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SOUTH BEND — A systematic program to promote vocations to the priesthood and religious life has Solemn been in place in this diocese for over a dozen years, but during this Sesquicentennial Jubilee Year, spe- proclamation cial emphasis will be placed on vocations. Every parish is being asked to devote at least one Jubilee year opens holy hour a month to prayer for vocations to the Page 3 priesthood and religious life. Further, all parishes are being called on to implement the Called by Name program in February, in which parishioners recom- mend young men and women they believe have the qualities to become Young Voice See more on a priest, brother or sister. vocation The Called by Name program St. Vincent de Paul School initiatives. was developed by the Serra Club, which has taken a leadership role in celebrates 50 years PAGES 10-17 engaging laity in promoting and Page 12 praying for vocations. The program was further refined by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Vocations and has been utilized sporadically in some parishes in the diocese over the past few years. MICHELLE DONAGHEY Today’s Wise Men This Sesquicentennial Jubilee year, Bishop John The diocesan seminarians gathered for rosary, Mass and a luncheon hosted by the South M. D’Arcy is encouraging implementation of Called Shaping a world by Name in every parish. According to Father Bend Serra Club on Dec. 28. In the photo are, left to right, front row, Tim Chupp, Drew Bernard Galic, vocation director for this diocese, the Curry, Chris Lapp, Zackary Barry, Bishop John M. D’Arcy, Tink Coonan, Kevin Bauman and based on Christ initiative works this way: The pastor gives a homily Vocation Director Father Bernie Galic; and second row, Andy Budzinski, Matt Coonan, Page 4 on vocations and the Called by Name program, urg- Matthew Soberalski, Jacob Runyon, Jason Freiburger, Jacob Meyer, Paul Mankowski, Ben Muhlenkamp, Cristian Reyes and Bob Lengerich. Not pictured are Gabriel Hernandez and Fernando Jimenez. VOCATION, PAGE 4 Back to the courts HARD WORK IN BIG EASY ICCL and CYO Indiana bishops release basketball returns pastoral letter on immigration Page 21 ing others as Christ himself. Together with I Was a Stranger and You all our sisters and brothers throughout the Welcomed Me: Meeting Christ state of Indiana, we embrace an authentic and enduring form of Hoosier hospitality in New Neighbors that goes beyond superficial slogans to the heart of what it means to be a community hen the king will say to those on his of faith that welcomes all who wish to Tright, “Come, you who are blessed by share our way of life. my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared In his first encyclical, “Deus Caritas for you from the foundation of the world. Est” (“God Is Love”), Pope Benedict XVI For I was hungry and you gave me reminds us that there is an intimate and food, I was thirsty and you gave me unbreakable connection between love of drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, God and love of neighbor. Because God naked and you clothed me, ill and you has first loved us — completely and cared for me, in prison and you visited unconditionally — we are compelled to me.” Then the righteous will answer him love one another. And in loving our neigh- and say, “Lord, when did we see you hun- bor, we meet the person of Christ. gry and feed you, or thirsty and give you Who is my neighbor? Not simply some- drink? one who is familiar and close at hand. Not CARINA BRUDI When did we see you a stranger and simply someone who shares my ethnic, Today’s Catholic assistant editor Don welcome you, or naked and clothe you? social or racial characteristics. In the When did we see you ill or in prison, Gospels, we learn that our neighbor is any- Clemmer works on a roof as part of a and visit you?” And the king will say to one who is in need — including those who recent mission trip to New Orleans. The them in reply, “Amen, I say to you, what- are homeless, hungry, sick or in prison. A ever you did for one of these least brothers neighbor may well be a complete stranger account of Clemmer’s journey — the first of mine, you did for me.” — Mt. 25:34- whose background, experience or social 40. standing is very different from ours. by a member of the Today’s Catholic staff We Catholic bishops of Indiana recom- — can be read on page 18. mit ourselves and our dioceses to welcom- LETTER, PAGE 3 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 14, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC

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EDITOR: Tim Johnson Vocation Sunday ASSISTANT EDITOR: Don Clemmer This is the weekend set aside for reflec- tion on vocations to the priesthood and the STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad consecrated life. While we are encouraged that we have 18 young men in the seminary Editorial Department NEWS (this is a correction from last week when I PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan &NOTES said there were 17), and while this is the FREELANCE WRITERS: Ann Carey, largest number during my 21 years of serv- ice here and, while they all seem to be men Michelle Castleman, Elmer J. Danch, BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY Michelle Donaghey, Bonnie Elberson, of quality and strength, men who would also make good husbands and good fathers, Denise Fedorow, Sister Margie we need many more. I am grateful to the Lavonis, CSC, Jennifer Ochstein, good Lord that these vocations are begin- Theresa Thomas, Kristi Ward To welcome the newcomer ning to come. Much credit must go to our There are no strangers in the Catholic priests, especially those who are focused on Business Department Church. Jesus offered himself on the cross youth ministry and have worked in our high BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice for the salvation of all. This is the founda- schools. They are convinced, as am I, that tion for the pastoral letter, which is released AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber the field is ripe for the harvest. God is today and is presented on the cover and attracting young people, and part of the BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol page 3 in this newspaper and in other [email protected] attraction is that they see the need in our Catholic newspapers throughout the state. diocese. In this pastoral letter, the bishops, our Advertising Sales Bishop John M. D’Arcy after his first Mass as a I also hope that those congregations teachers, come to grips in a matter faithful priest with his mother and father in 1957. which have served here historically, espe- Tess Steffen (Fort Wayne area) to the Gospel and to the long-standing cially the Holy Cross Fathers, who came to (260) 456-2824 teaching of the church with this phenomena This diocese has always welcomed the this area over 150 years ago, even before Judy Kearns (South Bend area) of recent years. We know that this influx, immigrant. In reading the manuscript of the the diocese was officially established, will (574) 234-0687 which increases daily, represents legal history of our diocese which is being writ- benefit from our efforts this year to foster Web site: www.diocesefwsb.org/TODAY problems for our government. We neither ten for the jubilee, one sees this every- vocations to the priesthood. condone nor support anything illegal; but where. Indeed, my own parents were immi- Published weekly except the last we are moral teachers, teachers of the truth. grants. I recall their speaking of the preju- My schedule Sunday in June, second and fourth The truth underlying this letter is the digni- dice that they experienced, although I think While preparing these notes, I am also weeks in July, second week in August ty of every person as created by God and it was less painful than what our new immi- getting ready to drive to St. Martin de and last week in December by the redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. We Porres Parish, Syracuse, where I will offer Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, grants have undergone. I also recall their see this influx as a pastoral and spiritual joy, reflected on and spoken about down the Saturday evening Mass and be available 1103 S. Calhoun St., P.O. Box 390, Fort opportunity. Wayne, IN 46801. Second-class the years, when they became citizens of this for confessions. This is part of filling in for We have supported initiatives, which are great country. After a trip to her homeland, Father Terry Place, who has a serious can- postage paid at Fort Wayne, IN, and legal and moral and which are doable. The additional mailing office. my mother often recalled with joy the cer and is recovering in a nearby nursing same teaching authority, which has spoken words she heard as the ship landed in New home. Keep him in your prayers. I hope to out in this state and across the country and POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: York Harbor. “American citizens first.” visit him and then head for South Bend the world on the dignity of the child in the Today’s Catholic, P.O. 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Although People do not need to be perfect to be called to a vocation we cannot publish every letter we From Jesus’ time, Pope Benedict said, God, can shine through them in all its receive, we strive to provide a bal- BY CINDY WOODEN anced representation of expressed God has called individuals to dedicate their brightness,” he said. opinions and a variety of reflections lives totally to serving God and their broth- Pope Benedict asked for special prayers on life in the church.We will choose VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One does not ers and sisters. for vocations to the priesthood, a ministry letters for publication based on read- have to be perfect to be called to a vocation God’s that is er interest, timeliness and fairness. in the priesthood or religious life, but one call is not essential Readers may agree or disagree with must recognize that God calls each person addressed for the the letter writers’ opinions. Letters to repentance and holiness, Pope Benedict to the per- ‘The church is holy even if its members need to be celebra- must not exceed 500 words. All let- XVI said. fect, but to tion of ters must be signed and include a “Human frailties and limits do not repre- those open the phone number and address for verifi- sent an obstacle” to having a vocation, “as to God’s purified so that holiness, a gift of God, can shine sacra- cation.We reserve the right to edit long as they contribute to making us more love, ments letters for legal and other concerns. aware of the fact that we need the redeem- which through them in all its brightness.” and, ing grace of Christ,” the pope said in his changes there- Mail letters to: Today’s Catholic, message for the 2006 World Day of Prayer human POPE BENEDICT XVI fore, for P.O. Box 11169, Fort Wayne, IN for Vocations. hearts and the 46856-1169; or e-mail: The day dedicated to praying for voca- makes ongoing [email protected] tions to the priesthood and religious life was them capable of communicating the love of life of the church. celebrated May 7, 2006 in most countries; God to others, the pope said. “It is not surprising that where people ISSN 0891-1533 the pope’s message for the day was released “The church is holy even if its members pray with fervor vocations flourish,” he USPS 403630 March 30, 2006 in Italian. need to be purified so that holiness, a gift of said. JANUARY 14, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 3 our parish communities and dioce- tary teachings of the church: the ses. The new immigrants remind right of a sovereign state to control us of our ancestral heritage as chil- its borders in furtherance of the LETTER dren of immigrants and of our common good; the right of human Solemn Proclamation for CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 baptismal heritage as members of persons to migrate so that they can the body of Christ. realize their God-given rights. On Jan. 22, 1999, in Mexico Therefore, the state may impose the opening of the An immigrant church City, Pope John Paul II stood reasonable limits on immigration. beneath the figure of Our Lady of But the common good is not served The Catholic Church, especial- Guadalupe and proclaimed a mes- when the basic human rights of the Jubilee Year ly in the United States, is an immi- sage of hope to all the peoples and individual are violated. grant church, a pilgrim people on a nations of the Americas. In his As bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, while observ- journey of faith, hope and love, apostolic letter, “Ecclesia in Principles guiding ing also my 50th year as a priest, I hereby solemnly proclaim the fellow travelers on the way to our America” (“The Church in opening of our Jubilee Year. heavenly home, the kingdom of America”), the late Holy Father reform I ask Christ our Savior, and the prayers of all, that it may be a year God. As members of Christ’s spoke of the diverse gifts and tal- of holiness; a year of prayer and thanksgiving; a year of reconciliation body, the church, we are an excep- The principles drawn from and evangelization; and a year seeking to draw back to the heart of the ents of our people, the natural these teachings guide us in the tionally diverse group of people beauty and vast resources of our church those who, for whatever reason, have gone astray. who are called to unity in Christ search for solutions to immigration I call the whole diocese to assemble at the University of Notre land, and the many distinctive cul- issues: who gathers all of the dispersed tures and traditions that have con- Dame on Aug. 18 of this year for a diocesan Eucharistic Congress. children of God into one family of • Persons have the right to find This will be marked by catecheses and instructions; by the periodic tributed to the way life is lived in opportunities in their homeland. faith (Jn 11:52). the great metropolitan centers, recitation of the rosary at the Grotto of Our Lady; by the celebration Unity in diversity is our vision. • Persons have the right to of the holy Eucharist for the whole diocese; and by periods of prayer small towns and rural villages in migrate to support themselves and Looking at the history of which we live. As members of one and eucharistic adoration. Catholicism in our country, we call their families. I also urge all to observe the Jubilee Cross, which, for two years family, Pope John Paul reminded • Sovereign nations have the attention to the waves of immigra- us, we are called to conversion, now, has traveled across the diocese, from parish to parish, reminding tion that shaped the character of right to control their borders. us of the words of Christ, “If I be lifted up I will draw all to myself.” communion and solidarity as • Refugees and asylum seekers our nation and of our local church- brothers and sisters in Christ. I declare that the logo featuring Mary contemplating the face of the es. We also note that the immi- should be afforded protection. Savior on the cross, taken from St. Patrick Church in Fort Wayne, a We believe that preaching and • The human dignity and grant experience, which is deeply living the Gospel will lead the symbol of all the beautiful art in our diocese, be prominently dis- rooted in our country’s religious, human rights of undocumented played as central to our time of prayer. peoples and nations of the immigrants should be respected. social and political history, is Americas “to a daily vision of the I ask everyone to pray that more young men will open their hearts changing. Pope John Paul II has said: to the priestly vocation, and young men and women become open to risen Lord, present and active in “... it is very important that public These new immigrants are the world, especially in the poor, the call of the consecrated life. diverse in their origins, but they opinion be properly informed I entreat the Most Holy Trinity to bring blessings upon our diocese in the stranger, and in the migrant about the true situation in the also reflect a wide range of skills, and refugee” — “Ecclesia in through this year, blessings that will last far beyond these 12 months. experiences and educational back- migrants’ country of origin, about I ask that on Dec. 8, 2007, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, America,” Apostolic Exhortation, the tragedies involving them and grounds. Many left their home- John Paul II, Jan. 1999. our whole diocese, every parish and institution and every holy place lands because of fear of persecu- the possible risks of returning. The be consecrated to Mary, Mother and Virgin, under the title of the tion. They are seeking a new life The teachings of our poverty and misfortune with which Immaculate Conception, the patronal feast of our diocese. filled with hope, prosperity and the immigrants are stricken are yet I give thanks to God to be the pastor of this diocese in this blessed ability to live, work and raise their faith another reason for coming gener- moment, and I ask everyone to pray that I and all our priests will be families. ously to their aid.” — good shepherds for our people, and that the faith will grow ever These new waves of immigra- Our commitment to human life “Undocumented Migrants, stronger in this holy place. tion have challenged our society and the dignity of immigrants is Message of Pope John Paul II for Most Reverend John M. D’Arcy and our church to remember where rooted in Scripture and the social World Migration Day,” 1996. we come from as the descendants teachings of our church. “When an As Catholic bishops, we whole- Bishop, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend of immigrants and where we are alien resides with you in your land, heartedly support efforts to further headed as people who are on the do not molest him. You shall treat develop our nation’s laws concern- way to a better life, a more secure the alien who resides with you no ing the migration of people to our should include the following ele- Public policy in the State world characterized by unity, differently than the natives born country. Current laws and immi- ments: peace and prosperity for all. among you; have the same love for gration policies are inadequate to • a broad-based program of of Indiana As a Catholic community we him as for yourself; for you too protect the rights and dignity of earned legalization for undocu- were once aliens in the land of immigrants and their families. mented persons; Similarly, we bishops of vigorously support our nation’s Indiana, have deep interest in right and responsibility to provide Egypt. I, the Lord, am your God” They also fail to properly maintain • a temporary worker program (Lev 19:33-34). The church’s dedi- our borders or to adequately pro- with appropriate protections for issues affecting new immigrants to secure borders for the protection of our state and issues that need to be our people and to guard against cation to caring for migrants was vide for our nation’s security. both U.S. and foreign workers; explained by Pope Pius XII when Change is urgently needed. We • changes to the family-based debated in our General Assembly. those who would do us harm. At Some elements of immediate the same time, we reject positions he said “the émigré Holy Family of Catholic Bishops of Indiana immigration system to reduce Nazareth, fleeing into Egypt, is the remain committed to working at waiting times for family reunifica- concern include: or policies that are anti-immigrant, • driver’s permits for undocu- nativist, ethnocentric or racist. archetype of every refugee family. the local, state and national levels. tion; and restoration of due process Jesus, Mary and Joseph, living in We pledge our support for the for immigrants. mented immigrants who must Such narrow and destructive views drive to work in order to feed and are profoundly anti-Catholic and exile in Egypt to escape the fury of clergy, religious and lay leaders Immigrants in this country an evil king, are, for all times and who collaborate with community without proper documentation clothe their families anti-American. They oppose the • driver’s permits needed for principles of human dignity and all places, the models and protec- organizations, church agencies and should be provided opportunities tors of every migrant, alien and other religious groups on behalf of to obtain legalization if they securing automobile license and freedom that are the foundation for insurance our American way of life — a way refugee of whatever kind who, the rights of immigrants in the demonstrate good moral character. whether compelled by fear of per- workplace, schools, public services Earned legalization should be • a broader process for immi- of life that has historically been grants to obtain legal documents for extended to all who have come to secution or by want, is forced to and legal system. achievable and independently veri- leave his native land, his beloved Advocacy on behalf of our new fiable. ownership of property beyond the our shores seeking life, liberty and Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) the pursuit of happiness in a just parents and relatives, his close neighbors is completely consistent Many migrants come to the friends, and to seek a foreign soil” with our church’s historic role as a United States to fill jobs. The U.S. • access to health care and edu- and prosperous society. Such divi- cation for immigrant children sive and exclusionary attitudes are — “Exsul Familia Nazarethena,” place of sanctuary, hospitality and experience with temporary work- Apostolic Exhortation, Pius XII, refuge for all who come to us in ers’ programs has been fraught • equal access to protective and also profoundly anti-Catholic emergency services for immigrants because they deny the dignity of August 1952. need of Christ’s love. with abuses. There should be a human persons who are made in Immigration has been a con- We rejoice in the cultural plural- more rational and humane system God’s image. They also contradict stant feature of America’s history. ism that is our own Catholic her- by which laborers from other A pilgrim church the essential unity and catholicity In accord with the teachings of itage. We commit ourselves to con- countries can enter the country sacred Scripture and consistent version, communion and solidarity legally — including temporary With all the vibrancy and to which we are called as members enthusiasm of our youthful church, of the one family of God. with Catholic tradition immigrants as we welcome our new neighbors work permits — to fill jobs in the should be met with a welcoming and work to ensure that they enjoy labor force. we stand with migrants and attitude. We affirm with Pope John the economic, religious, social and We are compelled to raise a refugees here in Indiana because Welcoming the stranger Paul II that “the church in America political opportunities that belong troubling issue. Currently, U.S. cit- we share their experience — in among us: a call to must be a vigilant advocate, to them as free people made in the izens and legal permanent resi- our history and in our spirituality defending against any unjust image and likeness of God. dents must endure many years of — as the pilgrim people of God. conversion, communion restriction of the natural right of separation from close family mem- Brothers and sisters, join us! and solidarity individual persons to move freely Public policy in the bers whom they want to join them Join us in meeting Jesus in our within their own nation and from in the United States. The backlog new neighbors. Join us in entreat- Every member of the Catholic one nation to another. Attention United States of available visas for family mem- ing our Lady of Guadalupe, the community in the state of Indiana patroness of the Americas, for help must be called to the rights of We have deep concern for those bers results in 10, 15 or more regardless of his or her place of migrants and their families and to years of waiting before a visa and wisdom as we embrace our origin, ethnic or cultural heritage, who will be affected by proposed new neighbors. Join us in inviting respect for their human dignity, changes in our immigration laws becomes available. There should economic or social position, or even in cases of non legal immi- be a reduction of the pending our new neighbors to embrace us, legal status should be welcomed as which we hope will be debated in no longer strangers to them, as gration” — “Eccelsia in America,” our Congress. backlog and more visas available Christ himself and should be Apostolic Exhortation, John Paul for family reunification purposes. joyful brothers and sisters made so encouraged to feel a genuine sense The need for reform of our by our common baptism in the II, Jan 1999. immigration system is evident. It of membership and belonging in We call to mind the complemen- Lord. 4 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 14, 2007 Pope urges today’s Wise Men to shape a world based on Christ ultimate point of arrival in Peter’s Square to listen to the BY JOHN THAVIS Christ,” he said. pope’s noon prayer and to visit The world has changed dra- the Vatican’s giant Nativity scene. VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope matically since the birth of The Epiphany, a national holiday Benedict XVI said the age of Christ, the pope said. Today a in Italy, is largely dedicated to globalization is challenging polit- global civilization is emerging children, and the square was full ical, scientific and religious lead- that no longer has Europe or even of young people. ers to shape a new world order the West at its center, he said. The pope said it was important based on spiritual values. The explosion of mass media, for parents and educators to pro- This means an encounter with a key component of this new civ- mote a missionary spirit among the “light of Christ,” which can ilization, has connected people Catholic children. He noted that reveal the deepest values of all around the globe and created an the Epiphany was dedicated to cultures, the pope said. immense flow of information, but the Holy Childhood Association, “To all people of our time, I also seems to obscure humanity’s a children-supported missionary want to repeat today: Do not be ultimate goals and weaken the organization that works in 110 afraid of the light of Christ!” he capacity for critical judgment, he countries, and thanked young said. said. people for their support of works The pope made the remarks at The pope noted that the that are designed to aid the a Mass Jan. 6 on the feast of the Second Vatican Council in its world’s needy. CNS PHOTO/TONY GENTILE, REUTERS closing messages in 1965 made a The pope also extended a Epiphany, which marks the mani- Pope Benedict XVI blesses young people during Mass on the feast of the festation of Jesus as savior to the point to address politicians and Christmas greeting to Eastern Epiphany in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 6. In his homily, the world. In his sermon, he recalled scientists, asking them not to for- Christians who follow the Julian the New Testament account of the get God in their work and not to calendar and were preparing to pope said that the age of globalization is challenging political, scientific three Wise Men or Magi, guided forget Christ as the great builder celebrate the birth of Christ Jan. 7. and religious leaders to shape a new world order based on spiritual values. to Bethlehem by a star, who were of peace and order in the world. the first to come and adore Jesus. Today, he said, it is particular- The Wise Men were mysteri- ly important to add to this list the South Bend, told Today’s what outside interests they have. ous but important figures as the leaders of the great non-Christian Catholic that sometimes it takes “For many students, it’s the church began its mission of religions, “inviting them to con- VOCATION someone else to make the sugges- only time they’ll have an oppor- front themselves with the light of tion to a person that he or she tunity to engage a priest or broth- bringing Christ to the world, he CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 said. Then he posed the question, Christ, which came not to abolish would be a good priest, brother er or sister in conversation,” “Who are the Wise Men of but to bring to completion what or sister. And he is encouraged by Father Galic said. “For many of today?” the hand of God has written in ing parishioners to pray for the a growing openness to consider- them, their exposure to a priest is He answered by identifying the religious history of civiliza- success of the program. He then ing vocations that he and other limited to Sunday Mass.” three classes of leaders: political tions.” distributes a form on which vocations staff have observed in Another initiative that has authorities, people of intellect “Christ is the light, and light parishioners place the names of the young people of the diocese helped inform young people and science, and the leaders of cannot obscure but only enlight- young people they believe would and in their parents. about the priesthood is the the world’s faiths. All three cate- en, clear up, reveal. No one there- make a good priest, brother or This attitude is evident in the Andrew Dinner. Named for the gories are important as the church fore should be afraid of Christ sister, even if the parishioners annual vocations visits to apostle who brought his brother, continues its task of transforming and his message!” he said. have never discussed the topic Catholic high schools and grade Peter, to Jesus, the Andrew the world, he said. He added that, even if with the person they are recom- schools that have been going on Dinners take place twice a year in “Two thousand years later, we Christians through the centuries mending. The forms are returned for the past 12 years, Father Fort Wayne and South Bend and can recognize in the Magi a sort had fallen short of Christ’s own to the parish and then sent to the Galic said. For those visits, a involve priests inviting young of prefiguration of these three teachings and betrayed him with diocesan vocations office. All of priest, a sister and sometimes a men they think may be interested dimensions that make up modern their behavior, that does not the individuals recommended will brother go to every fifth and in the priesthood to attend the humanism: the political, scientific lessen the importance of his mes- be invited to attend an informa- eighth grade classroom and every dinner with the bishop, other and religious dimensions. The sage but only throws it into high- tion evening sponsored by the freshman and junior classroom to priests, seminarians and other Epiphany shows them in a state er relief. vocation office. raise interest in vocations. young men. The dinners are casu- of ‘pilgrimage,’ that is, a move- After the Mass, tens of thou- Father Galic, who also is pas- “Initially it was difficult to al events at which the men can ment of searching that has its sands of Italians streamed to St. tor of Holy Family Parish in engage the students in conversa- visit informally and one or two tion,” Father Galic said, “but priests tell the group about their they’ve become so accustomed to own vocation journey. our visits over the years that now Father Galic said that after one there’s a tremendous interchange of the first Andrew Dinners, a with them — so much so that we young man told him: “You encourage our speakers to be should do this more often: This is very brief to allow more time to the first time I’ve seen priests address the issues the young peo- without vestments on.” ple raise. Father Galic also is encour- “So, if a young person is in aged by what he sees as a grow- Catholic school for grade school ing trend toward parental support and high school, he is visited and for vocations to the priesthood addressed by someone from the and religious life. He believes vocation department four times this change is due in part to the during his school experience, and charism of Pope John Paul II, many of them are anxious to who encouraged young people engage us in discussion.” not to be afraid to answer God’s That discussion quite often call. involves questions about how the “I think parents are in tune to visiting priests and religious dis- that also,” he said, adding that cerned their own vocations and there is more openness to church how other people responded, par- ministry from adults than he has ticularly their parents. The young seen in 10 to 15 years. people also are interested in the Thus, during this training priests and religious Sesquicentennial Jubilee Year, the receive, and they want to hear diocese plans to embrace and cel- about what the priests and reli- ebrate that openness by increas- gious do in their spare time and ing vocation outreach and prayer.

