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EGISTER www.diosteub.org R Vol. 72, No. 10 SerViNg 13 couNtieS iN SoutheaSt ohio JaN. 13, 2017 News Briefs Hundreds of responses to survey being tallied Bishops urge humane immigration policy STEUBENVILLE — Hun- WASHINGTON (CNS) — Urging Americans dreds, perhaps as many as to look at their families for stories of immigra- 2,000, diocesan parishioners tion, the president and vice president of the U.S. have weighed in on their par- Conference of Catholic Bishops called attention ishes and the Catholic Church, to the hardships and contributions of immigrants as part of “With Immense to American society as the U.S. church observes Hope” – a renewal of the Dio- National Migration Week, through Jan. 14. cese of Steubenville. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston- Sister Mary Brigid Callan, Houston and Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los a Family of Jacopa Associa- Angeles also said that the week is “an opportunity tion, Steubenville, novice and to embrace the important work of continuing to stewardship and development secure the border, to welcome the stranger and director for the Steubenville serve the most vulnerable” as components of “a Diocese, and Thomas J. Son- humane immigration policy.” ni, president of Greater Mis- “This year, we are invited to create a culture of sion Development Services, encounter where citizens old and new, alongside Elkridge, Maryland, are col- immigrants recent and long-standing, can share lecting the surveys that asked with one another their hopes for a better life,” the parishioners direct ques- Cardinal DiNardo and Archbishop Gomez said tions and gave them space for as they marked the observance, which began 25 writing in replies. years ago as a way to reflect on how immigrants The survey, inserted in The and refugees have contributed to the church. Steubenville Register late last Vocations require cooperation, pope says year, provided in some parish VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While God is the pews and available online, is one calling people to a vocation, clergy and re- part of Mission Advancement ligious have to cooperate by being inspirational Planning, proposed by Steu- role models, keeping their doors open and giving benville Bishop Jeffrey M. restless young people constructive things to do, Monforton. Pope Francis said. Bishop Monforton intro- Praying for vocations and holding meetings to duced “With Immense Hope” discuss effective strategies are key, he said, but if in the fall of 2016. those things are done “without making sure that The four main components the doors are open, it’s useless.” (Story/Page 4) of the planning are to create a mission advancement plan- The pope made his remarks near the end of Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton visits the chancery office a January conference on pastoral ministry for ning task force, which met four times in 2016 and will of Sister Mary Brigid Callan, diocesan stewardship and development director, vocations, sponsored by the Italian bishops’ to look at some of the hundreds of responses to a survey on parishes and conference national office for vocations. meet again Jan. 30; develop a To Page 5 the Catholic Church. (Photo by DeFrancis) Setting aside his prepared text, the pope told his audience it was too early in the day to make them fall back asleep again by reading aloud some- Longtime Franciscan University leader dies at 85 thing they could read later. Instead he wanted to STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan Father Michael Scanlan talk to them about the conference theme of the of the Third Order Regular of the Province of the Most Sacred divine command – “Get up!” The pope recalled Heart of Jesus – longtime president of Franciscan University how Peter heard this call while he was sleeping, of Steubenville – died Jan. 7, at Garvey Manor, Hollidaysburg, chained in prison awaiting trial. The angel freed Pennsylvania, following an extended illness. him and led him safely to an alley, but then left Born Dec. 1, 1931, in Far Rockaway, Long Island, New him there alone, a bit confused at first, but then York, he was the son of Vincent and Mary Margaret O’Keefe excited and eager to find his friends. Scanlan. After attending grade and high schools in New York and New Hampshire, respectively, he received a bachelor’s degree from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and a law degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu- setts. Also, prior to entering religious life, he served in the U.S. Air Force. In addition, he held a Master of Divinity degree. He began his Franciscan postulancy in 1957 and professed his final religious order vows in 1962 in Loretto, Pennsylva- nia. Father Scanlan was ordained to the priesthood May 23, The Immaculate Heart of Mary statue in 1964. parishes in the Diocese of Steubenville After ordination, Father Scanlan’s first assignment was at during the Year of Reconsecration of the the then College of Steubenville, which became Franciscan diocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary University of Steubenville in 1980, under his leadership. After at the initiation of diocesan Bishop Jef- teaching for four years, Father Scanlan became the college’s frey M. Monforton will stand until Jan. 20 academic dean. (Photo provided) in Sts. Peter and Paul Oratory, Lore City. In 1969, he became the rector of St. Francis Seminary, (Photo by DeFrancis) To Page 4 Father Michael Scanlan 2 the SteuBeNVille regiSter JaN. 13, 2017 Students offer Serrans renderings of their promotion for religious vocations STEUBENVILLE — The Serra Club of of Reconsecration of the diocese to the colored pencils and/or paint were permit- ish, Steubenville, parishioner, kindergarten Steubenville has declared winning entries Immaculate Heart of Mary, the contest ted. No collage materials, glitter or com- through third-grade category; Camden in its annual vocations poster contest. theme centered on showing how Mary puter art was allowed. A short phrase about Daley, Bishop John King Mussio Central Dubbed as a religious vocations poster can help with vocations in the church – religious vocations could be included on Elementary School and St. Agnes Par- and essay contest, the Serra Club competi- “Asking Mary to Pray That the Holy Spirit the 8 ½ inches by 11 inches unlined white ish, Mingo Junction, parishioner, fourth tion is open to all parochial grade, junior Will Bring an Increase of Laborers for the paper. through sixth grades; and Luke Terry, high and high school students, as well as Church” – said Mark Morelli, Serra Club Serra Club members judged winning Bishop John King Mussio Central Junior kindergarten through 12th-graders in the president. entries, awarded cash prizes. High School, Steubenville, and Holy Fam- Steubenville Diocese parish schools of Students in kindergarten through eighth Top placers were Monica Bolster, Bishop ily Parish, parishioner, seventh and eighth religion. grade could draw, centered on the theme. John King Mussio Central Elementary grades. Since the diocese is observing the Year Hand drawings with pencil, pen, markers, School, Steubenville, and Holy Family Par- Other winning entries were submitted by Leah Hutchison, St. Sylvester Central School, Woodsfield; Theresa Kerker, Bish- op John King Mussio Central Elementary School; Hannah McManus, Bishop John King Mussio Central Junior High School; Kaitlin Brodegard, St. Sylvester Central School; Ellen Rohde, Bishop John King Mussio Central Elementary School; and Hannah Hough, Bishop John King Mussio Central Junior High School.

Winning entries in the Serra Club of Steubenville annual vocations poster contest include drawings by Monica Bolster, second grade, left, Camden Daley, sixth grade, right, and Luke Terry, eighth grade, center. (Drawings scanned) Marietta school sets January open house MARIETTA — In celebration of and in of St. Mary of the Assumption, Marietta conjunction with national Catholic Schools (Msgr. John Michael Campbell is basilica Week, Jan. 29-Feb. 4, St. Mary School will rector). Open house participants can take host an open house. a guided tour of the school, meet staff and Susan T. Rauch, principal, announced learn about a Catholic education. the open house will be held from 1 p.m. The Diocese of Steubenville Catholic until 3 p.m., Jan. 29, at the 320 Marion St. Schools Week will be celebrated April 24- parochial school, supported by the Basilica 28 at St. Mary School, also, Rauch said. Need A PAssPort? 