June 2, 2013 Think Green 50¢ Recycle Volume 87, No. 22 Go Green todayscatholicnews.org Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Go Digital Priest jubilarians Celebrations of 25, 40, 50 ODAYODAY’’SS ATHOLICATHOLIC years and more TT CC Pages 8-9, 12-14 In Truth and Charity Zachary Barry consecrated to the Remembering Corpus Christi with Pope John Paul II Lord’s ministry as deacon Page 2 BY TIM JOHNSON FORT WAYNE — “The harvest is abundant, Appointments but the laborers are few; so ask the Master Bishop Rhoades announces of the harvest to send out laborers for His harvest,” Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades said as he appointments opened his homily at the Mass of Ordination to the Sacred Order of the Diaconate of Page 3 Zachary Barry. “These words of Jesus are as true today as they were 2,000 years ago. The harvest is still great, still plentiful. There is a great need in the world today and in our dio- cese for the spread of the Gospel, for the work A special connection of evangelization.” Sisters of St. Francis ministered Bishop Rhoades ordained Barry to the order of the diaconate on May 25 at the Cathedral of to Martin Luther King Jr. the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne. He will minister for a year as a deacon before his Page 4 ordination to the Priesthood on June 7, 2014. This summer, Deacon Barry will serve at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Plymouth. “We thank God that Zak has said ‘yes’ to this call, a ‘yes’ to serve the people of God in CYO City Meet the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend as a Results minister of God’s Word and an agent of His mercy and love,” Bishop Rhoades said. Pages 17-18 “Zak has been called to the priesthood of Jesus Christ and today will be ordained a dea- con,” he said. “So many in our diocese have prayed and continue to pray the Master of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. KAY COZAD Life quilt Those prayers are answered each time a man is Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades lays his hands on the head of Zachary Barry in accordance with the apos- Father Daniel Scheidt receives tolic tradition. Barry was ordained to the Sacred Order of the Diaconate on Saturday, May 25, at DIACONATE, PAGE 10 the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne. special gift Page 20 Fortnight For Freedom planned CARDINAL DOLAN June 21 through July 4 ADDRESSES GRADUATES and special observances at parishes throughout BY TIM JOHNSON the diocese. Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB Ad Hoc Committee WASHINGTON — The second annual for Religious Liberty, will open the 2013 Fortnight for Freedom will take place from Fortnight for Freedom by celebrating Mass at June 21 to July 4, and will consist of national Baltimore’s historic Basilica of the National and local efforts to educate Americans on chal- Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed lenges to religious liberty both at home and Virgin Mary, scheduled for June 21 at 7 p.m. abroad. As with last year’s Fortnight, the event Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington will will begin and end with a special Mass. celebrate the closing Mass at the Basilica of the Masses are scheduled in the Diocese of Fort National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception CNS PHOTO/MATT CASHORE, COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Wayne-South Bend and nationally. in Washington on July 4 at 12 p.m. On Saturday, June 22, Bishop Kevin C. “The need for prayer, education and action New York Cardinal Timothy Rhoades will open the Fortnight in the dio- in defense of religious liberty has never been M. Dolan, president of the U.S. cese with a Mass celebrated at 8 a.m. at the greater,” explained Archbishop Lori. “The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fortnight for Freedom exists to meet that need. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gives Fort Wayne. He will conclude the Fortnight This year’s fortnight occurs just weeks before the 2013 commencement address to with a Mass, Thursday, July 4, at 9 a.m. at St. Matthew Cathedral in South Bend. The faithful graduates at the University of Notre are also encouraged to participate in Masses LIBERTY, PAGE 5 Dame May 19. 