Inside ‘Fiesta’ of faith Special Religious Development participants enjoy dinner and dance, page 9. Serving the ChurchCriterion in Central and Souther n Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com March 25, 2011 Vol. LI, No. 24 75¢ Archbishop Dolan assures Japanese Photo by John Shaughnessy Photo by prelate of U.S. prayers and solidarity WASHINGTON (CNS)—New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan has assured Japanese Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga of Osaka of the prayers and solidarity of the U.S. Catholic Church amid the ongoing rescue and relief efforts in his nation. “I write today conscious of the terrible earthquake that has struck Japan. The first news reports of the Archbishop preliminary estimates Timothy M. Dolan of suffering, loss of life and physical damage challenge our ability to grasp the reality of such a massive event,” Archbishop Dolan wrote as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The letter, released on March 16, was addressed to Archbishop Ikenaga as the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan. “My letter is to make a first contact with you to assure you of the prayers and solidarity of the bishops and faithful in the United States at this difficult moment,” the USCCB president said. “We commend the Fifth-grade students Susanna Tsueda and John Morrissey display posters that encourage fellow students at St. Simon the Apostle School in Church and the people of Japan to the Indianapolis to collect candy, cookies and gifts for American soldiers serving overseas. intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus, asking her to care for all of those left in conditions of suffering because of the quake Catholic school students form special and the aftershocks.” Japanese Church officials are setting up an emergency center to coordinate humanitarian bond with soldiers serving overseas aid operations in Sendai, the area most devastated by the March 11 earthquake and By John Shaughnessy The fifth-grade teacher mentions how wrote. “When our chaplain came down tsunami. A Caritas Japan worker will be quiet her students become when she reads with your packages though, it moved me. stationed there to coordinate aid work. The Rena Becher knows there are moments them one of the letters, such as this Many a day I will catch flashes of news death toll is expected to exceed 20,000 in life when a simple gesture that says “I’m one from an American soldier serving in during chow and see such a distaste for people. thinking of you” can forge an immediate Afghanistan, who had received a this war that it makes me feel more than a The U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services bond between people. “care package” that the children had little dissension toward us soldiers that is responding to the tragedy by working with As proof, she refers to the special helped to make. have to fight it. Caritas Japan and by receiving donations, thank you letters that American soldiers “Sitting in our small slice of heaven in “However, the packages we received said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of serving overseas have sent to the Afghanistan, it started to be a looming gave me renewed faith and a happiness Tucson, Ariz., the chairman of the CRS board. fifth-grade students at St. Simon the Apostle notion that the holidays were all just going that I truly haven’t felt since I was a child. “These will be used for the immediate School in Indianapolis. to meld into our daily routine,” the soldier See STUDENTS, page 8 humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable, See JAPAN, page 2 Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein is hospitalized after suffering mild stroke at home on March 18 Criterion staff report operations and ministries of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis would Archbishop Daniel Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein continue as normal while he M. Buechlein suffered a mild stroke on March 18, and recuperates. He said that he would delivers the was admitted to St. Vincent Hospital in appreciate everyone’s prayers. homily during Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann Indianapolis. Archbishop Buechlein has suffered a Bishop The archbishop, who is 72, was series of health problems over the past Christopher resting comfortably at St. Vincent three years. In 2008, he was diagnosed J. Coyne’s Hospital and was still in the hospital as with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and ordination Mass The Criterion was going to press on underwent several weeks of on March 2 at Tuesday evening. He was alert and chemotherapy and radiation treatments. St. John the talking with his doctors, and has been The treatments were successful and he Evangelist Church visiting with a few priests of the is cancer free. in Indianapolis. archdiocese. In 2009, Archbishop Buechlein had Archbishop Buechlein became dizzy shoulder replacement surgery, and in while at home on March 18 and called 2010 he had surgery to remove a 911. He was taken to the hospital by benign tumor from his stomach. medics. After undergoing tests at Updates on the archbishop’s St. Vincent Hospital, doctors determined condition will be posted on the that he had suffered a mild stroke. archdiocesan website at The archbishop said the day-to-day www.archindy.org. † Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011 Catholic experts: Japan disaster raises ethical questions about energy LIMA, Peru (CNS)—The ongoing nuclear plant Thomas Reese, a senior fellow at the Woodstock disaster in Japan raises not only environmental and health Theological Center at Georgetown University in issues, but ethical questions about energy use and the Washington, told CNS. “Like most really tough ethical future of nuclear power, according to Catholic scholars [issues], you’ve got lots of questions to consider, and and other ethicists. there are lots of uncertainties.” The accident could be a “huge wake-up call” that While nuclear energy could be “part of the solution” to would “give impetus to jump starting massive research” climate change because radioactive fuel does not release in other energy technologies, such as solar and wind greenhouse gases, “if something goes wrong, thousands power, according to William French, the director of the of people could be killed and land could be unusable for via Reuters Co. Electric Power CNS photo/Tokyo Center for Ethics at Loyola University in Chicago. centuries,” Father Reese said. As Japanese technicians struggled to control damage at Critics, however, say that painting nuclear power as four of the Fukushima Dai-ichi’s six reactors, Switzerland free of greenhouse gas emissions is misleading because it said it was halting plans for new reactors, while other considers only plant operation. If the entire fuel cycle, countries, including the United States, announced reviews from mining through processing, is considered, nuclear of plants. energy’s carbon footprint increases significantly. Still others, however, said they would forge ahead So does the cost. A single plant can cost more than with nuclear energy plans. On March 18, just before $5 billion. Since the commercial nuclear energy industry U.S. President Barack Obama arrived for a one-day visit, rose from the ashes of the atom bomb in the 1950s, Chile signed an agreement with the United States to research and development and plant construction have Smoke is seen coming from the area of the No. 3 reactor of the promote nuclear energy in the South American country. received hefty government subsidies. Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Questions about the safety, cost-effectiveness and Nuclear energy companies receive tax breaks, loan prefecture, Japan, on March 21 in this handout photo from long-term prospects for nuclear power are familiar to guarantees, limits on liability and other subsidies that Tokyo Electric Power Co. Workers at the earthquake and tsunami Bob McKeon, the associate director of the Office for sometimes add up to more than the power the plants damaged plant were evacuated after smoke was seen rising from Social Justice of the Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta. produce, said a 2011 report by the Union of the nuclear reactor. Less than two years ago, the bishops of Alberta wrote Concerned Scientists. a pastoral letter urging “serious discussion and ethical The U.S. Government Accountability Office reports said, but he believes power plants can operate safely as reflection” about a nuclear power plant that Bruce Power that between 2002 and 2007, nuclear programs in the long as countries take proper precautions. proposed building beside the Peace River in northern United States received $6.2 billion in government funding The Japanese plant was crippled not by direct damage Alberta. for electricity-related research and development, from the earthquake or tsunami, but from a loss of The bishops asked if there was enough water available compared to $3.1 billion for fossil fuels and $1.4 billion electricity for the system that cooled fuel rods in the for the plant, if nuclear energy was the best way to for renewable energy, especially solar. six reactors and seven pools holding spent fuel. Diesel decrease Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions, if the safety If subsidies are not counted, electricity from fuel for backup generators was stored in above-ground of future generations was being considered, if the plant natural gas is cheapest, followed by hydroelectricity, tanks that were swept away by the tsunami—a design should be built before Canada had a nuclear waste conventional coal technology, wind, geothermal, flaw not repeated in the United States, where tanks are storage plan, and if subsidizing nuclear energy was the biomass, nuclear and solar energy, according to the underground, McAssey said. best use of government funds. They also called for honest U.S. Department of Energy. But a second, battery-powered backup system was consultation with people living near the proposed site. Some experts say that if renewable energy sources designed to operate for only eight hours—not long The disaster in Japan shows that “the questions are still received the same subsidies as nuclear power, they would enough to restore electricity to the plant. And the backup there,” McKeon told Catholic News Service. quickly become more competitive. Although wind systems did not power the spent fuel pools, where fuel Accidents at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in turbines and solar panels are made of materials that cause rods overheated and may have partly melted. 1979 and Chernobyl, in what is now Ukraine, in 1986 pollution during mining and manufacturing, proponents Increasingly complicated technology can multiply triggered “deep fear” about nuclear energy in many say they do not raise long-term safety concerns like those risks, said Adam Briggle, an assistant professor of countries, French said. surrounding nuclear waste storage or reactor safety. philosophy at the University of North Texas. In recent years, however, concern about climate Nevertheless, Edward McAssey, a professor emeritus “The danger is to pretend that we can tame this change and calls to reduce the use of fossil fuels like oil of mechanical engineering at Villanova University in complex technical beast by making it even more and coal, which emit greenhouse gases that contribute to Pennsylvania, told CNS he believes nuclear energy is an complex,” he told CNS. global warming, led some policy makers to take another option for reducing fossil fuel use. One solution is to reduce energy consumption, he said, look at nuclear energy. Public reaction to the accident in Japan “is going to be which means recognizing that “our individual lifestyle “It’s not a black-and-white issue,” Jesuit Father a big hurdle to get over—it’s an emotional reaction,” he choices have public ramifications.” †

to the people of Japan, and commit “not as an act of pride,” but as “an act of God for the heroic charity and generosity JAPAN ourselves to their material assistance, both gratitude for our wonderfully generous of the Church, and to affirm our continued from page 1 during this time of emergency and in their Catholic people who rise to the occasion conviction that our international relief is long-term recovery effort.” whenever there’s an international need, like so effective precisely because it is and support the local Catholic Church in its Archbishop Sartain also urged Catholics, the one now in Japan, and as a word of inspired by Jesus, flows through and ongoing mission,” Bishop Kicanas said in a members of other faiths and “all people of encouragement to those splendid Catholic from his Church, and is as close to the statement. good will” to support CRS and its global relief agencies that so effectively bring our heart of Christ and his vicar on Earth, Several U.S. dioceses have announced partner in the relief efforts. aid to those most in need. the pope, as possible,” Archbishop Dolan that a special collection for CRS relief efforts In a March 16 “Lent is a providential time to thank added. † will be taken up during weekend Masses. posting on his blog, Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain added Archbishop Dolan his voice to the call for prayers and noted that it was no How can you help the people of Japan? solidarity with the Japanese people. surprise that “as “The Catholic faith community in international relief Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will executive vice president of CRS Overseas western Washington joins with the entire began to arrive in support Caritas Japan, the social Operations. international community to express our fractured Japan after service arm of the Catholic Church To donate by phone, call heartfelt compassion for our neighbors the awful earthquake which responds with food and other 800-736-3467 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. EST. across the Pacific in Japan,” he said in a and tsunami, among assistance. They are assessing and To donate by mail, send a check or March 18 statement. the first were responding to the situation at this money order to Catholic Relief Services, As Japan struggles to recover, “we are Catholic agencies. time. P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 21203- reminded of our deep connection to all Archbishop “Religious Catholic Relief Services stands 7090. On the memo portion of the check, peoples,” Archbishop Sartain said. “This J. Peter Sartain communities provide ready to assist Caritas Japan in this note that the donation is for the “Japan relationship is especially important when the most massive private [nongovernmental] emergency, CRS officials said. emergency.” our sisters and brothers confront pain and relief and care in the world, and first among “We will reach out to our Caritas People interested in supporting suffering, and when they endure tragic loss the world’s communities of faith is the partners to help them in any way we CRS relief efforts can also donate online of life. Catholic Church,” he said. can,” said Sean Callahan, the by logging on to www.crs.org/japan. † “We therefore offer our heartfelt prayers The archbishop said he was noting this