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CORRIGAN JR., CLERk OF COURTS www.jeffersoncountyoh.com the SteuBeNVille regiSter JaN. 13, 2017 3 Diocese of Steubenville Finance Council passes budget for 2017-18 STEUBENVILLE — When the Diocese of Steuben- beneficial way throughout the diocese. “We hope to have Plus, Bishop Monforton said, “The cathedral has become ville Finance Council met at the end of 2016, it approved satellite offices throughout the diocese, one in each dean- Chapter 1 of diocesan renewal.” a diocesan budget for 2017-18, which reflects increases, ery,” Piazza said of Catholic Charities. In other business, Msgr. Kurt H. Kemo, diocesan vicar mostly for additional ministries. On the income side, changes show an anticipated general, said all parochial schools in the diocese will be The unanimous acceptance of the approximate $2.8 $75,000 from Home Missions for various programs and required to establish guidelines. Some of the schools have million budget came after David A. Franklin, diocesan $10,000 from the Koch Foundation for seminarian educa- finance councils that meet on a regular basis, while some comptroller, detailed changes reflected from the previous tion, Franklin said. As well, a $1,340,000 goal has been do not. year’s budget. set for the annual Diocesan/Parish Share Campaign. “There is no evidence of improprieties,” Bishop Mon- Increased expenditures proposed, Franklin said, include Meanwhile, Franklin said, the 2016-17 budget is on forton said, but added that all schools will be mandated to money for such things as Office of Christian Formation target for income and expenditures. have finance councils and bylaws for transparency. and Schools seminars, youth activities and evangelization Sister Mary Brigid Callan, Family of Jacopa novice, Further, he said, all parishes will be reminded of the need and Office of Stewardship and Development software and director, diocesan stewardship and development, detailed to show the money that is coming in and going out. mailing costs. Mission Advancement Planning underway in the diocese In addition, Msgr. Kemo reported on the 2016 DPSC In addition, more money is needed because of a dioc- (Survey/Page 1). The procedure, which has included meet- (Parish-by-Parish report/Page 12). Participation in the esan audit that deals with child protection and for testing ings with pastors, parochial vicars and laypeople, evolved annual campaign is down, he said, while the amount of the of potential seminarians, along with scanning equipment as efforts began not only to renew Holy Name Cathedral, average pledge is up. Most of the decrease in participation and staff in archives, he said. Steubenville, but also the diocese, she said. The pastoral, is attributable to deaths, he predicted. The biggest hike in expenses is necessitated by added spiritual and financial aspects of parishes and the diocese “We have to get younger families interested in the staff in the Office of Family and Social Concerns (Catholic are being examined. DPSC,” Msgr. Kemo said. Charities). There a coordinator will be hired to deal with At the same time, Piazza said estimates have been given At the Dec. 13 meeting, it was decided that finance post-abortion ministry, a family life director will be moved for a renovated cathedral. The project is estimated at $9.5 council will meet for a first time in 2017, at 9:30 a.m., from part time to full time and a project coordinator will million. With the idea that work on the building could begin March 15, in the chancery in downtown Steubenville. be hired on a contractual basis for a soup kitchen and in the spring, efforts are being made presently to get costs trauma-counseling center in Cathedral Square in downtown compiled for a usable building. Steubenville. “We have to do it prudently,” Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Monforton’s Schedule James G. Piazza, executive assistant to the bishop, told Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton said of the renovation. finance council that the Office of Family and Social Con- Though the bishop said that he wants the cathedral January cerns (Catholic Charities) is understaffed. The office has renovated, he stressed that he is a realist. 13-19 Retreat a director and a staff person who deals with people who And, he added, Jefferson County parishes have to take 18 Catholic Conference of Ohio conference call come into the office. the lead for the parishes in the other 12 counties of the 19 WAOB radio segment, 7:40 a.m., 8:40 a.m. and Catholic Charities, Piazza said, will be expanded in a diocese to get behind the project. 6:40 p.m. Bishops’ vespers and dinner, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, 5 p.m. 23-28 U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Cleveland bishop cites vascular dementia for resignation subcommittee meetings, Poland CLEVELAND (CNS) — Pope Francis has accepted the As apostolic administrator, Bishop Thomas said, he resignation of Bishop Richard G. Lennon of Cleveland. would regularly travel between Toledo and Cleveland, Bishop Lennon, a Boston area native who turns 70 in a distance of about 120 miles. “But I hope you know I March, said during a news conference at diocesan offices will do everything in my power to work so well with the late last month that he had developed vascular dementia, good folks here and in the Diocese of Toledo to be able to leading to his decision to submit his resignation for health govern the people entrusted to me by Pope Francis until a reasons to the pope in November. “Recently it has come successor is named,” he said. to my awareness that my health has declined to such an Bishop Lennon was a parish priest, seminary rector and extent that I should resign as diocesan bishop,” he said. auxiliary bishop for Boston before he was named Cleve- “Given the progressive nature of this illness,” he added, land’s 10th bishop in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. “Pope Francis has accepted my request for an early retire- During his decade in Cleveland, he led the revision of ment.” Normally, bishops do not turn in their resignation the statutes governing the diocese’s finance, pastoral and to the pope until they turn 75, as required by canon law. presbyteral councils, established norms governing internal The pope named Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, audits of parishes and schools, and carried out a plan to Ohio, as the apostolic administrator of the diocese until consolidate parishes. the installation of a new bishop. The diocese also completed a capital campaign in 2016 Bishop Thomas, 57, called Bishop Lennon’s request for that raised more than $170 million for parish and diocesan an early retirement “both a humble and courageous act, needs. one that speaks volumes to his love for the local church and his desire that the people of God receive the pastoral care they need.” Having to take on the additional responsibilities of Fellow Catholics Fort steuben burIal estates AssoCIatIon overseeing the Cleveland Diocese was unexpected, Bishop 801 Canton Road – Wintersville OH 43953 Thomas said. He compared his appointment as apostolic (740) 266-6101 administrator to that of an interim coach. “My job is to be J&D “Where the Memory of Beautiful Lives the conduit from the past to the future,” he said. 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Mon- of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey rector; March 13, Christ forton ordained five men – Donald Scott M. Monforton is on tour in 2017. the King University Par- Carson, Thomas E. Graham, Edward G. The bishop will be joined ish, Athens, Father Mark Kovach, Charles J. “Chuck” Schneider by Father Michael W. Gossett, A. Moore, pastor; March and Paul D. Ward – to the permanent dia- diocesan director of vocations, 14, St. Teresa of Avila conate for the diocese in December, he and other priests and religious Church, Cadiz, Father challenged diocesan parishes to include on stops throughout the diocese Frederick C. Kihm, pas- men and women under the age of 30 on during March and April. tor; March 19, Our Lady their leadership rolls. Under the auspices of the of Mercy Church, Car- In a Jan. 6 letter to parish priests, Diocese of Steubenville Office rollton, Father Anthony Bishop Monforton wrote that after four of Vocations, parishioners of all R. Batt, pastor; April 2, St. years of evaluating and assessing pasto- ages will be able to sit and listen Joseph Church, Ironton, ral outreach in the diocese and obtain- to Bishop Monforton, priests Father David L. Huff- ing feedback from parishioners, it has and other religious talk about man, pastor; and April become evident to him that more needs discernment and how to pray in 5, St. Sylvester Church, to be done to involve all generations in order to follow God’s will. Woodsfield, Father David parishes. Father Gossett announced the L. Gaydosik, pastor. Therefore, he instructs all parishes in presentations, open to everyone, Presentations will be the diocese to have at least one member but he said that it will be particu- held in church halls, be- of its parish council to be under 30. If larly helpful for parents to attend ginning at 6 p.m., and then the parish has more than 500 families one of the offerings and bring participants will relocate registered, he said there should be two their children with them to listen. to the church for prayer parish council members under that age. High school and college-aged to end the evenings. Bishop Monforton wants the people men and women are especially The presentations, Fa- in the positions by Holy Week. welcome, also, Father Gossett ther Gossett added, are It will be at the discretion of the par- said. “an opportunity for the ish pastor to determine if the person or Actually, he added, that any- people of the diocese to persons are to be appointed or elected one who wants to hear about gather together and focus to the parish council, Bishop Monforton what it means to find and live on seeking God’s will. wrote. his or her vocation is invited to “If we want young Cath- “Ever since the first Pentecost, we attend one of the events. olics to hear God’s call, have been a missionary church. This Presentations are planned for especially to the priest- must be reflected in all generations March 6 at St. Mary Church, hood or religious life, we within our communion.” St. Clairsville, where Father need to equip them with He said that he does not propose an Thomas A. Chillog is pastor; the tools to discern and overhaul of parish councils, but simply March 7, Blessed Sacrament listen.” wants the membership to reflect the Church, Wintersville, Msgr. Fathers Edward A. Max- diversity in generations. Young adults, Kurt H. Kemo, pastor; March field Jr. and Jonas A. Shell Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton and he said, have a vested interest in the 12, the Basilica of St. Mary of are members of the dioc- Father Michael W. Gossett meet to discuss vocations. (Photo diocese, too. the Assumption, Marietta, Msgr. by DeFrancis) esan vocations team.