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BY JERRY FILTEAU 1988, archbishop of New York in • Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly 2000 and a cardinal in 2001. of Louisville, Ky., July 14, 2006. Cardinal F. James Stafford, a • Bishop Charles V. Grahmann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Up to Baltimore native who will mark of Dallas, July 15, 2006. 25 U.S. bishops, including five his 75th birthday July 26, has • Archbishop Oscar H. cardinals, could retire because of been the Vatican’s major peniten- Lipscomb of Mobile, Ala., Sept. age this year. tiary since 2003. Ordained a 21, 2006. There are 14 still-active U.S. priest in 1957, he was made a • Bishop Victor Balke of bishops, including three cardi- Baltimore auxiliary in 1976 and Crookston, Minn., Sept. 29, nals, who have already turned 75. bishop of Memphis, Tenn., in 2006. Eleven more, including two car- 1982. He became archbishop of • Bishop John W. Yanta of dinals, will celebrate their 75th Denver in 1986, president of the Amarillo, Texas, Oct. 2, 2006. CNS PHOTO/ALBERTO PIZZOLI, REUTERS birthday in 2007. Pope Benedict XVI baptizes a baby in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Pontifical Council for the Laity, The nine other currently active At age 75 bishops are request- 1996-2003, and a cardinal in bishops, in addition to Cardinals Jan. 7. The pope spoke extemporaneously at the ceremony on the mean- ed to submit their resignation to 1998. Egan and Stafford, who will turn ing of the sacrament. the pope. Pope John Paul II often asked 75 in 2007 are: Cardinal Adam J. Maida of cardinals to stay on the job after • Bishop John J. Nevins of Detroit turned 75 March 18, they reached the age of 75. So far Venice, Fla., Jan. 19. 2005. He was bishop of Green Pope Benedict XVI has given no • Auxiliary Bishop A. James Pope baptizes infants, Bay, Wis., before he was made indication that he will change Quinn of Cleveland, April 8. archbishop of Detroit in 1990. He that practice. Even when a cardi- • Auxiliary Bishop John M. has been a cardinal since 1994. nal retires in his 70s, he remains Dougherty of Scranton, Pa., April calls baptism invitation Cardinal William H. Keeler of an active member of the College 29. Baltimore turned 75 last March of Cardinals, eligible to enter a • Auxiliary Bishop Gilbert E. 4. Formerly bishop of Harrisburg, conclave and vote for a new Chavez of San Diego, May 9. to human freedom Pa., he has been archbishop of pope, until age 80. • Archbishop Elden F. Curtiss Baltimore since 1989 and a cardi- The 11 other active U.S. bish- of Omaha, Neb., June 16. “Every child who is born nal since 1994. BY JOHN THAVIS ops who are already 75 and the • Bishop James A. Murray of brings us the smile of God and Cardinal Bernard F. Law, dates of their 75th birthday are: Kalamazoo, Mich., July 5. invites us to recognize that life is archpriest of St. Mary Major • Ruthenian Bishop Andrew • Bishop James M. Moynihan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope his gift, a gift to welcome with Basilica in Rome and a cardinal Pataki of Passaic, N.J., Aug. 30, of Syracuse, N.Y., July 6. Benedict XVI closed out the love and to protect with care, for- since 1985, turned 75 Nov. 4. A 2002. • Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Christmas season at the Vatican ever and in every moment,” he former bishop of Springfield- • Bishop Manuel Batakian of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Aug. with an annual Mass to baptize said. Cape Girardeau, Mo., he was the Eparchy of Our Lady of 18. infants and kept up a tradition of Later, speaking to thousands archbishop of Boston from 1984 Nareg in New York for Armenian • Archbishop Alfred C. his own — an extemporaneous of people from his apartment until his resignation in 2002 in Catholics, Nov. 5, 2004. Hughes of New Orleans, Dec. 2. sermon on the meaning of the window above St. Peter’s Square, the wake of the clergy sex abuse • Bishop John J. Leibrecht of sacrament. the pope encouraged adult scandal there. He was named to Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Mo., Baptism is not some “magi- Catholics to remember the com- his Rome post in 2004. Aug. 8, 2005. cal” rite of words and water, but mitment that began in baptism, Cardinal Edward M. Egan of • Bishop Carl F. Mengeling of a lasting invitation to human which he said is primarily to “lis- New York, whose 75th birthday Lansing, Mich., Oct. 22, 2005. freedom to cooperate with the ten to Jesus” and to follow his is coming up April 2, will cele- • Bishop Raphael M. Fliss of Holy Spirit, the pope said Jan. 7, teachings. brate 50 years as a priest later Superior, Wis., Oct. 25, 2005. the feast of the Baptism of the This is the way to holiness, this year. He was made a New • Auxiliary Bishop Emil A. Lord. the vocation of every Christian, York auxiliary bishop in 1985, Wcela of Rockville Centre, N.Y., As the cries of babies echoed he said. bishop of Bridgeport, Conn., in May 1, 2006. through the Sistine Chapel, the pope poured water from a gilded scoop onto the heads of 13 infants and pronounced the words welcoming them into the church. Most were children of Vatican employees. He held a prepared text in his hand as he gave his homily, but referred to it only sporadically, preferring to ad lib as he did the year before. One by one, he explained the symbols of the sacrament, then spoke about its central meaning. In a sense, he said, Christians are “adopted” by God the Father in baptism. In a similar way, the church should be seen as the mother of this family, he said. “Thus we see that Christianity is not only a spiritual or individ- ual reality, a simple subjective decision that I make, but is something real and concrete and material. The family of God is constructed in the concrete reali- ty of the church,” he said. The pope asked the parents and godparents of the newly bap- tized to be vigilant so that the children grow up knowing how to love and serve God. He suggested that the Catechism of the Catholic Church might be an aid to reli- gious education, but said parents teach their children above all by their own example. Despite the hectic pace of modern life, they should also make room for fami- ly prayer, he said. 6 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 14, 2007

