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panel, with John Shaughnessy Photo by lay members, Coming home to oversee Vatican finances VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In a move reflecting both his drive to reform the Vatican bureaucracy and his oft-stated desire to include laypeople in the leadership of the Church, Pope Francis established a new panel, to include almost as many lay members as clerics, to oversee the finances of the Holy See and Vatican City State. Another new office, to be headed by Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, will implement the panel’s policies. The Vatican announced the changes in a statement on Feb. 24, explaining they would “enable more formal involvement of senior and experienced experts in financial administration, planning and reporting, and will ensure better use of resources,” particularly for “our works with the poor and marginalized.” The Council for the Economy will include “eight cardinals and bishops to reflect the universality of the Church,” and “seven lay Michael Walterman, left, said Father Gerald Kirkhoff, pastor of Good Shepherd Parish in Indianapolis, played an integral role in making him feel welcome experts of different nationalities with strong when he returned to the Catholic Church. professional financial experience,” the Vatican said. They will “meet on a regular basis to consider Young adult Catholic returns to the Church policies and practices and to prepare and analyze reports after journey of heartbreak and separation on the economic- administrative (Editor’s note: This story is the first in A few moments later, Walterman adds, Walterman stopped going to Mass and activities of the a series about people who have left the “Years later, I would discover that God gave up on his plans to receive the Holy See.” Church and/or lost their faith in God, only never gave up on me.” sacrament of confirmation. The lay members to rediscover later the meaning that God Those two polar-opposite revelations “After abandoning God, things became of the new council and the Church have in their lives.) hint at the profound, deeply personal story increasingly difficult for me,” he says. will exercise an of Walterman’s return to faith over the past “I went to college, but with more trouble unprecedented level By John Shaughnessy 15 years. than success. I felt overconfident in my Pope Francis of responsibility Now 33, Walterman wants to share the intelligence, thinking that alone would for non-clerics in Michael Walterman will always details of that story, hoping it will inspire earn a degree, not giving much time to the Vatican, where the highest offices have remember his 18th birthday for two life- other young people who have left the my studies. I also battled depression for always been reserved for cardinals and changing reasons. Church and separated from God to take many years.” bishops. The Vatican did not release any First, it was the day when one of his another look at their faith. Dropping out of college, he saw names of council members. best friends committed suicide. It’s a story marked by two devastating “a cycle of depression, loneliness and Reporting to the council will be the new And, because of that death, it was also realities in his life—the suicide of one of separation from God” continue for a few Secretariat for the Economy, which will the day when he turned his back on God. his best friends and the heartbreak of what years until his mother sat down with him exercise “authority over all the economic and “I wanted no part of a God who would happened to Walterman’s mother. one night and told him that he needed administrative activities within the Holy See allow these types of things to happen,” God in his life. and the Vatican City State,” including Walterman recalls. “I couldn’t understand. A mother’s illness, a mother’s plea “She was crying for me and made me budget making, financial planning, hiring, I basically gave up on God.” After the suicide of his friend, See WALTERMAN, page 8 See VATICAN, page 8 Knights, Catholic Athletes for Christ sponsor football combine for Special Olympians

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Jerry Moore took the handoff and ran hard with the football to his left, flashing into the end zone ahead of chasing defensive players. Celebrating a two-point conversion after his team had Sean Gallagher Photo by scored a touchdown, Jerry spiked the football and did a joyous end zone dance. That moment capped a fun-filled morning on Feb. 22 for Special Olympics athletes from across central Indiana at the Indianapolis Colts practice facility in Indianapolis. See OLYMPIANS, page 16

Special Olympian Bradley Johnson of Whiteland completes a jump in the broad jump portion of a National Football League-like combine event for athletes with developmental disabilities on Feb. 22 at the Indianapolis Colts practice facility in Indianapolis. Assisting him are, from left, former Indianapolis Colt Jim Sorgi, a member of St. Susanna Parish in Plainfield; and two members of the Knights of Columbus, Dennis Gochoel, a member of St. Simon the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis; and Pat Rondinella, a member of St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014 Pope Francis, with retired Pope Benedict present, creates new cardinals

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—On a feast day first disciples faced. commemorating the authority Jesus gave to The reading is a warning to the cardinals St. Peter and his successors—the popes— and to all Christians to put aside concerns of Pope Francis created 19 new cardinals in power and favoritism, and “to become ever the presence of retired Pope Benedict XVI. more of one heart and soul” gathered around Haring CNS photo/Paul To the great surprise of most people the Lord, he said. present, the retired pope entered St. Peter’s Pope Francis told the new cardinals, who Basilica about 15 minutes before the new come from 15 different countries—including cardinals and Pope Francis. Wearing a long very poor nations like Haiti and Ivory Coast— white coat and using a cane, he took a seat that the Church “needs you, your cooperation in the front row next to Lebanese Cardinal and, even more, your communion, communion Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite with me and among yourselves. Catholic Church. “The Church needs your courage,” he said, See related column, Pope “to proclaim the Gospel at all times” and “to Benedict’s bear witness to the truth.” page 4. presence at the The pope also told the cardinals that the consistory on Church needs their “compassion, especially Feb. 22, the feast of the Chair of Peter, at this time of pain and suffering for so many marked the first time he had joined Pope countries throughout the world,” and for so Francis for a public liturgy in the basilica. many Christians who face discrimination and Pope Benedict resigned on Feb. 28, 2013, persecution. “We must struggle against all becoming the first pope in almost 600 years discrimination,” he said. to do so. The 18 cardinals who received their red hats Pope Francis embraces new Cardinal Chibly Langlois of Les Cayes, Haiti, after presenting a red Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, from the pope were Cardinals: biretta to him during a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Feb. 22. Pope Francis retired archbishop of Washington, said all • Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, created 19 new cardinals in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI, who made his first public the already existing cardinals went over Italy, 59. appearance at a liturgy since his retirement. to greet Pope Benedict. “The ushers kept • Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of saying, ‘Please, your eminences, take your the Synod of Bishops, Italy, 73. seats, the Holy Father is coming,’ and we • Gerhard Muller, prefect of the thought, ‘But, but . …’ ” Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Be an answer Before beginning the liturgy, Germany, 66. Pope Francis walked over to • Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Pope Benedict, who removed his zucchetto Congregation for Clergy, Italy, 72. to prayers. to greet Pope Francis. The scene was • Vincent Nichols, archbishop of repeated at the end of the consistory. Westminster, England, 68. Even the smallest gifts The new cardinals publicly recited the • Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano of Managua, Creed and swore obedience to the pope Nicaragua, 64. make a big difference. and his successors before receiving from • Gerald Lacroix of Quebec, Canada, 56. Pope Francis a red hat, known as a biretta, • Jean-Pierre Kutwa of Abidjan, Ivory Make your $25 a ring and the assignment of a “titular Coast, 68. church” in Rome, becoming part of the • Orani Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, online gift now! clergy of the pope’s diocese. 63. After they received their red hats, • Gualtiero Bassetti of Perguia-Citta each of the new cardinals walked over to della Pieve, Italy, 71. Pope Benedict and greeted him. • Mario Poli of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 66. Only 18 of the prelates Pope Francis • Andrew Yeom Soo-jung of Seoul, Your gift is tax deductible. had chosen to be among the first cardinals South Korea, 70. created during his pontificate were present. • Ricardo Ezzati Andrello of Santiago, Faith Formation • Catholic Education • Vocations The oldest of the new cardinals—and Chile, 72. now the oldest cardinal in the world— • Philippe Ouedraogo of Ouagadougou, Priests’ Retirement • Caring for People in Need Cardinal Loris Capovilla, 98, was not Burkina Faso, 69. present at the ceremony although he • Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato, Philippines, became a cardinal the moment that Pope 74. Francis pronounced his name. A papal • Chibly Langlois of Les Cayes, Haiti, 55. delegate will deliver his red hat to his home • Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, retired Only 17% away in northern Italy. archbishop of Pamplona, Spain, 84. from reaching In his homily, Pope Francis did not • Kelvin Felix, retired archbishop of mention the standard point that the Castries, St. Lucia, Antilles, 81. our goal. cardinals’ new red vestments are symbols of the call to serve Christ and his Church to the point of shedding their blood if necessary. Rather, he focused on their being called to follow Christ more closely, Haring CNS photo/Paul to build up the unity of the Church and to proclaim the Gospel more courageously. The Bible, he said, is filled with stories of Jesus walking with his disciples and teaching them as they traveled. “This is important,” the pope said. “Jesus did not come to teach a philosophy, an ideology, but rather a ‘way,’ a journey to Use your smartphone be undertaken with him, and we learn the Retired Pope Benedict XVI greets Pope Francis to scan the QR Code way as we go, by walking.” at the conclusion of a consistory at which and make a small gift. After listening to a reading of Pope Francis created 19 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Mark 10:32-45, Pope Francis also spoke Basilica at the Vatican on Feb. 22. Pope Benedict’s about the very human, worldly temptation presence at the ceremony marked the first time he www.archindy.org/uca of “rivalry, jealousy [and] factions” the had joined Pope Francis for a public liturgy.

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Father Elmer J. Burwinkel, a retired priest of the ‘… He had such a devotion to the Church and such a good work ethic that he Archdiocese of Indianapolis, died on Feb. 18 at Franciscan wasn’t about to stop working and wanted to get involved in the priesthood.’ St. Francis Health Hospital in Indianapolis. He was 93. The Mass of Christian Burial —Msgr. Joseph Schaedel was celebrated on Feb. 24 at the chapel of the St. Paul Hermitage in Beech Grove, where “Being a little older coming into [the priesthood], in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, to Henry Burwinkel and Father Burwinkel had, in recent he was very hard working, very dedicated,” Ottilia (Wilhelm) Burwinkel. He was baptized on years, been a resident. Msgr. Schaedel said. Sept. 5, 1920, and confirmed on May 21, 1928, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin was Burwinkel was glad to see his father experience such at St. Michael Church in Sharonville, Ohio, by the principal celebrant of the Mass. fulfillment in his priestly life and ministry. Archbishop John T. McNicholas of Cincinnati. Father Stephen Giannini, “I was happy to see that he was enjoying the work that After graduating from St. Gabriel High School in archdiocesan vicar for clergy, he was doing,” Burwinkel said. “He put his whole heart and Glendale, Ohio, Father Burwinkel studied for two years Fr. Elmer Burwinkel religious and parish life coordinators soul into it. That was his life.” at the University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana and and vice chancellor of the In addition to his dedication to priestly ministry, two years at Xavier University in Cincinnati. archdiocese, was the homilist. Father Burwinkel was also known for his love for the He married his wife, Mary (Benkert) Burwinkel, Burial followed at St. Patrick Cemetery in Madison. Blessed Virgin Mary, which flowed out of his participation in 1948. They lived for the next three decades in Ordained a priest at age 63 in 1984, Father Burwinkel in the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement, which developed in and around the Cincinnati area, and were parents to was perhaps the oldest man to be ordained in the history the Catholic Church in Germany about 100 years ago. seven children while Father Burwinkel taught in public of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. He was also one of the “It was particularly interesting when devotion to Mary schools in Cincinnati before retiring in the late 1970s. first priests of the archdiocese to be ordained after having had been on the wane a little bit, and was just coming back Mary died in 1980. been a husband and father. into style,” said Msgr. Schaedel of Father Burwinkel’s After discerning a call to the priesthood in the early At the time of his ordination, he was the father of seven devotion to Mary. “And I think this Schoenstatt devotion 1980s, Father Burwinkel received his priestly formation at children and had grandchildren. Father Burwinkel’s wife of was also a new devotion that people had not heard of.” Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wis. 32 years, Mary (Benkert) Burwinkel, had died in 1980. Father Giannini reflected on Father Burwinkel’s love for Archbishop O’Meara ordained him a priest on June 23, He was also a retired teacher, having spent nearly 30 years Mary in his homily at the priest’s funeral. 1984, at the former St. Mary Church in Madison. Father teaching social studies in public schools in Cincinnati and “Father Elmer called us all to enter into a relationship Burwinkel celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving later that day at Father Michael Shawe Memorial Jr./Sr. High School with Mary, the Mother of God, the Queen of Angels and at St. Patrick Church in Madison. in Madison. Saints, to know her as our Mother and Queen, confidant and Beginning on July 5, 1984, Father Burwinkel served Msgr. Joseph Schaedel was ordained just two years friend, intercessor and companion on our journeys of faith for a year as associate pastor of St. Malachy Parish before Father Burwinkel. He said that Archbishop Edward with her son,” Father Giannini said. “Mary, the Mother of in Brownsburg. T. O’Meara appreciated Father Burwinkel’s willingness to our Savior, a name shared with Father Elmer’s wife, Mary, He then served from 1985-87 as pastor of St. Pius V begin service in the Church as a priest at his age. was the one to whom Father Elmer sought out to aid us in Parish in Troy and St. Michael Parish in Cannelton. “I think Archbishop O’Meara admired him very much his and our struggles.” From 1987-93, Father Burwinkel served as pastor of because at that point in his life, Elmer Burwinkel could have Many Catholics across central and southern Indiana St. John the Baptist Parish in Dover and St. Peter Parish in just taken his retirement and taken it easy,” Msgr. Schaedel came to learn about devotion to Mary through Schoenstatt, Franklin County. said. “But he had such a devotion to the Church and such a and Father Burwinkel constructed a Marian shrine He then ministered as pastor of the former good work ethic that he wasn’t about to stop working and on a farm he owned in southeastern Indiana between Holy Guardian Angels Parish in Cedar Grove from 1993-95. wanted to get involved in the priesthood.” Versailles and Madison. From 1995-20005, Father Burwinkel was retired Father Burwinkel’s eldest child, Bob Burwinkel, said that Father John Meyer, who was pastor of Prince of Peace from active ministry. But from 2005-06, he served as his father had been a seminarian before marrying his mother. Parish in Madison during part of the time that Father administrator of St. John the Baptist Parish in Osgood and And because of his father’s history, he wasn’t caught Burwinkel promoted devotion to Mary at his shrine, was the former St. Mary Magdalene Parish in New Marion. off guard after his mother’s death when his father began to impressed when Father Burwinkel would periodically come Surviving are seven children: Mary Jo Kimble, Bob, discern a possible call to the priesthood. to the parish in Madison. Bill and Mark Burwinkel, all of Cincinnati; Judy Strzelecki “It wasn’t a big surprise to me anyhow,” Burwinkel said. “He lived a very simple, Christ-like life at the [shrine],” of Oxford, Mich.; Jim Burwinkel of St. Louis and Larry “He had taught grade school and high school religion classes Father Meyer said. “It was pretty moving that someone who Burwinkel of West Chester, Ohio. Also surviving are as a volunteer in his parish for a lot of years.” lived a full life as a husband, father and grandfather chose to seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Once ordained, Father Burwinkel wasted no time in fulfill another vocation as a priest.” Memorial contributions can be made to the St. Paul working hard to serve the faithful. Elmer J. Burwinkel was born on Aug. 28, 1920, Hermitage, 501 N. 17th Ave, Beech Grove, IN 46107. † Annual women’s conference set for March 22 at Indiana Convention Center By Briana Stewart [part of the conference] because he wrote about divine Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin is scheduled to participate mercy really before anyone knew about it,” Denney said. during the conference. So is Father Patrick Beidelman, Viewed as a celebration of faith, mercy and heart, the Wanting to add a contemporary influence among its executive director of the secretariat for spiritual life and 9th annual Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference will be speakers, conference organizers also lined up Janet Sahm, worship for the archdiocese. held in Indianapolis on March 22. an Indianapolis native and graduate of Bishop Chatard Msgr. Joseph Schaedel, pastor The all-day event at the Indiana Convention Center is High School in Indianapolis who is a co-founder and style of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in being presented by the Marian Center of Indianapolis in editor of Verily, a magazine for young women. Indianapolis, will celebrate Mass partnership with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Denney shared her thoughts on the importance of having during the conference. Priests The main theme of the conference will be, “The greatest Sahm speak at the conference: “[Blessed] John Paul told from the archdiocese will offer gift of all … mercy,” according to Kathy Denney, director us to get into the mainstream and change the way—the the sacrament of reconciliation. of the conference and the Marian Center. direction—society was going by bringing in goodness and Opportunities for eucharistic Denney said the theme is a tribute to wholesomeness, and this is what this woman does.” adoration will also be available. Blessed John Paul II, who stressed during his tenure The third speaker at the conference is Our Lady The women’s conference is more as pontiff the importance of divine mercy and the new of Mercy Sister Caterina Esselen. She will talk about than just a day to get together and evangelization. divine mercy. talk about faith, it is a time for life- “We always pray and make a decision on the theme for Denney is excited about Janet Sahm changing experiences, Denney said. the conference, and since Blessed John Paul II is about to the cooperation between the “We [sponsors] are hoping be made a saint in April, we thought we would take up his Marian Center and the archdiocese that the message of divine mercy changes hearts and cause this year,” Denney said. for this year’s women’s conference. that it spreads.” Speakers at the conference—which will be held from “They [the archdiocese] have 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.—will include some of the most always supported the conference, (To receive more information or to register for the influential Catholic women today. but this year we are in partnership conference, call 317-888-0873 or visit the website, Julia Calandra Lineberg will speak about the life of with them so that’s something new www.indianacatholicwomen.com. Registration for St. Padre Pio, an Italian priest who had a deep love for God for us,” Denney said. the conference by March 1 is $45. Registration after and who received the wounds of Christ, the stigmata, in the The archdiocese’s role in March 1 is $50. The cost for students and religious is early 1900s. the conference extends beyond $20. All participants will receive lunch as part of their “We thought we would [make the life of] St. Padre Pio Sr. Caterina Esselen, O.L.M. its financial contributions. registration fee.) † Pope Francis: Professing the faith without good works is just spouting hot air VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Understanding God’s Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives. James considered them to be, “the anti-Christ, ideologues commandments and Church doctrine is useless if those “We, too, make this mistake many times,” he said. “It’s of the faith,” the pope said. truths aren’t put into practice, often the case when a person thinks, ‘But I have lots of “Having faith isn’t having knowledge,” the pope Pope Francis said. faith. I believe everything.’ ” said. Instead, it is “receiving God’s message” as “A faith without bearing fruit in However, look at how that person lives life. It may be brought by Christ. life, a faith that doesn’t bear fruit “a lukewarm, weak life” where “faith is like a theory,” There can be people who know very little or nothing in works, is not faith,” the pope and not lived out in practice, the pope said. about doctrine, “but have lots of faith” because rather said in a Mass homily, focusing “You may know all the commandments, all the than embracing “abstract truths,” they embrace the living on the day’s first reading from the prophesies, all the truths of the faith, but if this isn’t Christ, the pope said. Letter of St. James (Jas 2:14-24). put into practice, is not translated into works, it serves “Faith and witness are indissoluble,” he said. “Faith Professing the faith without nothing.” As the Apostle James noted, even demons is an encounter with Jesus Christ, with God,” and always giving a witness makes the Gospel know the Creed, but that doesn’t mean they have faith, leads to witnessing. “words and nothing more than the pope said. “A faith without works, a faith that doesn’t get you words,” he said on Feb. 21 during Christians can be this way, too, he said, seeing the faith involved, isn’t faith,” he said. “It’s words and nothing Pope Francis his early morning Mass in the “as a system of ideas.” But in reality, such people are what more than words.” † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014

