50¢ April 16, 2006 Volume 80, No. 16 www.diocesefwsb.org/TODAY Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend TTODAYODAY’’SS CCATHOLICATHOLIC EASTER MESSAGE New life BY BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY springs forth is death on the cross is the culmination of that turning of God against A look at our Hhimself in which he gives himself in order to raise man up and save tradition and spirituality him. This is love in its most radical form. By contemplating the pierced side of Christ (cf Jn 19:37), we can understand the starting point of the Pages 9-11 encyclical letter: “God is Love” (1 Jn 4:8). It is there that this truth can be contemplated. It is from there that our definition of love must begin. In this contemplation the Christian discovers the path along which his life and love must move. — Pope Benedict XVI, encyclical letter: “God is Love.” The Gospel of Judas Thus, does the successor of Peter in his first encyclical speak to the world about what is central to the life of the church. Background and controversy This week we have pondered that sacred act, which expresses the Pages 3, 12 depth of God’s love for us. For this week to affect our lives, we must keep before us and allow to penetrate our hearts through the power of grace the meaning of the wound in the side of Christ. Is this when the apostles first began to grasp the depth of his love — when, with Thomas, they saw the risen Christ and the wound in his side. Does the church Is this when they first began to be open to the Holy Spirit who would soon transform them? Pope Benedict XVI writes that love can only be com- need Hollywood? manded when it has first been given. To live out the commandment of love given on Holy Thursday, we must first accept it. We must allow Notre Dame series Christ to wash our feet. probes the mission field The true source then of apostolic love and pastoral love lies in con- templating in prayer the wounded side of Christ and the love that prompt- Page 5 ed him to offer himself for our salvation. Another word for this love is grace. It is the true grace of Easter: Union with God given to us through baptism and the Eucharist. We must under- stand it more deeply through prayer and offer it to others. As we approach the 150th anniversary of this diocese, a cross travels from parish to parish, A voice from carried by parishioners, including many young people. The words of a psalm are engraved on this cross, “His Steadfast Love Endures Forever.” Afghanistan The jubilee logo or image, which is taken from a beautiful work of art Catholic Relief Services from one of our parishes, shows Christ on the cross with Mary by his side. CNS PHOTO/CROSIERS All this is to first call us to prayer and then to love. visit Goshen The Easter season begins with the celebration of the Resurrection, April Christ the eternal Son of God was wounded for our salvation and he 16 this year in the Latin Church. Toward the end of the Easter liturgical gave this to us out of love for us. In this beautiful Easter season, let us Page 7 cycle, the church marks the feast of the Ascension, commemorating the allow Christ to approach us, for he is always trying to do so, and let us pre- completion of Christ’s mission on earth and his entry into heaven. pare for our jubilee year by loving others, for our love of God and neigh- Christ’s ascent to heaven is depicted in art at St. Pius X Church in bor is one; and it is the grace of Easter. Lourdes, France. A blessed Easter to you all. Disciples in Mission Going forth as disciples Notre Dame president EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Page 20 addresses controversy CARRY CHRISM OILS

At those addresses, Father Jenkins had Father Jenkins announces signaled that a change might be coming when he will not ban events he invited input from the university commu- nity on this position: “An event which has the implicit or explicit sponsorship of the univer- BY ANN CAREY sity as a whole, one of its units, or a universi- ty-recognized organization, and which either is or appears to be in name or content clearly NOTRE DAME — After nearly three and egregiously contrary to, or inconsistent months of consideration, the University of with, the fundamental values of a Catholic Notre Dame president announced on April 5 university, should not be that he will not ban controversial events like allowed at Notre Dame.” See Bishop “The Vagina Monologues” and a gay film Father Jenkins told D’Arcy’s state- event from the Notre Dame campus. Today’s Catholic that “views ment In addresses to the faculty and the student which were passionately body in January, Holy Cross Father James I. held were passionately PAGE 3 Jenkins had said that he was considering expressed” after his January MICHELLE DONAGHEY whether or not to allow those two annual presentations. Indeed, events to continue. He explained that those around campus strong opinions were voiced Theresa Hock, left, and Laurie Brewers, events raised deeper issues about academic on both sides of the issue. Students associat- picked up the sacred oils for St. Thomas freedom and the Catholic character of the ed with productions of “The Vagina university, and at the beginning of his presi- Monologues” argued that the play was their the Apostle, Elkhart, after the chrism Mass dency he wanted to determine principles for only venue for celebrating womanhood and held at St. Matthew Cathedral in South deciding what events were appropriate for Notre Dame. JENKINS, PAGE 3 Bend, on April 10. 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC APRIL 16, 2006 TODAY’S CATHOLIC

Official newspaper of the Holy Week has always been Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 a time to treasure, special graces PUBLISHER: Bishop John M. D’Arcy nary with Fathers Art Calter, Pete Martocchio inspire young people, to reach out to our dear EDITOR: Tim Johnson and others. Art is celebrating 50 years as a Jewish friends, to call out to young people. priest. He has done two tours in Vietnam, and That truthful heart which led him even, we ASSISTANT EDITOR: Don Clemmer was decorated with two bronze stars. We were are told, against the advice of his advisors, to STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad young then and we played handball every have a special ceremony of repentance for the week. In the evening, I would return to St. sins of members of the Catholic Church at St. Editorial Department NEWS Mary, Beverly, for Lenten Mass. Peter’s Square in the last Lent before the Year PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan I was requested to visit with Msgr. 2000, the Year of the Great Jubilee. That &NOTES Stapleton. He wanted me to study ascetical noble soul went from us. Who can forget 4 FREELANCE WRITERS: Ann Carey, theology. I did not think that was a very good million people descending on St. Peter’s Michelle Castleman, Elmer J. Danch, BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY idea because I didn’t know how to spell it. Square? No one planned it or programmed it. Michelle Donaghey, Bonnie Elberson, However, I visited him later that day after They just came, and came and came. Denise Fedorow, Sr. Margie Lavonis, playing handball. Msgr. Matt Stapleton loved I will cherish my meetings with him in CSC, Jennifer Ochstein,Theresa sports. He had been a baseball pitcher. I think great public places, but especially in the “ad Thomas, Kristi Ward Another Holy Week the fact that I was engaged in a physical exer- limina” visits. He took the “ad limina” visits Long after I have completed my mission cise with other priests only confirmed that I so seriously, for he believed he was the suc- here, if God gives me years, I will remember was the right one to go study theology. He cessor of Peter, and bore the responsibility of Business Department Holy Week in this diocese. The chrism told me it would be to seek a doctorate in “confirming the brothers,” as Christ had told BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice Masses, one in each city. The informal dinner Rome and also to come back and be a spiritu- Peter. AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber with the priests and deacons beforehand. al director in a seminary. BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol People coming from all over the diocese, first I loved parish life. I think it is the summit in South Bend and then in Fort Wayne. Parish of the priesthood. To prepare people for death. A busy Lent council members. Eucharistic ministers. 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Alas, the Red Sox have won four out of opinions and a variety of reflections Holy Week reform, its history and what it So, I remember that prayer in the back of the first five; and they have all been in for- on life in the church.We will choose meant and how we should instruct our people. Mary, Star of the Sea Church during the peri- eign territory. The pitching seems solid. letters for publication based on read- He went around the Archdiocese of Boston as od of eucharistic adoration on Holy Thursday Perhaps my pessimism born of the years was er interest, timeliness and fairness. part of a team to speak about it and to explain night. I went out on the front steps, a short out of place. We shall see. Readers may agree or disagree with it. He explained it to us as seminarians, and I walk from the Atlantic Ocean. The decision Above all, the spring has come in earnest. the letter writers’ opinions. Letters have carried his catechesis with me all these was clear. Indecision was over. 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“As long as the Gospel message ensured that the spiritual life of and the Catholic intellectual tradi- our students and their intellectual STATEMENT BY BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY JENKINS tion are appropriately represented, life intersect in interesting ways we can welcome any serious that do not pretend that faith is CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 debate on any thoughtful position stronger by being insulated from here at Notre Dame.” the world.” Concerning the Notre calling attention to sexual vio- In an interview with Today’s However, Margot O’Brien, a lence, and these students mounted Catholic, Father Jenkins said he professor in the business school a petition drive to keep the play. had not backed away from his told Today’s Catholic that the Dame decision to allow Many faculty asserted that the statement in January, saying, “I Jenkins’ policy puts no real limits position Father Jenkins proposed believe that, in some situations, on the events Notre Dame may was an affront to academic free- given the distinctive character and sponsor, and “is premised on sponsorship of the dom, and the Notre Dame Faculty aspirations of Notre Dame, it may license, not academic freedom.” In Senate approved a “Statement of be necessary to establish certain practice, she said, this faulty Principles on Academic Freedom” boundaries, while defending the understanding of academic free- ‘Vagina Monologues’ that contended: “To silence other- appropriate exercise of academic dom “will always trump Notre April 5, 2006 wise legitimate intellectual or artis- freedom.” Dame’s Catholic character.” As pastor of the diocese with the sacred responsibility for the tic expression solely because its Father Jenkins said he had to “The Vagina Monologues” care of souls of all our people, including the young men and women content is thought to conflict with “look at context, frequency, bal- show contempt for the values and at the University of Notre Dame, and with pastoral concern always the core values of the university is ance.” He said that his main con- sensibilities of the Catholic faith for the Catholic identity of Notre Dame, as is my obligation, I am to risk both insult to the individual cern with the “Queer Film and the many diverse groups at the deeply saddened by the decision of Father John Jenkins, CSC, to whose expression is silenced and Festival” had been that its title university, O’Brien said, adding allow the continuing sponsorship of the ‘Vagina Monologues’ by injury to the climate of intellectual might have been construed as a that “Notre Dame’s continued Notre Dame, the school of Our Lady. freedom.” celebration of homosexuality. That sponsorship of the monologues also For further understanding of my position on this matter, I refer Other students, faculty and concern was alleviated when the brings scandal on the university all to my statement found in the Feb. 12, 2006 issue of Today’s alumni welcomed the prospect that event’s name was changed to and the Catholic faith,” a scandal Catholic, and in my statements of the previous two years. All these material offensive to Catholic val- “Gay and Lesbian Film: that she said was growing because statements may be found on the diocesan Web site at www.diocese- ues would not have a place at Filmmakers, Narratives and the South Bend Tribune article fwsb.org. Notre Dame, and some alumni Spectatorship.” about Father Jenkins’ statement is threatened to withhold contribu- His objection to “The Vagina highlighted on the “V-Day” Web tions if the play continued to be on Monologues” was that “It portrays site, which promotes performances campus. Expectations of this a view that it’s apart from and of “The Vagina Monologues” on group were raised when the presi- indeed in opposition to, in some college campuses. dents of The Catholic University ways, the Catholic understanding. Notre Dame law student of American and Providence It’s not a problem that such views Lauren Galgano of Eden Prairie, College banned “The Vagina are represented,” Father Jenkins Minn., who received her under- Monologues” from their campus- said. “In fact, I think a university graduate degree from Notre Dame es. is for that kind of presentation of a in 2005, said she loves Notre And Bishop John M. D’Arcy variety of views. But my concern Dame and feels an excellent of Fort Wayne-South Bend repeat- was about the frequency and the Catholic education is available ed the objections he had made prominence given it by the there. But she said Father Jenkins’ every year the play was offered, fundraising and publicity.” statement was “a complete rever- since 2002, when he asked the In conversation with students sion” from his January concerns Notre Dame administration to pro- involved with that production, about “The Vagina Monologues” hibit the play because it “is offen- Father Jenkins said the students and the nature of academic free- sive to women” and “antithetical had agreed to move on to produc- dom. to Catholic teaching on the beauti- ing their own play about their Galgano also disagreed with ful gift of human sexuality and experiences, entitled “Loyal Jenkins’ conclusion that any view also to the teachings of the church Daughters.” However, he declined is welcome as long as the Catholic on the human body relative to its to rule out the possibility that stu- position also is presented. purpose and to its status as a tem- dents would be allowed to put on “The hallmark of a Catholic ple of the Holy Spirit.” “The Vagina Monologues” again, education is not the panel discus- On April 5, Father Jenkins repeating that each situation would sion,” she said. “Father Jenkins’ released a statement announcing be judged on “context, balance letter seems to imply that the stag- his decision to allow the events to and frequency.” ing or display of any artistic continue. Reaction to the statement on expression will comport with the “We are committed to a wide- the Notre Dame campus was broader scheme of Catholic educa- open, unconstrained search for mixed. Peter Holland, chair of the tion so long as someone is willing truth, and we are convinced that Film, Television and Theatre to stand up at the end and say, Catholic teaching has nothing to Department, told Today’s ‘But, the Catechism says...’ fear from engaging the wider cul- Catholic: “I welcome Father “Instead, the hallmark of ture,” he wrote. He was deter- Jenkins’ statement as a wonderful Catholic education — at least as mined, he continued, “not to sup- assertion of the values of a John Cardinal Newman reasoned press speech on this campus,” and Catholic university. He has — is the cultivation of souls.”

CNS PHOTO/NANCY WIECHEC Judas kisses Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane as Jesus is handed over to soldiers in this detail from a contemporary Bible illumination. The Jesuit scholar says Gospel of Judas National Geographic Society April 6 released the first modern transla- tion of an ancient gnostic text that describes conversations between does not merit name ‘Gospel’ Jesus and Judas Iscariot.