Longtime Franciscan University leader From Page 1 monastery in Austria. Presently, more than Too, Father Scanlan received numerous Finnegan Field House, Franciscan University Loretto. But, in 1974, Father Scanlan re- 150 students live and study each semester honors, including the Cross “Pro Ecclesia of Steubenville campus, for the 85-year-old turned to the College of Steubenville as its in Gaming, a university spokesman said. et Pontifice” from then Pope John Paul II Father Scanlan. Among the concelebrants president, a position he held for the next Franciscan University, in 1989, under at the request of then Steubenville Bishop was Diocese of Steubenville Bishop Jeffrey 26 years. Father Scanlan’s leadership, became the Albert H. Ottenweller. At the time of the M. Monforton (Column/Page 7). During Father Scanlan’s tenure as the first U.S. Catholic college or university 1990 award, Bishop Ottenweller said he A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 12 fourth president of the university, enroll- whose faculty and priests publicly took the could talk about Father Mike forever, “We at Immaculate Conception Chapel, St. ment increased, new undergraduate and oath of fidelity professing their adherence share our hearts.” Francis University, Loretto. Third Order graduate programs were added and build- to the teaching authority of the church. The university established the Father Regular Franciscan Father Richard L. ings constructed on the hilltop campus. Each year since, all new theology faculty, Michael Scanlan Scholarship Competition Davis, minister provincial, was principal For example, the theology program that priests and others involved in the spiritual in his honor in 2004 for high-achieving ap- celebrant. Burial followed at the Francis- Father Scanlan added in 1976 has become formation of students have taken the oath, plicants to receive full-tuition scholarships can Friars’ Cemetery on the St. Francis the largest undergraduate theology pro- administered by the local bishop. and the Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, University campus. gram at any U.S. Catholic university. Cur- In 2000, Father Scanlan became the Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Father Scanlan is survived by a brother rently, nearly 600 students major in either chancellor of Franciscan University. Evangelization, in 2012. Lon of Atlanta, nephews and nieces and theology or catechetics, which was added Eleven years later, on his return to the A memorial Mass was celebrated Jan. 11 in his Franciscan brothers. in 2003, a university spokesman said. To- motherhouse in Loretto, he was named the day, more than 400 Franciscan University university’s president emeritus. graduates serve the church in priesthood. Declining health forced him to move Also, on campus, Father Scanlan estab- from the motherhouse to Garvey Manor, a lished the household system. These small Catholic nursing home, in 2013. faith-sharing groups of men or women While serving the university, Father continue to serve as the cornerstone of the Scanlan became a well-known speaker university’s student-life experience, with – credited as being an early leader in the 45 percent of the undergraduate student Catholic charismatic renewal movement population participating in 50 households, and acting as a host on Eternal Word Tele- a spokesman for the university said. vision Network, a ministry that became an Father Scanlan, too, began summer con- 18-year stint – and prolific writer – includ- ferences for youth and adults. Now, youth ing authoring an autobiography, “Let the conferences are held in Steubenville, as Fire Fall.” well as at dozens of locations throughout A champion of the pro-life movement, in the United States and Canada. 1987, he approved construction of a Tomb Further, in 1992, Father Scanlan ex- of the Unborn Child on the university cam- panded Franciscan University’s study- pus. It now contains the remains of seven abroad program in a restored 14th-century aborted babies, a university spokesman said. THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER JAN. 13, 2017 5 Marchers from Steubenville Diocese will join the cry for life Jan. 27 SteubenVille and WASHinGton (compiled by blessed Sacrament and our lady of lourdes parishes, babcock, a senior biology major from Maryland, said the Steubenville register from diocesan sources and from Wintersville, will be on one of two buses leaving from Franciscan university students go to the march not only Catholic news Service reports) — As busloads of March Catholic Central High School, Steubenville, the morn- to protest legalized abortion, but also to gather with thou- for life participants converge on the nation’s capital Jan. ing of the march. Father Gossett and Father edward A. sands of other pro-life Americans to become motivated to 27, clergy and laypeople from the Diocese of Steubenville Maxfield Jr., parochial vicar to Father thomas A. Chil- be actively pro-life on a regular basis. will be among the throng. log, diocesan episcopal vicar for pastoral planning and the students will board buses after an on-campus Holy And, as has become custom, a March for life will be personnel and pastor of St. Mary parish, St. Clairsville, Hour Jan. 26 and arrive in Washington by 7:30 a.m., in held in Carrollton to coincide with the D.C. march, said Fa- will lead the marchers from Catholic Central High School, time for Mass at the basilica of the national Shrine of the ther Anthony R. Batt, pastor, our lady of Mercy parish, St. John Central High School, bellaire, and bishop John immaculate Conception. principal celebrant and homilist Carrollton, and St. Mary of the immaculate Conception, King Mussio Central Junior High School, Steubenville. will be Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of new orleans. Morges, and Daniel A. Hitchcock, Knights of Columbus Father Gossett is Catholic Central chaplain, while Father Cardinal timothy M. Dolan of new York, chairman of our lady of Carroll County Council 15401 grand Knight. Maxfield is chaplain at St. John Central High School. the u.S. Conference of Catholic bishops’ pro-life commit- this year’s rally on the Washington Monument grounds, pulling away from St. peter Church, downtown Steu- tee, is expected to speak at some time during the march. followed by a march up Constitution Avenue to the u.S. benville, at 4:30 a.m., Jan. 27, will be a bus filled by up- in Carrollton, the Knights of Columbus our lady of Supreme Court, where the march ends, is five days after per ohio Valley Right to Life, said Kathryn Bender, Carroll County Council 15401 will sponsor the march, the 44th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s roe v. Wade organizer. bender said the marchers will attend Mass at the locally, in conjunction with the Washington, D.C., march. decision, which legalized abortion. basilica of the national Shrine of the immaculate Concep- in Carrollton, marchers should gather at the our lady of theme for the march is “the power of one,” said Jeanne tion in D.C., before heading to the mall to march. riders Mercy parish hall, 616 roswell road northwest, begin- Mancini, president of March for life. She said the theme from the St. peter-based bus plan to return to Steubenville ning at 10:30 a.m. the march will start at 11 a.m., Jan. references both the impact of a single vote and a quote by midnight Jan. 27. bender can be reached at (740) 544- 27, when marchers proceed down Main Street to public from J.r.r. tolkien, who wrote in “the Fellowship of the 6446 or via email, [email protected]. Cost of Square. Marchers will return to our lady of Mercy par- ring”: “even the smallest person can change the course the bus ride is $40 for an adult and $25 for a child, with a ish hall for refreshments and to view events in D.C., said of the future.” $150 cost cap for a family to travel to the march. Hitchcock. March organizers, who do not announce attendance Franciscan University of Steubenville students, an- this will mark the third year for a march in Carrollton, estimates, but give the number as in the tens of thousands, nually, fill buses and cars to make their way to the annual Hitchcock said. “With about 50 marchers in the past, the perhaps as many as 100,000, will see young people and march. “We are not only exercising our American right to council organizers are hopeful for an even better turnout longtime marchers from the Steubenville Diocese. they are protest, but also our duty as pro-life Catholics,” said Annie this year.” expected to come from parishes in many of the diocese’s Babcock, coordinator of the university’s presence at the the Knights of Columbus has more than 1.8 million 13 counties – Athens, belmont, Carroll, Gallia, Guernsey, Jan. 27 march. members and is the world’s largest Catholic lay organi- Harrison, Jefferson, lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, the Students for life at the university organize partici- zation. it provides members and families with volunteer noble and Washington. pation in the annual event. opportunities in service to the Catholic Church, the com- John Spencer, a Basilica of St. Mary of the Assump- this year, nearly 500 students will travel on buses. Hun- munity, families and young people. last year, the Knights tion, Marietta, parishioner, has arranged for two buses dreds more students, faculty, staff and alumni are expected at all levels of the organization raised and distributed $174 to transport people from the diocese’s southern end. the to travel by car, bringing the total number of Franciscan- million to charitable and benevolent causes and rendered bus stops for pickups this year include ones in Cambridge, affiliated march attendees to 800. 71.5 million hours of volunteer service. locally, the Carroll Caldwell and Marietta. A second bus with make stops in Franciscan university president third order regular County council has 47 members, presently. Council mem- Gallipolis, pomeroy and little Hocking, said Spencer, who Franciscan Father Sean o. Sheridan, along with other bers raised and distributed $3,758 to charitable causes and has organized the transportation for marchers for more than Franciscan priests and religious sisters, will march with the rendered 2,687 hours of volunteerism the past year. five years. students behind the Franciscan’s easy-to-spot green banner in addition, this year, as in the past, the uSCCb has Father Michael W. Gossett, parochial vicar to Msgr. that reads, “before i formed you in the womb, i knew you. issued a call for prayer and penance for life. From Jan. 21 Kurt H. Kemo, diocesan vicar general and pastor of before you were born, i dedicated you” (Jer 1:5). until Jan. 29, during 9Daysforlife, bishops want prayers to end abortion. A traditional novena is to say a rosary each day, or at least a couple of our Fathers, a priest ad- Hundreds of responses vises. From Page 1 tallied, Sister Mary brigid said. mission advancement process to focus on the most preliminary data from the surveys will be available by Mt. Calvary CeMetery important pastoral and financial needs throughout the month’s end, she predicted, with a more full report pre- diocese; establish a Catholic Community Foundation of sented by the end of February. 94 Mt. Calvary Lane Southeastern ohio to serve as the development engine Surveys, some of which continue to trickle in to the Steubenville, OH 43952 for the Steubenville Diocese; and build a comprehensive chancery, have come from people between the ages of 9 development plan that creates funding needed for pastoral to 97, she said, and from those in parishes in all parts of Phone: (740) 264-1331 and financial challenges throughout the diocese. the 13-county diocese – Athens, belmont, Carroll, Gallia, Fax: (740) 264-9203 Wanting to know a parishioner’s parish’s greatest Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, e-mail: [email protected] strengths and greatest concerns, evaluating what will most Morgan, noble and Washington. help the diocese fulfill its mission as a church in the future each response will be totaled and written responses sum- Eternal Rest Grant Them, O Lord and determining the churchgoer’s willingness to learn more marized. 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St. John Paul II The Holy Spirit and Baptism

