pope God knows to wait. He looks at the ‘field’ of every person’s Divine patience grants “grace time to work its victory.” In Francis identifies the present reality of the resurrection of life with patience and mercy. He sees better than us the dirt the end, the spiritual death of evil “will not be crushed, but Christ, an event that invites evangelizers “to discover this, and evil, but he also sees the seeds of good and looks for- rescued and transformed for life.” to experience this.” The kerygma of the resurrection pro- ward with confidence for them to mature.” In his exegesis of the Parable of the Wheat and the claims that, “Christ, risen and glorified, is the wellspring of Again, in this Angelus address, Pope Francis clarified Weeds Father John P. Meier first notes that the text our hope …” (EG, n. 276) the understanding of “evangelical patience”: “Evangelical expresses “Jesus’ rejection of the separatism and rigorism The Holy Father synthesizes insights into the vital patience is not indifference to evil. One cannot make confu- of the Pharisees, Qumranites, and Zealots.” power of the Resurrection from the parables of the sion between good and evil! In the face of the weeds of the This noted Scripture scholar then distills the heart of Kingdom in Matthew 13 — the parables of the mustard world, the disciple is called to imitate the patience of God, the matter. He writes: “Up until the parousia, the Church seed, the leaven, and the weeds among the wheat. nourishing hope with the support of an unshakable faith will always be a mixed bag of good and evil; it should not Faith in the redemptive power of Christ’s resurrection in the ultimate victory of the good, that is, of God.” play God by trying to purify itself completely through assures the hope that “Christ’s resurrection everywhere The discourse on parables is narrated in Chapter 13 of purges and Inquisitions.” calls forth seeds of the new world; even if they are cut the Gospel according to Matthew. These “stories of God” In the same vein, Jesuit Father Daniel P. Harrington (d. back, they grow again, for the Resurrection is already form the third of the five major discourses that structure 2014) in his “The Gospel of Matthew” likewise offered a secretly woven into the fabric of this history, for Jesus did the framework of Matthew, “the Gospel of the Church.” similar exegesis. The parables in Matthew 13 address “the not rise in vain.” (EG, n. 278) (Matt 13: 1-53) mystery of the rejection and acceptance of Jesus’ word of Father Ronald Ketteler is director of ecumenism, episco- Chapter 13 opens with the well-known Parable of the the kingdom.” The parables shed light on “a painful reality pal liaison to the Messenger and professor of theology at Sower and the Seeds which explores the various disposi- for Jewish Christians,” one encountered not only during Thomas More University.

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Herman certainly drew on his own naval Colossians 1:24-28; and Luke 10:38-42. gestion was made), but experience in giving “The Caine Mutiny” its verisimili- At a recent social gathering I met a woman who relat- because the idea of writing tude and its array of characters; but the captain of the ed to me her story of finding a community with whom THE CATHOLIC DIFFERENCE a novel terrifies me. fictional destroyer-minesweeper USS Caine, Philip she would worship. She is Lutheran and had moved into Writing large books — no Francis Queeg, “emerged” from the testimonies of vari- the area. She went to the local Lutheran church for the problem. Sitting in front of ous officers at the real trials, Wouk said. OK, I replied, first five Sundays that she lived here. No one welcomed a keyboard or a pad of what about Armin von Roon, the aristocratic Wehrmacht her; no one noticed her. Judging from the standards of paper and making it all up general who gives readers the view from the other side of the church community out of my head — charac- the hill in “The Winds of War” and “War and she had moved away from, ters, plot, dialogue — is Remembrance?” The answer was about the same: From EIGHTH DAY she found this very unac- beyond my imagination. Wouk’s extensive reading in the memoirs of German offi- ceptable. Someone surely Which is one reason cers, von Roon “emerged.” should have noticed that why I was delighted to meet It may sound simple. What was really at work here, she was a newcomer. She Herman Wouk, who died though, was disciplined talent informed by considerable should have been intro- this past May 17. human insight. duced to the pastor. She Having won the Pulitzer One of our last conversations reminded me of the reg- should have been offered George Weigel Prize for fiction with the ularity of Herman’s Jewish practice. He’d had his pub- the opportunity to join. 1951 bestseller, “The Caine lisher send me the proofs of his penultimate novel, “A Instead, nothing hap- Mutiny,” Wouk never took his foot off the authorial accel- Hole in Texas,” which anticipated nuclear physicists’ dis- pened. For five weeks she erator for more than a half-century thereafter, reaching covery of the Higgs boson while lampooning scientific went home disappointed. the pinnacle of his popularity with two more World War hubris and governmental craziness. I’d read the galleys On the sixth week, she II novels, “The Winds of War” and “War and in a single sitting and called the author on a Saturday decided to leave behind Remembrance” (for which he subsequently wrote screen- evening, Washington time, to congratulate him. But I’d her 30 years of Lutheran Father Daniel Vogelpohl plays). But while fiction was on my mind when we first miscalculated sundown in California, and the housekeep- worship and “try out” the met, it wasn’t on Herman’s. He was writing a companion er who answered the phone said, very politely, that “Mr. local Presbyterian church. She was warmly welcomed at volume to his famous introduction to Judaism, “This Is Wouk will be happy to take your call after the Sabbath.” the door. At the end of the service, she was introduced to My God,” and the Librarian of Congress, James Herman Wouk’s gift for storytelling was matched by the pastor. That afternoon, some members of the church Billington, suggested to Herman that he might want me his seriousness and it would not be a mistake to think dropped by with a gift of a flower arrangement. She is to brief him on developments in Jewish-Catholic rela- that he imagined writing as a vocation. Shortly after a lot now a Presbyterian, convinced that she has met Christ in tions since “This Is My God” was published in 1959. of America began watching the televised adaptation of the Presbyterian Church. And she now enriches her new So over lunch at Washington’s Cosmos Club, Wouk “The Winds of War” in the early 1980s, he reflected on a faith community with her many gifts. and I spent an hour going over Vatican II’s teaching on deep irony of his craft: “It is the paradox of my career Her story as well as today’s readings remind us of the Judaism and its deepening by Pope John Paul II; the that, though I have won recognition as a creator of war power of hospitality. advances recently made in the Jewish-Christian theologi- literature, I regard war and the preparation for war as Today’s story of Abraham and Sarah is a touching cal conversation by Father Richard John Neuhaus, Rabbi the primal curse now afflicting the human race. Some one. God had promised the pair children as numerous as David Novak, and an unofficial group of Jewish and serious writers have understandably averted their eyes the stars of the heavens. But Sarah was now well beyond Christian scholars; and what the official terrain of from the skull that grins at them from current events, so child bearing. Instead of sulking over God’s apparently Jewish-Catholic dialogue might look like in the future. As as to create art from their private preoccupations. I have broken promise, Abraham is consumed with preserving host, Herman could not have been more gracious, so looked straight at the grinning skull and written about the Eastern tradition of hospitality. In the heat of the day when we were having coffee, I decided to pop the question it.” he sees three total strangers near his tent. He “runs” to that had been on my mind from the moment we sat down: This gifted, purposeful storyteller died at 103, still greet them. He begs them the favor of being allowed to How on earth do you write a novel? And specifically, writing. May he rest with his forefathers, in the bosom of entertain them. He gets water to drink, he washes their where did Captain Queeg, the principal character in “The Abraham. feet. He asks Sarah to quickly prepare some food. All is Caine Mutiny,” come from? George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public done for total strangers! Only later (not in today’s read- Wouk didn’t miss a beat. There had been several Policy Center in Washington, D.C. ing) will Abraham find out that he has entertained God’s own angels who have brought the fulfillment of God’s promise. A similar and, in some ways more shocking, story of What matters? hospitality is related in today’s Gospel selection. Martha If I were to say that you matter to me that could mean their appearance on TV or in “TeenBeat” magazine. and Mary, two Palestinian women, go against all tradi- that you are a trusted authority who plays a role of There have been friends at school and at work who came tion by daring to entertain alone in their home a visiting importance in my life, that I care about you, about what and went and, for a time, I watched them and listened to rabbi (Jesus) who was not a relative. But their hospitality you think, how you feel; it them and, for better or for worse, I allowed them to influ- enabled them to come to know the Lord in an intimate BELIEVE,TEACH, might mean that your ence me. I allowed them to matter to me. way. PRACTICE opinion is one that I Even today I continue to choose which person or Christian hospitality is that virtue that leads us to regard highly, that I value group of people matters and which does not. I am learn- truly discern the presence of Christ in others. St. your judgment. It means ing to be careful not to discount a valid opinion, sound Benedict was so convinced of this that he laid down the that you are significant to judgment or a worthy role model simply because it gets following rules for his monks. “Guests who arrive at the me, that I look to you as a in the way of my plans, my choices, how I’d like to live monastery are to be welcomed as Christ … From the role model and that my my life. I am learning not to place someone in the catego- moment of arrival to that of