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Reflection/Daniel Conway Reflections on the consistory that I was unable to attend Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 I was all packed and ready to go. I arrived and a video that help to share the experience. Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor at the airport two hours ahead of time, and (See related story on page 2.) Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus presented my passport Still, I would like to have been to the agent at the there—in St. Peter’s Basilica—to Delta counter. I was experience the joy-filled surprise when booked on a flight Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI walked quietly Editorial to Rome for a few to the front row wearing a long white coat and days of rest and carrying a cane. It would have been wonderful relaxation, and to to see the ushers trying—unsuccessfully—to attend the consistory prevent the already existing cardinals from Be more intentional this Lent, where Pope Francis walking over to the retired pope to greet him. would create And what a joy it would have been to see the thanks to God’s love and mercy 19 new cardinals on Feb. 22. two popes together, warmly embracing, with “I’m afraid we have a problem,” the ticket radiant smiles. We are creatures of habit. Or so the agent said. “Your passport expires [on] Pope Benedict would be the first to say adage reminds us. April 13.” that the consistory was not about him, and And when it comes to the Lenten “But that’s seven weeks from now,” I I know for certain that he was embarrassed season, many of us live up to answered. “I’ll be back long before then.” by all the fuss made over him before the that saying. Haring CNS photo/Paul “I’m sorry, but the Department of State ceremony began. We already have our minds has issued a new regulation,” she said. ‘All But it’s been more than 600 years since we made up that the practices we’ve passports must be renewed within 90 days of had a retired pope to fuss over, and it’s fitting implemented in years past will do just foreign travel. You don’t qualify.” that a celebration of the Feast of the Chair of fine—again. “I’ve never heard of this rule,” I protested. St. Peter would pay tribute to him for at least When Lent begins on “Is there anything I can do?” a moment! Ash Wednesday, March 5, and “You can apply for an expedited passport, Pope Francis’ first “class” of cardinals continues for the next six weeks, but that will take two days and cost $500,” she reflects, in remarkable ways, the diversity some people will refrain from things said. “I’m afraid there are no other options.” of the Church. The man who came “from that satisfy their sweet tooth, pass Disappointment doesn’t even come close the farthest corners of the earth” to serve as on soft drinks or coffee, or fast from to describing my emotions at that moment. I the Bishop of Rome has appointed 19 new something else that has become a wanted to scream at someone. cardinals and admonished them “to follow necessary part of their everyday lives. But it wasn’t the agent’s fault, although I Christ more closely, to build up the unity of Others will focus on improving was mad at Delta Airlines for not telling me the Church, and to proclaim the Gospel more their lives of prayer by adding ahead of time that a not-yet expired passport courageously.” The pope who strives to serve recitation of the rosary or daily was not good enough. I thought about writing with humility and simplicity expects no less Scripture reflection, while some will an angry letter to the Secretary of State, but from the cardinals who assist him as pastor of make a concerted effort to focus more what good would that do? the universal Church. intently on almsgiving—donating In the end, there was only one thing Courage, compassion and communion money or goods to the poor and I could do: Let go. Let go of my anger were themes especially emphasized by performing other acts of charity. and disappointment, and find some other the Holy Father as he challenged the new All these practices are admirable, way to relax for a few days and to share cardinals to join him in being “peacemakers, but maybe the Spirit has been in the celebration of the feast of the building peace by our actions, hopes and gently nudging you to be even more Chair of St. Peter. prayers.” intentional this year—whatever I find that when I can surrender, I can find I didn’t get to experience the consistory you decide to do—thanks to God’s peace. In the grand scheme of things, missing firsthand, but I shared in the joy of popes love and mercy. a trip to Rome is not a big deal. I have been Francis and Benedict, of the new cardinals Pope Francis offered a unique blessed to visit Rome many times. I have no with their families, friends and local Churches, perspective in his Lenten message. We Pope Francis arrives for the afternoon cause to be anything but grateful. and of the whole Church. published an article about this message session of a meeting of cardinals in the Instead of a week in Rome, I visited friends May these new cardinals truly serve the in the Feb. 14 issue of The Criterion. synod hall at the Vatican on Feb. 21. In here in the U.S., and I spent time with my Church as responsible stewards—without The pope focused on the theme of his first Lenten message, the Holy Father family. I also took time to begin writing a new rivalry, jealousy or ideologies, as men of Christ’s poverty, with the title: “He encouraged people to courageously book. I should be—and am—very grateful for courage, compassion and communion, became poor, so that by his poverty follow Jesus in seeking out the poor and these gifts. peacemakers who help build up the you might become rich” (2 Cor 8:9). sinners, and in making difficult sacrifices Like millions of others, I participated in the Body of Christ! In the Catholic News Service story, in order to help and heal others. consistory from afar. Catholic News Service, the Holy Father encouraged people to the agency sponsored by the U.S. Conference (Daniel Conway, who serves as senior courageously follow Jesus in seeking persecuted around the world for their of Catholic Bishops, does an excellent job vice president for planning, marketing, out the poor and sinners, and in religious beliefs. And pray for those of capturing occasions such as these. As a and advancement at Marian University in making difficult sacrifices in order to considering vocations to the priesthood result, Catholic newspapers like The Criterion Indianapolis, is a member of The Criterion’s help and heal others. and religious life. have instantaneous coverage with photos editorial board.) † People of faith, Pope Francis said, If almsgiving will be a central focus are called to confront the material, of your Lent, why not go beyond your spiritual and moral destitution of “our original plan? If you were donating Letter to the Editor brothers and sisters, to touch it, to money, why not volunteer at a food make it our own and to take practical pantry or shelter, too? If you are set Securing borders is first step to keep our country safe and prosperous.” steps to alleviate it.” to volunteer, why not donate goods or It places this statement in a hierarchical Saving the world, he continued, money as well? in immigration reform position, and then follows with this will only come “through the poverty The key is making sure we do more This letter is in response to John F. Fink’s statement: “As a Nation founded, built and of Christ,” who emptied himself of the than go through the motions, and editorial (“The cruelty of U.S. deportations”) sustained by immigrants we also have a worldly and made the world rich with be more intentional, as we offer our in the Feb. 21 issue of The Criterion. responsibility to harness the power of that God’s love and mercy. Lenten practices. Securing protection of our borders is tradition in a balanced way that secures a God’s love and mercy. Those “By loving and serving the putting both immigrants and citizens’ human more prosperous future for America.” two themes have been among the poor, we love and serve Christ,” dignity and well-being primary. Again, logic makes it reasonably clear constants during Pope Francis’ Pope Francis said, but such service also The opening statement of the bipartisan that the power of this tradition would honor first year as universal shepherd. entails conversion. immigration reform passed by the order, law and protection of their nation Are we learning from our A homily recently shared by a priest U.S. Senate concludes by saying: “All parts they founded. Holy Father’s example? offered an insightful perspective on the of this Act are premised on the right and Protecting the border is again given a As people of faith, we know beatitudes, and how they must become need of the United States … to protect its hierarchical positioning and then is followed that Lent is a time for each of us to part of our everyday lives of faith. borders and maintain its sovereignty.” by to establish clear and just rules for become even more intentional about He noted that we live the beatitudes If this reform theory is based on seeking citizenship, to control the flow of imitating Christ. by having “an attitude of being Christ” protection of its borders and sovereignty, legal immigration, and to eliminate illegal Whether it’s through fasting, how to others. logic makes it reasonably clear that the immigration, which in some cases has we add to our lives of prayer, or what Perhaps this Lent, we can also first priority is securing our borders become a threat to our national security. we do to assist our brothers and sisters work on our “attitudes”—not only from illegal entry. As a nation, we have We must secure our borders before we in need through alms, God’s love and of being Christ to others, but seeing the right and responsibility to make our can establish clear and just rules. We cannot mercy should be an integral part of our Christ in others. borders safe. Why? control the flow of legal immigrants without Lent, too. Lent offers us a grace-filled • To lock entry of one more illegal; border control. Illegal immigration will If we fast from something this Lent, opportunity to be more intentional, • To protect citizens; perpetuate profusely and create continual why not take a few moments each day imitate Christ and grow in our lives of • To reconcile and shelter existing illegal chaos until we secure our borders. to remember in prayer those who go faith—thanks to God’s love and mercy. immigrants; Syllogistics requires securing our borders without food, both here and abroad? May we use these gifts to do •To provide safety for both citizens and as essential, and the first step before we can Planning to add to your life of just that. illegal immigrants. develop comprehensive immigration reform. prayer? Take some time as well The opening statement of the Senate to reflect on and pray for those —Mike Krokos reform bill also reads: “We have a right, and Gary Taylor duty, to maintain and secure our borders, and Salem The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014 Page 5 Revised marriage amendment will not go to voters this year By Brigid Curtis Ayer House, deleting a second sentence which would have prohibited civil unions and A revised resolution to change anything similar to marriage. Opponents ‘The striking phenomenon and remarkable Indiana’s Constitution to define marriage do not want a constitutional ban or any speed of changing attitudes of the nature of as being exclusively between one man and restriction on same-sex marriage because one woman they claim it is discriminatory. marriage show that the Church has more passed the A push to change Indiana’s Constitution work to do in forming the faithful on the Senate on has been in the works for over a decade, authentic nature of marriage. Defending Feb. 17 by a said the bill’s author, Rep. Eric Turner, vote of 32-17, R-Cicero. He added that “not having the authentic nature of marriage is going but since the constitutional protection makes our state to be an ongoing struggle in our modern marriage amendment was changed from susceptible to judicial interpretation.” secular culture, and an effort our faith the resolution that passed in 2011, it will Turner further noted that “the future not go to voters this year. of marriage belongs in the hands of community will be engaged in.’ To amend Indiana’s Constitution, an Hoosiers.” identical resolution must be passed by Curt Smith, president of the two separately elected Indiana General Indiana Family Institute, a defender —Glenn Tebbe, executive director of Assemblies and then be approved by a of traditional marriage who advocated the Indiana Catholic Conference majority of voters by referendum. The passing the original version of HJR 3, process to amend Indiana’s Constitution testified in support of HJR 3 in the House. was in its final stages and was expected He urged the Senate to restore the second to pass the Indiana General Assembly this sentence language to HJR 3. grateful that the Senate did not restore “the effect of this type of challenge could year, and be put on the ballot for approval “It’s not enough to define marriage in extremely dangerous second sentence that potentially speed up the unravelling of by state voters this November. an amendment like this, you must defend would permanently prohibit civil unions, Indiana’s current definition of marriage, While the introduced version of marriage,” Smith said. “That’s the lesson domestic partnerships and other legal inadvertently having a reverse effect. HJR 3 had the identical language of the we have learned from the courts around protections for same-sex couples.” “So rather than protecting traditional resolution that passed in 2011, when the country.” Current Indiana law defines marriage as marriage, which is the goal of this the Indiana House removed the second Smith quoted University of a union between one man and one woman. constitutional amendment, it could have sentence, it caused the process to be Notre Dame law professor Dr. Gerald But there are concerns that without a the unintended consequence of putting postponed. Bradley, saying that one of Bradley’s constitutional amendment to explicitly Indiana on a fast track of being forced to For more than a decade, the Indiana key conclusions regarding marriage is define marriage as exclusively between recognize same-sex marriage.” Catholic Conference (ICC) has supported “ ‘the most effective way to preserve one man and one woman and to disallow Tebbe added, “The striking a constitutional amendment to protect marriage as the union of one man and any similar legal relationships that are phenomenon and remarkable speed traditional marriage. one woman is by making sure that no substantially equivalent to marriage, a of changing attitudes of the nature of The Senate vote was met with mixed same-sex relationship is treated in law as challenge to Indiana’s current law could marriage show that the Church has more emotions by advocates on both sides of substantially equivalent to it.’ ” force Indiana to recognize marriage work to do in forming the faithful on the the debate. It now leaves the amendment Megan Robinson, Freedom Indiana between two people of the same sex. authentic nature of marriage. in a state of limbo in Indiana. campaign manager, an opponent of HJR Glenn Tebbe, executive director for the “Defending the authentic nature of Proponents of traditional marriage do 3 and supporter of redefining marriage ICC, who serves as the official spokesman marriage is going to be an ongoing struggle not feel that HJR 3, in its current form, who has led the effort to defeat the bill, for the Catholic Church in Indiana on in our modern secular culture, and an effort goes far enough to protect marriage said, “We remain determined to defeat public policy matters, said the soonest our faith community will be engaged in.” because it was watered down in the HJR 3.” She added, however, that she was the amendment could be approved by a The Indiana General Assembly only referendum by state voters would be 2016. has a few weeks left to conduct legislative “While it’s disappointing that HJR business because it must adjourn ‘… not having constitutional protection makes 3 didn’t pass in its original form, by March 14. our state susceptible to judicial interpretation. … meaning the process to amend Indiana’s Constitution will be delayed, it could (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a correspondent The future of marriage belongs in the hands of prove to be a blessing in disguise,” said for The Criterion. For more information Hoosiers.’ Tebbe. “As we have seen play out in about the Indiana Catholic Conference, other states in recent weeks, a successful log on to www.indianacc.org. To explore —Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero constitutional amendment of this nature the ICC’s electronic public policy tool would most certainly be challenged in and join the ICC legislative network, federal court under the Equal Protection go to the ICC website and click on Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The “Legislative Action Center.”) †