April 6, posting a copy of it on importance” of the personalities turies. The gnostics claimed to saying the gnostics were against BY CINDY WOODEN the society’s Web site, they are named after, not of have secret knowledge unavail- mainstream Christianity and www.nationalgeographic.com, Jesus, the priest said. able to the vast majority of peo- Judaism, they were against our and releasing English translations “They are not summaries of ple and focused so strongly on God.” ROME (CNS) — The Gospel of of portions of the text. the good news,” he said. the spiritual and intellectual that “To give Judas greater credit,” Judas was unimportant to most “A ‘Gospel’ is a literary genre The texts come from the gnos- they despised material creation, the Jesuit said, the gnostics “por- Christians when it was written — established including the tray Jesus giving him secret hundreds of years ago and it is by Matthew, human body. knowledge. It was a nice try,” but unimportant today, said a Jesuit Mark, Luke and In the year there is no evidence to support professor who has convoked a John — focus- 180, St. the claim. series of ecumenical studies of ing on the life, A ‘Gospel’ is a literary genre — established by Irenaeus con- “It was junk then, and it is the historical Jesus. death and resur- demned the junk now,” he said. Jesuit Father Gerald rection of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John gnostics, men- Father O’Collins, who O’Collins, a longtime professor Jesus,” Father tioning particu- between 1996 and 2003 con- of Christology at Rome’s O’Collins said. FATHER GERALD O’COLLINS larly a Gospel voked a series of ecumenical, Pontifical Gregorian University, While of Judas. interdisciplinary summits for said the text, like the gospels of including Father scholars on the historical Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Philip, events suppos- O’Collins said said it was “ridiculous” for any- “does not merit the name edly related to the most impor- one to claim publication of the ‘Gospel.’” the life of Jesus, the Gospel of tic tradition, a religious-philo- tant thing about the text released Gospel of Judas will challenge The National Geographic Judas and the others really are sophical current popular in the in early April is that “it shows mainstream Christianity. Society unveiled the document texts “attempting to bolster the second, third and fourth cen- just how right Irenaeus was in 4 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC APRIL 16, 2006 Acton Institute founder talks about wealth

Father Sirico told the audi- exercise, he said, prompted him BY ANN CAREY ence that he came to his interest to found the Acton Institute. in economics after being active Father Sirico said there is a NOTRE DAME — “Can a rich in social change movements in certain amount of “religious man go to heaven?” the 1970s, but he hadn’t thought ambivalence” about economic A lecture by that intriguing through those issues in a system- systems that are productive, and title attracted a large crowd of atic way. He also had moved many religious thinkers believe students, Holy Cross seminarians away from his Catholic faith. that if you are poor, you are holi- and faculty to the University of Then someone gave him some er than a wealthy person, and Notre Dame’s Mendoza College economics books to read, and that somehow contact with the of Business April 5 to hear Father Sirico experienced what material world is intrinsically Father Robert A. Sirico, presi- he said were “two conversions.” evil. dent of the Acton Institute. A political-economic conversion “There is at the base of this The Acton Institute was co- came first, and then he returned ambivalence a presupposition founded by Father Sirico and to the Catholic Church after real- that the wealth of one logically Kris Alan Mauren in 1990 in izing that “a paradigm of eco- implies the poverty of another,” Grand Rapids, Mich., in order to nomics centered on the dignity Father Sirico said. educate religious and business of the human person,” a key- That negative attitude is leaders, as well as academic pro- stone of Catholic teaching. based on a “zero-sum world fessors and researchers, in prin- In seminary, Father Sirico view,” he said, and is like view- ciples of economics and in the said he encountered an effort to ing wealth as a pie that needs to connection that can exist “baptize Karl Marx and libera- be divided up: When someone between virtue and economic tion theology.” So, he began to takes a big piece of the pie, he is thinking. The institute is named work through those questions depriving the person who after the 19th-century English from not just a political and eco- receives only a small piece. The historian, Lord John Acton, who nomic point of view, but also roots of this negative view of studied the relationship between from a theological, moral and wealth are from the pre-industri- liberty and morality. philosophical point of view. That al world when goods were scarce

Support your school. Use All Saints SCRIP! All Saints ANN CAREY Father Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute, was introduced for his lecture at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business by Margot Religious Goods O’Brien, a professor in the business school. 3506 South Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne • 260-456-9173 (across from South Side High School) and most people came into teaching, he said, was the 1991 First Communion Gifts & Veils, wealth through either politics or encyclical of Pope John Paul II, theft, Father Sirico said. “Centesimus Annus” (“The Confirmation Gifts, Books, Bibles, Therefore, wealth came to be Hundredth Year”), written on the Crucifixes, Rosaries, Statues associated with greed and injus- 100th anniversary of Pope Leo tice, and the heresy of gnosti- XIII’s encyclical “Rerum cism sustained the notion that Novarum” (“On Capital and Store hours: Mon. 9:30 to 5:00, Tues., Wed. & Thurs., 9:30 to 7:00; Fri. 9:30 to 5:00, Sat. 9:30 to 4:00 the material world is bad and Labor”). disordered. In John Paul’s encyclical, A broader and more positive written shortly after the fall of view of material goods, he said, communism, the pope pointed is in the Judeo-Christian view of out that man’s greatest resource creation of the world, in which is the human person, because the God pronounces it good and cre- human person is inventive and ates humans to multiply and fill creative, Father Sirico said. the earth. And God entrusts the There are two paradigms for human family with the care, pro- viewing economy, he continued: ductivity and cultivation of the command and control, or free. world. This view parallels the One has to examine both to see economic model of creating which reveres the dignity of the wealth. human person, he said, and he Father Sirico said that too made it clear that he favors the often in discussions about mate- free economy in which labor and rial goods, we simplistically capital work together in harmo- “canonize the poor and demo- ny. nize the rich without asking “I don’t believe that capital- some very essential questions” ism or a free economy is a good that have to do with the persons moral system, but it has moral involved and the opportunities potential” and can be used for and knowledge they have. good or evil, Father Sirico con- He urged the business stu- cluded, urging the business stu- dents to tap into the insights of dents to ask themselves not Catholic social teaching, which “What kind of a capitalist will I is based on the intrinsic dignity be?” but rather, “What kind of a of the human person. One of the person will I be?” greatest contributions in this