social contexts marked by particu- San Francisco auxiliary lar violence, human degradation bishop to head Salt Lake and poverty, which these peace- makers tried to alleviate with their City Diocese presence and their work.” The total of 24 murdered church work- WASHINGTON (CNS) — EWS RIEFS N B ers was just one less than that Auxiliary Bishop John C. Wester reported in 2005, it said. While of San Francisco has been named Fides said it was not declaring the the new head of the Diocese of deceased to be martyrs in the for- Salt Lake City by Pope Benedict ARCHBISHOP RESIGNS AT MASS IN WARSAW CATHEDRAL mal sense of those recognized by XVI. Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the church for being killed out of apostolic nuncio to the United hatred of the faith, it hoped people States, announced the appoint- would remember and pray for ment Jan. 8 in Washington. them. Bishop Wester, 56, is to be installed in Salt Lake City March 14 in ceremonies at the Cathedral President of Jesuit of the Madeleine. At a news con- ference in Salt Lake City, he said, college in New Jersey “I look forward to forging friend- dies after fall at home ships with you and all our sisters and brothers in Christ in the years JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CNS) — ahead. I am definitely the ‘new Jesuit Father James N. Loughran, kid on the block,’” he added. “I 66, president of St. Peter’s have a lot to learn and I therefore College in Jersey City since 1995, must be an attentive listener to died at his home on campus from you, the priests and deacons, reli- a fall down a staircase. His body gious and faithful.” He also was found Dec. 24 at the foot of addressed the news media briefly the stairs and the cause of death in Spanish, noting that many of was diagnosed as blunt force trau- the Catholics in Utah are Spanish- ma from the fall. His funeral Mass speaking. was celebrated Dec. 30 at St. Aedan’s Church in Jersey City, with burial afterward in Pope calls deceased Auriesville, N.Y., where the Congolese cardinal Jesuits have a retreat house and the National Shrine of the Jesuit CNS PHOTO/PETER ANDREWS, REUTERS ‘eminent son of Africa’ Martyrs of North America. From Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus and Cardinal Jozef Glemp arrive for Mass at the cathedral 1984 to 1991 Father Loughran VATICAN CITY (CNS) — was president of Loyola Congolese Cardinal Frederic in Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 7. Archbishop Wielgus, who was to be installed as the new Marymount University, a Jesuit Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi of institution in Los Angeles. During Kinshasa, who died Jan. 6 of Warsaw archbishop during the service, instead resigned from the post. A church commis- his tenure there he raised the uni- pneumonia in a Belgian hospital, sion had found evidence that he cooperated with Poland’s communist-era secret police. versity’s endowment from about was an “eminent son of Africa” $21 million to $106 million. He who devoted his life to preaching because of a lack of security and justice and reconcile society,” the briefly headed two non-Jesuit col- the Gospel and serving the African increasing violence in Baghdad. In new book, Nigerian Vatican spokesman said after leges as well. In 1992 he served as people, Pope Benedict XVI said. The seminary’s rector and vice Saddam Hussein was hanged Dec. acting president of Brooklyn The cardinal, 76, had been hospi- priest decries racism he rector had been kidnapped in 30. Jesuit Father Federico College, a public college in the talized for complications related September and December, respec- finds in America Lombardi said, “A capital execu- City University of New York sys- to diabetes. Pope Benedict sent tively; the two men eventually tion is always tragic news, a tem, and in 1993-94 he was inter- telegrams of condolence to the ST. LOUIS (CNS) — It is time for were released unharmed. motive for sadness, even when it im president of Mount St. Mary’s Catholics of Kinshasa and to the U.S. churches to combat racial AsiaNews said the move “had involves a person found guilty of College (now University) in Congregation of the Immaculate injustice in their country and been in the pipeline for some- serious crimes.” In a formal state- Emmitsburg, Md. Heart of Mary, to which the cardi- among their congregations, says a time,” but the decision was not ment issued shortly after nal had belonged. Cardinal Etsou- Catholic priest from Nigeria who made official until Jan. 4. Saddam’s death was announced, Nzabi-Bamungwabi was known has studied the problem. Holy Father Lombardi said, “The posi- Amniotic-fluid stem cells as a leading voice for reconcilia- Ghost Father Cajetan Ngozika tion of the Catholic Church tion in his own war-torn nation, Ihewulezi resides at Sts. Teresa hailed as another Helen Osman named against the death penalty has been the Democratic Republic of and Bridget Parish in North St. reaffirmed many times.” The embryo alternative Congo, formerly Zaire, and USCCB secretary for Louis and serves as a hospital death penalty not only will not throughout Africa’s Great Lakes chaplain while doing graduate communications restore justice in Iraq, but also can WASHINGTON (CNS) — The region. A memorial Mass for studies. He is the author of a new “increase the spirit of vengeance recent announcement by scientists Cardinal Etsou-Nzabi- book, “Beyond the Color of Skin: WASHINGTON (CNS) — Helen and sow new violence,” he said. at Wake Forest and Harvard uni- Bamungwabi was scheduled for Encounters With Religions and Osman, communications director “In this dark time in the life of the versities that the amniotic fluid Jan. 9 in Brussels, Belgium. His Racial Injustice in America.” In for the Diocese of Austin, Texas, Iraqi people one can only hope surrounding a child in the womb body was to be flown to Kinshasa his book, which came out in editor of its diocesan newspaper, that all leaders will make every can be the source of medically Jan. 11 where a memorial Mass November, he looks at the issue as The Catholic Spirit, and current effort so that in such a dramatic useful stem cells is just the latest was scheduled for Jan. 14 with the an outsider. Father Ihewulezi president of the Catholic Press situation spaces will open for rec- in a series of studies showing the funeral Mass and burial to follow came to St. Louis four years ago Association, has been named sec- onciliation and peace,” he said. research value of the byproducts Jan. 15. retary for communications of the as a graduate student, first at St. of live birth, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Louis University, where he earned deputy director of the U.S. bish- Bishops, effective Aug. 1. Her a master’s degree in historical the- Vatican agency says 24 ops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Chaldean patriarchate appointment was announced Jan. ology, and then at Aquinas Activities. Richard M. transfers seminary, 3 by Msgr. David J. Malloy, Institute of Theology, where he is church workers died Doerflinger told Catholic News USCCB general secretary. “Helen earning a doctorate. He said some violently in 2006 Service Jan. 8 that various studies university to northern Osman has done outstanding com- hospital patients don’t want a have shown that the placenta, cord munications work in Austin and in black priest anointing them. “I see VATICAN CITY (CNS) — blood, the umbilical cord itself Iraq her many duties with the CPA,” he the churches, not just the Catholic Catholic Church personnel contin- and other byproducts of birth ROME (CNS) — Continued vio- said. “She has great vision about Church but American churches, as ue to be killed as they work in “may all contain very versatile lence against Catholic priests and the constantly developing use of having neglected the issue of civil mission lands or among society’s stem cells, with many of the church property in the Iraqi capital all forms of media in the aposto- rights and racial justice. It is as if most disadvantaged groups, advantages of embryonic stem of Baghdad has prompted the late of the church. I am confident they feel everything is OK. But in although they are more often the cells without the practical disad- Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of she will provide extraordinary actuality negative things are still victims of violent crimes than of vantages or moral problems.” Baghdad to move the city’s theo- leadership to the communications happening, and the continued persecution for their faith. Fides, “With 4 million live births every logical university and seminary to ministry of the conference.” silence calls for a renewed evalua- the news agency of the Vatican’s year in our country alone, an northern Iraq. Iraq’s only Osman said she was “humbled” tion,” Father Ihewulezi said. Congregation for the ample supply of these cells lies Christian theological university, by her upcoming role and called it Evangelization of Peoples, said readily at hand,” he added. The the Pontifical Babel College for a “wonderful opportunity.” In a that over the course of 2006 it had study was reported Jan. 7 in the Philosophy and Theology, and the Jan. 3 telephone interview from After Saddam hangs, registered the deaths of 24 priests, online edition of the journal patriarchal major seminary, Simon her office in Austin, she said she Vatican says execution religious and lay workers “who Nature Biotechnology and includ- Peter, were to be transferred to was excited to be part of the team lost their lives in a violent way.” ed research by scientists at the Arbil, said a Jan. 4 report by the at the USCCB even though it was not way to justice The murdered church workers, it Wake Forest Institute for not something she initially aspired said, are often “the victims — at Regenerative Medicine and Rome-based AsiaNews news VATICAN CITY (CNS) — to do. least apparently — of aggression, Children’s Hospital and Harvard agency. The two institutions had Executing someone guilty of a robbery or theft perpetrated in Medical School. been closed for several months crime “is not the way to restore JANUARY 14, 2007 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 7

speaker, says about this session, Homeschooling “A historian from the year 2506 looks back on the 21st century in America and explains how things support group could have been improved if par- ents and grandparents had focused hosts curriculum AROUND THE DIOCESE upon teaching respect through example and living.” fair • Jan. 29, “Professional and Catholic?” — Jim Fitzpatrick is FORT WAYNE — For Catholic co-owner of Quality Dining and homeschoolers or those consider- DECATUR PARISH DELIVERS 4,000 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS the interim director for the dioce- ing homeschooling, the Catholic san Office of Worship. Jim will Homeschool Support Group, explore how to maintain NICHE, is having it’s annual cur- Catholicism in a secular world, riculum share, Saturday, Jan. 20, especially in the workplace. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the • Feb. 5, “Indulge Yourself” — University of Saint Francis Marilyn Fech returns to look at Doermer Center room 156. This is indulgences — where they came a free event with snacks and door from, how they affected the devel- prizes. opment of the church, the ration- Childcare is available at a cost ale for them, and why we don’t of $6 for the first child, $8 for two hear much about them anymore. children and a maximum of $10 • Feb. 12, “The Beauty of Your for three or more children. The Salvation” — Marilyn Fech will charge covers the entire curricu- conclude the winter session with lum share. The childcare service is this beautiful topic. Salvation is a being offered so parents may term we hear a lot about. What is attend together and connect with it? How do other religions think Catholic homeschool parents. their people are saved? What do Over the lunch hour, children Catholics think about the salvation will need to be with their parents. of those who belong to other reli- A chili and corn bread lunch gions? will be served as a fundraiser to pay for the costs involved in put- ting on this year’s event. Lunch Wednesday Night Live costs are $4 per person with a $10 returns family maximum. Please RSVP for lunch and COLUMBIA CITY — childcare to Jenn MacDonald at Wednesday Night Live with [email protected] or by Father Larry begins its winter calling (260) 485-8828. RSVP SISTER MARGARET ROSE DONNELLY, SSND series Jan. 31 at St. Paul of the isn’t required to attend, but will be For the past 11 years, parishioners from St. Mary of the Assumption, Decatur, and stu- Cross Church, 315 S. Line St., a great help for planning purposes. Columbia City. The topic will be dents from St. Joseph School have participated in a shower of Christmas greetings for the immigration. This continuing nursing home and homebound parishioners. Shown in the photo is Mary Ann Inskeep series of informal discussions USF women’s soccer ranks about our Catholic faith is held No. 4 academically who, with the help of others, sorts all the cards and readies them for delivery. She is every other Wednesday at 6:45 p.m., immediately following 6:15 among all schools shown with Sister Margaret Rose Donnelly, SSND. Woodcrest Evergreen resident Anna Mass. Childcare is available upon FORT WAYNE — The University says, “I received 53 cards,” while Dolly has her room decorated with cards. Jane, in an request. For information, call of Saint Francis women’s soccer assisted living facility, had another idea and hung her cards on a large Christmas tree (260) 244-5723. team has the fourth best grade- point-average in the United States rather than ornaments. USF hosts Thomas Allen including all divisions of colle- photography exhibit giate athletics. sponsored by Santa Maria Council Christ-like career. 935-1780 weekdays, e-mail: The Lady Cougars have a 3.62 of the Knights of Columbus will At the luncheon for more than [email protected] or visit FORT WAYNE — The School of GPA. The National Soccer be held Saturday, Feb. 17, in the 80 people, Serra Club president www.lindenwood.org. Deadline to Creative Arts at the University of Coaches Association of America downtown ballroom of the coun- Ron Moser also pointed out that register is Jan. 26. Saint Francis announces an open- (NSCAA) announced that the cil. the current number of seminarians ing reception for an exhibition USF program has earned its ninth Entire proceeds of the ball will in the diocese is the largest in Catholicism Revealed curated by the Foley Gallery of straight National Team Academic go towards sending a physically recent years and praised the New York featuring contemporary award. The award is given to pro- disabled pilgrim to the shrine of efforts of Father Bernard Galic, winter sessions begin works by photographer Thomas grams that have a team GPA for Allen on Saturday, Jan. 27. The Our Lady of Lourdes in southern diocesan director of vocations and FORT WAYNE — The fall ses- both the fall semester and spring France. Since the ball’s incep- pastor of Holy Family Church, for reception begins at 7 p.m. in the semester above 3.0. sion of Catholicism Revealed at John P. Weatherhead Gallery at tions, a total of 65 persons have his tremendous efforts in the pro- St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Fort “To be ranked fourth in the been recipients of the trip. gram. — EJD the Rolland Art Center off nation out of 1316 soccer pro- Wayne yielded much success with Leesburg Road. The exhibit runs The Mike Vaszari Combo will over 300 participants. The parish grams is quite an accomplish- provide the musical entertain- through Feb. 25. ment,” USf head coach Ken Lindenwood hosts 12-Step is now sponsoring the winter ses- Also on display will be actual ment. K.C. Pocius is general sions. Nuber said. chairman. Reservations can be retreat prop books from Allen’s photo- The other colleges ranked were Each session begins at 7 p.m. graphs. His still lifes, made with made by calling (574) 293-0467. DONALDSON — Registrations and offers a 60-minute presenta- Central Michigan with 3.73, — EJD beaten up thrift store paperbacks Pomona-Pitzer Colleges with 3.65 are now being taken for a “12- tion with another 20-30 minute and an X-Acto knife, primarily and Toledo University with 3.63. Step Compulsive Eating and question-and-answer session. A include figures from pulp fiction “There are 1,316 collegiate South Bend Serrans Eating Disorders Retreat” to be 30-minute evening prayer service novels and obscure illustrations. women’s soccer programs, so to salute seminarians held at the Lindenwood Retreat precedes each presentation. Tom Allen will discuss his uncon- rank that high shows the dedica- and Conference Center in Catholicism Revealed topics ventional work and the exhibit on tion our team has to academics,” SOUTH BEND — The Serra Club Donaldson. The program is sched- for Winter 2007 Sesssion include Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Rolland Nuber added. of South Bend paid a special uled from Friday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. the following: Art Center, room 115 at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Cougar soccer pro- salute to the 18 diocesan seminar- to Sunday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m. The • Jan. 15, “Made in His Image” as part of the Closer Look Lecture gram also has seven NAIA ians who are focusing their careers program fee is $160 for a single — Father Michael Heintz, rector Series. Scholar Athletes, the highest num- on becoming priests in the room, $130 per person for a dou- of St. Matthew Parish in South ber in the country. They are Catholic Church at the club’s ble occupancy room and $80 for a Bend and a teacher at Marian Abigail Bigelow, Michelle Austin, annual Mass and dinner during commuter. High School in Mishawaka and in Nikki Castillo, Megan Garrett, Christmas week at Holy Family The weekend is designed as a the theology department at the Alex Hornstein, Whitney Parish. time away from work and home to University of Notre Dame, will Patterson and Stacey Rider. The celebration honored the focus on where you are in life and present a look at the Christian seminarians, their families and in your recovery. The focus of the vocation and the reformation of pastors in the Diocese of Fort retreat will be on the spirituality of the soul through grace. What does Knights to support Wayne-South Bend. Bishop John the 12 Steps, which are recog- God expect of us in our vocation another pilgrim with M. D’Arcy celebrated the Mass nized as the foundation of the of married life, priesthood and and congratulated the seminarians most successful recovery pro- single life? annual Lourdes Ball for their perseverence in seeking a grams. • Jan. 22, “Dignify Your Child” SOUTH BEND — The 42nd religious vocation and also their For more information or to reg- — Marilyn Fech, a Bishop Luers annual Lourdes Charity Ball, parents for encouraging them on a ister, contact Lindenwood at (574) High School teacher and RCIA 8 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 14, 2007 QUEEN OF ANGELS HOSTS SUCCESSFUL TOY DRIVE

PROVIDED BY LIZ MYERS The eighth grade class at Queen of Angels recently led a successful toy drive at their school before Christmas. All the donations were given to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis. The class also collected gift cards from the students that were donated to A Hope Center in Fort Wayne. St. Michael’s students decorate cookies for Shady Rest Home the cookie, “Everybody knows that BY IDA CHIPMAN icing makes you feel better.” His friend, Jake, agreed, shak- PLYMOUTH — Jake Frantz, 11, ing his head and smiling an oddly knows why he is spending the green-tinged smile. afternoon decorating Christmas The students were helped with cookies. decorating by Thomas Flynn, “Cookies will pick up the spir- home on leave from the Naval its of the old people out there at Academy and a graduate of St. Shady Rest,” he said. “I am glad Michael and his sister, Katie, a we are doing what we can to do senior at DePauw University, also that.” a graduate. Jake is one of 24 fifth graders The cookies are one of several in St. Michael School who spent a Christmas projects undertaken by December Tuesday afternoon dec- the students of St. Michael. orating homemade cookies with a They have conducted three food variety of frostings, candies and drives and, for the past two weeks, IDA CHIPMAN toppings. collected toys for families of the Thomas Flynn, left, displays a dec- Mary Beth Kolter, the fifth Neighborhood Center. On orated cookie while assisting his grade teacher at St. Michael for the Thursday, Dec. 21, the children’s siblings Katie Flynn and Daniel past three years — and for 11 choir of grades 5 through 8, sang Flynn in the annual event at St. years before at Argos Elementary Christmas carols for the patients at teaching fourth, fifth and sixth Miller’s Merry Manor and Pilgrim Michael School, Plymouth. The grades — warned her students “not Manor nursing homes. school has made a Christmas tra- to pile on layer after layer of icing. The students have also held two dition of decorating cookies for That will make them sick!” concerts. The choir and band have elderly residents of the local Her well-intentioned advice performed a Christmas pageant Shady Rest Home. was not taken too seriously, espe- and the first through fifth grades cially by her son. put on a play, “Miracle on garten students gave a perform- Nathan Kolter, 10, said, as he Bethlehem Street.” ance on Friday, Dec. 22, for their swirled the green stuff thickly on The preschool through kinder- parents and friends.