Constitutional amendments defining marriage as between one man and one woman According to the National Conference of State civil unions between people of the same sex; As of January 2014, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Legislatures, 29 states have adopted constitutional two define marriage as between one man and one Iowa, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, amendments that define marriage as exclusively woman but also disallow civil unions and other Maryland, Washington, California, Rhode Island, between one man and one woman. contracts unconstitutional as related to couples of the Minnesota, New Jersey, Hawaii, New Mexico, Illinois Of these, nine refer only to the definition of same sex; and two have been found by federal judges and the District of Columbia have redefined marriage marriage; 17 both define marriage and disallow to be unconstitutional. so as to allow it for couples of the same sex. † Amendment to U.S. Constitution “Furnace, Heat Pump or Air Conditioner” urged to protect traditional marriage WASHINGTON (CNS)—A marriage to Huelskamp. 131st Annive amendment to the U.S. Constitution Archbishop Cordileone was referring to rsar “would secure in law throughout the recent federal court decisions striking down y Sale 131 country the basic truth known to reason a number of state marriage laws. 1 that marriage is the union of one man One of the most recent was a Feb. 13 1883- 131th Anniversary Sale 2014 and one woman,” said San Francisco ruling by a federal judge that struck down Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone. Virginia’s voter-approved ban on same-sex FREE In a Feb. 19 letter, he urged the marriage as unconstitutional. U.S. District LABOR U.S. House of Representatives to pass Court Judge Arenda Wright Allen stayed On the installation of a CALL TODAY! the Marriage Protection Amendment, her ruling to allow an appeal to be filed, FURNACE, HEAT PUMP 639-1111 a joint resolution sponsored by so same-sex marriage licenses will not be OR AIR CONDITIONER Still Locally Owned & Operated Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., and granted immediately. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Must be presented WWW.CALLTHIELE.COM at time of order. EXPIRES: 3/15/14 M-F 8-4 introduced last August. In recent months, decisions similar to THIELE 639-1111 The archbishop, who is chairman of Wright Allen’s have been handed down the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the by federal judges in Utah and Oklahoma. 131st Anniversary Sale 131st Anniversary Sale 131st Anniversary Sale Promotion and Defense of Marriage, On Feb. 12, a federal judge ruled that 1/2 OFF FREE FURNACE OR HEAT PUMP urged other House members to co-sponsor Kentucky must recognize same-sex 10 YEAR WARRANTY TUNE-UP ON PARTS & LABOR the measure. marriages performed in other states or other SERVICE CALL 90% Furnace, Heat Pump or High Efficiency To amend the U.S. Constitution, it must countries. A Kentucky couple sued the state Save $45 with Paid Repair Air Conditioner. Call for details. $59.95 be approved by two-thirds of the House on Feb. 14 to force the state to issue same- Cannot be combined with any other offer. Must be Cannot be combined with any other offer. Cannot be combined with any other offer. presented at time of service. Must be presented at time of order. Must be presented at time of service. and the U.S. Senate and then be ratified by sex marriage licenses. Similar lawsuits EXPIRES: 3/15/14 M-F 8-4 EXPIRES: 3/15/14 M-F 8-4 EXPIRES: 3/15/14 M-F 8-4 THIELE 639-1111 THIELE 639-1111 THIELE 639-1111 three-fourths of the states. have been filed in Alabama and Louisiana. “An amendment to the U.S. Constitution Catholic and other opponents is the only remedy in law against this of same-sex marriage point to the judicial activism that may ultimately U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in end with federal judges declaring that United States v. Windsor that found the U.S. Constitution requires states, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act consequently the federal government, unconstitutional, but also required the to redefine marriage,” the archbishop federal government to respect the primacy IS-5987722 wrote in the letter, which was addressed of the states in defining marriage. † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014

Events Calendar February 28 30 S. Third St., Terre Haute, members welcome. 6:30 p.m. 9833 E. County Rd Organ Transplantation,” March 14 Marian University, park behind Vigo County Information: 317-370-1189. 750 N., Brownsburg. Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Cardinal Ritter House, Library Auditorium, Courthouse or on Ohio Blvd., March 7 Mass in French, 5 p.m., Ph.D., presenter, Mass, Community Room, 10 a.m. travel to St. Patrick confession from 4-4:45 p.m. 5:30 p.m., soup supper, 3200 Cold Spring Road, St. Mary Church, 317 N. 1218 E. Oak St., New Albany. Parish Adoration Chapel, Information: Dabrice Bartet, 6:30-7:15 p.m., speaker, Indianapolis. Right to Life New Jersey St., Indianapolis. Cardinal Ritter Birthplace 1807 Poplar St., Terre Haute, [email protected] or 7:15-8:30 p.m., reservations of Indianapolis, Pro-Life Young Adult Group, Foundation, Irish coffee and for prayer, ends with social 317-536-5998, or log on requested for the soup 101 Apologetics training for first Friday adoration, lecture, Most Rev. Joseph E. 10:35 a.m. at St. Patrick soup to www.facebook.com/ supper. Information: adults and young adults, 7 p.m., dinner and social, Kurtz, D.D., Archbishop of kitchen. messeenfrancaisindianapolis. 317-259-4373, ext. 256 or Mike Spencer, presenter, 8 p.m. Information: Louisville, speaker, 7 p.m., no [email protected]. 7-9 p.m. Information: March 1-2 [email protected]. March 11 charge, reservations requested www.rtlindy.org. Kokomo High School, by March 7. Information: St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. The Columbus Bar, 2502 S. Berkley, Kokomo, St. Joseph Church, 812-284-4534. March 1 17th Ave., Beech Grove. 322 4th St., Columbus. Indiana. Holy Family Catholic 1375 Mickley Ave., Cathedral High School, Ave Maria Guild, Mass Columbus Theology on Tap, March 19 Conference, “Faith, Hope and Indianapolis. First Friday Student Life Center Commons, for deceased members, “ ‘But It’s Mine!’ Returning St. Joseph Church, Love—Use It or Lose It?” devotion, adoration, rosary, 5225 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. 11 a.m., meeting, 12:30 p.m. to God What You’ve Been 1375 Mickley Ave., Admission $50 per single adult, Benediction, 5:45 p.m. Right to Life of Indianapolis, Information: 317-888-7625 or Given,” Deacon Steve House, Indianapolis. Lenten Soup Pro-Life 101 Apologetics $90 per married couple, $30 per March 8 [email protected]. presenter, 6:30 p.m. gather and Bread, Mass 6 p.m. training for students, Mike teenager (not registered with St. Roch Parish, Family Life and socialize, 7:30 p.m. followed by light supper and Spencer, presenter, $5, their family), $125 per family. Center, 3603 S. Meridian St., presentation. Information: presentation by Benedictine 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Information: Information: 317-865-9964 or March 12 Indianapolis. Single Seniors 812-379-9353 ext. 241. Sister Angela Jarboe on www.rtlindy.org. www.holyfamily St. Joseph Church, meeting, 1 p.m., age 50 conference.org. 1375 Mickley Ave., March 13 forgiveness. and over. Information: Central Catholic School Indianapolis. Harvest House St. Mark the Evangelist March 2 317-784-4207. March 20 Multi-Purpose Room, Seniors, monthly gathering for Parish, Media Center, St. Malachy Parish, school St. Joseph Church, 1155 Cameron St., adults ages 55 and older, noon 541 Edgewood Ave., gym, 330 Green St., Another Broken Egg Café, 1375 Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. Reverse Raffle Mass followed by luncheon Indianapolis. Hope and Brownsburg. Longaberger 9435 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Third Thursday for Benedict Inn Retreat and fellowship. RSVP: Shirley Healing Survivors of Suicide bingo, 2 p.m. Information: Indianapolis. Marriage Adoration, interceding for and Conference Center, at 317-241-9878 or Rita at support group, 7 p.m. 317-268-4238 or on Tap, “Dream, women experiencing crisis doors open 6 p.m., dinner 317-244-0255. Information: 317-851-8344. [email protected]. Disappointment, and pregnancy, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with 6:30 p.m., buy two tickets Discovery: The Cyclical Mass at 5:45. get third free, $50 per couple, St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, Our Lady of the Greenwood March 5 Nature of Marriage,” Deacon Information: 317-788-7581 or Archbishop O’Meara Catholic 7575 Holliday Drive East, Parish, 335 S. Meridian March 23 Rick and Carol Wagner, [email protected] Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Lenten Soup St., Greenwood. 5th St. Mark the Evangelist presenters, 7-9:30 p.m., $35 Indianapolis. Solo Seniors, Supper and speaker, Annual Lenten Speaker Parish, 535 E. Edgewood Ave., per couple includes dinner. Helpers of God’s Catholic, educational, “Neurological Criteria for Series, “Begin Lent with Indianapolis. Disabilities Reservations: www.stluke.org. Precious Infants Prayer charitable and social singles, the Determination of Death Archbishop Tobin,” 7 p.m.. Awareness Mass, 9:30 a.m. Vigil, starts 9:30 a.m. 50 and over, single, separated, March 9 (Brain Death) and the Ethical Information: 317-888-2861 or Information: 317-787-8246 or at Planned Parenthood, widowed or divorced. New St. Malachy Parish, Issues Associated with [email protected]. www.stmarkindy.org. †

St. Joseph Parish in Indianapolis to George Weigel to speak at host World Day of Prayer on March 7 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on March 8 St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. Mickley Ave. Each year, a different country serves George Weigel, distinguished senior op-ed columns, and reviews for major in Indianapolis, is hosting a World Day of as the writer of the World Day of Prayer fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy opinion journals and newspapers in the Prayer service at 7 p.m. on March 7. worship service. The country that wrote Center in Washington, D.C., will speak United States. World Day of Prayer is a worldwide the 2014 service is Egypt. at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, A frequent guest on television and ecumenical movement of Christian All are welcome to participate 14598 Oakridge Road in Carmel, Ind., radio, he is women who come together to observe a and pray, especially for the women in the Lafayette Diocese at 7 p.m. on also Vatican day of prayer and action on the first Friday of Egypt in the service conducted by March 8. He will speak on the topics of analyst for of March each year. World Day of Prayer women of Mt. Olive United Methodist the Catholic Church in the 21st century; NBC News. His promotes justice and equality for women Church, Lynhurst Baptist Church, and Pope Francis and the new evangelization; weekly column, through prayer, partnerships, service and St. Ann and St. Joseph Parishes, all in and the meaning of Lent. “The Catholic celebration. Indianapolis. † Weigel is a Catholic theologian Difference,” is and one of America’s leading public syndicated to intellectuals. 60 newspapers He is the author or editor of 22 books, around the Ave Maria Guild installs officers and board of including the celebrated biography, United States. directors members for 2014 during meeting Witness to Hope: The Biography of Copies of Pope John Paul II, as well as The End George Weigel his books will The Ave Maria Guild of St. Paul Hermitage, a nursing home operated by the and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II— be available for Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, installed The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, purchase and signing at the event. their 2014 officers and board of directors on Dec. 10. the Legacy (Doubleday, 2010). No RSVP is required, and all are The Ave Maria Guild provides aid and support to the Sisters of St. Benedict Weigel has written essays, welcome to attend. † and the Hermitage staff in helping to make the daily lives of residents at St. Paul Hermitage more meaningful. Submitted photo Submitted photos

Officers, pictured left to right: Loretta Dunn, sergeant at arms pro tem; Betty Price, sergeant at arms; JoEllen Eckstein, corresponding Secretary; Ruth Koers, assistant to the treasurer; Anna Marie Marsh, treasurer; Flora Boehm, recording secretary; Emily Gutzwiller Vance, vice president; and Pat Ruth, president. Scout Sunday Benedictine Father Anthony Vinson, pastor of St. Meinrad Parish in St. Meinrad and St. Boniface Parish in Fulda, poses with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, along with Cub Scout leader Scott Gries and Boy Scout leader Rose Luebbehusen, on Feb. 2 at St. Meinrad Church. Scout Sunday was celebrated in Catholic churches around the United States on Feb. 2 in honor of the organization’s founding on Feb. 8, 1910. According to the National Catholic Committee on Scouting’s website, Members of the board of directors, pictured left to right: Edwina Dolack, Vicki Spicuzza, the Scout Sunday tradition was started to make Catholics aware of the organization and to allow Shirley Miller, Barbara Carr, Sue Mandabach, and Mary Moody. Scouts to live out their “Duty to God” pledged each week. The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014 Page 7 Archbishop Tobin featured in parish Lenten speaker series