departure they [the superior life would be less without ry of “who or what matters” simply because he or she and monks] will address the guest in all humility, bowing you. says what I’m hoping to hear or does what I’d like to do. their heads or even prostrating themselves to honor I need people who mat- We need trusted authorities in our life — we need peo- Christ whom they receive in this person … The superior ter in my life. Looking ple who matter. Who is a more trusted authority than will break the fast in order to eat with the guest … He back, my parents were Jesus Christ? What institution is more representative of will pour water over the hands of his guests, and assisted first. They watched over Jesus on earth today than the Church? by the brothers, will wash all their feet.” me, told me not to touch Many choose to place the Church into the category of Our modern times have somewhat handicapped our the hot skillet on the stove “who or what does not matter” simply because we, in an Deacon Timothy Britt ability to be hospitable. Our air-conditioning insures that and to look both ways effort to uphold the truth of the Gospel, do not tolerate our doors remain closed with ourselves safely hidden before crossing the street. their chosen lifestyle. We are an inconvenience to many. inside, often unaware of what transpires outside our Experience told me that my parents had my best interest It would be easier if the Church could just jump on the doors. Our fear of violence and crime drives us to keep at heart. I came to know that I needed them for protection bandwagon — but we can’t. I’m reminded of the chili our distance — especially from strangers. We have many and guidance. I came to respect and admire them and I restaurant that was doing poorly so they started selling obstacles to overcome if we are to encounter the divine continue to strive to win their approval. They matter to pizza and when business didn’t improve, they went to presence as did Abraham and Sarah, Martha and Mary. me. selling soup and sandwiches. Offering genuine hospitality is a risk we must take. Some people who matter to me have come and gone Should the Church change our menu to keep up with “Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have over time. I made friends in the neighborhood and at the changing whims of the world? unknowingly entertained angels.” (Heb 13:2) school and, for a time, these people mattered to me. As I No. Our specialty is truth and, while it does not appeal Father Daniel Vogelpohl is pastor of Blessed Sacrament aged people that I did not know personally entered my to everyone, it is alone on our menu. Parish, Ft. Mitchell. life through their music that played on the radio, through (Continued on page 18) 6 July 19, 2019 Messenger

CDP Associates welcome four new members during June retreat Donna M. Esposito sick and elderly and serve as lectors, sacristans, and Kentucky Emergency Shelter, Our Savior food pantry, sav- Messenger Contributor extraordinary ministers in their parishes. They are men ing dimes to assist building schools for children in Within a celebrative liturgy on Sunday, June 9, Sister and women who are eager to mature in their faith and to Madagascar, sending birthday cards to those in nursing Alice Gerdeman, provincial superior and Donna Esposito, deepen their love of God and neighbor. facilities, giving gifts to seniors at Christmas, and organiz- director of associates, welcomed four new members into The liturgy concluded a weekend retreat held at the St. ing evenings of bingo for the retired sisters at the Holy

The Congregation of the Sisters of Divine Providence welcomed four additional members to its Associate program. Pictured (from left) are: Sister Rose Ann Menke; Sister Margaret Verhoff; Antoinette Hummeldorf (new associate); Marilyn Schleyer; Roberta McCourt (new associate); Colleen Smith; Mary Bezold; Joseph Bezold (new associate), Sister Alice Gerdeman, provincial superior; Donna Esposito, director of associates; Lynn Iorfida (new associate); and Mary Helen Bertolini. the Associate Community of the Congregation of Divine Anne Retreat Center from June 7- 9. Divine Providence Family Retirement Home. Providence — Joseph Bezold, Antoinette Hummeldorf, Sister Lynn Stenken shared thought-provoking presenta- In spiritual communion with the Church, Associates of Lynn Iorfida and Roberta McCourt. Joseph, Antoinette, tions on “The Four Fundamental Virtues as lived by St. Divine Providence witness to God’s love and care in their Lynn and Roberta committed to share in the mission of Peter … and Us!” Sister Lynn said that: in Simplicity — be personal lives and their ministries to God’s people. the Congregation within their particular lifestyle. authentic to yourself and others; in Abandonment — be CDP Associates are men and women of all faiths, ages, Following the liturgy a reception was held in Providence mindful of the present, don’t hold on to the past; in Poverty cultures and life situations who seek a formal relationship Hall. — be poor in spirit; and in Apostolic Charity — be witness- with the Congregation of Divine Providence and do not Rooted in the spirituality of its founder, Blessed Jean es to spread love, joy and compassion by example. Prayer, take vows. With the Sisters, the Associates are called to be Martin Moye, Sisters and Associates of Divine Providence time for personal reflection and group discussions the “face of Providence” through prayer, and the spiritual strive to live four fundamental virtues – abandonment to enhanced the weekend. and corporal works of mercy. Divine Providence, simplicity, apostolic charity and pover- CDP associates live out their commitment not only in To learn more about the Associate Community of Divine ty. Desiring to live these virtues in their daily lives, associ- their small communities, but by joining with other associ- Providence contact Donna Esposito, ACDP director, (859) ates work with youth, engage in ministries that tend to the ates in providing food and clothing to the Northern 781-0712 Ex. 18 or e-mail: [email protected].

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TMU alumnae Madison Temple and Jenna Fessler named CWSA winners, demonstrate extraordinary accomplishments Staff report may be going through a tough time or dealing with their own Finally, yet slowly, Ms. Fessler began to regain her health Scholar C.S. Lewis once said, “Hardships often prepare adversity.” and strength — a process that would take a year. Though her ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” Also facing adversity and prevailing during her student- body was fighting this life-threatening illness, Ms. Fessler had As “ordinary” student-athletes, Madison Temple ’19 and athlete days at TMU is Ms. Fessler. As the 2019 Honda only one thing on her mind — getting back to her volleyball Jenna Fessler ’19 had no idea the adversity and triumph that Inspiration Award winner, Ms. Fessler claims that she was teammates at TMU. was to unfold leading up to their graduation from Thomas filled with pure excitement and happiness when she received “My doctors did not know if I would recover enough phys- More University. The TMU alumnae and student-athletes Ms. the call saying she won. ically to be able to play volleyball again, but I knew if I could, Fessler and Ms. Temple were both acknowledged by The “I never thought I would be winning this award because I nothing was going to stop me,” said Ms. Fessler. “The thought Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) for their extraordi- never expected to get sick and have a story that is considered of getting back on the court was one of the biggest things get- nary accomplishments. Announced June 17, Ms. ting me through. I was not satisfied after my first Temple is named the 2019 Division III Honda two years of playing at TMU, and I know I had more Athlete of the Year, and, Ms. Fessler is named the in me, and I had more to achieve with my team- 2019 winner of the Honda Inspiration Award. mates.” Ms. Temple experienced hardship during her Ms. Fessler returned for the 2017 volleyball sea- career as a basketball student-athlete beginning son and played for the remainder of her college ath- her sophomore year of high school, tearing both letic career, even suffering through a blood clot in of her anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) only her arm during her senior year in 2018. Though told one year apart. Unsure if the injury would result her condition would require surgery, she made the in the end of a dream, she prevailed. decision to finish her volleyball career before under- “I never wanted to be that person who gave up going the procedure. because of a little adversity,” said Ms. Temple. “I “There are many positive things that I was able figured if I was going to rehab for nine months, it to experience from getting sick,” Ms. Fessler added. wasn’t going to be for nothing. I didn’t want to let “If I would not have gotten sick, I would not have the fear of getting injured again stop me from played on the 2018 TMU volleyball team that had one doing what made me happy.” of its best years in quite a while. I never would have Before graduating from TMU in May, Ms. experienced beating the number one team in the Temple was a star on the basketball court. In four (above left) Madison Temple. (above right) Jenna Fessler. country on their home court in five sets. I never short years, she acquired numerous Division III would have experienced our NCAA Tournament run national awards. inspiring,” said Ms. Fessler. “True inspirations are my family and the Sweet 16. Throughout all the challenges, I became so She led her team in scoring, rebounds, assists, and steals, and friends who helped me through the difficult times.” much stronger.” while helping the Saints win the 2019 NCAA DIII Ms. Fessler was a student-athlete at TMU, playing volley- Like Ms. Temple, Ms. Fessler achieved many accolades Championship title and an undefeated 33-0 record. Ms. ball for four years. But, due to an unexpected illness, she had during her athletic career at TMU. She started all matches her Temple finished her career as the school’s all-time leader in to take a year off of school and a year away from her passion senior season and was awarded the American Collegiate scoring, assists, made field goals, and made free-throws, while — volleyball. After an annual family vacation to Destin, Athletic Association (ACAA) Setter of the Year, First-Team finishing third in rebounding. Florida, in the summer of 2016, Ms. Fessler began to not feel All-Conference, two-time ACAA Player of the Week, and All- When the title of Division III Honda Athlete of the Year