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First and foremost, it is important to er?” or “You would make a wonderful remember that God calls everyone. Each of mother or father.” THE us received the most important call of all When I was in high school one of my when we were baptized. In that primary teacher, a Sister of the Holy Cross, asked me CUTTING sacrament of our faith, we became members what my plans were after graduation and of Christ’s body, the church. Every baptized said she thought I should consider religious person is called to help build the reign of life. At first it was a shock, but then I began EDGE God in this world. It is not just the role of to seriously reflect upon that possibility, and SISTER MARGIE LAVONIS, CSC religious brothers and sisters or those who here I am many years later. are ordained. Through the sacrament of bap- Discernment of God’s will is not easy tism we all share in the priesthood of Jesus because we are usually choosing between any years ago, the Sisters of Mercy Christ and in his mission of revealing God’s two or more good options. It would be much used the question “Do you have a love to the world. Our challenge is to discern easier if one were good and the other evil. Mcall waiting?” as a theme for a how God wants each of us to live this call? For instance, valuing marriage and loving marketing campaign to recruit members for YAYOUNG ADULT PERSPECTIVES The majority of the baptized live their children doesn’t automatically count one out their religious congregation. I think it is a Christian call as married people, but some of religious life or priesthood. The ministers ! good title for this column during January are called by God to live the single, ordained of God’s church must be warm and loving when the church in the United States cele- or consecrated life as a religious brother, sis- as was Jesus. healthy life is one that enables me to use my brates vocation awareness. ter or priest. Most people discover their call A good way to start is, after praying gifts and grow into the person God wants The fact of the matter is that each of us by listening to the deepest desire of their about the pros and cons of each option, lis- me to be. A holy life is one that gives God has a “call waiting” that only we can hearts. Some just know deep within that they ten to the way you are drawn. What feels an important place in my life and I have a answer. One of the major tasks of young are called to share life with one special per- right? What gives you peace? I remember desire to grow in relationship with him. adulthood is to discover God’s call in our son and to raise a family in the sacrament of one of my professors during graduate school As we begin this New Year let us pray lives. It is not as easy as answering a phone marriage. Others feel a passion to give their at Boston College, a wonderful priest, say- that we will strive to be holy, happy and call from God. Wouldn’t that be nice? It entire lives to the Lord through prayer, com- ing that the deepest desire of our hearts is healthy witnesses of God’s unquenchable takes hard work. We must make time for munity and service to the people of God. usually God’s will for our lives. love as we renew or strive to discover God’s prayer, reflection and serious discernment. It is important to listen to the many ways Recently I was viewing a videotape particular call for our lives. In my campus and young adult ministry God reveals God’s call to us. We do this by about community life and the presenter said What call is waiting for you? and also when I did vocation ministry for taking time for quiet, reflective prayer and it another way. She said the key to discover- my community, the Sisters of the Holy by seriously considering what others say to ing one’s vocation in life is to discern which Sister Margie Lavonis,CSC, a former campus Cross, I was often asked how a person dis- us about our lives. One needs to take seri- lifestyle will make us happy, healthy and minister and vocation director, works for the covers God’s will and plan for his or her ously questions or statements like, “Did you holy. To be happy really means having inner Sisters of the Holy Cross communications life. ever think of being a priest, a sister, a broth- joy and loving my life (most of the time). A department. [email protected]. The crucifix in your cubicle: Seminarians find different How faith and work coalesce paths to discernment BC’s Emmy-winning the time sheet, to resist office comedy series “The gossip, to practice patience. TWENTY BY MICHELLE DONAGHEY Day in Denver and remembered NOffice” portrays work in Faith inspires us to preach the thinking that the priesthood was all its mind-numbing dullness, Gospel at all times — even on SOMETHING something that I needed to check punctuated by a slow-moving the job — and, as St. Francis of SOUTH BEND — Anyone who BY CHRISTINA CAPECCHI into. However, I didn’t really fol- clock, lame insult swapping and Assisi put it, to use words if nec- thinks that Catholic television isn’t low up on that first inclination,” a know-it-all coworker. essary. a valuable tool for evangelization said Jacob Runyon who after grad- Many viewers relate. Ultimately, work allows us to should talk to Timothy Chupp, a uation from high school, worked And if they’re seeking that draw close to our Creator, hum- the Lord. seminarian who was raised for about five years. fresh start in 2007, they just bling advancing “the discovery of “Dear brothers and sisters, Mennonite and is now studying to Being asked to be an RCIA might file their two weeks. the resources and values con- after the great Pope John Paul II, be a priest. sponsor for his brother-in-law, Work is the pursuit that tained in the whole of creation,” the cardinals have elected me, a Chupp saw the rosary on Runyon decided that he would defines us, informing an intro- Pope John Paul II wrote. The tal- simple, humble worker in the EWTN one evening after coming attend daily Mass and pray about duction with a handful of ents God gave us are our tools to vineyard of the Lord. The fact home from work late one night. his vocation. assumptions and an invariable execute his unique design for our that the Lord knows how to work “The outward expression of “This is the best place to hear a follow-up question. Work is the lives. and to act even with insufficient prayer was so neat. Every day I call from God, at the Mass. By the place we spend the majority of Whether scientific or artistic, instruments comforts me...” would turn on EWTN,” Chupp end of that Easter season, I was our waking hours. And when the entrepreneurial or managerial, That fact also comforts young said. “Eventually I saw a televi- applying for entry into the semi- “9 to 5” that Dolly Parton every career has the capacity to adults embarking upon careers, sion Mass. I saw it and was attract- nary,” he noted. lamented begins well before 9 be Catholic when we execute it wrestling tangled ambitions, ed by it and what was going on. I “I spent two years studying at a.m. and extends to unscathed ideals and saw such reverence for what they the University of Dayton before 6 p.m. or 7 p.m., unpredictable reali- were doing.” entering the seminary,” said work can be the ty. Watching the television influ- Immaculate Heart of Mary semi- source of “hard- Work that stems from the brain and connects There’s no how- enced Chupp to desire to learn narian Tink Coonan. “I was study- ness of heart,” to manual to follow, more about the Catholic faith. He ing computer engineering while Pope Benedict just the sense of a visited a bookstore to learn more taking some theology courses on XVI warned. with the heart bears a fingerprint that is holy. blank screen, an and went to Mass at St. John the top of the workload as would fit. Hardness of empty slate waiting Evangelist Church in Goshen and During college, I was part of a heart happens for our signature. ended up in the RCIA program. peer-ministered organization called when a job splin- Amid the haze of As a participant in the RCIA Catholic Life focused on spiritual ters a person’s uncertainty, I can program, Chupp related, “Here’s growth in community. skills and values, the pieces of a with earnestness and tap into our grasp one truth: A career can be this church that takes their faith “There, I continued to discern personality that beg to be inte- God-given gifts. When an archi- steeped in spirituality. The pur- seriously.” and also met and grew very close grated. tect designs a stunning structure. suit of a paycheck and success Chupp joined the church and to the Marianist religious order,” We bring more than a skill set When a counselor dispels self also can be a personal offering to received “all three sacraments Coonan said. “My decision to to a job; we bring a belief sys- doubt. When a teacher enlightens the Lord. Easter night.” apply for the seminary happened tem, too. “The whole person, a student. When a nurse tends to Even if newsmakers like He is currently attending during Christmas break of my body and spirit, participates in the ill. Enron’s Jeffrey Skilling separate Immaculate Heart of Mary College sophomore year. (work), whether it is manual or Work that stems from the work and values, we can inter- in Winona, Minn. “I chose this life because I intellectual,” Pope John Paul II brain and connects with the heart twine them. And we’ll feel better While not all seminarian stories believe that God is calling me to wrote in his 1981 encyclical bears a fingerprint that is holy. — and work better — when we are as dramatic as his, every semi- it,” Coonan said. “I want myself “Human Work.” Whether we sit in a corner office do. narian has a special story to tell of and others to be happy, and I know Faith informs work in various or a crowded cubicle, we can how they decided upon a religious that this can only be accomplished ways. It keeps us from cussing each illuminate God’s glory. vocation. by doing what God asks of me, when the computer crashes. It I’m struck by Pope Benedict’s “The first time that I really ever what he created me to be,” added compels us to credit a coworker first public words upon his elec- Christina Capecchi is a graduate stu- thought of the priesthood hap- Coonan. for a successful project. It drives tion. Standing on that balcony, dent at Northwestern University pened when I was about 15,” said us to seek a solution to a difficult facing an overwhelming audience in Evanston, Ill. E-mail her at Josephinum seminarian Jacob task. It prods us to be honest with and a daunting task, he leaned on [email protected]. Runyon. “I went to World Youth 10 TODAY’S CATHOLIC JANUARY 14, 2007

THE FAMILY MEAL The words “dinner’s ready” have become a forgot- ten phrase in many households, one we seem to only hear around the holidays. Today’s hectic lifestyles make it difficult to get every- one in the family to sit down together for dinner. Now, research is showing that eating together is a tradition worth making time for Family Faith because the benefits far exceed simple nutrition. SEMINARIAN SPEAKS AT Pray, talk and live the faith ANDREW DINNER Seminarians’ parents encourage an environment of vocation awareness

they be actively involved in the Parents should always be avail- BY MICHELLE DONAGHEY parish. able to their children in regard to “Get involved in your parish their faith, too. SOUTH BEND — Pray, talk and and make sure that your parish has “Talk to him (or her). Bob and I live your faith, but let them choose programs for teens. Whatever you always used to sit out on the porch their life vocation. can do to make these kids want to and he’d ask me questions about Parents of seminarians were go to church and be part of the religion and I would answer him happy to share their advice and church makes a big difference in the best I knew. And he tells me opinions about what parents and your lives,” said Ed Soberalski, now that helped him more than others could do to encourage voca- father of Matt. anything,” said Susie Lengerich, tions from within their parish com- “Do things as a family, suppers mother of transitional Deacon Bob munities as well as their own together and going to church Lengerich. homes. They spoke with Today’s together. When my kids started to Living the faith daily will Catholic during a break between go to Life Teen Mass, we started to directly influence children, no mat- Mass and a Serra Club luncheon go with them. Always be there,” ter what vocation they choose. held Dec. 27 at Holy Family Sue said. “You have to live your religion,” Parish in South Bend for the semi- Being present and involved is said Susie. “If God gives you a narians and their parents and good, but don’t go overboard try- vocation, hopefully it will come guests and the Franciscan friars. ing to influence your child, parents through.” TIM JOHNSON Prayer definitely works says of seminarians add. “I think the most important Tink Coonan explains his journey to discerning the priest- Mary Runyon, mother of Jake. “You don’t want to push them thing we did was show that we “I have been praying for voca- in any direction,” said Julie Lapp, loved our God and our church,” hood at a presentation he made at the Andrew Dinner held tions everyday for many years,” mother of Chris. “Sometimes kids said Terri Coonan, mother of Tink Dec. 29 at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Fort Wayne. said Mary. She noted that the “spe- have a tendency to go the opposite. and Matt Coonan, two brothers cific prayer” starts with the words, They have to go where their true who are diocesan seminarians. Seminarian Ben Muhlenkamp, who attends Pontifical “Oh God, grant that one of my love and true calling is. Be open to “Establish an environment in College Josephinum, left, is seated with Father Tony sons becomes a priest.” Not only whatever that calling is. We don’t the home where faith is important did she daily say the prayer, but always know what the right thing and where priests are viewed in a Steinacker, ordained in October 2006, and is assigned as also has handed the prayer to is as parents. ...” positive life,” said Terry Coonan, associate pastor at St. Charles Parish. Young men — high many people over the years. Mary Runyon said that Father father of Tink and Matt. “When a neighbor heard that Jake Thom Lombardi, then pastor of St. “If we did anything to encour- school, college age or older — at the invitation of their pas- was entering the seminary, she Louis Besancon Parish, near New age a vocation, it was to instill a tors, attend the dinner. The evening included a video said, ‘Your prayer!’” Haven, frequently would talk about love of Catholicism,” said Mary While parents who hope their vocations. He would suggest that Runyon, who adds “I think his released by the United States Conference of Catholic children will enter religious life parents should not say, “When you decision is awesome. It is such a Bishops, talks by Jake Runyon and Coonan, a talk by should pray, that is not the only grow up and get married”; but difficult time to answer such a call thing they can do to encourage a rather, “When you grow up, if you when the world is telling young Bishop John M. D’Arcy and Father Bernie Galic, director of child to go into religious life said get married. That leaves the door people to be self-centered. It seems the vocation office, and evening prayer. St. Pius X, Granger, Ed and Sue Soberalski, parents of open in a child’s mind for an option such a good fit — God’s will Matt. They stressed that as parents rather than marriage,” she said. always is!” hosted a similar dinner on Dec. 27.