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Franciscan Father Peter Vasko told more than 200 supporters of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land Sean Gallagher Photo by (FFHL) during a March 12 fundraising dinner in Indianapolis that he now sees the beginnings of a good future for the Church in the land where Jesus walked the Earth 2,000 years ago. “Today, folks, we are finally seeing a glimmer of light as more and more young Christians have received the opportunity of securing a college education in the Holy Land,” said Father Peter, the president of the foundation. “And, upon graduation, Patrick Madrid 70 percent of those students have become professional people in their various fields. “But, more importantly, they have decided to stay in the Holy Land.” This is important because, as a video about the work of the foundation viewed Franciscan Father Peter Vasko, the president of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land (FFHL), speaks on March 12 at a fundraising dinner for the during the dinner said, the Christian foundation at the Marriott North hotel in Indianapolis. The FFHL gives support to Catholics in the Holy Land so that the Church can remain there. population of the Holy Land has declined from 20 percent in 1948 when Israel was people will realize themselves as significant the faith that you and I hold. How can we do “But let’s not take it for granted. Things recognized by the United States as a actors for the future of Christianity in the it in a way that is charitable and patient?” could change. And I think it’s so important sovereign state to just 2 percent today. Holy Land.” Madrid suggested several ways by that we not only know what we believe and “Your presence here this evening Also attending the dinner at the recounting stories from his own life of faith. why we believe it, but also have that courage confirms again that you, too, recognize Marriott North hotel in Indianapolis were Throughout them, he emphasized that being of conviction so that we’re willing and able Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth as your Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla., a publicly Catholic isn’t as hard as one might to share that with other people.” spiritual homeland also,” Father Peter said. member of the foundation’s board, and think. Although Catholics in the Holy Land “We have an extraordinary blessing to Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, the “Being Catholic in the modern world have more difficulty practicing their faith share, to preserve and pass on to the next auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the does not require complicated explanations of than those in the U.S., Father Peter said he is generation following us.” Archdiocese of Indianapolis. the faith more often than not,” he said. “The confident that the FFHL is doing much to The FFHL is doing this in part by Catholic apologist, author and radio host more simple, charitable and patient that help them remain and prosper there. helping provide scholarships to young Patrick Madrid was the keynote speaker at you’ll be, the better.” He spoke about this in light of a verse Catholic Palestinians in the Holy Land so the fundraising dinner. Referring to the pressure that Catholics from the Book of Proverbs: “Commit your they can attend universities close to where In his presentation, Madrid encouraged and other Christians in the Holy Land and work to the Lord, and then you will they live. the attendees to learn about their faith, and broader Arab world have experienced succeed” (Prv 16:23). Much of the $183,000 raised at the find ways to share the truths of Catholicism recently, Madrid encouraged his listeners to “How true that was when the dinner, Father Peter said, will be used to in a positive and attractive manner. appreciate the freedoms they have here in Franciscan Foundation began some 15 years establish an endowment to fund such He said that this task has been made more the U.S. ago the mission to stem the Christian exodus scholarships well into the future. difficult because of inadequate faith “We can practice our faith freely,” from the Holy Land,” Father Peter said. “It will generate a new hope for those formation over the past half century. Madrid said. “We don’t have to worry about “And because we dedicate this mission to young Christians planning to attend college “We have a lot of work ahead of us,” going to Mass and having our church blown God and to his people in the Holy Land, let so as to build up their future with greater Madrid said. “But I think that it really boils up as our brothers and sisters in [Egypt] so me tell you it has been greatly successful.” confidence and community support,” down to what we can do as Catholics to recently encountered. We don’t have to Father Peter said. “This new endowment identify ourselves publicly, not in a worry about being imprisoned or killed for (For more information about the becomes another strategic, necessary confrontational way, not in a pushy or showy professing our faith. What a wonderful Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land, instrument through which God’s young way, … to draw others toward the truths of blessing we have. log on to www.ffhl.org.) † Amendment to ban same-sex marriage expected to pass Senate panel By Brigid Curtis Ayer passed a constitutional amendment supporting traditional society over the centuries that has no longer recognized marriage. marriage as the basic fabric of society has ended,” he said. A proposal to amend Indiana’s Constitution to ban “We looked at the language, and selected what we Indiana is one of nine states that have a statute defining same-sex marriage is expected to pass the Senate Judiciary thought was best for Indiana,” marriage as a union between one Committee, says Sen. Richard Turner said. “What we selected was man and one woman. Indiana Bray, R-Martinsville, the identical to the language in lawmakers passed this language in panel’s chairman. Wisconsin and Kentucky. Both 1986. In 1997, lawmakers added to “The marriage amendment those amendments have been the marriage statute that Indiana will strengthen traditional reviewed and challenged would not recognize any same-sex marriage, and the Church unsuccessfully. marriage granted in another state. supports it,” said Glenn Tebbe, the Indiana Catholic “There have been about 30 legal Bray, an attorney, said he Conference (ICC) executive director, who testified before opinions written on the Wisconsin believes the current make up of the the House and Senate Judiciary and Kentucky amendments, and Indiana Supreme Court would panels on behalf of the Church in they reflect what the amendment is uphold the current statute, which favor of the bill. intended to do—that is to define Sen. Dennis Kruse defines marriage as between The proposal, House Joint Glenn Tebbe marriage as between one man and one man and one woman, but added Resolution 6, would add language to one woman,” Turner said. “About that would not always be the case. Indiana’s Constitution which would 20 of the constitutional amendments nationwide are very “… In Massachusetts and I believe in Iowa, the court only allow couples consisting of similar to the language in House Joint Resolution 6.” stepped in and rejected the statute on marriage,” he said. one man and one woman to marry. Questions were raised during testimony about the Bray said the marriage amendment will “serve as While this language is currently a possibility that the amendment would somehow affect the insurance against activist judges,” who want to legislate part of Indiana law, the author of the ability of companies or state employers to grant domestic from the bench. amendment, Rep. Eric Turner, partner benefits to unmarried same-sex couples. Bray said that he expects the resolution to pass his R-Cicero, the Senate sponsor; “These are questions that we answered during the committee, and will pass the Senate “easily.” Sen. Richard Bray Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn; Bray, testimony,” Turner said. “In fact, these would not be “It passed with bipartisan support in the House, and I the Senate Judiciary Committee affected. What we do know is that in other states that have expect it to get bipartisan support in the Senate,” he said. Chair; and other lawmakers believe enacted this language, it has not affected domestic partner If the marriage amendment passes during the the amendment is necessary to benefits. 2011 session, it must be passed again in identical form ensure that the law is upheld in “The legislation would not allow future by the Indiana General Assembly in either the 2013 or court. General Assemblies to allow a same-sex couple to get 2014 session. Then it would be placed on the ballot for Turner said that in 2005, he married under another name, be it ‘marriage two’ or approval by voters in 2014. assembled a group of legislators, ‘marriage junior’ or what is sometimes called a ‘civil If approved by voters, it would become part of legal scholars and experts in the union.’ It would not be permitted,” he said. “I believe the Indiana’s Constitution. field of marriage, and looked around majority of my colleagues, and the majority of Hoosiers, the country at what other states were believe that marriage is between one man and one woman.” (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a correspondent for The Criterion. doing concerning marriage. Kruse agreed. For more information on the Indiana Catholic Conference, Rep. Eric Turner They found that 30 states had “Marriage is foundational to any good society. Any log on to its website at www.indianacc.org.) † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011

OPINION Be Our Guest/Sr. Diane Carollo, S.G.L. One in Christ program is now offered at Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher Thank you for the excellent coverage weekends at the South Deanery parish. Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus of the archdiocesan Sanctity of Life For more information, priests, parish dinner on March 3 in staff members and engaged couples may Indianapolis. contact the Overholts by e-mail at Father Thomas [email protected]. Editorial Aschenbrener of Father Aschenbrener was inspired to Chicago, the keynote create the program by the pastoral letter speaker for the on marriage, “Marriage: Love and Life dinner, is the author in the Divine Plan,” issued by the of One in Christ, a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Why people leave the Church marriage preparation Through mentoring by married couples We don’t understand how anyone can program based on and the participation of the clergy, basic stop being a Catholic. How can they Church teachings. catechesis and the practical tools of give up the sacraments, especially the On Jan. 22, the pilot seminar of One in Christian marriage are creatively and Eucharist? Don’t they realize what we Christ began in the Archdiocese of effectively presented. Catholics have, and how important our Indianapolis at Our Lady of the Most Without a doubt, the One in Christ faith is for the salvation of our souls? Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory A. Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis. program is part of the solution to Nevertheless, Catholics leave the The strength of the program lies in its constructing a culture of life in our Church every day. We are all familiar positive approach to teaching the truth society. Such a culture will thrive when with the surveys that show that former and beauty about the sacrament of marriage and family life reflect God’s Catholics would comprise the matrimony and family life. truth and beauty. second largest religious denomination if Couples leave the program enriched, they all banded together. inspired and focused on pursuing a (Servant of the Gospel of Life Sister Some in the secular media seem to marriage that is truly their path to heaven. Diane Carollo is the director of the take special delight in saying that Holy Rosary parishioners Mark and archdiocesan Office of Pro-Life Ministry, someone is a former Catholic, was Michelle Overholt of Indianapolis are the and the director of religious education at raised as a Catholic or is a “recovering coordinating couple for this marriage Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish Catholic.” In our materialistic and preparation program presently offered on in Indianapolis.) † secularist society, some try and paint a picture that it’s just not “cool” to be a Catholic. penitential season in the Church’s liturgical Why do people leave the Church? We Letters to the Editor year, reflecting the 40 days Jesus spent in should know the answer to that question the desert in fasting and prayer. so we can do something about it. Worshippers pray during a weekly Korean Organization’s The article also insinuates that A few years ago, Larry Bossidy Mass at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Catholics simply just give up chocolate addressed a meeting of the Woodbury, N.Y., on Nov. 28. Surveys suggestions miss the and ice cream, when I think Lent should National Leadership Roundtable on consistently show that fallen-away Catholics be a time to enter into a more personal Church Management. A former chief would comprise the second largest religious point on true meaning relationship with Jesus Christ as I heard executive officer of a major denomination if they banded together. during a Sunday sermon. Or, as corporation, he said that if businesses of Lent, reader says Father John Corapi strongly suggests on were losing customers at the rate the continuing to address this issue I have to say that this is the first time his website, to spend an hour each day Church is losing members, those effectively, but we understand that that I have written a letter to the editor, but during the Lenten season to learn your companies would be conducting exit many people doubt that. Nevertheless, I feel that the truth must be proclaimed faith by studying the Catechism of the interviews to find out why. we believe that people who are leaving when the season of Lent is being blatantly Catholic Church. That intrigued Jesuit Father William the Church because of the human co-opted by the Catholic Coalition on Margaret Farney J. Byron. He is a former president of failings of some of its priests and Climate Change (“Lenten sacrifice: time to Indianapolis The Catholic University of America, bishops are only hurting themselves. give up plastic bags or incandescent and currently a professor at St. Joseph’s Respondents also said they bulbs?” in the March 4 issue of Are recommendations University in Philadelphia. He also left because of the perceived sexism The Criterion). writes a column for Catholic News they find in the Church since women I question the motives of this so-called from Coalition on Service that is syndicated to diocesan cannot be priests. The fact that “Catholic” organization and its executive Climate Change what newspapers. women hold more leadership positions director, Dan Misleh, who would state that Father Byron wrote about the exit in the Church than they do in Lent is for protecting the Earth through Pope Benedict XVI interview idea in one of his columns, businesses or the professions “sacrificial steps to save the planet.” and was inundated with responses from apparently doesn’t count. With that said, I do know that God has in mind? readers. He found it interesting that, The lack of married priests is a expects all of his people to protect and use since the column appears only in different matter. The Church could his gift of creation and the Earth in a While Pope Benedict XVI urges care for diocesan newspapers, respondents who change this discipline, but it is not responsible way, but to take Lent and creation, I doubt whether he had the claimed to have left the Church were inclined to do so. But is this important make “sacrificial” offerings that include recommendations of the Catholic Coalition still keeping in touch. enough to leave the Church for? the use of specific light bulbs, etc.—as the on Climate Change in mind. He then wrote about this experience Apparently, it is for some people. article pointed out—is an abomination and Their advice to fast from paper plates for America magazine. The magazine Other responses show how should not be included with Lent. and plastic bags for Lent in a reported that it received an unusually profoundly the entertainment media have Faithful Catholics need to look to the Catholic News Service article, which you high number of replies to the article, influenced some people, who leave Catechism of the Catholic Church and published in the March 6 issue of particularly on its website. All this because they think the Church is too focus on what Lent really means, which is The Criterion, makes me wonder if these indicates that many former Catholics narrow minded when it forbids sexual the liturgical season of 40 days which folks are familiar with Zechariah 7:5: would like to tell us why they are no activity to anyone but married couples. begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with “... was it really for me that you did this?” longer Catholics. Some people disagree with the Church the celebration of the paschal mystery Colleen Butler However, exit interviews can go only about premarital sex and homosexual (Easter Triduum). Lent is the primary Indianapolis so far. Just as businesses can’t always activity. get customers back as a result of such It has been only during recent es in JcesDio J pes anpaes 13 interviews, neither can the Catholic generations that large numbers of people Church get those people back who disagreed with the Church on these areThr ceshdioce es and 13 dio mces akes e up the absolutely disagree with what the issues. We must continue to try and caC in Jcurhtholic pah an, wherp C ans artiishre e a sm minor Mitall t pposy. ople pret actice Buddhism Church teaches or who are too upset show these people how the Church’s and/or S .oismthin with what has happened in the Church teachings on these matters are designed 12 recently. to help us lead truly happy lives. Catholics 537,000 The way that the Church handled the Then there are the life issues. People Percent of population .4 11 clergy sex abuse scandal is an example say they leave the Church because of Archbishops, bishops 26 of the latter. Many of those who its teachings about abortion, euthanasia Priests 1,541 Parishes 831 ARCHDIOCESE OF TOKYO responded to Father Byron or to and embryonic stem-cell research. 10 8 9. YOKOHAMA America pointed to that scandal as the In many cases, though, people just 9 10. SAITAMA 11. A reason they left. slowly drift away from the Church. We 5 NIIGAATTA 7 12. SENDAI Another Jesuit priest, can do something about them. We must 13. SAPPORO Father Raymond G. Helmick, said encourage them to return. 6 ARCHDIOCESE in his recently published book And we must continue to pray 4 OF OSAKA 3 5. HIROSHIMA Living Catholic Faith in a Contentious for all who have left the Church, and 6. TTAKAMAAKAMAATTSU ARCHDIOCESE 7. KYOTO Age that this crisis is “of Reformation give them positive examples, filled 2 OF NAGASAKI 8. NAGOYYAA size. It touches the fundamentals of with hope and vitality, of what it means 1 1. NAHA 2. KAGOSHIMA order and authority in the Church.” to be a Catholic in today’s world. 3. OITTAA We believe that, under Pope Benedict 4. FUKUOKA XVI’s leadership, the Church is —John F. Fink Sources: Annuario Pontifico, 2011 Our Sunday Visitor’s Catholic Almanac ©2011 CNS The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B. SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR Faithful prayer and obedience keep us close to God ith Mary’s “Fiat,” the holiness. This includes an active obedience God above everything and all creatures for individual or group, no thing or ideology or Solemnity of the to God’s will as it is expressed in the him and because of him” (#2093). human experience can come before God. WAnnunciation on March 25 commandments, especially the great It continues to teach: “The acts of Problems of faith and morality begin here. marks the beginning of salvation. commandment of love. faith, hope and charity enjoined by the Obedience to a false god is enslaving in Pope Benedict XVI says it this way: It seems to me that this suggests yet first commandment are accomplished in powerful ways. “In Jesus, God placed in the midst of another “program,” if you will, for our prayer. Lifting up the mind toward God is Obedience to the God who loves us and barren, despairing mankind, a new focused reflection during the season an expression of adoration of God in who sent his divine Son among us to win beginning which is not a product of of Lent. prayer of praise and thanksgiving, real redemption from sin and death brings human history but a gift from above.” The great commandment was given to us intercession and petition” (#2098). authentic freedom on the journey of life as The entrance antiphon for the Mass is through the Apostles at the Last Supper. To neglect prayer jeopardizes our we make our way to the only kingdom taken from the Letter to the Hebrews, Jesus said: “I give you a new relationship to God. “You shall have no that counts. Chapter 10: “As Christ came into the commandment: love one another” other gods before me” (Ex 20:3, Dt 5:7). Our ultimate goal in life is to enter the world, he said: ‘Behold, I have come to (Jn 13:34). The author Jonathan Swift wrote a satire house of the Father. We have this annual do your will, O God’ ” (Heb 10:9). That great commandment is not as easy about one of the gods of our times in opportunity of special Lenten grace to And so the Annunciation features as it may sound. An archbishop friend of Gulliver’s Travels. When the giant Gulliver accept the Father’s gift that is not a product two obediences. Mary’s Fiat: “Be it mine likes to say that “Friendship costs.” was washed ashore in the land of the tiny of human history, but comes from above. done onto me according to your word” He doesn’t mean the financial cost Lilliputians, the kings sent two investigators The guarantor of love for our true God is (Lk 1:38) and Christ’s “I have come to do necessarily. He speaks of the cost of time to examine him. faithful prayer. † your will, O God” (Heb 10:9). and inconvenience that the demands of In going through Gulliver’s pockets, the These are like parallel announcements friendship often require. investigators came across “a great engine” of obedience to God’s will. Christ’s How much time are you willing to give that made a noise like a waterfall—Gulliver’s Do you have an intention for words are like an echo of Mary’s. to your friends or to your family or to your watch. The investigators said it was either a Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? I had never particularly paid attention children? How much inconvenience are you strange animal or Gulliver’s god—probably You may mail it to him at: to this parallel expression of Mary and willing to sacrifice for the sake of a friend his god because he consulted it so often! Jesus, but it has been there liturgically. or family member? Yes, friendship costs. A person’s real god is whatever he or she Archbishop Buechlein’s The Letter to the Hebrews is the Love one another may be a more consults most often in life. Self, money, Prayer List second reading in the Liturgy of the Word difficult commandment than we think. If we career success, another person, movie stars Archdiocese of Indianapolis for the Solemnity of the Annunciation. truly love one another then we are willing and sports heroes are often false idols in 1400 N. Meridian St. This suggests a reflection on the to sacrifice for them—some of our time society. False gods may promise much, but P.O. Box 1410 significant role of obedience to God in which is so precious, some of our they do nothing for us. Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 our lives. Not only priests and deacons, convenience, which is also precious and The true God loves us and comes first. No who make a solemn promise of calls for sacrifice. obedience at ordination, not only The Catechism of the Catholic Church consecrated religious, who make a reminds us that, “Faith in God’s love Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for March solemn vow of obedience, are called to encompasses the call and the obligation to Youth: that they may be open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit so that they can truly this loving act in response to God’s love. respond with sincere love of divine charity. discern their role in the Church, especially God’s call to priesthood and religious life. At baptism, we receive the call to The first commandment enjoins us to love La oración fiel y la obediencia nos mantienen cer ca de Dios on el “Fiat” de María, la Solemnidad expresa en los mandamientos, especialmente mandamiento se realizan en la oración. La los problemas de la fe y la moral. La de la Anunciación el día 25 de marzo el gran mandamiento del amor. elevación del espíritu hacia Dios en una obediencia a los dioses falsos nos esclaviza Cdenota el comienzo de la salvación. Me parece que esto sugiere todavía otro expresión de nuestra adoración a Dios: en formas muy poderosas. El papa Benedicto XVI lo expresa de esta “programa”, por así decirlo, en el cual oración de alabanza y de acción de gracias, La obediencia al Dios que nos ama y que forma: “A través de Jesús, Dios colocó en debemos concentrar nuestras reflexiones de intercesión y de súplica” (# 2098). envió a su divino Hijo entre nosotros para medio de una humanidad yerma y durante la época de la Cuaresma. Descuidar la oración pone en peligro conquistar la verdadera redención del desesperada, un nuevo comienzo que no es El gran mandamiento nos fue transmitido nuestra relación con Dios. “No tendrás otros pecado y de la muerte nos proporciona la consecuencia de la historia humana sino un a través de los Apóstoles en la Última Cena. dioses delante de mí” (Ex 20:3, Dt 5:7). auténtica libertad en la travesía de la vida don superior.” Jesús dijo: “Un mandamiento nuevo les El escritor Jonathan Swift escribió una mientras andamos por el sendero rumbo al El himno de entrada de la Misa está doy: que se amen los unos a los otros” sátira sobre uno de los dioses de nuestra único reino que vale la pena. tomado del Capítulo 10 de la Carta a los (Jn 13:34). época en Los viajes de Gulliver. Cuando el Nuestro objetivo primordial en la vida es Hebreos: “Al entrar Cristo en el mundo, Ese gran mandamiento no resulta tan fácil gigante Gulliver fue arrastrado por las olas entrar en la casa del Padre. Tenemos una dice: “He aquí, ‘yo he venido para hacer tu como parece. Tengo un amigo arzobispo que hasta la costa de la tierra de los pequeños oportunidad anual de gracia especial en la voluntad’ ” (Heb 10:9). suele decir que la “amistad tiene un precio”. liliputienses, los reyes enviaron dos investi- Cuaresma para aceptar el don del Padre que De esta forma, la Anunciación presenta No se refiere necesariamente al costo gadores para que lo examinaran. no procede de la historia humana sino de las dos manifestaciones de obediencia. El Fiat económico, sino que habla de la inversión de Al revisar los bolsillos de Gulliver los alturas. El aval del amor por nuestro de María: “Hágase en mí según Tu palabra” tiempo y los inconvenientes que con investigadores encontraron “un enorme verdadero Dios es la oración fiel. † (Lk 1:38) y la de Cristo: “He aquí, yo he frecuencia exige la amistad. motor” que hacía ruido como el de una venido para hacer tu voluntad” (Heb 10:9). ¿Cuánto tiempo está usted dispuesto a cascada: el reloj de Gulliver. Los investi- ¿Tiene una intención que desee Estas son anunciaciones paralelas de dedicar a sus amigos, a su familia o a sus gadores determinaron que se trataba o bien de incluir en la lista de oración del obediencia a la voluntad de Dios. Las hijos? ¿Cuántos inconvenientes está usted un extraño animal o del dios de Gulliver, Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar palabras de Cristo resuenan como eco de las dispuesto a soportar por el bien de un amigo ¡probablemente era su dios porque lo su correspondencia a: de María. o de un pariente? En efecto, la amistad tiene consultaba muy a menudo! Nunca antes había prestado especial un precio. El verdadero dios de una persona es Lista de oración del Arzobispo atención al paralelismo de estas expresiones Amarnos los unos a los otros puede ser aquello consulta con mayor frecuencia en su Buechlein de María y Jesús, pero siempre ha estado un mandamiento más complejo de lo que vida. El propio ser, el dinero, el éxito Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis litúrgicamente ahí. pensamos. Si verdaderamente amamos a profesional, otra persona, las estrellas de cine 1400 N. Meridian St. La Carta a los Hebreos es la segunda otro, estamos dispuestos a sacrificarnos por y los héroes deportivos son a menudo ídolos P.O. Box 1410 lectura de la Liturgia de la Palabra para la él, ya sea un sacrificio de nuestro tiempo tan falsos de la sociedad. Los falsos dioses quizás Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 Solemnidad de la Anunciación. valioso, o de nuestra comodidad que también prometan mucho, pero no nos dan nada. Esto sugiere una reflexión del papel es valiosa y requiere de sacrificio. El verdadero Dios nos ama y debe ser lo significativo de obediencia a Dios en El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica nos primero. Ninguna persona o grupo, nada, ni nuestras vidas. No solo los sacerdotes y recuerda que “La fe en el amor de Dios ninguna ideología o experiencia humana Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, diáconos que efectúan una promesa solemne encierra la llamada y la obligación de puede anteponerse a Dios. Aquí comienzan Language Training Center, Indianapolis. de obediencia en su ordenación y los responder a la caridad divina mediante un religiosos consagrados que hacen un voto amor sincero. El primer mandamiento nos Las intenciones vocationales del Arzobispo Buechlein para marzo solemne de obediencia están llamados a este ordena amar a Dios sobre todas la cosas y a acto de amor en respuesta al amor de Dios. las criaturas por Él y a causa de Él” (# Los jóvenes: que ellos acepten el ánimo del Espíritu Santo, para que puedan discernir En el bautismo recibimos el llamado a la 2093). su papel en la Iglesia, especialmente la llamada de Dios a hacerse sacerdote y entrar en santidad. Esto comprende una obediencia Prosigue instruyéndonos: “Los actos de una vida religiosa. activa a la voluntad de Dios según se fe, esperanza y caridad que ordena el primer Page 6 The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011 Events Calendar

