JUNE 22, 2012 VOLUME 48, NUMBER 12

INSIDE: Page 16: Bishop to celebrate local World Youth Day Mass Page 5: Msgr. Gribbin marks 65 years of priesthood Page 6: Recalling Daughters of Charity’s service during Civil War Page 8: Sisters celebrate jubilees

“In a world where there is so much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host….” ~ Benedict XVI, Visit to Poland, May 2006

JEN REED, THE WITNESS The Perpetual Adoration Chapel at St. Joseph in Lancaster is one ten Chapels of Perpetual Adoration of the Holy Eucharist in the of Harrisburg. Regu- lar adorers at this chapel joined Msgr. Thomas Smith, pastor, in reflecting on the fruits of adoring the Lord in the Eucharist. See page 9. Father Haney Local Efforts Planned to Remembered as Defend Religious Liberty Bishop Joseph P. McFadden has announced that and inform them that as believers it is vital that we the Diocese of Harrisburg will take part and be are able to practice our faith in every dimension of Prolific Writer, fully supportive of the Fortnight for Freedom, a our lives. 14-day period of prayer, education and action in Culminating on Independence Day, the Fortnight support of religious freedom. More FORTNIGHT, page 2 Homilist, Educator The two-week initiative, June 21- By Jen Reed July 4, was called for by the United The Catholic Witness States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Lib- Father T. Ronald Haney, a priest of the Diocese of Har- erty and was instituted because of con- risburg for 54 years and Editor of The Catholic Witness cerns over threats to religious freedom, from 1975-2006, died June 16 in Danville. He was 80 both at home and abroad. years old. “Without exaggeration, I tell you The funeral Mass was to be that we are engaged in one of the most celebrated June 22 at noon at important challenges of our lifetime. St. Theresa Church in New Every priest and , every conse- Cumberland, with burial in the crated man and woman, every member Priests’ Circle at Holy Cross of the laity needs to understand fully Cemetery in Harrisburg. that the loss of this struggle is the loss Closing Mass Father Haney was known as of our personal and God-given right a prolific writer, gifted homilist to practice our Christian faith in this • Wednesday, July 4 at 9 a.m. and insightful conversationalist country,” Bishop McFadden wrote in • St. Patrick Cathedral, who could challenge people in a letter to priests in the diocese. 212 State Street, Harrisburg their thoughts and actions. The bishop stressed that the defense “He kind of marched to a different drummer,” said Fa- of religious freedom is not a political • Bishop Joseph P. McFadden, Celebrant ther William Sullivan, a retired priest of the diocese who effort but one that is motivated by faith. All are encouraged to attend, as we pray for and witness to religious was close friends with Father Haney since their seminary He called the faithful to take action in liberty. It is expected that this service will be streamed live on the years. addition to prayer and fasting, asking Diocese of Harrisburg’s website, www.HbgDiocese.org. More FATHER HANEY, page 10 them to contact their elected officials 2 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, JUNE 22, 2012

Faith and Life

ishes via DVD. These presentations, which cies,” by Father Paul CB Schenck, Director declares: “Religious liberty is not only Fortnight are also available on the Diocesan website of the Diocesan Respect Life Office about our ability to go to Mass on Sun- and You Tube Channel, are: Websites of the United States Confer- day or pray the Rosary at home. It is about Continued from 1 “Moral and Pastoral Perspectives on the ence of Catholic Bishops (www.usccb. whether we can make our contribution to for Freedom is a special period of prayer, HHS Mandate,” by Father David L. Dan- org), the Diocese of Harrisburg (www.hbg- the common good of all Americans. Can study, catechesis and public action that will neker, Ph.D., a medical ethicist and pastor diocese.org) and the Pennsylvania Catholic we do the good works our faith calls us emphasize both our Christian and Ameri- of St. Peter Parish in Elizabethtown Conference (www.pacatholic.org) offer a to do, without having to compromise that can heritage of liberty. Special events that “The Next Mandate: Abortion Services,” plethora of information on religious liberty, very same faith? Without religious liberty support this great national campaign of by Michael Ciccocioppo of the Pennsylva- as well as information on how Catholics properly understood, all Americans suffer, teaching and witness for religious liberty nia Pro-Life Federation can take action through prayer, events and deprived of the essential contribution in have been scheduled. “Answering Tough Questions about the contacting elected officials. education, health care, feeding the hungry, In the Diocese of Harrisburg, the Fort- HHS Mandate,” by Amy Hill of the Penn- In “A Statement on Religious Liberty,” civil rights, and social services that reli- night for Freedom began with an opening sylvania Catholic Conference the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s gious Americans make every day, both here Mass June 22, at 8:30 a.m. at St. Patrick “Church and State: Relative Competen- Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty at home and overseas.” Church in Carlisle. Bishop McFadden cel- ebrated the Mass, held on the feast of St. Thomas More, the patron of states- men and politicians. Local ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ Efforts St. Thomas More served King Henry VIII as a diplomat and attorney until the • St. Joseph Parish in York will host a Day of Prayer and • St. John the Baptist Parish in New Freedom will celebrate king had him beheaded for refusing to Adoration for Religious Liberty June 21. Mass will be celebrat- religious freedom at the “Field of Flags” June 24 at church’s Consti- comply with the Act of Supremacy that ed at 8 a.m., followed by a day of Adoration, a Holy Hour from tution Avenue entrance. From 4:30-5:30 p.m., bring a lawn chair or required English subjects to recognize the 6-7 p.m., and a movie, “Nine Days that Changed the World” at 7 blanket for a time of prayer and music. Speakers include Father Paul king’s supremacy over the pope. St. Thom- p.m., with discussion led by Father Zenon Maszczyk. CB Schenck, Director of the Diocesan Respect Life Office; Pastor as More was recognized in an Apostolic Dione Klepetka of Christ Lutheran Church; and Michael Ciccociop- Letter from Pope John Paul II as “a source • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Mount Carmel will po of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation. At 6 p.m., contemporary th of inspiration for a political system which have a Prayer Rally in the parish parking lot at 4 and Market Mass will be celebrated in the main church. has as its supreme goal the service of the streets June 25 and July 3.After each Mass throughout the Fort- • of the Blessed Mary Parish human person.” night, we will pray the Prayer to St. Thomas More and present in York will have daily recitation of the rosary for the intention of A Closing Mass for the Fortnight for the Fortnight teaching component from the USCCB. restoring religious liberty in our country, June 21 to July 4. For a Freedom will be celebrated on Wednesday, • Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Lan- complete schedule of events, visit www.stmarysyork.org or call the July 4 at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick Cathedral in caster will celebrate the Fortnight for Freedom with a Venera- parish office at 717-845-7629. Harrisburg. It is expected that this service tion of the Relics of the Early Martyrs June 23 from 4-5 p.m. • The Columbiettes of York are organizing a Rally for Reli- will be streamed live on the Diocesan web- and June 24 before and between Masses. The same schedule for gious Freedom on the square in the city of York (George and Market site at www.HbgDiocese.org. The bells of Veneration will take place the following weekend. The novena streets) on June 22 at 7 p.m. every in the diocese will to St. John the Baptist will begin the weekend of June 23 and • St. Rita Parish in Blue Ridge Summit will have a showing of ring in support of religious freedom at noon June 24. A Holy Hour for Religious Liberty will be held at 7 the movie, “A Man for all Seasons – The life of St. Thomas More” on July 4 as the faithful pray that freedom p.m. on June 28. Stations of the Cross will be held on Friday, on June 21 at 7 p.m. Each evening at 7 p.m., there will be Prayer will resound boldly in our land. June 29, at 7 p.m. with the Veneration of the True Cross Relic. for Religious Liberty, Rosary, and a variation of the following on Throughout this 14-day period, addi- different nights: talk on , and brief DVD’s tional on-line resources will be available Members of the parish will give brief comments on the impor- tance of religious liberty at all the Masses the weekends of June on topics such as Forming a Catholic Conscience, and Voting as a at www.hbgdiocese.org to both educate Catholic. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Fridays 6/22 and and inspire, including a special on-line 23 and 24, and June 30 and July 1. 6/29. After daily 9 a.m. Mass, there will be a Decade of the Rosary, daily video Novena led by Bishop McFad- • St. Joan of Arc Parish in Hershey will offer a reflection Prayer for Religious Liberty, and other items as indicated above on den during the Fortnight for Freedom. The and prayer asking the intercession of Mary Immaculate, Patron- various days. prayer sessions will include a special daily ess of the United States, at 6:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. Mass June 21- • The members of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, St. reflection on the importance of religious July 4. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will begin July 3 Thomas Aquinas Chapter, Lancaster, are coordinating a Rosary liberty. All are asked to join with the bishop and continue through the start of the 9 a.m. Mass on July 4. Relay for Religious Freedom June 21 to July 4. These local lay Do- in prayer and witness for religious liberty. minicans will each volunteer to pray one extra rosary each day of the • The Knights of Columbus of the Cathedral Parish of St. Video recordings of four presentations two weeks leading up to July 4. The Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic from “A Forum on Religious Freedom and Patrick in Harrisburg, Council #11008, will pray the Rosary fulfill the mission of the Order of Preachers through the lay state of Health Care Reform” will add an educa- before each Mass (Sat. 5:30 p.m. and Sun. 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. life. The St. Thomas Aquinas Chapter, Lancaster, meets monthly at tional component to the effort. The forum and 12:15 p.m.) the weekends of June 23/24 and June 30/July 1 the Monastery of the Cloistered Dominican of the Perpetual took place on May 22 at St. Margaret Mary as well as before the Bishop’s closing Mass at 9 a.m. on July 4 Rosary on Lititz Pike, Lancaster. For information about lay Do- Church in Harrisburg and featured several at the Cathedral. minican life, visit http://www.3op.org. talks that have been distributed to all par- Heroes of Religious Liberty Span Centuries By James Breig tries, and thus calling for fresh thinking dom was emerging” in our new nation and program were ratified in the council’s docu- Special to The Witness about religious liberty,” said Gerard Brad- that it would distinguish us, shape us and ment on religious freedom, ‘Dignitatis Hu- ley, professor of law at the University of strengthen us. He and other leaders among manae.’” (The Media Relations office of the United Notre Dame. the founding generation appear to have been Bradley termed the Jesuit “very impor- States Conference of Catholic Bishops has Richard W. Garnett, associate dean of keenly aware that they were attempting tant to the American story about religious produced four articles on religious liberty Notre Dame Law School, nominated Dyer something new and great, something that liberty. Father Murray, by around 1960, was issues in America. The Catholic Witness and said he would also “emphasize [Sis- would change – indeed, remake – the world. a standard reference for everyone in Ameri- plans to publish this series of articles over ters] Seton and Drexel. After all, the great “As we consider the state of religious can society on what Catholics in America the course of the next few editions. The ar- religious freedom fight in American history freedom in America today,” Garnett said, “it thought about religious liberty. His writings ticle presented here is the second in the se- is the struggle by Catholics for Catholic cannot be emphasized enough that the pro- are still studied today.” ries.) schools.” St. Elizabeth Ann Seton opened tections provided in our constitutional text In Garnett’s view, “[Father] Murray in- If asked to list heroes of American free- the first free Catholic schools for the poor, and tradition are not accidents, anomalies sisted the American experiment should be dom, people might reflect on the Revolu- and St. Katharine Drexel started the Sisters or anachronisms. In our traditions, religious seen as an attempt to secure religious liberty tionary era and name George Washington, of the Blessed Sacrament whose mission freedom is cherished – and protected by the and authentic human flourishing through Nathan Hale and Betsy Ross. If asked to was to teach African-Americans and later secular authorities – as a basic human right constitutional limits on interference by gov- name heroes of religious liberty, they might American Indians. and non-negotiable aspect of human dig- ernment with religion, and constitutional go blank. For preserving – and even defining – re- nity.” protection of the profession and practice of Religious liberty heroes are many and not ligious liberty for Americans, Bradley as- As for a hero of religious freedom who faith.” limited to the 1700s, according to scholars serted that Madison had “as much to do as worked to influence both society and the In “Dignitatis Humanae,” Vatican II de- at the University of Notre Dame. They cited any other one person with the enactment of Church, the scholars all pointed to Father clared that “the human person has a right to St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, Cath- the First Amendment religion clauses [in the Murray. Father John O’Malley, also a Jesuit religious freedom. This freedom means that olics who were both martyred in 1535; Rog- U.S. Constitution], so much the focal point and a professor at Georgetown University, all men are to be immune from coercion on er Williams, the Puritan founder of Rhode of today’s debates about religious liberty.” underscored that Father Murray critiqued the part of individuals or of social groups Island who was a 17th-century proponent Bradley added that “Madison described both secular and Catholic views of religious and of any human power, in such wise that of religious toleration; James Madison, an the basis of religious liberty in terms indis- liberty. no one is to be forced to act in a manner con- 18th-century Founding Father; and Father tinguishable from the way it is described Though not a voting member of the Sec- trary to his own beliefs, whether privately John Courtney Murray, a 20th-century Je- in ‘Dignitatis Humanae’ (‘The Dignity of ond Vatican Council, as an advisor to the or publicly, whether alone or in association suit priest. Human Persons’),” the document on reli- bishops there, Father Murray was a signifi- with others.” Nor did they name only men. They also gious freedom issued by the Second Vatican cant influence. It was part of his long jour- Saying so, the Council validated the lives, chose St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Kath- Council in 1965. Madison wrote that “reli- ney as a theologian. examples and work of More, Fisher, Wil- arine Drexel, as well as Mary Dyer, a 17th gion or the duty which we owe to our Cre- “[Father] Murray tried to elaborate a the- liams, Madison, Seton, Drexel, Dyer and century Quaker convert who was hanged by ator and the manner of discharging it can be ory that allowed for the American situation, Murray. Boston’s Puritans for apostasy. directed only by reason and conviction, not that is, that allowed ‘freedom of religious (James Breig, retired editor of The Evan- “The pioneers of religious life in America by force or violence.” choice’ as compatible with Catholicism,” gelist, newspaper of the Diocese of Albany, for women – starting with [Sister] Seton – Garnett holds that Madison, a framer said O’Malley. While Father Murray was is the author of a new book, “Searching for had an indirect impact by establishing new of the Constitution, “believed that a spe- initially silenced by the Vatican, he won out Sgt. Bailey: Saluting an Ordinary Soldier of forms of life and new institutional minis- cifically American model of religious free- in the end when “the basic premises of his World War II.”) JUNE 22, 2012, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS - 3