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SEMINARIANS New vocations film encourages priests to be ‘Fishers of Men’ WASHINGTON (CNS) — With “It is intended to help priests project in three-ring binder form. It the mid-March 2006 premiere of articulate the joy in their vocation contains sample letters, interview “Fishers of Men,” an 18-minute that the overwhelming majority of questions, timelines, a model agen- film on DVD that shows many priests feel and to give them confi- da for a daylong summit and a facets of a priest’s daily life, “all dence that if they extend the invi- sample PowerPoint presentation. the elements are in place” for dio- tation to consider the priesthood, When the project was first ceses to join in a new vocations they will find that Catholic men announced in October, Bishop fulfillment and recruitment project today, especially young men, are Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City, sponsored by the U.S. Conference open to the challenge,” he added. S.D., chairman of the vocations of Catholic Bishops, according to Produced by Grassroots Films committee, said its purpose was the head of the USCCB Secretariat of Brooklyn, N.Y., “Fishers of “to renew in us priests and bishops for Vocations and Priestly Men” features testimony by sever- an awareness of how treasured the Formation. al priests on the importance they gift of priesthood is” and “to Father Edward J. Burns, execu- place on their own vocation and a encourage us all ... to urge other tive director of the secretariat, said dramatic re-enactment portraying men to consider the vocation the Priestly Life and Vocation how a priest can inspire a vocation which we have received as a gift.” Summit: Fishers of Men project is through his service to someone in In an address to the full body of MARK WEBER intended to renew priests’ sense of need of priestly ministry. bishops last November, Bishop Elaine and Tony Herber, parishioners at St. Joseph-Hessen fulfillment in their vocation and to Msgr. David J. Malloy, USCCB William S. Skylstad of Spokane, encourage them to draw on that general secretary, described the Wash., USCCB president, said Cassel, Fort Wayne, joined others from their parish and St. satisfaction to invite other men to film as “extremely moving” and “the challenge of fewer priests is a Rose Parish, Monroeville, who signed Christmas cards sent pursue the priesthood. added, “It reminds us why we reminder of how important it is to The project was developed by became priests. I would love for encourage vocations.” to 18 diocesan seminarians. The project was arranged by the USCCB Committee on my nephews to see it.” “Who can more surely invite the Hessen Cassel Knights of Columbus. Donations were Vocations. The film also is intended to be another man to be a priest than a “Through workshops for used by priests in discussions with man who is a priest?” he asked. accepted, and the money received was combined with priests, the goal of this project is to men considering the priesthood. “And what priest is a more attrac- funds from the Knights, allowing each seminarian to renew and regenerate the priest- The vocations secretariat sent tive inviter than a man who appre- hood in the United States,” Father each of the 195 dioceses in the ciates his own gift of priest- receive a check for $50 with his Christmas greeting. Burns said. United States a resource kit for the hood?” JANUARY 14, 2007 VOCATIONS 11 Religious brothers and sisters: Meet two and now at Holy Cross College. especially to the poor, afflicted anything. He gently invites and BY TIM JOHNSON Today’s Catholic: How do you and oppressed. Sister Jacinta Krecek, OSF then waits for our response. It’s a utilize your talents and gifts? Today’s Catholic: What would Today’s mutual love relationship. When I o provide a perspective on Brother Christopher: As a you tell a person joining a reli- Catholic: How did finally had the grace to respond religious life in an order, Brother of Holy Cross, I have gious order? you know you then I was very much at peace. TToday’s Catholic invited been actively involved in commu- Brother Christopher: Jesus said: had a religious Today’s Catholic: Why did you Holy Cross Brother Christopher nity service projects — especially “You shall love the Lord your vocation? choose the congregation Sisters of Dreyer and Sister of St. Francis of when they’ve involved children God with your whole heart, with Sister Jacinta: It St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration? Perpetual Adoration Jacinta and adolescents — such as repair- your whole soul, and with all took time to dis- Sister Jacinta: These sisters, who Krecek, to participate the follow- ing plumbing, carpentry and elec- your mind. This is the greatest cern. After a con- were stationed at my home parish ing interview. Here are their voca- trical problems in homes of those and first commandment. The sec- version experi- in Lafayette, taught my parents in tion stories. who cannot afford licensed pro- ond is like it; “You shall love ence during my SISTER JACINTA school and were friends with my fessionals, constructing a wheel- your neighbor as yourself.” (Mt. senior year in KRECEK, OSF grandparents. When I switched Brother Christopher chair ramp and playground equip- 22: 34-39). Our outstretched body college when I from public school to Catholic Dreyer, CSC ment for the F.I.R.E Home, a forms a cross, which has both a was involved in school for fifth to eighth grade, I supervised visitation facility for vertical and a horizontal dimen- a prayer group, I began praying also had some of the sisters as my NOTRE DAME children who have been abused, sion, the vertical representing our more, specifically to know God’s teachers. Although it wasn’t until — Brother and remodeling the kitchen and relationship with God and the will. Also, my senior year, I was after I graduated from college that Christopher, a bathrooms of Safe Station, an horizontal, others. Our heart, soul invited to a couple retreats at the I began thinking about religious native of emergency shelter for teens in and mind lie in the vertical axis, sisters’ motherhouse. I registered life, this community of sisters were Indianapolis, is crisis. In addition to performing our outstretched arms and hands for the retreats, but ended up not the first ones I turned to when the a graduate of community service, I teach a in the horizontal one. I believe going. Nevertheless, the vocation “call” came. Cathedral High course on community service at that God has called me to discov- director had my name and address When I visited the sisters I School, Holy Cross College so that others er, accept and appreciate the and began writing to me. Her experienced their joy in being Indianapolis, may also serve. unique person God has created to words inspired me and at the same together. I experienced their and director of BROTHER What is a typi- me (the vertical axis) and to help time, I was open and searching for prayer, especially devotion to Jesus student counsel- CHRISTOPHER Today’s Catholic: cal day like? others do the same (the horizontal more meaning in my life. in the Eucharist. When I visited the ing services at DREYER, CSC In addition axis). Being a Brother of Holy One day, it all came together in sisters’ retirement home, I saw the Holy Cross Brother Christopher: to my teaching responsibility at Cross enables me to do this: I a sudden thought: “I could be a special care and appreciation given College, Notre Dame. Brother Holy Cross College, I counsel invite others to the same. sister!” I hadn’t thought about it to those who are elderly or ill, and Christopher has a bachelor’s students to help them reach their What qualities for myself before, but it seemed to I witnessed the positive spirit, wis- degree from the University of Today’s Catholic: goals while traversing turbulent are needed? click, and I had great joy. A priest I dom and prayer of those who were Notre Dame and master’s degrees times. As a licensed clinical The broth- consulted said to give it time and if suffering. Overall, I could resonate from Indiana University and Brother Christopher: social worker, I have been a ers who taught me at Cathedral the idea persisted, then do some- with the spirit of St. Francis of Western Michigan University. He strong advocate for those who High School during the 1960s- thing about it. The thought would- Assisi. is a LCSW (Licensed Clinical have medical, psychological and 70s were compassionate, authen- n’t go away, so I decided to go Sisters have a Social Worker) from the state of Today’s Catholic: mental disabilities that may inter- tic and spiritual. I believe those visit the vocation director who had variety of roles in the church. Tell Indiana. He entered the Brothers fere with their academic aspira- qualities are still needed today. been writing to me. I kept going us about your role in the Diocese of Holy Cross Aug. 14, 1974, tions. back to visit when I could but of Fort Wayne-South Bend. made his first vows on July 10, Tell us about struggled with indecisiveness for My current min- 1976, and made his final vows on Today’s Catholic: Sister Jacinta: the community. For information on the Brothers of Holy about a year and half. Finally, I istry is in the diocesan Office of Sept. 11, 1982. Brother Christopher: I live with Cross write: Vocation Director, realized that although God wasn’t Campus/Young Adult Ministry. Today’s Catholic: Why did you other Brothers in Holy Cross Brothers of Holy Cross, P.O. Box going to give me a lightning-bolt Our staff goes to non-Catholic choose to become a Brother of Village, an intergenerational com- 460, Notre Dame, IN 46556. experience as a clear sign, I cer- campuses to support the Catholic Holy Cross? munity created to help fulfill our tainly couldn’t discount all the lit- students who are there. I serve at Brother Christopher: St. mission to improve the quality of tle nudges and graces that added Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne and Christopher, the Christ-bearer life for members of the communi- up over time to point me in this Tri-State in Angola. We promote known as the “Patron Saint of ty especially seniors. As a mem- direction. I came to understand that Travelers,” was frequently por- ber of the village, I interact with the Lord doesn’t force us to do trayed with the “Baby Jesus” MEET TWO, PAGE 14 other religious and lay men and perched on his shoulders carrying women in a variety of settings — the infant across a stream. social, pastoral and spiritual. Although St. Christopher has What are your been debunked by some in the Today’s Catholic: hobbies; how do you spend your Catholic Church because of the free time? We Pray for Vocations lack of evidence that he actually I’ve been lived, there are some of us who Brother Christopher: landscaping areas around the col- hesitate to deny his existence. lege, remodeling some of the Like the saint, I’ve desired to interior rooms and constructing a bring Christ to others, and the gazebo, outdoor volleyball pit best “fit” for me to do that is by and planters. I like to photograph being a Brother of Holy Cross. nature scenes, ski and snowshoe Today’s Catholic: At what point and spend time on the shore of did you feel that you had a voca- Lake Michigan. tion to be a religious? Today’s Catholic: Tell us about Brother Christopher: This desire your role and others’ roles at began when I attended Cathedral Holy Cross College. High School in Indianapolis, Part of my which was then conducted by the Brother Christopher: role as the director of Student Brothers of Holy Cross. I was Health and Counseling Services attracted to Holy Cross because at Holy Cross College is not only Won’t You Pray With Us? the brothers influenced me in to facilitate the necessary accom- many ways. Several brothers modations for students with dis- helped me with various commu- abilities, but also to educate oth- nity service projects. One offered The Knights of Columbus ers about people with disabilities. understanding when I discussed In addition to disabilities, many my inner conflicts. Several are in solidarity with students’ turbulent times occur inspired me to teach. These men outside of themselves: single were compassionate, authentic mothers trying to attend to their Pope Benedict XVI and spiritual. I found in them children, folks struggling with what I wanted to be. staying “clean and sober” while Our bishops, and our priests. Today’s Catholic: Describe your dealing with the additional stress past and present ministries. presented by college, and people Brother Christopher: As a attempting to put their lives back Brother of Holy Cross for the ¦ together after surviving an abu- past 30 years, I was a teacher, sive relationship. I think Holy pastoral minister and counselor at Cross College has served students Norman Stoffel - State Deputy Saint Joseph’s High School for 14 such as these exceptionally well years. As a licensed clinical Rev. Ron Rieder, OFM - State Chaplain for the past 40 years. As instruc- social worker, I worked at an out- tors, administrators and directors patient mental health agency, we are “educators in the faith” Holy Cross Counseling Group 12 TODAY’S CATHOLIC JANUARY 14, 2007

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL is located in Fort Wayne. The school has 728 students in grades 1-8. Sandra Guffey is the principal. Additional information is available at the Web site www.saintv.org/school or email [email protected], or by calling the Young Voice school at (260) 489-3537.

THE ART OF POETRY Teacher, former St. Vincent student, takes a My Art Day look back 50 years A POEM BY PAGE DI RENZO Art is a way to show your feelings. BY WHITNEY WALKER To think of something I look at the ceiling. I use pencils,markers and crayons. My paint goes splash when I put it in cans. FORT WAYNE — As we commemo- rate our 50th anniversary at St. Vincent One time I drew a picture that looked like a ball; de Paul School, we think about what St. And it was so good they hung it in the hall. Vincent’s is now and what it was 50 I also drew a funny talking cat; years ago. Even though the school has She was meowing on a maroon mat. gone through many changes over the Drawing is like different lines; years, one thing has not changed — the There are all different kinds. special people who are part of it. These There are also different kinds of shapes; are the people that have made St. I can draw different capes. Vincent what it is today. I would like to introduce you to I had to write a poem,that’s a kind of art; someone who has been at St. Vincent But when I sit at my desk and draw,I feel very smart. School from the very beginning. That person is Beth Amick. I got the chance to sit down with Mrs. Amick and talk to My Journey her about her experiences as a student A POEM BY BREANNA BACKSTROM and as an employee. Mrs. Amick went to St. Vincent the I am in my journey to find Christ,you see. very year it opened in 1956 as a fourth Would you like to join me? grader. The first school started with I hope to find him super soon, only four grades so her class was the first to graduate from St. Vincent’s in So I look in every room. 1960. A fellow classmate of Mrs. I look up and down and all around when Amick’s was Ms. Colette Vance who Upon my face there comes a frown. currently teaches computer classes at My eyes get bleary; the school. They start to worry. Mrs. Amick remembered an embar- For it’s Christ I need to find rassing moment she encountered as a In this crazy time. student. Her mother was cutting her Now I realize my search is wrong hair before confirmation in fourth grade For it will go on and on. and was trying to even out the back and kept cutting off hair. By the time her I’m searching for a person or a man mother was done cutting, Mrs. Amick When I should be realizing God’s plan. barely had any left on the back of her Lord,I will do all the good I can do head. To spend my afterlife with you. When she first came to St. Vincent’s, Soon I hear a little crackle in my heart. the cafeteria was not yet completed, so PROVIDED BY ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL It’s Christ saying I’m smart. the students had to pack their lunch Religious Education Director Beth Amick returns to St. Vincent de Paul School every every day until the cafeteria was fin- day bringing her granddaughter Wynn, who is a first grade student. Attending the The Aliens ished. They also brought their breakfast school has become a family tradition these past 50 years. with them. A POEM BY DEREK GLOUDEMANS Another memory from that time was Shawn and helped him get through that dents to know that she really cares for that they had Mass every day. Back difficult period of his life,” Mrs. Guffey them and wants them to be happy and They came from a distant planet, then, they had to fast before Mass from said. do well in life. She also wanted to share But they wanted to own earth. midnight the night before, which is why After retiring from teaching five some advice. She wants students to be they brought their breakfast to school. And though we did not know it, years ago, Father John Kuzmich offered true to themselves and not to change They had watched us since our birth. “We would go to Mass, come back Mrs. Amick a job as the head of reli- themselves just to be popular. to school and eat,” Mrs. Amick remi- gious education. Mrs. Amick immedi- “Be nice to people and stay the They looked like big black bugs, nisced. “Then we had lunch. I don’t see ately accepted the job. course.” She adds, “People who are With their radiating teeth, how we got anything else done.” She confesses, “One of the reasons I themselves and strive to be their best in Their Long Proboscises,their stubby noses, After her college education, Mrs. was ready for a change was I was tired all aspects, end up being happier than Their hair spread out like a wreath. Amick went on to teach English and of grading the seemingly infinite num- the people who change themselves just I was on my way to school one day, French at Carroll High School. She ber of papers a high school English to be popular and to fit in.” When I heard a peculiar sound. proved to be an extraordinarily caring teacher receives every day.” On a final note, Mrs. Amick believes Before I fully understood, teacher. She also admits, though, that one that St. Vincent’s is a wonderful parish I had flung myself to the ground. Principal Sandra Guffey’s son thing she misses about being a teacher and will keep growing not only with Shawn was a junior at Carroll in Mrs. is seeing her students every day. She each new parishioner, but in its faith as Then boom there went the entire block, Amick’s class when his father went said, “I miss really knowing the stu- well. As I started running here. through surgery and later died. Shawn, dents.” Now unfortunately they got my textbooks, once a straight A student, began strug- Despite that she is very happy with So I guess I’m out of homework for the year. gling in school and in life. “Mrs. Amick her job and would not want to change it. Whitney Walker is a seventh grade student showed compassion and caring toward Mrs. Amick wants St. Vincent stu- at St. Vincent School in Fort Wayne. POEMS BY MRS. 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the question quickly returned. BY JAKE RUNYON So for Lent in 2001 I decided to go to Mass every day with the was born Aug. 27, 1978, to following intention: “Lord I have Terry and Mary Runyon, and in no idea what you want me to do. Ithe following 18 years of my Please tell me!” life, I was joined by 10 more More and more I felt the urge Runyon children (11 total: five to contact the diocese. So I e- boys, six girls), and as a member mailed the vocation director, of the Tippmann family, I have Father Bernie Galic, and I told him hundreds of cousins. I lived near “I kinda sorta thought that maybe Fort Wayne my whole life and was God might be calling me to con- constantly surrounded by my fami- sider the seminary...” ly. This life of faith and family has This e-mail had to be about the helped me to be able to follow the most vague message Father Bernie voice of God. has ever gotten. In fact, I was hop- The first time that I seriously ing that he would send me a pam- considered the seminary and phlet or a book and I could contin- priesthood was during the World ue discerning without really doing Youth Day celebrations in Denver. anything about the prompting of I saw many priests gathered the Lord. Instead, Father Bernie together to welcome John Paul II, wrote me back and told me that he and I began to see myself in their wanted to learn more about me place. and he asked me to meet with him However, I would love to be for dinner. able to say that I always knew I By this time the world seemed wanted to be a priest, but that is to be spinning. I did not really not true. In fact, I went through know where the Lord was leading high school and worked for five me. I had much unrest in my life. I years before entering the seminary. did not think I was supposed to go During those times I was more on the way I had been living. I interested in money and cable TV was hoping to put off any decision than I was in Christ and my call to for quite some time. holiness. I continued to go to Mass And in the midst of all of this, on Sundays. But that was the Father Bernie wants to meet for extent of my life as a Christian — dinner. I reluctantly agreed and I rarely prayed and even more found that after talking with Father rarely did I participate in the life of Bernie, he thought I was a good the church. candidate and that I should apply This life of aimless wandering to the diocese. came to a halt He told me when in the that if a man is summer of 2000. considering a My brother-in- “By this time the world call to priest- law decided to hood, the best enter the RCIA place to discern program. And seemed to be spinning. I that call is in the since he needed seminary. a sponsor, he did not really know where So I applied approached me to the diocese, and asked me to passed all my THE PONTIFICAL COLLEGE JOSEPHINUM accompany him the Lord was leading me.” psychological on his way to exams and was Preparing priests to serve the Church since 1888 baptism. I was JAKE RUNYON accepted by extremely reluc- Bishop John M. tant to be his D’Arcy in July sponsor because of 2001. I thought it Needless to say, Proudly serving the DIOCESE OF FORT WAYNE-SOUTH BEND might make it was a very through the human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral some demands on me — for exciting year for me. instance we were to meet once a And from the time I said “yes” formation of its candidates for the Catholic priesthood. week for classes. I did agree, how- to Father Bernie about filling out ever, and my life has never been the applications, the turmoil in my the same. life started to go away. In fact, I COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Over the next year I learned can honestly say that I have not PRE-THEOLOGY PROGRAM more about my faith, and I learned had a bad day since I have entered about God — the one who made the seminary. The peace that SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY me, designed me and was leading comes with knowing that I am me to some specific calling. where God wants me is indescrib- I began to be a little concerned able, and it is my prayer that each An international seminary open to all dioceses about my vocation, because for of you finds this peace in your whatever reason I did not feel so own life. One of the finest Roman Catholic seminary libraries much called to the married life, It is amazing to see the Lord in the country but to celibacy and the priesthood. working in my life as I continue This was a frightening proposition down the road of my vocation. Alumni serve in 18 countries and nearly every U.S. state since it meant leaving so much This road has taken me to Boston, behind. Winona, Minn., and Columbus, Building spiritual bridges to the community through At that time I had recently Ohio. I have no idea what lies signed a lease on a new car, a ahead on this road. Truthfully, this our annual Lecture Series, Tour Days, and Diaconate lease on a new apartment, and I uncertainty is a great blessing. I Continuing Education Program had a well-paying, exciting job find that God has made me free to working the paintball industry. For follow him wherever he leads me, me, priesthood meant leaving which is exactly where I want to behind many things. go. But the gnawing question came 7625 North High Street Columbus, Ohio 43235 back: what am I called to do? And 1-888-252-5812 / 614-885-5585 for every time that I answered the Jake Runyon is a second year theol- question saying that I was not ogy student at Pontifical College www.pcj.edu [email protected] going to be a priest, I found that Josephinum. 16 VOCATIONS JANUARY 14, 2007 Seminarians installed as lectors, acolytes COLUMBUS, Ohio — to receive the sacraments. for the celebration of the Theologians were installed into the During the ceremony, the can- Eucharist. Make your life worthy positions of lector and acolyte at didates knelt before Bishop of your service at the table of the the Pontifical College Josephinum Olmsted, who held the Lectionary Lord and of his church.” by the Most Reverend Thomas J. out for them to touch, and said, Seminarians from 12 dioceses Olmsted from the Diocese of “Take this book of holy Scripture, received ministries during the Phoenix on Nov. 19, 2006. and be faithful in handing on the liturgy. The Mass and installation were word of God so that it may grow held in St. Turibius Chapel in the strong in the hearts of his people.” company of visiting priests, fami- The candidates for acolytes are Theologians were installed into the lies of the candidates, as well as second year theologians are positions of lector and acolyte at benefactors and friends of the entrusted with the duty of attend- the Pontifical College Josephinum Josephinum. ing to the altar and to assist the by the Most Reverend Thomas J. Once termed minor orders, the deacon and priest in Mass as well Olmsted from the Diocese of positions of lector and acolyte are as distribute holy Communion as a Phoenix, center front, on Nov. 19, conferred to first and second year special minister. They may also 2006. Installed as acolytes were, theologians prior to their diaconate expose the Blessed Sacrament for from left, Jacob D. Runyon, Gabriel and priestly ordinations. adoration and have the authority to Hernández, (the bishop) and Once installed as lectors, the instruct any laity appointed to Fernando M. Jiménez. Andrew J. first year theology students are assist in Mass. commissioned to read the Word of The candidates approached the Budzinski was intalled as a lector. God in liturgical assembly and to bishop and knelt before him as he At the far right is Msgr. Paul J. participate in instruction of catech- held a paten with bread in it and Langsfeld, rector and president of esis to prepare laymen and women said, “Take this vessel with bread Pontifical College Josephinum. PROVIDED BY PONTIFICAL COLLEGE JOSEPHINUM THE CALL OF A DIFFERENT DRUM