March 25 317-357-8352. pitch-in meal of soup and Great Lakes Gabriel Project, 317-236-1569, 800-382-9836, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Information: Indiana War Memorial, bread, Mass, 6 p.m. CDT, Shari Richard, speaker, ext. 1569, or 317-294-2519 or Pershing Auditorium, 431 N. Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish pitch-in dinner, 7 p.m. CDT, dinner, seating limited, [email protected]. [email protected]. candlelight rosary trail, 8 p.m. 6:30-9 p.m. Information: Meridian St., Indianapolis. Hall, 1125 S. Meridian St., April 1 Indiana Catholic Conference Indianapolis. Lenten fish fry, CDT. Information: 317-490-4456 or St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, and Marian College, prayer 5-7 p.m., $6 adults, 812-631-2377 or [email protected]. St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad. service for the Middle East $3 children. Information: www.stjosephsholyfamily.org. Whole hog sausage and March 30 “Relay for Life” team, and Japan, 12:30-1:15 p.m. 317-638-5551. pancake breakfast, Our Lady of the Most Holy March 26 eighth annual 7:30 a.m.-noon, freewill St. Margaret Mary Parish, Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens St., “Trivial Pursuit” contest, St. John the Evangelist Parish, St. Lawrence Parish, offering. 2405 S. Seventh St., Indianapolis. “Spaghetti and 6:30 p.m. Information: 126 W. Georgia St., Conen Hall, 6944 E. 46th St., Terre Haute. Archdiocesan Spirituality,” Mass, 5:45 p.m., 812-483-8999 or Indianapolis. “Hungry?” young Indianapolis. Lenten fish fry, St. Louis Parish, parish office, Office of Worship, “Revised pasta dinner, “Why the [email protected]. adult Lenten series, 6 p.m., 5:30-7:30 p.m., $6 and second floor, 13 St. Louis Roman Missal” workshop, Sacrifice of Christ?” food provided. Information: $4 meals. Information: Place, Batesville. Natural parish liturgical leaders and Sister Rosalind Moss, April 2 317-635-2021. 317-546-4065. Family Planning (NFP) class, pastoral musicians, presenter, suggested donation Most Holy Name of Jesus $7, reservations no later than Parish, gym, 89 N. 17th St., 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., $30 fee St. Mary of the Immaculate 9 a.m.-4 p.m., no charge for St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. 5 p.m. on March 28. Beech Grove. Rummage sale, includes books and materials. Conception Parish, workshop, optional lunch 17th Ave., Beech Grove. Information: 317-636-4478 or 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Information: Reservations: 812-934-3338 or 211 Fourth St., Aurora. $10 per person. Information: Ave Maria Guild, rummage www.holyrosaryindy.org. 317-784-5454, ext. 2. 812-934-4054. sale, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Lenten fish fry, 4-8 p.m. $10 317-236-1483 or [email protected]. Information: 317-885-5098. adults, $5 children 6-10, St. Joseph Parish, St. Leon, April 3-6 St. Paul Catholic Center, Our Lady of the Most Holy children 5 and under no charge, March 27 7536 Church Lane, Newman Center Library, Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens St., Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, carry out available. Queen and Divine Mercy West Harrison. Archdiocesan 1413 E. 17th St., Bloomington. Indianapolis. 40 Hours 30 S. Downey Ave., Information: 812-926-1558. Center, Rexville, located on Office of Worship, “Revised 40 Days for Life prayer Devotion “Quaranta Ore Indianapolis. Lenten fish fry, 925 South, .8 mile east of service, “Healing Hidden Roman Missal” workshop, di Adorazione Eucaristica,” 5-8 p.m., fish or shrimp dinner, St. Michael Parish, 421 South and 12 miles south Hurts,” Debbie Miller, parish liturgical leaders and Mercy Father Christopher $6 adults, $3 children. 11400 Farmers Lane, Bradford. of Versailles. Mass, 9:30 a.m., presenter, 6:30 p.m. pastoral musicians, Crotty, presenter, Sun. Information: 317-356-7291. Fish fry buffet, 4:30-7 p.m., on third Sunday holy hour Information: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., no charge for 6:30 p.m.; Mon. 6:30 p.m., $8 and $4 meals. Information: and pitch-in, Father Elmer www.40daysforlife.com/ workshop, optional lunch Tues. 6:30 p.m.; Wed. Latin St. Therese of the Infant Jesus 812-364-6173, ext. 22, or Burwinkel, celebrant, daily Bloomington. $10 per person. Information: (Little Flower) Parish, 1401 N. [email protected]. Mass, 9 a.m. Information: 317-236-1483 or Mass, 5:15 p.m., sermon and Bosart Ave., Indianapolis. 812-689-3551. March 31 [email protected]. solemn closing of 40 Hours, Stations of the Cross, St. Joseph’s Holy Family Archbishop O’Meara Catholic pasta dinner, 7:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. at church, Lenten fish at God’s Country, March 29 Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., April 3 suggested donation $7, fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., carry-out 25992 Cottonwood Road, Northside Knights of Indianapolis. Catholics United Our Lady of the Most Holy reservations no later than available, $7 adults, $6.25 Bristow. “Lenten Soup with Columbus Hall, 2100 E. for the Faith, Abba, Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens St., 5 p.m. on April 4. Information: seniors, $4 children under 10. Substance,” speakers’ series, 71st St., Indianapolis. Father Chapter, meeting, Indianapolis. Knights of 317-636-4478 or Information: Angelus followed by simple “Partners for Life,” 6:30-8 p.m. Information: Columbus, blood drive, www.holyrosaryindy.org. †