By Diocese of Steubenville refers to the prophet isaiah: “the spirit of the lord will rest in speaking of Bishop Emeritus Gilbert I. Sheldon upon him: a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of the work of the counsel and strength, a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Spirit, we should St. John paul ii next discusses the relationship between lord” (is 11:2). We recognize there the names of traditional not forget the role the Holy Spirit and baptism. baptism is a sacrament, what “gifts of the Holy Spirit.” the expression “baptism in the of Christ in the the catechism calls “an effective sign,” i.e., a sign that not Spirit” has become somewhat confused in recent years by sacraments. it was only tells us something, but also accomplishes what it tells its popularization. Several concepts have become entangled by his death and us. John paul points out that, “in collaboration with the in this connection: the sacrament of baptism, the role of resurrection that Spirit, the church realizes the sacramentality which the Sec- one’s own dispositions and the role of the Holy Spirit. man has access to ond Vatican Council attributes to her when it teaches: ‘the Different people have somewhat different ideas about its the new life of the church is in Christ like a sacrament or as a sign and instru- meaning and how those three concepts are related. in any Spirit (that we will ment of a closely knit union with such discussion, we can do later call that of God and of unity of the whole best by referring to what sanctifying grace). Bishop Sheldon human race’’’ (Dogmatic Con- Baptism is ... “an effective sign,” i.e., a sign revelation itself has to say “Without me, you stitution on the Church,“lumen that not only tells us something, and we look for that to what can do nothing,” he told the disciples (see, John, Chapter Gentium,” paragraph 1). it is the but also accomplishes what it tells us. Jesus himself has to say. 15, Verse 5). it was Christ who commissioned the apostles church that we will see later as in his discussion with to: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, the “mystical body of Christ” nicodemus, the friendly baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son through which this effective power comes. pharisee, Jesus said: “Amen, amen i say to you, no one and of the Holy Spirit ... ” (Mt 28:19). it was Christ who, the “sign” of any sacrament is the external feature or can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water after the resurrection, entered the locked room where the features that are detectable by the senses, i.e., something and the spirit.” When nicodemus questioned how a person apostles were in hiding and told them: “receive the Holy that we can see, hear, feel, touch and even taste and smell. could be reborn, Jesus explained: “What is born of flesh Spirit. Whose sins you shall forgive are forgiven them, in the case of baptism, that sign is washing with water, an is flesh, and what is born of spirit is spirit” (Jn 3:5-6).in and whose sins you retain, are retained” (Jn 20:22-23). action quite familiar in everyday life, and also well-known other words, he was talking about a new life, the life of there is an “instrinsic link between the eucharist and in ancient religious ritual. it was practiced also among the the spirit: a supernatural life bestowed in addition to the the gift of the Holy Spirit,” pope John paul tells us. We Jews at the time of Christ and regarded as a feature of the natural, bodily life that we know. that life comes, not by see that link, among other places, in the reaction to Jesus imminent coming of the Messiah. Hence, the baptisms any effort on our own part, but by the work of the Holy when he promised his body and blood as food and drink. done by John the baptist were understood immediately Spirit. We are able to resist it, and even to refuse it out- Many of his disciples walked out on him at this point. by the Jews in that connection. it is understandable that right, but we cannot in any way create it for ourselves. the Jesus told the apostles: “this is why i said to you: ‘no Jesus should choose that same gesture when introducing Holy Spirit normally works through the instrumentality of one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw what we now know as the sacrament of baptism. “water and the spirit,” i.e., the sacrament of baptism. the him’” (Jn 6:44). it is by the prompting of the Holy Spirit John the baptist admitted, when asked, that he was not Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us: “the church that this “drawing” takes place, as in all movements of himself the Messiah, but that one would come after him does not know of any means other than (the sacrament the soul toward God. who “would baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire” of) baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude. ... our lord said many things to the apostles and disciples, (Mt 3:11). Fire, i.e., heat, is universally used as a means God has bound salvation to the sacrament of baptism, but as the evangelist took pains to point out: “there are also of purification in the smelting of metals. by analogy, it is he himself is not bound by his sacraments” (catechism, many things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described used to signify moral purification. because of the tongues paragraph 1257; emphasis in original). As pointed out individually, i do not think the whole world would contain of fire that manifested the coming of the Holy Spirit on previously, God is able to act “outside the box,” if he so the books that would be written” (Jn 21: 25). How could pentecost, fire is also a symbol of the Holy Spirit himself. chooses. We believe he does so for those who, not hav- they remember it all? that’s where the Holy Spirit came Modern physics tells us that all forms of energy are reduc- ing access to sacramental baptism for whatever reason, in and that’s where pentecost came in: “i have much more ible to heat. it is an apt symbol, then, of the ultimate source but try to live as they believe God intendeds man to live. to tell you,” Jesus told them at the last Supper, “but you of power itself: God as Creator! that has traditionally been called “baptism of desire.” cannot bear it now. but when he comes, the Spirit of truth, John paul offers a definition of “baptism in the Holy Again, however, it must be pointed out that it is still the he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, Spirt.” He says: “it means regenerating humanity with the Holy Spirit that brings about this effect, not the person’s but he will speak what he hears and will declare to you the power of God’s Spirit. that is what the Messiah does.” He own will or effort. things that are coming” (Jn 16:12-13).

Go In Haste! Be Amazed! Treasure! By Bishop Robert Barron of Mary the Mother of i might borrow the language of Dietrich von Hildebrand, God, and which sheds it is only the objectively valuable – as opposed to the by now most of you are probably aware of the depress- considerable light on merely subjectively satisfying – that fills the mind and ing statistics regarding the “nones,” that is to say, those in this issue. it has to do To Page 8 this country who claim no religious affiliation. the most with the visit of the recent survey showed that now fully one-fourth of Ameri- shepherds to Mary and cans belong to no religion at all – that’s approximately the Christ child in the The Steubenville Register Biweekly publication of the Diocese of Steubenville 80,000,000 people. And among those in the 18-29 age stable at bethlehem, P.O. Box 160, 422 Washington St. group, the percentage of nones goes up to 40! this increase and it hinges on three Steubenville, OH 43952-5160 has been alarmingly precipitous. Fifty years ago, only a words: haste, aston- email: [email protected] fraction of the country would have identified as unreligious, ished and treasured. and even a decade ago, the number was only at 14 percent. We hear that, upon Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton, publisher Pat DeFrancis, editor What makes this situation even more distressing is that receiving the angel’s Bishop Barron [email protected] fully 64 percent of young adult nones were indeed raised message, the shep- Janice M. Ward, circulation/advertising religious but have taken the conscious and active decision herds “went in haste” to visit the holy family. this echoes [email protected] to abandon their churches. Houston, we definitely have a a passage from a bit earlier in luke’s Gospel: having heard problem. the news of her own pregnancy and that of elizabeth, Mary, Telephone (740) 282-3631; FAX (740) 282-3238 i have written frequently regarding practical steps that we are told, “went in haste” to the hill country of Judah to Subscription rate $15 per year in state of Ohio; religious leaders ought to be taking to confront this rising help her cousin. the spiritual truth that both of these $17 per year outside the state of Ohio; tide of secularist ideology, and i will continue to do so. but pericopes disclose is that energy, verve, enthusiasm, and $24 per year to all foreign countries for the moment, i would like to reflect on a passage from a sense of mission come precisely from a good that is per- Periodicals postage paid at Steubenville, OH 43952 SSN 0744-77IX the Gospel of luke, which was featured on the solemnity ceived to be both objective and transcendent to the ego. if THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER JAN. 13, 2017 7

Bishop Looks to Extraordinary Time, Poverty, Death, Hope

By Diocese of Steubenville Poverty Awareness Month Bishop Jeffrey M. Monforton the month of January is poverty Awareness Month. time and time again pope Francis instructs us that the “This is my beloved Son, with whom I true Christian attitude is one in solidarity with the poor. am well pleased” (Mt 3:17). We are quite familiar with poverty in the ohio Valley, from Carroll to lawrence counties. While poverty is an everyday reality, not addressing poverty is unacceptable. As a diocese, we are exploring new avenues by which we can help our neighbor, from the creation of Cathedral Extraordinary Time Square in Steubenville to extending the outreach of our Catholic Charities in the effort to maximize impact in all the words above, from God the Father, are a 13 counties of our diocese. reminder that Jesus Christ should be the center of From families to schools to parish communities, we our lives, and not just at Christmas. When i was possess the infrastructure to assist our brothers and sisters a seminarian, the seminary’s spiritual director in need. We do not need the lenten Season to make sac- frequently called ordinary time Extraordinary rifices for others. to help others, to be in solidarity with time. this was an invitation for us to take more the poor, is one of countless ways we can make ordinary seriously our baptismal calling to share Jesus. time Extraordinary time. the evangelists penned much about Jesus’ earthly ministry following his baptism in the Jordan river by St. John the baptist. the Gospels are our spiritual GpS as together we embark into ordinary time. We do more than imitate. We Rest in Peace, Father Michael Scanlan Bishop Monforton share. i am profoundly grateful and edified by the this weekend (Jan. 7), we received word that Father Scanlan, former president of Franciscan university, had responses of our fellow Catholics to the recent valuable lesson that in order to succeed we cannot died. i am grateful that i had the opportunity to visit him, diocesan questionnaire. Much promise and hope fear failure. not everything we do in service to the and his eyes would brighten when we discussed happenings is shared, but the comments are also a reminder Church will be overwhelmingly successful, but at Franciscan university. He told me the story how when that there is no cruise control in our faith, nor that is no excuse for lack of effort. he first arrived at Franciscan university, there was a “For can we settle simply for daily maintenance when vision is needed. Vision requires both fortitude Sale” sign on campus. With his unmatched enthusiasm, he and patience. Ministry in the Church is no dif- quickly removed the sign and began the long and arduous ferent. As we continue to delve into the hundreds process of changing minds and hearts. As the saying goes, Together, as fellow believers, we embark and hundreds of pages of questionnaire material, whining is not a virtue, fortitude is. into the year 2017 as ambassadors of hope, please keep all in prayer that we are ever attentive As we entrust the repose of the soul of Father Scanlan immense hope. to direction and need. to God’s all merciful and loving presence, we can learn a Share Jesus daily and enthusiastically.