Local Church News Diocese Supports New School Choice Proposal Students Would Benefit from Expanded School Choice Options New legislation is being considered in Harrisburg that would give both low million would be allocated for EISC scholarship tax credits. and middle income students access to more educational options while allaying Like EITC, the EISC program would be funded by companies that contribute fears that school choice might hurt public schools. Rep. Jim Christiana (R-But- to scholarship organizations in exchange for a tax credit. These special scholar- ler) introduced HB 2468, which will expand the existing Educational Improve- ships up to $8,500 ($15,000 for special education students) are set aside par- ment Tax Credit (EITC) program, eliminate the delay for some companies that ticularly for income eligible students in the lowest performing 15% of public wish to contribute, and create another category of tax-credit supported scholar- schools. ships called Educational Improvement Scholarship Credits (EISC) targeted at The diocese has been a strong supporter of vouchers such as proposed by students in neighborhoods with perpetually underperforming public schools. Senators Jeffrey Piccola (R-Dauphin) and Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia) The Diocese of Harrisburg supports Rep. Christiana’s proposal to create a in Senate Bill 1, and is very supportive of the expansion of the EITC program. new category of tax credit scholarships for students who are struggling in un- Last year several companies who had regularly supported diocesan schools derperforming schools. Father Edward Quinlan, Diocesan Secretary for Educa- were unable to receive the tax credits since the current limits of available cred- tion, said, “The EITC program has been a genuine blessing for students and its were so quickly exhausted. families in our diocese. This year, 2,863 students received over $1.5 million in The Diocese of Harrisburg has 46 pre-K, elementary and secondary programs. scholarships through our Neumann Scholarship Foundation. We believe that the Many of these are located in some of the state’s most distressed school districts. EISC scholarships will be a life saver to many more.” The diocese educates both Catholics and non-Catholics in an academically ex- Proposed funding for the traditional EITC program (K-12 and pre-K com- cellent and morally supportive environment. bined) is $100 million, $25 million more than last year. An additional $100 More information about school choice is available at www.pacatholic.org.

With praise and gratitude to Almighty God, the Diocese of Harrisburg joyfully announces the ordination of Anthony Robert Dill to the Order of the Presbyterate Ordination to the Priesthood Through the imposition of hands by His Excellency, the Most Reverend Joseph P. McFadden, Bishop of Harrisburg Saturday, June 30, 2012, 10:00 a.m. The Cathedral of Paint Patrick 212 State Street Harrisburg, PA

Job Opening: Desktop Support Technician June 22 – Mass to open the Fortnight for Freedom, The Diocese of Harrisburg IT department is accepting applications for St. Patrick Church, Carlisle, 8:30 a.m., Funeral Mass a Desktop Support Technician. This position will be the primary user for Reverend T. Ronald Haney, Saint Theresa of the contact for computer desktop support and Help Desk issues. Candidate Infant Jesus Church, New Cumberland, noon. will be expected to perform a variety of computer/network problem June 23 – Closing Mass for Bicentennial analysis and monitoring tasks for the Office of Information Technology; celebration of St. John Neumann, Basilica of Ss. act upon issues or consult with appropriate technical staff; log, coor- Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, 2 p.m. dinate and track requests; escalate issues when necessary; install and test PCs; fix performance issues; diagnose hardware-related problems; June 24-26 – Quo Vadis Days, Mount Saint troubleshoot, maintain or repair peripherals; and work with storage de- Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. vices and software programs that are attached or installed on diocesan June 28 – Mitre Cup Golf Tournament to desktops or laptops. benefit Saint Anne’s Retirement Community in Ideal candidate will have associates degree in Computer Information Columbia, Bent Creek Golf Course. Systems; minimum of two years computer support experience preferred; June 30 – Presbyteral Ordination of Deacon proficient technical skills in supporting Windows desktop/server oper- Anthony Dill, Saint Patrick Cathedral, ating systems and MS Office applications. The candidate should have Harrisburg, 10 a.m. highly-developed problem solving skills, demonstrate excellent verbal July 1 – Mass of Thanksgiving for Father communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to function in a Anthony Dill, Holy Infant Church, York Haven, team environment. 2 p.m. Please send a cover letter and resume to: [email protected]. July 4 – Mass to close the Fortnight for Mailing address: Freedom, Saint Patrick Cathedral, Harrisburg, 9 a.m. Human Resources Director Diocese of Harrisburg July 8-9 – Fiat Days, Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. 4800 Union Deposit Road Harrisburg PA 17111 4 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, JUNE 22, 2012

Catholic Commentary Wins the Day We are an Alleluia People By Father Paul CB Schenck By Sister Geralyn Schmidt, SCC Special to The Witness Special to The Witness