Retreats and Programs Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Tony Avellana and friends plan 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “Woman March 25-27 Talk–Women’s Leadership in the Early concert to benefit pro-life ministry “Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat,” confidential Church,” session three, Dr. Jami Higgs, presenter, 6:30-9 p.m., $25 per person includes abortion reconciliation weekend retreat for Catholic singer and Katie Stark, violinist women and men. Information: 317-236-1521 dinner. Information: 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. songwriter Tony Avellana of Linda Yu-Picard and or 800-382-9836, ext. 1521, or 317-831-2892. Noblesville, Ind., and several of guitarist John Bolt. April 14 his friends will present a Lenten A free-will offering at the Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. concert at 7:30 p.m. on April 8 concert will benefit the 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. at St. Lawrence Church, 6950 E. St. Lawrence Parish Pro-Life “Come and See Weekend,” single Catholic “The Deeper Spiritual Journey–Coming to women ages 18 to 44, no charge. Information: 46th St., in Indianapolis. Committee. Peace,” sixth annual Caregivers Day, Joining Avellana in the For more information, call 317-787-3287, ext. 3032, or 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $50 per person includes www.benedictine.com. Tony Avellana lunch. Information: 317-788-7581 or concert will be vocalist 317-546-4065. † March 26 [email protected]. Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. April 14-17 “Journaling–A Way to Pray,” Franciscan Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Sister Diane Jamison, presenter, 9-11:30 a.m., St. Meinrad. “Conversations and $25 per person. Information: 812-933-6437 or Confrontations,” retreat for administrative [email protected]. staff, Benedictine Brother Zachary Wilberding, March 28 presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. [email protected]. John Shaughnessy Photos by 56th St., Indianapolis. “Friends of Fatima,” monthly Mass and social, Mass, 9 a.m., April 16 good-will offerings accepted. Information: Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. Conception, 802 E. 10th St., Ferdinand, Ind. (Evansville Diocese). “Saturday Morning at April 1-3 the Dome–Reflections on the Mysteries of the Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Rosary,” 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., $45 per person 56th St., Indianapolis. “Praying with the includes light lunch. Information: Saints–A Weekend Lenten Retreat,” 812-367-1411. Father James Farrell, presenter. Information: 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. April 18-21 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality, 56th St., Indianapolis. “Holy Week Silent 6901 Dixie Highway, Louisville, Ky. Non-Guided Days and Evenings of Conventual Franciscans vocation retreat, Reflection.” Information: 317-545-7681 or single men ages 16-40, no charge. [email protected]. Information: 800-424-9955 or [email protected]. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. April 3 “Triduum Retreat–Experiencing a Silent Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Monastic Holy Week,” $200 per person St. Patrick’s 56th St., Indianapolis. Pre-Cana Conference, includes room, meals and spiritual direction. marriage preparation program, 2-6 p.m. Information: 317-788-7581 or Information: 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. [email protected]. Day Parade April 20-24 April 9 Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Above, students from Christ the King School in Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate St. Meinrad. “Holy Week Retreat–Reflections Indianapolis were among a number of Catholic Conception, 802 E. 10th St., Ferdinand, Ind. on the Triduum.” Information: 800-581-6905 (Evansville Diocese). “Staying at the or [email protected]. school groups that participated in the Table–Being Faithful Amidst Difficulties,” St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Indianapolis on Benedictine Sister Karen Joseph, presenter, May 1 March 17. Dressed as St. Patrick, fourth-grade 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., $65 per person. Information: Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. student Charlie Vielee led the Christ the King 812-367-1411. 56th St., Indianapolis. Pre-Cana Conference, School contingent in honoring the patron saint marriage preparation program, 2-6 p.m. of Ireland. April 12 Information: 317-545-7681 or Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. [email protected]. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pass the Faith, Left, perched on his father’s shoulders, a small Please–A Morning for Moms,” day of May 2-6 boy has the perfect vantage point to watch the reflection, Lori Borgmann, author, columnist Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Indianapolis on and speaker, presenter, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Meinrad. “Ordained Deacons and Wives March 17, a spring-like day which drew a large $30 includes child care and breakfast. Retreat–The Primary Response to the crowd that lined the downtown parade route. Information: 317-545-7681 or Real Presence.” Information: 800-581-6905 or [email protected]. [email protected]. † The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011 Page 7 Retreat master says dancing with the saints is the key to Lent VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The saints pope’s retreat, and three famous aren’t just holy people to turn to when Carmelites figured prominently in his something is lost or a situation seems meditations—Sts. Thérèse of Lisieux, hopeless. They are examples to follow Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. L'Osservatore Romano in prayer, and in efforts to reform and The three were chosen, though, renew the Church, said the priest who not because they were Carmelites, CNS photo/ preached Pope Benedict XVI’s but because of their influence on Lenten retreat. Pope John Paul, Father Francois-Marie Carmelite Father Francois-Marie said in an interview with L’Osservatore Lethel, the secretary of the Romano, the Vatican newspaper. Pontifical Academy of Theology, led the He told the newspaper that the late pope and his top aides in their Lenten pope is both an example of holiness and reflections on March 13-19. a reminder of how much Catholics today He said his 17 talks during the need the courage of the saints. week would focus on the saints and In a booklet for participants, Pope John Paul II. Father Francois-Marie wrote that two of In addition to helping Pope Benedict the profiles in courage that he would and Vatican officials prepare for Easter, offer them would be St. Catherine of Father Lethel said he wanted to help Siena and St. Joan of Arc. them prepare for the beatification on “Catherine, with her commitment to May 1 of Pope John Paul. the reform of the Church profoundly “This beatification, which will be an wounded by the sin of its members, and event of immense importance for the Joan, in her passion and death caused in Church and the entire world, requires part by priests and theologians” who deep spiritual preparation involving the disagreed with her politically and so Carmelite Father Francois-Marie Lethel gives one of his 17 talks during a March 13-19 Lenten retreat entire people of God and, in a particular helped her be condemned as a heretic, for Pope Benedict XVI and his top aides in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel at the Vatican. The theme of way, the Holy Father and his closest “give us a profound lesson on the the retreat was “The Light of Christ in the Heart of the Church: John Paul II and the Theology of collaborators,” Father Lethel wrote in mystery of the Church that is always Saints.” the introduction to the retreat program holy and always in need of purification,” handed out to participants. he wrote. on March 16 in the Vatican newspaper. “The beatification of John Paul II is the The tradition of having weeklong, “With their voices, which are While the Second Vatican Council crowning of an extraordinary pontificate preached “spiritual exercises” for the strong and dramatic, yet also sweet emphasized how every single Catholic carried out under the sign of holiness,” the pope and members of the papal and maternal,” the two women saints is called to holiness, he said, it was Carmelite priest said. household began with Pope Pius XI in would point the retreatants toward “the Pope John Paul who really made For the cover of the retreat booklets, 1925. But for more than 35 years, it was urgency of conversion and holiness,” Catholics—and others—aware of the Father Francois-Marie chose a detail from an Advent, not a Lenten, retreat. Father Francois-Marie wrote. fact that people in every culture and walk Fra Angelico’s “Last Judgment.” The selected Blessed Pope John XXIII broke the The Carmelite noted that in January, of life have answered and continue to scene, sometimes described as “the dance of Advent tradition in 1962 when he spent Pope Benedict pointed to Sts. Catherine answer that call. the saints,” shows the holy ones holding a week in September on retreat to and Joan of Arc as “examples of ‘strong During the more than 26 years that he hands and moving up toward heaven. prepare for the Second Vatican Council. women’ in the midst of great suffering was the pontiff, Pope John Paul beatified He said Pope John Paul’s pontificate was His successor, Pope Paul VI, made the and crises for the Church and society. 1,338 individuals and canonized 482. filled with reminders that “the saints give retreats a Lenten staple in 1964 and “With these saints, the light of Christ The number of saints that he each other and give us a hand to guide us hugely broadened the list of preachers, comes to face the darkness of sin—found proclaimed exceeded the total number of on the path of holiness. This is the meaning who almost always had been Jesuits. even within the Church—to purify it, to saints created by all his predecessors of Lenten conversion—to commit ourselves Father Francois-Marie is the first reform it. Obviously, this is very relevant together since 1588 when the modern even more to engaging in this ‘dance of Carmelite to be chosen to preach the today,” he said in an interview published sainthood process began. the saints.’ ” † What was in the news on Pilgrimage trips conducted by GOLDEN FRONTIER March 24, 1961? Trouble in Hungary Sponsored by Catholic Shrine Pilgrimage 4100 N. Illinois St. • Swansea, Illinois 62226 and musings on Lenten fasting Phone toll free 1-888-284-6725 • www.goldenfrontier.org • Fax (618) 234-9861 By Brandon A. Evans • Fish by decree From an editorial: “We yield to no one in Featured Trips This week, we continue to examine the alacrity with which we snap up a French Canada & New England Fall Color Cruise with Fr. Lawrence, omi. 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helping people that they’re never STUDENTS going to meet, but we’re touching continued from page 1 their lives in a small way,” Legault Submitted photos says. “And we’re grateful to the The gifts you send us aren’t of soldiers because they’re serving our candy, but of love and hope, which country, and they’ve volunteered to are truly what we needed. I could do that.” never tell you how much it means to us.” A tearful encounter and a special The soldier signed his name plan under the words, “From the The efforts by the children show bottom of my heart, my deepest them that they’re part of something regards.” bigger than themselves. The children’s collections at ‘It gives them a sense of the St. Simon School are also part of a world’ major project that has been led for That special connection the past eight years by a remarkable between students and soldiers in woman. Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Bosnia When the United States went to and other parts of the world has war against Iraq in March of 2003, been a key part of the faith-based Diane Spaulding of Indianapolis life lessons at St. Simon School soon joined an effort by the for more than six years. Salvation Army to send care It’s an approach that can also packages to American soldiers be found at other Catholic schools serving in Iraq. in the archdiocese, including the After the Salvation Army effort schools at St. Luke the Evangelist, ended a few months later, Spaulding St. Matthew the Apostle, faced a crossroads moment when Indiana National Guard soldiers, from left, Pam Moody, Tahnee Azure and Paulette Riehl show their delight in receiving St. Monica and St. Pius X she saw a man crying as she walked Christmas care packages while serving in Afghanistan. Students from Catholic schools in the archdiocese contribute and parishes, all in Indianapolis. through the Hillcrest Country Club collect candy, toiletries and stuffed animals that are sent to the soldiers a few times a year. “It gives them a sense of the in Indianapolis, where she is a world beyond St. Simon,” Becher member. says. “We’re involved in this “One of our maintenance men because it’s a way of giving to was in the hallway, and he had tears others, which God wants us to do. in his eyes,” Spaulding recalls. “I I don’t look at it just from a went up and asked him about it. He patriotic standpoint, but from a said his son was being shipped out religious standpoint, too. This is to Iraq. His son had a wife and a our faith. This is a service we child. I asked him, ‘What can we can do.” do?’ He asked me to pray for his The service is rooted in the son Jeff. I went home and talked to fifth grade at St. Simon School my husband, Doug, and said we because that’s the year when need to do something. He said to go students study American history— for it.” and the American soldiers fighting Spaulding’s plan was to continue in wars today are part of that the “care package” program with Fifth-grade students at St. Simon the Apostle School in history. It’s also a service touched the help of friends and country club St. Simon the Apostle School fifth-grade students Indianapolis donated their candy from Halloween trick-or- by fun and joy, led by the members, a group that became Logan Stachnik and Jessica Garey help collect donations treating to American soldiers overseas. This past Halloween, three fifth-grade teachers at known as the Hillcrest Guardian that will be sent to American soldiers serving overseas. the 77 students donated more than 800 pounds of candy. St. Simon School—Becher, Angels. Mary Beth Keiser and “The first soldiers were members and addresses in case the soldiers donated about 3,000 stuffed The caring continues at Laura Legault. of the Indiana National Guard out want to write back. A soldier animals one Christmas. St. Simon School, where teachers At Halloween, Keiser of Terre Haute [which included wrote a letter that said, ‘Thank Students at St. Pius X School raised about $800 in February to challenged the fifth-grade students Jeff],” Spaulding says. “They were you for the toothbrushes. I’m embraced a plan to send the help offset the considerable to bring in their excess candy from there for 18 months. We would get using one to brush my teeth and soldiers Girl Scout cookies in the shipping charges involved in trick-or-treating to give to the names from other people, too. A one to clean the sand out of my spring, leading an effort that mailing the boxes around the world. soldiers. The 77 students turned in mother would call. A grandmother gun.’ The boys at the school went consistently collects thousands of The care packages that were sent more than 800 pounds of candy. would call, and we would add them crazy with that. They said, ‘We boxes of the cookies. And this week to the soldiers are the “It was a really big deal in our to the list. We shipped 1,000 boxes need to get more toothbrushes!’ children from St. Luke School shipment that Spaulding calls the class,” recalls John Morrissey, a for Christmas of 2004. By then, I “When we did that collection and St. Monica School have also “Sweetheart Mailing.” Each fifth-grade student. “We all realized we needed help.” in 2005, we set a goal of written cards and collected items package includes Girl Scout cookies crowded around as our boxes of St. Simon School became 125 toothbrushes. The week for the soldiers. and belated Valentine cards written candy were weighed. I actually involved through the interest of before Thanksgiving, a teacher “What big hearts they have,” by the students—cards that often gave all of my candy, except for a two women whose children have called and said, ‘We have Spaulding says of the children. come with the message, “God is piece or two.” attended the school—Linda Collier 1,992 toothbrushes. The boys “I’m just so proud of them.” watching you” and “Don’t let the At Christmas, the children write and Meg Paligraf. said they didn’t want those Her pride extends to the bad guys get you.” cards, collect toiletries ranging “That school has been the most guns to jam.’ When we packed soldiers. “I think we did well collecting from lip balm to foot powder, and wonderful benefactor to our the boxes in the first week everything,” says John Morrissey, a decorate the boxes for their gifts. soldiers,” Spaulding says. of December, we had ‘Don’t let the bad guys get you’ fifth-grade student. “I hope they In March, they collect donated “Whatever we ask them, they are 4,000 toothbrushes.” “I started the project to help like it.” Girl Scout cookies for the soldiers. willing to do.” The response was similar from our soldiers, support them and let Sometime in the next few weeks, “I just like helping the That willingness leads to a story St. Matthew School when them know they’re not forgotten,” soldiers will open those care soldiers,” says Susanna Tsueda, that makes Spaulding laugh every American soldiers overseas Spaulding says. “They’re our packages and know that someone is who brought in a large quantity of time that she shares it. requested stuffed animals. The soldiers, they’re far away and thinking of them, and thanking them Girl Scout cookies. “And I like it soldiers use the stuffed animals to they’re faced with death every for what they are doing. that they send back notes for the An unusual use for toothbrushes give to the children in the day. This is just our way of “It’s a service project with things we send.” “When we send a box to the countries where they serve—as a thanking them for the job they’re faith, and a service project The students’ reactions soldiers, there’s always a letter from way of showing they care about doing for us. It’s such a small with heart,” says Laura Legault, continually touch their teachers. the Hillcrest Guardian Angels the people in those countries. gesture on our part to let them one of the fifth-grade teachers at “They really understand that it’s explaining who has helped,” St. Matthew students went to know we’re thinking of them and St. Simon School. “It means the an amazing thing that we’re Spaulding says. “We provide names their rooms and their closets and caring for them.” world to us.” † Pope calls on leaders to protect and allow aid for civilians in Libya VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Benedict XVI made an those involved in “the dramatic situation.” the crisis through a Libyan-funded interreligious urgent appeal to political and military leaders to protect the He prayed that “peace and concord would soon reign organization called the World Islamic Call Society, but that safety and security of civilians, and guarantee the free flow over Libya and the entire North African region.” the launch of military strikes cut short his attempts. of humanitarian aid inside Libya. Meanwhile, Bishop Giovanni Martinelli of Tripoli, Libya, “The military action was too hasty, too sudden,” He said the “worrying news from Libya” in the past few criticized the rash and hasty decision to use military action he said. days caused him “deep trepidation and fear,” and he kept the against Gadhafi rather than pursue a negotiated solution. Bishop Martinelli told Fides, the news agency of the North African country’s people in his prayers during his “I hope for [Gadhafi’s] surrender, but I think that Gadhafi Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Lenten retreat on March 13-19. will not give in,” he told the Italian news agency, ANSA, on on March 21 that “war does not solve anything. Speaking to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on March 20. “We need to cease shooting immediately, and begin March 20 for the praying of the Angelus, the pope said, “I The bishop said that he is familiar with the Libyan mediation straight away to resolve the crisis peacefully. address a pressing appeal to those who have political and leader’s personality and past behavior, and believes the use Why have diplomatic means not been considered?” military responsibilities” to ensure the safety and security of of military force against him will only intensify the severity he asked. defenseless citizens as well as guarantee those offering of Gadhafi’s reaction. He told both ANSA and Fides that he had been hearing emergency assistance have access to those in need. He said allowing foreign troops to launch a military explosions and that people were fleeing the capital, but he As U.S., British and French military began a series of offensive against Gadhafi “has given the go-ahead to the said he was not leaving Tripoli. strikes against Libya’s air defenses on March 19 as part of a wrong strategy.” He said more could have been done in “This is my home,” he told ANSA, and the Church is an U.N.-approved effort to protect pro-democracy protesters seeking a diplomatic or negotiated solution to the crisis. important point of reference for the Christians in Libya, from retaliation by Col. Moammar Gadhafi, the pope said he “Violence only brings violence,” he said. many of whom are refugees from Eritrea or workers from was following the events with great concern and praying for The Italian bishop said he had been working to mediate the Philippines and sub-Saharan Africa. † The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011 Page 9 ‘Fiesta’ of faith Special Religious Development participants enjoy dinner and dance