Following His Call (Third Ordinary Sunday) By Father Paul J. Walker now sit in anguish – would have continued with business as usual, remaining “the people who walked fisherman, had Jesus not invaded their territory. Who were this Sunday’s (Jan. 22) first reading from isaiah is a in darkness have seen a they? – not men of great scholarship or influence, wealth rerun from Christmas midnight: “the people who walked great light; upon those or social background. Also, neither were they poor. they in darkness have seen a great light.” they are rerun twice, who dwelt in the land were simple working men with no illustrious background, as Matthew offers them as a description of Jesus; life and of gloom a light has certainly, anyone would have said, with no outstanding ministry, not merely of his birth, which was only witnessed shone” (is 9:2), Jesus future. it was ordinary people, whom Jesus chose – folks by a few. now, as an adult, his public ministry begins. will take himself and who would give him themselves. He could do most any- Matthew quotes isaiah reporting this inauguration as a his message to all who thing with people like that! fulfillment of Scripture – a move by Jesus from private dwell in darkness. this the story could be much the same with any of us. Jesus citizen to public servant has now been completed. is good news and pure walks onto the stage of our life (regardless of our age) – a the first reading and the Gospel share a connection that is amazing grace. stage that most times we have pretty well set. We know helpful in understanding something of the world into which As the Gospel narra- Father Walker where all the props are, and we are well-accustomed to the Jesus was about to announce the arrival of a long-awaited tives unfold before us, entrances and exits. His invitation is much the same: some promise that would reshape the world and the lives of all we need to remember that we are not hearing history les- version of “follow me.” that does not necessarily mean within it. About 700 years before Jesus was born, two ter- sons. the stories in the Gospels are not just about people we are being asked to change our profession or state in ritories on the northernmost part of the kingdom of israel who lived a really long time ago. they have a perennial life. What it usually does mean is we are being asked to – Zebulun and naphtali – were destroyed in a war by the value, as they are stories about you and me. When we en- change our perspective or shift our center of gravity, taking Assyrians. the land was devastated, and many people were counter stories telling how someone comes to faith in Jesus ourselves off the throne at life’s center – out of the cockpit killed. the israelites who remained did what they needed Christ, we uncover a story about ourselves – every person or driver’s seat, and welcoming Jesus Christ to occupy that to do in order to survive. Some of them married Assyrians. – all who come to faith in Jesus and how we respond, or do place, whether we be 14, or 18, 28, 58 or 88! israelite law, however, prohibited intermarriage, so these not respond, to his call to follow. A perennial and timeless both sets of brothers were tending to their nets when survivors were seen as traitors. they were looked on as quality of the biblical narrative reveals that no dynamic Jesus calls them. tending nets could serve as a metaphor. people that had abandoned God and compromised their between Jesus and his contemporaries that unfolded then exploring the image, we can imagine nets as things that, faith in order to survive. the children of these unions does not also now unfold between ourselves and the risen while perfectly necessary to one’s occupation, can also were known as Samaritans, and the bad reputation lasted Christ. nothing was going on then that does not continue entangle and confine. What “nets” in my world so confine in Jesus’ day and beyond. these territories of Zebulun and to occur today in these relationships. me that i need to castoff and leave behind in order to hear naphtali could easily have been described as a land of We catch the scene that Matthew brings to us in this and have the freedom to respond to a call that may present darkness. but it is to these very people that God’s promise Sunday’s (third ordinary Sunday) Gospel: Jesus comes itself many times over on life’s journey? A question that can is made: there will be no gloom or darkness for those who onto the scene of peter and Andrew’s lives. no doubt they To Page 8 8 THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER JAN. 13, 2017 Doctrinal chief dismisses idea of ‘fraternal correction’ of Pope Francis VAtiCAn CitY (CnS) — the Catholic the clear doctrine on matrimony, and on the of the pope seems very remote at this time of marriage and the sinfulness of sexual Church is “very far” from a situation in other the obligation of the church to care because it does not concern a danger for relations outside a valid marriage, in the which the pope is in need of “fraternal for these people in difficulty.” the faith,” which is the situation St. thomas view of the document written by Cardinals correction” because he has not put the the cardinal was interviewed about Aquinas described for burke; Walter brand- faith and church teaching in danger, said a formal request to pope Francis for fraternal correction. “it muller, a German and Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the clarification about “Amoris laetitia” and harms the church” for former president of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. particularly its call for the pastoral accom- cardinals to so publicly pontifical Commission interviewed Jan. 9 on the italian all-news paniment of people who are divorced and challenge the pope, he for Historical Sciences; channel, tGCom24, Cardinal Muller said civilly remarried or who are living together said. Carlo Caffarra, retired pope Francis’ document on the family, without marriage. the request, called a in his letter on the archbishop of bolo- “Amoris laetitia,” was “very clear” in its “dubia,” was written in September by u.S. family, pope Francis af- gna, italy; and Joachim teaching. Cardinal raymond l. burke, patron of the firmed church teaching Meisner, retired arch- (CNS photo/Paul Haring) in the document, the cardinal said, pope Knights of Malta, and three other cardinals. on the indissolubility bishop of Cologne, Ger- Cardinal Muller Francis asks priests “to discern the situation they published the letter in november of marriage, but he also many. of these persons living in an irregular union after pope Francis did not respond. urged pastors to provide spiritual guid- in the tGCom24 interview, Cardinal – that is, not in accordance with the doctrine in an interview later, Cardinal burke ance and assistance with discernment to Muller said, “everyone, especially cardi- of the church on marriage – and asks for said the pope must respond to the “dubia” Catholics who have married civilly without nals of the roman church, have the right to help for these people to find a path for a because they directly impact the faith and an annulment of their church marriage. A write a letter to the pope. However, i was new integration into the church according the teaching of the church. if there is no process of discernment, he has said, might astonished that this became public, almost to the condition of the sacraments (and) the response, he said, a formal “correction of eventually lead to a determination that ac- forcing the pope to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’” to the Christian message on matrimony.” the pope” would be in order. cess to the sacraments is possible. cardinals’ questions about what exactly the in the papal document, he said, “i do not Cardinal Muller told the italian televi- the possibility reflects a change in pope meant in “Amoris laetitia.” see any opposition: on one side we have sion that “a possible fraternal correction church teaching on the indissolubility “this, i don’t like,” Cardinal Muller said. New Year calls for courage, hope; no more hatred, selfishness, pope says VAtiCAn CitY (CnS) — Whether God and as World peace Day. and hope” in istanbul, the pope offered his sleeves in order to confront the scourge the new year will be good or not de- Speaking to the some 50,000 pilgrims prayers for the entire nation of turkey, as of terrorism and this bloodstain that is pends on us choosing to do good each gathered in St. peter’s Square for the first well as those hurt and killed. A gunman enveloping the world with the shadow day, pope Francis said. noon Angelus of 2017, the pope referred to opened fire during a new Year’s eve cel- of fear and confusion,” he said. “that is how one builds peace, saying his peace day message in which he asked ebration at a popular nightclub early Jan. earlier in the day, the pope spoke of ‘no’ to hatred and violence – with action people to adopt the “style” of nonviolence 1, killing at least 39 people and wounding how maternal tenderness, hope and self- – and ‘yes’ to fraternity and reconcilia- for building a politics for peace. at least 70 more. sacrifice were the “strongest antidote” tion,” he said Jan. 1, which the church lamenting the brutal act of terrorism “i ask the lord to support all people of to the selfishness, indifference and “lack marks as the feast of Mary, Mother of that struck during a night of “well-wishes good will who courageously roll up their of openness” in the world today. Go In Haste From Page 6 the message. Wonder, amazement and as- right, they alone can satisfy the deepest these are all means by which the church soul with passion and purpose. When the tonishment happen when the properly tran- longing of the heart. A secularist ideol- stubbornly, century in and century out, sense of objective and transcendent value scendent power breaks into our ordinary ogy – the worldview embraced by the treasures the astonishing events of God’s is attenuated – as it necessarily is within the experience. the findings of the sciences “nones” – produces the clean, well-lighted self-manifestation. up and down the ages, context of a secularist worldview – passion delight and inform us, but they don’t as- space of what we can know and control. the church ponders what God has done so and mission fade away. John Henry new- tonish us, and the reason for this is that we but it precludes true astonishment, and this that the memory of these mighty deeds man said that what gives a river verve and are finally in control of the deliverances of leaves the soul impoverished. might never be lost. As such, she performs movement is precisely the firmness of its the scientific method. We observe, we form the final word from luke upon which an indispensable service on behalf of the banks. When those banks are broken down, hypotheses, we make experiments and we i’d like to reflect is “treasured.” the evan- world – though the world might not have in the interest of a supposed freedom, the draw conclusions. Again, this is all to the gelist tells us that Mary “treasured these any sense of it. She keeps holding up the once energetic body of water spreads out good, but it doesn’t produce amazement. things, pondering upon them in her heart.” light against the darkness. into a great lazy lake. What we have in Dorothy Day witnessed to the astonishing newman said that Mary, precisely in this So to the “nones,” and to those who are our secularist culture, which denies the when she said, upon the birth of her first contemplative, ruminative frame of mind, tempted to move into secularism, i say, transcendent good, is a subjectivism that child, that she felt a gratitude so enormous is the model of all theology. i’d press it don’t float on the lazy lake; rather, go in gives rise to the “whatever” attitude. tol- that it would correspond to nothing or further. She is the real symbol of the church haste! Don’t settle for something less than eration and self-assertion reign supreme; no one in this world. Mother teresa was in its entire function as the custodian of astonishment; be amazed! Don’t fall into but no one goes anywhere in haste. rather, properly amazed when, on a lengthy train revelation. What is the Sistine Chapel? spiritual amnesia; treasure! we all rest on our individual air mattresses journey to Darjeeling, she heard a voice What is notre Dame Cathedral? What is in the midst of the placid but tedious lake. calling her to minister to the poorest of the “the Divine Comedy” of Dante? What is Bishop Barron is an auxiliary bishop the second word i want to emphasize poor. the apostles of Jesus fell into wonder the “Summa contra Gentiles” of thomas of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, as is “astonished.” luke tells us that those when they saw, alive again, their master Aquinas? What are the sermons of John well as an author, a speaker and theo- who