Georgetown University, the oldest of higher learning in the Several years ago, I was privileged to experience a solemn closing to the United States, was the center of controversy when U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, was invited as a commencement speaker. Easter season during Pentecost Vespers. At the end of vespers, Handel’s Al- Secretary Sebelius is the principal architect of the birth control, abortion drug leluia was played on the organ as the sacristan ceremoniously snuffed out the and sterilization mandate being forced on Catholic institutions and employers. Paschal candle. I watched as the light of the wick went out as a thin stream of The Archdiocese of Washington publicly criticized the Jesuit school for “the se- smoke from the wick filled the sanctuary. I was amazed that as the last measure lection of a featured speaker whose actions as a public official present the most direct challenge to religious liberty in recent history.” of music was being played, the thin trail of vapor also ceased. I was immediately The U.S. Catholic Bishops, struck by the fact that the light of the Easter candle, at the end of the Easter sea- in their instruction on Catho- son, burned within my heart and soul, making me and thus calling the Church lics in Political Life, (USCCB, Father Paul to become Easter people. 2004) have explicitly stated that public figures whose “acts CB Schenck As the last bell for the 2011-2012 school year rang might include public records LIFEGIFT and a myriad of school children and teachers breathed of voting, financial support, an “Alleluia!” for summer vacation, there are two or statements that have been made which are in direct con- schools within the diocese that will never again wel- flict with the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic come a new generation of students back to school. Church..., no matter the substance of the body of their Two others have merged and formed an entire new work or the topic of their presentation, should not be school. These happenings are indeed a “dying” for all presented with awards, honors or extended platforms for speaking.” The Sebelius appearance regrettably those families, administrators, teachers and staff who displayed the university’s disregard of the Bishops’ pastoral concern for scandal. have considered a hallowed ground these educational Recently, I was invited to participate in the Master Course on Bioethics con- institutions. Since we are all connected as members of ducted by Georgetown’s Kennedy Center for Ethics. About 150 health profes- the Church, it should also be for us a “dying” as well. sionals, ethicists, practitioners and academics from all over the world attended. The title of the intensive, weeklong studies was “Setting Your Ethical Com- I was honored to be present at the closing liturgy of pass.” It included plenary lectures on the full range of bioethical issues given by one of these schools in which alumni, former pastors the most outstanding authorities in the field. What most interested me was the and administrators and present students and families celebrated the memories various philosophical frameworks that underlie the opposing views on compel- ling moral issues such as abortion, euthanasia, contraception, human rights and of what made their school special and what made their school Catholic. As I animal rights just to name a few. viewed a presentation made for this occasion, I was deeply struck about how Basically three schools of thought predominated: Consequentialism, Princi- many pictures of this school focused around different liturgies, sacramental plism and Natural Law. events, or other liturgical happenings. Their entire presentation truly reflected Consequentialism, otherwise known as utilitarianism, defines as ethical what st will provide the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people, without the Fifth “C” of 21 Century learning: Christ. regard to intrinsic goodness or badness. The problem with this idea is that if The students were taught through the lessons and the examples of their ad- anyone can ever really determine what will ultimately bring the most happiness, ministrators, teachers and staff what it means to be a Catholic in today’s world, whatever that is, then just about anything could be justified, regardless of how what it means to be Christ-centered and service orientated. The pictures I saw morally reprehensible. It was brought out that this is the predominant and most influential ethical philosophy in the world today. This is the idea behind the were evidence to this since they depicted service projects, innovative lessons intrusive HHS mandate requiring birth control. involving technology and experts in business and the scientific world directly Principlism points to four guiding “principles” for ethical decision making: involved in instruction. I too was moved to tears when I thought that the excel- Autonomy, (the individual’s wishes must be respected), Beneficence (what is in the individual’s best interest), Nonmaleficence (don’t act against the indi- lence shared would no longer be present in the community and the parish. Even vidual’s interest) and Justice (do what is fair and equitable). The problem is though I was an “outsider,” I felt welcomed and part of a larger community that that it’s anybody’s guess what the individual’s best interest is, or what is fair or was celebrating the excellence it had experienced through the many years of its equitable. Both consequentialism and principlism are relativistic, nothing is for existence. certain good or evil. This leaves Natural Law. The precepts of Natural Law are: “Do good and As I drove home, I could not help reflecting on To Teach as Jesus Did: A avoid evil.” There are three levels of “natural inclinations”: Actions common Pastoral Message on Catholic Education (USCCB November 1972). A section to all beings, those common to animals and those common to human beings within this document calls the Catholic schools into renewal: alone. Beyond this is what is known only to the wise, and requires reflection “… While the Christian purpose of the Catholic school must always be clearly and argument. This means that we are to think, act and live in accord with our evident, no one form is prescribed for it. The search for new forms of schooling nature – what and who we were created to be. Furthermore, we may determine by reason (rational thinking) what is right and wrong, good and evil. One main should therefore continue. Some may bear little resemblance to schooling as we feature that distinguishes it from the other two is that it recognizes intrinsically have known it …. The point is that one must be open to the possibility that the good and evil actions, regardless of consequences. school of the future, including the Catholic school, will in many ways be very I am happy to report that after nearly forty hours of lectures, discussion and different from the school of the past.” (#123, 124) colloquies by the presenters and participants, it was Natural Law that won the day, hands down. That’s good news for human life, the health professions, for So much of my work in the past few years has been focused on the education- society and for Georgetown University! al shift of curriculum. Skills that are now essential to today’s workforce need to (Father Paul CB Schenck is Diocesan Director of Respect Life Activities and be taught to our students. So many of our schools have begun this pedagogical chairman of the National Pro-Life Action Center in Washington, D.C.) shift and truly begun to meet the needs of educating students for the 21st century workplace. I could not wonder, is this “change” broad enough and encompass- ing enough? Does the “system” along with curriculum need to change to meet st The Catholic Witness the needs of the 21 century church? The Catholic educational system, I believe, OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF HARRISBURG in this country was built in response to a Church need: educating the immigrant in a world that persecuted Catholics. Who are the “immigrants and persecuted” Most Rev. Joseph P. McFadden Publisher in today’s society? Where has the Church pointed for us to go? Where do we need to go? Telephone Jennifer Reed I don’t have the answers to all these questions. 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Faith and Life For Msgr. Gribbin, Being ‘A Good Parish Priest’ Remains Focus of 65 Years of Ministry By Jen Reed something to do with it because like I was the students’ pastor. Father Kenneth Smith. The Catholic Witness I often visited the Grotto of Our Those kids were being entrust- “It seems like I come with the territory Lady of Lourdes on the hill be- ed to me,” he said. when new pastors are assigned here,” Msgr. Seated on a couch in the parish house at hind the college,” he said. “One of the great joys of Gribbin quipped. Immaculate Heart of Mary in Abbottstown, “When I first considered the being with high school kids At Immaculate Heart of Mary, he cel- Msgr. Robert Gribbin humbly offers insight priesthood, I thought to myself, is, when you meet them again ebrates Mass regularly, preaches homilies about his 65 years as a priest. ‘If God wants me, I’m here,’” he years later, they remember added. things you’ve told them, and and hears Confessions. At 89, he’s the diocese’s second-oldest “Any way I can help spiritually, that’s priest, 11 years behind Msgr. Vincent Top- He was ordained by Bishop they tell you how you really George L. Leech on May 31, helped them,” Msgr. Gribbin what I want to do. I don’t want to sit around per, who turns 100 on July 28. and wither,” he said. Msgr. Gribbin is also synonymous with 1947, during a time when the remarked. Mass was said in Latin, priests “So I guess I did some good,” “I think the main thing for a parish priest the Adams Deanery, where he spent more frequently donned birettas, and he chuckled. to do is to care for the people,” he offered. than three decades ministering at St. Joseph towns were dotted with ethnic “In 1964, Msgr. Gribbin was Parish in Hanover and where he has dedicat- Msgr. Robert Gribbin “Before I preach, I think to myself, ‘What parishes. re-assigned to St. Joseph’s in do the people out there need to hear for their ed the past 14 years to serving the faithful of “I’ve been on the road a long time,” Msgr. Hanover. He was appointed pastor in 1968 and Immaculate Heart of Mary in his retirement own spiritual benefit?’ It’s like filling up Gribbin said of his years of priestly service. remained there until his retirement from active their gas tanks for the week. My greatest joy from active ministry. “There’s been a lot of change, but it’s still the ministry 30 years later. “I’ve been happy in the priesthood. Sure, same Church, and that’s wonderful.” He’s grateful for the 34-plus years he spent has been just being a parish priest.” I’ve had ups and downs like everybody else, Upon his ordination, he spent a year at St. at St. Joseph’s, where he came to know gen- As the diocese’s second-oldest priest, but when you’re ordained, the Lord says, Patrick Parish in Carlisle, where he found erations of families and shared the joys and Msgr. Gribbin surely possesses a unique ‘Take up your cross,’” he offered. “I’ve himself under the tutelage of Msgr. Joseph sorrows of their lives. He also led the parish perspective of the priesthood. strived to be a good parish priest, and it’s Schmidt. in the construction of a new church and par- To his young counterparts, he offers this given me many wonderful memories.” “He was a wonderful man and an inspira- ish center, an experience he called “a spiritual wisdom: “Take care of the children, take Born in Shamokin in 1923, Msgr. Gribbin tion to me,” Msgr. Gribbin said of the pastor, adventure.” care of the elderly, take care of the sick and was immersed in the faith from an early age. whom he recalled for his daily Holy Hours be- “I was very happy with the folks there. Ha- dying, and after they die, be very helpful to He was raised by “a very Catholic family in fore the Blessed Sacrament. “I’ve been trying nover was the type of community that I grew the families who have lost somebody. Start a very Catholic neighborhood” and attended to live up to him ever since.” up in – working class – so I really understood with that, and you’re on your way. And St. Edward’s grade school and high school. In 1948, Msgr. Gribbin moved on to St. Jo- the people there,” Msgr. Gribbin said. always be faithful to the Mass and your At Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmits- seph Parish in Hanover – again as an assistant When Msgr. Gribbin retired in 1998, his burg, Md., he began to consider the priest- – for two and a half years before serving for good friend, the late Father Thomas Langan, prayers – they are oxygen for the soul.” hood. 14 years as principal of three diocesan high who was pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Msgr. Gribbin is delighted and grateful “I guess it had to do with the priests I had schools: Lebanon Catholic, Lancaster Catho- Parish in Abbottstown at the time, invited him for his 65 years as a priest, yet remains hum- back home in my parish. Msgr. Maurice lic and Bishop McDevitt. to live at the parish. Since the pastorate of Fa- ble about those years of dedicated service. Hassett and Father George Lavelle were two As principal, he continued to minister as a ther Langan, who retired in 2005 and died in “If you’re going to write about me, just big influences on me,” he recalled. pastor might. January of this year, the parish has welcomed say that I tried always to be a good parish “And I think Our Blessed Mother had “Even when I was in the high schools, I felt four other pastors, including its current one, priest. That’s the message,” he said.

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June 24: The pope is coming to Philadelphia, maybe. This week on Catholic Perspective, we hear about plans for the next World Meeting of Families planned for 2015 to be held very close to our diocese. Charles Chaput of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia shares his views on the worldwide event and the planning that is now underway for the event to be hosted in the City of Brotherly Love. Budget concerns may factor in to the size and scope of the event, as well as the attendance of the pope. Plans to celebrate Religious Freedom in the diocese and in the nation are highlighted. The upcoming Fortnight for Freedom, June 21-July 4, 2012, will have many events, both diocesan and parish based. More information on this can be found at www.hgbdiocese.org. Gift and mystery is sometimes used to describe how a priest comes to realize his vocation. Our vocation story fea- tures Father Peter Hahn, pastor of St. Leo the Great Parish in Lancaster County. Listeners will hear how he decided to leave a promising career as a lawyer to enter religious life. We update a story we did a few months ago. Brandon Fisher of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Mechanicsburg has cerebral palsy. He speaks about his conversion to the Catholic faith, his disability, his organization and the upcoming fundraiser for it that will take place on June 24 at Isaac’s in Lemoyne. A feature story on his organization is on page 14 in this edition. Catholic Perspective is produced in cooperation with the Office of Communications of the Diocese and WHFY AM 720. The program is heard Mondays at noon and Sundays at 3 p.m. on WHYF AM 720 and on Sunday mornings on Solemn Novena in Honor of WLAN-AM 1390, Lancaster at 7:30 a.m.; WHYL-AM 960, Carlisle, at 8 a.m.; WHVR-AM 1280, Hanover, at 8 a.m.; WKOK-AM 1070, Sunbury, at 6:30 a.m.; WIEZ-AM 670, Lewistown, at 8 a.m.; WWSM-AM 1510, Lebanon, at 7 Our Lady of Mount Carmel a.m.; and WWEC-FM 88.3, Elizabethtown, at 9:30 a.m. It is also available on line at www.OldiesRadio1620.com at 6:30 a.m. or for download at www.hbgdiocese.org. A New Pro-Life Shows is on the air! - Fridays at 12:30 p.m. is Pro-Life program day on WHYF AM 720. On al- July 8-15, 7 p.m. ternating Fridays, listen to “Pro Life Spotlight” with Lori Peters. It is produced in cooperation with the Carlisle Area At the Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Family Life Center. On alternate Fridays, “PA Lifelines” is on the air, produced by the PA Prolife Federation. Listen and be informed. 430 Monastery Road, Elysburg PA The car is a great place to listen to Catholic radio. Program your car radio to AM 720, Radio and listen to these fine programs on you drive home in the afternoon: Holy Mass and sermon preached daily Kresta in the Afternoon: Well-known Catholic speaker and author Al Kresta speaks with people from all walks of by Father Jonathan Sawicki life on various topics of the day, and about their walk with the Lord. It can be heard Monday through Friday from 5 to 6 p.m. On Monday, July 16 at 5:30 p.m., celebrate the Feast Catholic Answers Live: Catholic Answers Live is a daily, live call-in program. It can be heard Monday through of Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Bishop William Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. It is designed to offer Catholics and non-Catholics alike an opportunity to hear from and talk Waltersheid, of Pittsburgh. with some of the leading apologists and theologians in the Church today. It is hosted by Patrick Coffin. Tune in and you will hear more about your faith through the answers to everyday questions about the Catholic faith. 6 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, JUNE 22, 2012