like herself. It began with bad headaches, lower back pain, Great Lakes Honorable Mention. was added to her athletic resume, she was overjoyed. and nausea and eventually progressed to a drawn-out process Both women used their hardships to strive towards their “I cried, honestly, just because this isn’t just a player of the of doctor visits and trips to the TMU athletic trainers, result- destiny. Ms. Fessler is the new varsity assistant volleyball year in basketball, it’s for all sports,” said Ms. Temple. “To ing in a hospital stay. After days in the hospital, she was diag- coach at Seton High School in Cincinnati and is planning on know that I am being recognized for all the hard work I’ve put nosed with West Nile Virus, causing meningitis and earning a master’s degree in sports administration, and Ms. in on the court and off the court in the classroom and commu- encephalitis, swelling her brain. Unfortunately, the diagnose Temple is chasing after her dream of remaining involved in nity means so much to me. It makes me emotional to think of wasn’t the end to the struggle. Thinking she was on the road basketball programs by working in sports analytics, becom- everything I went through with my ACL tears and the mental to recovery, the disease came back more severely than before, ing a sports agent, working for basketball operations or pro- aspects of the game that I had to go through to get to this point causing Ms. Fessler to go into a coma for six days due to the gram at a university, or working for ESPN as a sports reporter. … I hope that my story can inspire other young athletes who swelling and pressure on her brain. 8 July 19, 2019 Messenger

Be Witnesses Trusting in God’s grace Karen Kuhlman really a call. When she tried to deny the call Parish at UC, was moved by what she Messenger Correspondent she became unhappy and discontented; found there and became involved with When Sister Mary Agnes Cashman was she came to realize she was ignoring God’s campus ministry. She wanted to see what “Wake up the world! in the second grade, a dream of becoming call. Once she came to terms with that, the would happen now that she really had Be witnesses of a teacher and a religious sister began to headaches, unhappiness and discontent- God in her life. Mentored by the pastoral a different way take root in her mind. That dream lingered, ment disappeared. staff there, she was surprised to find her- of doing things, but the path towards her vocation took She began to take a serious look at vari- self leading retreats and giving retreat of acting,of living!” quite a few years and some unexpected ous religious communities, and found the talks. While still in college and doing stu- detours. Before she arrived at St. Anne’s right fit when she paid a visit to St. Anne’s. dent teaching, she became more involved, — Pope Francis Convent, the Provincial Home of the She began living as a postulant in the con- joined the women’s group, and sponsored Congregation of Divine Providence in the vent at St. Bernard Parish, Dayton, but someone in RCIA. quiet rural town of Melbourne in 1985, her delayed the novitiate for several years. She She received her Bachelor’s and life had been anything but quiet. wanted to utilize the $400 per month sup- Master’s degrees from UC in 1998 and Sister Mary Agnes grew up in Chicago, plement from the G.I. Bill she had earned began teaching at Notre Dame Academy. her parents’ sixth child and only daughter. from her years in the military. With a bach- She made friends with some of the Sisters Through 12 years of Catholic education, elor’s in elementary education from there, and felt a sort of a resonance with she held onto her dream. Her father told Northern Kentucky University in hand, she them. Her aunts among the Benedictines her she could be anything she wanted to entered the Congregation of Divine and Divine Providence congregation felt be, but insisted that she get a college edu- Providence in 1988. Sister received a MEd she was called to religious life. One day, cation first. from NKU and lives out her life’s dream as she began asking a friend about religious She completed two years of college, a teaching religious. life and suddenly the idea was in her mind but found it difficult to afford the tuition. Sister Mary said, “So many of us strug- all the time. She was drawn to the spiritu- Intrigued by the notion that serving in the gle to know if we are really hearing a call. ality of simplicity of the Congregation of military could provide her with the means And, little things, like giving up the keys to Divine Providence, and felt there was to fund her education through the G.I. Bill, my car, symbolized my real separation something in the sisters that resonated and an opportunity to see a bit of the from some things of the world. But, God with her. She was invited to take a step world, she joined the Army in 1977. always gives us the graces we need as we towards a vocation, and although some- Following completion of basic training and go through life.” what fearful, she also felt at home, ven- computer school, Sister Mary was assigned God’s graces were certainly present in tured on and entered the Congregation in to a post in Yongsan, South Korea. She the life of Sister Leslie Keener who was 2000. Sister Leslie says that God steered loved her experience there and enjoyed searching and struggling on her own her to a community that is about trusting working with the Korean people, traveling vocation journey. She grew up attending in God’s care because he wanted to help their country and taking courses in conver- Catholic schools, but didn’t experience a her do just that. sational Korean. close relationship with God. She went to She made final vows in 2008 and is At the end of her 3-year commitment, church, but her faith was not at the center now Director of Vocations for the she decided there was a lot to see in of her life. When she arrived at the Congregation. She says that God contin- Europe, re-enlisted for an additional 3 University of Cincinnati, she was immersed ues to call people to religious life, and she years and was stationed in Karlsruhe, in a completely secular society where her enjoys speaking with college retreatants Germany. She had a high security clear- faith wasn’t all around her. and women in discernment. Her life is very ance and could visit any of the non-com- Her first few years at UC were difficult much like everyone’s with its ups and munist countries. She used her leave to and she began to question her faith, downs, periods of happiness and fulfill- travel, experiencing Midnight Mass at the searching and struggling. An ment, and times of doubt and confusion. Vatican and Christmas Day in the Alps. evangelical/ecumenical Christian group But, her trust in God’s provident care has When separated from the service she wasn’t a good fit, but the phrase “personal grown because of the awesome, spiritual worked as a programmer at Walter Reed relationship with God” touched her. She women of her community. As a spiritual Army Medical Center. Her dream of began to pray and felt for the first time director, she knows that we are not meant becoming a teacher was still alive, but she that God was with her in a very loving way. to do spiritual life alone. wondered if her idea of becoming a reli- It was an important conversion moment gious was just a childhood dream and not for her. She turned to the Neumann Center

August Birthdays 8 Sister Patricia Marie Tyree, Sister Grace Ann Schmersal, 17 Sister Judith Marie Hagen, 25 Sister Mary Harietta 2 Sister Barbara Marie Hurlander, SND CDP SND Gausepohl, SND SND Sister Christa Kreinbrink, OSB 12 Sister Barbara Rohe, CDP 18 Sister Margaret Stallmeyer, Sister Emmanuel Pieper, OSB 3 Sister Cathy Bauer, OSB 9 Sister Mary Rachel Nerone, 15 Sister Marianna Rumpke, SND CDP Sister Martha Walther, OSB Sister Mary Martha Beiting, SND SND Sister Mary Ann Sister Elizabeth Keleman, CDP 28 Sister Theresa Falkenstein, (Formerly Sister Mary Agneta) 4 Sister Patricia Jean Cushing, SJW 10 Sister M. Bertha Berling, CDP Nadicksbernd, CDP (Formerly CDP. Sister Mary Baptista) 6 Sister Judith McMahon, CDP Sister Eileen Bertsch, CDP 29 Sister Colleen Winston, OSB (Formerly Sister Thomas Marie) 11 Sister Mary Shannon Kriege, 16 Sister Mary Jean Clare Lamping, SND 7 Sister Rosemary Lee, CDP SND

For more information about consecrated life in the Diocese of Covington, contact Sister Fran Moore at (859) 392-1500. Messenger July 19, 2019 9

Crusaders open their minds and heartstothe peopleofJamaica Lisa Laudenslayer with some teens their own age from the parish. Shy at first, shared his life-changing story as kid in trouble in the past Messenger Contributor the local teens had seen many Americans come to their to now being a high school graduate who plans to study Seventeen students from St. Henry District High School island. The St. Henry students invited them to join their architecture in college all because of Father Jim and the traveled to Negril, Jamaica in June to support the mission- group in play, meals and even work as their friendship missionary programs to keep him in school. Thanks to ary work of the Franciscan Friars, who have been serving developed. technology, the students will be able to follow his journey the local community there since 2000. Franciscan Fathers One of the boys, Bam Bam the students called him, and encourage him along the way. Jim Bok and Colin King, both native As first time visitors to Ohio, hosted the group, introduc- to the Jamaican island, ing the students to the missionary both students and chap- apostolate and engaging them with erones left with an the Jamaican community. enhanced world view Pulled from their comfort zones after seeing and experi- and electronic devices, the teens set encing the beauty of the out to support the needs of three island and its people parishes and several outreach initia- against the disparity of tives in and around Negril. the resort population Improving educational opportu- and the poverty of the nities is a predominant focus of the local population. Friar’s missionary work. Although Evening reflections Jamaican education is free, many were a time to share and families in poverty cannot afford sort out all of these new uniforms, lunch fare or transporta- experiences. tion, so students simply do not attend or attend irregularly. By participat- ing in both urban and rural class- room visits, the St. Henry students witnessed the effects of these hin- drances as well as the visibly obvious lack of resources. St. Henry student, Kylee, grasped (above) Franciscan Fathers Jim Bok and Colin King with St. Henry District High the disparities, saying, “I appreciate School students and chaperones on a mission trip to Jamaica. the many opportunities that I have to (below and right) St. Henry District High School students working and visiting with achieve my goals in life because peo- local residents on a mission trip to Jamaica. ple [here] are not as fortunate to have these opportunities.” However, despite the crowded, noisy, and resource-depleted class- rooms, the visiting Crusaders were moved by the uninhibited friendli- ness of the students and staff as they learned and played alongside the children. Faced with small congregations and limited local resources, Father Colin welcomes groups that can tack- le labor-intensive projects. For many students, these projects engaged them in physical labor to which they typically are not accustomed. Working alongside the local hired help in the Jamaican heat, the stu- dents transported hundreds of cin- der blocks, sand and rocks all needed to build a shed at the parish and pig pens and chicken coops for families in the community. They were also called to paint, pick through burned rubbish, strip painted metal and scrub work surfaces the old fash- ioned way. They quickly realized the challenges to what seemed like rou- tine projects to us as Americans. Besides school visits, work-site projects and a few fun trips to the beautiful Jamaican beaches, the St. Henry teens embraced a unique opportunity to meet and hang out 10 July 19, 2019 Messenger PEOPLE AND EVENTS