heard the shepherds’ testimony were who had been crucified and buried. these Chrysostom? What are the teachings of logian and the founder of Word on Fire “astonished” at the news. the King James are the most precious kinds of experiences the great ecumenical councils? What is the Catholic Ministries, Skokie, Illinois, a Version renders this as “they wondered at” that we can have, and if St. Augustine is liturgy in all of its complexity and beauty? nonprofit global media apostolate. Following From Page 7 service of that light and grace, or we can turns that path toward dawn. we may find life, the real life, that is “entangle” me and impede a response is actually imped its flow. pope emeritus benedict XVi, in a book- no longer subject to death. one that inquires about the cost: What will Jesus’ invitation is still the same: the length interview with journalist, peter (Light of the World, Page 185) the call to reform cost me? What familiar call to be “fishers of men” is a call given Seewald, responded to a final question lakes and nets will i have to leave behind? to the church, not just to the ordained and regarding the reason why Jesus came into Father Walker is a Diocese of Steuben- professed religious. like the fishermen, we i’ll probably need to leave more than just the world: ville priest, retired from active parish material possessions – things like attitudes, are called as we are from where we are. ministry, who continues to reside in his biases, prejudices, fears, angers, etc. the response requires faith and courage to hometown of McConnelsville. He is a ... That we become capable of God in Galilee, the call to self-surrender be- answer the one whom we do not see and former director of the diocesan Office gins as fishing partner brothers leave their who often seems distant. this Christmas and so are enabled to enter into eternal of Worship. He continues to celebrate past for new-found service. that kindly season just past strove to remind us, casting life ..., so that we might come to know Masses in his home parish, St. James, light is now shining and grace flows in the both light and shadow on our path, that the the truth. So that we might touch God. and write a regular column for The world’s veins. We can live out lives in the Word made flesh came into our night and So that the door might be open. So that Steubenville Register. THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER JAN. 13, 2017 9 Ohio think tank gives people a much-needed voice in overcoming poverty By Dennis Sadowski “So this is my way of giving back. I can listen to these uplifted by.” people and say, ‘I understand where you’re coming from.’” The think tank can trace its roots to the work of the NEWARK, Ohio (CNS) — For Tonya and Chuck Coo- Lesha Farias helped establish the think tank. A former Society of St. Vincent de Paul in town more than two de- per, family isn’t just those who share their last name. president of the St. Vincent de Paul conference at St. cades ago. Bill Hammond, a St. Francis de Sales Church When it comes to helping people in need, the couple Francis de Sales Parish in Newark as well as the society’s parishioner, became involved in the society in the early often sets an extra plate at the dinner table for someone Columbus district council, Farias calls the think tank’s 1990s and helped guide it from an organization that simply without food, offers a night’s rest to someone without a low-income participants “poverty experts.” raised funds for charitable works to one that advocated for bed or readily provides a lift to the More than half of the needy people. doctor’s office for a neighbor whose leadership team are Downplaying his role, Hammond, 84, told CNS he car broke down. people experiencing simply followed the directives that Ozanam established “We share a community. We share poverty and appre- in founding the Vincentians in 1833. Among the precepts a town,” Chuck told Catholic News ciate having an op- was that Vincentians were to visit families in need rather Service in late December. portunity to be heard than simply provide charity and move on with life. Life became more of a struggle especially because Under Hammond’s leadership, the society’s presence though for the Coopers as 2017 they have rarely been grew in Newark and the home visits became integral to its dawned. heard before, Farias ministry. Hammond then became president of the society’s Chuck, 59, lost his job in the fall explains. diocesan council. For six years, he embraced the same at a mail marketing company down Another aspect of the philosophy. the road in Hebron that paid $9.59 think tank involves “When I started reading and studying the manual and his- an hour, because he needed surgery ensuring people who tory, they emphasized that we didn’t become a Vincentian on both of his knees and received are facing challenges really to give the poor money. It was first of all about us no guarantee he could return once from being in poverty getting the opportunity to grow spiritually by serving and fully recovered. He had one surgery – car repossession, living out our faith,” Hammond says. in November and is doing well. A eviction, lack of food “When we go on a home visit, it’s a personal connec- second surgery is set for early 2017. – will not be forgotten tion, not a monetary,” he continues. “The money is not as During his three years on the or abandoned, that important as a connection spiritually with the people we job, Chuck had no health insur- they will be connected are going to visit.” ance, however. His share of the with the services they Hammond’s efforts made the think tank possible, said cost through the company was too need. Allen Schwartz, a retired community organizer who of- expensive, he says. So Medicaid is “We are in relation- fers his insight from years of grass-roots experience to its footing the bill. ship with them,” Far- leadership team. Tonya, 57, is unable to work be- ias said. “Bill’s insistence on the visits can’t be minimized as so- cause of a disability. The family’s The think tank also cial justice work because people who don’t do social justice only income is her monthly Supple- promotes the impor- work objectify the needy,” Schwartz explains. “They just mental Security Income stipend. The tance of having its write the check (and say) ‘Don’t bother me.’ It’s the visits couple also receives a limited benefit members represented that hold back that process of objectification and created under the Supplemental Nutrition on committees and the situation where we could then take it to the next step Assistance Program, or SNAP, for- boards of local gov- of the think tank. merly known as food stamps. Bill Hammond and his wife Gennoah are seen in ernment and social “We not only need to stop objectifying these people who Without Chuck’s income, the their Newark, Ohio, home Dec. 20. Hammond, a service agencies. To are in need, but we need to act on their behalf,” he says. Coopers have fallen two months be- past president of the Diocese of Columbus’ Soci- the think tank’s credit, The think tank has one staff person. Wendy Tarr is di- hind on the rent. They live in a $495 ety of St. Vincent de Paul district council, helped its members serve on rector and lead organizer of the Vincentian Ohio Action a month two-bedroom, first-floor reshape the organization to build relationships the Licking County Network, which the diocesan society established. She apartment in a duplex they share with poor people. His work was a forerunner to Jobs and Family Ser- spends part of her time in Newark identifying people who with their daughter Samantha, 27, the Newark Think Tank on Poverty, which brings vices Planning Board, are ready to lend their voices to changing public policy. and her 7-month-old son, Benjamin. citizens together to discuss workable ideas on an Adult Court Ser- Her understanding of the Vincentian vision runs through Another daughter lives upstairs in a how to shape the response to people in need. vices committee and her work as she addresses the need for society to broach separate unit. (CNS photo/Dennis Sadowski) the board of the Pat the gulf that keeps poor people outside of society’s main- “Are we impoverished? From my and Herb Murphy St. stream. standpoint, no. But are we under the bar or the (poverty) Vincent de Paul Center. Four Newark area parishes estab- “In order for our democracy to work and for our agencies line? Yes, we are, and we’re sinking farther under it as we lished the center in response to the vision of accompanying and organizations to be meeting real needs in the com- go,” Chuck says. people in need as expressed by Frederic Ozanam, founder munity, there has to be participation and leadership from Situations like that facing the Coopers have become of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. people who are not in the middle class, but from people more common in places such as Newark, a formerly bus- After its first meetings, think tank participants settled who are in the working class and poor,” Tarr explained. tling Midwestern town of 48,000 located 35 miles east of on three issues to address: discrimination against people The think tank helps people understand how power Columbus, Ohio, that once earned the nickname “Little convicted of felonies who are attempting to rebuild their is structured in U.S. society and how the problems poor Chicago.” Since the 1980s Newark, like similar commu- lives but have difficulty finding work; the lack of jobs people in particular face are connected to ineffective social nities, has seen well-paying jobs leave town. In 2015, the that pay a living wage; and inadequate mental health and policies, she says. city’s poverty rate stood at 23.2 percent, according to U.S. addiction recovery services. “People (in need) have voice and answers to problems. Census Bureau statistics. Convincing the Newark City Council to pass an or- They have solutions and insight that are really needed in In response, a group of concerned citizens set in motion dinance that removes a question about order to create a work- an effort to give struggling people a voice in changing how felony convictions from city employ- More information on the Newark Think Tank ing system and create government and nonprofit agencies respond to their needs. ment applications gave the think tank an on Poverty is online – new ways in society to They envision a venue to share stories – and expertise – early victory. Think tank leader Eric Lee www.newarkthinktank.org. address poverty,” Tarr about how difficult it is for many families to live day-in applauds the move. explained. and day-out deciding whether it’s best to pay the rent, keep At 60 and having spent a third of his life in prison, Lee The Coopers said that having a voice in decisions af- the heat on, visit a doctor or feed the kids. knows the challenges of trying to find gainful employment. fecting their lives is what they seek. Chuck Cooper said he What emerged was the Newark Think Tank on Poverty, He told CNS that people returning to Newark after time in hopes the think tank can help bridge the distance between a nonsectarian project funded in part by the U.S. bishops’ prison struggle to find a job because employers often are “the haves and the have-nots” in Newark. Catholic Campaign for Human Development through the fearful of hiring someone convicted of a serious crime. “If you’re, unfortunately, in that thin line that differenti- Society of St. Vincent de Paul in the Columbus Diocese. It Since his release Lee has graduated from college and is ates the two you can get lost real quick. I know. We’ve been brings about 40 people together monthly to discuss work- working on a master’s degree in management. He works there. We’re still there. We make too much for (public) able ideas on how to shape the community’s response to side-by-side with people released from prison to help them assistance, but we don’t make enough to feel comfortable. people in need. re-enter the community and leave behind the habits that It becomes a limbo,” he said. The Coopers are founding members of the think tank. got them into trouble in the first place. “Will they get better? I sure hope so. I’d love to live long Tonya holds a seat on its leadership team. “The biggest success (of the think tank) is the relation- enough to see a little bit of comfort. To be able to maybe “The think tank is important to me because over the ships we form and the relationships we build in different go to bed some night and not worry about the next day. It’s years there’s been times when we’ve had to reach out for areas of life,” Lee said. “Just making a difference in indi- been a long time, and I don’t remember what it was like.” assistance to other people just to make it,” she explained. viduals’ lives is something I’m starting to take on and be (Follow Sadowski on Twitter: @DennisSadowski.)