Faith and Life Boom, Boom so Terrific By Chris Heisey Camilla, though ten miles distant The Catholic Witness from Gettysburg, had heard the “Boom, Boom so terrific,” that When Confederate General she knew a grand scale human Robert E. Lee crossed his legions calamity was unfolding. over the Potomac River in June Sister Camilla was born in Ire- 1863, he had his eyes cast upon land in 1815 and immigrated to Harrisburg. Winning a decisive Boston where she heard the call victory in aggressive fashion on to join the community of sisters northern soil was Lee’s goal as in Emmitsburg. She took her fi- he hoped to send a prescient mes- nal vows on Christmas Day 1838 sage to a war weary North – you along with her sister. During the will not win this war without 1840s, she traveled extensively great sacrifice and human ruin. to serve in mental asylums, hos- Not only was Lee an audacious pitals and schools from New warrior, he was also a master po- York City to New Orleans. But litico as his tryst north was not no experience touched her more purely a military invasion; it was than her few weeks serving the also a marauding raid aimed to wounded in Gettysburg, though strike terror in the hearts of every she did not write her diary ac- Pennsylvanian. count until more than a decade Within hours of crossing the after the battle. famed Mason-Dixon Line into She noted in her diary that she Pennsylvania, Lee’s soldiers and another sister came upon began wholesale pillaging in a a sign on a farm lane that said geographical triangle stretching “1,700 wounded down this way.” from Chambersburg to Carlisle There she found a large Confeder- to York. Thousands of hogs were ate who had his one leg blown off seized, honey hives looted and and was crawling on the ground wells drained dry by more than for water having “big maggots 70,000 troops. Not only were the crawling with him pouring from rebels thirsty and hungry, they his wounds.” The picture she were looking for any and every paints is one of sickening horror. African-American they could But she also had a sarcastic capture. Viewed as property and sense of humor. When she went merely as free labor, hundreds in to pick up bandages and linens Chambersburg alone were hog- to help dress the ghastly wounds, tied and sent south, forced into the commissary officer asked her chattel for the Richmond auction- if the stores were for the Catholic eers to get the best price. It did hospital and she quipped back, not matter if intact families were “No, for the Methodist Hospital.” separated. Rebels were eager to The officer returned her wry little settle some scores, given that the smile. Yankees had been wantonly pil- On the other hand, Sister Matil- laging in Virginia since the war da was much older than Sister began in 1861. Camilla. Born in 1799, she was Several days too late, Lee issued in the twilight years of her life his famous General Orders 73 on when the great battle happened. June 27, which chided his army And she penned her diary in Au- for their “forgetfulness” in keep- gust just after the last wounded of ing with their character and that the battle were transferred to hos- Daughters of Charity Sister Camilla O’Keefe the “perpetration of the barba- COURTESY, DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY PROVINCE OF ST. LOUISE ARCHIVES, EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND pitals in Philadelphia and Wash- rous outrages upon the unarmed ington. and defenseless” was something It was into this cauldron of misery wounded men were left behind for Make no mistake, Sister Matil- the northern armies did best, not that 14 Daughters of Charity sisters the northern populace to care for. da was a northerner at heart, his. “It must be remembered that struck out from St. Joseph’s Con- Though he lost the battle in deci- though born just eight miles we make war only upon armed vent in Emmitsburg, Maryland, un- sive manner, Lee had gained an ad- from Emmitsburg in Taneytown, men…,” Lee wrote, knowing full der the leadership of Father Francis vantage by invading. Ahead of his Maryland. She also did not expect well the opposite was happening. Burlando in the torrential rains that wounded were endless lines of live- to be warmly received in Gettys- For the first three days of July, hit Gettysburg on July 4 to offer stock – 26,000 hogs and cattle and burg as this “section of country armed men did slaughter each what nursing assistance they could some 22,000 sheep pilfered from knew nothing of the Holiness of other in the lush fields and rocky to the suffering. So wet and muddy farms across southern Pennsylva- Catholicity.” ridges surrounding Gettysburg. were the roads in Gettysburg that nia. Behind, Lee left his wounded, To her surprise, the sisters were So murderous was the firing that their wagon wheels were covered nearly 7,000, who were so badly warmly greeted and lauded for more than 50,000 soldiers fell in in blood as they slogged through mangled that a rickety ambulance their genuine mercy and concern about 16 hours of actual fighting the bloody muck and mire. ride would have surely killed them. they freely gave to the wounded over that three day span. (Wake Two particular sisters set out Left to die or miserably conva- on both sides. When Sister Matil- up in the morning and begin with Father Burlando: Sister Ca- lesce, Lee left his wounded for da was giving drink to a Confed- snapping your fingers. Continue milla O’Keefe and Sister Matilda Gettysburg to care for and crossed erate by teaspoon since the man every second for the entire day Coskery, who left diaries of their his army back over the Potomac by was dying from lockjaw (teta- until you turn into bed at night, harrowing ordeal of nursing the mid July. nus), one Protestant who wit- and that would be about as many wounded during the weeks after With a white flag of truce, Father nessed the tender moment made men as fell at Gettysburg.) And the battle. The diaries, generously Burlando passed his way through sure everyone in town knew of the awful truth is that “only” made available by the archives of Union lines into Gettysburg where, the great blessing these sisters 5,000 were killed outright, as the Daughters of Charity, reveal according to Sister Camilla, the were. Civil War weaponry was horri- not only misery, but loving mercy battlefield was “awful, O, it was It was Sister Matilda who leaves bly good at wounding rather than given by the sisters to the wounded beyond description, hundreds of us the most detailed account of killing quickly. Nearly 45,000 in both blue and gray. both armies lying dead almost on the miserable scene that was oc- men lay in 113 hospitals set up After the battle, Lee’s wound- the track of our wheels that our curring in St. Francis Xavier around Gettysburg shelters and ed wagon train stretched some driver had to be careful not to pass Church, which was filled with in surrounding woodlots. 17 miles, yet most of his badly over the bodies.” On July 1, Sister More DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY, page 7 JUNE 22, 2012, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS - 7

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS General Robert E. Lee, standing outside his Franklin Street home in Richmond, Father Francis Burlando Va. Famous photographer Mathew Brady took this photo just two weeks after COURTESY, DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY PROVNICE OF ST. LOUISE ARCHIVES, EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomatox Court House in 1865. would rather be serious and noth- when General Lee brought the hor- me to spill some more ink. I also Daughters Of Charity ing pleased her more than seeing ror of civil war to Pennsylvania. used Retreat from Gettysburg by Continued from 6 a suffering soldier baptized and Kent Masterson Brown and The given the opportunity for divine re- Writer’s Note: Colors of Courage by Margaret hundreds of wounded throughout demption. But she also took great No event in history has had more Creighton to provide some con- the sanctuary. She describes the pride in the tender and beautiful barrels of ink spilled than the Battle text for the piece. Both are solidly great oil painting of St. Francis work she and the 13 other sisters of Gettysburg. Astonishingly, one researched books that chronicle that still graces the sanctuary to- did for the wounded during that book about the American Civil War the post-battle events and misery. day. The wounded lay on every two month period after battle. has been written every day since George Barton’s 1897 Angels of pew and in the aisles with “all The 1860s not only were years of the war ended in 1865. And half of the Battlefield is not so easy to kinds of stench and filth … that war, they were also years of great those books have been in some way find in reprint, but it delves into infected the air.” So many dying hardships for Catholics who suf- about Gettysburg. The best book all the Catholic sisterhoods (and without complaint, she wrote, fered the consequences of the Great that still stands the test of time is there were many) that mended that it was hard to believe they Protestant Awakening in the 1850s Edwin Coddington’s: The Gettys- the wounded after great battles. could be so brave. that led many Protestant congrega- burg Campaign: A Study in Com- If you visit the National Shrine Beneath one pew, a tall Scotch- tions to be less than kind to their mand – a masterful work complet- of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton man was suffering from lockjaw Christian brothers and sisters. Sis- ed 50 years ago that explains this in Emmitsburg, they also have and was near death. He request- ter Matilda’s account is laced with great battle in omnipresent fashion. several booklets that detail the ed by whisper to Sister Matilda wisdom written by a woman who For this piece, the writer would like sisters’ service in Gettysburg in if he could be baptized, which understood man’s inhumanity and to thank the archives of the Daugh- their gift shop. Nearly two mil- brought her great joy. Just before propensity to judge. It’s not dif- ters of Charity in Emmitsburg, who lion visitors come to Gettysburg his death, a priest poured water ficult to see the heart of an evan- promptly and kindly attended to my every year, and a visit to the over his head underneath the pew gelist when you read her powerful requests. Denise Gallo, provincial beautiful Shrine and its bucolic where the puddles of his own eyewitness account of treating the archivist, was quite helpful in pro- grounds makes the place a nice blood and the holy water mixed. wounded in Gettysburg. viding the photos. retreat from Gettysburg. And not The scene which she describes Above all, she knew that what The idea for this piece origi- only did the sisters provide care would touch the hardest of hearts. her fellow sisters did in Gettysburg nated when I saw an excerpt of after the battle, but two nights Sister Matilda had “piercing was to be a great Catholic wit- these two sisters’ diaries in the before the battle they welcomed black eyes” and was petite and ness for many years to come. They periodical Gettysburg Magazine Union horsemen of General John pale, often abrupt in her speech brought kindness and mercy along – Issue #45 published in the sum- Buford cavalry brigade as they and did not suffer fools eas- with redeeming hope to Gettysburg mer 2011. Silas Felton produced fed them homemade bread and ily. Humor was not her chosen where thousands were dying a slow, a piece for the magazine entitled pastries to help ease their bitter device for softening souls; she painfully mean death 149 years ago “In Their Words,” which prompted taste of war. 8 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, JUNE 22, 2012