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runs a nationwide public service he added that we must be discern- the pastoral work of the church. Deeper” into the Catholic faith BY ANN CAREY billboard prayer campaign fash- ing. He cited the first encyclical of “There are a lot of ways you takes place. Additionally, weekly ioned on Father Peyton’s slogan of Pope Benedict XVI, “Deus Caritas can go wrong in Hollywood,” RCIA sessions run from October This feature is the first of three- the “The Family That Prays Est” (“God Is Love”), saying that Father Raymond said. “There are through Pentecost, examining the part series of lectures at the Together Stays Together,” but Benedict pointed out that the so many ways you can be tempted content of the faith through great University of Notre Dame titled, updated with slogans like “God church can’t replace the state in and seduced by the appeal of literature, art and film. “Hollywood: Mission Field or Makes Housecalls.” political battles, but neither can it Hollywood, so it’s incredibly Family Theater also sponsors Mission Impossible?” However, Father Raymond’s remain on the sidelines in the fight important for the church to be the “Angelus” annual student film work is not lim- for justice. present in the middle of that indus- festival to encourage young film- NOTRE DAME — “Because ited to making The media try.” makers to create works that respect Hollywood is so powerful in shap- wholesome can be mislead- Thus, Family Theater is a pro- the dignity of the human person, ing the culture, the church needs to films and radio “So it’s important to have ing and often duction company during the day with a grand prize of $10,000. be there, in the middle of programs and distort the truth and a supportive place for young Father Raymond showed the 2005 Hollywood.” reminding peo- for an agenda, Catholics at night. Once a month, second place, $5,000 winner to the That was the message of Holy ple to pray: He people in the media who Father Raymond Family Theater hosts a “Prayer Notre Dame student audience. The Cross Father Willy Raymond in an also runs a busy cautioned, “So and Pasta” open house for young film, “Christmas Wish List” was April 4 presentation at the pastoral out- love the truth.” it’s important to people in the film industry. At that produced and directed by Sean University of Notre Dame entitled, reach program have people in event, guests pray with the staff Overbeeke, a student at the “Hollywood: Mission Field or for Catholics FATHER WILLY RAYMOND the media who and other people in the business University of North Carolina at Mission Impossible?” and people love the truth.” and enjoy a meal and conversa- Chapel Hill, and involved finding Father Raymond is national interested in the Father tion. Father Raymond often refers the true meaning of the Christmas director of Family Theater faith, and he Raymond relat- newcomers to others in the indus- spirit. Productions, a Catholic production touched on all the facets of his ed that he often encounters young try who will be good mentors. Father Raymond’s presenta- company founded in 1947 by the work in his talk to the Notre Dame Catholics who come to Hollywood Every Tuesday, a group is host- tion was the first of a three-part late Holy Cross Father Patrick students, exploring both the good looking for a career in the film ed by Family Theater to study and Catholic film lecture series spon- Peyton, also known as “the rosary side of Hollywood and the dark industry. Artists are particularly discuss Pope John Paul II’s sored by the Notre Dame Center priest.” side. open to talking about the faith and “Theology of the Body.” And for Ethics & Culture as a com- Family Theater Productions is “There are a lot of good, com- learning more about it, he said. So, every Wednesday, a prayer and panion to the center’s fall lecture located on Sunset Boulevard, mitted people doing good, ethical this is a perfect opportunity to do discussion session on “Going series on Catholic literature. smack-dab in the middle of work” in Hollywood, he said; but Hollywood. There, Father others are driven by power, money Raymond and his staff of 11 full- and the desire to be “edgy” in time employees have produced order to impress their peers with The Novena to The Divine Mercy films like the documentary “The how low they can go. On Good Friday, 1937, Jesus requested that St. Faustina make a special novena before Fifth Gospel: The Land and Sea of Film is a powerful influence in the Feast of Mercy, from Good Friday through the following Saturday. He, Himself, Galilee” and biographies like shaping culture around the world, dictated the intentions for each day. By means of a specific prayer she was to bring to “God, Country, Notre Dame: The he continued, telling of his surprise His heart a different group of souls each day and thus immerse them in the ocean of Story of Father Ted Hesburgh, at seeing Polish, Italian and South CSC.” His mercy, begging the Father - on the strength of Jesus’ passion - for graces for them. American youth in Rome for (See diary of St. Faustina, 1209) The company also oversees World Youth Day 2000 singing production of the Voz Latina probably the only thing in English Prayers for the Novena Spanish radio series and distributes they all knew: “Singing in the (Diary, 1209-1229) the Family Theater Classic Radio Rain,” from the American movie. The novena and chaplet is said on the rosary. series created by Father Peyton It’s important not to condemn Begin with the three beads each day your intentions with the soul is read. and starring Hollywood greats like Hollywood and the film industry It is greatly recommended that the following novena intentions and prayers be said Bing Crosby. And the company outright, Father Raymond said, but together with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, since Our Lord specifically asked for a novena of Chaplets, especially before the Feast of Mercy. 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Visitor; Amy Welborn, “De- FaithFest 2006 to be held Coding DaVinci” author; Tom Saturday, April 22, at Didier, Fort Wayne councilman; Michele Addino-Colchin, singer- Marian High School songwriter; and Bruce MISHAWAKA — FaithFest, the Summerfield, religious artist. ROUND THE IOCESE National guests included annual Catholic Youth Rally led A D by teenage members of the Patrick Madrid, Dr. Ray Guarendi, Diocesan Youth Council and Sister Ann Shields, John sponsored by the Office of Youth Martignoni, Stephanie Wood and Ministry of the Diocese of Fort Matt Pinto. Wayne-South Bend, will be held SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE SPONSORS HOME RENOVATION Father Gurtner remarked that Saturday, April 22, at Marian High since Redeemer Radio’s come on School, Mishawaka. FaithFest the air, it’s all he listens to. 2006 begins at noon, and it will be “Everyone I’ve talked to just loves celebrating its 12th consecutive it.” And Msgr. Lester noted that a year. great thing has started at Featuring recording artist and Redeemer Radio, calling it a comedian Jesse Manibusan, the “great cause.” event includes Mass with Bishop Also as a part of Sharathon, John D’Arcy presiding, the sacra- local Catholic-owned businesses ment of reconciliation, dinner, donated their products or services, workshops, alternative prayer which were offered on the air as experiences and more. The cost is incentives for giving. Local $25 per person if pre-registered by Catholic groups, such as the April 9, $30 at the door. Knights of Columbus, worked the For more information or to reg- phones and processed pledges ister, call (260) 422-4611, ext. from listeners. 3348, or go the Web site: www.diocesefwsb.org/Faithfest. Schmitt Lecture Series welcomes stem-cell St. John the Baptist Cub bioethicist Scouts earn their Catholic NOTRE DAME — The Notre religious emblems Dame Center for Ethics & Culture FORT WAYNE — A Cub Scout is will host Dr. William Hurlbut, reverent. He is reverent toward M.D., on Tuesday, April 18, at God. He is faithful in his religious 4:30 p.m. in the McKenna Hall duties and respects the convic- Auditorium tions of others in matters of cus- PROVIDED BY SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE Dr. Hurlbut, a consulting pro- fessor in the program in human tom and religion. The Cub Scouts Saint Mary’s College at Notre Dame has sponsored a home to renovate during and their families at Pack 3019, biology at Stanford University, St. John the Baptist in Fort Wayne Rebuilding Together’s Community Volunteer Day on April 8. What is special about this will discuss stem-cell research. know this. Each semester since fall 2001, Thirty-eight Cub Scouts from sponsorship is that the home assigned to Saint Mary’s happens to belong to the mother the center has sponsored a lecture Pack 3019, with the assistance of of one of the building services employees. That means Saint Mary’s students, faculty and series in honor of the generosity of their parents, leaders and Father the Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation Daryl Rybicki, recently completed staff served one of their own. to the University of Notre Dame. the requirements to earn their reli- The goal of semi-annual lectures gious emblems by completing is to bring in distinguished speak- ers from around the world, attract- activities and Bible studies geared Milligan, Ryan Norris, Joe tion of $10 is requested for the In his on-air interview, Bishop ing speakers of the highest quality, toward strengthening the spiritual Westropp, Graham Williams, workshop, which includes a conti- John M. 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The some of the emerging insights Mark Gurtner, pastor, Our Lady of Fort Wayne program of “Beyond the contributions they can make to from eco-spirituality and science FORT WAYNE — Redeemer Good Hope; Father Phil the Birds and Bees — the group or community. that will awaken participants to Radio, Catholic Radio 1450 AM, Widmann, pastor, St. Mary and St. Understanding the Language of The following are Scouts who the awesome wonder of the planet has completed its first on-air Peter; Father Joe Rulli, pastor, St. the Body” will be Sunday, April received their religious medal- and teach them how to walk rever- appeal, held March 29-31. A total Therese; Sister Jane Carew, direc- 23, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the parish lions, presented by Father Daryl ently on the earth. of $80,000 was raised toward the tor, Diocesan Office of center at St. Mary Church. Please Rybicki, on Scout Sunday, Feb. The workshop presenter, Sister station’s operating expenses. 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product to local village shopkeep- teach religious and academic edu- ple. They are so kind, so nice. BY DENISE FEDOROW ers. cation. “I met a couple of (religious) “It’s really incredible to see the Safi attended school for 12 sisters who told me they cried for GOSHEN — Their main message results and response — the shop- years and higher education for my country and people,” she said. was that Afghanistan needs contin- keepers have been extremely sup- three years. When the Taliban took “They said, ‘People here worry ued support from United States portive of the program,” McNeil over in her second year and closed about you.’ That made me feel so government and individuals — said. the schools, she went to them to good.” much is being done, but so much She said local villagers have negotiate, and they refused. She Safi said the Afghanistan peo- more is needed. Carrying that mes- started to bring produce into the went to Pakistan to obtain her ple appreciate help from the sage were Melody McNeil and centers asking the women to make teaching certificate, returned to United States and desperately need Huma Safi from Catholic Relief the tomato paste for them. The Kabul and started an underground that help. Services (CRS), Afghanistan, who women told her, “Everyone is so school. She began with five stu- She appreciated how relief spoke at St. John the Evangelist proud of us they got together and dents and grew to 180 women and workers like McNeil respect her Church in Goshen on March 29. brought us presents.” children ages 5 to 35. The schools culture. “Respect gets respect,” she The program was sponsored by Safi works in the CRS office in are segregated by gender in said. Notre Dame’s Center for Social Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, Afghanistan. McNeil said it was all about Concerns. working mainly with education Establishing self-help groups showing solidarity, and their final McNeil, originally from issues. She said Afghanistan for women is also a growing area. message was this, “Working on Michigan, said Afghanistan is the women are important contributors Encouraging a higher level of solidarity alongside the people of sixth poorest country in the world. to the household working on car- social participation and having the Afghanistan, we see how much She and her husband have been pet weaving, orchard production, women decide what is most need- more similar we are than different. living in Afghanistan for two livestock maintenance and tailor- ed to improve their areas. We are one human family who years. McNeil works mainly in deserve a safer world filled with western Afghanistan, spending 50 different opportunities and a percent of her time in Herat, a brighter secure future for our chil- major agricultural area, and the “They said, ‘People here worry about you.’ dren.” rest in a nearby mountainous area. The two women are traveling McNeil said when the U.S. the Midwest and Northeast on a removed the Taliban regime, the That made me feel so good.” speaking tour to heighten aware- Islam Republic of Afghanistan ness of U.S. Catholics about held elections in 2004 and 2005. HUMA SAFI, CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES Afghanistan based on the positive “The general sense of the insights and experiences of CRS DENISE FEDOROW Afghan people is that they went workers. Bill Purcell, associate Huma Safi, an Afghanistan native pretty well,” she said. “So much of director of Catholic Social working with Catholic Relief the country is remote, so the gov- Services, who accompanied the Services in Kabul, Afghanistan, ernment is not far-reaching, not ing. Safi said there were 2,700 During a question-and-answer women, explained that Catholic speaks to an audience at St. John able to effectively reach the people women who had no access to edu- segment, McNeil was asked if she Relief Services was started during the Evangelist Church, Goshen, at this point.” cation until CRS built the schools felt safe. She replied, “I feel very World War II when U.S. Catholic about what the conditions are McNeil said there are two main they now attend. safe where I am. When you work bishops and bishops worldwide like in her country and how much CRS offices in Afghanistan and According to the relief workers, very closely with communities, wanted to find a way to help the Afghanistan people appreci- five field offices with 160 staff in remote places where education you become friends, like family. refugees from the war-torn coun- members, 150 of whom are is not highly valued, teaching liter- I’ve never felt anything but wel- tries. CRS is now involved in proj- ate the support received from the Afghanistan natives. acy and numeracy through an comed and loved in Afghanistan.” ects in 99 countries. United States. Some of the projects McNeil is income-generating program works She said the Christian workers working on are agri-enterprise sup- best. Safi said some of the con- do not proselytize — the govern- port programs, which offer support straints to education in ment is not interested in that, so to small and medium farmers. Afghanistan, besides the 24-year they do not do so — their function CRS is also helping build green- war and the Taliban, are a lack of is to practice Catholic social teach- AFGHANISTAN AT A GLANCE: houses and collection centers and qualified teachers, distance ing. People are aware they are teaching the people to grow new between home and school (some Catholic and are very tolerant. • Afghanistan was a battlefield between Britain and Russia in the 18th crops like Chinese garlic and saf- children have to walk one to two McNeil said a Jesuit priest and and 19th centuries and again during the Cold War. fron. McNeil said greenhouses are hours to attend school) and cultur- brother travel to Herat on occa- vital to the Afghan people because, al constraints. sion, and she’s able to attend Mass in winter, the cost of importing “Some don’t feel secure send- in a home. Most Christians in • Population of 27 million according to 2003 estimate. fruit and vegetables is 10 times ing their children to school and, in Afghanistan attend church in their more. She said the idea of green- remote areas, don’t believe it’s homes. • Fifty percent of population has chronic malnutrition. houses has been well received. necessary,” Safi explained. Safi was asked what was the “Afghans are real nationalistic Catholic Relief Services estab- mood of the people in Afghanistan • Literacy rate is 43 percent males, 14 percent females. about what they eat,” she said. lished 28 early childhood develop- and did they realize how desperate A lot of the work CRS does in ment centers (called play groups they appeared to the world? She • Only 23 percent of people have access to safe drinking water. Afghanistan is focused on women. by locals) and the idea for them said, “There are a lot of problems “When we decided to focus on came from the Afghan women in but they are very happy now we • There are 6,400 schools for boys and 1,357 schools for girls in the entire women, we were not sure it would the villages. The centers help pre- have peace in our country. They work. Organizing the women and pare children for school and pro- have hope for the future of country. Thirty percent of boys attend school, 15 percent of girls attend getting access to them was diffi- mote the value of education. Afghanistan.” school. Only 2,646 of those 7,757 schools have actual buildings. cult,” McNeil said. Formal Islamic education typi- After the presentation, Safi was Currently, there are 80 women cally begins when children are old asked how she felt about her first in four food-processing centers enough to read the Qur’an in a visit to the U.S. “Before I came, I where they are taught to make jam local mosque. Madrassas are for- was a little worried. ... What I love and tomato sauce and market the mal educational institutes that so much about the U.S. is the peo- First Communion Gifts to Remember Catholic Charities •Mass Books •Rosaries WIN $25,000! •Communion Sets •Ties•Veils •Candles 2nd Prize $5,000 • 3-7th Prizes $1,000 • 8-12th Prizes $500 We also have a complete selection of party goods including invitations and thank you cards, table covers, napkins, To purchase a ticket by phone, or to ask any questions, please call: plates, cups, banners, gift bags and wrap - everything you CATHOLIC CHARITIES need to make your celebration a memorable experience! 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take to view lay ministry within Pope Benedict drops the church — a necessary support tradition of Holy for strong lay apostolate toward the world — as somehow under- Thursday letter to priests mining lay apostolate, he said. Cardinal Dulles, the Laurence J. VATICAN CITY (CNS) — EWS RIEFS N B McGinley professor of religion Dropping a tradition of his prede- and society at Jesuit-run Fordham cessor, Pope Benedict XVI is not University, spoke about “The issuing a letter to the world’s Mission of the Laity” in his spring priests on Holy Thursday, a YOUNG WOMAN PRESENTS BIRTHDAY CAKE TO POPE McGinley lecture at the universi- Vatican spokesman said. Father ty. Ciro Benedettini, assistant direc- tor of the Vatican press office, said April 6 that no papal letter would Cleveland bishop’s be released this year. He did not say why the pope had decided to retirement accepted; discontinue the practice. In 1979, Boston auxiliary is a few months after his election, Pope John Paul II began writing successor the Holy Thursday letter as a sign of his special concern for the WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope priesthood and the burdens of pas- Benedict XVI has accepted the toral ministry. Over the years, the retirement of Bishop Anthony M. letters covered such topics as Pilla of Cleveland and appointed priestly vocations, morale among Auxiliary Bishop Richard G. the clergy, spirituality and priestly Lennon of Boston as his succes- celibacy. The pope’s last letter to sor. Archbishop Pietro Sambi, priests focused on the importance apostolic nuncio to the United of the Eucharist; he signed it three States, made the announcement in weeks before his death in April Washington April 4. Bishop 2005. Lennon’s installation is to take place May 15 at Cleveland’s Cathedral of St. John the Send-off of pilgrim cross Evangelist. In what was then the National (now U.S.) Conference opens countdown to CNS PHOTO/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Pilla World Youth Day 2008 served as treasurer 1990-92, vice A young woman presents a birthday cake with a grand piano made of dark chocolate to president 1992-95 and president VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With Pope Benedict XVI at the end of an audience with some 5,000 university students at the 1995-98. He turned 73 last the unveiling of a logo, the hand- November and marked his 25th over of a pilgrim cross and the Vatican April 10. The pope celebrates his 79th birthday April 16. anniversary as bishop of cheers of young Australians, the Cleveland Jan. 6. In an interview Czestochowa, then on to Krakow; tion of St. Jerome at his desk. St. es it is holding or to turn them “road to Sydney” and World last December with the Catholic May 27, Wadowice, the birthplace Matthew did not fare as well: His over to Mexican authorities. Youth Day 2008 were officially Universe Bulletin, his diocesan of Pope John Paul, and the shrine image today, high above the main opened at the Vatican. Pope newspaper, he said he was looking to Christ’s passion at Kalwaria altar, is a series of chromatic Benedict XVI sent the World forward to retirement because Zebrzydowska, 30 miles outside stains against a white background. Pope Paul VI’s personal Youth Day cross on a two-year after 25 years “it’s time for a Krakow, then returning to the city “We preserved a relic of this trip across Africa and Oceania secretary dies at 82 in change.” Bishop Lennon, 59, has for the night; May 28, Auschwitz, major work by (Giovanni) after a Palm Sunday liturgy April been an auxiliary bishop of then returning to Krakow for the Cimabue, but not the work itself,” Milan, Italy 9. Accepting it were young Boston since 2001. He was apos- flight back to Rome. Giuseppe Basile, who oversaw the Australians, eager for the spiritual tolic administrator of the archdio- restoration project, told a press VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope spotlight that will soon begin to cese for a turbulent seven months conference in Assisi April 5. Paul VI’s longtime personal secre- swing across their country. With from December 2002 to July 2003 Josephinum professor When the vault section fell in tary, Archbishop Pasquale Australian flags unfurled, the after Cardinal Bernard F. Law September 1997, four people Macchi, died April 5 at the age of young people indulged in some joins staff of Institute for resigned as archbishop in the below were killed. Cimabue’s 82 in Milan, Italy, after being hos- lively celebration after the liturgy midst of Boston’s crisis over cler- Priestly Formation fresco of St. Matthew exploded pitalized for kidney failure. Pope in St. Peter’s Square. “That was gy sexual abuse of minors. into more than 120,000 pieces, Benedict XVI recalled “the deep the spirit of Sydney on display,” OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) — Deacon spirituality and generous episco- Morris Iemma, premier of the many of them smaller than a fin- James Keating, associate profes- gernail. pal dedication” that marked the Australian state New South Wales, sor of moral and spiritual theology life of the prelate. The pope Institute aims to build remarked at a press conference at the Pontifical College lamented the loss of this “good, evangelical movement afterward. He predicted that Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. cardinal supports faithful servant” of God in a young people would find Sydney has joined the staff of the Institute telegram to Cardinal Dionigi within Catholic Church “the friendliest city and the most for Priestly Formation in Omaha. new probe into Mexican Tettamanzi of Milan. The Vatican MADISON, Wis. (CNS) — To be welcoming city” in the world. Beginning July 1, he will be released a copy of the telegram cardinal’s 1993 killing truly evangelical, Catholics have Pope Benedict XVI gave the developing and directing pro- April 6. Cardinal Tettamanzi, who to “know and love the church,” organizers a morale boost when he grams for seminary personnel at WASHINGTON (CNS) — The was to preside over the April 8 Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of told pilgrims, “See you in Sydney, the institute, located at Creighton 1993 murder of a Mexican cardi- funeral Mass, said he would Milwaukee told a gathering of col- God willing.” When Australia was University. Father Richard nal was drug-related, warranting a always remember Archbishop lege students, priests, seminarians announced last year as the venue Gabuzda, director of the institute, reopening of the investigation by Macchi’s great sense of friendship and parish leaders from around the for the next international gather- said Deacon Keating’s “outstand- Mexican authorities, said and generosity. He was an country. “It ain’t always easy to ing, there was doubt about ing academic credentials and his Washington Cardinal Theodore E. extremely loyal secretary to Pope love the church,” he said, men- whether the pope would make the years of seminary experience will McCarrick at a congressional Paul and spent years preserving tioning the clergy sexual abuse trip. enable him to be of great assis- hearing. He also asked the U.S. the memory and image of the late scandal. “But we embrace the tance to seminary personnel.” government, which is holding sev- pope, the cardinal said in an inter- church in its messiness.” Ordained a deacon for the Diocese eral Mexican suspects and wit- view with the Italian Catholic Archbishop Dolan gave the open- Vatican confirms pope’s of Columbus in 2001, Deacon nesses in the case, to aid Mexican newspaper Avvenire April 6. ing keynote talk March 31 at the Keating has been on the faculty at authorities in the investigation. visit to Poland in May Evangelical Catholic Institute, the Josephinum since 1993. Cardinal Juan Posadas Ocampo of aimed at building the evangelical VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Guadalajara, Mexico, was “a mar- Cardinal Dulles affirms movement within the Catholic Vatican confirmed Pope Benedict tyr in the war against drugs,” said lay mission in church, Church. The two-day institute was XVI will visit Poland May 25-28, Last fresco fragments Cardinal McCarrick April 6 in tes- held at St. Paul’s University and the trip will include Pope John timony before the House world restored in Assisi basilica Catholic Center on the University Paul II’s hometown and the for- Subcommittee on Africa, Global of Wisconsin-Madison campus. mer Nazi death camp at ASSISI, Italy (CNS) — Restorers Human Rights and International NEW YORK (CNS) — “We gotta face it: The world hates Auschwitz. Formally announcing have replaced the last fresco frag- Operations. The initial Mexican Laypeople are called to serve the our guts,” Archbishop Dolan said. the trip April 8, the Vatican said ments in the Basilica of St. ruling that Cardinal Posadas was church’s mission, both by ministry “The world will hate us because the pope would spend one night in Francis in Assisi, more than eight accidentally killed in a crossfire within the church and by aposto- they hated Jesus Christ first.” But Warsaw, Poland’s capital, and two years after an earthquake sent between rival drug gangs was “a late to the world, U.S. Cardinal he called on Catholics to return nights in Krakow, the city where parts of the ceiling crashing to the travesty of justice,” said the U.S. Avery Dulles said in a lecture that hate with love. “Love is the Pope John Paul had served as floor. With the aid of computer cardinal. The House subcommit- March 29. While some Catholics essence of evangelical archbishop. While a detailed itin- technology, experts were able to tee has been pressuring the U.S. would like to restrict the use of Catholicism,” he said. “We cele- erary was not released, the Vatican recompose most of the damaged Justice Department to explain “ministry” to what the ordained brate the love that God has for us listed the places the pope would images — including an archway why it does not want to allow do, Scripture, tradition and official and the love that we return to one visit each day: May 25, Rome to with Sts. Francis and Clare, and a Mexican authorities to question church documents make the use of another.” Warsaw; May 26, the shrine of rib vault decorated with a depic- the Mexican suspects and witness- the term much broader, the Jesuit Our Lady Jasna Gora in theologian said. It is also a mis- APRIL 16, 2006 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 9 THE INCREDIBLE EASTER EGG