Newsworthy Happy birthday to Father Robert Rosing, retired, July 30; Father W. John Bullock, L.C., assistant chaplain, NKU, Aug. 2; Father James Gerrety, retired, Aug. 6; and Father Ross Kelsch, parochial vicar, St. Thomas Parish, Ft. Thomas, Aug. 11. Ryan Maschmeyer, an agent with Catholic Order of Foresters, has earned a Richard Tobin Benevolence Award for the ninth consecutive year. This award is given to Catholic Order of Foresters’ top 20 agents each year who then choose a Catholic organization to receive $500. Mr. Maschmeyer chose Rose Garden Home Mission. The donation will be used to purchase “new baby welcome baskets.”

The weekly TV Mass from the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption will be broadcast on Sunday, 5–6 p.m. on station Me TV WLWT, on channels: over the air 5-2; Spectrum 188 in Kentucky and Cincinnati Bell 23 or 291. Eagle Scout is something to bark about Aidan Collins, junior, at Villa Madonna Academy and Eagle Scout, organized a group of 30 volunteers to help the dogs at the Boone Have something to list in “People and Events”? The deadline County Animal Shelter, Burlington. The group repaired the fence around the shelter’s exercise yard. The yard has approximately 15,000 for event notices is nine days prior to the desired publication square feet, but its fence was in such bad shape that the shelter was unable to exercise dogs there. Dogs had to be walked on leashes date. E-mail [email protected] no later than the instead of being allowed to run. Mr. Collins and his volunteer group installed new posts and wire mesh for the fence. They cleared over- Wednesday before the week you would like the information to growth that was creeping into the yard, and they installed two benches to allow shelter volunteers to sit outside while keeping an eye on appear. the dogs in the yard. The project will benefit approximately 500 dogs this year alone. Mr. Collins has devoted more than 200 service hours Planning an event featuring a speaker or minister from to the shelter as a dog walker, adoption counselor, and greeter so repairing the shelter yard was a natural choice when he was deciding outside the diocese? In the Diocese of Covington, before con- on an Eagle Scout Service Project through Scouts BSA. Collins is a member of Scouts BSA Troop 717. tracting the services of a priest or deacon, man or woman reli- gious, or lay person, a request for verification in good standing refreshments and lunch. Register at ndapandas.org. For information visit www.rosarycoasttocoast.com. must be submitted to the Chancery office no later than four weeks before the desired date of service. Screening applica- DCCH Center for Children and Families foster care and Are you a young adult (18 to 39) discerning a vocation to tions and instructions can be found at adoption informational meeting, Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m., at marriage, religious life or the priesthood? Young Adult www.covdio.org/chancery/. DCCH Center for Children and Families, Ft. Mitchell. Ministry is launching a new young adult group for people like you. Meet others discerning, build community and St. Vincent de Paul, Erlanger, needs volunteers for the “Wait No More,” foster, adopt, support event, Aug. 20, 6– get the support you need to answer God’s call. call center and food pantry for just a few hours each week. 8 p.m., at Florence Baptist Church. Did you know there are Information, e-mail Brad Torline at [email protected]. Food pantry volunteers help set up bags of food that are pro- thousands of children in need of help? The Diocese of vided to those in need. Call center volunteers assist with Covington is joining other churches in Kentucky in this Diocesan high schools and Thomas More University are offer- answering calls for assistance and data entry, 10 a.m.– 2 p.m. effort. All are invited to this free evening event to learn ing a variety of summer camps for students of all ages. For information call (859) 446-7721. about foster care and adoption, and practical ways you can Find more details at https://www.covdio.org support foster and adoptive families. Engage with experts /messenger/. There will be a Holy Hour on the third Thursday of every who will answer your questions. month, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Denture technician volunteers for 3D printing are needed Covington, 3–4 p.m., to pray for victims of sexual abuse by cler- Mary, Queen of Heaven Church, Erlanger, Queenship at the Rose Garden Center for Hope and Healing, Covington. gy and to pray for the Church. All priests of the diocese will be Rockin’ Eve, Sat. Aug. 24, 5-11 p.m. Live music by Aaron Training provided. Contact [email protected]. Dental in attendance; the lay faithful are invited to join. The Blessed Hedrick Band; Cassette Junkies with hits from the 80s and and medical professionals are also invited to serve the least Sacrament will be exposed, concluding with the Chaplet of 90s and classic rock from Swan. Free event; food and drinks among us. Divine Mercy and benediction. The sacrament of reconcilia- available for purchase. tion will be available during the Holy Hour. The next Holy will Never. Lose. Hope. Do you have family or a friend in jail or be held Thursday, Aug. 15. Visitors welcome at St. Thomas Adoration Chapel. Open prison? Loking for a safe, welcoming community where you 6 a.m. to midnight Monday–Friday. Interested in becoming a are accepted without judgment? Join a free support group, the St. Ann Parish, Covington, St. Ann Novena, July 18–26th. companion adorer at a weekly holy hour? Call 441-7682 or e- third Tuesday of every month, 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m., Catholic Novena prayers begin at 7 p.m. with Novena Mass at 7:15 mail [email protected]. Charities, Latonia. All are Welcome. Information, Dave Capella: p.m. The feast of Sts. Joachim and Ann will be celebrated [email protected] or 581-8974, ext. 117. July 26, with a reception following Mass. All are invited. Newport Central Catholic girls’ golf team is looking for Contact 261-9548 or [email protected]. seventh- and eighth-grade students for its season starting in Check the Worldwide Marriage Encounter website for August. All ranges of talent including beginners welcome. upcoming 2019 weekends in Cincinnati. Register at Bishop Brossart High School, summer K–8 drama camp Contact Coach Katelyn Beatrice, [email protected]. www.wwme.org or (937) 886-5196. present “Seussical Kids,” July 20, 7 p.m., in the BBHS Munninghoff Family Performing Arts Center. At camp (July St. Thomas Seniors trip, Sept. 4, Derby Dinner, Million For couples in troubled marriages, Retrouvaille is a program 15–July 19, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. daily) children will learn aspects of Dollar Quartet. True story of Elvis, Jerry Lee Louis, Carl of healing and renewal consisting of one weekend and six theatre and put on a full-production musical. Auditions: July Perkins and Johnny Cash. Lunch included. $62. Contact follow-up sessions over the course of three months. Contact: 11, 3–5 p.m., or July 13, 10 a.m.–noon. Contact Robert Tieman at Shirley Murray 441-8567. www.cincyretrouvaille.org or (513) 456-5413. [email protected] to sign up. Save the date – The Marriage Journey – the Diocese of Attention youth (grades 9–12) and chaperones! Register now Thomas More University girls’ summer basketball camp, Covington invites all couples to attend a marriage enrichment for the diocesan pilgrimage to the National Catholic Youth for grades 2–8, Session 2: July 29–Aug. 1, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. at the experience Saturday, Sept. 21, 8 a.m.–3 p.m., at St. Barbara Conference (NCYC) in Indianapolis, Indiana, Nov. 21–23, Connor Convocation Center; $125 per athlete prior to June 15 Parish, Erlanger. Cost is $25 per couple, light breakfast, lunch 2019. The event will consist of a wide variety of opportunities ($150 after). Every camper will receive a T-shirt and basketball. and refreshments included. Additional details will follow soon. for young people to experience God and his Church. A down Visit www.thomasmoresaints.com/camps or call 344-3336. payment of $100 per person must be returned to the Office of Save the date — YOUTH 2000 will be at Covington Catholic Catechesis and Faith Formation by Feb. 28 to reserve a place. The Newport Central Catholic annual golf outing will be High School, Oct. 11–13. This event is open to eighth-grade Visit www.covdio.org/catechesis-formation/youth-and-young- held Aug. 2 at Hickory Sticks Golf Course. The outing will be and high school students. Visit www.nkyouth.com or call adult/#youthncyc, call 392-1500, ext. 1526 or e-mail a scramble format with a shot gun start with two flights of 466-1283. [email protected]. golfers beginning at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., registration begins 1.5 hours prior to tee off. Cost $95 per person; $380/foursome The 2nd annual “Rosary Coast to Coast” event will be held Free support group, Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PAL), which includes green fees, golf cart, lunch and drinks. Oct. 13, 4 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, meets every Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m. at Catholic Charities, Burlington, at the Grotto of Two Hearts. This international Latonia. Group provides continuing education and support, at Notre Dame Academy golf outing, Aug. 2, “shot gun” start event unites our nation in prayer with everyone, at the same no charge, for parents with a son, daughter or spouse suffering at 8 a.m., Summit Hills Country Club. Registration, $150/per- time, praying for the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe from addiction to alcohol or drugs. No cost. Just come. son, begins at 7 a.m., includes goody bag, cart, green fees, for the spiritual health of the United States. Bring a chair. 