Faith and Life Celebrating By Chris Heisey The Catholic Witness More than 40 religious sisters from around the diocese celebrate jubilees this year, ranging from 75 years of service to 25 years. The jubilarians, along with supporting sisters of their respective congrega- tions, gathered for Holy Mass celebrated by Bishop Joseph P. McFadden at the Cardinal Keeler Center in Harrisburg on June 9. Concelebrating Mass was Father Philip Burger, Diocesan Secretary for Clergy and Consecrated Life. “Your whole lives have been about being a wit- ness, about being a loving person,” Bishop McFad- den told the sisters in his homily. “The best teaching comes from being the best witness you can be, and I thank you for letting the love of Christ flow through you…. Dying to one’s self and living for others is CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS the call of every Christian, and it is the central ele- Religious sisters enjoy camaraderie as they gather for the annual Mass in which the diocese recognizes those ment of consecrated life.” celebrating special jubilees. 2012 Jubilarians The following religious sisters celebrate special jubilees this year. Please remember them in your prayers as we express gratitude for their years of service to the Church. 25 Years Sister Maureen Dennis McCormack, IHM Sister Joan Moser, SCC Sister Ann Marie Kase, SCC Sister Gracemary Shalvey, SCC Sister Joela Szalkowska, OSB Sister Celia Dincher, SCC Sister Barbara Armstrong, SCC 40 Years Sister Jeanette Szyswzputowski, SCC Sister Seton Marie Connolly, SSCM Sister Joan Bourne, OCD 45 Years 65 Years Sister Allen Crowder, SCC Sister Fidelis Sheeler, SCC Sister Mary Marzen, SCC 50 Years Sister Mary Louis Schuster, SCC Sister Felice Donelin, SCC Sister M. Damian Aussi, DM Sister M. Mercedes Voytko, SSCM Sister Margaret Bender, OSF Sister Maria Goretti Hudak, SSCM Sister Helen McCormac Sister Eric Albrecht, ASC 70 Years Sister Joan Lundy, OCD Sister Emma Marie Tamburry, SCC Sister M. Marcellina Milec, SSCM Sister Mary Dorothy Kelly, SCC Sister Mary Bernadette Dolchak, SSCM Sister Mary Veronica Fregapane, OP Sister Rosemary Mulac, ASC Sister Mary Matthew Janciar, ASC 55 Years Sister Mary John Goles, ASC Sister Martina Reuther, SCC Sister Mary Grace DeJoseph, DM Sister Consuela Bradley, SCC Sister M. Claudia Mauri, DM Sister Rosalima Robinson, SCC Sister Mary Ann Lawrence, MSC 75 Years 60 Years Sister Anna Marie Flesher, SSCM Sister Rita Polchin, SSCM Sister M. Baptista Drdak, SSCM Adorers of the Blood of Christ Sister M. Helene Trueitt Sister Margaret Mary Smith, ASC Sister Marion Utz, SCC receives Communion from Christian Charity Sister Mary Sister Agatha Marie Groft, ASC Sister Ursula Frei, SCC Dorothy Kelley during the Sisters’ Jubilee Mass celebrated at the Cardinal Keeler Center in Harrisburg. At Eucharistic Congress, Youth Urged to Witness to Peers By Michael Kelly ter with Christ impels us to bring his word to Catholic News Service the whole world. This means that we are not simply listeners to God’s word, but its herald Young Catholics should be present on the and witness.” web as witnesses to their peers who are search- He said this witness “is never an easy chal- ing for hope, said Auxiliary Bishop Frank J. lenge, because many times our actions do not Caggiano of Brooklyn. match the words we profess in faith. For this Addressing hundreds of young Irish Catho- reason, we must live lives of justice, peace, lics and international pilgrims at the Interna- reconciliation and charity. tional Eucharistic Congress June 16, Bishop Caggiano said, “Your generation is the first “Only in this way can we truly bear witness to live comfortably in the virtual, electronic to what we have seen, heard and encountered world.” in the Word of God,” he said. He said that “many people, especially young He appealed to young Catholics to make people, are searching in the electronic world time for prayer and silence in their daily lives. for a word of hope in their troubles, a word of “Coming from New York City, the city consolation in their fears, a word of welcome that never sleeps, silence is not easy for me in their loneliness.” either. Given the hectic pace of our lives and He urged the young people to be “heralds our ability to communicate electronically ev- of the word of God in the electronic world and ery minute of every day, silence can even be missionaries of Christ.” frightening. But God needs a place where he The “youth space” where Bishop Caggiano can talk to us in our hearts. If we are always spoke held parallel events during the Eucha- ristic congress. busy, always talking, always moving, he will Bishop Caggiano, 53, was among a number speak – but will we be listening?” he asked. of speakers who concentrated on the theme of CNS/JOHN McELROY Bishop Caggiano told the young Catholics youth and the new evangelization. He told the Young people hold a Vatican flag during the closing Mass of the 50th International that he had “every confidence” that “like the pilgrims that “since the word of God is meant Eucharistic Congress in Dublin’s Croke Park June 17. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, pre- great missionary who lived before us, to be heard by all people, our personal encoun- fect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, was the main celebrant. you can and will bring many people to faith.” JUNE 22, 2012, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS - 9

Faith and Life Perpetual Adoration Chapel at St. Joseph Parish Serves as ‘Powerhouse of Prayer’ for Lancaster Community By Jen Reed The Catholic Witness Dee Butz says her marriage to husband Clyde was made in the perpetual adoration chapel at St. Joseph Parish in Lan- caster. The serene and inviting Holy Family Chapel – enveloped in silent reverence for the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament – is hardly a place for singles to meet, but it’s where Clyde and Dee’s love blossomed. When St. Joseph Parish began perpetual Eucharistic ado- ration in the Lancaster Deanery in May of 1996, Dee instant- ly added her name to a list people to be scheduled as regular adorers there. Within two months, her first husband was diagnosed with cancer, and he died five months later. For Dee, the adoration chapel became a place of refuge during a tumultuous time. “It was a place of solace and retreat for me for quite awhile. I did a lot of crying there,” she said. Several years later, Dee and Clyde – also widowed – con- nected, and he began to join her in prayer at the chapel. “After six years of being single, you think, ‘I don’t know if I want to get involved with anybody,’” she said. “But one day I looked at him during adoration and was impressed by the way he was communicating with the Lord. Everybody says our marriage was made in Heaven between our late spouses, but our marriage was made in that chapel.” Clyde too has seen the blessings of sharing an hour of ado- ration with his wife. “It’s like having a retreat together with God every week,” he says of their Friday afternoon hour. “We sit there together and communicate without saying any words.” Sal and Kathy Messina also share an hour of prayer as a JEN REED, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS married couple, but do so separately from one another. Adorers spend time in prayer before the Lord in the Eucharist at Holy Family Chapel, the perpetual adoration “Even though my husband and I are in the chapel at the chapel at St. Joseph Parish in Lancaster. There are 10 perpetual adoration chapels in the Diocese of Har- same time, we don’t sit together,” Mrs. Messina noted. “I risburg. have my time with the Lord, and Sal has his.” The two have been regular adorers almost since perpetual charistic Adoration from Philadelphia to speak with mem- said. “We start with the Prayer of Fatima, then we talk about adoration began at St. Joseph Parish, and shared particularly bers of St. Joseph’s and surrounding parishes. what the word ‘adore’ means. We pray the rosary, and the poignant prayers in the wake of Mr. Messina’s cancer di- Msgr. Smith also turned to a core group of volunteers to children sing to Jesus.” agnosis in 1994 and relapses in 1996 and 2002. He’s been coordinate scheduled and substitute adorers. Among them Ms. Wang hangs signs indicating the time of children’s healthy ever since. were Vonnie Kirchner, Meg Crnkovich and Maria Weber. adoration, and has found that adults come during that hour “What I love about perpetual adoration is the intimacy you “The strong faith of the people and their dedication to to witness the children’s display of faith. “The adults often have with the Lord,” Mrs. Messina offered. spend time with the Lord is just overwhelming,” Ms. Kirch- have tears in their eyes because they are so touched by what Time with the Lord ner remarked. they see from the kids,” she remarked. In perpetual adoration, faithful spend time before the Eu- “One of our adorers from the very beginning was Peter The dedication of faithful adorers from St. Joseph’s and charist displayed in a monstrance. Adorers are scheduled Hahn,” she recalled. “One day he came to me and said, ‘I’m the other parishes in the Lancaster Deanery ensure that hourly to ensure that someone is present before the Lord 24 no longer going to be a scheduled adorer. I’m going to the someone is before the Lord at all times in Holy Family Cha- hours a day, 365 days a year. seminary.’” pel. They also bear witness to the blessings that perpetual There are 10 perpetual adoration chapels in the Diocese of Father Hahn, now pastor of St. Leo the Great Parish in adoration can bring. Harrisburg, where people offer prayers for loved ones, voca- Rohrerstown, is celebrating 10 years as a priest this year. “One of the things any pastor is trying to do is build up tions, the Catholic Church, and a litany of other intentions. “I do feel that he is one of the blessings of this chapel,” spirituality, and this certainly is an instrument for it,” Msgr. The chapels are open to anyone, including those who may Ms. Kirchner said. Smith said. “There are many good things happening in the only be able to stay for a few minutes of prayer. Adorers Dave Darrenkamp and Joanne Bauer also count parish, and I attribute them all to the Lord in adoration.” At Holy Family Chapel, perpetual adoration began 16 the blessings they’ve received from their time in prayer be- “If you have people who are doing more than going to years ago, after a successful period of adoration there every fore the Eucharist. Mass on Sunday, who are choosing adoration for themselves Friday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. “Sometimes your day can be hectic and frustrating, but and praying for others, I see it as a powerhouse of prayer for From the outset, Msgr. Thomas Smith, pastor, set out to when you get to the chapel, you feel such peace,” said Mr. the whole city and county. In terms of building up commu- educate parishioners about the significance of perpetual ado- Darrenkamp. “When I first signed up to be an adorer, I didn’t nity and deepening spirituality, the parish has done very well ration. imagine I would continue this long. You find that you just in that way. Perpetual adoration has become a part of the life He invited a priest from the Apostolate for Perpetual Eu- can’t give up your hour. of our parish.” “There is truly a blessing I feel with one-on-one quiet time with the Lord,” he added. “You need that time to ask for Perpetual Adoration Chapels guidance and to give thanks.” Ms. Bauer has gone through a number of scenarios with cancer, and is now cancer-free. She attributes that to the in the Diocese of Harrisburg many hours she’s spent in the Holy Family Chapel. Perpetual adoration chapels are located at the fol- “The Blessed Sacrament is always here for us, and we lowing locations in the diocese. Contact the parish’s have all the privileges of being able to pray in the chapel, office for information on the chapel, or to find out how day or night,” she said. to become a scheduled adorer. A Place of Welcome Vonnie Kirchner’s weekly hour was 2-3 a.m. when Holy Corpus Christi Parish, Chambersburg Family Chapel first opened its doors to perpetual adoration. 717-264-6317 She enjoyed the privacy and solitude of the hour, and se- curity measures taken by the parish ensured her safety and Villa Sacred Heart, Danville peace of mind. 570-275-3581 One winter night, as she arrived for her hour of adoration, St. Margaret Mary Parish, Harrisburg she noticed a homeless man on his knees in prayer by the 717-233-3062 chapel door. She invited him inside. “I said to myself, ‘How can I come before the Lord and St. Joseph Parish, Lancaster leave someone outside in the cold?’” she recalled. “I un- 717-397-6921 locked the chapel door and took him in with me. When I left after my hour, he remained kneeling in prayer in the front Annunciation BVM Parish, McSherrystown pew. He thanked me, and returned several more times.” 717-637-1191 On another occasion, Oliver Ogden, a regular adorer who St. Theresa Parish, New Cumberland impeccably maintains the schedule for Holy Family Chapel, 717-774-5918 also brought a homeless man into the chapel for adoration. After several additional visits, the man signed up for an hour. St. John the Baptist Parish, New Freedom “We found out that he was a veteran. We talked to the Vet- 717-235-2156 erans Administration, and they were able to find him some housing and work,” Mr. Ogden noted. St. Patrick Parish, York Children and teenagers are also regulars at the chapel. 717-854-8263 Patricia Wang, a religious educator, began inviting chil- Holy Spirit Parish, Palmyra dren to perpetual adoration six years ago to teach them about 717-838-3369 the Eucharist. Now, the parish offers adoration for children on the Tuesdays of Lent and Advent, and on certain days Clyde and Dee Butz, foreground, and Meg Crnkovich, St. Patrick Parish, Carlisle during the summer. On occasion, Ms. Wang has accompa- background, kneel in prayer in the perpetual adoration 717-243-4411 nied 50 youth there at one time, from toddlers to teenagers. chapel at St. Joseph Parish in Lancaster. Dee says her “Children’s adoration is not silent, but it is reverent,” she marriage to Clyde was made in the chapel there. 10 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, JUNE 22, 2012