It’s been called nature’s perfect couple of Polish BY KRISTI R. WARD package — containing everything legends. The first needed for new life. Some smart one tells of our love Easter eggs, don’t you? guy who lived a long time ago Blessed Mother Everything about them is spe- noticed the earth blossomed with giving eggs to Icial — from the smudged mas- new life after the long, cold winter the soldiers at terpieces dyed by little children to — and the egg also mysteriously the foot of the the jeweled eggs created by gold- produced new life where there cross. She wept smith Peter Carl Faberge. seemed to be no life before. This as she begged And yes, the edible ones are observation led pagan people to them not to be favorites of mine, too — spun believe the egg had special pow- so cruel and her sugar delicacies or scrumptious ers. tears fell on the peanut-butter chocolate creations And so eggs were buried under- eggs, leaving Today, (one of my weaknesses), and even neath houses to scare off evil spots of dazzling we eat the plastic egg-shaped containers (although the scent of decaying color. eggs with their tasty goodies hidden “magic” might have had some- In the second during inside. thing to do with it). Pregnant legend, Mary Lent, but But have you ever wondered Roman women thought carrying Magdalene went to we still cel- why it’s an Easter “egg”? I mean, an egg around with them would the tomb carrying a ebrate Easter if history had taken a wrong turn, foretell the sex of their child, and basket of eggs to eat with candy would we be hunting Easter rocks? French brides crushed an egg as during breaks while eggs — in Would we be carefully dipping they stepped into their new home. anointing Jesus’ body. Scotland they even turnips into colorful dyes or rolling Then along came our ancestors, When she arrived at the deep-fry chocolate raccoons down the White House the early Christians. They bor- tomb, she uncovered the basket eggs — and by using lawn? rowed the egg from the pagan rite- to see the previously white eggs eggs in special Easter And how did a simple bird’s of-spring festivals and gave the sparkling with all the colors of the foods like hornazo, a tradition- egg become one of the most whole thing a drastic makeover — rainbow. ly al Spanish dish. beloved symbols of our Easter sea- instead of symbolizing the rebirth Today, eggs are decorated in decorat- Whether you eat them or dye son anyway? If you’ll pardon the of the earth, the Christian egg traditions from all over the world. ed pysanki eggs are masterpieces them, or simply prefer to admire puns, “scramble” with me to find came to symbolize the rebirth of In Greece, they’re dyed crimson to of skill and workmanship. their beauty, Easter eggs in all their some “eggs-citing” answers as we the human race as a result of honor the blood of Christ. Austrian Eggs also used to be a no-no forms are an incredible reminder “crack open” the mystery of the Christ’s sacrifice. And so the artists fasten tiny plants and ferns during Lent (they were considered of the tomb of Christ — and his Easter egg and get to the “yolk” of Easter egg was born. around their eggs and boil them to meat), and Easter celebrations gift of new life for all of us. the matter. And the reason we dye our leave a lacy, delicate pattern. And found ways to use all the eggs, Alleluia! Let’s start with the egg itself. Easter eggs? That brings us to a the Polish and Ukrainian intricate- which had been sorely missed.

ST. DOMINIC SPONSORED EGG HUNT ST. MATTHEW’S YOUNG VINCENTIANS FILL BASKETS

CATHERINE KNABENSHUE The Young Vincentians of St. Matthew School, grades 3 through 8, MICHELLE DONAGHEY Though the weather wasn’t as warm as they would have liked, St. worked together to compile Easter baskets, which will be given to needy Dominic Church, Bremen, egg hunt participants, from left, Magali families with food baskets this Easter season. The students brought in Garcia, 8, Selena Andrade, 8, and Gabby Buck, 9, sit together looking over candy and used money from fundraising to buy the baskets and toys. each other’s baskets. The hunt was sponsored by Religious Education and They made baskets for toddlers through preadolescents. This is the third was held with the help of the Adult Religious Education group. year the Young Vincentians have been making baskets. 10 EASTER APRIL 16, 2006 Artist instructs St. Pius parishioners how to decorate their own Easter candles

BY JENNIFER OCHSTEIN into the church. She said she’s to inlay the paint into the grooves Then she instructs students to rub be baptized on Easter. made by the razor blade on the the tracing paper on to the candle surface of the candle. GRANGER — Adam Redjinski, to imprint the image from the an artist from Boston, recently paper onto the candle. visited with parishioners at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Granger to teach them how to decorate their own Easter and baptismal candles.

Karen King carefully begins to carve out a groove in her Easter candle with a razor blade.

Father Dan Scheidt stands next to A close up shot of the Noah scene the Easter candle that Redjinski on the Easter candle Redjinski Next, Redjinski shows students carved for St. Pius. made for St. Pius X Catholic how to take a razor blade and Church. Father Scheidt indicated trace around the pattern that has that it took Redjinski 40 to 50 been imprinted onto the candle hours to carve and decorate the with the tracing paper. She tells candle. students that once they have their PHOTOS BY JENNIFER OCHSTEIN outline, students should use the Redjinski explains to her students razor blade to make a groove in as they gather around her for the wax. As the excess wax is instruction that the first thing shaved away from the grove, she they’ll need to make the candles is explains, the pattern will become a pattern. Redjinski, who has been clearer and clearer. making the candles for about 40 years, provided patterns that she herself had made over the years. Redjinski readies acrylic paint to Redjinski explains to students that paint the Easter Candle. Once the after choosing a pattern they will patterns are carved into the can- need to trace an outline of the dle, the grooves are painted. pattern onto tracing paper.

Redjinski wipes excess paint from the candle she demonstrated for students. She tells students not to be discouraged if their painting and carving isn’t what they hoped it would be. She explained they were working with very small pat- terns. A closer look at the pattern of the Easter candle that Redjinski carved Brynne Weaver places tracing for St. Pius. Father Scheidt paper around her candle. Weaver’s explained that the theme of the candle is to be used as a baptismal candle is water, beginning with candle for her upcoming baptism Noah’s Ark and ending at the bot- tom with a depiction of water Divine Mercy flowing through the Temple in With a small brush, she showed Jerusalem. GIFTS students how to use the brush to •First Communion Bognar-Young •Cherished Memories Landscape Nursery, Corp. •An exclusive collection VISIT OUR COMPLETE LAWN & GARDEN CENTER of hand selected gifts “Personalized Landscape Beauty” ROSARIES - BIBLES •Creative design Sherie Wilcox, begins painting the VEILS - TIES - JEWELRY candle she will use during her baptism on Easter. She said of her 320 Dixie Way North and planting baptism: “It’s been a long journey. “HELP FOR DO-IT-YOURSELFERS” I’m looking forward to being able (574) 277-1400 to be a part of the whole Mass” Stop in or call 16839 Douglas Road after becoming an official member 1/2 mile north of Notre Dame on State Road 933 272-2552 Mishawaka of the church. APRIL 16, 2006 GARDENING 11 Diocesan employees garden with spirit