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Athens — An Endow study titled “Aquinas for Beginners, Part 2,” will meet Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 25, from 9:15-10:45 a.m., in the Holy Family Center, which is located at Christ the King University Parish. According to the Athens U Catholic community bulletin, Endow is a Catholic educational program that brings women together to discover their God-given dignity and to understand their role in humanizing and transforming society. Caldwell — “God’s Not Dead” will be shown P at 6 p.m., Jan. 15, at St. Stephen Church hall. Pizza and popcorn will be provided. Cambridge — Registration for preschool at St. Benedict School will begin Feb. 1. For more informa- tion, telephone the school office at (740) 432-6751. and Cambridge — Christ Our Light parishioners will participate in sponsoring a soup luncheon from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., Jan. 13, at the First Presbyterian Church hall, 725 Steubenville Ave. Homemade soups, breads, desserts and beverages will be sold. To order, telephone (740) 995-0605. D Glouster — A free community meal will be served from 5-7 p.m., Jan. 14, at Holy Cross Church hall. Anyone attending can bring a dish to share. Ironton — Fall and Christmas decorations are being accepted by the Ironton Catholic community O CWC for a future craft sale. Donations can be taken to St. Joseph Church undercroft. Tom Miller, left, faithful comptroller, and Jeff Turner, middle, faithful navigator, of the Marietta — The 25th annual St. Mary School Fourth-degree Knights of the Commodore Jack Berry Assembly 802, Bridgeport, Foundation benefit drawing will be held Feb. 4, at present a $500 check to Thomas Jones, representing Light of Life Radio Ministry. 7 p.m., in St. Mary School Msgr. Edward Kakascik The money for the radio station was raised through donations, Miller said. Light of W Parish Center. The $125 ticket, available at St. Life can be heard in portions of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In the Upper Mary School office, 320 Marion St., entitles two Ohio Valley, the signal is located at 90.7 FM on the radio dial, 24 hours a day, seven people admission into the event, and provides an days a week. Started by West Virginia resident Bob Carubia, the radio station is a opportunity to win a portion of $6,000 in prizes. For nonprofit operated by all volunteers and is listener supported. Its programming, additional information, telephone the school office which includes Masses, call ins and comments from priests, also can be heard on- at (740) 374-8181. line. (Photo by DeFrancis) N St. Clairsville — Mass will be celebrated in Spanish at 2:30 p.m., Jan. 15, at St. Mary Church. The sacrament of reconciliation will precede Mass at 2 p.m. Around and About the Engaged couples planning to marry in a Catholic church in the Diocese of Steubenville are invited to Cambridge — A monthly breakfast, sponsored Shirley DeOrio at (614) 620-3169. a marriage preparation workshop from 9 a.m. to 3:30 by Knights of Columbus Council 1641, will be held Steubenville — A natural family planning class p.m., March 18, at St. Mary Church Marian Hall. At from 9 a.m.-noon, Jan. 15, in St. Benedict Church will be held by NFP International Jan. 28 at St. Peter the close of the workshop, the couple’s engagement social hall. Church. For additional information or to register, will be blessed. The workshop fulfills the diocesan Canton, Ohio — Natural family planning classes telephone Steve or Ann Craig at (740) 457-9663. D marriage preparation. For additional information or will be offered at Mercy Medical Center, 1320 An online course is available at www.nfpandmore. to register for the day, telephone Michael Zabrecky, Mercy Drive NW, from 2-4 p.m., Jan. 15, Jan. 29 org. director of religious education at St. Mary Parish, and Feb. 26, in Conference Room C. The service Steubenville — Knights of Columbus St. John at (740) 695-9993. is offered in cooperation and under the guidance Neumann Council 11828 will sponsor a pancake Steubenville — An entrance placement test for of the Office of Marriage and Family Ministry of breakfast, for the benefit of the Immaculate Heart I eighth-grade students not attending Bishop John the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio. For additional of Mary Montessori School, from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., King Mussio Central Junior High School will be information, telephone Mercy Family Education Jan. 15, at St. Peter Church hall. The menu will given Jan. 25 at Catholic Central High School, 320 at (330) 489-1329 or (800) 223-8662. include pancakes, eggs, ham, potatoes, fruit and West View Ave. Students should report to the main Frederick, Md. — Knights of Columbus Charles beverage. Adults eat for $7; children, $5; $35, family lobby of the high school at 7:45 a.m. To register or Carroll Council 15985 will host a spaghetti din- maximum charge. for additional information, telephone the high school ner Jan. 27, from 5-7:30 p.m., for travelers to the Steubenville — A veterans breakfast and open O office (740) 264-5538. Washington, D.C., March for Life, at St. Joseph-on- house will be held Jan. 18, from 9-10 a.m., at 500 Steubenville — Pre-Cana classes will be held Carrollton Manor Parish hall, 5843 Manor Woods Market St., suite 310. Donuts and coffee will be March 17, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. and March 18, from Road. Suggested donation of $5 per person includes served. For reservations or additional information, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., in Holy Rosary Church Marian Room, spaghetti, homemade sauce, salad, bread, dessert telephone (740) 283-8571. 202 Rosemont Ave. A special blessing will be avail- and beverage. Toronto — A charismatic Mass will be celebrated C able for engaged couples at the 4 p.m., March 18 Mass. Minerva — Knights of Columbus Council Feb. 2, at 7 p.m., in the Father of Mercy Chapel at Deadline for registration is March 9. The class fulfills 11380 will sponsor a pancake breakfast Jan. 15, the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters Third the diocesan requirements for marriage preparation. from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at St. Gabriel Church hall. Order Regular of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother, For more information, telephone (740) 264-6177. Breakfast will include pancakes, sausage, home 369 Little Church Road. Franciscan Father Dave Wintersville — Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady fries, scrambled eggs and beverage. Adults eat for Pivonka, internationally known speaker and author, E of Lourdes parishes will hold an eighth annual “St. $5; children, ages 6-12, eat for $2; children, ages 5 will be the celebrant. Prayer for healing or other Vincent de Paul Valentine’s Craft Extravaganza” and under, eat for free. needs will be offered following Mass. Refreshments from noon until 3 p.m., Feb. 12, at Blessed Sacra- North Canton, Ohio — Mary, Queen of Heav- will also follow. ment Church Sargus Hall, 852 Main St. For informa- en and Earth Chapter of Magnificat, a women’s Weirton, W.Va. — St. Paul Church, 140 Walnut tion on becoming a vendor, or to receive an applica- ministry modeled after the Visitation, will spon- St., will present international Christian artist Kathy tion, telephone Linda Freed at (740) 264-6539, or sor a breakfast Feb. 18, at Walsh University, Troccoli Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. Doors for the free concert S email [email protected]. Interested vendors Barrette Center, 2020 E. Maple St. Doors open will open at 6:15 p.m.; a freewill offering will be can make $25 money orders for table fees payable at 8:30 a.m.; breakfast will be served at 9 a.m.; taken that evening. Attendees must preregister and to the St. Vincent de Paul Ministry. Proceeds from cost is $18. Make checks payable to Magnificat receive an advance ticket for admittance. Tickets the event will be used to purchase food for the St. of Stark County and mail to Debby Bentivegna, can be reserved online at www.iTickets.com/kathy- Vincent de Paul Ministry, which provides meals for 5575 East Blvd. NW, Canton, OH 44718. Seating troccoli; by email, [email protected]; or by E the less fortunate. For additional information on the is limited. No reservations will be accepted after telephoning (304) 748-4118. Free child care will be ministry, telephone (740) 264-9547. Feb. 11. For additional information, telephone provided during the concert. THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER JAN. 13, 2017 11 Steubenville woman honored for service dies Religious, who ministered in diocese, dies STEUBENVILLE — the “Caritas,” it was pointed out DELHI TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Sister Bishop Albert H. Ottenweller, Pope (now Mary G. Barber – twice that she was active and devoted of Charity of Cincinnati Jeannine Selzer saint) John Paul II bestowed the Cross honored for her service to to the Catholic Woman’s Club on – recipient of the Cross “Pro Ecclesia et “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” on