St. Mary parishioner and SPRED participant Father Joseph Feltz, left, the pastor of St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg, and St. Mark the Evangelist parishioner Mike Risch of Indianapolis enjoy the Maggie Tassaro of Richmond dances during the “Fiesta” dinner and dance on March 19 at the Marten House in Indianapolis. The 11th annual fundraiser benefits the archdiocesan Office of Special Religious Development program’s “Fiesta” Catholic Education’s Special Religious Development (SPRED) program, which provides faith sharing, catechesis and sacramental preparation for fundraising dinner and dance on March 19 in Indianapolis. children, teenagers and adults with developmental disabilities.

By Mary Ann Wyand said she started teaching her son, John, about the Catholic faith when he was a It was definitely a festive fundraiser. boy so he could receive the sacraments. The “Fiesta” costumes, decorations As an adult, the SPRED program

and menu made the 11th annual keeps him connected to his faith, she Wyand MaryPhotos by Ann archdiocesan Special Religious said. “Each time they go, they have a Development dinner and dance even Scripture reading and time to reflect on more fun for SPRED participants, their it. It has helped him learn about Jesus families, friends, catechists and other and the Mass. program supporters on March 19 at the “John will go to church even on his Marten House in Indianapolis. own, and he knows how to participate Richmond Catholic Community’s in the Mass,” Kinsey said. “He can SPRED group—like many members of practice his faith, and he has a the other parish groups—came dressed wonderful time with the SPRED group. for the occasion with Mexican ponchos They do special things each time. He and hats. would rather go to SPRED than go with Holy Family parishioner and us on a family outing. It’s very SPRED participant Mike Luken of important to keep [Catholics with Richmond was excited about the party, developmental disabilities] within the and happy to see all of his SPRED Church as a group.” friends from other parishes in the Ten parishes in central and southern archdiocese. Indiana host SPRED groups. He also was happy to talk about his St. Paul Parish in Tell City has love for Jesus and his Catholic faith. offered this ministry for 30 years. “Jesus means love and helping St. Malachy Parish in Brownsburg and SPRED participants, from left, Mike Luken from Holy Family Parish in Richmond, Jim Miller from St. Mary Parish people,” Luken explained before the St. Pius X Parish in Indianapolis began in Richmond and John Kinsey from Holy Family Parish in Richmond enjoy the “Fiesta” theme of the 11th annual dinner, and the SPRED program means SPRED groups 11 years ago. dinner and dance on March 19 that benefits the archdiocesan Special Religious Development program. “love and family and friends.” The Richmond Catholic His SPRED friend, Jim Miller from Community also hosts a SPRED group St. Mary Parish in Richmond, said when for St. Mary, St. Andrew and he thinks about Jesus he remembers Holy Family parishes. “SPRED and Father Todd [Riebe, his In Indianapolis, people with pastor] and [going to] church.” developmental disabilities may also His favorite prayer, he said, is “the participate in SPRED groups at meal prayer.” St. Andrew the Apostle, St. Monica, St. Mary parishioner June Miller of Holy Spirit, St. Luke the Evangelist, Richmond, his mother, said she was St. Mark the Evangelist and St. Simon “so thrilled when SPRED was started in the Apostle parishes. the archdiocese” because she had taught During a break from dancing, her son about the Catholic faith and St. Mary parishioner and SPRED prepared him to receive the sacraments participant Maggie Tassaro of years ago, but knew that he needed more Richmond said she “loves everything religious education from trained and everybody” in the Special catechists. Religious Development program. “SPRED is fabulous,” she said. “We Her mother, St. Mary parishioner have regular gatherings in Richmond Doris Tassaro of Richmond, said twice a month, and the catechists meet SPRED’s volunteer catechists have Above, SPRED participant Heather Simon in between the gatherings to plan the helped her daughter, Maggie, become from Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis next ones. It’s a perfect program for the more involved in parish life. enjoys dancing to rock and roll music on SPRED participants. They can’t wait to “I think all the catechists do a March 19 during the Special Religious go every other week. We had started by wonderful job,” she said. “It takes a lot Development dinner and dance in getting the kids through Communion of time, and they’re very dedicated.” Indianapolis. and Confirmation, and then SPRED Auxiliary Bishop Christopher came along and some wonderful J. Coyne is scheduled to be the Right, Our Lady of Lourdes parishioner catechists took over. I love them for it.” principal celebrant when the Andi Alexander of Indianapolis, who St. Andrew parishioner Denise Gray archdiocesan Special Religious participates in the Special Religious of Richmond, who volunteers as a Development program participants, Development (SPRED) program at catechist, said the SPRED participants their families, friends, catechists and Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis, admires “are good friends, and it’s neat to see other supporters gather again for a piñata during the “Fiesta” dinner and how spiritual they can be.” Mass at 3 p.m. on May 1 at dance on March 19 at the Marten House Holy Family parishioner Sue Kinsey St. Pius X Church in Indianapolis. † in Indianapolis. Page 10 The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011 Archdiocesan parishes schedule Lenten penance ser vices Parishes throughout the archdiocese April 14, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew, Richmond have scheduled communal penance services for Lent. The following is a list Indianapolis East Deanery of penance services that have been April 4, 7 p.m. for St. Therese of the

reported to The Criterion. Infant Jesus (Little Flower), Wiechec CNS photo/Nancy Due to space constraints, penance St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes services scheduled later during Lent may at Our Lady of Lourdes be omitted from the list in this week’s April 5, 7 p.m. at St. Rita newspaper. However, the entire schedule April 6, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas, Fortville is posted on The Criterion Online at April 7, 7 p.m. at St. Michael, Greenfield www.CriterionOnline.com. Indianapolis North Deanery Batesville Deanery April 3, 2 p.m. deanery service at March 28, 4-5:30 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. at St. Lawrence St. Peter, Franklin County April 5, 7 p.m. deanery service at March 29, 7 p.m. at St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence Lawrenceburg April 6, 7 p.m. deanery service at March 30, 7 p.m. at St. Maurice, St. Lawrence Decatur County March 31, 4-5:30 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. at Indianapolis South Deanery St. Mary-of-the-Rock, Franklin County April 4, 7 p.m. at Nativity of Our Lord April 4, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Aurora Jesus Christ April 5, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Shelbyville April 7, 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus Father Alfred Cioffi of Miami listens as Nathaniel Clark of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, gives an impromptu April 6, 6:30 p.m. for St. John, Dover, April 10, 3 p.m. at Good Shepherd confession before the start of the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of and St. Joseph, St. Leon, at St. Joseph, April 11, 7 p.m. at St. Roch the Immaculate Conception on Jan. 23. The vigil precedes the March for Life, held each year to protest St. Leon April 12, 7 p.m. at St. Ann abortion and the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized it across the nation. April 6, 7 p.m. for St. Paul, New Alsace, April 13, 7 p.m. at St. Jude and St. Martin, Yorkville, at St. Martin, April 18, 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the April 6, 7 p.m. at St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Tell City Deanery Yorkville Greenwood, Greenwood Floyd County March 30, 6:30 p.m. at St. Meinrad, April 7, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony, Morris April 7, 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul, Sellersburg St. Meinrad April 11, 7 p.m. at St. Teresa Benedicta of Indianapolis West Deanery April 10, 3 p.m. at Holy Family, April 3, 4 p.m. at St. Paul, Tell City the Cross, Bright March 29, 7 p.m. for Holy Trinity and New Albany April 13, 6:30 p.m. at St. Augustine, April 13, 7 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, St. Anthony at St. Anthony April 13, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Navilleton Leopold Shelby County March 29, 7 p.m. at Mary, Queen of Peace, April 17, 1 p.m. at St. John the Baptist, April 13, 7 p.m. at St. John the Danville Starlight Terre Haute Deanery Evangelist, Enochsburg March 31, 7 p.m. at Holy Angels March 29, 1:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart of April 14, 7 p.m. at St. Mary, Greensburg April 4, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel the Seymour Deanery Jesus, Terre Haute Archangel March 29, 7 p.m. for Most Sorrowful March 29, 7 p.m. at St. Benedict, Bloomington Deanery April 6, 7 p.m. at St. Christopher Mother of God, Vevay, and Prince of Terre Haute March 29, 7 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, April 7, 7 p.m. at St. Malachy, Brownsburg Peace, Madison, at Prince of Peace, March 31, 12:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Sacred Bedford April 12, 6:30 p.m. at St. Susanna, Madison Heart, Clinton April 5, 7 p.m. at St. Agnes, Nashville Plainfield March 30, 7 p.m. for Our Lady of March 31, 7 p.m. at St. Patrick, April 8, 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. for St. Paul April 13, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Providence, Brownstown, and Terre Haute Catholic Center, Bloomington; April 14, 7 p.m. at St. Michael the St. Ambrose, Seymour, at St. Ambrose, April 3, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Rockville St. Charles Borromeo, Bloomington; Archangel Seymour April 14, 7 p.m. at St. Paul the Apostle, and St. John the Apostle, Bloomington; March 31, 7 p.m. at St. Bartholomew, Greencastle † at St. Paul Catholic Center, New Albany Deanery Columbus Bloomington March 28, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Sellersburg April 6, 6 p.m. at St. Patrick, Salem April 14, 7 p.m. at St. Martin of Tours, March 29, 7 p.m. for St. Augustine, April 7, 6 p.m. at American Martyrs, Lenten activities Martinsville Jeffersonville, and Sacred Heart of Scottsburg Jesus, Jeffersonville, at Sacred Heart of April 10, 2 p.m. for Holy Trinity, available online Connersville Deanery Jesus, Jeffersonville Edinburgh, and St. Rose of Lima, Be sure to visit The Criterion’s Lenten April 5, 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth of March 29, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at Our Lady of Franklin, at St. Rose of Lima, Franklin Web page at www.archindy.org/lent. Hungary, Cambridge City Perpetual Help, New Albany April 18, 6:30 p.m. for St. Ann, The page consists of links to daily April 6, 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel, March 30, 7 p.m. at St. Joseph, Corydon Jennings County; St. Mary, readings, a Lenten column by Connersville March 31, 7 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua, North Vernon; and St. Joseph, Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, a list of April 7, 7 p.m. at St. Bridget, Liberty Clarksville Jennings County; at St. Joseph, communal penance services taking place at April 13, 7 p.m. at St. Anne, New Castle April 3, 4 p.m. at St. Mary, New Albany Jennings County parishes and other features. † Despite massive destruction, Salesian-run school continues its mission PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS)—Carefully eying some day with the skills that he is learning. Cramped classrooms and the loss of teaching aids have four round legs of what were to become part of a cabinet, The school opened in 1935 in a neighborhood known as forced teachers to find new ways to teach youngsters. In the Isaac Collin was making sure that his handiwork was La Rouge, or the Red. The school is known across Haiti by first-grade classroom of Astrude Pierre, 65 girls followed aligned just right. its Creole acronym, ENAM, and has gained a reputation for her lead by loudly pronouncing Creole sounds as they Soon, the cross supports and side panels would be pieced producing some of the best-trained workers in the country shared books salvaged from the rubble. together. Add wood stain and a couple of coats of varnish, in fields such as electrical wiring, welding, education, In a neighboring structure, students in Fanor Ramson’s and Collin’s cabinet will be ready for someone’s home. tailoring, masonry and automotive repair. introductory woodworking class learned how to use a Collin was among a handful of carpenters and In addition to the vocational program, the campus is handsaw and miter box to cut framing. A lone box and a cabinetmakers working in what was left of the enormous home to the Father Bohnen Little Schools for primary single saw were being used by a dozen students. two-story vocational training center at the Salesian-run school-age students, and an orphanage for children found Father Jeannot knows the current educational setting National School of the Arts and Vocations. abandoned or lost on Port-au-Prince’s dusty streets. falls short of what the Salesians are accustomed to offering. One side of the woodworking workshop opened to the Fourteen months ago, the grounds were a desperate The emphasis now is on doing the best work possible under outside. It and a similar work area on the second floor scene of trauma and chaos. Virtually every building trying conditions. Everyone, he said, continues recovering were the building’s lone wing that was spared by the collapsed during the cataclysmic earthquake. Classes still from the earthquake. Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. were in session, just minutes away from dismissal when Leaders of the Salesian order in Rome have made Collin enrolled in the vocational program in October. He 35 seconds of shaking began. The death toll reached 250, rebuilding ENAM its top priority. Preliminary plans call for said he was pleased that the program continued after the including students and adults, said Salesian Father an entirely new campus so the educational and vocational disaster. Gerald Jeannot, ENAM’s director. offerings can return to their prestigious level. “This gives me something to be very successful at,” Near the center of the compound, a shade garden now Architectural drawings show four multistory classroom Collin said during a brief break on March 14. He said he includes a small cemetery where 30 students are buried. An buildings, a new vocational training center, an auditorium, a hoped to be able to start his own cabinet-making business 85-year-old Haitian-born Salesian brother was among the refurbished soccer field, two basketball courts and dead. Wreaths of plastic flowers and grave markers—from tennis court, offices and a Salesian residence. The home for simple to elaborate—stand in their honor. street children also would be renovated. Salesian Father Attilio Stra, the school’s previous The estimated cost is $32 million. Donors are being director, was buried under rubble for six hours until sought for various phases of the multiyear project.