BY KAY COZAD something in me that must create. It takes time and energy, but since this is my passion and ‘ground- FORT WAYNE — As the winds ing,’ I enjoy every moment I can blow warm and the sunshine ‘go out and play.’ For me it’s returns again following the gentle never work ... and as we often tell rains, tiny shoots of color begin folks, it’s cheaper than therapy.” to dot the landscape. One cannot Joe Ryan, chief financial offi- fail to notice spring has arrived. cer of the Business Office of the Some gardeners among us have diocese, was raised on a 120-acre already been at work welcoming farm as a child and also says gar- this season of growth. dening for him is “very therapeu- Tim Johnson, editor of Today’s tic.” Catholic, is an avid vegetable “You may have a bad day at gardener. He and wife Rose, and work and come home and garden their three-year-old daughter for a while, and things don’t seem Heather, have lived in their rural so bad,” says Ryan. Wife Gail home on two acres of land since and four children, ranging from 2002. Johnson recalls gardening eighth grade to kindergarten, as a young child with parents and work along side Ryan to plant, grandparents alike, though not all nurture, harvest and can the likes memories are pleasant. “I didn’t of peas, potatoes, onions, corn, like picking beans or weeding. I beans and pumpkins, among was more interested in academic other vegetables each year. pursuits. But as I got older, I They live on a five-acre home- helped plant and till.” stead that has plenty of room for Currently, Johnson finds a the large garden area that is sense of joy in gardening. What shared with the pigs they raise. began as a small vegetable garden Ryan works together with his soon expanded to include pump- family to grow God’s bounty and kins, watermelons, zucchini and says, “There is nothing tastier much more. “We like to try new than to pick a ripe tomato from things each year. I like to grow the garden to have for supper.” what my grandpa grew, like pota- So for these four diocesan toes. Rose is interested in the employees and their families gar- flower gardens.” dening not only brings a bounty Working in the dirt connects of fruits for their labor, it nourish- him to the earth, says Johnson, es their spirits and brings a bal- who hopes as his daughter helps ance to their lives. They all agree PROVIDED BY DONNA MACINO she will develop that connection that gardening grounds them, so as well. He refers to the freshly Donna Macino, associate-director of the Office of Catechesis, showcases her flower garden with the garden it seems as they tend their gar- tilled garden as analogous to the shed, built by her husband, in the background. dens, they also tend their souls. soul after baptism. “It’s a clean slate, ready to be planted. It’s up to you to develop and nourish the garden month by month to create “Gardening is a wonderful growth. The seeds planted are the growth and beauty almost all year analogy to everyday life. gifts given by God to share with round. She takes particular pleas- Sometimes it’s frustrating, like the world.” ure in starting her plants from life. Sometimes things are not So as the Johnsons grow veg- seeds right in her own kitchen, under your control, just like life,” etables that their family especial- where florescent lights coax ger- says Macino. ly enjoys: beans, peas and mination of over 60 seedlings. As Macino speaks of her cucumbers, they also orchids and poppies, the revel in sharing their delight on her face is evi- produce with others. dence of the meaning gar- “We look at the produce dening holds for her, “It is as a gift from God. a rooting in faith, hope, That’s why we share possibilities and co-cre- them with others,” says ation. As in Ecclesiastes, Johnson. there is a time for every- Donna Macino, asso- thing.” ciate director of the Linda Furge, director of Office of Catechesis, the Office of Campus and wholeheartedly agrees, Young Adult Ministry, saying, “Nothing goes finds peace and content- to waste. We share food ment wandering around and plants with other her orchards and flower friends who garden.” ROSE JOHNSON gardens. Gardening, she Macino and her husband Heather Johnson, then 2, admires the zinnias grown says, has always been a Jim have cultivated 15 last summer in the flower garden at the Johnson part of her life. Like acres since the early home in rural Allen County. Rose and Tim Johnson Macino, what began as a 1980s. Transplants from enjoy gardening, an interest they hope to pass along large produce garden tend- the Chicago area, the to their daughter. ed by her husband Bill and Macinos considered four children, over the moving to the country a years has “morphed into big step. When their ever-expanding landscape three children were young, they Awaiting the sprouts teaches her and flower beds.” And like micro farmed 10 acres but had a patience, she says with a grin. Macino, Furge enjoys plants that family produce garden with There is a spiritual slant to are unusual or different. Currently “crooked rows.” As the children gardening for this woman, who she grows roses, dahlias, orchids grew up and moved away, they rises at 5 a.m. to tend her flowers and cactuses and is attempting to rented the farm out for sod and before she goes to work. “The graft roses and clone an aging eventually planted trees to pro- very act of gardening brings you pear tree. duce a wooded area. to your knees immediately. You She finds that it is in garden- “Our land has grown with us are co-creator with God,” she ing, with the turning of the soil, as we’ve grown older,” says muses, adding that prayer and planting, battling bugs and dis- Macino. In recent years, though gardening go hand in hand for ease and harvesting that she she continues to grow vegetables her. The garden is her sacred remembers “what is real and like beans, corn and zucchini, space as she feels grounded in the good in our wonderful God-creat- PROVIDED BY LINDA FURGE Macino has developed an interest quiet of nature. But she knows ed world.” When asked why she The garden nurtured by Linda Furge has taken on a natural look as it in exotic flowers and works in the that gardening is not always easy. gardens, she explains, “I have works to blend into the accompanying wooded area. 12 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC APRIL 16, 2006

EDITORIAL Church as garden — a reflection COMMENTARY

“We are not on earth to guard a museum, but to cultivate a flour- TODAY’S CATHOLIC welcomes letters from readers. All letters must be signed and include a phone number and address for verification. ishing garden of 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, These words, spoken by Pope John XXIII, represent one of the IN • 46856-1169 or e-mail to: [email protected] metaphors he drew upon to explain his reasoning for calling the Second Vatican Council. Now over 40 years into that new era of tions to be supernatural and worthy Immaculate Heart of Mary. the church’s life, this notion of “church as garden” is still worth Spiritual director of belief by the faithful. • May 13, 1991 — Pope John exploring, especially in the springtime and at the beginning of the • Oct. 31, 1942 — Pope Pius XII Paul II again goes to Fatima to Easter season. offers some facts consecrates the world to the thank Our Lady and puts the bullet The church is a garden, not a museum. That immediately begs Immaculate Heart of Mary. Later in that almost killed him in the crown some comparisons. What makes a garden so different from a about Fatima and 1944, the same pope institutes the feast of the statue of Our Lady at Fatima. museum? of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. • May 13, 2000 — Pope John The first difference is right there in the quote: life. The church, Medjugorje • Oct. 31, 1951 — The holy year Paul II went to Fatima to beatify like a garden, is in the world to cultivate faith that is alive, ever The ad for Medjugorje on page is closed at Fatima instead of Rome, Francisco and Jacinta. The only trip 14 of the March 12, 2006, edition of as requested by Pius XII. the pope made outside of Italy, growing, ever changing, living quite literally in this world and • Dec. 13, 1962 — Pope John except for four biblical countries, in always needing nourishment. Today’s Catholic may cause some confusion with the picture of Our XXIII institutes the feast of Our the year 2000. Another difference is in structure. A museum catalogues every Lady of Fatima at the top of the Lady of the Rosary in honor of Our • May 13, 2004 — For the first last detail of what it contains, housing its treasures in cases and in advertisement. It would seem to say Lady of Fatima. The designated time, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima designated areas beyond the reach and touch of the viewing pub- that Our Lady of Fatima endorses feast day is May 13. was on our church calendars. lic. A garden, while also possessing structure, methodology and Medjugorje. I have not heard that • May 13, 1967 — Pope Paul VI Medjugorje guidelines, is far more hands-on, requiring the gardener to roll up said by anyone before. visits Fatima on the golden jubilee • Alleged apparitions began in her sleeves, get her hands dirty and interact directly in the open The following are some facts of the apparitions. He calls for a 1982 to six Catholic children, ages air. about Fatima and Medjugorje. renewed consecration to the 10-16, on a hillside in Medjugorje. Which brings up another major difference: air. A museum is Fatima: Immaculate Heart of Mary. As of this date, April 7, 2006, the • May 13, 1917 — First of six • May 13, 1981 — Pope John Catholic Church has not yet stated closed off from the outside world, its climate strictly controlled to Paul II is shot and could have died that Our Lady has truly appeared at protect the exhibits and artifacts. A garden is out in the open. appearances by Our Lady of Fatima to Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco. except that the bullet that entered Medjugorje, has not endorsed the 24 Fresh air flows all around the place. Bugs buzz. Rain falls. • Oct. 13, 1917 — At Fatima, the his body turned sideways and left years of continuing messages. Certainly there are dangers in being exposed to the elements, but sun went out of its orbit before his body without killing him. Is it the same Lady of the elements (i.e rain) are also essential to the new life being cul- 70,000 people for 10 minutes — • May 13, 1982 — Pope John Medjugorje as at Fatima? Maybe tivated. something never heard of before or Paul II goes to Fatima to publicly and maybe not. We are still waiting Museum artifacts never encounter the elements, but not only since in the history of the world. thank Our Lady for sparing his life. the Catholic Church’s approval, if do the elements help nourish a garden, they strengthen it. For • Oct. 13, 1930 — During the • March 25, 1984 — Pope John there is to be an approval. instance, a gardener growing flowers will deliberately expose pontificate of Pius XI, the bishop of Paul II, along with all the bishops Father Adam Schmitt Leiria Diocese, where Fatima is and priests of the world, consecrates Spiritual director, Fort Wayne- them to wind and other elements so that they develop more sturdy Russia and the entire world to the stems that do not immediately flop over at the first breeze. The located, declares the Fatima appari- South Bend Fatima Apostolate parallels to faith are powerful. Also, while a museum has the advantage in an unchanging cli- mate, a garden, very much like the church, must regularly weather periods of time during which the conditions of the outside world Some remarks on the so-called are not conducive to the growth of faith — a winter. It is during these times that the church must draw on its abundant spiritual ‘Gospel of Judas’ harvest from the season before and look ahead with hope to the ments, and taught that Jesus had there was indeed considerable next springtime. BY FATHER MICHAEL HEINTZ Demeanor is another factor that delineates a garden from a imparted special, hidden knowl- diversity among early Christians, museum. While both require reverence (a museum — a hushed edge — the Greek word for there nonetheless arose among reverence for the history around you; a garden — an intense, con- ou have probably heard or knowledge, “gnosis,” is the source them a “mainstream” group — to nected to creation reverence), one approaches a museum in a read in the news of a of their name — to one or more of use an anachronistic term — rec- reserved manner, intently taking in the history on display, a gar- Yrecently discovered his disciples and accessible only to ognizable even to its opponents den requires passion, manual labor, patience and an almost manuscript — timed to appear a few. Possession of this secret and critics. Celsus, a harsh pagan with no small irony at the begin- teaching was considered by them critic of the Christians (writing c. parental sense of love and responsibility. ning of Holy Week — called the essential to salvation. 180, at almost the same time that Another difference is relevance. A museum’s value lies in the “Gospel of Judas,” which purports What do we know about the so- the Gospel of Judas was being historical significance of the artifacts it contains, but in and of to record conversations between called Gospel of Judas? First, it is composed), recognized even themselves, these items serve little or no purpose today. A garden, Jesus and Judas and portrays Judas a papyrus manuscript discovered among the various groups claim- on the other hand, is not about the past, but is about planning and sympathetically as the disciple in Egypt. The warm, dry condi- ing the name “Christian” a group actively executing; its produce a growing, living entity with plen- closest to Jesus. tions in the middle east contribute standing over and above the rest ty of purpose in the present and future. In fact, the bulk of the docu- to the longevity of papyrus. It is and to whom other groups, like the And speaking of the future, a museum remains fairly static for ment is comprised of astrological written in Coptic, an ancient lan- gnostics, were lesser competitors; all time. Exhibits can be rotated out of storage or brought in from speculation and contains only a guage of Egypt, likely a translation he referred to this mainstream private collections, but little more than that changes. A garden very limited amount of dialogue. of a Greek original. group as the “Great Church.” exists to be creatively reimagined and reseeded, its abundance Because of the media interest in From what we can derive from It is difficult to imagine, in a passed down from one season to the next. this discovery, several things the narrative of this text, Judas is pre-Constantinian Empire (where Finally, the service each provides differs. A museum offers a should be made clear to Catholics. praised by Christ precisely for Christianity is still at best suspect window into the past, providing highly valuable perspective on First, as a matter of history, the arranging his demise and thus lib- and at worst illegal), how the lead- the direction of the human story, offering rich details and insights document is quite late by biblical erating him from bodily existence. ers of the church could amass any about every step of the journey. A garden, on the other hand, can standards — written mid-second- The document’s interest in power or leverage in suppressing provide nourishment to feed the human person and beauty to century AD, and thus probably astrology, its clearly antibody teach- these movements, since they had inspire individual and remind him of the greatness of God. some 50-60 years after the last of ing and its desire somehow to no government sanction and were In retrospect, one can easily see how the paradigm shift — the New Testament texts were “rehabilitate” Judas reveal its clear- in many ways an underground from museum to garden — very much applied to the church as it composed. ly gnostic origins, in particular with movement. underwent the reforms of Vatican II. It is still a healthy exercise Second, as a text, it is replete a group called the Cainites: they Gnosticism, far from being with gnostic concerns. The gnos- held that the material world was the “squelched” by the Catholic to remember these ideas today, although, truth be told, both muse- tics were an early group loosely product of a malevolent, lesser god Church, failed precisely, as the ums and gardens have a place in the world, and the church’s tradi- claiming the Christian name, who (whom they associated with the philosopher Eric Osborn has tion is broad and rich enough to house both of these models — held that the created world is the God of the Old Testament). The made clear, because it was intel- and others — quite comfortably. But Pope John XXIII did the result either of a divine mistake or Cainites gloried in those who stood lectually incoherent and failed to body of Christ a great service by reminding it of its potential for of the malevolence of a lesser god. up in opposition to this god (hence offer anything substantial to those refreshing beauty and limitless growth. They also held a dark view of bod- their association with Cain). who sought meaning in it. It was ily existence (seeing the body as One will read or hear in reports the Great Church, the movement “trapping” and burdening the soul about this discovery that it “opens basing itself upon the texts we which seeks liberation) and of new windows into the radical now call canonical, which tri- matter generally. They were dis- diversity among the followers of umphed, not by an exercise in missive of institutions like the Jesus,” and that “it reveals the dominance and power, but by the threefold order of bishop, priest, desire of those in power (read: rationality and persuasiveness of Today’s Catholic editorial board consists of Bishop John M. D’Arcy, deacon, were critical of sacramen- bishops) to suppress this diversi- its account of the human predica- Ann Carey, Don Clemmer, Father Mark Gurtner, Father Michael Heintz, tal worship since sacraments ty.” Such assertions are perhaps as ment and of its resolution in Tim Johnson, Vince LaBarbera and Msgr. J. William Lester. involve the use of material ele- untrue as they are dramatic. While Christ. APRIL 16, 2006 COMMENTARY 13 Does strictness lead to growth? CATEQUIZ’EM By Dominic Camplisson n 1972, Dean Kelley wrote a book called “Why At Easter we focus on the events of Good Friday and after.This quiz IConservative Churches Are looks at an earlier event integral to the paschal events, the Last Supper. Growing.” Using a combination of 1.According to Mark 14,how were the disciples to know where they would dine with theory and data, Kelley argued that RESEARCH FOR THE CHURCH Jesus? conservative Protestant groups, JAMES D. DAVIDSON a.He told them to look for a man carrying a jar of water who such as Baptists, the Assemblies of would lead them to the house. God and the Nazarenes were b.He told them to look for a sign “eats”over an all-night Matzo attracting members while liberal Protestant bodies, such as the members to set themselves apart factors that happen to correlate stand. Episcopalians, Presbyterians and from prevailing cultural norms and with strictness might be the real c.He told them to ask a man about a horse. the United Church of Christ were values increases a group’s chances reasons for the growth. declining in membership. of increasing its membership and Indeed, a number of studies 2.According to Matthew,who speaks up immediately when Jesus says one of the disci- In more recent years, a number fiscal solvency. Conversely, they have shown that, when strictness is ples will betray him? of other researchers have advanced argue, a liberal theology that reaf- considered along with a number of a.Peter b.Andrew c.Judas the same argument. Like Kelley, firms the prevailing culture attracts other possible influences, the other they contend that strictness fosters fewer people and leads to financial factors explain more of the varia- 3.What do we know about the room where Jesus ate the Last Supper? difficulties. tion in church growth. It is not that church growth. Demanding, coun- a.It was a large upper room. tercultural groups are more likely There is no question that, at conservative or demanding theolo- to attract and retain members than least in the last 50 years or so, gy is irrelevant; it seems to have at b.It was in the house of the high priest. lenient, culture-affirming groups. there has been a correlation least some impact. However, other c.It was inside the grounds of the temple. But, why? How does strictness between strictness and church factors seem to have even more foster commitment and growth? growth. It is easy to prove that effect. Let me mention two of 4.What is that room also known as? According to economist Laurence conservative groups such as the them. a.the Cenobite b.the Celibate c.the Cenacle Iannaccone, strictness strengthens Assemblies of God and Jehovah’s First, contextual factors related a church in three ways: it “raise(s) Witnesses are growing, while lib- to population growth and decline 5.Since the Last Supper was a Passover meal,what meat would have been served? overall levels of commitment,” it eral groups such as Episcopalians in the larger community or in sur- a.roast beast b.pork c.lamb “increase(s) average rates of par- and Presbyterians are losing mem- rounding neighborhoods help to ticipation,” and it “enhance(s) the bers. explain why some churches grow net benefits of membership.” But, one should not mistake and others decline. Even lenient, 6.Jesus is described as sharing these two items with his disciples: This thesis has gained consider- correlation with causation. To liberal churches in rapidly growing a.milk and honey able acceptance among Protestant show a correlation between strict- communities and neighborhoods b.wine and bread and Catholic church leaders. ness and church growth does not are likely to grow, while conserva- c.lamb and bitter herbs Embracing the strictness thesis, prove that strictness explains the tive churches in declining neigh- these leaders argue that adopting a growth. It might, but the correla- 7.The cup used at the Last Supper took on the nature of an article sought in quests in conservative theology that requires tion could be spurious, and other DAVIDSON, PAGE 14 the Middle Ages (at least in stories).What was it called? a.the cup which runneth over b.the Holy Grail Jesus is savior and lives forever c.the Mandela associate resurrection with death, God. 8.All three synoptic Gospels (Mark,Matthew and Luke) have Jesus make this point (in in that resurrection is re-vivifica- Volumes have been written slightly different words) about the wine: tion after physical death. In the about these verses from the a.He wanted it to indicate a new baptism. THE Pauline writings, resurrection Fourth Gospel. Two figures are b.He wanted his followers to follow the custom of abstinence also meant an event on earth very important. The first is Mary (Nazirite vows). SUNDAY while physical life is present. It is Magdalene. The second is the c.He would not drink it again until he is in heaven with the Father a resurrection over sin, voluntari- beloved disciple, assumed to (or the kingdom of God comes). GOSPEL ly chosen by each disciple. have been the Apostle John, St. John’s Gospel supplies the although the Gospel never identi- MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION last reading. It is the familiar fies this disciple by name. 9.John’s Gospel is different from the others in that his mention of the Last Supper does story of Mary Magdalene’s early Common between them is not include this: morning visit to the tomb where their unqualified love for Jesus. a.Condiments Jesus had been buried after being Mary of Magdala is an example b.The institution of the Eucharist Easter Sunday crucified. She found the tomb for us all, although much recently c.The description of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot empty. Immediately, she hurried centers on the fact of her gender. Jn 20:1-9. to Peter and the other disciples to She had much to lose by paying 10.Most theologians point to this other item in John as referring to the same sacra- This weekend the church cele- give them the news. attention to the corpse of a con- ment: brates the greatest of its feasts, Peter and the others took her demned traitor. The Romans a.The roasting of the herbs and provision of salt water for dipping the feast of the Resurrection of word. At once they went to the always were looking for conspir- them in the Lord, or Easter. It is the great- tomb and saw for themselves that acies, and the Romans played for est of feasts because it rejoices in it was empty. The disciple whom keeps. Yet, unknowing about b.The bread of life discourse (John 6) the fulfillment of human salva- Jesus loved also saw the tomb. what she would find, Mary went c.The referral to the “disciple that Jesus hated” tion, finalized and completed He was not bewildered. He knew to the tomb. when the Lord Jesus rose from that Jesus had risen. The beloved disciple realized 11.What instead does he have occur at the Last Supper? death to new earthly life after what had happened. The example a.Jesus washing the disciples’feet having been crucified. Reflection for us is to trust in the Lord b.Jesus curing the daughter of a centurion On Holy Saturday, after dusk, relentlessly. After all, we are lim- c.Jesus admonishing Thomas to have more faith the church presents its splendid The readings for this feast, as ited as humans. We need Jesus. liturgy of the Easter Vigil. well as the feast of Easter itself, And true commitment to Jesus 12.According to John,how does Jesus indicate who will betray him? These reflections, however, are overpowering in the richness brings wisdom and insight for focus on the readings proclaimed and depth and breadth of their living. a.He said it would be the person he kissed. in Masses during the day on message. Jesus is the savior! He b.He said it would be the person he gives a piece of food to after Easter. lives forever! dipping it. The first reading is from the In the Acts of the Apostles, it c.He said it would be the one he seats at his right hand. Acts of the Apostles. Speaking on is clear that Peter and the apostles behalf of all the apostles, Peter were exercising a role given them READINGS 13.Probably one of the most famous depictions of the Last Supper was by this Italian earlier by Jesus, a commissioning First Week of Easter gives a capsulized version of the artist: by the Lord documented in John Monday: Acts 2:14, 22-33 Ps 16:1- life and mission of Jesus. It is a.Leonardo DiCaprio more than a biography. It is a tes- and the other Gospels. Salvation 2a, 5, 7-11 Mt 28:8-15 tament of God’s love for in Jesus did not end when Jesus Tuesday: Acts 2:36-41 Ps 33:4-5, b.Leonardo Da Vinci humankind, given in Jesus, and in ascended. It lives in the apostolic 18-20, 22 Jn 20:11-18 c.Lynardo De Skynnardo the sacrifice of Jesus. It is an credentials of the church. Wednesday: Acts 3:1-10 Ps 105:1-4, invitation to people to follow the Colossians, the second read- 6-9 Lk 24:13-35 14.What is unusual about the seating arrangements in this painting? Lord. And it is a reassurance that ing, calls us clearly and firmly to a.All are reclining when they should be sitting up. turn totally to Jesus. We must Thursday: Acts 3:11-26 Ps 8:2a, 5- God is with us still in processes 9 Lk 24:35-48 b.All are seated along one side of a long table. developed by Jesus. drown our sins, and in this we too c.All are of equal height, when in reality James the Lesser was rise, even now and not only after Friday: Acts 4:1-12 Ps 118:1-2, 4, For the second reading, the shorter. church offers a passage from the physical death. Sin is living 22-27a Jn 21:1-14 Epistle to the Colossians. This death. If we do not repent, our Saturday: Acts 4:13-21 Ps 118:1, reading tells us, as it told its first sins are final. They doom us to 15-15, 16ab-21 Mk 16:9-15 ANSWERS: audience, that we have been death. Nothing good ever can 1.a, 2.c, 3.a, 4.c, 5.c, 6.b, 7.b, 8.c, 9.b, 10.b, 11.a, 12.b, 13.b, 14.b raised with Christ. We usually come from sin, from rejecting 14 COMMENTARY APRIL 16, 2006 Happiness and joy of heaven is indescribable in human terms