Sister Jean- the Diocese of Steubenville the unit, deanery and diocesan Pontifice,” a papal award, while nine and seven other people, – has died. level; instrumental in fundraising ministering in the Diocese of including Third Order Regular The 93-year-old Barber, for various Catholic charities and Steubenville – has died. Franciscan Father Michael a resident of Steubenville, a member of the advisory council Sister Jeannine died Dec. 26 Scanlan, president of Francis- died Jan. 7. for the Catholic Conference of at the age of 87 in Mother Mar- can University of Steubenville Born Dec. 5, 1923, one of Ohio. garet Hall, the nursing facility at the time; Immaculate Heart six children of Costanzo and Bishop Emeritus Gilbert I. of the Sisters of Charity. of Mary Brother Dominic Car- Concetta Almonte Grossi, (Photo provided) Sheldon awarded Barber the Born June 28, 1929, she was roll, superior general of his reli- Barber was a member of Mary Barber Cross “Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice,” one of five children of George gious order in Steubenville, and Triumph of the Cross Parish, a papal award. At the request of and Mary Stagge Selzer. Charity Sister Mary Ann Corr, Steubenville, merged from Holy Name Bishop Sheldon, the award was granted to After graduating from high (Photo provided) who was the superintendent of Cathedral and Holy Rosary Parish, Steu- Barber by then Pope John Paul II. It trans- school in 1947, Sister Jeannine Sister Jeannine schools, then, for the diocese. benville. lates to “For the Church and the Pontiff” entered the Sisters of Charity. At the time of the 1990 award, Bishop In 1977, Barber was awarded the “Cari- and is given to individuals who demon- She earned a Bachelor of Music degree Ottenweller praised Sister Jeannine for her tas” and in 2001 the Cross “Pro Ecclesia strate outstanding service to the church. and later completed degrees in administra- unflagging support and encouragement as et Pontifice.” At the time she received the award, Bishop tion at Xavier University, Cincinnati, and they went on unchartered waters together, Initiated by the Diocese of Steuben- Sheldon said Barber was very generous to theology at Trinity College, Washington, sharing setbacks and successes as they ville’s first bishop, John King Mussio, the Holy Name Cathedral and the Steubenville D.C. worked with the priests of the diocese. “Caritas” (charity) medal was awarded Diocese with her time and resources. Sister Jeannine began her ministry as a Sister Jeannine worked, too, in the Arch- for the first time in 1955. Bishop Mussio Barber, too, was recognized by Fran- music teacher in a Springfield, Ohio, pa- diocese of Cincinnati. said then that the medal would be given to ciscan University of Steubenville, with a rochial school and continued teaching or In her retirement, among other things, people who exhibit exceptional Catholic Founder’s Award. serving as a school administrator in schools she played the organ for daily Mass in action. Qualifications for recipients include Preceded in death by her husband Mi- in Ohio and Michigan until the 1970s. Mother Margaret Hall. an exemplary public and private Catholic chael “Mickey” Barber, she is survived She served her religious order, also, as a In addition to her religious sisters, Sister life, distinguished service to the diocese, by her four children, Dolores, Patricia, novice director and a director of services Jeannine is survived by her sister Martha, contributions toward diocesan enterprises Mary Michele and Michael, grandchildren, at the motherhouse. nieces and nephews. and promotions of the faith by some great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. In the Diocese of Steubenville from 1986 A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 3 in medium, such as writing or public speak- A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 13 until 1990, Sister Jeannine served as the di- the motherhouse chapel in Delhi Town- ing. When the Holy Name Grade School, at Holy Rosary Church. ocesan director of the Alliance of Priests. ship. Burial followed in the Charity Sisters Steubenville, and Catholic Central High Burial followed in Mount Calvary Cem- Upon the request of then Steubenville cemetery, in a Cincinnati suburb. School, Steubenville, graduate was given etery, Steubenville. Obituaries Lisa A. Adams – a Catholic Central Francis Lopresto, 75, Steubenville, High School, Steubenville, staff member Holy Family, Dec. 25. – died Dec. 28. Robert Maus, 68, Steubenville, Holy The 62-year-old was born in New Bed- Family, Dec. 23. ford, Massachusetts, a daughter of Leonard Angelina “Angie” Mayle, 78, Mingo and Audrey Spearwold Thompsen. Junction, St. Agnes, Jan. 3. Preceded in death by her husband Thomas V. McGough Jr., 69, Bethesda, George, Adams is survived by a brother Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Eric and sisters Laura and Leslie, nephews Barnesville, Dec. 17. and a niece. Louise Swartz Motto, 89, Toronto, St. Joseph, Dec. 25. Jim Cook, 80, Barnesville, Assumption Nial M. Pashke Sr., 80, Mingo Junction, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dec. 30. St. Agnes, Dec. 31. Amelia DiLorenzo, 96, Steubenville, Mildred Rennier, 101, Malvern, St. Holy Family, Dec. 6. Francis Xavier, Dec. 22. Helen F. Edwards, 91, Hollywood, Jack D. Rose, 94, the Basilica of St. Florida, St. Gabriel, Minerva, Dec. 30. Mary of the Assumption, Marietta, Dec. Daniel M. Granitir, 77, Blessed Sacra- 30. ment, Wintersville, Dec. 24. Charles S. Schlicher, 69, the Basilica Lucy C. Kaluger, 92, 4360 Highland of St. Mary of the Assumption, Marietta, Ave., Shadyside, St. Mary, Dec. 21. Dec. 9. Victoria J. Kramer, 87, Blessed Sacra- Loretta M. Wilk, 83, Bridgeport, St. Knights of Columbus Council 1641, Cambridge, has received ment, Wintersville, Dec. 25. Joseph, Dec. 31. the Star Council Award. John Spencer, left, an insurance agent Erma C. Linn, 95, Steubenville, St. Mary A. Zeik, 100, Bridgeport, St. for the Knights, presents the award to Ed Alexonshk, council Peter, Dec. 30. Anthony of Padua, Dec. 29. membership director. The council received the award, which it has been given previously, for having excelled in member- Life Line Screening – Jan. 31 – ship, insurance and service. (Photo provided) St. Mark Lutheran Church, 133 Lovers Lane, Steubenville telephone (877) 237-1287 to preregister Youngstown Diocese opens sainthood cause for woman known for healing gifts CANTON, Ohio (CNS) — In the fall those of Christ on the cross. cal tribunal will open an inquiry into her of Christian virtues, the church bestows the when the Diocese of Youngstown formally Though raised a Protestant, Wise (1888- life. Tribunal members will examine any title “Venerable.” opened the sainthood cause for an Ohio 1948) later embraced Catholicism and was writings Wise left, any historical records The next steps would be beatification and woman known for her life of prayer and devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the about her and any testimony from people canonization. In general, two miracles are spiritual gifts, more than 1,000 people rosary and St. Therese of Lisieux, known who knew her and make a recommendation needed for sainthood – one for beatification filled St. Peter Church in Canton. as the “Little Flower.” to Bishop Murry. The diocese in turn will and the second for canonization. It was standing-room-only at the Mass With her cause officially opened, make a recommendation to Congregation Wise reportedly experienced her first ap- to officially open the cause for Canton’s Youngstown Bishop George V. Murry for Saints’ Causes at the Vatican, which parition of Jesus May 28,1939, and about a Rhoda Wise, known for her healing gifts declared her a “servant of God.” then reviews the gathered information. If month later had an apparition of Jesus with and the stigmata, wounds that resemble A postulator has been named, and a lo- the congregation finds she led a heroic life St. Therese. 12 THE STEUBENVILLE REGISTER JAN. 13, 2017 More than $950,000 rebated to diocesan parishes from annual DPSC Parishes

“Give to the Most High as he has given to you” (Sir 1:12). 2016 Diocesan/Parish Share Campaign theme

Bishop Monforton “On behalf of the Diocese of Steubenville, our diocese, thank you for your support of the 2016 Diocesan/Parish Share Campaign. Your contribution made a difference. Together, we stood up for our faith to let it shine for all to see.”

– Bishop Monforton

Msgr. Kurt H. Kemo, Diocese of Steubenville vicar general and DPSC director, said as the 2016 annual appeal drew to a close, “The DPSC was once again a success due to the generosity and participa- tion of the people. “Looking forward with hope it is significant that the average pledge has increased by approximately $10. “In these difficult eco- nomic times that is a mark of faith on the part of the people and their commit- ment to the diocese and their parishes.”

Questions on the DPSC, contact Msgr. Kurt H. Kemo or Martin B. Thompson, DPSC associate director, chancery, P.O. Box 969, Steubenville, OH 43952; telephone (740) 282-3631; email [email protected] or [email protected].