CNS photo/Bob Roller rescuers reached him. He was hospitalized for weeks. Meanwhile, a pile of white cement rocks two feet deep Today, he serves the Salesian order in Cap-Haitian in and 30 feet around is all that remains of one of the northern Haiti after a long period of recovery in the buildings where children once laughed and played and Dominican Republic and Italy. learned. A crew of about two dozen workers prepared the Father Jeannot said it took months for the campus to be rubble for removal. One worker set some of the debris afire, cleared of debris. Work crews since have rebuilt a 20-foot sending a column of black smoke toward the cloudless blue concrete-block wall around the compound, and reinforced sky—almost an offering in memory of the dead. it to withstand future earthquakes. About 15 temporary “Life is fighting,” Father Jeannot said. “We have hope to classroom structures made from plywood, two-by-fours help young Haitians to grow up.” and topped by corrugated steel have replaced the old Students pronounce words during class at the Salesian-run buildings. (Donations can be made out to and sent to the Salesian National School of Arts and Vocations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Students still have a “tendency to run” when a large Missions, 2 Lefevre Lane, New Rochelle, NY 10801, with on March 14. The school’s mission continues despite the loss of truck rumbles by the school, vibrating the makeshift the notation ENAM School, or donate online at lives and damages it suffered in the January 2010 earthquake. structures, Father Jeannot said. www.salesianmissions.org, or call 914-833-8344.) † A supplement to Catholic newspapers published by Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. All contents are copyrighted © 2011 by Catholic News FaithAlive! Service. Reconciliation is an essential part of Christianity

By David Gibson arrival at a person’s home,” the be taken home, it should be pope said. taken into the world at large, too. You could cook up an entirely But something quite interesting “In a world that is angry and new kind of Christianity simply happens next. According to violent, in a culture of blame and by removing reconciliation from the pope, the sacrament of revenge,” it is possible to become

the mix. However, this new reconciliation can give birth to a “Apostles of reconciliation” by Reuters Biraj, CNS photo/Andrew Christianity would be life of reconciliation. “living as children of the Father, unrecognizable as such. In Pope John Paul’s view, who is rich in mercy,” That seems to be a central receiving divine mercy renews our Archbishop Gomez said. tenet of many Catholic thinkers awareness of God as a Father and Archbishop Gregory today. A concern is that if we prompts us—precisely as God’s M. Aymond of New Orleans is overlook the importance of family members—to rediscover another Church leader who has reconciliation, we forget one of our connections to our “brothers spoken about the need for mercy Christianity’s basics—namely, and sisters.” Mercy “warms” us to and reconciliation. that God is a reconciler who the idea of loving our neighbor. Observing that “violence and heals the wounds Archbishop Jose revenge and hatred have become that divide people H. Gomez of acceptable parts of our society from him, divide Los Angeles made a today,” he noted that there are them within similar point in a “families, parishioners and priests themselves and ‘God pastoral letter that he who have not spoken to one divide them from mercifully wrote when he was another for years” due to such each other. the archbishop of feelings. Three points seeks people San Antonio, Texas. Revenge was judged underlie all that out to forgive The reconciliation “easier and more popular follows: and be that “the entire world than forgiveness,” • For Catholics, longs for begins in Archbishop Aymond said. “In reconciliation is reconciled the confessional,” many ways in our society, we both a sacrament with them, Archbishop Gomez are not tolerant with people. We and a way of life. [Pope John said. are certainly not patient and • The reconcil- For many saints sometimes not even civil.” iation experienced Paul II] and martyrs, he It is “countercultural” sacramentally can suggested. We observed, the today to encourage forgiveness give rise to a do not cause sacrament of and reconciliation, reconciling way of reconciliation was Archbishop Aymond said. But life. God to become “the great school of “we must forgive because we • In and of itself, merciful.’ mercy” in which they have been forgiven,” and “we the sacrament of “learned and must be reconcilers because Jesus reconciliation received the strength reconciled and healed.” makes a clear to love their enemies What does a life patterned statement that and forgive their after the example of the God is a merciful reconciler. persecutors.” reconciling God of mercy look Pope John Paul II discussed The archbishop urged people to like? A Catholic priest hears confession from a young woman at Rosary Church in this in a letter to the world’s take home with them the mercy Theologians, biblical scholars, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Dec. 23, 2009. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of priests. God mercifully seeks received in the sacrament of catechists and other people who Los Angeles has written that the reconciliation “the entire world longs for people out to forgive, and be reconciliation because “love and take up that question often begins in the confessional.” reconciled with them, the pope mercy must begin in the family. explain that the God of mercy is suggested. We do not cause God “Let us make time to listen, to faithful, kind and good, while forgive those who are repentant. consigned to the past. to become merciful. spend time together and to try to also a healer and peacemaker. Thus, and just for starters, to This is a tall order. “We must not think that it is understand one another,” he • The God of mercy wants the follow in the footsteps of the God Fortunately, living in merciful, the sinner, through his own wrote. “Let us begin to practice hungry fed, the homeless of mercy and reconciliation is to reconciling ways results in a independent journey of forgiveness in all our sheltered and hope reawakened be faithful, kind and loving, to Christianity that is recognizable conversion, who earns mercy,” relationships—as husbands and among the brokenhearted. extend hope to others in whatever as such. Pope John Paul wrote. Rather, “it wives, parents and children, as • The God of reconciliation ways possible, to feed and clothe is mercy that impels him along neighbors and citizens.” extends a welcome to those who the poor, and to mend broken (David Gibson served on the path of conversion.” But not only should one’s are lonely or lost like the prodigal relationships by reaching out and Catholic News Service’s Confession signifies “God’s reborn instinct for reconciliation son. The God of love is ready to allowing great angers to be editorial staff for 37 years.) † The woman at the well shared the good news of God’s mercy By Fr. Lawrence E. Mick In the early Church, it meant primarily to praise God. So repartee with Jesus, who gradually leads her deeper into some saints are given the title “confessor,” defined by the recognition of her true need and his ability to meet it. Those who have lived awhile know how often Merriam-Webster dictionary as “one who gives heroic Once the woman realizes who Jesus might be and language changes. Words that have taken on new meaning evidence of faith, but does not suffer martyrdom.” what he is offering her, she immediately goes back into in the computer age alone are “disk,” “memory,” “mail,” Eventually, the word also began to refer to the town and begins to spread the word to everyone. “Come “keyboard” and “mouse,” to name a few. confession of sins, and to speak of a confessor today see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he The word “confess” has gone through some shifts in usually means a priest who hears confessions. possibly be the Messiah?” (Jn 4:29). Thus, she became an definition in the Church’s history, too. This is not a complete change of meaning. When we evangelist to the Samaritans in Sychar, telling them good confess our sins, we are also confessing our trust in God’s news and leading them to Jesus. mercy. Even coming to confession is a result of God’s Because she did not attempt to deny her guilt and her

CNS photo grace, and we admit that we have been blessed by that need, she opened herself to God’s grace and thus gave grace even as we admit our guilt for our sins. glory to God. She became a confessor, giving evidence of The Samaritan woman at the well, whose story we hear her newborn faith to others. on the Third Sunday of Lent this year, is an example of This unnamed woman can be a model for us. We need both meanings of the word “confess.” She admits her to be honest about our lives and, in repentance, confess sinfulness, but also praises God and witnesses to others our sins, especially in the sacrament of reconciliation. As about God’s mercy. we do so, we also proclaim God’s goodness and mercy It is significant that the woman came to the well at noon. toward us. Generally, women went to draw water at the beginning of And when we have been forgiven, we are called to the day, but she came when there will likely be no other spread the good news of God’s mercy to others so that women around. This suggests that she may have been an they will echo the citizens of Sychar. outcast in the town. “We have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is When she first encounters Jesus, she is stunned that he truly the Savior of the world” (Jn 4:42). This painting depicts Jesus speaking with the woman at the well. speaks to her. Jews and Samaritans were enemies, and She is an example of how those who receive God’s mercy through Jewish men did not speak to women in public. (Father Lawrence E. Mick is a priest of the confessing one’s sins can draw others closer to Christ. She recovers quickly, however, and engages in a lively Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2010 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith and Family/Sean Gallagher The Annunciation and the Incarnation Seek the help The date of this issue, March 25, is the fifth century, wrote an instruction about took the nature of a servant.” Solemnity of the Annunciation. the Incarnation that the Church includes in The battle at the time that Leo wrote of the angels Next week, there the Office of Readings for today’s feast. the letter was between the Arians and the are no saints on the He wrote: “To pay the debt of our Monophysites, who taught that Jesus had during Lent liturgical calendar, sinful state, a nature that is incapable of only a divine nature and wasn’t truly My wife, Cindy, and I named our probably because that suffering was joined to one that could human. Therefore, Leo repeated, “He who two oldest sons, Michael and Raphael, after week is often either suffer. Thus, in keeping with the healing is true God is also true man. There is no two of the archangels. Holy Week or the that we needed, one and the same falsehood in this unity as long as the When I introduce Octave of Easter. mediator between God and men, the man lowliness of man and the pre-eminence of them or talk about them Easter is later than Jesus Christ, was able to die in one nature, God coexist in mutual relationship.” to other people, I will usual this year. I will, and unable to die in the other.” Each of Jesus’ natures exercised its sometimes be asked if therefore, write about He wrote that Jesus enlarged our own activity, he wrote. “The Word does we are going to round the Annunciation. humanity without diminishing his divinity. what is proper to the Word, the flesh out the set and name a I have long felt that the Church doesn’t As St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians fulfills what is proper to the flesh. One child after the give enough prominence to this feast. It said, he emptied himself. The Creator and nature is resplendent with miracles, the archangel Gabriel. celebrates more than just an Lord of all things chose to be one of us other falls victim to injuries. As the Word The quick answer is announcement. It should be called the mortal men. does not lose equality with the Father’s no since it is the feast of the Incarnation. In doing so, the Son of God did not glory, so the flesh does not leave behind preference of Cindy and I not to repeat The Church makes the feast of the separate himself from the Father’s glory, the nature of our race.” names in our broader family. We have a Immaculate Conception, when Mary was but “he is born in a new condition, by a Jesus was God, he wrote, in virtue of nephew named Gabriel who was born just a conceived, a solemnity and holy day of new birth.” the fact that “in the beginning was the few months before Michael. obligation, and the feast of Mary’s birth a St. Leo emphasized that God the Son Word, and the Word was with God, and Since God blessed us with Michael and lesser feast. It does the opposite with existed before time began, a dogma that the Word was God” (Jn. 1:1). He was Raphael, I have had more of an awareness of Christ, celebrating his birth more than his was denied by the Arians of his time. man in virtue of the fact that “the Word angels in my life. God sends them to us to conception. But who am I to tell the However, he also, in his human nature, was made flesh, and dwelt among us” protect us and help us on our way to heaven. Church that it should be consistent? “began to exist at a moment in time. Lord (Jn 1:14). That is the doctrine of the And that awareness is renewed St. Leo the Great, a pope of the of the universe, he hid his infinite glory and Incarnation. † when one of my co-workers at the Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center in Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes Indianapolis will ask about my sons by saying, “How are the angels doing?” Now, I have to say that my sons don’t A throwaway society should not include disposable people always act like angels—at least the good Part of the American Dream has always and low cost. Things like disposable diapers two-income family and fast-food ones. But, then again, neither do I. been the possibility of home ownership. rather than cloth, paper tissues rather than restaurants abound. We drive everywhere These daily struggles that we have on our This is a good thing, handkerchiefs, and on and on. rather than walk, and watch snatches of TV pilgrimage to our Father’s home in heaven which has been a Now, I am not advocating the return of rather than read entire books. should motivate us all the more to turn to the reality for many the Sears catalog in place of toilet paper or Here again, I am not suggesting that angels in general and our guardian angel, in people. One reason for even hankies instead of Kleenex. Washable families drop below the poverty line so that particular, for help. this is the relatively cloth diapers hung outdoors to dry might be someone can stay home to cook or that we In past columns, I have encouraged low cost of what are a good idea, but that would no doubt entail a return to the ox cart. parents to pray for other parents since we all now called waste of water, contamination of ground But good health should be just as need the help that is there in the communion “manufactured homes” water with toxic detergents and softeners, important as speed when we are setting of the saints. so prevalent in our and the dreaded fossil fuel-powered clothes priorities. Just look at the statistics on But if we can benefit from each other’s country today. dryers. obesity in this country. prayers, how much more powerful would the These structures Thus, awareness of the need to protect our But the absolute worst aspect of our angels’ help be for us? used to be known as “mobile homes” natural environment is the ostensible justifi- disposable society is the legalization Lent is a good time for us to turn our because they were. You could pick them up cation for using many of the “convenience” making people disposable in abortion. thoughts and prayers to the angels because and move them to another location. And, products that we enjoy. It is just ironic that In effect, unborn babies have become they have a presence from the start of this even before that, they were called “trailers” such products in turn often present even commodities like throwaway diapers. If it is season to its conclusion. because they were usually moved from more environmental problems, such as how not convenient to have a baby right now, if On the first Sunday of Lent, we heard place to place hitched behind a car or truck. to safely dispose of electronics, plastic bags it is too expensive to support more kids—or the account of Jesus’ temptation by the Part of their low cost is due to the fact and containers, and, yes, the new light bulbs. for whatever reasons we use to justify devil—a fallen angel—in the desert. When that these homes are comparatively cheap The latter are designed to last for years abortion—the fact remains that human our Lord finally told Satan to be gone, we to make, and thus easily disposed of. This and use less environmentally destructive beings are not disposable commodities and read that “angels came and ministered to is evident when tornadoes or fires quickly sources of power than incandescent bulbs. no human law can make them so. him” (Mt 4:11). and totally destroy them. Or when Never mind that they are full of mercury Rather, people are made in God’s image Then, close to the climax of Lent, we improvident owners fail to maintain them and, if broken, by federal mandate must to share in God’s love in this world and the arrive with our Lord at Gethsemane, where properly, and they deteriorate. be disposed of in a manner which takes next. They are not disposable, but immortal. he prays in agony as he considers the Unfortunately, disposable homes, useful three pages of information to explain. Do we That is the message of Easter, and that is suffering and death that lay before him. And as they are, present one more example of really think that a population always in a not disposable either. here we learn from St. Luke that “to the throwaway society that we have hurry will bother with that? strengthen him an angel from heaven become. Great Depression children are, So conserving time as well as the (Cynthia Dewes, a member of St. Paul the appeared to him” (Lk 22:43). well, depressed by all the waste that goes environment is of the essence. The market is Apostle Parish in Greencastle, is a regular Finally, angels play a key role in Christ’s on today in the name of convenience, speed full of “quick” food products for the busy, columnist for The Criterion.) † glorious resurrection, telling the good news to the women who appear at the tomb early Emmaus Walk/Debra Tomaselli on the first day of the week. In fact, St. Matthew says that an Catechumens, sponsors, candidates and kids … oh my! earthquake marked the angel’s arrival to roll back the stone in front of the tomb and that On the third Sunday in Lent, after a Similarly, the priest prayed, “Bless these lives entrusted to my care. “his appearance was like lightning and his short pause following his homily, hands so that they do the work of Christ.” In an instant, I understood the clothing was white as snow” (Mt 28:3). Father Charlie invited Sponsors were tracing the sign of the importance of sharing my faith with my Well, my boys certainly like to run the catechumens, cross over the palms of the elect when I family. through the house like lightning. However, I candidates and felt a tugging at my elbow. Although my heart wanted to evangelize think that they would rather have their sponsors to take their “Mommy, Mommy,” my 6-year-old to the ends of the Earth, I realized that right clothes covered in mud than looking white places in the aisles of daughter whispered. “What are they in my own home I had the means to help as snow. our church. doing?” someone become a better Christian, a better As they grow up, I hope that they will There was a flurry I leaned over to respond. “These people Catholic. Right in my own home, I had learn to be friends with the angels. As of movement as the want to join our Church and become daily opportunities to love, forgive, listen important as Cindy’s and my guidance to group, scattered Catholic,” I said. “They are with their and extend compassion. I didn’t have to them can be, the angels will be close to them throughout the church, sponsors, and they are receiving a special wait for “someday.” their entire lives. maneuvered their way blessing.” I never mentioned the incident to And they are close to all of us and can past the people in the pews to the aisles. I started to stand straight when another anyone, and the revelation was enough lead us, especially during Lent, to a closer In the aisle to our left, a middle-aged thought hit. in itself. communion with our Lord. man stood in front of his sponsor, a woman I leaned down toward Sara again. “I But several months later, almost in A primary purpose of this season of grace with long, curly, salt-and-pepper hair. To want to do that someday,” I whispered. confirmation of the prophetic is for us not simply to come closer to Christ our right, a young, clean-cut man with “I want to help someone become a pronouncement that had been made that in general, but closer to him in his paschal brown hair kissed his wife before heading better Christian. I want to help someone day, a neighbor decided to join the Catholic mystery in particular—his suffering, death to the nearest aisle to meet his sponsor, an become Catholic.” Church and asked me to be her sponsor. and resurrection. older gentleman from our parish. As I straightened up, I heard a voice. The following year, we were climbing Since we see that the angels were close to Streams of organ music faded into the The statement was as clear and distinct as through the congregation to take our places him at the culmination of his mission to background as Father Charlie led the if someone had pronounced it, but the in the aisle. And as I made the sign of the redeem us, we can be sure that they will sponsors in praying for the elect, those words came from nowhere: “You already cross over her, I couldn’t help but wonder strengthen us to be one with Christ in his seeking full communion with the Church. are.” at the marvels of God. paschal mystery in our ordinary daily life “Bless these eyes,” Father Charlie said, I snapped my head and glanced at my with our family. “so they may see the presence of Christ.” husband and our three children in the pew (Debra Tomaselli lives in So call on the help of the angels during The curly haired woman moved her beside me. Altamonte Springs, Fla. Her column Lent, and be gratefully aware that they are hands in blessing over the eyes of the “What about them?” I asked myself, appears in diocesan newspapers. Her right there beside you in your Lenten middle-aged man. suddenly realizing the significance of the e-mail address is [email protected].) † journey. † The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011 Page 13