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St. Bernard Parish, St. Anthony Parish, Dayton, Aug. 16 and 17 Taylor Mill, Fall Fest, St. Mary Parish, Sept. 14. Alexandria, Aug. 16 and 17 12 July 19, 2019 Messenger We Choose Howtoanswer pro-choice arguments: Life Part1— ‘Science’ Caitlin Shaughnessy Dwyer Contributor but at the beginning it’s just a clump of cells! My skin cell is alive and This article is the first of a three-part series. Future articles will address logic, human, but it’s not a human being .” Here, it is helpful to explain that the the law, and $hard cases.% unborn child is an organism , a self-directing entity that coordinates its own Pro-Life growth and including the right to development and will mature into an Are you comfortable talking about being pro-life? Many of us aren’t. We adult member of its species if given a proper environment and adequate Office may be convinced that abortion is wrong, but when it comes to sharing nutrition. A skin cell cannot mature into an adult human. of the Diocese of Covington our convictions with others, we tend to clam up. We want to say some- It would also be helpful to share basic facts of fetal development. Begin thing, but we don’t know where to begin. by explaining that words like “zygote,” “morula,” “embryo” and “fetus” are There is a simple strategy that you can use to make these difficult con- Mission Statement versations easier. If someone expresses that she is pro-choice or undecid- The Pro-Life Office of the Roman Catholic ed, you can ask the following question: “If you were convinced that the Always be ready to give an explanation to Diocese of Covington, guided by our bishop, unborn child is a human life, would you still support abortion?” promotes the sanctity and legal protection of This question does two things. First, it invites the person to examine her anyone who asks you for a reason for your human life from conception to natural death own position. She must decide: is abortion still ok if the unborn child is a through prayer, pastoral care, public policy hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence. human life? Second , it cuts your own work in the conversation in half: and education. (1 Peter 3:15-16)) — If the person answers “No” — meaning that if she accepted the unborn child as a human life, she would not support abortion — then you terms used to describe phases of development of a human child before have a conversation about science on your hands. birth (just like we use “newborn,” “toddler,” and “adolescent” after birth). This — If she answers, “Yes” — meaning that, even if she accepted the is an important clarification because some people use these words as unborn child as a human life, she would still sup- though they were describing different non-human kinds of beings. A baby port abortion — then you are entering into a con- is human and exhibits the characteristics of life at each phase of develop- General Tips: versation about the legal and philosophical ques- ment. tion of personhood: Which human beings are per- During the first few days of development (zygote and morula phase), 1. Ask questions. Begin by making lots of statements about your sons who have basic rights? the baby is already communicating with the mother by sending her body own position can be off-putting. Asking good questions can This article will focus on the scientific conversa- chemical signals. These signals tell the mom’s body to keep making prog- invite a person to more carefully reflect on her own position. A question could be as simple as, “Could you share with me why tion, while a forthcoming article will focus on per- esterone, so that she will not menstruate and lose the endometrial lining you think that?” sonhood. that the baby needs to successfully implant. The baby also sends signals to If your listener agrees she would not support suppress the mother’s local immune system so that her body will allow the 2. Plant the seed; don’t give a lecture. The article provided today is not meant to be a script and you don’t need to cover every point abortion if she were convinced the unborn child is baby to implant (the baby has different DNA than the mom and our bodies to have an impactful conversation. You can ask a question, listen, a human life, tell her you are going to share why tend to attack or reject foreign DNA). then share what you think might be helpful based on the person’s you are convinced that the unborn child is a During the embryo stage (2-8 weeks), the baby’s heart starts to beat at response. If the conversation is going well you can ask, listen and human life from the first moment of fertilization. just 21 days after conception. Many women do not even know they are share again. If the person is not receptive, you might try to First, the unborn child is human because he pregnant at this point. At six weeks, brain waves can be detected. By 8.5 engage in dialogue again another day. has human DNA. There is universal scientific con- weeks, every organ is in place and unique fingerprints have formed. At this 3. Empathize and find common ground wherever you can. sensus regarding this fact: a complete human age, babies react to touch and there is some evidence that babies can feel 4. Be calm, humble, kind, respectful and joy-filled. So much about genome made up of a unique set of 46 chromo- pain. the message is conveyed by the demeanor of the messenger! somes (23 from each parent) is present at fertiliza- During the fetal stage (9 weeks until birth), the baby continues to grow tion. The child is not a chicken, or a rabbit. He is and develop, and by 20 weeks, there is compelling evidence that babies not one kind of thing that turns into another kind can feel pain. For this reason, twelve states have banned abortion after 20 of thing. He is always human. weeks citing fetal pain. Second, the unborn child is alive because he exhibits the characteristics You might ask if the person has ever seen an ultrasound, and if not, of life that scientists generally use to determine whether an entity is living. offer to pull one up on YouTube. You don’t have to remember all of these, but I’m going to list them here for Another objection that your listener might present is the claim that the reference: baby is just part of the woman’s body. The points that we have already cov- 1. made of one or more cells; ered above can help you respond to this; you can point out again that the 2. has DNA; baby has unique DNA. If he were part of the mother’s body, they would 3. metabolizes; both share the same DNA. The baby also has his own heart with his own 4. maintains homeostasis; blood (often a different blood type than the mother). He has his own brain 5. is responsive to environment; that directs his own movements and bodily functions. He is a unique, 6. grows and develops; and distinct human being. 7. reproduces (meaning an entity that can reproduce Finally, when having these conversations, always remember that the even if reproduction isn’t possible until adulthood). goal is not to “win” the argument, but to speak the truth in love for the An unborn child meets all criteria. genuine good of the other. Ask questions, listen, and lovingly respond At this point, you can pause and ask, “When do you think life begins?” through the guidance of the Spirit. The person will not only remember This is a Golden Rule moment: treat this person the way you would what you said, but how y ou said it. Your message about dignity, given in a want to be treated. Really listen, and show that you are listening to her and way that respects her dignity, will resonate in her heart. seeking to understand her thoughts by repeating back her definition of Caitlin Shaughnessy Dwyer is an Instructor of Theology at Thomas More when life begins. University. She and her family are members of St. Pius X Church in Edgewood. She may present an objection to your argument, such as, “Ok, it’s alive, “To accept the fact that, after fertilization has taken place, a new human has come into being is no longer a matter of taste or opinion … It is plain experimental evidence.” – Dr. Jerome Lejeune, discoverer of Trisomy 21 as the genetic basis of Down Syndrome

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College in D.C. and in St. Charles She will be missed by her religious com- Seminary and St. Mary’s Seminary in munity, the Sisters of Divine Providence, Baltimore. She was Food Service Director her sisters Clara Chimiel, Carolyn Asay and Obituary at Jeanne d’Arc Residence for Women in Mary Webb, her brother Pius and sister-in- New York, at St. Anne Retreat Center, and law Becky Durbin and numerous nieces, St. Anne Convent, Melbourne, Ky. She nephews and cousins. Her brothers Leo and retired in 2009 and continued to live in Amos and her sisters Virginia Hiler and Divine Providence Sister Francis Anne Durbin, Jean Martin Community until 2018 when Divine Providence Sister Elizabeth Anne died peacefully at Holy Family Home on June 26, 2019. She she moved to Holy Family Retirement Durbin preceded her in death. was a professed member of the Congregation of Divine Home. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Providence for 70 years. Born in Pryse, Ky., in 1932 to Pius An excellent baker and cook, her in Immaculate Conception Chapel, Holy and Effie Dunaway Durbin, she made her first profession desserts, rolls and cookies were famous. Family Home, Melbourne with burial in the of vows in 1949 and professed her final vows in 1954. She was a gentle and dedicated woman of convent cemetery following Mass. Sister Francis Anne began a 50-year career in food serv- deep faith and prayer, who served others Memorials suggested to the ice in Washington, D.C. at the priests’ faculty dining room selflessly through her work in helping to Congregation of Divine Providence, 5300 of Catholic University. She also served at Theological Sister Francis Anne Durbin, feed them nutritious and delicious meals. C.D.P. Saint Anne Dr., Melbourne, KY 41059.