By Sean Gallagher archdiocese to get to hear the archbishop speak on the joy of the Gospel.” Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Rita Marker, a practicing attorney Parish, 520 Stevens St., in Indianapolis, and former adjunct professor of political will host its 14th annual Lenten speaker science and ethics at Franciscan University series titled “Spaghetti and Spirituality,” on in Steubenville, Ohio, will kick off the March 12-April 2. series on March 12. She will discuss SPAGHETTI and Prior to dinner and each week’s health care decisions that face families presentation, the Blessed Sacrament will in light of the changes made by the be exposed for adoration following the Affordable Care Act. conclusion of the traditional Latin Mass at Dr. Will Thierfelder, president of Spirituality noon. Another Mass, celebrated in English, Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, will start at 5:45 p.m. N.C., will travel to Holy Rosary on A light, meatless pasta dinner begins at March 19. A licensed sports psychologist 6:30 p.m. at Priori Hall. Each presentation and former Olympic athlete, Thierfelder will begin at approximately 7:15 p.m. and will give a presentation titled “Less than a ordinarily concludes by 8:30 p.m. Minute to Go: The Secret to World-Class This year’s series include Performance in Sport, Business and Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, who Everyday Life.” will speak on March 26 on the topic of Catholic author and speaker “The Joy of the Gospel.” It is the first Mike Aquilina will conclude this year’s time in the 14-year history of the series “Spaghetti and Spirituality” on April 2 that the archbishop of Indianapolis has with a presentation titled “Martyrdom and been a speaker. the Eucharist.” Archbishop Bruce Konicek, a Holy Rosary Konicek is impressed by how people Mike Aquilina Rita Marker Dr. Will Thierfelder parishioner who helps organize from across central and southern Indiana Joseph W. Tobin “Spaghetti and Spirituality,” is excited about fill Priori Hall at Holy Rosary on the Archbishop Tobin being a speaker. nights of “Spaghetti and Spirituality” in this program attracts Catholics wanting to Holy Rosary Parish at 317-636-4478 by “This year is incredibly special in order to learn more about the faith. learn more about their faith. I guarantee no later than 5 p.m. on the Monday prior that for the first time our own shepherd, “The foremost service [that] everyone will learn something new at to each seminar. For more information Archbishop Tobin, will speak at ‘Spaghetti and Spirituality’ provides is ‘Spaghetti and Spirituality.’ ” about “Spaghetti and Spirituality,” ‘Spaghetti and Spirituality,’ ” Konicek said. education,” Konicek said. “Whether the log on to www.holyrosaryindy.org. To “This is a great blessing and a wonderful subject is a current topic facing the Church (People interested in attending any register for sessions in the series, log on to opportunity for everyone across the today or a basic tenant of the catechism, of the presentations are asked to call www.kofcsantorosario.org/ss.htm.) † Appeals court denies University of Notre Dame injunction on HHS mandate CHICAGO (CNS)—The the mandate’s purpose “is to discriminate to conscience, it’s given license to third-party accommodation. University of Notre Dame must provide against religious institutions and do so in others. In his dissent, Judge Joel Flaum said free coverage of contraceptives, organizations that oppose abortion and “Our lawyers are reviewing the it was “clear that if Notre Dame were sterilization and abortifacients as required contraception.” 7th Circuit ruling and contemplating next forced to pay for contraceptive coverage by the federal health care law despite Judge Richard Posner, joined by steps,” he said. against its religious beliefs or else incur its moral objections to doing so, said a Judge David Hamilton, wrote the majority Notre Dame and other Catholic entities significant monetary penalties, this would panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of opinion in the 2-1 ruling, saying the that have brought dozens of lawsuits be a substantial burden. In the university’s Appeals in a late Feb. 21 ruling that university has the option of following a so- challenging the mandate on moral grounds eyes, this form’s ‘purpose and effect’— denied the university an injunction against called accommodation in the mandate that say this third-party accommodation still evident from the face of the regulations—is enforcement of the mandate. says employers who object to the coverage does not solve their problem over being to accomplish what the organization finds The decision was handed down in on moral grounds can fill out a form and involved in providing coverage they reject religiously forbidden and protests.” the university’s appeal of a Dec. 20 direct a third party to provide the coverage for moral reasons. The deadline for employers to comply ruling by the U.S. District Court for the to their employees. In his ruling, Posner wrote: “If the with the mandate was Jan. 1 or they would Northern District of Indiana denying it a In a brief statement on Feb. 24, government is entitled to require that female face thousands of dollars in daily fines. preliminary injunction. Notre Dame then Notre Dame spokesman Paul J. Browne contraceptives be provided to women free of On Jan. 2, according to the sought to obtain emergency relief from the said: “Our concern remains that if charge, we have trouble understanding how National Catholic Register, Notre Dame 7th Circuit before the Jan. 1 deadline for government is allowed to entangle a signing the form that declares Notre Dame’s told faculty and staff that while its appeal the mandate to take effect and was denied. religious institution of higher education authorized refusal to pay for contraceptives of the mandate worked its way through the In its lawsuit, Notre Dame argued that like Notre Dame in one area contrary for its students or staff, and mailing the courts, a third-party administrator would authorization document to those companies, notify them about access to contraceptives which under federal law are obligated to and other mandated non-objectionable pick up the tab, could be thought to ‘trigger’ services such as mammograms, prenatal ‘Our concern remains that if government is the provision of female contraceptives.” care and cervical cancer screenings. allowed to entangle a religious institution The mandate—under rules issued Flaum in his dissent noted that the of higher education like Notre Dame in one by the U.S. Department of Health and form a nonexempt employer must use Human Services—requires nearly all to direct a third-party administrator to area contrary to conscience, it’s given license employers to cover contraceptives, provide the coverage “flatly states that it to do so in others. Our lawyers are reviewing sterilizations and some abortion-inducing is ‘an instrument under which the plan is the 7th Circuit ruling and contemplating drugs to their employees in their company operated.’ Having to submit the [form], next steps.’ health plan. It includes a narrow exemption Notre Dame maintains, makes it ‘complicit for some religious employers that in a grave moral wrong’ by involving it fit certain criteria. with a system that delivers contraceptive —Paul J. Browne, Notre Dame spokesman Religious employers who are products and services to its employees not exempt can comply with the and students.” †

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proprio” (on his own initiative), commitment to adopting VATICAN dated Feb. 24, with the title accounting standards and continued from page 1 “Fidelis dispensator et prudens” generally accepted financial

(“Faithful and prudent steward”), management and reporting Haring CNS photo/Paul procurement and the preparation a quotation from St. Luke’s practices as well as enhanced of detailed financial statements. Gospel (Lk 12:42). The same internal controls, transparency and “I have always recognized the letter provides for the appointment governance.” need for the Church to be guided of an auditor general, “who will The recommendations were by experts in this area, and will be empowered to conduct audits “considered and endorsed” by the be pleased to be working with of any agency of the Holy See and pope’s eight-member advisory the members of the new Council Vatican City State at any time.” Council of Cardinals, which met for the Economy as we approach The motu proprio makes no for its third session on Feb. 17-19, these tasks,” Cardinal Pell said mention of the Institute for the and the 15-member Council of in a statement released by the Works of Religion, commonly Cardinals for the Study of the Archdiocese of Sydney, which known as the Vatican bank. Organizational and Economic said he would take up his new The pope acted on Problems of the Holy See, which position at the Vatican “by the end recommendations from the met for the last time on Feb. 24, of March.” Pontifical Commission for since it ceased to exist upon the Cardinal Pell is a “man Reference on the Economic- establishment of the new council. Cardinal George Pell of Sydney arrives for Pope Francis’ Mass with new cardinals who’s got financial things at Administrative Structure of the According to Cardinal Napier, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Feb. 23. The Vatican announced on Feb. 24 his fingertips, and he’s a man Holy See, which he established a member of the defunct council, that Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Pell to head a new Vatican office who’s very decisive, and I think in July to review accounting at least some of the prelates on the overseeing Vatican finances. he’s a got a good understanding practices in Vatican offices and new panel will be drawn from the of how Roman affairs work,” devise strategies for greater fiscal former 15-member body. The conclave that elected in his first year, Pope Francis South African Cardinal Wilfred responsibility and transparency. “Something really needed to Pope Francis in March 2013 established a special commission F. Napier of Durban, who sat According to the Vatican, be done,” Cardinal Napier said of took place amid controversy to investigate the Vatican on one of the advisory panels the commission “recommended the pope’s actions. “For instance, provoked by the previous year’s bank, expanded the scope and that reviewed the arrangements changes to simplify and there was no serious budgeting “VatiLeaks” of confidential enforcement of Vatican City laws before the pope’s decision, told consolidate existing management that you could call budgeting. … correspondence sensationally against money laundering and Catholic News Service. structures and improve It was quite clear that some of documenting corruption and the financing of terrorism, and Pope Francis established the coordination and oversight the procedures and processes that incompetence in various parts of set in motion an overhaul of the council and the secretariat with across” the Vatican bureaucracy, were in place were not adequate the Vatican bureaucracy. Church’s central administration, an apostolic letter given “motu and called for a “more formal for today’s world.” Among other measures the Roman Curia. †

at 9 a.m. He was surprised and appreciated that several and faith when his mother died on May 13, 2013— WALTERMAN parishioners greeted him—a stranger—warmly as he sat the day after Mother’s Day—of complications from continued from page 1 near the back of the church. He was also surprised by how Alzheimer’s disease. he felt being part of the celebration of the Mass. “At her funeral, I put a trinket in her blouse pocket. It promise that I would start going to Mass again at least “Despite a few minor differences in the liturgy since the was a little key—St. Peter’s key to the gates of heaven, once a month,” he says. “I obliged her and said that I last time I had been to Mass over a decade before, it seemed though she did not need it. I put it there as a reminder would. But I didn’t keep my promise—at least not until very familiar, like seeing an old friend after many years. It that she was my key to heaven. I don’t claim to know or she got sick. was a big step for me. After Mass, I felt like a new person, understand God’s plan, but I do know that if it weren’t for “A few years ago, on Mother’s Day, my mom sat my filled with joy and relief and hope.” her, I would have never found my faith again.” brothers and I down and told us she had kidney cancer.” He later met with Father Gerald Kirkhoff, pastor of In the months that followed, his mother’s condition Good Shepherd Parish. He shared his story about his ‘You are never too far gone for God’ declined in an unexpected way. While her cancer friend’s suicide, his falling away from God and the Church, Since his return to the Catholic faith, Walterman has treatments seemed to be working, she started to “lose the his mother’s illness and his call from God. found a new direction and a renewed hope in his life. He fight to early onset dementia,” Walterman notes. “He was very compassionate and welcomed me back has finished his apprenticeship as a carpenter, and he has The family had to admit her to a nursing home for in- with unconditional love,” Walterman says. “Despite my earned a degree in construction technology. patient care. mother’s sickness, I was as happy as I had been in years. I “I feel like a whole person for the first time since I was “While my family and I went through this nightmare, could feel something changing in me for the better.” a child. I am closer to God, and I am finally able to give I started thinking more and more that I should go back He decided to prepare to receive the sacrament of my heart over to him. I know he has many more good to Mass,” he notes. “By this point, I realized I really confirmation at Easter that year. He just hoped that his things in store for me.” did believe in God after all, and he was good—ironic, mother could be there. Now a member of St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis, considering a lot of people in my position would have Walterman looks back on the transformation of his life blamed God for such heartache. But I did not. In fact, my A key to heaven during the past 15 years. He sees it as a story of faith, joy faith started to grow. But I didn’t quite have the strength When Walterman received the sacrament of confirmation and renewal that he hopes will benefit other young adults to go back to church just yet. at the Easter Vigil Mass at Good Shepherd, he was who have left the Church and separated from God. “I guess I was afraid that maybe I wouldn’t belong surrounded by his father, brothers, other relatives and “I feel that if God could change my heart and bring me anymore or it wouldn’t feel right. I’m not sure. I just friends. back to the Church, then he could do it for anyone. If you didn’t have the courage yet. That is until one morning “It was one of the happiest days of my life,” he recalls. are depressed or lost or lonely or confused or hopeless, when I experienced something. It was the most amazing “I am grateful I was able to share that moment with the just remember that even if you have lost your faith in God, moment of my life.” people closest to me, but it was bittersweet as my mother he still has faith in you. was too ill to attend. “You are never too far gone for God to find you.” ‘Like seeing an old friend’ “In the weeks leading up to Easter, her condition was On a Sunday morning a few years ago, Walterman worsening steadily. But there were still plenty of times (Have you returned to the Church after being away believes that God spoke to him, telling him, “Mike, it’s when she would be coherent and alert when I would visit from it for some time? If so, The Criterion would like time to go back to church.” her. I would bring her figurines of angels and tell her all to share your story of what led you to come back to the Walterman acknowledges that many people would say about going back to Mass and going through confirmation.” Church, and what it has meant to you. Please send your he’s “crazy” to think he heard the voice of God, but he Walterman believes those moments helped his mother story to assistant editor John Shaughnessy by e-mail also insists, “I truly believe that God was speaking to me.” find “a little peace in knowing that my soul was healing.” at [email protected] or by mail in care of Living in the Garfield Park area on the south side of He also believes that one of the reasons God led him The Criterion, 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis at the time, he knew that Good Shepherd to return to the Church was to give him strength and faith 46202. Please include a daytime phone number where Church was nearby so he headed there for the Mass during his mother’s illness. He says he needed that strength you can be reached.) † New retreat hopes to help people who have ‘Lost Sight of God’

By John Shaughnessy That desire is at the heart of the “Lost Sight of God” priest of the archdiocese. “We would start by asking them retreat program that will be led by Father Godecker and what has brought them here, what are they struggling Inspired by Pope Francis’ image of the Church as a Mary Schaffner, associate director of spiritual ministries about. There will be a structure to the program, but, by field hospital, Father Jeff Godecker hopes that a new at the Fatima Retreat House, located at 5353 E. 56th St. in and large, what we’ll do will depend on what we hear.” retreat program at Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House in Indianapolis. The program will also use Scripture, the Spiritual Indianapolis will lead to a sense of healing for people who The “Lost Sight of God” program has three sessions, and Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the experiences of are struggling in their relationship with God. interested people are invited to take part in any individual Father Godecker and Schaffner as ministers to offer “an “Pope Francis has urged us to spend more time with session or all the sessions. opportunity for hope and healing,” the priest says. those on the periphery of the faith,” Father Godecker notes. The first one, “The Courage to “We hope that somehow this person has a sense of “We think of people who have left Step In,” is from 5 to 9 p.m. on God’s love of them once again,” Father Godecker says. the Church who are angry, those April 10. “Our primary purpose is working on their relationship who have suffered significant loss The second session, “I will walk with God and their relationship with Jesus Christ. and now have lost sight of God in in the presence of the Lord in the Hopefully, that love can empower them to get past their grief. We think of those who land of the living,” is from 9 a.m. to whatever is keeping them from God. We want that have just drifted away. We think of 2:30 p.m. on June 5. individual to be restored, renewed and healed. people who feel betrayed and also The third session, “Walking “Of course, we would also like them to come back to those who have lost hope. toward Wholehearted Faith,” is from the Church. Certainly one of the ways that healing can “We could also add those who 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 18. Each take place is in the sacraments, especially the Eucharist.” have simply become indifferent. Mary Schaffner session is $30 per person. Fr. Jeff Godecker Some of these people may even Father Godecker and Schaffner (Online registration for each session can be made by be sitting in the pews, and they stress that listening to the retreat participants about their visiting the website, www.archindy.org/fatima, and struggle with God and faith. We would like to reach out to struggles with God will be a major part of the program. clicking “register.” Registration is also possible by any who are struggling for whatever reason.” “It’s a place to begin,” says Father Godecker, a retired calling 317-545-7681.) † The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014 Page 9 Lenten penance services are scheduled at archdiocesan parishes Parishes throughout the archdiocese have scheduled Infant Jesus (Little Flower) communal penance services for Lent. The following list of • March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Mary services was reported to The Criterion. • March 26, 7:30 p.m. at Holy Spirit • April 3, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Greenfield