Third Sunday of Lent/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, March 28 Friday, April 1 The Sunday Readings 2 Kings 5:1-15b Hosea 14:2-10 Psalms 42:2-3; 43:3-4 Psalm 81:6c-11b, 14, 17 Sunday, March 27, 2011 time of Jesus. Long ago, they had defiled Luke 4:24-30 Mark 12:28-34 the Jewish race and authentic religion by • Exodus 17:3-7 consorting with pagan invaders, and by • Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 worshipping outside Jerusalem. Jews Tuesday, March 29 Saturday, April 2 • John 4:5-42 avoided Samaritans and looked upon them Daniel 3:25, 34-43 Francis of Paola, hermit with contempt. Psalm 25:4-9 Hosea 6:1-6 The source of the first reading for this Then, at the time of Jesus, no adult Matthew 18:21-35 Psalm 51:3-4, 18-21b Lenten weekend’s liturgies is the man ever would engage a woman in Luke 18:9-14 Book of Exodus. conversation. Such were the religious and Exodus is one of the five books of the social conventions. Wednesday, March 30 Bible regarded as the Obviously, Jesus set all these Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Sunday, April 3 basis of God’s revelation considerations aside. He bore the message Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20 Fourth Sunday of Lent to the Chosen People. of God, and this message was meant for Matthew 5:17-19 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a The initial theological everyone. Psalm 23:1-6 concepts and regulations The Lord asserts a dignity above that of about behavior are seen Jacob. He promises a gift of water greatly Thursday, March 31 Ephesians 5:8-14 as being rooted in the more satisfying than any that could be Jeremiah 7:23-28 John 9:1-41 original teachings of drawn from a well. Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9 or John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 Moses. Finally, Jesus predicts that a new order Luke 11:14-23 Together, these books of communing with God is coming. It will constitute the Torah, be neither centralized in Jerusalem nor on which is still the cornerstone of Judaism. the mountaintops where the Samaritans Another name for the five books is the customarily worshipped. Pentateuch, a term coming from the Greek Go Ask Your Father/Fr. Francis Hoffman word for five. Reflection As the title implies, the Book of Exodus is Very much a part of Lent are the greatly concerned with the experiences of the Church’s preparations to receive new It is parents’ duty to make sure their Hebrews as they fled Egypt and moved members during the Easter Vigil. toward the land that God had promised them. Aside from the triumphant celebration of children are confirmed in the Church It was a very difficult trip. Even today, a the Eucharist on that occasion, the most journey across the Sinai Peninsula is a bleak prominent symbol used in the liturgy is Is it the parents’ duty to see that their confirmation, (he/she) will receive the and lonely undertaking. water. It is because the new members of the Qchild is confirmed in the Catholic Church fullness of God’s Spirit. In holy It is not surprising that the Hebrews Church will be baptized. or is it the child’s Communion, (he/she) will share the banquet wondered why they had to suffer so much as For those Catholics already members of “choice” to be of Christ’s sacrifice, calling God (his/her) they wandered across the Sinai desert in the Church and not being baptized at the confirmed? Father in the midst of the Church.” search of the Promised Land. They grumbled Easter Vigil, water also will symbolize life. I have found that Responsible parents do not give their little about Moses, who led the way. They will renew their baptismal promises. many young people get children a choice about eating, sleeping, Water was a precious commodity in this The priest will sprinkle them with blessed confirmed solely because hygiene, school or health care. Parents must arid environment. Understandably, they water to recall their baptisms. their parents make them, make those decisions for their children. They feared thirst. Water will symbolize new life and the and that doesn’t seem are children, after all. Moses, enlightened by God, told them to promise of eternal life. In these readings, to be in the spirit of As the child grows in maturity, parents look for water in an improbable place—the the Church is telling us that God alone, in confirmation at all. should give their children a bit more side of a rock. As directed, Moses struck the Jesus, is the source of life eternal. I also have trouble freedom. In my opinion, it is better to rock, and water flowed from it. Lent is our time to decide whether to with the notion that confirmation is like confirm children when they are younger. St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans supplies embrace this life or not. † graduation—that it’s some kind of end point. However, if a youngster over 14 years of the second reading. age does not want to be confirmed, it is no As is so typical of Paul’s writing, this The short answers to your questions are use forcing him or her. That would be passage celebrates Jesus as the only source Readers may submit prose A“yes” and “yes.” counter-productive. of life and of communion with God, and it “Yes,” it is the parents’ duty to see that their Still, it has to be admitted that the proclaims salvation in Christ as the gift or poetry for faith column child is confirmed in the Catholic Church. adolescent child’s refusal to be confirmed— coming from the willing sacrifice of the Lord The Criterion invites readers And “yes,” it is the child’s choice, especially if rather than that being a good use of his or on Calvary. to submit original prose or poetry he or she is already an adolescent. her freedom—is an indication that he or she For its last reading this weekend, the relating to faith or experiences of Let’s take a look at what the Code of has not been properly catechized or trained Church presents a section of St. John’s prayer for possible publication in the Canon Law has to say on the subject: in the faith. Gospel. “My Journey to God” column. • Canon #890—“The faithful are obliged to It is the story of the Lord’s meeting with Seasonal reflections also are receive this sacrament at the proper time. I am a former Protestant who became a the Samaritan woman beside a well in appreciated. Please include name, Parents and pastors of souls, especially pastors QCatholic as an adult. Samaria. The reading is heavy with lessons address, parish and telephone number of parishes, are to take care that the faithful When I went through the Rite of Christian for us. with submissions. are properly instructed to receive the Initiation of Adults (RCIA) process, my First, merely the facts that the site is Send material for consideration to sacrament and come to it at the appropriate baptism was accepted as valid since I was Samaria, that the Lord’s conversation is with “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, time.” baptized as a child in the Church of the a female and that the woman is a Samaritan P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206 • Canon #891—“The Sacrament of Nazarene. all convey powerful messages. or e-mail to [email protected]. † Confirmation is to be conferred on the faithful I was only confirmed in the Pious Jews detested Samaritans at the at about the age of discretion unless the Catholic Church. conference of bishops has determined another Recently, when my great-grandmother age, or there is danger of death, or in the passed away, my family was talking about My Journey to God judgment of the minister a grave cause baptism. Someone mentioned that they suggests otherwise.” remembered that I was baptized with oil Parents have the responsibility to see that instead of water. Sophia’s Insights on Cleaning their children receive confirmation because it The pastor of my former church only did is one of the three sacraments of initiation— that for a few baptisms, and mine was one of On Friday night, Sophia’s father told “Well,” Sophia said, with a serious the others being baptism and holy them. I had no idea! her that it was time for her bath. look on her face, “I’ve been thinking Communion. For them, as Protestants, it was no big “But I don’t see any dirt on me,” about what you said about cleaning. Just as parents have the responsibility to deal. For me, though, I am now worried Sophia argued. Yesterday, you told me there’s dirt on have their children baptized within the about what that means. “There’s dirt you can’t see. Now go us we can’t see. Today, you told me first weeks after their birth, they also have the Does that mean that I never really was wash up,” her father answered. dirt builds up over time so we have to responsibility to have their children properly baptized? What do I need to do to resolve The next day, on Saturday, her mother clean regularly, and you want the catechized, receive their first confession before the issue? told Sophia to clean her room. house spotless for our guests. their first Communion, and complete the I have received the effects as if I had, but “But I just cleaned it last week! Why “So wouldn’t our souls be the same sacramental catechesis with confirmation. still my heart is not at peace. do I have to clean it again?” she whined. way?” she asked. “I mean, sin builds When a child is baptized, the minister asks “Dirt builds up, and you have to clean up over time like dirt, right? Even if the parents if they understand what it means to If you have a well-founded doubt about regularly,” her mother told her. “There is we can’t see it? And shouldn’t we be raise their child as a Catholic: Athe validity of your baptism—and, in an old saying, ‘Cleanliness is next to super clean for when we receive Jesus, “You have asked to have your child this case, you do—you should explain the godliness.’ the most important guest ever?” baptized. In doing so, you are accepting the situation to your pastor and request that he “And,” her mother continued, “we And thus began the family’s responsibility of training (him/her) in the perform a “conditional baptism.” have company coming over so I want the practice of going to the sacrament of practice of the faith. It will be your duty to For the record, baptism with oil is not house to look spotless for our guests.” reconciliation once a month before bring (him/her) up to keep God’s valid. That afternoon, Sophia told her Saturday evening Mass. commandments as Christ taught us by loving For a valid baptism, you must have the parents she wanted to be at church Cleanliness is, after all, next to God and our neighbor. Do you clearly pouring on of or immersion in natural water by 4 p.m. godliness! understand what you are undertaking?” as the minister recites this formula: “I “Why?” they asked her. “Mass doesn’t Later in the liturgy, the minister references baptize you [person’s name] in the name of start until 5:30 p.m.” By Natalie Hoefer the sacrament of confirmation in these the Father, and of the Son and of the words: “Dearly beloved, this child has been Holy Spirit. Amen.” (Natalie Hoefer is a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis.) reborn in baptism. (He/she) is now called the No other formula or liquid substance child of God, for so indeed (he/she) is. In will do. † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, March 25, 2011