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School in Coal Township. He also served at St. They met again when both serving at the “He was an extremely good educator, an Father Haney Edward and St. Michael parishes in Shamokin, Diocesan Center in Harrisburg – Father Haney innovative person when he was principal at and St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Ranshaw. in the Communications Department and Msgr. Lourdes. He was a very good teacher, able Continued from 1 In 1975, he was appointed executive edi- Richardson as Vicar General – and at St. The- to handle a large crowd. He was also a great tor of The Catholic Witness. During his time resa Parish in New Cumberland, where Father writer. And he was always good for discus- “He loved to question people and make as editor of the diocesan newspaper, Father Haney resided while Msgr. Richardson was sion. He wanted to pick other people’s brains, them think through his writing and preach- Haney also served as pastor of Holy Spirit Par- pastor there. as he wanted us to pick his brain. He had a ing,” Father Sullivan said. “But there was al- ish in Palmyra (1976-1981) and St. Ann Parish When a newly-ordained priest moved into good sense of humor, and was certainly well ways a kindness in him. Once you got know in Steelton (1981-1985), and also ministered St. Theresa Parish, Father Haney prodded him prepared in his homilies with a good spiritual him, you could see he was a great man.” at St. Catherine Labouré Parish in Harris- in discussion, Msgr. Richardson recalled. message,” he remarked. Msgr. James Lyons, pastor of St. Joseph burg. He moved to St. Theresa Parish in New “Dinner conversation was always interest- Father Sullivan said that Father Haney Parish in Hanover, developed a friendship Cumberland in 1992, and assisted there for a ing there,” he said. stood out from the crowd because of his quick with Haney when the two were assigned at St. number of years, including after his retirement Father J. Michael McFadden, current pastor wit and intellectual ability. He also told of his Theresa Parish in New Cumberland. from active ministry in 2006. of St. Theresa Parish, noted that Father Haney late friend’s devotion for the Church and the “We were very different in so many ways, In his years of service as a diocesan priest, “had a soft spot in his heart and ministry for Eucharist from the time he was a student at but we enjoyed reading, good writing, good Father Haney employed his God-given tal- children. He would spend time in the school movies. He was always ready to laugh, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel School. ents as an educator, lyricist and homilist. He reading to children, most especially the young- “At school, he was spoiled by the nuns. In sometimes clearly at himself,” Msgr. Lyons penned a number of spiritual books and nov- est ones who most likely were just learning to said. “The people who knew him well and eighth grade, we were very jealous of Ron- els, and his words – both written and preached read. He was always ready for and wanted to nie,” he quipped. “He started going to Mass loved him knew that his exterior was sort of – often focused on social justice and peace. celebrate the Christmas Vigil Mass that was like a bark, but his interior was very gentle and every day, and afterwards, one of the nuns “He loved stories. He taught me to preach geared to children and families.” would take him over to the convent and give compassionate.” with narratives,” Father Sullivan said. “That’s “Father Haney had a great following of peo- Father Haney was born in Ashland on Feb. him breakfast. But that particular thought how Christ taught, with stories and parables.” ple for Mass who enjoyed his homiletic style: the world of him. I think she saw that he was 22, 1932, to Martin and Lillian Haney. He at- “I was impressed with his knowledge and introductory story, the message, the joke of the tended Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in very capable and articulate, and a great stu- his incisiveness,” he continued. “Whenever he day,” he said. dent.” Mount Carmel, St. Charles College in Catons- sat down to read, he always had a pencil in his Msgr. Robert Lawrence, pastor of St. Co- “Over the years, our friendship developed. ville, Md., and St. Charles Seminary, Over- hand. He was constantly writing down phrases lumba Parish in Bloomsburg, said Father brook. or sentences that struck him, and he would Haney enjoyed interaction with teenagers as People would say, ‘You and Father Haney Bishop George L. Leech ordained Father take that and incorporate it into his writings.” well. don’t seem to be of like mind,’ but we bal- Haney to the priesthood on May 15, 1958, at Father Haney enjoyed debate, and was ad- “He always had a good rapport with the high anced each other,” Father Sullivan said. “I was St. Patrick Cathedral in Harrisburg. In the ear- ept at prodding people into discussion. school students. He was always at the games a tempering element in his life, and he got me ly years of his ministry, Father Haney served “He was very astute, very theological, a and the different activities that the kids were out of my shell. He was just kind to me, and I at St. Anne, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin real thinker. He liked to sometimes take on the involved in,” said Msgr. Richardson, who was treasured his friendship.” Mary, and Sacred Heart of Jesus parishes in opposite opinion for the sake of debate,” said chaplain at Lourdes when Father Haney was “I’ve always felt that he was a man for all Lancaster, St. Peter Parish in Columbia, and Msgr. William Richardson, pastor of Sacred principal there. seasons,” he said. St. James and St. Ann parishes in Steelton. He Heart of Jesus Parish in Lewisburg. Msgr. Richardson, who formerly served Father Haney was preceded in death by his also served as principal’s assistant at Lancaster He first came to know Father Haney at Our as pastor of St. Theresa Parish while Father sister, Jeanne Marie Carpenter, and , Catholic High School and Bishop McDevitt Lady of Lourdes Regional High School, where Haney resided there during his tenure at the Gerard Haney. He is survived by three nieces High School in Harrisburg. Father Haney was serving as principal when Diocesan Office, spoke of the late priest’s di- and two nephews. Letters of condolence may In 1967, Father Haney was assigned as prin- the young Richardson was a diocesan seminar- verse talents and highlighted his well-rounded be sent to his niece, Pam Moser, at 204 Pine cipal of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High ian. abilities. Street, Steelton, Pa., 17113. Father Haney Remembered By Chris Heisey Father Haney replied, “I know, that’s The Catholic Witness why I am mad.” A few days later, he de- cided to retire. Father Haney is one of those human Father Haney and I shared a tender beings that you just must remember. Ev- moment a couple of years ago when he erybody, it seems, has a Father Haney was the main celebrant at a wedding for story – mostly ones that make you smile a mutual friend on a frigid winter’s twi- or laugh out loud for he was funny, and light. I was shooting the wedding, my comic relief was his answer to a world first and last, and I asked him if he had that sometimes made you question. For any rules or guidance that he would want those who knew him or worked with him me to follow. “Chris, you can do any- on a daily basis, he was a thinker and de- thing you want. You will not do anything manded that you think as well. He loved wrong and you’ll know if you do and peace, but fought with an intensity that make it right.” made you know that you were in for a Father Haney had a way of giving fight if you picked one. Above all, he was a compliment. They never came often a writer, and I think if you dared call him or straight, often a quiet nod or simple anything to his face, calling him a writer statement. I was happy to be able to say was a truth he gained satisfaction in hear- a few things to him that I needed to say. I ing. will always remember that quiet moment Father Haney hired me in the late in the back of St. Theresa’s Church with spring of 1997 to replace the legendary the late afternoon winter rays of light photographer Charlie Blahusch, who had timidly pouring their way through the helped start The Catholic Witness in the C.A. BLAHUSCH stained glass windows. The scene was mid-60s and stayed 32 years post-launch Father Haney in his office in the 1980s as Secretary for Communications and divine. Father Haney had a true and abid- and was retiring. I faced a dual, daunt- executive editor of The Catholic Witness. ing faith in Jesus Christ. He loved Christ, ing challenge – fill a legend’s shoes all and had the courage to live his priestly the while working for Father Haney, who it seemed. By the time I was in college, I truth. He was a gift in that sense. Author of faith his way, the way he thought Christ had already been the executive editor of gave up. Got a “D” in Advanced Composi- many books and novels over the years, he would want him to. The Witness for a couple of decades. tion, maybe because I dared question what knew how to spin a good yarn. What made Father Haney was a political liberal. Father Haney not only wanted a pho- my professor had published in his long life him happy was writing and that was a great Born in the heart of the FDR administra- tographer, but he also wanted a writer. that made him such the expert. “Nothing” example to witness over the years. But, he tion and the Great Depression, his is an “Not me,” I said to him. “Don’t like to was his answer. wrote most of all to make people better. write much.” Rather take pictures and era gone forever now it seems. He came Father Haney saved me and made me Father Haney also made me a better pho- of age when our only Catholic president leave the writing up to those who know the writer that I am today. Good or bad, tographer. Having a camera in my hand is the craft better and know this faith far was tragically murdered in 1963, and he he gave me kind words and helpful sug- what makes me happy. He feared that I was opposed the Vietnam War and every war better. gestions when it was most needed. He be- too nice, not near assertive or aggressive Father Haney said, “Nonsense, you lieved in me and wanted me to write every enough to get the images that were needed. since, vehemently. “Liberal” is a naughty will write.” You did what Father Haney chance that I had. I fought him every inch One time, I told him that I did not get a word these days in American and Church said. He was the boss. of the way. He fought me back. Writing is a shot because I was worried that I was going politics – mainly because too many lib- Father Haney knew above all else that chore for me, and I have grown to appreci- to be a disruption and bother the faithful in erals are on the wrong side of the life a writer needs to have several things to ate the bloody toil more so because Father the process of capturing the image. While I issue or want progress when progress be an effective scribe. Write from the Haney made sure it was a chore worth do- knew that he was bluffing, he threatened to is not possible. True. But, if you look heart was one of his essential traits, get ing. He did not accept “can’t” and viewed fire me if I “chickened” out again. “Be ag- up the word “liberal” in the dictionary, the grammar right was another and tell every challenge as an opportunity. gressive,” he said. “The hell with anybody it states that liberal means generous. Fa- a story that is interesting was important Father Haney and I did fight. Never on who gets offended – do your job.” There is ther Haney was generous – when would too. purpose, but always with a purpose was not a week that goes by that those words anybody in their right mind think that Father Haney was a gentle editor, how we battled. There were times when are not remembered. Photography was generosity is a bad thing. In scores of careful not to be critical but more in a hard feelings would linger a while and I about communicating – just do it. editorials over the years, Father Haney way that was constructive. It was my lot would usually be the one to say I was sorry. Father Haney and I shared a difficult mo- chided the faithful to really read the radi- in life to have had some doozy English Genuine apologies were something Father ment six years ago when I brazenly sug- cal nature of Gospels, to be socially just teachers in my day. Composition teach- Haney really appreciated. The more I prac- gested that he retire. Angered and violated, in their ways, to be loving, to be gener- ers who used red pens as sharp weapons ticed with him, the better I got. he nearly killed me as I stepped way be- ous, to be a peaceable people. and graded with the aim of motivating Father Haney made me a better, flawed, yond my place. When I left his office, I said Father Haney was a just human being the pathetic writer who struggled to write human being. I will always remember him arrogantly in parting after dodging a book that I will always gratefully remember. were what I encountered in every grade, for that, always be grateful to him for that chucked my way, “You know I am right.” Thank you, great writer, rest in peace. JUNE 22, 2012, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS - 11