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Church’shistoric tiestoslavery examinedatIndependence Day conference Mark Zimmermann Earlier she noted, “Knowing that, and finding that was at its Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, founded in Catholic News Service the most freeing experience I ever had. I felt a connection, Washington in 1799. Independence Day took on a special poignancy at a con- an understanding of my own roots and who I am.” The United States and its institutions must acknowledge ference for African American Catholics held a few miles Now Branche, an educator for more than 40 years and the sins of slavery and of racism in order to achieve recon- from the nation’s capital, as participants at a July 4 work- the retired principal of St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory ciliation, she said, adding that the only way to move forward shop reflected on the Catholic Church’s connection to what School in New Orleans, serves as president of the board of is by “walking together.” has been called the country’s original sin — slavery. directors for the GU272 Descendants Association. That com- Reflecting on Independence Day and their workshop’s On that day, the Archbishop Lyke Conference hosted a munity of descendants, she said, has been engaged in an topic, the third panelist, Jesuit Father Timothy Kesicki — workshop on “Truth and Reconciliation: The Sin of Jesuit ongoing dialogue with the Jesuit order and with the president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the Slaveholding.” It examined the legacy of the Maryland Georgetown officials, alumni and students. United States — noted how South Africa had to face its his- province of Jesuits’ sale in 1838 of 272 enslaved men, “I knew this was not a walk we could take alone,” she toric connection to apartheid, as Rwanda has had to do with women and children that helped sustain the future of said, adding that the effort at reconciliation “has to be some- the genocide that occurred in that country, and Germany Georgetown University, the nation’s first Catholic institu- thing we (descendants) are involved in, connected to and it has had to reckon with its role in the Holocaust. tion of higher learning. It was founded by the order in 1789. has to be with God’s grace.” “The United States has never reconciled its history with Named for the late Archbishop James P. Lyke of Atlanta, Branche also spoke about reflecting on the enduring slaveholding or its treatment of native Americans,” he said. the conference seeks to embody his work of celebrating Catholic faith of her ancestors, “who did not perish.” “They “I pray for our nation today, so we can reconcile our history black Catholic worship and lifting up the gifts of the black flourished in Louisiana,” despite working in grueling con- and be truly free.” Catholic community. ditions on the plantations there, she said, and they passed Reflecting on his own order’s role in slavery, Father About 370 people from 32 dioceses across the United on the faith through the generations of their family. Kesicki said, “The Jesuits did it. We bear the sin and the States attended the July 2-6 conference, and the workshop She noted the witness of her maternal grandmother, responsibility.” drew a standing-room crowd. Louise Ford Rogers, who was born on a plantation, who In 2015, Georgetown University formed a Working Group When asked about the irony of examining the church’s endured indignities like sitting in the back of her Catholic on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation, and it issued a legacy of slavery on Independence Day, one of the work- church during times of segregation, yet remained a woman report in 2016. Following its recommendations, the next year, shop’s panelists, Cheryllyn Branche, noted: “For me, I never who devoutly prayed the rosary, was active in her parish, Georgetown hosted a Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition voiced why I didn’t celebrate the 4th of July the way my and brought Communion and food to shut-ins and taught and Hope, and it dedicated Isaac Hawkins Hall, named after nation does.” neighborhood children to read. the first person listed on the 1838 bill of sale, and Anne Marie Referring to June 19, the day in 1865 when it was Another panelist, Danielle Harrison, noted that her fam- Becraft Hall, named after a pioneer African American announced that slavery was abolished in America, she ily’s roots are from Haiti, so while she grew up in St. Louis, Catholic educator in the Georgetown community. Those added, “Juneteenth was more important. When I was a little they celebrated Haiti’s Independence Day on Jan. 1. July 4 is buildings had originally been named for the two Jesuits who girl, dark skinned in New Orleans, the world didn’t see me about freedom, she added. “My parents would say, we are engineered the sale of the enslaved people. as free or equal.” here in the United States so you can have freedom and make At that liturgy of reconciliation, Father Kesicki issued a Then Branche said, “May 24, 2016 — that’s my independ- the choices we didn’t have, so what are you going to do with formal apology on behalf of the Jesuit order, saying, “To ence day.” those choices?” think that together with those 272 souls, we received the On that day, she learned that her ancestors — her mater- Harrison, who serves as director of mission and integra- same sacraments, read the same Scriptures, prayed the nal great-great grandparents Hillary and Henrietta Ford, tion at Visitation Academy in St. Louis, her alma mater, also same prayers sang the same hymns, and praised the same and their five children, including her maternal great grand- serves on the Jesuits’ advisory committee on Slavery, God; how did we, the Society of Jesus, fail to see us all as one father Basil Ford, who was then an infant, had been among Memory and Reconciliation. The Jesuits’ Ignatian spiritual- body in Christ? We betrayed the very name of Jesus for the 272 enslaved people sold by the Jesuits in that infamous ity changed her life, she said, and she reflected on the chal- whom our least society is named.” transaction. lenges of reconciling that with the knowledge of the order’s At that liturgy, he also said, “Because we are profoundly historic ties to slavery in sorry, we stand before God — and now before you, the the United States. descendants of those whom we enslaved – and we apologize She noted that the for what we have done and what we have failed to do.” Visitation order that spon- At the Archbishop Lyke Conference, the Jesuit priest ANNUAL PICNIC sors her school has also had noted that when he issued that apology two years earlier, Sts. 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giveness, although sincere repentance and a resolution to not Secrecyofconfession must neverbeviolated sin again are part of “the very structure” of the sacrament. When the victim of a crime mentions it in confession, the Cindy Wooden essential elements of human existence and life in the Church. document said, the confessor should instruct the person Catholic News Service Too often, it said, “the judgment of public opinion” is about his or her rights and about the practical steps the per- VATICAN CITY — In the light of “a worrying negative invoked as the highest court, and people feel free to publish or son can take with both civil and Church authorities to report prejudice” against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered broadcast anything with the excuse of letting the public be the crime. the publication of a document affirming the absolute secrecy the judge without concern for a person’s conscience, reputa- “We must be watchful that the sacramental seal is never of everything said in confession and calling on priests to tion and right to defend him- or herself. violated by anyone and that the neces- defend it at all costs, even at the cost of their lives. “In such a context,” the note said, “there sary reserve connected to the exercise The need for the absolute secrecy of confession “comes seems to be confirmation of a certain worry- of Church minister is always jealously directly from revealed divine law and has its roots in the very ing negative prejudice against the Catholic safeguarded, having as its only purpose nature of the sacrament to the point that no exception what- Church,” both because of “the tensions that the truth and integral good of the per- soever can be admitted in the ecclesial sphere and even less in can be seen within the hierarchy and result- son,” the document said. the civil one,” a new Vatican document said. ing from the recent scandals of abuse horri- “Any political action of legislative The “note of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the importance bly perpetrated by some members of the initiative aimed at breaking the invio- of the internal forum and the inviolability of the sacramental clergy.” lability of the sacramental seal,” it seal” was approved by Pope Francis June 21 and published by The prejudice, it said, “sometimes trans- said, “would be an unacceptable the Vatican July 1. lates into an unjustifiable ‘demand’ that the offense against the liberty of the The note was signed by Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, head of Church itself, in some matters, conform its Church, which does not receive its the Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican court dealing with mat- own juridical system to the civil laws of the legitimacy from individual states, but ters of conscience. states in which it lives as the only possible from God.” Some recent challenges to the secret of confession have ‘guarantee of honesty and integrity.’” The note from the Apostolic come from states trying to react to the Catholic Church’s cler- The Catholic Church “always has safe- Penitentiary said the secrecy extends ical sexual abuse crisis, the note acknowledged. The docu- guarded the sacramental seal with all its to communications between a person ment did not mention any specific proposed legislation, such moral and juridical strength,” the note said. CNS photo/Chaz Muth and his or her spiritual director when as that working its way