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The stamp will connec tions to it; those are Laflin and Delores Niehaus. be released on April 12. separate obituaries on this Grand mother of 12. Great- page. grandmother of 10. BRYANT, Rovilla (Brenner), KLIMASZEWSKI, Robert 93, St. Paul, Tell City, Feb. 23. A., 59, Holy Spirit, Mother of Charlie and Paul Indianapolis, March 5. Father Bryant. Sister of Ralph Brenner. of Rebecca, Brian and Geoffrey Grandmother of 10. Great-grand - Klimaszewski. Son of Anna mother of 15. Klimaszewski. Grandfather COX, Marilyn R. (Belden), 74, of four. NOBBE, Darwin, 56, ROELL, Helen Bernice, 93, SCHWARTZ, Janice, 60, and Vincent Tuell. Grandfather of St. Mary-of-the-Rock, St. Pius V, Troy, March 11. six. Great-grandfather of two. St. Bridget, Liberty, March 3. LANNAN, Wilma R., 80, St. Vincent de Paul, Franklin County, March 10. Mother of Michael Cox. Sister of St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, Shelby County, March 14. Sister of Jim and Richard WAGNER, Urban A., 94, Kay Dixon, Jo Ann and Ronald Husband of Beatrice Nobbe. Feb. 28. Mother of Linda Mother of Diane Paris, Schwartz. Aunt of several. St. Susanna, Plainfield, Feb. 11. Belden. Grandmother of two. Father of Brandi Hinen and Melton. Sister of Joan Eckstein, Kenneth and Robert Roell. TUELL, Harold L., 86, Husband of Cynthia Wagner. Great-grandmother of one. Dustin Nobbe. Brother of Barbara Halbert and William Michelle Jansing, Melanie Grandmother of six. Step- St. Peter, Harrison County, Father of Janet Hardy, Mary ENGLAND, Anna M., 79, Smith. Grand mother of five. Stahley, Camille Wahman and grandmother of two. Great- Feb. 25. Father of Olivia Anne and Urban Wagner. Grand - St. Anthony, Indianapolis, Great-grand mother of four. Duane Nobbe. Grandfather of grandmother of 12. Heicken, Lisa Lee, Julia, Curtis father of one. † March 5. Mother of Joan Burton, LeCLERE, Omer, 86, St. Pius, four. Barbara Dawson, Maryanna Troy, March 10. Husband of Phillips and Martin England. PERKINS, Norbert, 89, Providence Sister Mary Charles Spalding Sharon (Palmer) LeClere. Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Grandmother of nine. Great- Father of Dean and Jon taught at Catholic schools for 58 years grandmother of seven. March 4. Husband of Roberta LeClere. Brother of Ralph Perkins. Father of Therese Providence Sister Mary Charles Spalding ministered in education for 58 years at FRICKE, Jeannette E., 92, LeClere. Grand father of three. Bordenkircher, Mary Russell, died on March 11 at Mother Theodore Hall at Catholic schools in Indiana, Illinois, Our Lady of Lourdes, LOSSON, Phylis A., 62, Tally Thrasher, David and Joel Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. She was 97. North Carolina, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C. Indianapolis, March 4. Mother of St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, Perkins. Brother of Thelma The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated In the archdiocese, Sister Mary Charles served Carol Tenholder, Duane and Gary Floyds Knobs, March 5. Wife Briscoe and Gloria Gardner. on March 16 at the Church of the Immaculate at St. Philip Neri School in Indianapolis from Fricke. Grandmother of eight. of Jerry Carney. Mother of Grand father of 11. Great- Conception at the motherhouse. Burial followed at 1950-53. Great-grandmother of eight. Chris Wayman. Sister of Philip grand father of eight. the sisters’ cemetery. After retiring from teaching, Sister Mary GIGLIOTTI, Harriette G., Losson. PIKE, Patty, St. Andrew the Frances Ruth Spalding was born on Charles tutored students for a number of years Jan. 7, 1914, in Washington, Ind. in Chicago. 86, St. Joseph, Shelbyville, LOVE, Paul J., 84, St. Jude, Apostle, Indianapolis, Feb. 22. March 10. Wife of Joseph She entered the congregation of the Sisters of In 1995, she moved to the motherhouse and Indianapolis, March 11. PRIEST, Robert, 77, St. Jude, Gigliotti. Mother of Janice Providence on Dec. 24, 1940, and professed her volunteered at the Providence Center. Husband of Marilyn Love. Indianapolis, March 9. Aichinger, Christopher, David first vows on Aug. 15, 1933, and final vows on Sister Mary Charles began her full-time Father of Pamela Lewis, Husband of Constance Priest. Aug. 15, 1938. ministry of prayer with the senior sisters in 2000. and William Gigliotti. Grand - Cynthia Love, Mary Father of Denise Holden, Sister Mary Charles earned bachelor’s degrees Surviving are several nieces and nephews. mother of 11. Great-grand - Schmalfeldt and Paula Linda Mason, Julie Young, mother of three. Sidebottom. Grandfather of 10. Danny and Ronald Feeley, in education and English at Saint Mary-of-the- Memorial gifts may be sent to the Sisters of Woods College and a master’s degree in education Providence, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, GOFFINET, Hazel M., 94, NEAFUS, Rita E., 87, Darin and David Priest. Grand - St. Paul, Tell City, March 8. father of 13. Great-grandfather at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Anthony of Padua, During 80 years as a Sister of Providence, she IN 47876. † Mother of Darla, Gary and Clarksville, Feb. 21. Mother of of eight. James Goffinet. Grandmother Janet Potts, Sandra and Stoy RATLIFF, Grady A., Jr., 57, of six. Great-grandmother of Neafus III. Sister of Ruth St. Gabriel, Connersville, eight. Step-great-grandmother Dietsch, Betty Hutchinson, March 6. Husband of Linda of two. Mary Loftus, Dorothy Patton Ratliff. Father of Michelle KLEEMAN, Norbert A., 97, and Lucille Riall. Grandmother Creech, Marcia and Melissa Your last will and St. Paul, Tell City, March 13. of five. Great-grandmother of Ratliff. Son of Joyce Ratliff. Father of Brenda Panett, Larry, seven. Brother of Peggy Hensley. testament can be an

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Special to The Criterion Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a 900 [square feet] to 2,800 square very important part of our parish feet. We own the building, while

BEDFORD—“Quite life.” the church owns the land, which Submitted photos overwhelming” are the words that Father Eldred, who is also the we lease for a dollar a year.” Kathleen Bullock, the St. Vincent pastor of St. Mary Parish in Bullock and the other de Paul conference president in Mitchell, said that he didn’t know volunteers knew the change of Bedford, uses to describe the how Lawrence County would facilities would have a major impact of having a new thrift function without the help from the impact on the amount of store. Society of St. Vincent de Paul in assistance that they could provide The Indianapolis Council of Bedford. to people in need. That was the Society of St. Vincent de Paul “The financial support from the confirmed when the receipts from provided $15,000 to the Bedford Indianapolis council pushed the the first day in the new store were conference’s building fund to fundraising efforts over the edge,” several times more than the make the new facility possible. he said. “It was a wonderful regular sales at the old store. Because of the resulting surge combination of support from our With the added space, more in sales, the money has already local people and Indianapolis.” items can be displayed so visitors been Longtime volunteers Mike and will find more kitchen and repaid to Dolly Sowder said the Bedford household items, small the thrift store had been located for electronics, and an expanded area Indian- nearly 20 years across the church with clothing for infants, children This new facility for a thrift store operated by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in apolis parking lot in an old building—a and adults. Bedford was completed in 2010. A $15,000 contribution from the Indianapolis council, former house built in 1910—that Dolly Sowder recalls the Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul made the construction of the new Bullock was crowded and lacked the first thrift store that opened in the facility possible. said. facilities and amenities in the new 1980s. “There would be “We building. two women sitting in chairs with The Society of were The St. Vincent de Paul Parish TV trays and a cigar box for St. Vincent de Paul pleased to conference volunteers are change.” Conference in Bedford be a part celebrating the first anniversary of Even before the first store was used this 900-square- foot house built in Fr. Richard Eldred of the the opening of the new building. established, she added, parish drive to The volunteers are now able to volunteers had helped those in 1910 as a thrift store get a new building,” said use a cash register, telephone and need with food deliveries as well starting in the 1980s. It Patrick Jerrell, the president of check-out desk, and enjoy heat as donations of clothing and other was recently replaced the Indianapolis council. “The and hot water. There are also items stored at the parish. by a new structure that increased sales will directly bathrooms for volunteers and The volunteers started a was funded in part by benefit the needy citizens of visitors. building fund several years ago, a contribution made by Lawrence County.” The number of volunteers and when the plans were the Indianapolis Father Richard Eldred, the nearly doubled—to 44—with the announced for the new building Council of the Society pastor of St. Vincent de Paul opening of the new store, Bullock more money was donated to the of St. Vincent de Paul. Parish in Bedford, said “the said. “We went from about fund. The volunteers are already blessing.” effects on our small southern thinking that they are outgrowing Jerrell agrees. Indiana communities,” Jerrell said. the newest facility, but no one is “We were so pleased to be able “We’re committed to sustain and ‘All of our funds stay in Lawrence County. People complaining when they look at the to help by sharing this money that expand our network of St. Vincent here, in a county with 10 percent unemployment, steady rise in receipts. has already come back to us,” he de Paul parish-based conferences “All of our funds stay in said. “We’ve made a financial to address the needs in these small don’t have to worry about not being able to af ford Lawrence County,” Bullock said. commitment to help St. Mary communities.” something. Anyone with a little bit of money can “People here, in a county with Parish’s St. Vincent de Paul come in and buy something.’ 10 percent unemployment, don’t Conference in North Vernon (For more information, to have to worry about not being able [Jennings County] with its new volunteer, to make a contribution to afford something. Anyone with thrift store project. or to start a parish St. Vincent —Kathleen Bullock, the St. Vincent de Paul a little bit of money can come in “We’re well aware that the de Paul conference, contact the conference president in Bedford and buy something. And if they downturn in the automotive St. Vincent de Paul Indianapolis need it and can’t afford it, we give manufacturing sector and resultant Council office at 317-924-5769 or it to them. It’s been an absolute job losses has had devastating log on to www.svdpindy.org.) †

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belongings the rest of the way to Rome. Haring CNS photo/Paul The Gospel reading at the Mass for the dedication of the church was

St. Matthew’s account of Jesus’ Reuters CNS photo/Alessia Pierdomenico, transfiguration, which Pope Benedict said was the revelation of Jesus’ real identity. Seeing Jesus’ divine splendor, “the disciples are prepared for Jesus’ paschal mystery,” and are given the strength and knowledge they need “to overcome the terrible trial of his passion and to understand the luminous fact of his resurrection,” the pope said in his homily. Pope Benedict said church buildings and parish communities are essential for Pope Benedict XVI pours oil on the altar as he dedicates the new Pope Benedict XVI smiles as doves are released at the end of his visit to Christian life and worship. St. Corbinian Church in Rome on March 20. St. Corbinian Church in Rome on March 20. “In every neighborhood where people live and work, the Church wants to be Christ taught us and that the world needs see Jesus’face shine “like the sun” and his of salvation.” present with the evangelical witness of so badly,” he said. clothes become “white as light,” as the The Transfiguration did not change coherent and faithful Christians, but also The pope returned to the Vatican by Gospel described it. Jesus, but revealed his divinity to the with buildings where they can gather for helicopter in time to lead the recitation of “Sunlight is the most intense light disciples, the pope said. prayer and the sacraments, for Christian the Angelus prayer at noon. found in nature,” the pope said, but the “Dear friends, we also can participate formation and to establish relationships Talking about the Transfiguration spiritual experience of the disciples in this vision and this supernatural gift by of friendship and brotherhood and where reading, Pope Benedict tried to help allowed them to see “an even more giving space to prayer and to listening to children, youths, families and the aged people gathered in St. Peter’s Square intense splendor, that of Jesus’ divine the word of God,” he told the crowd in can grow in that spirit of community that imagine what it would have been like to glory, which enlightens the whole history the square. † Virginia priest loses 43 pounds for World Youth Day fundraiser ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS)—When Father Steve Schultz parochial vicar at St. Timothy Parish. “Everybody’s still plateaus. He would occasionally gain. But thinking about embarked last fall on a weight-loss fundraiser to help watching.” the youths, his motivation stayed strong—and they are enable teenagers at St. Timothy Parish in Chantilly to That public accountability, combined with the grateful for it. attend August’s World Youth Day in Madrid, he took a knowledge that the money was going to enable so many “It’s a true blessing that he’d sacrifice losing weight for calculated risk. teens to attend a spiritual event was enough to spur him on. us,” said Stephanie Scali, 15. Losing weight is never easy, and to shed 40 to 50 pounds “I kept thinking about the reason why I was doing it,” he “I’m extremely grateful to Father,” said Joseph Jacobeen, in a very public forum seems downright daunting. told the Arlington Catholic Herald, newspaper of the 17. “It takes a big chunk out of the cost.” But 348 parishioners and other supporters rallied behind Arlington Diocese. “Making that “It’s really a great sacrifice,” added Father Schultz’s effort, pledging to give the teens anywhere sacrifice for the kids—granted it was a Mary Jacobeen, 15. from $1 to $11 per pound that he lost. sacrifice [that] I needed to make—was As Father Schultz was losing weight, A total of $762 per pound was pledged. A total of the motivation that kept me going.” ‘I kept thinking about the youths were not without responsi- 43 pounds was lost. For those of you playing at home, that All of the money collected will go to the reason why I was bility. When their priest needed extra is a whopping $32,766 now owed to the good—and offset the teens’ costs, said Kelly doing it. Making that support, he would ask for their prayers, thinner—padre. It goes to show that nothing is impossible Flannery, St. Timothy youth minister, sacrifice for the kids— and the teens, said Flannery, would make with God—as well as with a little well-placed motivation. and letters have been sent out to inform good. They handwrote thank-you notes “Everybody was watching,” said Father Schultz, prospective donors that it was time to granted it was a to all prospective donors, and also reconcile. sacrifice [that] I needed organized monthly Holy Hours to pray “The money that we’re raising to make—was the for them. through Father’s sacrifice and the “It’ll help them once we get to World generosity of our parishioners is really motivation that kept me Youth Day,” Flannery said. “They know making it possible for all of us to go,” going.’ each other so well now, and they’re Arlington Catholic Herald Flannery said. “It’s not cheap to travel definitely united in prayer. overseas, and we’re going to go for 10 —Father Steve Schultz, “I am so appreciative and very days or so. We’ll be able to participate in grateful for Father’s sacrifice and a lot of these activities that have been parochial vicar at willingness to do this for the teens,” she planned for us because of the St. Timothy Parish in added. “World Youth Day wouldn’t be CNS photo/Gretchen R. Crowe, Crowe, CNS photo/Gretchen R. fundraising.” Chantilly, Va. possible without it, and it makes us It is especially beneficial for families appreciate the family that we have in our who want to send several of their parish.” children. “That’s a great challenge for a Though early March marked the end family to be able to do that,” Flannery said. of the fundraiser, Father Schultz’s plan is to continue losing Father Steve Schultz of St. Timothy Parish in Chantilly, Va., chats Aside from helping the youths, Father Schultz’s thinner weight in anticipation of the summer pilgrimage. with youths at the church on Ash Wednesday. The priest lost self has more energy. He feels stronger physically and “Not only was I trying to make the trip possible for the 43 pounds in a weight-loss pledge to help raise money for spiritually. And his clerical collar is two inches smaller. kids and the families, I was trying to make it possible for young parishioners to participate in World Youth Day in Madrid, Like any weight-loss effort, Father Schultz’s regime of myself,” he said. “[I want to] be able to be there for and Spain, this August. diet and exercise wasn’t without its struggles. He would hit with them, healthy and strong.”