Batesville Deanery • April 8, 6:30 p.m. at St. Rita CNS photo/Leslie Kossoff • March 7, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. at All Saints, Yorkville (individual confession) Indianapolis North Deanery • March 10, 6:30 p.m. at St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg • April 6, 2 p.m. at St. Luke the Evangelist • March 12, 7 p.m. for St. Nicholas, Ripley County; • April 7, 7 p.m. at St. Luke the Evangelist St. Anthony of Padua, Morris; and St. Louis, Batesville, • April 8, 7 p.m. at St. Luke the Evangelist at St. Louis, Batesville • March 13, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Greensburg Indianapolis South Deanery • March 23, 1:30 p.m. for St. John the Baptist, Osgood; • March 23, 2 p.m. at Good Shepherd St. Maurice, Napoleon; and Immaculate Conception, • March 25, 7:30 p.m. at St. Jude Millhousen, at Immaculate Conception, Milhousen • March 31, 6:30 p.m. at Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ • March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Catherine of Siena, Enochsburg • April 5, 9-11 a.m. at St. Mark the Evangelist • April 2, 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph, Shelbyville • April 8, 7 p.m. at St. Roch • April 2, 6:30 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, Shelby County • April 10, 6 p.m. at St. Barnabas • April 2, 6:30 p.m. at St. Peter, Franklin County • April 14, 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Greenwood, Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh hears a young woman’s • April 4, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. at All Saints, Yorkville Greenwood confession during a pro-life youth rally and Mass at the (individual confession) Verizon Center in Washington on Jan. 22. Thousands of young • April 5, 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at St. Teresa Benedicta of Indianapolis West Deanery people gathered at the arena to rally and pray before taking the Cross, Bright • March 12, 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph part in the annual March for Life, which this year marked the • April 10, 7 p.m., at St. Mary, Aurora • March 13, 7 p.m. for Holy Angels at Marian University 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision Chapel that legalized abortion across the nation. Bloomington Deanery • March 19, 6:30 p.m. at St. Monica • March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Agnes, Nashville • March 20, 7 p.m. at St. Malachy, Brownsburg Seymour Deanery • April 1, 7 p.m. at St. Martin of Tours, Martinsville • March 24, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas More, Mooresville • March 9, 2 p.m. for Holy Trinity, Edinburgh, and St. Rose • April 8, 7 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford • March 26, 7 p.m. at St. Susanna, Plainfield of Lima, Franklin, at St. Rose of Lima, Franklin • April 9, 6:30 p.m. at St. Jude, Spencer • March 27, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel the Archangel • March 13, 7 p.m. for Most Sorrowful Mother of God, • April 10, 6 p.m. at St. John the Apostle, Bloomington • April 9, 7 p.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Vevay, and Prince of Peace, Madison, at Prince of Peace, • April 16, 6 p.m. at St. Paul Catholic Center, Bloomington Madison New Albany Deanery • March 19, 7 p.m. for Our Lady of Providence, Connersville Deanery • 6:30-8 p.m. at Holy Family, New Albany and St. Mary- Brownstown, and St. Ambrose, Seymour, at St. Ambrose, • March 11, 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth of Hungary, of-the-Knobs, Floyd County (individual confession Seymour Cambridge City available every Wednesday during Lent excluding Ash • March 30, 4 p.m. for St. Patrick, Salem and American • April 1, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel, Connersville Wednesday) Martyrs, Scottsburg at American Martyrs, Scottsburg • April 2, 6:30-8 p.m. at all Connersville Deanery parishes • March 12, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Corydon • April 3, 7 p.m. at St. Bartholomew, Columbus • March 19, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Charlestown • April 14, 6:30 p.m. for St. Ann, Jennings County; • April 3, 7 p.m. at St. Bridget of Ireland, Liberty • March 20, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Mary, North Vernon; and St. Joseph, Jennings County, • April 8, following 5:15 p.m. Mass for Richmond New Albany (individual confession) at St. Joseph, Jennings County Catholic Community at St. Mary, Richmond • March 25, 7 p.m. at Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, • April 10, 7 p.m. at St. Mary (Immaculate Conception) Jeffersonville Terre Haute Deanery school gym, Rushville • March 27, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Bradford • March 18, 7 p.m. at Annunciation, Brazil • April 2, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua, Clarksville • March 19, 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart, Clinton Indianapolis East Deanery • April 3, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Lanesville • March 25, 1:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus, • March 10, 7 p.m. for St. Bernadette, Our • April 9, 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul, Sellersburg Terre Haute DOWNLOADLady of Lourdes and St. Therese of the Infant • April 13, 1 p.m. at St. John the Baptist, Starlight • March 25, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph University, Terre Haute Jesus (Little Flower) at St. Therese of the • April 16, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Navilleton • April 9, 7 p.m. at St. Paul the Apostle, Greencastle †

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the Tempter for us: ‘For we have liturgy reveals it and enables us to live it.” not a high priest who is unable to #1438 “The seasons and days CATECHISM CORNER sympathize with our weaknesses, but of penance in the course of the one who in every respect has been liturgical year (Lent, and each Friday tested as we are, yet without sinning’ in memory of the death of the Lord) (Heb 4:15). By the solemn forty days are intense moments of the Church’s of Lent, the Church unites herself penitential practice. What the catechism says about Lent each year to the mystery of Jesus in “These times are particularly the desert.” appropriate for spiritual exercises, The season of Lent is mentioned in the Finally, in #1438, the penitential nature #1095 “… the Church, especially penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as Catechism of the Catholic Church in various of Lent is discussed in the section on the during Advent and Lent and above signs of penance, voluntary self- sections. sacrament of reconciliation. all at the Easter Vigil, re-reads and denial such as fasting and almsgiving, It is brought up in #540 in the section that #540 “Jesus’ temptation reveals the re-lives the great events of salvation and fraternal sharing [charitable and explains Christ’s public ministry. way in which the Son of God is Messiah, history in the ‘today’ of her liturgy. missionary works].” In #1095, Lent is discussed in regards to contrary to the way Satan proposes to him But this also demands that catechesis the way in which the Church, especially in its and the way men wish to attribute to him help the faithful to open themselves (To read the Catechism of the liturgy, sees Christ prefigured in various ways (see Mt 16:21-23). to this spiritual understanding of the Catholic Church online, log on to in the Old Testament. “This is why Christ vanquished economy of salvation as the Church’s www.usccb.org/catechism/text/.) † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014 Pope: By taking care of elders, families show all life has value VATICAN CITY (CNS)— (“The Joy of the Gospel”). It’s in the family that people learn that Pope Francis said the worst thing about The elderly are particularly affected by taking care of others is “a foundation of growing old is not becoming weaker this trend of exclusion, especially if they human existence,” the pope wrote. How or infirm, but the “abandonment, the are ill, disabled or vulnerable in other families treat and care for their elders CNS photo/Paul Haring CNS photo/Paul exclusion, the deprivation of love” in ways, he wrote. “becomes critical in order to reconfirm today’s “throwaway culture.” People forget that human relationships before all of society the importance of The pope’s remarks came in a “are always relationships of reciprocal older people,” and the active role they written message sent to bioethicists, dependence” in which the degree of should play in the community. scientists, health care professionals, dependence changes over the course of Though older people may seem to religious, theologians and other experts a person’s life, especially at its early and “take without anything to give,” he attending the Pontifical Academy later stages and during periods of illness wrote, their experience “warns us not to for Life’s Feb. 20-21 workshop on or suffering. foolishly repeat our past mistakes.” “Aging and Disability.” “The loss of health and having a Pope Francis noted the academy The pope thanked the academy disability are never a good reason for was celebrating 20 years since Blessed for its “often tiring work because it exclusion or, worse, eliminating a John Paul II established it to promote demands going against the tide” in a person,” he wrote in the message. the dignity of life and study current world facing the “tyrannical domination The best place to learn the real value challenges to life in the fields of of an economic logic that excludes and of human life and the duty of solidarity is medicine and law. sometimes kills. the family, he wrote. The academy’s work is meant to “We have created a ‘throwaway’ “In the family, you can learn that “let people of goodwill know that culture” that is no longer about the loss of health is not a reason to science and technology, when put at exploitation or oppression, but about discriminate against some human lives; the service of the human person and his treating people as “the outcasts, the the family teaches not to succumb to or her fundamental rights, contribute Pope Francis greets an elderly woman in a ‘leftovers,’ ” he wrote, citing his apostolic individualism and to strike a balance to the integral well-being of the wheelchair during his general audience in St. Peter’s exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” between the ‘I’ and the ‘we.’ ” person,” Pope Francis said. † Square at the Vatican on Feb. 19. Nun, two activists go to prison for protest at nuclear weapons facility WASHINGTON (CNS)—A woman depredation of property and one count that he settled on the sentences, in part, to The hearing was continued from religious and two Catholic peace activists of sabotage. act as a deterrent to future actions by the Jan. 28 when a snowstorm closed federal were sentenced to prison for several years Michael Walli, 65, also of Washington, defendants or by others at the country’s offices in Knoxville. At the time, Thapar for breaking into a Tennessee nuclear and Greg Boertje-Obed, 58, of Duluth, nuclear weapons facilities. ordered the protesters to pay $52,953 in weapons facility and defacing its walls in Minn., were sentenced to 62 months in All three faced sentences of about restitution for fence repairs, cleaning a July 2012. prison each on the same counts. six to 10 years on each count under warehouse where bomb-making uranium Sister Megan All of the sentences were to be served federal sentencing guidelines. They have is stored and security improvements at Rice, 84, of concurrently, and the three were to be participated in similar protests prior to the Y-12 National Security Complex in Washington, a credited for the nine months they have their 2012 action. Oak Ridge, Tenn. member of the been held in prison since their conviction Attorney Bill Quigley, who The judge said the defendants could Society of the in May. represented the activists pro bono, told arrange to make payment quarterly given Holy Child Jesus, The defendants were part of the group Catholic News Service on Feb. 19 all their limited incomes. was sentenced “Transform Now Plowshares.” three protesters were prepared to accept “I don’t think the government has any on Feb. 18 to In announcing the sentences in a any sentence the judge handed down. expectations that they are going to be 35 months in courtroom overflowing with supporters “Sister Megan told me if the judge making any restitution,” Quigley said. prison on each of the protesters, U.S. District Judge released her, that would be a victory and During their trial, the trio admitted of two counts— Amul R. Thapar said he respected the if she was sentenced that would be a cutting through a fence at the complex, Sr. Megan Rice, S.H.C.J. one count of trio’s commitment to peacemaking but victory,” Quigley said. pouring blood on the warehouse, hanging After hearing her sentence, crime scene tape, hammering off a small Sister Megan “raised her palms and just chunk inside the most secure part of smiled,” Quigley said. complex and praying as they waited for “She’s in great health. She enjoys security officials to arrive. They testified Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House the people she’s in prison with, and that their actions were nonviolent and she feels she’s performing a ministry symbolic, and were designed to call 5353 E. 56th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46226 • (317) 545-7681 • Fax (317) 545-0095 • www.archindy.org/fatima there,” he added. attention to the dangers of U.S. nuclear Quigley also said that Walli, a weapons production at the massive plant. Vietnam War veteran, and Boertje-Obed, At the same time, they denied their were calm after the sentences were guilt in violating federal law, saying their Two great evening programs announced. actions were motivated by their faith and “People in the courtroom sang for the necessity to end what they consider The Woman at the Well them, prayed for them,” the attorney said. the evil of nuclear weapons production. † March 2, 2014 6:00-8:00 pm Presented by Julie Paavola

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Detox diets and drinks are all the rage. Each time you turn on the TV or look on the Internet, you will find someone promoting some combination of food and beverage that when consumed over a period of a Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory A. few days is said to cleanse the body of toxins and other harmful substances. Although there is no scientific proof that these detox diets are of value, they are being offered as a veritable fountain of youth, happiness and well-being. Whether detox diets or drinks work, humans have long known the value of setting aside time to change one’s consumption habits, including food and beverages, but other things as well. This includes fasting and praying to promote physical, spiritual, emotional, moral and psychological well-being. For Christians, Lent marks that special time. The season of Lent—a season of the Church’s liturgical calendar—is celebrated by most Christians throughout the world. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which this year for Latin Rite Catholics falls on March 5, and concludes at the start of the Easter triduum—the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. For Catholics, Lent ends at Holy Thursday with the start of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. The season of Lent lasts for 40 days, a number of great significance in the Bible. For example, God made it rain for 40 days during the days of Noah; Moses stayed 40 days on Mt. Sinai after receiving the Ten Commandments; and, following his baptism, Jesus spent 40 days in the desert A woman receives ashes on Ash Wednesday at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York on Feb. 13, 2013. Ash Wednesday marks the start grappling with the devil. of the penitential season of Lent, a time of reflection, prayer, fasting and charity before Easter. By simply mentioning 40 days, the Bible indicates that something special is taking place, that time as we in the second century mentions the Lenten fast as a 40-hour but not required. experience it by the movement of the sun and stars or the practice handed down from the Apostles. The Second Vatican Council revitalized the baptismal ticking of a clock (“chronos”) has been replaced by God’s For a time, Lenten practices became very austere. catechumenate. The catechumenate is the process used by time (“kairos”). What takes place during the 40 days of Christians were required to abstain from eating meat or any the Church to prepare adults to enter its full communion Lent happens in a time set aside for us to experience God in product that came from animals during the Lenten season, through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and unique and special ways. and to practice a stringent fast from most of life’s pleasures. Eucharist, received usually at the Easter Vigil. While Lent is a season unto itself, it exists because The practice of Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, and Carnival St. Cyril of Jerusalem noted in the fourth century that of Easter. Everything that takes place during our Lenten developed as a result of these austere practices: people ate Lent is a particular period of preparation for those wishing journey prepares us to more fully participate in Jesus’ all of the fat in their homes and had festive celebrations to enter the Church. The catechumenate now shapes the passion, death and resurrection. before Lent began because they knew that they would have Lenten experience of all the faithful. Just as Jesus, before he began his public ministry, went little to eat or celebrate during Lent. We are called to listen intently to the Gospel readings into the desert for 40 days “to be tempted by the devil”— Today, the requirements for fasting and abstinence are each Sunday, and ponder with those seeking baptism what as Matthew, Mark and Luke express it—so, too, must less severe: it means to have been blind but now see because of Jesus, Christians confront our demons and come to understand the • On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Latin Rite how Jesus offers us living water that fulfills all of our temptations that affect our lives. Catholics 18 and older are asked to fast by limiting thirst and what it means to be born to a new life in Christ. While Lent is a period of penance, cleansing and themselves to one full meal a day. This is now the heart of our Lenten journey. reordering our lives, it is not a period of punishment, • On Ash Wednesday, all Fridays of Lent and Good May Lent be a sacred time for you, a period of mortification or abuse. Rather, it is a time for taking control Friday those 14 and older are to abstain from eating meat. cleansing and of confronting personal demons, of renewal of our lives, getting our appetites under control, of hearing Pregnant and nursing mothers and those who are ill are and recommitment to faith in Christ Jesus. the good news of Jesus and being changed by it. exempt from these requirements. The fasting requirement From the earliest days of Christianity, Lent has been is removed for those 60 and older. The practice of (Daniel S. Mulhall is a catechist and writer in understood as a time of preparation for Easter. St. Irenaeus giving up something for Lent is still a valued practice, Laurel, Md.) † Lent is a time of spiritual training to help in resisting temptation By Louise McNulty penance for 40 days—a kind of “thank you” for coming face our toughest battles throughout the year. to Earth to suffer and die for our sins. Remember that once it’s over, Lent doesn’t come As a child, I thought I deserved to celebrate on Easter Lent isn’t a time for “achieving” anything. It is a time around again for more than 300 days. So it’s important to if I’d managed to go 40 days without eating chocolate, of preparation. maintain this spiritual strength gained during Lent. biting my nails or humming in church. In the Gospel of Luke, we’re told that “in those days, A marathon runner trains for a race for months. My grandmother, however, threw a monkey wrench [Jesus] departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the Win or lose, when it’s over he might modify his into such thinking when she said, “You can’t judge your night in prayer to God” (Lk 6:12). grueling regimen. But he doesn’t want to lose the success in Lent by how you feel on Easter Monday.” Christ didn’t spend 40 days in the wilderness to prove stamina and muscle tone that took so much effort to Lent is a way for us to imitate Christ by doing he could resist temptation. He did it to prepare for the build up. He’ll continue, as should we, a moderate days ahead when he’d be mocked, scorned, beaten, workout, a maintenance program. In our case, it should crowned with thorns and mercilessly crucified. He did it include a maintenance program of Scripture, good to strengthen himself and show us how to resist the devil. deeds and fasting. In a sense, we’re like athletes of a different kind Training during Lent will provide us with a during Lent. Athletes don’t just go out and play a game touchstone of spiritual strength. Perhaps modifying