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The names of the following deceased MOUNT CARMEL – Divine persons have been submitted by their Redeemer: Jean Bergamo, Caroline parishes: Ciocco. BERWICK – St. Joseph: Josephine NEW CUMBERLAND – St. Theresa: Celebrant Singers to Perform “Toby” Melchiorre. Robert Heidingsfelder, Maria Mailey, CAMP HILL – Good Shepherd: Patrick Murphy, Connie Pavlovich. at Xavier Center in Gettysburg Mildred Steibing. Jon Stemkoski’s Celebrant Singers, internationally known Christian music min- NEW FREEDOM – St. John the Bap- istry, will present a one-night community-wide concert at Xavier Center on Table CHAMBERSBURG – Corpus tist: Alfred Birck, Denise Saenz. Rock Road in Gettysburg June 28 at 7 p.m. Xavier Center is the parish center of St. Christi: Patricia Farrell. Francis Xavier Parish. There will be no admission charge, but a free-will offering NEW OXFORD – Immaculate Con- will be received. COAL TOWNSHIP – Our Lady of ception BVM: Gloria Shrader. Featuring 10 singers and a 12-piece orchestra, the Celebrants specialize in a broad Hope: Florence Dobson, Mary PALMYRA – Holy Spirit: Alphonse spectrum of traditional and contemporary Christian music and offer times of personal testimony and prayer. Based in Visalia, Calif,, they have ministered in all 50 states Durdock, Irene A. Forbes, Dolores Abramowski. Van Shura. over their 35-year history. Their international agenda has taken them throughout 95 STEELTON – Prince of Peace: Hilda foreign countries, singing to more than six million people in live concerts and via broadcast media. They were selected by Pope John Paul II to play at the World Youth DALLASTOWN – St. Joseph: Grassa, Frank Zuvich. William A. Carlis, Sr., Robert J. Day in Denver, as well as for the National Prayer Breakfast honoring the late Mother YORK – Immaculate Conception Teresa. Gregory, Albert G. Keech, Doris The Celebrants are comprised of dedicated and talented young adults representing Moxie. BVM: Felipe Bernabe-Martinez; several states, Canadian provinces and foreign nations. During 2012 they will have St. Joseph: Mary E. “Betty” Ochs, ENOLA – Our Lady of Lourdes: done 150 concerts in 15 states and three countries. They have recorded nine albums, Josephine Sposato; St. Patrick: Charlie including one in Spanish. Twenty-eight members of the Celebrants will be coming to Mary R. Kennedy. Cannon. Gettysburg after a concert in Ohio. Local families are asked to provide lodging for GETTYSBURG – St. Francis Xavier: one night after the concert in Gettysburg. Those interested in hosting one or more of Maria Coscia, Francis Knouse, Thelma Sister Marie Elise Briel the Celebrants are asked to call Philip Chabot at 717-398-2909. Magee, Eric Olvera, Dolores Orndorff, Christian Charity Sister Marie Elise Denise P. Gallo, Ph.D., Sean Sullivan. Briel died at Holy Family Convent in HANOVER – St. Joseph: Elizabeth Danville May 24. She was 77. Appointed Provincial Archivist for Badrick, Thelma Moore, Betty L. Born in Scranton, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Chris- Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise Smith, Gary Smith, Anastasia Belle tian Charity at Mallinckrodt Convent The Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise announce the appointment of Stambaugh; St. Vincent de Paul: in Mendham, N.J., in 1952. Her entire Denise P. Gallo, Ph.D., as Provincial Archivist. Dr. Gallo will oversee the Provincial Mildred Bennett. religious vocation was dedicated to Archives located at historic St. Joseph House in Emmitsburg, Md. Currently under renovation, the Archives will soon boast a state-of-the-art repository, collection ex- HARRISBURG – Cathedral Parish of teaching in the elementary schools of hibit space, and a reading room for researchers. The Archives will combine the col- St. Patrick: John Anton Waldhausen; the community in Pennsylvania, New lections of four former U.S. Daughters of Charity Provinces—St. Louis, MO; Evans- Holy Family: Margaret Olives; St. Jersey and New York. She earned a ville, IN; Albany, NY; and Emmitsburg. These four former Provinces unified in July bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall Uni- of 2011 as the Province of St. Louise; as members of this province, 540 Daughters of Catherine Labouré: Regis Colestock, versity in 1967 and a master’s degree Charity serve in 22 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Quebec, Montreal, Canada, and in Clarence Fure. there in 1976. In addition to her minis- foreign missions on six continents. HERSHEY – St. Joan of Arc: Joseph try of teaching, Sister Marie Elise also Most recently, the Head of the Acquisitions and Processing Section in the Music Division of the Library of Congress, Dr. Gallo holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Bucci, James Saxton. held the office of , principal and provincial counselor. She retired to English and in Italian and History. She has Masters of Arts degrees in English and KULPMONT – Holy Angels: Theresa Holy Family Convent in 2011. Musicology; her doctorate is in Historical Musicology from The Catholic University Takach, Mary T. Wanzie. of America in Washington, D.C. In addition, Dr. Gallo holds an Advanced Studies The Mass of Christian Burial was Certificate in Archives and Records Management. LANCASTER – St. Anne: Donald C. celebrated May 31 in the Holy Family to joining the music archives at the Library of Congress, Dr. Gallo was the Convent chapel. Burial was in St. Jo- Gohn. Co-Chair of the Music History Division and Assistant Professor of Music History at seph Cemetery, Danville. Catholic University. She previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola LITTLESTOWN – St. Aloysius: University in New Orleans, La., and as a Lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University, George Ashbaugh. Continuing Studies Division in Baltimore, Md. She also worked as an Instructor and Field Registrar at The University of Maryland at the US Naval Air Station in Sigo- LYKENS – Our Lady Help of nella, Italy. Christians: Anne Taylor. A member of the Steering Committee for Acquisitions and Appraisal section of the Society of American Archivists, Dr. Gallo also is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Re- MARYSVILLE – Our Lady of Good gion Archives Conference, ARMA International (Records and Information Manage- Counsel: Conway Hammaker. Please pray for the following clergy who ment), the American Association of Museums, Archivists for Congregations of Wom- died in June during the past 25 years: en Religious, and the American Musicology Society. An active volunteer, lecturer, MCSHERRYSTOWN – Msgr. Karl Stofko, 1988 and mentor, Dr. Gallo and her husband Albert M. Gallo, Jr., reside in New Oxford. Annunciation BVM: Rose Marie Deacon Henry Bucher, 1990 Bollinger, Emory S. Gebhart, David Msgr. Matthias Siedlecki, 1990 National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton “Crock” Yealy. Father Augustine Zan, 1999 Father Joseph Kelly, 2000 to Host Civil War Concert July 8 MECHANICSBURG – St. Elizabeth Father Robert Burns, Jr., 2001 The distinctive down-home sounds of banjos, fiddles, tambourines and mandolins, Ann Seton: Rose Herlihy. Father Thomas J. Gralinski, 2005 which entertained soldiers on the battlefield camps, will fill the air July 8 at the Na- MILLERSBURG – Queen of Peace: Father William Geiger, CSSR, 2007. tional Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md., as two Civil War era bands perform a free picnic concert. Billy Ray Bailey. The concert will feature the Hancock String Band and the 2nd South Carolina String Band, both acclaimed for playing authentic Civil War era music. The 2nd South Carolina String band formed in August 1989 when five riflemen of Diocesan Cemeteries Co. I 2nd SC Volunteer Infantry, a unit of Civil War reenactors, would play instru- HARRISBURG MECHANICSBURG/ Manager Mike Rugalla ments and sing around the campfire after the battles, drills and inspections. The group YORK Holy Cross Cemetery Phone: 570-672-2872 has matured over the years and its popularity has grown within the Civil War reenact- ment community and beyond. In 2002, the band was featured in the award-winning 4075 Derry Street Gate of Heaven Cemetery Fax: 570-672-3268 1313 York Street [email protected] movie Gods & Generals. Harrisburg PA 17111 Mechanicsburg PA 17055 LANCASTER The Hancock Civil War String Band performs 11 different instruments along with Mount Calvary Cemetery St. Mary Cemetery St. Anthony Cemetery melodic four part vocal harmonies, which bring to life the poetic lyrics of the most 500 South 13th Street Violet Hill Ranck Mill Ave. and Grofftown Rd. musical war ever. The band often performs “Listen to the Mockingbird,” a song sung Harrisburg PA 17104 York PA 17402 Lancaster PA 17602 by 81,000 Union and Confederate soldiers the night before the battle of Stones River Resurrection Cemetery in Tennessee, and the song “Lorena,” which Confederate generals banned since it was St. Patrick Cemetery St. Mary Cemetery 116 South Oak Grove Road causing the men to be homesick. Violet Hill New Holland Pike, Route 23 Harrisburg PA 17112 York PA 17402 Lancaster PA 17601 Guests are invited to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and picnic food to enjoy. Or, Manager Ed Scholly Holy Saviour Cemetery purchase onsite catering. St. Joseph Cemetery “Civil War history is rich at the Shrine,” said Rob Judge, executive director of Phone: 717-545-4205 3420 Susquehanna Trail (Old St. Joseph’s) York PA 17402 Seton Heritage Ministries. “Approximately forty years after Mother Seton’s death Fax: 717-545-4523 440 St. Joseph Street in 1821, her home was the site of the Union encampment in 1863. Union officers [email protected] Manager Tom Brlansky Lancaster PA 17601 Phone: 717-697-0206 conducted a war council in St. Joseph’s House, now known as Mother Seton’s White LEBANON St. Joseph Cemetery (Mechanicsburg) House, to prepare for the battle of Gettysburg.” 170 Charles Road Holy Cross Cemetery 717-764-9685 (York) The event will also offer free access to the Charity Afire exhibit in the Seton Heri- P.O. Box 127 1810 Jay Street [email protected] tage Museum and Visitor Center. The exhibit features artifacts from the Civil War and Bausman PA 17504 Lebanon PA 17046 ELYSBURG tells the compelling stories of the Sisters and Daughters of Charity and how they not Manager Patrick Eichelberger Manager Patrick Eichelberger only endured the war but tended to the spiritual and medical needs of soldiers from All Saints Cemetery Phone: 717-394-2231 both sides. Phone: 717-273-7541 172 All Saints Road Fax: 717-394-2664 [email protected] Elysburg PA 17824 [email protected] Call 301-447-6606, or visit www.setonheritage.org for more information. 12 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, JUNE 22, 2012