through the California legislature or “It is indispensable for the sanctity of the Father Lawrence C. Goode hears dealing with matters of conscience. In proposed in Australia in response to a government inquiry sacrament and for the freedom of con- confession May 8, 2019, at St. Francis of fact, it noted Church practice that spir- into the sex abuse crisis. science of the penitent.” Assisi Catholic Church in East Palo itual directors of seminarians, like “The priest, in fact, comes to know of the sins of the peni- When administering the sacrament of Alto, Calif. their confessors, are not permitted to tent ‘non ut homo sed ut Deus’ — not as a man, but as God — reconciliation, it said, a priest acts not as intervene in seminary staff discussions about whether a can- to the point that he simply ‘does not know’ what was said in himself but “in the person of Christ.” Not only is he not free didate should be ordained. the confessional because he did not listen as a man, but pre- to divulge anything about the confession to anyone, including And, it said, the same kind of “professional secret” or con- cisely in the name of God,” the Vatican document said. the penitent outside the confessional, but he even is “obliged fidentiality found in relations between some professionals “A confessor’s defense of the sacramental seal, if neces- to suppress every involuntary memory of it.” and their clients or patients is valid also for Church officials sary, even to the point of shedding blood,” the note said, “is A refusal to reveal what was said in a confession can never acting on behalf of the Vatican in certain cases, particularly not only an obligatory act of allegiance to the penitent but is be described as complicity with or covering up evil, the note when the case is covered under “pontifical secret.” much more: it is a necessary witness — a martyrdom — to the said, insisting that confession is “the one real antidote to evil” unique and universal saving power of Christ and his because it is the place where a person can abandon him- or Church.” herself to God and repent. 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as the temporary residence of the first Bishop of God Parish). Thereafter, Mother of God Church principal- First St.Mary’s church Covington in 1853. ly served the German-speaking population of Covington (Continued from page 3) By 1838, the number of German-speaking families at St. and continues to be known today as “the German church.” assigned to minister to the German-speaking parish- Mary’s had increased to nearly 40, which was enough to By 1845, Father Montgomery was nearing 60. After a life ioners. warrant the creation of a separate parish. With the per- as a frontier missionary, then building and pastoring St. But by 1837, as Covington’s population continued to mission of Bishop Flaget, a new congregation was organ- Mary’s for nearly a decade, his time at the little church on swell, Bishop Purcell realized the congregation needed a ized for the German-speaking population of the city under the hill was at an end. He may have been looking forward permanent resident priest and re-assigned Father the direction of Father Kühr. The German priest quickly to spending his last years among his community of broth- Montgomery as St. Mary’s first permanent pastor. Father went to work, first renting a hall in the Old National Hotel er Dominicans, or he may have gone back to missionary Montgomery took up residence in the White Mansion, and Building on Scott Street in which to have Mass. Then in the work in the rural reaches of Kentucky. But nothing of his to help defray some of the expenses of the parish, rented a spring of 1842, he bought a piece of property a block from life is known after he left St. Mary’s. That same year, Pastor portion of its ground floor to the Rev. Dr. William Orr, St. Mary’s on Sixth Street upon which the new German Orr’s Academy that had occupied classrooms in the White Covington’s first Presbyterian minister and preacher, as a church was erected. It Mansion for eight years classroom for his Covington Female Academy for young was dedicated on Oct. 10, moved to Sanford Street to a women. The White Mansion would ultimately become the 1842 as Mutter Gottes Greek Revival property now residence of each succeeding pastor of St. Mary’s as well Gemeinde (Mother of called The Rugby. After Father Montgomery’s depar- ture, Covington resurveyed portions of the city and eliminated Washington Street from Sixth Street to the river. A small street was cut in front of St. Mary’s and named Montgomery Street in honor of Father Montgomery. Pastors would follow in the coming years, each con- tributing in his own way to the growth and progress of the congregation. There would be the Rev. Theodore Hymann who served until 1849. Then there was the energetic Rev. John Baptiste Lamy, who became the first Bishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1851. The Very Provided Rev. Thomas R. Butler fol- Very Rev. Thomas Roche Butler, pastor of St Mary’s from 1851 lowed, but he soon realized to 1867, with the first Bishop of the Diocese of Covington, the small size of St. Mary’s Right Rev. George Aloysius Carrell, about 1855. With the was insufficient to accom- Courtesy of Stephen Enzweiler establishment of the Diocese of Covington in 1853, Father modate the needs of its Artist’s rendition of what the original St. Mary’s Church and White Mansion looked like, Butler’s Eighth Street construction project became the first growing faithful. In based on records and descriptions of the period. Today, private homes occupy the site on St. Mary’s Cathedral. response, he began making the southwest corner of Montgomery Street. plans to build a new, larger St. Mary’s on property that had been purchased on the north side of Eighth Street. The materials were ordered and construction was already underway, when word came that Pope Pius IX had estab- lished a new diocese with its Episcopal See located in the city of Covington. Construction stopped, and with no other land available, it became the location of Covington’s first Cathedral in 1853. Because the property had been orig- inally intended to replace the old St. Mary’s church, the new cathedral was dedicated as “St. Mary’s Cathedral.” But the story of the little church on the hill doesn’t end there. For a time in the late 1850s, the old St. Mary’s church building was used as a school, and after a few years torn down to make way for townhouses. As the nineteenth cen- tury came to a close, and as St. Mary’s Cathedral fell into disrepair and Covington’s population continued to grow, a newer and more beautiful, French gothic cathedral was conceived by the third Bishop of Covington, the Rt. Rev. Camillus Paul Maes. This third edifice, dedicated in 1901, carried on both the name and legacy of St. Mary’s into a new century and beyond. Today, the legacy of the little church on the hill that Bishop Purcell and Father Montgomery built for the peo- ple of Covington is still very much alive. The third St. Mary’s — now St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption at Twelfth and Madison in Seminary Square, carries on the original name and mission of ministry to the local community. Today, the gothic masterpiece built by Bishop Maes has become a historic landmark that is sought out and visited by people from around the world and is still known in northern Kentucky as “the Irish church.” St. Mary’s will celebrate its bicentennial in 2034. Stephen Enzweiler is a writer, author and Cathedral Historian at Covington’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption. This article first appeared in the Northern Kentucky Tribune for its “Our Rich History” series. 18 July 19, 2019 Messenger ENTERTAINMENT

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National/World Bread Radio Network, a group of Catholic radio stations in northeast Ohio. Anybody who remembers listening to hit- Appeals court to uphold ACA; health music formats regardless of genre will recall how the most popular songs of that moment seemed to be played every cou- care a basic human right, says CHA Pope mourns death of French patient ple of hours. Great Catholic Music plays favorites, too, but not WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th after doctors withhold care nearly that obsessively. What constitutes “heavy rotation” is Circuit considers the constitutionality of the Affordable Care 100 or so “songs we’ve been singing for decades: ‘You Are Act, the Catholic Health Association voiced its support for the VATICAN CITY — “Every life is valuable, always,” Pope Mine,’ ‘Blest Are They,’ Michael Joncas stuff, the St. Louis act, declaring access to health care a basic human right. CHA Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a Jesuits. We Googled ‘top Catholic songs,’ and we found several is a national organization comprised of 600 hospitals and 1,600 42-year-old French man who died July 11, nine days after doc- lists compiled by several organizations,” Roberts said. Great other health care facilities that provide compassionate, non- tors stopped providing him with nutrition and hydration. “May Catholic Radio — www.greatcatholicmusic.com — also takes profit care to Americans. In a statement released July 9, CHA God the Father welcome Vincent Lambert in his arms,” the breaks for psalms, Scripture readings and prayers. emphasized that the ACA brings health care to 20 million pope’s tweet said. “Let us not build a civilization that discards Americans, 12 million of whom are low income individuals. persons whose lives we no longer consider to be worthy of liv- New book highlights 12 historic hom- “In addition to being harmful to patients’ health, the lack of ing.” The Pontifical Academy for Life called the death of coverage adds unnecessary expense to our nation’s health care Lambert a “defeat for our humanity,” and Guinean Cardinal ilies delivered in times of crisis system and deprives patients with an equitable opportunity for Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship BALTIMORE — As the Nazi regime systematically killed a healthy, productive life.” In its statement, CHA highlights and the Sacraments, called Lambert a “martyr” in a tweet. those it deemed mentally ill or “unproductive,” a fearless bish- that patients without health insurance are four times more Lambert, who suffered serious brain damage more than 10 op of the Diocese of Munster, Germany, took to the pulpit in likely to be hospitalized for preventable maladies, making years ago, died after years of court battles divided his family. 