CNS photo/Phil Noble, Reuters CNS photo/Phil Noble, or compete in a marathon without first going through instead of abandoning Lenten behaviors will merit rigorous training. St. Paul said in his First Letter to the spiritual gold medals. Corinthians, “Every athlete exercises discipline in every Many people have seen smokers who gave up their way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an habit for Lent, but made it the start of quitting for life. imperishable one” (1 Cor 9:25). Daily Lenten Massgoers sometimes add a weekday Mass Athletes watch their diet, exercise appropriate muscles to their routine. People who shed a few pounds because and build up a wellspring of strength and resistance to of a Lenten diet often continue to eat healthier. pain and fatigue. They prepare for the perils ahead by Perhaps extending Lenten behaviors is the key to increasing their capacity for achievement and tolerance retaining the moral stamina built up in the season, and Skaters from Canada and Austria compete on Feb. 11 in a of pressure. keeping the joy of Easter alive all year long. speedskating event during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Like athletic training, we employ a diet of Scripture, Russia. The Lenten season can be likened to the efforts that we exercise in the form of prayer and we build up (Louise McNulty is a freelance writer who lives in athletes make to prepare for competition. reserves during Lent that will come in handy when we Akron, Ohio.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith and Family/Sean Gallagher Old Testament: The story of Judah and Tamar Lenten disciplines (Eighth in a series of columns) body by using the law of the levirate. He promised her a kid from his flock if In their test of Jesus, they said that she would have intercourse with him. She can be like doing Before I write about the great seven brothers married the woman and agreed, provided that Judah would leave chores around masterpiece in Genesis about Joseph and asked whose wife she would be at the his seal, cord and staff as a pledge until she his brothers, let me resurrection. (See Mt 22:23-33.) received the kid. the house cover Chapter 38, Onan married Tamar. However, Later, when Judah tried to send the kid, which is inserted in the knowing that any children they had would the prostitute could not be found. My wife, Cindy, and I have for years story but has nothing be considered his brother’s and not his, Three months later, Judah learned tried to teach our sons how to do various to do with Joseph. It’s “whenever he had relations with his that Tamar was pregnant. Indignantly, chores around an important chapter, brother’s widow, he wasted his seed on the he demanded that she be brought out and the house. though, for several ground, to avoid contributing offspring for burned. Then Tamar sent word to her Some of them have reasons. his brother” (Gn 38:9). Because that act father-in-law that she was with child by gotten to the age where It tells the story greatly offended God, Genesis says, the the man whose seal, cord and staff she they help out a good of Judah, one Lord took his life, as he had done to Er. displayed. Judah conceded that Tamar was bit. Our 11-year-old of Jacob’s sons, One of the reasons sometimes given for more in the right than he was. son Michael regularly who married a Canaanite woman with the Church condemnation of contraception When Tamar gave birth, she had twins washes the dishes whom he had three sons—Er, Onan and was this so-called “sin of Onan,” although whom she named Perez and Zerah. after supper. Shelah. When Er grew up, he married a in this case it seems that God took his life This episode is important because And all but the woman named Tamar. because of Onan’s violation of the law of the Gospel of St. Matthew begins with youngest of our children Then Er died. Jacob told Onan to marry the levirate rather than the means he used. the genealogy of Jesus and it includes (Colin, who is 5 months old) have after- Tamar, following the ancient Israelites’ Judah, fearing that his third son, Shelah, this line: “Judah became the father of meal chores to do in addition to taking their “law of the levirate” that required the might also die if he married Tamar, told Perez and Zerah, whose mother was plates, silverware and cup to the sink. Some deceased man’s brother to have children Tamar to remain a widow. Years passed, Tamar” (Mt 1:3). sweep up around the table. Others put away with the widow to preserve the deceased and Judah’s wife died. Tamar is one of four women in the dishes that had been washed and set out to man’s line. One day, Tamar learned that Judah was genealogy—the others are Rahab, Ruth and dry from the previous meal. Still others take That law still existed in New Testament going someplace, so she veiled her face Bathsheba—all of whom were considered recyclables to boxes we keep for them in our time when Sadducees questioned and sat by the roadside. Judah thought aliens by the Israelites, and who bore sons basement. Jesus about the resurrection of the she was a harlot and propositioned her. in strange and unexpected ways. † On Saturdays, the boys have such regular chores as folding and putting away their Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes clothes, vacuuming various rooms in the house and picking up the sometimes vast Life, we learn over time, is our favorite land of opportunity amount of toys that get strewn on the family room floor in the basement. So much to learn. So little time. That St. Thomas Aquinas Church, the addition unreason of tiny baby eating and sleeping All in all, I think we’ve developed a seems to be the story of our lives. This to the monks’ quarters at St. Meinrad routines requires only one response, which good system that both teaches our boys world which God has Archabbey, and Clowes Hall on the is patience. I’ve learned that patience is responsibility and takes some of the load off kindly provided for us Butler University campus. indeed a virtue. of our already often heavily laden shoulders. is so full of interesting, This year is the 50th anniversary of Aging has taught me that the slings But teaching the boys how to do these challenging, beautiful Clowes, which generated a recent public and arrows of outrageous fortune abound and other chores and helping them to be things that it would panel conversation among Woolen, another in the human body as time goes by. And disciplined about doing them is hard work in take an infinite number local architect and informed experts. Here there’s not a whole lot we can do to change and of itself. of human lifetimes to again was an opportunity to learn about that. However, it does make for a rich and There have been many occasions absorb them all. the artistic process and a great building, constant source of conversation with old, where Cindy and I have both said that Of course, as well as an inside look at famous and i.e. old, friends. it would be easier and quicker for us to there’s always book sometimes infamous people. One thing Of course, as we all know, travel is do the chores ourselves than to have the learning—academic, leads to another. educational. It provides lessons about other boys do them. professional or industrial, but I’m talking Often we learn things by chance. When cultures and languages and geography. But we know that, in both the short and about the other kind. So while we’re my dad used to phone me every week, But, the most important thing I’ve learned long term, this would only hurt our boys and working on our one life, it’s fun to consider he’d invariably ask about our weather, from traveling is that people everywhere us and not help them or the family in general. what’s available to us. These things can and describe his up in Minnesota. Huh? are much the same. They want to live This approach we’ve taken to household turn up anywhere, but the arts are one thing I thought, what’s so important about the peacefully, to love their families and chores reminds me of the Lenten practices we really enjoy—and learn from. weather? But now, living in a more rural friends, to feel respected, and to know that that Catholics the world over will take up Take architecture, for example. area again, I understand. Dad was raised their work has value no matter what it is. next week. One of our favorite Sunday afternoon a farmer and weather was all-important We didn’t need to travel far to These spiritual practices of prayer, fasting outings when the kids were young was to in his world, as it now is in mine on a learn that most people are good, They and almsgiving are often referred to as our drive around different towns, admiring smaller scale. Now I know more than constantly surprise us with their kindness, Lenten penance. A penance is something that the old or historic houses and sometimes I ever thought possible about fronts, their generosity and their hopes for our we do to show sorrow for our sins. dropping in at a builder’s open house to drought cycles, cloud formations and even well-being. People make us laugh and It often involves us doing something look at a new one. Later, I was pleased wind direction. warm us with a smile. We’ve learned that that has relative degrees of difficulty, to learn that some of our children did the Having kids often proves to be God’s delightful world is always available perhaps kneeling on the floor instead of same with their kids. instructive. Personally, I’ve learned that to us. And it’s free. using a kneeler. A penance can also include Over time, we came to appreciate the some things I thought were important are refraining from enjoying something we like, work of local architect Evans Woolen. not, such as when the baby innocently (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the such as desserts or watching TV. Among other things, he designed private knocks over grandma’s butter dish and Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular Obviously, these practices apply directly homes, the Inn at New Harmony, it breaks into smithereens. Or when the columnist for The Criterion.) † to the Lenten practice of fasting. But prayer and almsgiving can also be Our Global Family/Carolyn Woo penitential. When we take extra time for prayer, we are taking it away from other The Easter story in the context of marriage in today’s world things that we might prefer to do. The same applies to almsgiving. We The U.S. Conference of Catholic making, growing together and fidelity. These programs build a level of security, might give away money, clothing or other Bishops designated Feb. 7-14 as In some countries, more women than of self-worth, and dignity, which in turn possessions to help people in need that we National Marriage men seek graduate degrees. But attitudes, fosters happier marriages and families. would otherwise have control over. Week for us to roles and cultural norms take time to I often think that our vows would The Church has encouraged the faithful celebrate the blessings evolve, and the gap between women’s be audacious unless we recognize that to take up such penitential practices over of traditional marriage. expectations and their spouses’ ability to Christian marriage is a divine pact: God the centuries, both within and beyond Lent, My reflection on that find the common ground needs attention is in us, God gives us to each other, because they are ways in which we can took me to Southeast and work. God is with us, his grace is ever there participate in Christ’s saving suffering, death Asia where I grew up, In my work with Catholic Relief for the asking. and resurrection. a region that shows Services, we work to support natural Marriage grows through challenges Just as the chores around our house could alarming rates of family planning. We recognize that it is not and heartaches. I was deeply moved when be done better and more quickly if Cindy decline in marriage. just a method for child spacing, but that a childhood friend told me that her faith or I just did them ourselves rather than There are many it also embeds the hope that husband and truly grew when she decided to stay in a having our boys help out with them, Christ’s reasons for this phenomenon, but wife will welcome a child with love and very difficult marriage when families and suffering was more than sufficient to achieve of particular interest to me is that as longing as the most sacred gift from God. friends all advised her to seek a divorce. our salvation. women gain more education in some One of our programs works with She did not want that and sought God Yet we know from Scripture and the Southeast Asian countries, they are less couples to develop communication because she could not do it on her own. Church’s tradition that Christ desires us likely to marry. skills, to learn about maternal health She now has chronic pain, and he is to join him in his suffering, not in some The role of women and particularly and nutrition, and to engage in mutual paralyzed from a stroke, but they have a morbid way to have us feel the pain that he their relationships with their husbands decision-making pertaining to anything new sense of appreciation for each other, experienced (which would be impossible in in Asian marriages have probably not from finance to child rearing to provisions eyes to see each other and hearts that open any case), but instead for us to grow in our evolved to the same extent as they have for the safe delivery of the baby. up for another chapter of this love story. communion with him. in married couples in the U.S. This is not It is a first step for husbands and wives Love, disappointments, betrayals, So even if we fumble through our various just a matter of whether household chores to learn to relate, to be considerate of the wounds, healing, forgiveness, redemption, Lenten disciplines like our boys have done and care for children are shared (they are other, empathize, cherish each other and new life—these sound like the Easter story as they’ve learned to do chores around less so in Asian households), but pertains see themselves bonded as a couple. Other in the microcosm of a marriage. the house, know that Christ is right there to the bedrock of any long-term loving programs embed a focus on livelihood. with us, drawing us closer to himself in relationship—good communication, It enables women and their families to (Carolyn Woo is president and CEO of love as we seek to offer up our prayers and mutual respect, sharing in decision- reverse perpetual hunger and poverty. Catholic Relief Services.) † sacrifices. † The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014 Page 13