A friend believes we will not know any- face. The knowledge that I have the good from the wicked, and This is possible because God one in heaven whom we knew on now is imperfect; but then I shall the good go to heaven. The Book strengthens and perfects our mind earth because St.Paul says,“Eye has know as fully as I am known.” THAT’S of Revelation says the saints in by which we know and our will not seen what God has prepared for In other words, the beauty of heaven wear long white robes, by which we love. A. Winklhofer us.”Is he right?,S.C.,South Bend this world is merely a reflection A GOOD implying there are many people says, “God brings to perfection of what lies beyond the grave. in heaven. his rational creatures so that they n St. Paul’s first letter to the The human person himself is but Similarly, the church’s doc- may give him perfect adoration Corinthians, he writes: “Eye an image or likeness of God. QUESTION trine of the “communion of and honor by their love for him. Ihas not seen, ear has not St. John the Apostle, in his saints” shows the connection This love far surpasses what a heard, nor has it so much as first epistle, also says we will see between the holy people on earth, creature is capable of by himself. dawned on man what God has God. “We are God’s children the souls in purgatory and the To perfect his creature, God rais- prepared for those who love now; what we shall later be has take great joy from it ... are truly blessed in heaven. The blessed in es it by grace above itself and him.” St. Paul is saying here that not yet come to light. We know blessed and possess life and eter- heaven are basically all those bestows his own power on it for the happiness and joy of heaven that when it comes to light we nal rest.” who have died in the state of it to love him.” is indescribable in human terms. shall be like him, for we shall see The early Fathers of the grace and have made it to heaven, He mentions that many rulers in him as he is.” Church also describe heaven as even if they had to be first puri- the ancient world did not realize St. John is speaking here of union with God. St. Augustine of fied in purgatory. Among these Today’s Catholic welcomes ques- the beauty of heavenly life to the beatific vision, namely the Hippo (d. A.D. 430) writes: “You blessed can be many of our fami- tions from readers to pose to which people are called. St. vision that makes us happy when have made us for yourself, and ly, friends and acquaintances Father Richard Hire, Father Paul’s point here fits in well with we see God face-to-face in heav- our hearts are restless till they whom we knew on earth. Michael Heintz, Father Mark the myriad of life-after-death en. Pope Benedict XII (A.D. find rest in you.” St. Clement of Heaven is a truly loving com- Gurtner and the Office of experiences of people today who, 1336) defined that the blessed in Alexandria (d. A.D. 215) says the munity, where we will be able to Worship. Please e-mail your when they recover, say that they heaven “see the divine essence blessed become “pure in heart know and love God, Jesus, the questions to [email protected] were so happy on the other side with an intuitive and even face- and near to the Lord.” Blessed Mother, the angels, the fwsb.org or mail them to Today’s that they did not want to come to-face vision, without the inter- Besides us and God, there are saints, as well as our family and Catholic, That’s A Good back to this life. position of any creature in the other beings, too, in heaven. friends who have preceded us to Question, P.O. Box 11169, Fort Elsewhere in First Corinthians, function of the object seen; rather There are the good angels, the this state. We will love as God Wayne, IN 46856. Include your St. Paul says we will see God in the divine essence immediately Blessed Mother and the human loves, by using our free will only name, city and an e-mail address heaven. “Now we are seeing a manifests itself to them plainly, saints. St. Matthew describes the to do good. So in heaven there or phone number so we can con- dim reflection in a mirror; but clearly, openly ... Those who see general judgment at the end of will be no sin, no temptation to tact you if necessary. Anonymity then we shall be seeing face to the divine essence in this way the world, when Jesus separates sin, no suffering, no sadness. will be preserved upon request. Home is where the heart is: Uganda