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EDITORIAL Families have a special role in fostering vocations COMMENTARY he Second Vatican Council reminded the entire church that, “the Tduty of fostering vocations pertains to the whole Christian com- TODAY’S CATHOLIC welcomes letters from readers. All letters must be signed and include a phone number and address for verification. munity, which should exercise it above all by a fully Christian life. Today’s Catholic reserves the right to edit for clarity and length. Address letters to: Today’s Catholic • P.O. Box 11169 • Fort Wayne, The principal contributors to this are the families which, animated IN • 46856-1169 or e-mail to: [email protected] by the spirit of faith and love and by the sense of duty, become a kind of initial seminary, and the parishes in whose rich life the young people take part.” Thus, it is clear that families have a special role to play in the fostering of vocations. Tales from a wounded city Two extremes must be avoided in the family regarding voca- BY DON CLEMMER How strange that I would have fragments out to the mountain of tions. On the one hand, families should never demonstrate a laxity to travel 900 miles to climb onto a debris on the curb. toward or even discouragement of religious vocations. If parents roof, something I could have done Up to this point, I thought I had treat the fostering of religious vocations as something unimportant, In the months since Hurricane in Fort Wayne, but just never got seen devastation, but this assess- then their children will too. Even more disturbing would be the Katrina, Today’s Catholic has around to doing. My inexperience, ment, if not wrong, turned out to Catholic parents who discourage their children from considering a documented the plight of the city along with a touch of acrophobia, be incomplete on our last day in religious vocation. In this kind of family environment, it would be of New Orleans and the rest of the limited usefulness to only certain the city, when we traveled into the difficult, if not impossible, for a child to hear the voice of God Gulf Coast through national sto- tasks such as scraping off shingles Lower Ninth Ward, an area at the who may be calling them to religious life. ries and the accounts of people and tar paper with a shovel and foot of the Mississippi River levee The other extreme to be avoided is a forcing into religious life from the Diocese of Fort Wayne- gathering the scraped off debris on where the poorest of the poor in from the family. Although this is no longer common in our day South Bend who have traveled to the ground — I pulled what must New Orleans had lived and where the region to assist in the recovery. have been close to 20 nails out of houses had floated off their foun- and age, it is worth mentioning. Jesus invites one to follow him in On Dec. 26-30, 2006, Today’s religious life. He never forces, and, so too, our families should the soles of my work boots as a dations and smashed into each Catholic assistant editor Don result of the last task. other as — I was told — 20 feet of foster an atmosphere of invitation, of listening for the voice of the Clemmer traveled with a mission Lord who may be calling. Once a section of the old roof flood water engulfed the area. group to New Orleans to work on had been scraped away, the more Again, I was shocked to hear One of the most important things that a family can do in order homes damaged by the hurricane. to foster vocations is to pray together regularly. This prayer time skilled members of our crew the veterans of earlier trips talk His trip marked the first visit by a would replace boards that had about how much better this waste- should not be limited simply to meal time, but rather the family, Today’s Catholic reporter to the been water damaged. Fortunately land of a place looked. Many of even in the midst of busy schedules, must find time to pray in an site of the devastation. for us, it was not until this point the properties had been cleared, extended way. that we saw the condition of the and the houses that remained were An old, but most worthy suggestion, is that families pray the oming into New Orleans boards that had been beneath our far from inhabitable. On a torn off rosary together every day. By praying and meditating on God’s under the cover of darkness feet, as we probably would not roof, the word “HELP” screamed love in an extended way, God infuses new life and love into the Cwith just the lights of the have plodded along the rooftop so out at us in neon paint. At the edge family daily. This helps to heal hurts and fosters forgiveness. It city glimmering in the distance, boldly otherwise. of the neighborhood, along what also allows God to teach children about prayer through the family you could almost imagine that On the second day, I switched used to be the first row of houses and opens their hearts to hear his voice. nothing was wrong. But we hadn’t to the other crew, whose job was facing up toward the levee, stood As someone once said about the current situation in the church, just spent our entire day after to gut a house that had gone large- only a line of freestanding front “We do not have a vocations problem. We have a listening prob- Christmas, 35 people ages high ly untouched since Katrina. On the porches with no houses attached, lem.” school to middle age, cramped into trip out to the site, I saw what had which immediately conjured up a God still calls young men and women to serve his church, but three conversion vans, struggling been a forest along both sides of vision of houses being ripped off in today’s noisy society it is difficult for many to hear him speak. to regulate our body temperatures Interstate 10 now reduced to a sea their foundation in the first rush of In the family that prays together, children learn to listen to the and keep restroom stops to a mini- of black, mangled trunks and occa- water from the collapsing levee. mum for 18 hours, to visit a city voice of God. sional branches, a desolate vision Taking the same highway back with nothing wrong. We had come, stretching out for miles beneath a out of the city, this time in day- 16 months after the initial devasta- hazy gray sky. light, we were able to see just how tion of Hurricane Katrina, to visit a The second neighborhood bore far the damage stretched, how Refresher course: city that was wounded — wound- much clearer signs of devastation, wounded the city really was. In adult stem cells vs. embryonic stem cells ed and still in need of the healing such as the muddy water level run- New Orleans, the wound inflicted our little church mission group, or ning along houses and garages at by Katrina is healing, but slowly First, let’s do some clarification. It is important to know the differ- anyone, could bring. about eye level. The house across and unevenly. The more touristy ence between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. A friend had invited me on the the street from our site had a hole downtown and French Quarter The Catholic Church is not against all stem-cell research. trip, which was sponsored by St. punched out of its roof, which, seem okay, but entire neighbor- Utilizing adult stem cells — that is the stem cells found in bone mar- Joseph Untited Methodist Church someone explained, was how the hoods still lie in ruin. Like blood row or umbilical-cord blood — has proven successful in treating in Fort Wayne — our lodgings, owner had escaped during the rushing from other parts of the dozens of human illnesses, and, according to a statement released by likewise, were at Aurora United flooding. body to heal a wound, so the body the Missouri bishops before the 2006 election, “shows promise even Methodist Church in New By the time I reached the sec- of Christ has a responsibility to for conditions such as spinal cord damage, cerebral palsy, multiple Orleans’ Algiers district — but the ond site, the crew had removed all continue its flow of support to the sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. These cells can be obtained with- presence of Pentecostals, one other of the furniture and torn out most Gulf Coast and the city of New out any harm to the donor and without any violation of the moral Roman Catholic than myself and of the walls, leaving me to help Orleans. Only then will this wound law. other denominations gave the trip take wheelbarrow after wheelbar- ever be healed. The church’s objection is with embryonic stem-cell research, an ecumenical flair that highlight- row of soggy insulation and wall which poses ethical and moral objections. When cells are taken from ed the nature of church not as an exclusive club where one goes to the embryo, its life is destroyed. To date, no cures of illnesses can be get saved but as a saving force that attributed to embryonic stem-cell research. goes out and brings Christ to the Embryonic stem cells are back in the news. The new 110th U.S. world. During our work on the Congress would like the federal government to provide funding for trip, our differences blurred, and embryonic stem-cell research. Members of both parties are pushing our relationship as functioning and for expansion of federally-funded embryonic stem-cell research and cooperating parts of the body of have vowed to overturn a presidential veto. Christ came into sharp focus. There is a lot of rhetoric on the American airwaves by television Traveling across the city’s and film personalities to promote embryonic stem-cell research. We downtown on the first workday of must always favor what is ethical and moral. the trip, one had to look closely The South Bend Tribune reported Jan. 6, that U.S. Rep. Joe even to notice that anything was Donnelly, who represents South Bend, is undecided on his position wrong. Those in the van who had regarding expansion of the federal funding. We encourage contacting gone on the trip the year before Congressman Donnelly and with the request not to vote in favor of commented that it was good to see using federal funds for embryonic stem-cell research. A vote was a repaired Superdome and actual expected possibly as early as Jan. 11. roofs instead of blue FEMA tarps. Let’s encourage all our U.S. representatives to be good stewards When we reached the neighbor- of our nation’s finances and to use these funds in adult stem-cell hood where our particular crew research, which offers promise, rather than destroying the embryo for would be replacing the roof of a research that offers a questionable and objectionable promise. house, things seemed relatively normal, that is until I looked past the spraypainted symbols on the houses’ exteriors and saw that Today’s Catholic editorial board consists of Bishop John M. D’Arcy, every house on the street was a Ann Carey, Don Clemmer, Father Mark Gurtner, Father Michael Heintz, shell, gutted to the studs and con- Tim Johnson, Vince LaBarbera and Msgr. J. William Lester. crete. 19 JANUARY 14, 2007 COMMENTARY Ambassadors have diverse backgrounds CATEQUIZ’EM By Dominic Camplisson VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At first almost all of the 175 ambassadors On Jan.2, the church remembers St.Basil the Great and Gregory glance, the ambassadors accredited and four special representatives Nazianzen.This quiz looks at Basil. to the Vatican seem to be a group gather together. THE VATICAN of elegant, older men gracefully Galassi arrived at the Vatican in 1.St.Basil was from an unusual family,because two of his brothers were: ending their diplomatic careers in a 1980, serving as San Marino’s rep- LETTER a.saints posting filled with pomp and cir- resentative until being named b.monks cumstance. ambassador when his country and CINDY WOODEN c.Christians The suits with tails, the swords, the Vatican established full diplo- the plumed hats, sashes and matic relations in 1986. medals highlight the formality of In 1980, he said, the Vatican 2.Basil is referred to as one of these Fathers: public occasions and the long tra- exchanged ambassadors with just European country or European- a.Armenian b.Cappadocian c.Italian dition of nations sending envoys to over 90 countries. based U.N. agency. the Vatican, said Giovanni Galassi, By the end of 2002, the number Still, that leaves more than 100 3.Basil was alive during a strong,though declining,paganism.When was that? dean of the Vatican diplomatic had increased to 174, thanks par- ambassadors in Rome full time, a.the 4th century corps and San Marino’s ambassa- ticularly to the new nations and the and Galassi said they do more than b.the 12th century invite each other to receptions, dor to the Holy See. newly democratic nations in c.the 16th century “But we also must have some- Eastern Europe. But the expansion although there are plenty of those thing real to say; we must serve of the diplomatic corps also was as well. the world in some way,” Galassi due to the upgrading of relations “Many of the ambassadors host 4.Basil was educated in several places,one of which was this new capital of the said Jan. 3, the 20th anniversary of with the United States and Israel. debates and cultural and artistic (Eastern) Roman Empire: the day he presented his creden- After a decade in which new events to present the richness of a.Rome tials as ambassador to Pope John diplomatic ties were frequently their countries,” he said. “Also, b.Athens Paul II. announced, the number stayed at groups of ambassadors meet regu- c.Constantinople Galassi was not thinking about 174 from 2003 until the very end larly for philosophical and reli- his anniversary — “Frankly, I for- of 2006, when the Vatican and gious discussions with the help of 5.Basil first became one of these: a few monsignors. These are an got” — but was busy writing the Montenegro announced Dec. 16 a.monks b.pagans c.centurions speeches he was to give Jan. 8 on that they would exchange ambas- enrichment for each one of us.” behalf of the diplomatic corps to sadors. Diplomatic service at the Pope Benedict XVI and to Galassi said that when he Vatican is unique, he said. 6.Then he adopted this more rigorous lifestyle: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican arrived at the Vatican fewer than “We are not called by our gov- a.a tribune secretary of state. 45 of the ambassadors lived full- ernments to work on economic b.a gladiator The early January date for the time in Rome. agreements or commercial treaties, c.a hermit pope’s speech to the diplomatic Even today, about 70 countries but to share our concerns for the corps and the formal dinner for the have ambassadors living outside human person,” he said. 7.His friend was this church leader: secretary of state that evening Italy, serving both as ambassador a.Gregory the Great LETTER, PAGE 20 mark the one time of year when to the Vatican and to another b.Gregory of Nazianzus c.Gregory the Hermit Trust Jesus with every worry 8.It is rumored that this emperor,wishing to see paganism restored,tried to interfere with Basil: a.Augustus Leading the Corinthian So, this reading reveals the Christians to genuine fidelity was power and mission of Jesus, as b.Julian the Apostate THE a considerable challenge for the well as the perfect response to the c.Constantine Apostle Paul. In reaction to rival- Lord, namely that of Mary. SUNDAY ries and arguing in Corinth, Paul 9.It was a bishop who called upon Basil to come into public life,to oppose this heresy: wrote what has become a blueprint Reflection a.Catharism GOSPEL for Christian living. He reminded b.Protestantism the Corinthians to whom he wrote The church has celebrated the c.Arianism MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION that each of them has special gifts feast of the Nativity at Christmas. and opportunities. Such diversity The Lord has been born. The Son 10.In doing so,Basil had to oppose this ruler: was welcome since it meant that of God has become flesh. Last there were so many occasions for weekend, in observing the feast of a.Valens, the Roman emperor Second Sunday in individual believers to bring the the Epiphany, the church joyfully b.Marcel, king of the Muppets sweetness of the Gospel into the proclaimed to us that the Lord c.Offa, the King of Denmark Ordinary Time world. Paul even lists different came to show all of us the unlimit- skills and talents to make his point. ed love of God for us. 11.At the end of his life,Basil held this church office: Jn 2:1-11 St. John’s Gospel supplies the This weekend, in the words of a.deacon When this third section of third reading. Isaiah, the church tells us that b.priest earthly life would be beautiful if Isaiah was written, the Hebrew Unique to John, the story of the c.bishop people had just emerged from a miracle at Cana in Galilee long has we all loved God in return. terrible period in their history. been seen as the first of the Lord’s How do we love God? The Their homeland, divided into two miracles. It is the recorded begin- story of Cana tells us. Jesus teach- 12.In addition to the heresy mentioned in 9 (above) Basil disputed with those who kingdoms after the death of King ning of the Lord’s public ministry. es us that no human situation believed the Holy Spirit was not divine.They had this great name: Solomon, had been overrun by the The emphasis usually lies upon the should distract us from the fact a.Spirit dissers mighty Babylonian Empire, cen- marvel of the changing of the that being with God is our destiny b.Filiquoists tered in today’s Iraq. water into wine. This indeed was and therefore our priority. c.Pneumatomachi Many died, or were killed, in remarkable. But the story has other Mary instructs us that we can the conquest. Others were taken to powerful lessons. go to Jesus with any worry. But, 13.Basil had many buildings erected to care for the poor near this city and See: she tells us, as she told the ser- Babylon, the imperial capital. A great lesson is about Mary. a.Caesarea John’s Gospel never names her. It vants, that we must follow the There these exiles, and then their b.Scythia descendants, languished for four always simply refers to Mary as Lord and trust the Lord. generations until political fortunes “the mother” of Jesus. This is not c. Gaza changed. The more powerful an oversight. It stresses her unique Persians conquered Babylonia role as the Lord’s earthly parent. READINGS 14.Because he corresponded with the originator of this additional heresy,Basil was at itself. The response of Jesus to the Sunday: Is 62:1-5 Ps 96:1-3,7-10 1 times thought,erroneously,to hold heretical views,derived from: obvious embarrassment of the host As a result, the exiles were Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11 a.Islam allowed to return to their home- in not having enough wine for the Monday: Heb 5:1-10 Ps 110:1-4 b.Apollinarism land. The prophets did not see the guest can be puzzling. Was the c.Brigandatism sequence of events leading to this Lord indifferent to the host’s dis- Mk 2:18-22 happy release as merely coinciden- tress? His reply only stressed that Tuesday: Heb 6:10-20 Ps 111:1-2,4-5, 15.Although this council was concluded after his death,Basil’s efforts against a heresy tal or the result of human political the messianic mission was not to 9,10c Mk 2:23-28 maneuvers. Rather God provided provide for human partying and Wednesday: Heb 7:1-3,15-17 (9 above) were seen to bear fruit when this controversy was mostly ended by the for it. God has promised to protect festivity, but to draw all to God in Ps 110:1-4 Mk 3:1-6 Council of: the people. The people upset the much more important ways. Thursday: Heb 7:25-8:6 Ps 40:7-10, a.Constantinople arrangement by sinning. Nevertheless, Mary enters the 17 Mk 3:7-12 b.Istanbul Despite their sinfulness, howev- picture. First Jesus hears her and Friday: Heb 8:6-13 Ps 85:8, 10-14 c.Trent er, God was constant. He provided. acts upon her concern. Secondly, Mk 3:13-19 For its second reading this her faith is unqualified and frank. ANSWERS: She trusts the Lord, telling the Saturday: Heb 9:2-3,11-14 Ps 47:2-3, weekend the church presents a 1.a, 2.b, 3.a, 4.c, 5.a, 6.c, 7.b, 8.b, 9.c, 10.a, 11.c, 12.c, 13.a, 14.b, 15.a passage from St. Paul’s First servers to do whatever the Lord 6-9 Mk 3:20-21 Epistle to the Corinthians. orders them to do. 20 COMMENTARY JANUARY 14, 2007 Driving out demons was part of healing work of Jesus