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, March 3 Friday, March 7 Sunday Readings St. Katherine Drexel, virgin Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, 1 Peter 1:3-9 martyrs Sunday, March 2, 2014 Psalm 111:1-2, 5-6, 9-10 Isaiah 58:1-9a • Isaiah 49:14-15 people listen to him. Mark 10:17-27 Psalm 51:3-6a, 18-19 • 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 St. Matthew’s Gospel furnishes the Matthew 9:14-15 • Matthew 6:24-34 Gospel reading. In this reading, the Lord Tuesday, March 4 is blunt and direct. No one can serve St. Casimir Saturday, March 8 It is not difficult to imagine the two masters. A person must choose either 1 Peter 1:10-16 St. John of God, religious frustration with which the author of to follow Jesus and submit everything the third section of in heart and soul to God, or to surrender Psalm 98:1-4 Isaiah 58:9b-14 Isaiah felt as he heard to some other goal. There can be Mark 10:28-31 Psalm 86:1-6 the despairing and no compromise. Luke 5:27-32 critical remarks of The Lord then continues to give some Wednesday, March 5 the people around specifics. He encourages his disciples Ash Wednesday Sunday, March 9 him. Times were bad. to have trust. Do not the birds of the Joel 2:12-18 First Sunday of Lent They were very bad. air enjoy the benefit of God’s care and The people long had mercy? They neither sow nor reap, but Psalm 51:3-6b, 12-14, 17 Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 been assured, indeed God gives them all that they need for life. 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 Psalm 51:3-6, 12-13, 17 as their ancestors had Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Romans 5:12-19 been assured, that God Reflection or Romans 5:12, 17-19 would protect them and sustain them. Lent is days away. Beginning on Thursday, March 6 Matthew 4:1-11 Yet, they were starving and helpless. Ash Wednesday, the Church will call Of course, they cried out in disgust and all its children to reinforce their faith Deuteronomy 30:15-20 anguish and asked if God truly was their and to strengthen the commitment of Psalm 1:1-4, 6 merciful and providing Father, their their faith. It will require more than a Luke 9:22-25 guardian. general willingness not to sin. It will Isaiah insists that God has not forgotten mean a complete turning to God, in them, any more than a devoted mother which fears are ignored and trust in God could forget her children. reigns supreme. Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle The prophet employs a literary It is good to remember that the Gospels technique not uncommon in the Hebrew were written when Christians already Scriptures. He wrote as if God were were in trouble before the authorities of People are free to capitalize pronouns that writing, in the first person. He did not the Roman Empire and certainly in the refer to God or to put them in lower case simply quote God. face of the prevailing culture. The Roman For the second reading this weekend, leadership played for keeps. Being a Why are pronouns referring to Jesus such a loving and merciful Savior and the Church offers a passage from St. Paul’s Christian could easily lead to terrifying Qno longer capitalized? Using uppercase heavenly Father. But my question is First Epistle to the Corinthians. As is consequences. would add clarity this: When I married this man, we were often the case in Paul’s epistles, the great Followers of Jesus had to question to many passages married by his father, who is a pastor of a Apostle verifies his role, identifies himself themselves. Is my faith in Christ worth the when a reader is nondenominational church. (The ceremony as commissioned by the Lord and in effect price that it may cost? trying to determine took place in the minister’s house.) as possessing authority conferred upon him Times have changed, thanks be to whether the word “he” Was this marriage recognized by God? by Jesus. God. Christians in this country do not refers to Christ or to And if I were ever to date again, would It is not here, nor ever, an effort in self- have to fear arrest, torture and execution another person in the that be adultery? (At this point in my life, promotion by St. Paul. In fact, it was an act under the most cruel of circumstances. account. We have no I am quite content to spend my time with of service to any who might read the letter. Christians in other places in the world are compunction about the Bible, but I was curious as to where I It was an act of service to the Christians not so fortunate. capitalizing “I.” Yet the stood.) (Ilion, N.Y.) of Corinth. Quite clear in Paul’s writings, Opposition to the Gospel, however, name at which every and elsewhere in the New Testament, is comes not just from unfriendly rulers and knee should bend is relegated to lowercase. I am assuming that you did not seek the fact that imposters, well-intentioned unjust laws. In our society, the culture (Decatur, Ill.) Apermission ahead of time for your or not, were moving through the Christian that envelopes us, and that drives so much wedding to occur in a non-Catholic setting communities and pretending to speak in the of what we do and how we think, is the Whether to capitalize pronouns and to be witnessed by a non-Catholic Lord’s name. They were not. Jesus had not Gospel’s great competitor. Areferring to the deity is largely a matter minister. If this assumption is correct, your called them. Without doubt, some, perhaps Loyal followers of Jesus cannot of personal preference and conviction, and marriage would not be recognized as valid many, people followed these inauthentic compromise. They cannot yield. They there really is no “right” or “wrong.” In the by the Catholic Church. spiritual leaders. must be strong. Guiding them will be the original languages of the Bible, the issue As to whether it was recognized by To guarantee that the true Gospel was revelation of the Lord, brought to them, as never arose. God, I don’t presume to know, but I do feel accepted, St. Paul had to demand that it truly is, by the Church. † In Hebrew, there was no such thing as sure that God approved your leaving that capital letters, simply an alphabet. And in man, especially since he was abusive and the original Greek manuscripts, the text was since you made a good-faith effort to try My Journey to God written entirely in capitals. So it is not a and make the marriage work. So yes, you matter of conforming to original texts. are certainly free to date. Publishers must look for consistency, If you ever decide to marry in the and English-language book and magazine Catholic Church, you would first need publishers, for the most part, follow the to meet with a priest and do a bit of Chicago Manual of Style, a widely-regarded paperwork, which he would then submit Love authority on grammar and usage. The style to the diocese to have your first marriage guide of the U.S. Conference of Catholic officially declared invalid. (The technical Bishops (USCCB) notes that deity pronouns term is “lack” or “absence” of canonical Wins are lowercase in USCCB publications. form.) This is a fairly simple process that By Sandra Bierly courtesyCNS photo/Brian Sokol, UNHR Similarly, Catholic News Service uses in most dioceses has a turnaround time of lowercase, as does the Associated Press. only a few weeks. It is the grateful heart Most of the English-language I would suggest, though, that you do That understands translations of the Bible follow that same that sooner rather than later. Not only That it’s God’s Love that will triumph practice, including The New American would it clear the way for you, should you In the end. Bible, which is the text used at Catholic ever decide to marry on rather short notice, Masses. Similarly, the Catechism of the but you might also feel a sense of closure It’s not wealth or fame Catholic Church uses lowercase for such and peace in putting that first marriage But simple love pronouns. That having been said, you are clearly in the past. That is found in every moment free, of course, to write it as you wish. That will win. If you feel that capitalizing pronouns referring to God or Jesus shows greater Readers may submit prose To see God’s presence respect, by all means do so. That is what I In every heart do when I put my Sunday homily on our or poetry for faith column Is a loving gift parish website. The Criterion invites readers to submit That changes hearts. original prose or poetry relating to faith A few years ago, I fell away from or experiences of prayer for possible It brings God’s kingdom Qthe practice of my Catholic faith. publication in the “My Journey to God” To birth each day During that time, I ended up marrying a column. Reminding us man who was very abusive verbally and Seasonal reflections also are appreciated. That love will win mentally. I divorced him recently, but not Please include name, address, parish and In the end. without waiting and praying for a change in telephone number with submissions. behavior that would save the marriage. Send material for consideration (Sandra Bierly is a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany. The situation has brought me back to to “My Journey to God,” Sister Angelique Namaika, a member of the Augustine Sisters of Dungu and the Catholic Church, where I have gone The Criterion, 1400 N. Meridian St., Doruma, embraces a Congolese child at a site for internally displaced people on to confession, have been attending Mass Indianapolis, IN 46206 or e-mail to Aug. 1, 2013, in Congo.) weekly and reading the Bible daily. [email protected]. † I feel blessed to know that I have Page 14 The Criterion Friday, February 28, 2014

HOLLIBAUGH, Marianne, 87, St. Luke the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Feb. 13. Mother of Missy and Pam Cheshire and Tony Hollibaugh. Rest in peace Haring CNS photo/Paul HORTON, George, Sr., 87, Please submit in writing to our Grandmother of nine. Great- St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, office by 10 a.m. Thursday grandmother of seven. Feb. 13. Father of Pam Marva, before the week of publication; Carolyn, Denise, Dianne and CLEVENGER, Robert W., 66, Jenee’ Horton. Grandfather of 14. be sure to state date of death. St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Obituaries of archdiocesan priests Great-grandfather of 18. Great- (Little Flower), Indianapolis, great-grandfather of two. serving our archdiocese are Feb. 6. Husband of Mary listed elsewhere in The Criterion. Clevenger. Father of Joe, Mark, LALIK, Stella J., 98, St. Gabriel, Order priests and religious sisters Michael, Richard and Robbie Connersville, Feb. 9. Grandmother and brothers are included here, Clevenger. Brother of David of six. Great-grandmother of 19. unless they are natives of the Clevenger. Grandfather of 13. Great-great-grandmother of nine. archdiocese or have other connec Great-grandfather of one. LAMPERT, Adolph, 84, tions to it; those are separate Holy Trinity, Indianapolis, Jan. 8. obituaries on this page. DAVIS, Rebecca Ellen, 62, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, McFEELY, Maxine, 73, ANDREWS, Helen New Albany, Jan. 24. Wife of St. Gabriel, Connersville, (Hemmelgarn), 79, St. Jude, Daniel Davis. Mother of Jill Feb. 7. Mother of Samantha Indianapolis, Feb. 16. Wife of Cline, Dr. Daniel II, John and LaMar, Margaret Swogger, George Andrews. Mother of Gail Joseph Davis. Grandmother of Abigail, Daniel and Michael Bailey and Kim Fatout. Sister two. McFeely Jr. Sister of John and Playing for the pope of Rosemary Cox. Grandmother Ron Anderson. Grandmother of of five. DOMOGALIK, Benjamin Stanley, 95, Holy Trinity, 16. Great-grandmother of four. Students from the touring orchestra from St. Anthony’s High School on Long Island, N.Y., BAIRD, Amy C. (Magness), 44, Indianapolis, Feb. 4. McKIBBEN, Frances E., play instruments during Pope Francis’ general audience on Feb. 19 in St. Peter’s Square at the St. Anthony, Indianapolis, Feb. 7. Vatican. , 98, 90, Our Lady of Lourdes, Wife of Peter Baird. Daughter of FATTIC, William James Christ the King, Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Jan. 31. Mother Ronald Magness. Stepdaughter Feb. 6. Father of Mary Mueller, of Jean Bisesi, Kathleen Nebel, of Ruth Magness. Sister of Sarah Stephen and William McKibben. Father of Adam and Andrew Carol Roller, Gerald, John and Providence Sister Cordelia Cash and Elizabeth Coskren. Grandmother of nine. Great- Springmeyer. Son of Ruth William Fattic Jr. Brother of grandmother of 19. Great-great- (Lambert) Springmeyer. Brother BAUERLA, Nelta, 85, Richard Fattic. Grandfather of Moran ministered in education, grandmother of one. of Regina Badgley, Dorothy St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, five. Lecher, Linda Meyer and Sharon communications in archdiocese Feb. 6. Mother of Diana Haffield, MILANO, Anthony, 60, FITZGERALD, Thomas Siefert. Teresa Hoffmeister, Connie St. Gabriel, Connersville, Feb. 14. Lawrence, 64, St. Peter, Harrison Providence Sister Cordelia Moran, previously Patterson, Frank Jr. and Mike Husband of Cathy Milano. Father TOLEN, Mary Kaye, 91, County, Jan. 22. Husband of Sister Ann de Sales, died on Feb. 13 at Mother Theodore Hall at Bauerla. Grandmother of 14. of Gabriella, Gina and Michael St. Andrew, Richmond, Feb. 10. Barbra (Adkins) Fitzgerald. Milano. Brother of Lillian Baney, Mother of Louise Melander, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 83. Great-grandmother of 18. Father of Daniel, Master Sgt. Frances Hopping and Joseph Betsy Sperling, Kathleen, Mary The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Feb. 20 at the BONNER, Ruth, 79, David and Stephen Fitzgerald. Milano. Ann, Fred, Jim and John Tolen. Church of the Immaculate Conception at the motherhouse. Burial St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, Son of Dr. F. J. Fitzgerald. Sister of Adele Coons and Irene followed at the sisters’ cemetery. Feb. 2. Mother of Tony Kinnaird, Brother of Mary Anne Veltman, POHLMAN, Harry Augustus, Wood. Grandmother of 19. Marianne, John and Thomas Daniel, Michael and Patrick 71, SS. Francis and Clare, Great-grandmother of four. Cordelia Ann Moran was born on May 8, 1930, in Bonner. Sister of Veronica Fitzgerald. Grandfather of five. Greenwood, Feb. 7. Husband Adrian, Mich. of Patricia (McCool) Pohlman. TOSCHLOG, Marilyn, Mitchem and Jack Kinnaird. FULLENKAMP, Rosemary, She entered the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of- Grandmother of 14. Great- Father of Julia and James 78, St. Andrew, Richmond, 85, Holy Family, Oldenburg, Feb. 14. Wife of Lorin Toschlog. the-Woods on July 22, 1951, and professed final vows on grandmother of 13. Pohlman. Brother of Kathy Feb. 13. Mother of Deborah Beckom, Betty Fentz, Pauline Mother of Debie Brim, Lori Jan. 23, 1959. BROWN, Michael R., 39, Dickey, Patricia Suhre, Jon and Murphy, Carol Walls, Tricia, Roots, Sandy Seider and Darin Sister Cordelia earned a bachelor’s degree at St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Thomas Fulenkamp. Sister of Providence Sister Paula Pohlman Toschlog. Grandmother of 11. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, and a Feb. 10. Son of Richard and Sally Miller and Leo Wettering. and Richard Pohlman Jr. Great-grandmother of seven. Sheila Brown. Brother of Grandmother of six. Great- master’s degree at Indiana University. Grandfather of six. VAUGHN, Frances A., 96, Johna Jennings. Half-brother grandmother of five. During 62 years as a member of the Sisters of SMITH, Dennis L., 66, St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Feb. 17. of Scott Hatfield. Grandson of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Sister Cordelia GILLAND, Hazel Mae, 89, St. Joseph, Clark County, Mother of Carol Patterson, Geneva Brown. St. John the Baptist, Osgood, Feb. 9. Father of Christy Janice Stetzel and Richard ministered for 13 years as a high school teacher and staff member, BRYANT, Carmen Feb. 12. Mother of Dora VanGilder. Brother of Rosalie Vaughn. Grandmother of 11. including four years at Our Lady of Providence Jr./Sr. High School (Montesinos), 83, St. Jude, McIntosh, Kathleen Muse, Boyd, Juanita Kearney, Jeanette Great-grandmother of 15. Great- in Clarksville. She was a journalism instructor at Saint Mary-of- David and George Gilland. Indianapolis, Feb. 16. Wife of Williams, Gerald, Guy, Mitchell great-grandmother of five. the-Woods College from 1967-76. Claude Bryant. Mother of Sylvia Grandmother of eight. Great- and Thomas Smith. Grandfather WILHELM, Angela Elizabeth, She later worked in communications for the congregation, and Grinstead, Michelle Hurlbut, grandmother of eight. of one. 92, All Saints, Dearborn County, then as coordinator of public relations and marketing for Our Lady Carmen Quick, Claude Jr. and GORDON, Lorraine F., 84, SMITH, James C., 84, Feb. 13. Wife of Leo Wilhelm. of Fatima Retreat House in Indianapolis from 1985-90. Joe Bryant. Sister of Ana Geere, Our Lady of the Greenwood, St. Joseph, Clark County, Feb. 8. Mother of Melissa Baker, Joyce Estela Montesinos and Mariana Greenwood, Feb. 13. Wife of Husband of Aline Smith. Father Bittner, Laura DePue, Mary Sister Cordelia also served at St. Matthew the Ordonez. Grandmother of nine. Roy Gordon. Mother of Joyce of Lana Green, Amy Spalding, Jane Telles, Marlene Vogelsang, Apostle Parish in Indianapolis from 1993-98 and retired to the Great-grandmother of two. Gilmore. Sister of Marion Craig, James and Neil Smith. Connie, Dan, David, Jim, Leo, motherhouse in 2004. She dedicated herself entirely to prayer Harrison and James Preuss. CARROLL, Donald P., Sr., Grandfather of 11. Great- Melvin, Ron and Tim Wilhelm. beginning in 2011. Grandmother of one. Great- grandfather of two. Grandmother of 65. Great- 76, St. Augustine, Jeffersonville, She is survived by her brother, Chris Moran of Pittsboro, N.C. Feb. 4. Husband of Beverly grandmother of one. grandmother of 72. SPAINHOUR, Mary A., Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Providence, Carroll. Father of Kimberly and HARDESTY, Ruth L., 77, St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, WITMER, Mary, 97, St. Mary, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary- Donald Carroll Jr. Brother of 92, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Floyd County, Feb. 15. Wife of Richmond, Feb. 5. Sister of Marylou and Kenneth Carroll, Jan. 27. Mother of Sandy Ronald Spainhour. Mother of Louise Keesling. of-the-Woods, IN 47876. † and Immaculate Heart of Mary Carson, Janet Taylor and Norma Dennis, Glenn, Gregory, Patrick, ZINS, Joan A., 80, St. Michael, Brother Dominic Carroll. Wheeler. Sister of Joe Powers. Richard and Ronald Spainhour. Brookville, Feb. 16. Mother of CARROLL, Marian Rose Grandmother of seven. Great- Sister of Anthony Becht. Becky Davis, Richard and Robert (Miller), 94, Our Lady of grandmother of 12. Grandmother of seven. Great- Zins. Sister of Jeroma Brown and THE INNER DESIRE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. grandmother of five. Perpetual Help, New Albany, HESTER, Willard E., 94, Frances Senefeld. Grandmother St. Vincent de Paul certainly had it. So did Blessed Frederic Feb. 10. Mother of Kathy Adams, St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, SPRINGMEYER, Gary D., 55, of seven. Great-grandmother Ozanam and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Maybe you do, too. Bruce and Tommy Carroll. Jan. 31. 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By Natalie Hoefer information to look through and see what their options could be, and let them GREENWOOD—When prioritize what they want to do.” Carolyn Crowell retired, she looked Volunteer opportunities include anything forward to doing “nothing.” from Catholic Charities services to Natalie Hoefer Photo by “My first year of retirement, I decided community programs, said Woodsworth. I worked all my life so I didn’t want to do And RSVP is non-denominational. anything, and that’s what I did,” said the “You don’t have to be Catholic to 69-year-old former health care worker. volunteer with RSVP,” she said. “It’s open “Now I’m getting kind of bored. to anybody.” ‘Nothing’ is nice for a while, but then you “Anybody” means no upper age need something,” said Crowell. limit—Woodsworth said she currently has The something she chose was a nearby volunteers ranging in ages from 55-96— volunteer opportunity working with and includes those with limitations, such as immigrants on their language skills. transportation. It’s an opportunity she said she would “If someone doesn’t have transportation, not have discovered without the help we try to figure out how we can get them of the Retired and Senior Volunteer involved in the easiest way possible,” Program (RSVP). she said, including looking at public RSVP is a national volunteer network transportation and volunteer opportunities for people ages 55 and older. It is a close to home. service of Senior Corps, a group of “We tell the volunteers, ‘If you only programs administered by the Corporation have an hour once a week or every two for National and Community Service weeks, that hour is just as significant to the federal agency (CNCS). person you’re helping as if you were able RSVP volunteer Carolyn Crowell teaches English to a Burmese refugee on Feb. 10. RSVP is a “RSVP is a clearinghouse of volunteer to give more,’ ” Woodsworth said. clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities for those ages 55 and older. opportunities,” said Monica Woodsworth, director of RSVP of Central Indiana, a ‘We stay connected’ luncheon,” she said. refugees from Burma and tutoring branch operated by Catholic Charities Once a volunteer is matched with an “We’ve had [educational sessions] on them in English. Indianapolis that covers Hamilton, opportunity, RSVP representatives serve disability and inclusion, and baby boomers “I enjoy helping people, especially Hendricks, Johnson and Marion counties. as a liaison between the volunteer and the as caregivers. We had [someone from] the these people trying to make something (See sidebar for other RSVP branches in the organization where the person serves. Social Security Administration come in. of their lives,” said Crowell, a mother of archdiocese.) “We follow up with both the “We like to give out information that four and grandmother of seven. “They ask “Depending on what the volunteers are organization and the volunteer to make sure can potentially help [the volunteers] in questions. They are so eager to learn. It’s interested in and how much time they want it’s working,” said Woodsworth. “If it is, addition to the people they’re helping as just awesome.” to spend, it’s our job to help them find a that’s great. they volunteer,” Woodsworth said. Crowell said that volunteering “gives good fit in the community.” “If it doesn’t [work out], we work with me something to do. I figure this is a way The benefits to those ages 55 and older [the volunteer] in trying to figure out what ‘Anything we can to [offer] support’ to do something useful.” who volunteer are numerous, according to didn’t work—did they have a change Because all of the volunteers are at least The location where Crowell volunteers studies cited in CNCS literature. in priorities, or it just wasn’t what they 55, said Woodsworth, “we know that more is just a few blocks from her home. Since Such benefits include improved physical thought it was going to be. than likely they’ll end up being a family she does not have a car, the proximity of and mental health, enhanced longevity, “Then we work with them [on finding caregiver at some point.” the location not only makes volunteering reduced chronic pain, reduced depression something else]. Just because one In such situations, she said, continuing possible for her, she said, but allows and anxiety, increased independence and opportunity didn’t work out, that doesn’t to volunteer, even if for less time, “gives her to “get my exercise—it gets me out self-esteem, and improved quality of life. mean other opportunities aren’t still there,” them a sense of self-continuity throughout and moving.” she said. the caregiving. And when the caregiving Jessica Inabnitt, a member of Our Lady Every hour is ‘significant’ Even after a successful volunteering ends, they haven’t lost everything,” of the Greenwood Parish in Greenwood, Woodsworth said the process starts match has been established, said she said. serves as the lead instructor for teaching with a background check and review of Woodsworth, “We stay connected [with the Consequently, RSVP offers English as a second language at the facility references because “volunteers could work volunteers] through educational programs caregiver support. where Crowell volunteers. with our most vulnerable citizens, like the and volunteer appreciation. “We have support groups. We do simple “She’s been very helpful,” Inabnitt elderly and children.” “At least once a year, we try to bring home modifications, anything we can to said of Crowell. “A lot of the refugees Next, she said, “we give them our volunteers together for a Senior Corps support [the volunteers] to do caregiving took to her right away. She’s got that in the best way possible so they can grandmotherly, nurturing sense about her. keep their own life—which may include “Sometimes, I think we put the elderly volunteering—but also help the person who in a box,” said Inabnitt. “After a certain ‘If someone doesn’t have transportation, we try to needs them. age, we think they’re of no use, and that’s figure out how we can get them involved in the “We don’t want caregiving to be about just not right.” easiest way possible. … We tell the volunteers, [the volunteers] isolating themselves into She looked over at Crowell, engaged in “If you only have an hour once a week or every a caregiving role,” said Woodsworth. “We helping a young Burmese woman learn the want caregiving to be about making all the days of the week. two weeks, that hour is just as significant to the connections within the community that “She is a great asset,” said Inabnitt. person you’re helping as if you were able to give could possibly support them, as well as “And RSVP is a great program.” more.” ’ staying connected to volunteering if that has been a part of their life.” (For more information on the —Monica Woodsworth, director of RSVP of Catholic Charities of Indianapolis’ ‘A way to do something useful’ branch of RSVP covering Hamilton, Central Indiana, a branch operated by Crowell said she “just loves” her Hendricks, Johnson and Marion Catholic Charities Indianapolis volunteer work for Catholic Charities counties, contact Monica Woodsworth Indianapolis’ refugee and immigration at 317-261-3378, or e-mail her at services, making welcome cards for [email protected].) † RSVP branches are located throughout central and southern Indiana Following is a list of area RSVP branches: Contact: Ceil Sperzel at 812-948-1815 or e-mail Contact: Jeraldine Sowards at 812-232-1264 or e-mail • RSVP of Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson and [email protected]. [email protected]. Marion counties, sponsored by Catholic Charities • RSVP of Monroe and Owen counties, sponsored • RSVP of Wayne County, sponsored by City of Indianapolis. Contact: Monica Woodsworth at by Area 10 Agency on Aging. Contact: Rebecca Richmond. Contact: Ronda Pope at 765-983-7309. 317-261-3378 or e-mail [email protected]. Nunley at 812-876-3383 ext. 523 or e-mail • RSVP of Crawford, Perry and Spencer counties, • RSVP of Dearborn, Ohio, and Ripley County [email protected], or log on to sponsored by Lincoln Hills Development (Indiana), sponsored by Dearborn County Social www.area10agency.org/rsvp. Corporation. Contact: Kim Scales at 812-547-3435 Council Inc. Contact: Mary Lewis at 812-539-4005 • RSVP of Jefferson County, sponsored by Hope Southern ext. 230 or e-mail [email protected]. or e-mail [email protected], or log on to Indiana. Contact: Vickie Copeland at 812-265-3950 or • RSVP of Hancock, Henry and Rush counties, www.myrsvp.org. e-mail [email protected]. sponsored by Interlocal Community Action Program, • RSVP of Clark, Floyd, Harrison and Scott • RSVP of Clay, Putnam and Vigo counties, sponsored Inc. Contact: Mary Malone at 765-529-4403 or e-mail counties, sponsored by Hope Southern Indiana. by Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc. [email protected]. †