“Go home to your friends, and on the other. tell them how much the Lord has Peace reigns supreme on the done for you, and what mercy he hillside of Kyamuhunga and THE has shown you.” throughout the whole district, but — Mk 5:19 the border of Rwanda is only 80 GLOBAL miles south of here. Three hundred he first rays of the equatorial miles to the North, bloodthirsty CHRISTIAN sun explode over the criminals still kidnap children, TMountains of the Moon, east rape women, loot villages and FATHER JOE BRAGOTTI, MCCJ of the Comboni mission station of spread unmitigated terror, while Kyamuhunga, Uganda. Children the government doesn’t seem to trot by on the way to class, women care one way or the other. and some of the criminals that in flowing robes head for the mar- Here in the South of the coun- made their ascent to power possi- ket balancing incredible loads on try, farmers till some of the most ble. their heads, and lines form outside fertile soils in Africa. Coffee plan- But this is also the land of the the pediatric ward of St. Daniel tations cover entire hillsides and Uganda Martyrs and of many oth- Comboni Hospital. give an impression of ease and ers after them, who stood in the Earlier, I concelebrated the well being. But at the local café way of tyranny and paid the ulti- Eucharist by the light of a we were served a bland cup of mate price. I pride myself in the kerosene lamp. Something pecu- instant coffee straight from a can fact that I have personally known liar happened to me during that bought in a fancy city store. Too some of these modern day saints. celebration. The many farmers From the porch where I am sit- Mass was in earn a pittance ting I see the sprawling expanse of Runyakole, a for their toils this out-of-the-way mission. language totally ‘Wonwa ma itye I Polo…’ and buy at 10 I see the hospital, the clinic, the unknown to me, times its value grade school, the technical school and I followed the finished and the high school. I see the com- the rite by recit- It is the language product of their munity’s little house where three ing the prayers labor. Comboni Missionaries — a to myself in The abyss Ugandan, a Mexican and an Italian English. of the heart, between the rich — live. I see the convents of three When we and the poor is different local congregations of came to the of my first love. very much a sisters, the parish church and the Lord’s Prayer, reality here. Yet, catechist training center. however, some- I also see that I realize once again that, thing unexpected many Ugandans through all the turmoil and contra- clicked in my have broken out dictions, it is missions like this that mind, and out of my mouth came of the cycle of abject poverty and have provided the stability, the words in Acholi. It’s a language I now lead decent, laborious and decency, the hope. learned as a young missionary in fruitful lives. It does me good to It does me good to know that I good at discerning, and responding this land 40 years ago and haven’t see it. have come home. to, the needs of people in sur- used in 25 years: “Wonwa ma itye We don’t hear much about lep- DAVIDSON rounding neighborhoods and com- I Polo…” It is the language of the ers these days — a memory of the munities have conservative theolo- heart, of my first love. past. But 15 or 20 years ago, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 gies. But, liberal churches that Since landing at Entebbe three Uganda was known as the hotbed borhoods are likely to see a decline address people’s need for compan- days ago on this visit, I’ve had this of AIDS. Thanks to an enlightened in membership. For example, the ionship, assistance in raising their feeling of coming home. I need to government policy, the scourge influx of new immigrants helps to children, and worship services that make sense of it all. How can I was exposed and dealt with in the explain the growing size of intensify their relationship with feel at home in such a schizo- open. Today, Uganda leads the Father Joe Bragotti,MCCJ, is mission Catholic parishes in many commu- God also grow. Whether they have phrenic country? way to recovery and containment. director of the North American nities. liberal or conservative theologies, Uganda, not unlike other The thought of so many dread- Province of the Comboni Second, regardless of theology, churches that are unable to meet countries (our own included), is ful contradictions has been haunt- Missionaries, a worldwide reli- the more churches meet prospec- people’s needs tend to fail. blessed with wonderful and gen- ing me since I landed last week. gious institute founded by St. tive members’ social and spiritual erous people on the one side, and Uganda gave birth to some of Daniel Comboni to carry the needs, the more likely they are to James D. Davidson is professor of cursed with rather unforgiving Africa’s most cruel tyrants, the Gospel to “the poorest and most grow. It so happens that many of sociology at Purdue University in political and economic systems likes of Idi Amin, Milton Obote abandoned” people on earth. the churches that are especially West Lafayette. APRIL 16, 2006 COMMENTARY 15 Site of burning bush still honored today

How do we know God spoke to Moses fields and manganese deposits. Freeman says the pilgrim Egeria, today a silver plate marks the site in the burning bush? Today the population of Sinai a Spanish nun in A.D. 384, under the small altar. The altar is about 200,000 and is mostly describes where Moses took has alabaster legs and is enclosed The story of Moses is in the Bedouin. A. Knopf says now the Jethro’s cattle to pasture when by decorative mother-of-pearl Book of Exodus in the Old Bedouins are mainly sedentary. God spoke to him twice in the miniature arcades on either side. Testament or Hebrew Scriptures. Each particular tribe follows its HIRE burning bush. The bush was still The walls are decorated with It says Moses was a Hebrew own traditional customs looking alive and sprouting in a pretty tiles. child but was raised by a daugh- after both economic and social garden. In 1483, Father Felix Because of his call by God in ter of the Egyptian pharaoh. HISTORY affairs. FATHER RICHARD HIRE Faber visited Mount Sinai where the burning bush, Moses became When Moses got older, he saw an For the ancient pharaohs of he was taken into the Chapel of the founder of Israel and the Egyptian striking a Hebrew, and Egypt, the quarries of Sinai pro- the Burning Bush. He was founder of the worship of he slew the Egyptian. Fearing for vided enormous quantities of required to take off his shoes, as Yahweh as the God of Israel. The his life, Moses fled to Midian, an turquoise, gold and copper. G. Moses did. The lamps burned day fact that Moses was afraid and ancient region on the Sinai penin- Freeman mentions that, from and night. unwilling to return to Egypt sula between the Gulf of Suez on Jethro’s flocks, Moses came to B.C. 3000 to 1100, inscriptions Mount Horeb. Here he noticed a Today the Chapel of the points to a call from God. The the west and the Gulf of Aqaba on stelae, or upright pillars, found Burning Bush is behind the altar uniqueness of the name of God as on the east with the Red Sea at its burning bush that was not being in the abandoned mines name consumed. God called to Moses of the Church of the a spiritual self-existing being in a south end and the Mediterranean almost every pharaoh. So Sinai Transfiguration on the grounds of world where people worshiped Sea on the north. from the bush and asked him to was well-known to the Egyptians, free the Israelites from the the Monastery of St. Catherine. material things, like the sun and S. Jenkins mentions that the and the Israelites, like Moses, G. Freeman says the bush, or its moon, as gods also points to a Sinai is a region of incredible oppression of the Egyptians. could have been well-informed Then God revealed his name: “I successor, is seen in the courtyard revelation from God to Moses. beauty and often served as a about the sources of water and outside, transplanted from where place of refuge, as it did for am Who am” or Yahweh, i.e., oases. God is the source of all beings. Moses. The southern interior of While Moses was sitting by a Sinai is filled with row upon row Mount Sinai, or Jabal Musa in well in Sinai, the daughters of a Arabic, is a 7,497 foot high of barren, jagged, red-brown priest of Midian, named Jethro, mountains that are surrounded by mountain often identified with Meet The Priest came to draw water, but shep- Horeb. Tradition says that St. dry, yet colorful, desert plains. herds chased them away. Moses On the coast of Sinai, you find Helena (d. A.D. 330), the mother jumped up and defended the of the Roman emperor Father Bill Sullivan palm trees. On the north, you see daughters and drew water for dunes and swamps, and on the Constantine, ordered a chapel to them. Moses then was invited to be built here in the valley around south, white-sand beaches and live with Jethro. While tending Ordained to the priesthood: coral reefs. Sinai also has oil the site of the burning bush. G. May 20, 1972 Pastor, St. Thomas the Apostle, Elkhart

FaithFest invites teens to discover ‘IT’ What were your primary influences in your decision to become a priest? the keynote address by Jesse BY SARAH ROMPOLA Manibusan and musical guest I am so Popple. Bishop D’Arcy will lead grateful for the f you know any high school us on our journey this day. Franciscans student like me — bogged Manibusan is a very energetic who taught me Idown with school work, man- man with a unique story to tell. at Bishop Luers — they aging a hectic work schedule and He’s a talented composer, artful What do you do for relaxation? seemingly never enough time to storyteller and a very funny guy. were men of relax with friends and family — I He is known by his icon, a large prayer and con- Please note what I stated earli- would highly encourage them to smiley face. Even in a crowd, viction. My er about trips to the health spa attend this year’s FaithFest at Jesse is easy to find. His smile parish priests and being on the golf course. I Marian High School on April 22. matches his shirt. He’s happy and in Maine (where I went to grade would like to invest more time in As I already mentioned, I am an proud to be Catholic, and he loves school). The daily example of my reading. You must also know average senior in high school. I leading young people to discover parents in modeling the faith. My that, with a name like Sullivan currently attend Marian High Christ in their lives. Just ask any father was in church each morn- (mother’s maiden name was School and very much anticipate of the junior high kids that had a ing before work. My mother O’Keefe) that I would cheer for this spring and the many exciting chance to spend a day with him at prayed the rosary daily and often the Irish of Notre Dame. events for seniors. the Junior High Youth Rally in said that she would be open to I go to St. Joseph Parish and 2004. God’s call to one or more of her What is your favorite reading material? am an active part of the youth Popple has to be experienced. children to become a priest or sister. I have purchased a number of ministry there and am proud to Popple is Kyle Heimann and Dan books on the priesthood as well say I am part of the Diocesan Harms, and they are just crazy Why do you like being a priest? as on the sacrament of reconcilia- Youth Council. Many people enough to do a very good job tion. Our bishop gives a couple probably do not know what we do PROVIDED BY POPPLE relating to high school students. Popple is Kyle Heimann and Dan The many opportunities a of books a year to the priests on or who we are, but we are the They can be found wandering priest has to be involved in the Harms. matters related to spirituality. I driving force behind FaithFest. around the diocese, singing, lives of others is so special. A was never one to read novels. FaithFest is an amazing day- laughing, sharing. Popple provid- priest can express God’s love to long youth rally for high school be a good one since it was the ed much of the entertainment for those who are rejoicing and to What do you think is the best part of students. The theme this year is largest turnout at FaithFest ever. I last year’s diocesan celebration of those who bear the cross. being Catholic? “Catholics ... Believe IT ... Speak truly believe the enthused teens World Youth Day at Notre Dame IT ... Mean IT ... Live IT!” The that came together from all over and is invited back by popular Do you have a special interest or Who could say anything but day is laid out to help teens dis- the diocese are what made the demand. They are all about shar- hobby? the reception of the sacraments, cover what the “IT” about their event so special. The diverse ing the love of God. particularly the Eucharist, on a faith means. group of students really con- Like FaithFest in years past, I live and die with the Red daily basis? I had never attended a youth tributed to the uniqueness of the there will be great workshops ask- Sox. You will find me twice a rally before FaithFest last year, day. ing teens to discover ways to week at Fitness USA. I enjoy What is your favorite prayer of but, after investing my time in Through the witness of last “believe it, speak it, mean it, live being on the golf course on occa- Scriptural passage? planning it and experiencing such years guests, Sarah Hart, Tony it.” The village has all sorts of sion during the summer months an amazing day, I encourage vendors, experiences and opportu- (not as often as I should). I was I usually conclude any of my Melendez and Steve Angrisano, communication with all or part of everyone to seriously consider great workshops, time with nities to find “it.” There will also blessed with the chance to partic- attending this year’s gathering. It be a coffee house with an open ipate in many sports during my the Irish blessing: “May the road Bishop D’Arcy and the interactive rise to meet you — and until we will be a great day. village, we had a chance to dis- microphone so that teens can four years at Bishop Luers, and Marian hosts the event after showcase their talents. And of this enthusiasm still persists. meet again, may God hold you in cover and witness faith, fun and the palm of his hand.” last year’s FaithFest was at held fellowship. Mass was celebrated course there will be sacramental at Bishop Dwenger High School opportunities with reconciliation, Do you have any pets? towards the end of the day to How do you prefer to be addressed by in Fort Wayne. FaithFest tradi- bring focus to the reason why we adoration and the closing Mass. No pets — it has been sug- tionally has been staged in the were there, to nourish us on our I can tell you from personal gested by some brother priests, as the laity? middle of the diocese but finds journey. experience FaithFest is a day well well as members of my family, I have found that most people itself in the western end of the I’d like to invite as many peo- spent that will rejuvenate your that I should get a dog. I can’t will say “Father Bill.” I certainly diocese as part of the plan to ple as possible to come be a part spiritual life. I hope to see all you imagine that at the moment. would answer to those who say bring the event to venues across of this year’s FaithFest. I’m sure at Faith Fest! “Father Sullivan.” It makes no the diocese. this year will be even better than difference to me. The move last year proved to last. We will be blessed to have 16 TODAY’S CATHOLIC APRIL 16, 2006