Why did Jesus spend so much time promised messiah and savior of death and resurrection, Jesus saves for no one can work these signs healing the sick and driving out the world. us from sin and death and takes us you work, unless God be with demons? E.R.,Mishawaka So when the followers of St. THAT’S to heaven. him.” Even Jesus himself told the John the Baptist asked Jesus if he Because of the fall of man, dis- apostles at the Last Supper In his brief public life of 2 1/2 were the messiah, Jesus replied: A GOOD order also entered the realm of “believe in me because of the to 3 years, Jesus spent a great deal “Go and report to John what you nature. God said to Eve “in pain works I do.” of his time teaching and working have heard and seen: the blind see, QUESTION shall you bring forth children.” miracles. In his teaching Jesus the lame walk, the lepers are God said to Adam “in toil shall brought us the word of God to Father Richard Hire, pastor of cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead you eat of the ground.” The Queen of Peace Parish, show us how to live and to tell us rise, the poor have the Gospel ancients believed Satan ruled the of a life beyond the grave. In his Mishawaka, answered this preached to them.” forces of nature. So when Jesus week’s question. miracles, Jesus gave us the power The people of the Bible felt that must remember, too, that, since showed power over the forces of of God to help us physically, by Satan held dominion over the Jesus was the Son of God made nature, by calming the storm at curing our ailments, and spiritual- world from the fall of Adam to the man, we would expect the devil to sea, walking on the water, multi- Today’s Catholic welcomes ques- ly, by warding off the devil. This coming of Christ. The Dead Sea be out in full force. plying the loaves and the fishes, tions from readers. E-mail your power of Jesus, seen in his mira- Scrolls also show the world divid- In the world of the Bible, phys- causing a miraculous catch of fish, questions to [email protected] cles, is given to us through the ed into the dominions of light and ical evil, such as sickness, defor- changing water into wine, he fwsb.org or mail them to Today’s sacraments Jesus himself institut- darkness. At the temptation of mity or death, was seen as part of showed that God has arrived to Catholic, That’s A Good ed. These sacraments help our Christ, Satan showed Jesus the the realm of Satan. Before the fall, save his people and Satan is Question, P.O. Box 11169, Fort bodily and spiritual health. They kingdoms of the world from the Adam and Eve did not suffer with defeated. Wayne, IN 46856. Include your help us stay away from sin and mountaintop and said: “To you sickness, nor would they have These miracles also helped peo- name, city and an e-mail address grow in holiness. will I give all this power and undergone a bodily death. ple believe in Jesus. Nicodemus or phone number so we can con- The Old Testament prophet glory; for to me they have been Sickness, suffering and death are said: “Rabbi, we know that you tact you if necessary. Anonymity Isaiah spoke of God delivering his delivered and to whomever I will I punishments for original sin, a sin have come as a teacher from God, will be preserved upon request. people. “Then the eyes of the blind give them.” We would expect, committed at the persuasion of the shall be opened, the ears of the then, that Jesus would work mira- devil. Thus when Jesus cured the deaf be cleared; then will the lame cles involving the expulsion of paralytic at Capernaum, he also leap like a stag, the tongue of the demons. Jesus said: “But if I cast forgave his sins. By curing physi- SCRIPTURE SEARCH dumb will sing.” God made his out devils by the Spirit of God, cal ailments, Jesus was conquering people a “light for the nations, to then the kingdom of God has Satan. By Patricia Kasten open the eyes of the blind, and to Since sin brought death into the come upon you.” Thus no one Gospel for January 14, 2007 bring prisoners out of confine- working through the power of the world, Jesus also shows his power ment.” The New Testament and devil is going to be casting out over death by raising up Lazarus, John 2:1-12 the tradition of the church see devils. By expelling demons, Jesus the daughter of Jairus, the son of Jesus fulfilling these prophecies shows he is working for God. We the widow of Nain and even him- Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading and thus showing all he is the self on Easter Sunday. Through his for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C: the wedding feast miracle at Cana. The words can be found in all directions in the puzzle.