1941 to denounce and challenge what was happening. If the them more difficult and more expensive to treat. Mercy Sister Alessandro Gisotti, interim director of the Vatican press office, right has been given to kill “poor defenseless mentally ill,” Mary Haddad, CHA’s president and CEO, said the “effort to said in a statement, “With pain we heard the news of the death Blessed Clemens von Galen said in his homily, then it has been eliminate access to affordable health care coverage for millions of Vincent Lambert. We pray that the Lord will welcome him given to murder all who are classified as unproductive — the of Americans is unconscionable.” CHA filed a brief as amicus into his home, and we express our closeness to his loved ones incurably ill, “cripples unable to work,” those incapacitated curiae, or a friend of the court, along with four other national and all those who were committed to assisting him with love because of work or war, the infirm elderly and others. “It is hospital organizations and dedication to the end.” unthinkable what degeneration of morals, what universal mis- trust will find its way even into the family,” Blessed von Galen Archbishop Kurtz to begin three said, “if this frightening doctrine is tolerated, taken up, and months of treatment for cancer followed.” Woe to humanity and woe to the German people, he thundered, if the holy commandment of God, “Thou shalt not LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of kill,” is not only broken, but tolerated and taken up as a regu- Louisville said he has been diagnosed with bladder and lar practice without punishment. Blessed von Galen’s homily, prostate cancer and will undergo an extended treatment plan. copies of which spread throughout the Third Reich and around The archbishop made the announcement July 10 in an online the world, is one of 12 inspiring sermons published in a new post published by The Record, the archdiocesan newspaper. book by Father Paul D. Scalia, “Sermons in Times of Crisis: Archbishop Kurtz, 72, said he had been experiencing “some Twelve Homilies to Stir Your Soul” (Tan Books, 162 pp. $27.95). health issues” in recent months and that the cancer was dis- Spanning a time frame from the fourth century to the present, covered during a series of medical tests and hospitalizations. the carefully selected works show how some of the Church’s “I have been diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma in my blad- greatest clergymen applied the word of God and the teachings der and prostate and will take part in a treatment plan that of the Church to moments of crisis. includes immunotherapy and chemotherapy for at least 12 weeks,” the archbishop’s statement said. “At the end of the treatment, I will have surgery to have my bladder and prostate New commission to review role of removed,” he said. The type of bladder cancer the archbishop has is the most common. Archbishop Kurtz also said he was human rights in U.S. foreign policy grateful for the work of Dr. Dan George, chief oncologist at the WASHINGTON — The Trump administration named a for- Duke Cancer Institute and his team in Durham, North mer U.S. ambassador to the Vatican to chair a new commission Carolina. “While the doctor gives me good cause for optimism, that will review the role of human rights in foreign policy. there are always dangers and unexpected issues that can arise Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard Law School professor, will chair during cancer treatment, so I ask for your continued prayers.” the Commission on Unalienable Rights, which is expected to Archbishop Kurtz will remain in North Carolina throughout elevate concerns about abortion and religious freedom. his treatment and said he will be in regular contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the appointment of Father Martin Linebach and Brian Reynolds, archdiocesan the 10-member commission July 8 in a brief ceremony at the vicar general and chancellor, respectively. Department of State. He said he hoped the commission would undertake the most comprehensive review of individual free- Trump administration to apply ‘third doms since the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the U.N. General Assembly. Pompeo said the U.S. country’ rule for asylum-seekers must be “vigilant that human rights discourse not be corrupt- WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced ed or hijacked or used for dubious or malignant purposes.” He the U.S. departments of Justice and Homeland Security are described how human rights claims have “proliferated,” lead- adopting an interim “third country rule” requiring immi- ing some nations to be in conflict over which rights should be grants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to first apply respected and considered valid. Glendon, who joined Pompeo for refugee status in another country. News that the rule will for the announcement, thanked him “for giving priority to CNS photo/A. Bracchetti, Governatorato S.C.V. via The Metropolitan Museum of Art take effect July 16 brought quick condemnation by Catholic human rights at this moment when basic human rights are and other immigrant advocates, including Christopher Kerr, being misunderstood by many, manipulated by many and Vatican Museums loan Leonardo da Vinci executive director of the Ignatian Solidarity Network. ignored by the world’s worst human rights violators.” work for special anniversary President Donald Trump is “seeking to shut off access to safe- The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is mark- ty and refuge for Central American families facing horrific vio- With miracle confirmed in Sheen ing the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da lence, repression and poverty in their home countries,” Kerr Vinci with a painting by the artist that will draw crowds said. The rule also will affect people from many other coun- cause, plans for beatification can begin tries “fleeing religious persecution and other forms of abuse,” but also pay solemn tribute to the larger-than-life Italian PEORIA, Ill. — With “overwhelming joy,” Bishop Daniel R. Renaissance painter, architect and inventor. “Saint he added. “Asylum is an internationally recognized life-saving Jenky of Peoria announced July 6 that Pope Francis had process that is firmly embedded in U.S. law and history,” said approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Jerome Praying in the Wilderness” — an unfinished Anna Gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. “Now that the miracle has been painting on wood on loan from the Vatican Museums — Immigration Network Inc. “Attempting to subvert this process confirmed by Pope Francis, the Diocese of Peoria can formally will be on special exhibit July 15-Oct. 6. According to the is a betrayal of American history and our legal system. begin planning for the beatification of Archbishop Sheen, museum, the painting is displayed “in a gallery by itself, Gallagher’s comments were included in a joint news release of which will take place in Peoria,” according to a news release starkly illuminated within an otherwise darkened space reaction from several faith groups issues late July 15 by the issued by the Diocese of Peoria early Saturday morning. The to heighten the picture’s contemplative dimension, which Interfaith Immigration Coalition. pope authorized the Congregation for Saints’ Causes to prom- Leonardo intended. The solemn, chapel-like setting will ulgate the decree at an audience on July 5. In addition to be an evocative nod to the funerals of great Italian All hymns, all the time: ‘Great Catholic affirming the miracle for Archbishop Sheen, Pope Francis rec- artists, which typically featured one of the artist’s works ognized the heroic virtues of one woman and six men, and as part of the funerary display.” Music’ makes streaming debut enrolled Blessed Bartholomew of the Martyrs in the catalog of New York Times art critic Holland Cotter said those who WASHINGTON — Catholics hear hymns in church, but saints, which is equivalent to canonization. The miracle con- hardly ever on the radio. Now they can augment their weekly cerns the healing of James Fulton Engstrom of Washington, get the chance to see the painting at the Met will instant- diet of hymnody through a new audio web streaming service Illinois, who was considered stillborn when he was delivered ly recognize that it is “a work in progress: fined-tuned called Great Catholic Music. The service launched March 1, during a planned home birth Sept. 16, 2010. His parents, Bonnie here, slapped down there.” “Incompleteness is part of its just before Lent, and plays a mix of pre-and post-Vatican II and Travis Engstrom, immediately invoked the prayers of power. And powerful this picture is, as dramatically rich hymns and liturgical music all day, every day. “The response so Archbishop Sheen and would encourage others to seek his as a three-act opera, with a full-throttle aria of scorching far has been absolutely amazing,” said program director intercession after the baby was taken to OSF HealthCare St. anguish at its center,” he wrote. He said the saint and the Michael Roberts in an interview with Catholic News Service Francis Medical Center in Peoria for emergency treatment. lion in the work are untamed but that the “real focus is July 11. “The first night that we launched we received an email Just as doctors were preparing to declare that he was dead, Jerome’s agonized face,” which he said portrays James Fulton’s tiny heart started to beat at a normal rate for a from someone in Santa Barbara, California, saying, ‘Thank “inflamed spiritual grief.” you so much.’” Great Catholic Music is a project of the Living healthy newborn. He had been without a pulse for 61 minutes. Open House Save the Date Sunday, October 27, 1-3 PM