BISHOP DWENGER HOSTS GOLF OUTING The Bishop Dwenger High School Alumni Association will host the Saints Open Golf Outing on Saturday, April 29, at Autumn Ridge. The four-person Florida scramble is open to both men and women and proceeds will benefit the Bob Eifert Memorial Scholarship Fund. Cost is $100 per person or $400 per team. Guests may attend the closing dinner at $25 per person. Tee sponsorhips are available at $100 each. For information, contact Shib Neddeff at (260) 493-2068, Mark Sports Eifert at (260) 637-2838 or the school at (260) 496-4700 or e-mail [email protected]. Both CYO soccer and softball see Reigning track season openers this week champs gear up and knows each other well, which grades) have not played organized BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN is definitely a strength. He is softball in the past. depending on many of his players His goals for this season are to Franke, hurdle specialist, started FORT WAYNE — With spring with club experience. have fun and win as many games BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN with Lawrence eight years ago. break wrapped up for most Fort His goals are to prepare his as possible. He would also like to College student, Jeremy Fendel Wayne area schools, the Catholic players for high school and win see his team win the year-end NEW HAVEN — The St. John and several high school alumni Youth Organization (CYO) will games. The Cardinals will play tournament. the Baptist New Haven boys are also donating their time to the see the soccer and softball seasons their games at Krieger and Foster Jack McCartney and the girls track team took the city title in program. open this week. Parks. The regular season begins from St. Therese-St. John Fort 2005 and is looking forward to Lawrence is excited to have this week and ends with a seeded Wayne are looking forward to another great season. They have such a hardworking, enthusiastic tournament in early May. their second year with a CYO CYO soccer several experienced athletes group. He feels he has a softball program. McCartney returning and many new well-balanced attack After Nathan Stant attended St. begins his 24th year of coaching CYO softball upperclassmen with a and should be com- John, Delphos, Ohio, and played with 14 girls on his roster — lot of talent coming petitive. He hesitat- club soccer during high school, he John Cady will help bring back grades 5 through 8. out for the first time ed to make any went on to play four years at the softball program to They will be led by three this year. predictions for the University of Saint Francis. Upon Queen of Angels- eighth graders and hope Coach Greg upcoming season, graduating, he coached two years Precious Blood girls to incorporate more Lawrence started but stressed his at Blackhawk. He’s now teaching this season with the speed and another coaching Raider longtime favorite social studies and coaching this help of assistant power hitter into track eight years ago motto, “You can’t year’s St. Charles CYO eighth coaches Louie their attack this year. after several years of coach desire.” grade boys’ soccer team. Aguirre and While practicing coaching in Warsaw. He The team will com- Of the 16 players on the roster, Christy Brooks. in their gym and on reported that his team will be pete in three regular sea- 11 players can be on the field at The CYO season the parking lot, they his largest yet, with nearly 80 son meets. Then, the city show- one time: one goalie, three to four starts this week. have been focusing on boys and girls participating in down, which typically highlights defenders, four to five midfielders Each of the eight all aspects of the game. grades 5-8. the older runners, will conclude and two to three forwards. Last teams will face each Greg Byerly, Maureen His group also consists of a the season in mid-May. After year’s team was the tournament other once during regular sea- Dimit, Shelly Stellhorn and few runners, jumpers and throw- that, Lawrence has helped put on champ, but Stant says he has no son. Records will not count going helper, Linda Loegring, assist ers from St. Louis Academy and an unsanctioned meet for just idea how this year’s team will fare into the tournament at the end. McCartney. Their games will be St. Joseph, Monroeville. fifth and sixth graders the past after just two weeks of practice. Cady feels a real plus for his held on the diamonds at St. Assistant coaches include Linda few years. He hopes that will He says this group has been team is that only two of his 11 Charles and Havenhurst this sea- Heddens and Mark Watts both happen again this spring. playing together for several years players (seventh and eighth son. new this year and helping the “throwers.” Scott Voelker is in his seventh year and works with the distance runners. Clay

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The 13 agencies involved in BY LISA KOCHANOWSKI this years walk are SPA Women’s Home, Hope Rescue Mission, SOUTH BEND — One agency United Religious Community, fighting to prevent homelessness Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph is good, but 13 service agencies County, Youth Service Bureau of coming together for one cause is St. Joseph County, Guidance even better. Ministries, Servants of the Streets, This is the goal of the fourth St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. annual Homeward Bound 5K Joseph County, The Center for the Walk scheduled for April 23, 2 Homeless, Catholic Charities p.m. at the College Football Hall Diocese of Fort Wayne-South of Fame in South Bend. Bend, Family Services “It has been a joint effort Elkhart/Helping HAND, Madison between St. Joseph and Elkhart Center and Life Treatment Center. counties in north central Indiana Anyone can get involved in a since 2003,” said Erin M. Powell, variety of different ways. Walkers special events coordinator for the can form teams and raise funds for • Downtown Youth Service Bureau of St. a particular agency or for a general Joseph County and co-organizer of fund that will be divided between • East State the event. “The Homeward Bound the different agencies. Registration Walk gives local charities an begins at noon. The afternoon will • Glenbrook opportunity to work together to include fellowship, food, music provide awareness about housing and fun for the whole family. • Time Corners and homelessness issues, as well For more information visit as raise much needed funds for www.homelesswalks.org or call • Lima Road programs that support our local the St. Vincent de Paul Society at community.” (574) 251-4906. • Chapel Ridge Elementary School Principal

Most Precious Blood School, Fort Wayne, seeks candidates for the position of School Principal. The ideal candidate is a faithfully practicing Catholic with excellent interpersonal skills who is ready to be the Religious, Educational and Managerial Leader of a Catholic elementary school. All candidates must be eligible for an Administrative license. Most Precious Blood is a strong urban parish community with a school that is committed to Catholic education in a true family-like atmosphere. PB has an enrollment of 175 in preschool through 8th grade, with an experienced, dedicated faculty. For information, or application, please contact: Catholic Schools Office • P.O. Box 390 Fort Wayne, IN 46801 • (260) 399-1425 Application deadline: April 21, 2006 Position to begin: July 1, 2006

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Lima Central Catholic, a 382 students (grades 9-12) school in Lima, Ohio, invites qualified applicants for principal position, beginning July 1, 2006. Major responsibilities include: •Administering day-to-day school operation, management of resources, including revenue, expenditures, facilities, equipment and all programs. •Educational and faith leader - ensuring the highest quality educational and faith development experience for students. •Generating strategic and operating plans in collaboration with staff, board and families. •Serving as lead Development Officer for the school that seeks to raise operating and endowment funds for fiscal viability. Interested applicants must be practicing Roman Catholics, hold valid Ohio Principal license and have taught for at least three years. For more information, visit the school’s website at www.lcchs.edu Please send resume, including e-mail address and phone numbers, cover letter of interest, contact information for three references, transcripts and licenses to: Theodore J. Wallace, President, The Paremos Group Consultants 143 Woodbury Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45415 [email protected] • 937-657-4932 An aggressive compensation package is included. Application deadline is April 26, 2006 18 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC APRIL 16, 2006 Trailer for ‘Jesus Decoded’ documentary on Web site

WASHINGTON —A trailer high- with Windows or Macintosh oper- his disciples, and the formation of the faculty of the Catholic Christian origins and New lighting observations of experts ating systems and is also available the books in the canon (or list of University of America. Testament professor at the École featured in the upcoming TV doc- for download to Apple iPod or books) of the New Testament. Shot • Richard Hays, Ph.D., George Biblique et Archéologique umentary “Jesus Decoded” is Sony Playstation portable systems. on location in Israel, Turkey and Washington Ivey Professor of the Française in Jerusalem. available on “Jesus Decoded” is an hour-long Italy for the CCC by NewGroup New Testament at Duke • Robert Randolf Coleman, www.jesusdecoded.com. documentary that answers impor- Media of South Bend, “Jesus University’s Divinity School and Ph.D., an art expert and associate The four-minute, 44-second tant questions that people are ask- Decoded” offers a solid Catholic internationally recognized expert on professor at the University of Notre trailer is the latest addition to the ing about Jesus Christ and the response to “Da Vinci Code” the letters of Paul and on New Dame. Web site developed by the U.S. Catholic Church in light of popular believers, concentrating especially Testament ethics. The Web site also features arti- Bishops’ Catholic Communication media such as “The Da Vinci on the first three centuries of the • Sister of St. Joseph Maria cles on Jesus and the teachings of Campaign (CCC). Visitors can Code.” The program will be offered development of the church. The Pascuzzi, associate professor of the the Catholic Church that present the view the excerpts from the program to TV stations affiliated with the program includes interviews with New Testament at the University of facts and rebut the fiction presented by clicking on the “TV Special” NBC network for broadcast starting international scholars versed in art, San Diego who is recognized for in “The Da Vinci Code” and other section of the Web site and then the third weekend of May. history and Scripture, including: her knowledge of the Gospel of popular books. clicking on “View the Trailer.” The The hour-long documentary will • Salesian Father Francis J. John and the letters of Paul. trailer has been posted in formats highlight clear and accurate infor- Moloney, a renowned biblical • Marist Father Justin Taylor, a that can be viewed on computers mation about the person of Jesus, expert who most recently served on biblical scholar and expert on

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Action challenge The complete series of • How can I/we become even more conscious of transforming Disciples in Mission Disciples in Mission literature society to Gospel values? What can be found at specific actions ... ways can “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” www.diocesefwsb.org/DM move me/us in this direction? Closing prayer with commissioning rite Have one large lighted candle Going forth as disciples with unlit smaller candles, one for each member of the group. Jesus is the light of the “... let the light shine in your in our day. In 1975, Pope Paul VI Easter season is to look at our- behind this goal is to make every Leader: world. lives. Do not wait until you are wrote, “We wish to confirm once selves and our faith-sharing Catholic person and institution Glory and praise be to older in order to set out on the more that the task of evangelizing group through the lenses of these more welcoming and to develop All: God. path of holiness. Holiness is all people constitutes the essential three evangelization goals: to effective means of outreach to Glory and praise be to always youthful, just as eternal is mission of the church... look at our strengths as an evan- Catholics who have distanced Leader: God, who called each of you by the youthfulness of God. Evangelizing is in fact the grace gelizing person and as an evan- themselves from the church, to name. Come forward now and Communicate to everyone the and vocation proper to the gelizing community and to point those who have no church to call receive the light of Christ, which beauty of the contact with God church, her deepest identity. She out areas for further evangelizing home and to those who seek the is entrusted to you anew. that gives meaning to your lives. exists in order to evangelize...” actions. fullness of faith. The candles of all are lit from In the quest for justice, in the Many of us are afraid of, or • Goal I: “To bring about in all • What do I think are the most the paschal candle. promotion of peace, in your com- intimidated by, the word evange- Catholics such an enthusiasm for effective ways I am achieving Let us now pray mitment to brotherhood and soli- lization. We think of zealous mis- their faith that, in living their this goal right now? The most Leader: together our commitment to darity, let no one surpass you.” sionaries traveling in pairs, faith in Jesus, they freely share it effective ways our group is serve God and our church with — Pope John Paul II, World knocking on our door and bother- with others.” This goal focuses achieving this goal? an evangelizing spirit through Youth Day 2002 Evening Vigil ing us. We think of the fiery on personal growth in holiness ... Action challenge Disciples in Mission. Address, Toronto, Canada. preachers we see on television. on the experience of conversion • How can I/we become even Lord Jesus, true light, you As Catholics, we have only just and renewal in each individual, All: more missionary-minded like know each of us by name and begun to say the word evange- every parish and diocese, every Christ? What specific actions ... have called us to follow you. lization ... much less apply it to institution and every ministry. Opening prayer ways can move me/us towards Increase our faith so that today ourselves. this missionary attitude? we may become more fully chil- Loving and faithful God, Since 1983, our late Holy Reflection and dren of the light as together we through our life in Christ, you Father, John Paul II, has been Goal III: “To foster Gospel val- “put out into the deep.” Make us make us a new creation. Send calling for a new Catholic evan- connection ues in our society, promoting the attentive to the call of the Spirit your Holy Spirit upon us now gelization, something quite differ- • What do I think are the most dignity of the human person, the and fire us with energy to live, with the gifts of wisdom, under- ent from our stereotyped assump- effective ways I am achieving importance of the family and the love and be led by God’s reviv- standing, right judgment and tions of what evangelization this goal right now? The most common good of our society, so ing Spirit. We ask you this, for courage. Help us to live as your means. This evangelization is effective ways our group is that our nation may continue to you are our God forever and disciples and share the good news meant to be new in method, new achieving this goal? be transformed by the saving ever. Amen. of Jesus Christ. We ask this in content and new in fervor. power of Jesus Christ.” This goal As you go forth as a through Christ our Lord. Amen. As we try to live in faith, fol- Action challenge Leader: reminds us that the Gospel has Disciple in Mission to love and low our Savior day by day as • How can I/we become even implications not only for individ- serve the Lord, may the light of Scripture Reading: Acts 1:3-8 Catholics, and share the stories of more renewed in Christ? What ual attitudes and behaviors, but your candle remind you that the how God has touched our lives, specific actions ... ways can move also for the condition and struc- greatest gift you can ever give to we are becoming disciples with a me/us towards this renewal? Commentary tures of society, including the God is the gift of yourself. Go mission. We are becoming evan- Goal II: “To invite all people in needs of our neighborhoods, our now in God’s light, having been We are here together because gelizers. This sharing can take the United States, whatever their families, our workplaces and the touched by the flame of his love, God has touched our lives. Some place in our everyday, most ordi- social or cultural background, to world. to share it with others. of us have experienced the power nary of circumstances. hear the message of salvation in • What do I think are the most Amen. of God in prayer. Some of us The U.S. bishops have given Jesus Christ so they may come to All: join us in the fullness of the effective ways I am achieving have known God’s healing pres- us a landmark document called this goal right now? The most ence and consolation in times of “Go and Make Disciples.” In this Catholic faith.” The strategy sickness. God has touched us all document on evangelization, the in some way, and this means that bishops ask all the baptized to each of us has a story of faith ... a live the Gospel fully and to share story that is meant to be shared. it freely. This is what evangeliza- It was the same for the very tion means, i.e. “bringing the first followers of Jesus Christ ... good news of Jesus into every the very first Christian disciples. human situation and seeking to Their lives were touched by convert individuals and society Jesus, and they were changed. by the divine power of the Jesus commissioned his disci- Gospel itself.” — “Go and Make ples to carry out his evangelizing Disciples” mission. “Go, therefore, and In their document, the bishops make disciples of all nations,” he present three evangelization goals Novena DivineJoin Mercy Us! Chaplet said. He commissions us through and outline the strategy involved our baptism to do the same. in achieving each goal. 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