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millions of dollars. OLYMPIANS Former Indianapolis Colt backup continued from page 1 quarterback Jim Sorgi said the Special Olympics combine was just as “It was really exciting for all the athletes important as the NFL Combine. Sean Gallagher Photos by and the parents to see this,” said Jerry, a “They’re both the same in my eyes,” Special Olympics athlete from Cicero, Ind. said Sorgi, a member of St. Susanna Parish “This has just been a great experience. I in Plainfield. “You’ve got the elite athletes hope that they do this again.” who are going out and trying to make a The athletes participated in the same living at the Combine downtown. And you kind of drills that were taking place that have athletes here who just want to go out same weekend at Lucas Oil Stadium and have fun. That’s what it’s all about.” in Indianapolis where hundreds of the Four former Colts players and members country’s top college football players of the football team at Brebeuf Jesuit showed off their talents during the Preparatory School in Indianapolis helped annual National Football League (NFL) the Special Olympians in their drills and Scouting Combine. flag football game. Coaches and officials from all 32 NFL Sorgi, a former backup to teams gather at the event to measure the Peyton Manning who is now the color athletic skills of up-and-coming football commentator for the radio broadcasts of players and to interview them prior to the Colts games, said he is grateful to have Above, Special Olympians from NFL draft, which will begin on May 8. made it to the NFL, so that now he can “be across central Indiana and members Fewer eyes watched the drills and flag on a stage where I can help those who are of the Knights of Columbus from football game that took place at the Colts less fortunate go out and have fun doing across the state celebrate on Feb. 22 practice facility. the exact same things that I did.” at the Indianapolis Colts practice But that didn’t matter to the Lawrence Fuhr, state deputy for the facility after a National Football Special Olympians, who had fun running Knights of Columbus and a member of League-like combine and a flag the 40-yard dash and doing the broad jump St. Joseph Parish in Corydon, attended the football game. and other combine-like drills. event and was pleased with the excitement The event was co-sponsored by of the Special Olympians. Left, Special Olympian Houston Catholic Athletes for Christ and the “The kids come in and look at this and Lyons of Indianapolis runs with Knights of Columbus. their eyes light up. It’s terrific,” said Fuhr. the football during a Feb. 22 Founded in the 1960s by Eunice “They get the feeling of what the pros do flag football game played at the Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics is when they come out on the football field.” Indianapolis Colts practice facility in the world’s largest sports organization for Ray McKenna, president and founder Indianapolis. people with developmental disabilities. of Catholic Athletes for Christ, an Sporting a No. 12 Andrew Luck Colts Arlington, Va.-based organization that Special Olympics Indiana chief executive has served as the Catholic chaplain of the jersey, Special Olympian Bradley Johnson seeks to spread the Gospel in and through officer Michael Furnish. He appreciated the Green Bay Packers for the past 17 years. of Whiteland was happy to play football on athletics, liked how the Special Olympics support that his organization receives from He appreciated how Catholic beliefs the Colts’ practice field. athletes were getting some attention on the Knights of Columbus and how their about the dignity of each human person “It’s cool. I’m a huge Colts fan,” such a big weekend for the NFL. principles coincide. served as the foundation of the Special Bradley said. “I’d like to see them win the “The Combine will be televised on the “The Knights of Columbus have Olympics combine and flag football game. Super Bowl.” NFL Network and ESPN,” McKenna said. a values system that mirrors that of “Everybody has something to But he also had in mind the real purpose “The best, strongest, most gifted college Special Olympics in believing that each deposit toward the common good,” behind the event. athletes will be there. We think it’s a nice person has something to contribute, no said Father James. “And these young “It’s fun,” Bradley said. complement to have Special Olympics kids matter how great or how modest your skill people are certainly doing that in very “Special Olympics is all about having fun.” who have been faced with challenges also or resources may be,” Furnish said. “It beautiful ways.” Quite a contrast from the Combine competing, and to have them highlighted puts us on the same side of the fence on at Lucas Oil Stadium, where athletes and recognized and have NFL players this conversation.” (For a photo gallery from the Special displayed their talents in hopes of coaching and encouraging them.” Watching the drills and the game was Olympics combine and flag football game, being drafted and possibly earning Also on hand for the event was Norbertine Father James Baraniak, who log on to www.CriterionOnline.com.) † NFL coaches, team officials gather for Mass, dinner and fellowship By Sean Gallagher “And that’s the challenge. Are we living who love God. up to it?” “It’s a foundation, an anchor for the Coaches, scouts and front office Father James later said that NFL team players, coaches, the organization. To personnel from all 32 National Football leaders have to know “when to hug and me, that’s where everything starts in

Photos by Sean Gallagher Photos by League (NFL) teams have gathered in pat on the back and when to kick in the our whole program.” mid-February in Indianapolis for years butt, but always, always, always to build Ben Steele also attended the Mass for several intensive days of analyzing up and to never tear down.” and dinner. But unlike Harbaugh, he is hundreds of top college football players Ultimately, Father James challenged entering his first season as an NFL coach, who are eligible for the NFL draft, which his listeners to embody in their work serving as the offensive quality control starts this year on May 8. the Lord’s kindness and mercy, coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s called the NFL Scouting Combine which were praised in the liturgy’s Yet he knows already that there are no and involves the players participating responsorial psalm. promises of a bright future in the NFL. in a series of drills and interviews. With “Our fulfillment, our lifeblood, our He was not drafted after attending Mesa more members of the media attending success, our very salvation depends on State College in Grand Junction, Colo., the Combine each year, players and team that—the Lord’s kindness and mercy,” he and had to fight to make his way onto coaches and officials also participate in said. “And it begs the question of every an NFL roster. several high-profile press conferences. one of us in this church. To what degree Steele’s Catholic faith helped him But while the hustle and bustle of the are we kind and merciful?” during his six-year NFL playing career. He combine continued at Lucas Oil Stadium The Mass and dinner were knows that it will be there for him as he in Indianapolis, more than 100 Catholic co-sponsored by the Jack Del Rio begins his career as a coach. coaches and other team officials stepped Foundation, the Knights of Columbus and “If you have a rock to lean on in your away for a while to spend time in prayer Catholic Athletes for Christ (CAC). Catholic faith, God is always going to Jim Harbaugh, head coach of the National and fellowship. Ray McKenna, CAC’s founder and be there,” Steele said. “And you have Football League’s San Francisco 49ers, kneels They gathered late in the afternoon of president, said it has helped to organize fellow coaches who share the same faith in prayer during a Feb. 22 Mass at St. John Feb. 22 at St. John the Evangelist Church, the NFL Scouting Combine Mass for the and values as you that you can lean on. the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis. NFL just a few blocks from Lucas Oil Stadium, past eight years because of the difficulty That’s a huge benefit going forward. coaches and team officials from across the for Mass and a meal together afterward in of Catholic team officials getting And as a young coach, it’s definitely country attended the Mass and a dinner that the parish rectory. to Mass given the busy schedule of encouraging for me because it’s not an followed. They were in Indianapolis for the “I was honored to be in there as the weekend. easy business. But my faith is always annual NFL Scouting Combine, during which I looked around the church and saw “It’s a chance for them to gather going to be strong.” NFL draft-eligible college football players everybody,” said Baltimore Ravens together at a Mass as a family and to Father Tom Belleque, a priest of the display their talents. head coach John Harbaugh. “And the interact with each other and then break Archdiocese of Seattle and chaplain for fellowship afterward has been incredible, bread together,” McKenna said. “They’re the Seattle Seahawks, was a concelebrant sitting down with the coaches and united in their Catholicism. It’s a chance at the Feb. 22 Mass. He said seeing so breaking bread. It’s been awesome.” they don’t otherwise have during many Catholics from so many teams Norbertine Father James Baraniak, the season.” was a “hopeful sign” about “how many chaplain of the Green Bay Packers for the Some front office personnel and Catholics are out there” helping to lead past 17 years, was the principal celebrant coaches like John Harbaugh have been NFL teams. at the Mass. part of the NFL family for many years. With the prominence that the NFL has In his homily, he told the NFL leaders They know that it has many ups and in American culture, Father Belleque said before him that each Mass includes both downs, and that faith can steady them in that Catholic players, coaches and team an affirmation and a challenge from Jesus. the uncertainty of their profession. officials are in a prime position to spread “Christ loves us so much— “Your faith is the only thing you Gospel values to the broader public. A member of the National Football League’s affirmation—that even right here and right really have. It’s the only thing that’s “Our guys do it by the quality of the Jacksonville Jaguars staff receives Communion now he’s willing to be broken and poured really real,” said Harbaugh. “Everything lives that they live,” Father Belleque said. from Father Michael Forge, a chaplain for the out for us, modeling who we are called else is manufactured. Your faith is the “That’s their testimony. They’re preaching Dallas Cowboys, during a Feb. 22 Mass at to be for one another, equally broken one thing that allows you to know that with the choices that they’re making, and St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis. and poured out,” Father James said. all things work for the good for those the example that they’re setting.” †