Meeting Mozart CANA GALILEE JESUS WINE NO WINE WOMAN he Bloomsbury critic, Lytton unfailing restorative — as he is a MY HOUR STONE JARS Strachey, was the father of welcome companion in life’s THIRTY GALLONS FILL THE JARS Tthe modern practice of biog- moments of unrelieved joy, and at THE WATER TASTED BRIDEGROOM raphy-as-assassination. Writing every point in between. So, as we SERVES GOOD WINE DRUNK FREELY close 2006, a year that marked the amidst the cynicism caused by CATHOLIC UNTIL NOW GLORY CAPERNAUM World War I, Strachey’s “Eminent 250th anniversary of Mozart’s Victorians” set the model for birth, let’s just forget Amadeus and pathography by taking down four its imitation of Lytton Strachey by DIFFERENCE hitherto-beloved 19th century way of Sigmund Freud, and con- GEORGE WEIGEL FILL THE JARS heroes: Florence Nightingale, centrate on the music. Herewith, Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, then, a very brief Mozart Sampler, SUSEJOLKWI NE Thomas Arnold and General for those interested in meeting a Those less inclined to authentic Charles (“Chinese”) Gordon. genius on his own terms: instrument recordings can find EYEDRUOHYMFN Strachey’s victims’ posthumous • The operas. They’re time con- most of the Mozart wind concerti RTLRLWKJUWI I reputations have fared rather better suming, but it’s permitted to cheat on a two-disc Decca CD entitled than his, in the decades since a little by getting the highlights of “Mozart Wind Concertos.” VREEL I LAGOLW “Eminent Victorians” was pub- the main Mozart operas in the • Sacred music. Whatever biog- E I DTEYNRANLO lished in 1921. Still, the Strachean Teldec CD “Opera Collection,” raphers say about Mozart’s con- instinct to dissect (and then deride) directed by Nikolaus Harnancourt. nections to Freemasonry, I defy SHFAPRBSNLTN men and women widely regarded Complement that with one of my anyone to listen to his motet, “Ave, NTJWEOFBA I HA as admirable and noble continues favorite recordings, the Mozart Verum,” and draw any conclusion to this day, as do Strachey’s char- opera “Overtures” CD on the EMI other than that he was a sincere (if OCOPQLPKNTEM acteristic emphases on emotion, label, with Neville Mariner and the sometimes confused) Catholic LCANAGTPNNJO personal relationships and mod- Academy of St. Martin-in-the- believer. Try the “Ave, Verum” on ernist “authenticity” over talent, a Fields. the Philips CD, “Exsultate LCDDETSATUAW sense of duty and religious faith. • The symphonies. Mozart took Jubilate,” with Sir Colin Davis, the AFMOORGED I RB This literary plague may, in the symphonic form as far as it London Symphony Orchestra and fact, be receding, at least in the could go before Beethoven dra- Chorus, and Kiri Te Kanawa, GOODW I NENHSD United States: think of the admir- matically recast it in his Third. So which also gets you the “Vesperae ing biographies of Washington, I’d suggest starting towards the Solennes de Confessore” and the © 2007 Tri-C-A Publications Adams, Hamilton and Lincoln end of Mozart’s symphonic pro- “Kyrie in D-Minor.” As for the published in recent years. One duction, with #31 (the “Paris” many Mozart Masses, the reaching the mandatory retire- remaining victim of Stracheyism, symphony), #35 (the “Haffner”), “Coronation Mass” is probably the ment age of 69 in 2005. however, is the man who was and #36 (the “Linz”); then move best start for the neophyte, before LETTER “Many of the ambassadors to arguably the greatest musical talent on to #38 (the “Prague” sympho- tackling the unfinished “Great the Vatican are not career diplo- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 in history, Wolfgang Amadeus ny) and #41 (the “Jupiter”). Mass” and “Requiem.” mats, but personalities in their own Mozart. How many people have • The concerti. Once again, It’s often said that the angels country. Most have a high level of read his story through the psycho- Neville Mariner and the Academy play Bach on holy days and “I do not engage in negotiations education and culture,” he said. analytic fog of the 1984 Peter of St. Martin-in-the-Fields do a Mozart for the sheer joy of it. I for weapons consignments, but for Close to 20 ambassadors began Schaffer/Milos Forman film, brilliant job in two double-CD col- couldn’t agree more. One more improving the lot of the human their service at the Vatican in “Amadeus,” in which Mozart is lections on the Philips label, thing, if I may. Query to Richard person, promoting social justice, 2005. A half dozen of them earned portrayed as a flatulent, boorish, “Mozart: The Great Piano (“The God Delusion”) Dawkins: solidarity and love,” Galassi said. their university degrees in law, but man-child genius stalked by a jeal- Concertos.” Then try Christopher do you really think Mozart is the The ambassador said being there also were several who stud- ous fellow-composer of lesser Hogwood and the Academy of accidental, if fortuitous, product of dean of the diplomatic corps “is a ied literature. gifts, Antonio Salieri? It’s all twad- Ancient Music performing the galactic biochemistry? great satisfaction,” particularly More than half of the new dle, and often vulgar twaddle, but flute and harp concerto, the flute because of the kind of people ambassadors were career diplo- at least you can close your eyes concerto #1, and the bassoon con- countries tend to nominate as their mats, but several were university and listen to the music. certo on a L’Oiseau-Lyre CD, Vatican ambassadors. professors; two of the new ambas- Which is, as always, sublime. before turning to Hogwood again George Weigel is a senior fellow of Galassi is a surgeon and, sadors had served as mayors; the Whenever I’ve visited the slough for the clarinet and oboe concerti the Ethics and Public Policy while serving as ambassador, group also included a physician, a of despond, Mozart has been an on another L’Oiseau-Lyre disc. Center in Washington, D.C. taught surgery in Rome until pharmacist and an engineer. 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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 11276 HOSTS FREE THROW CONTEST A free throw contest, for boys and girls ages 10-14 will be held on Jan. 20 at St. Joseph Church on Brooklyn Ave. in Fort Wayne. Signup starts at 10 a.m. and participants must have birth certificate for proof of age. Questions may be addressed to Sports Robbie McCarty (260) 436-9342. The event is sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 11276. St. Therese team: ‘we really Corpus Christi, St. Joseph of play hard’ says coach Mishawaka, remain unbeaten squads BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN Dustin Luegring, Sean Driscoll, Caleb Shutt, Ramiro Delira and BY ELMER J. DANCH and Jordan Grise collected 12 for Holy Family Blue defeated St. Michael Diss,” reports Luegring. the Spartans. Matthew Black, 30-8; St. Jude FORT WAYNE — Action heated When asked about the team’s In other games, in the John Green downed Holy Cross Blue, up at St. Joseph, Hessen Cassel, strengths this season, Luegring SOUTH BEND — Corpus Bosco West, Christ the King beat 31-17; St. Anthony Maroon beat Saturday, Jan. 5, in the Catholic said, “We are big inside and really Christi’s basketball Cougars St. Anthony, 52-39, behind the 12 St. Anthony Gold, 27-19; Christ Youth Organization (CYO) boys play hard.” St. Therese will be off leaped into the undisputed posses- points of Max Matthew and A.J. the King White beat Christ the Blue League. St. Therese lost a this weekend and faces Most sion of first place in the John Fitzpatrick looped in 11. Robert King Blue, 28-15; and St. Thomas tough game to St. Aloysius 15-32. Precious Blood on Jan. 20. Bosco West division, and St. Mischler had 13 points for St. Maroon outlasted St. Joseph, St. Therese fell to 1-3 in the Blue St. Aloysius’ Eric Sorg led all Joseph of Mishawaka duplicated Anthony. South Bend, Blue, 29-26. League and 3-5 overall. scoring with 15 points. the feat in the Martin De Porres Holy Family downed St. Standings through Jan. 7 “We went 2-2 in the preseason In the second game, St. Louis- East as the 2007 portion of the Matthew, 30-21, in another rigid tournament hosted by Queen of St. Rose could not adjust to a Inter-City Catholic League defensive tussle. Colin Skodinski John Bosco East Angels. Since then we’ve been Ram’s second half press after tak- (ICCL) was off to a flying start had 13 for the winners. Hank St. Anthony 3-1 working on playing a complete ing a 20-13 half-time lead. Jan. 7. Blum had 10 for St. Matthew. St. Joseph, South Bend 3-1 game. We can go three strong quar- Huntington Catholic beat the Both teams are the only In the Martin De Porres East, St. Matthew 1-3 ters or play a great half, but can’t Twins 46-27. Collett and Landon unbeaten squads in the ICCL and division leader St. Jude swamped St. Thomas 0-4 always come up with a win,” said had 12 points each. are sending signals that they are St. Bavo of Mishawaka, 47-11, assistant coach Dave Luegring. Finally, the Reds from Most going to be tough to reckon with behind the 10-point scores each of John Bosco West This year’s roster lists 13 sev- Precious Blood had too much to this season. Chase Parker and Michael Corpus Christi 4-0 enth and eighth graders for St. handle with Shannon Curry and Matching the two teams in per- Hoffman. Christ the King 2-2 Therese. Mike Palmer is the head the Phoenix from Benoit formances were two individuals St. Michael of Plymouth Holy Family 2-2 coach and his three sons also help Academy. Curry had 29 points in who topped the individual statis- dropped a 33-19 decision to St. Holy Cross 1-3 out. “We have great eighth grade the victory and Benoit remains tics. Greg Weaver of St. St. Pius of Granger. Vinnie Rulli tal- leadership from Gabe Mendoza, undefeated. Joseph of South Bend rolled in 22 lied 12 points for St. Pius. Martin De Porres East points to lead this team to a 58-38 St. Monica of Mishawaka St. Joseph, Mishawaka 4-0 victory over Holy Cross. Tim nipped St. Adalbert, 35-32, behind St. Pius 3-1 Wilson of St. Joseph of the tips of Derrick Henry who St. Monica 2-2 WANTED Mishawaka popped in 21 points KNIGHTS HELPING KNIGHTS cashed in the winning points in St. Bavo 0-4 as the team beat St. John the the waning minutes. In the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese Baptist, 54-24. 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minister who worked in the bit of irony: Any CAPSULES Book recounts one Richard Nixon administration. Protestant church Catholic’s yearlong Nevertheless, how Catholics and with more than NEW YORK (CNS) – Following are evangelicals approach their faith is 1,000 participants journey disparate. Peter Feuerherd, a seems to get capsule reviews of movies Catholic press veteran, tackles this labeled issued by the U.S. Conference apparent conundrum of living the megachurch. REVIEWED BY YORK YOUNG faith differently yet having similar Catholic churches of Catholic Bishops’ Office for concerns in “Holyland USA: A in larger cities Film and Broadcasting. atholics and evangelical Catholic Ride Through America’s across the coun- Protestants have found Evangelical Landscape” try typically “Pan's Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Cthemselves in a new posi- (Crossroad, $16.95). have several Cinematically stunning adult tion over the last 10 years or so. 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And they are two groups in who, if looking for faith in all the — Willow fascist officer (Sergei Lopez) which it is still not verboten to be right places, can visit Rome or visit Creek typ- assigned to root out resistance criticized — nay, condemned and thousands of different shrines and ically fighters who are secretly aided by disparaged — in the secular Catholic places across the world. offers his housekeeper (Maribel Verdu) media. In a bit of unidentified (Our family rarely has difficulty “down- and physician (Alex Angulo). irony, tolerance only goes so far finding some holy place to visit home Though the main story outline is when the mainstream media is during vacations or weekend trips.) ser- familiar in its classic structure, it is discussing religious folk. But then evangelicals don’t mons,” given new life by director Being cast in this role has put have that 2,000-year history to fall lively Guillermo Del Toro’s deft balanc- Catholics and evangelicals in the back on. Though they could, as music, ing of the harsh real world with same room more often now. The could any Protestant, non-Catholics and the girl's mysterious parallel uni- high profile moment in this coali- too often ignore the early days of includes a verse which sheds light on the for- tion is still the document the church as though it might food court that might be mer, and there are poignant ele- “Evangelicals and Catholics undercut their current denomina- found in many malls in America. ments of sacrifice and redemption. Together,” written and signed by tion, which, without trying to be Trying to give middle-class, subur- Subtitles. Rough and crude lan- notables in both camps in the early too snide, it actually does. ban Americans spiritual comfort Catholic Church, and now that his guage and some profanity, several 1990s, the most visible of which Feuerherd visited evangelical food, biblical characters might daughter has left the church and brutally violent episodes, torture, were Father Richard John Neuhaus, churches, including the famous make an appearance in sermons on joined an evangelical community, several murders, a nongraphic founder of the religious journal megachurch Willow Creek in the occasion, but doctrine or deeper he may be searching for even more amputation, a mercy killing, occult First Things, and Charles Colson, Chicago suburbs, with a congrega- faith issues are generally ignored. answers than addressed. plot aspects and graphic childbirth lay evangelical preacher and prison tion of several thousand. (Another If Catholics and evangelicals As a travelogue, the book has scenes. The USCCB Office for are going to work in communities some interesting insights about dif- Film & Broadcasting classification or politics to address similar con- ferent people across the country. is A-III — adults. The Motion DIRECTOR cerns, an ecumenism which helps As an essay on where the two Picture Association of America each group understand the other is denominations may be headed, it’s rating is R — restricted. Under 17 Office of Worship good. In this book, though, a little thin. Depending on what requires accompanying parent or Feuerherd seems not to be sure you hope to get out of reading this adult guardian. how far we can or should go in this book, you may or may not want to area. He’s somewhat conflicted on The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend seeks a Director for the pick it up. some of the positions of the Office of Worship. The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is comprised of 14 counties located in the northeast corner of Indiana with a Catholic population in excess of 150,000 souls and 82 parishes. The Diocesan Cathedral Father Jan Michael Joncas to speak at Liturgy Day of the Immaculate Conception is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana with the Co-Cathedral of St. Matthew located in South Bend, Indiana. he diocesan Office of United States Council of Catholic isters and anyone involved in The Office of Worship is responsible for preparing diocesan liturgies Worship will host Father Jan Bishops (USCCB) in June of 2006. parish ministry to learn about the Father Joncas is known for his new changes coming. for the Cathedral and the Co-Cathedral, such as the Rite of Election, TMichael Joncas who will speak about the new forms of cele- music that has touched thousands Cost is $25 and advance regis- Chrism Mass, Church dedications, Ordinations, clergy funerals and bration of the Mass at the Feb. 3 of Catholics such as “On Eagles tration is required. other Diocesan celebrations. The office advises parishes, diocesan Liturgy Day. The event will be Wings” and “Take and Eat.” He is departments, schools, groups and organizations in preparing liturgies held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Our an associate professor of theology at which the Bishop presides, and helps in their preparation of liturgies Lady of Guadalupe Church, 225 at the University of St. Thomas in Gilliam Dr., Warsaw. St. Paul, Minn., and he also teaches See ad below for registration and rituals, prayer services, and the Liturgy of the Hours. Father Jan Michael Joncas will at the University of Notre Dame. or for The Office of Worship is also responsible for Workshops on topics offer presentations on the revised This is an opportunity for clergy, more information, visit www.diocesefwsb.org/WORSHIP. related to liturgy and music that are held throughout the year. Order of Mass approved by the liturgists, musicians, pastoral min- The Director of the Office of Worship also acts as an advisor to the Bishop concerning liturgy and works in consultation with the Diocesan Liturgical Commission and the Master of Episcopal Liturgy Day 2007 Registration Form for Liturgy Day 2007 Gathering Faithfully Together Ceremonies to advise the Bishop, Clergy and Laity. With Father Jan Michael Joncas Name:______In addition, the Director will supervise and administrate a depart- February 3, 2007 mental budget and a staff of one and a half full-time people as well as 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Address:______various other ad hoc personnel. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 225 Gilliam Dr. City, State & Zip______The interested candidate must be a practicing Catholic and possess Warsaw, IN 46580 high energy, interpersonal skills, and organization. A Bachelor’s degree Phone: ______in Liturgy or related field is preferred. A strong track record of person- Cost: $25.00. All registrations must be paid in Name & City of parish:______al experiences in the field of liturgy will also be considered. advance. No money will be accepted at the door. Compensation for this position will be based on previous experience. Registration Fee: $25.00 Interested applicants should send their resumes and other pertinent Registration Deadline is January 24, 2007. Payment Must Be Enclosed With Your Registration Make your check payable to information to: All Registrations and payments must be to “Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.” Search Committee c/o Carol Flora the Office of Worship by that date. 52553 Fir Road - Granger, IN 46530 Please return this form to: Register on-line at: Office of Worship, Attn: Liturgy Day Deadline for response is March 1, 2007 www.diocesefwsb.org/WORSHIP/registration.htm P.O. Box 390, Fort Wayne, IN 46801 JANUARY 14, 2007 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 23 REST IN PEACE HAT S APPENING Auburn Jane F.Reynolds, 88, South Bend W ’ H ? Eloise G.DeKoninck, Cathedral of the Esther V.Niedbalski, 83, 72, Immaculate Immac.Conception St.Adalbert Conception WHAT’S HAPPENING carries announcements about upcoming events in the diocese. Send in your Florence O.Harkenrider, Margaret Giantomaso, announcement at least two weeks prior to the event. Mail to: Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Bristol 81, St. Peter 100, St.Joseph Jack T.Howard, St. Fort Wayne 46856; or e-mail: [email protected]. Events that require an admission charge Goshen Louise T.Strychalski, Mary/Annunciation or payment to participate will receive one free listing. For additional listings of that event, please Rosemarie C.Starr, 43, 93, Christ the King Elkhart St.John the Evangelist call our advertising sales staff at (260) 456-2824 to purchase space. Catherine E.V.Foley, 91, Eleanor M.Carr, 88, Granger St.Anthony de Padua St.Vincent de Paul Chester Majewski, 87, Bishop Dwenger presents Lip Sync Center. Tickets are $10 per per- Lowell Tom, 60, MISC. HAPPENINGS Espinoza Lopez, infant, St.Pius X party to support Saints Alive son. Children 12 and under free. St.Anthony de Padua Award nomination deadline extended Cash bar. For tickets call Gene at St.Vincent de Paul Fort Wayne — The “Father Tom Fort Wayne — The Lip Sync Mishawaka (574) 232-6546 or Sal at (574) John N.Bryan, 88, O’Connor Light of Christ party will be held on Saturday, Fort Wayne Richard E.Andrzejewski, Jan. 20, in the Bishop Dwenger 287-4821 by Jan. 22. Little Flower Award” deadline for nominations Vincenzo Di Ianni, 75, 75, St.Joseph is extended to noon on Friday, gym. Performers should contact Bereavement education series planned St.Charles Borromeo Aquina Van Holsbeke, Jan. 19. The committee is seek- Bob Tomlinson at (260) 489- Leon C.Maenhout, 86, Fort Wayne — Visiting Nurse 88, St.Anthony de ing persons of faith, high-school 9672. Guests are invited to Kathleen A.Showen, St. Bavo and Hospice Home will offer a age or older, whose activities attend the event with doors open Padua series of free presentations of 52, Sacred Heart serve as an example to youth in at 6:30 p.m. Dinner served at 7 New Haven interest to bereaved or grieving Warsaw the area of peace and justice. p.m. Admission is $50 per cou- Joan M.Campbell, 79, Marilyn L Lampe, 72, people from 9 to 11 a.m. at First Oliver Arnett, 71, Application guidelines are avail- ple at the door. Those interested St.Charles Borromeo St.John the Baptist Presbyterian Church, 300 W. able online at www.diocese- in attending after the basketball Sacred Heart Wayne St. On Feb. 24, Kay Cozad fwsb.org and from the St. Mary game with no dinner may attend Phyllis J. Heidenreich, Thomas A.Miller, 75, will speak on “Learning to Live Church office, (260) 424-8231. for $30 per couple. For informa- 73, St.Henry St.John the Baptist tion contact Saints Alive at (260) after the death of a spouse,” 483-7001. March 24, Dar Richardson will Violet M.Nicholls Hilda L.Schnelker, 87, Annual right to life march, program speak on “Understanding your Kingsley, 88, Our Lady St.John the Baptist South Bend — The annual Right Grief,” April 21, Ken Prather will to Life March and Respect Life Casino night raises funds of Good Hope Fort Wayne — The St. Vincent de speak on “Memories that Heal,” Program will be held on Sunday, and on May 26, Bonnie Knuth Jan. 14. The march starts at Paul Parish athletics fund raiser and casino night will be Saturday, and Lili Carroll will speak on Knights of Columbus Council “When Mourning Dawns.” For Julia Roszkowski at (574) 243- #553, located at 553 E. Jan. 27, from 6 to 11 p.m. at the 40-60ish age range. Come for an parish hall located at Auburn and information contact Lili Carroll at 0743 for information. Register on- evening of fun as we investigate Washington, at 2 p.m. and pro- (260) 435-3222. line at www.wwme-ni.org. ceeds to St. Joseph Church for a Wallen roads. Texas hold’em, the latest craze on Friday, Jan. 19, brief prayer service and then black jack, dice, big wheel and at 7 p.m. in the St. Elizabeth St. Matthew travel club takes trip returns to Council #553 for the more. Admission ticket of $15 pre- Knights plan dinner theatre parish hall. Bring a finger snack South Bend — The St. Matthew Fort Wayne — The Knights of respect life program, which starts sale or $20 at the door includes or drink to share. For information travel club will attend BODY- Columbus will have a dinner the- at 3 p.m. Associate professor food by Casa and refreshments will call (260) 432-7346 or e-mail WORKS at the Museum of atre production titled “Dead In Carter Snead, faculty member at be available. Must be 21. For tick- [email protected]. Science and Industry in Chigago The Water” Saturday, Jan. 20. the University of Notre Dame, ets or information contact Todd on Saturday, Jan. 27. Bus leaves Cash bar opens at 6 p.m., dinner at will speak on stem-cell research. Martin at [email protected]. Trivia night returns St. Matthew Cathedral at 8 a.m. 7 p.m. and show time is 8 p.m. A free simple supper of hot soup South Bend — Corpus Christi and returns about 7 p.m. Price Tickets are $40 per couple. For and bread will follow. For more Winter Fantasy guard show School will host a Trivia Night includes motorcoach, general required reservations call (260) information, call Bill Schmitt at Fort Wayne — Bishop Dwenger on Saturday, Jan. 20. Tailgating admission to museum, admission 493-1914. (574) 232-6777. High School will host Winter begins at 6 p.m. and game play Fantasy, a color guard show on to BODYWORKS exhibit, admis- begins at 7 p.m. Cost is $100 per sion to Omnimax presentation and Drive-through carry-out fish dinner table, maximum of 12 players Ed Fox fish and tenderloin dinner Saturday, Jan. 27, beginning at 11 a box lunch. Adults $60, seniors Fort Wayne — The St. Joseph per table/team. Registration supports music boosters a.m. and runs all day. The event is free. $55 and children $50. Please call Hessen Cassel Knights of forms available in school office Fort Wayne — An Ed Fox fish Sister Agnes Marie to register at Columbus will have a drive- or call Christine Zmyslo at (574) and tenderloin dinner will be (574) 259-5427. Registration and through carry-out fish dinner on 273-2931. held Friday, Feb. 2, from 4:30 to Polish style dinner buffet planned South Bend — The St. Hedwig payment due by Jan. 14. Friday, Jan. 19, from 4:30 to 6:30 7:30 p.m. in the Bishop Dwenger p.m. Dinners will be $6.50. For High School cafeteria. Adults $7, Rosary and Holy Name Societies Life chain planned will have a Polish style dinner on Opportunity for married couples information call (260) 639-3352. Goshen — The Holy Innocents children $5 and children 5 and South Bend — A Worldwide under are free. Sunday, Jan. 28, from noon to 2 pro-life action and Elkhart p.m. at the Hedwig Memorial Marriage Encounter weekend for Singles investigate latest craze County right to life groups have couples will be held Feb. 9-11 at Fort Wayne — Beat the winter planned a silent prayer march the Signature Inn just north of blahs and join the “GAP”, a social around the sidewalks of the Notre Dame. Contact Mike and group for single Catholics in the Goshen court house on Saturday, Jan. 20, from 11 a.m. to noon. No graphic signs permitted.

Knights plan spaghetti dinner South Bend — The Knights of Columbus Council 5521, 61533 S. Ironwood Dr., will have a spaghetti dinner on Friday, Jan. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. Adults $6, children (5-12) $3. Dinner includes spaghetti, salad, garlic toast and coffee. Carry-out avail- able. DEVOTIONS Little Flower Holy Hour Fort Wayne — Father Robert Schulte will celebrate the Holy Hour at MacDougal Chapel on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 7:15 p.m. Father Schulte is rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

Centering prayer held each week South Bend — Centering prayer is held every Tuesday from 4-5 p.m. at Little Flower Chapel, 541191 N. Ironwood Dr. 24 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC JANUARY 14, 2007

Vigil for Life Sunday, January 21, 2007 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne The Most Reverend John M. D’Arcy, Main Celebrant Mass at 5:00 p.m. • Benediction - 7:00 p.m.

Cathedral of St. Matthew, South Bend The Reverend Michael Heintz, Main Celebrant Mass at 5:30 p.m. • Benediction - 7:30 p.m.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (immediately following Mass)

The Mass will mark the 34th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade which legalized abortion in our country. Please come and pray for a renewed respect for human life in our nation.

Sponsored by the Office of Family Life