2 TODAY’ S C ATHOLIC June 2, 2013 TODAY’S CATHOLIC Official newspaper of the Remembering Corpus Christi Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 PUBLISHER: Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades with Pope John Paul II EDITOR: Tim Johnson NEWS EDITOR and STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad IN TRUTH Editorial Department AND PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan FREELANCE WRITERS: Michelle Castleman, CHARITY Karen Clifford, Bonnie Elberson, Denise Fedorow, Diane Freeby, Sister Margie BY BISHOP KEVIN C. RHOADES Lavonis, CSC, Jodi Magallanes, Joe Kozinski, Vince LaBarbera and Deb Wagner very year, on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, I am reminded of Blessed John Business Department EPaul II. BUSINESS MANAGER: Sean McBride The first Mass I served for Pope John AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber Paul II was on the feast of Corpus Christi BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol in Rome where I was a seminary student. [email protected] It was in the year 1980, the end of my first year of theology. I will never forget that Advertising Sales Mass. Before it began, three other seminar- Tess Steffen (Fort Wayne area) ians and I were with Pope John Paul in the sacristy of Saint Peter’s Basilica. The Holy (260) 456-2824 Father spoke to us about the Holy Eucharist and the feast of Corpus Christi. He coun- seled us to make the Eucharist the center of Web site: www.todayscatholicnews.org our lives as seminarians and future priests. PROVIDED BY BISHOP KEVIN C. RHOADES The Holy Father also spoke to us with Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, center, is shown as a seminarian student carrying cruets of wine and Published weekly except the fourth apparent nostalgia about the tradition of water while serving Mass for Blessed John Paul II. “The first Mass I served for Pope John Paul II Sunday in June, second and fourth Corpus Christi processions in Poland. was on the feast of Corpus Christi in Rome where I was a seminary student. It was in the year 1980, weeks in July and August, the first, I watched Pope John Paul prepare for the end of my first year of theology. I will never forget that Mass,” Bishop Rhoades writes in his third and fifth weeks of September and the Mass as he knelt down for silent prayer column. The feast of Corpus Christi is Sunday, June 2. last week in December by the Diocese (several minutes) before putting on his vest- of Fort Wayne-South Bend, 1103 S. ments. We then proceeded into Saint Peter’s Calhoun St., P.O. Box 390, Fort Wayne, leave Wawel Cathedral and process around The Eucharist is our most precious pos- IN 46801. Periodicals postage paid at Square for an outdoor Mass where tens of thousands of people were gathered. At the the courtyard of the royal palace, but the session as Catholics. I encourage your Fort Wayne, IN, and additional mailing procession was forbidden to enter the city. office. end of Mass, the Holy Father carried the devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, espe- monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament in a After numerous protests from the archdio- cially through its reverent reception and POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: procession around Saint Peter’s Square. cese, the restrictions were eased a bit so that the practice of prayer before the Blessed Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Fort When we returned to the sacristy, the the Corpus Christi procession was permit- Sacrament. Wayne, IN 46856-1169 or email: Holy Father said that he would much prefer ted, albeit along a shortened route in the Near the end of Ecclesia de Eucharistia, [email protected]. having the procession through the streets of city. we read: “In the humble signs of bread and Rome, like they did in Poland. It was evi- During these processions in the 1970’s, wine, changed into his body and blood, MAIN OFFICE: 915 S. Clinton St., Fort dent that he missed his homeland. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, the future John Christ walks beside us as our strength and Wayne, IN 46802. Telephone (260) Two years later, while still a seminary Paul II, preached dynamic sermons in our food for the journey, and he enables us 456-2824. Fax: (260) 744-1473. student in Rome, but by then an ordained which he spoke of the Eucharist and also to become, for everyone, witnesses of hope. BUREAU OFFICE: 1328 Dragoon Trail, deacon, I had the privilege to again serve about religious freedom and the right to If, in the presence of this mystery, reason Mishawaka, IN 46544. Telephone (260) worship. As is well known, the future pope experiences its limits, the heart, enlightened 456-2824. Fax (260) 744-1473. Mass for Pope John Paul on the feast of Corpus Christi, this time as a deacon for struggled for the building of new churches by the grace of the Holy Spirit, clearly sees in the archdiocese of Krakow. He also News deadline is the Monday morning the Mass. The Mass was celebrated not at the response that is demanded, and bows before publication date. Advertising Saint Peter’s but outside the cathedral of fought for the restoration of the full Corpus low in adoration and unbounded love.” deadline is nine days before publica- Rome, in front of the Basilica of Saint John Christi procession.