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PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHLEEN SMITH St. Patrick School’s second grade class is visited by mission team members Father Samuel Houser, pastor, and Donna Giberti, School Director of Develop- ment. The Guatemalan flag the class created is displayed. St. Patrick Students Partner with Guatemalan Mission Team By Donna Giberti rooms on a nearby cement block house, Eagle Scout Special to The Witness the team provided a local family with safe sleeping quarters for their children Christian Brice, a member of Troop 108 at St. Joan of Arc Church in Her- When Kathleen Smith’s second- and extended family. shey, was honored recently at a special court of honor for achieving the rank grade class at St. Patrick School in Throughout the spring, St. Patrick of Eagle Scout, Scouting’s highest award. York began collecting school supplies School students again began cross- To become an Eagle Scout, Christian had to earn at least 21 merit badges in January for the parish mission team, cultural studies while helping the par- (he currently has 61), serve as a leader in his troop and complete a major they never imagined that their explora- th ish to prepare for the 4 Annual Heri- community service project. For his service project, he built an illuminated tion and study tage Festival, sign with brick columns and landscaping to announce upcoming activities of Guatema- a celebration and events in the St. Joan of Arc School and Parish community. lan culture of the diverse At his ceremony, Troop 203 Leader Tracy Troutman served as Master of would contin- ethnic cultures ue through the represented Ceremonies and Father Brian Wayne, parochial vicar at St. Joan of Arc, gave school year. within the par- the invocation. Assistant Scoutmaster Kevin Nickolaus presented Christian Led by Fa- ish. Each class the Eagle Scout Certificate. Father Phillip Burger, former pastor of St. Joan of ther Samuel was asked to Arc, presented Christian with a congratulatory letter and crucifix from Bishop Houser, pas- support one Joseph P. McFadden. Christian was also presented with a proclamation by the tor, the ten- or two festival Pennsylvania state legislature and a flag flown over the Harrisburg Capitol on member mis- tables. Mrs. the date of his Eagle Scout Board of Review. Friends and family, including sion team Smith’s class Enrique and Edna Amadeo, Christian’s grandparents who flew in from Puerto from St. Pat- was chosen to Rico to attend this special event, gathered together after the ceremony to cel- rick Parish paint a Guate- ebrate the achievement. departed York PHOTO COURTESY OF DONNA GIBERTI malan flag for Christian joined Troop 108 four years ago when he moved to Hershey. He in February Artwork created by St. Patrick School students the mission has enjoyed camping at Hidden Valley and has worked as a Counselor in th carrying ex- on display at the 4 Annual St. Patrick Heritage team’s table. Training in Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp two summers. Christian, 16, is tra suitcases Festival. Their creative currently a sophomore at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, and filled with input was fu- plans to major in the field of engineering in college. construction paper, crayons, markers, eled by a study of the country, the cul- pens, note pads, and more that had been ture, crops, climate and more. collected by the entire student body. The colorful banner was a highlight While working in Linda Vista, the of the Guatemalan heritage table host- largest and poorest squatter village in Guatemala in the Villa Nueva region ed by the mission team that included south of Guatemala City, the team part- authentic food, decorations and infor- nered with a local Christian church. mation. A slide show played through- Pastor Jorge and Anny Cerritos, found- out the event so that the 400 people in ers of Iglesia Cristiana Comunitaria attendance could share the experience. apostles Peter & Paul Ciudad De Refugio (City of Refuge) “The children have really enjoyed arranged for the team to visit two el- learning about Guatemala, the customs, c. first century ementary schools. To help them learn the lifestyle, the schools and especially Crosiers June 29 about the challenges facing educators the many uses of all of the bright col- in a third-world nation, Father Houser These apostles share a feast as founders of the church in Rome. and the team attended a teacher’s con- ors,” said Mrs. Smith. “They were fas- ference, met with two school princi- cinated by the slide show and the color- Peter, a Galilean fisherman chosen by Christ as one of the Twelve pals, participated in Q&A sessions with ful textiles that they were shown.” Apostles, became the undisputed leader of the fledgling church teachers and students, and delivered Father Houser and his team are in the after Pentecost. Paul, a Pharisee and Roman citizen who had much-needed supplies. process of planning a return to Gua- persecuted Christians, became after his dramatic conversion To assist Pastor Cerritos in the ongo- temala in 2013. When they depart, St. ing mission of collecting, efficiently Patrick’s second grade class flag will the church’s greatest missionary, its “apostle of the gentiles.” storing, and effectively distributing travel with them as a reminder that By tradition both were martyred in Rome. Their adventures are international donations of school sup- the entire parish and school – even the recounted in the Acts of the Apostles, and letters from them are plies, clothing, and sporting equip- ment, the team built a storage and youngest member – are accompanying included in the New Testament. distribution center within an existing them in spirit and prayer. church-owned building at the edge of (Donna Giberti is the Director of Saints the squatter village. Development at St. Patrick School in Building three second-floor bed- York.) JUNE 22, 2012, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS - 13

raffle, cash raffle. Car show July 5 from 4-8 p.m. Home- cooked dinners will be served in the cafeteria: Thursday is chicken parmesan and spaghetti; Friday is seafood night, and Saturday is stuffed pork chops with mashed potatoes Compiled by Jen Reed of Olives, Via Dolorosa, Church of The Holy Sepulcher, and Ed’s green beans. Entertainment features Dan Steele Wailing Wall, Mount Zion, Bethlehem, Church of the Nativ- as DJ on Thursday, the Polka Quads on Friday, and Fresh Spiritual Offerings ity, Daily Mass. Cost $2999 pp/do. For detailed itinerary Ayre on Saturday. Mass in the Croatian language will be celebrated visit: http://www.collettevacations.com/group-page/index. The annual Sacred Heart Parish Festival in June 24 and July 15 at 12:30 p.m. in the Prince of Peace-- cfm?ID=453914. Cornwall will take place July 12, 13 and 14. This year we Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Steelton. Pilgrimage to the Holy Land – Join Father Joseph are holding a Kick-Off Chicken Dinner on Thursday from Mass with prayers for healing will be celebrated Gotwalt as we follow in the footsteps of Jesus from March 4-7 p.m. The fun continues on Friday, 5-10:30 p.m. and on July 3 at St. Theresa Church in New Cumberland at 7:30 9–19, 2013. The scriptures will come alive on this journey to Saturday, 4-10:30 p.m. Friday features a Fish Fry dinner and p.m. by Father Dwight Schlaline. The Mass is sponsored by the roots of our faith.Tour includes: Daily Mass at holy sites, Saturday features a Chicken Pot Pie dinner. Entertainment the Pilgrims of Praise and Life in the Spirit prayer groups. licensed Christian guide, accommodation in First Class ho- by Bob Barry and Company. Enjoy Bingo, baked goods, a For more information, call Mary Ann at 717-564-7709. tels (five nights in Jerusalem, three nights in Tiberias, on the special children’s area, pony rides and much more. shore of the Sea of Galilee), breakfast and dinner daily, land Mass in the Polish language will be celebrated transportation by deluxe motorcoach, roundtrip motorcoach St. Mary’s Hispanic Festival will be held at 309 S by Father Walter Sempko July 15 at 2 p.m. at St. Catherine transportation from Harrisburg to New York JFK, roundtrip George St. in York July 14 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. All kinds of Labouré Church in Harrisburg. Confessions are heard after airfare from JFK on nonstop flights with Delta Airlines, great Latino food, music & dancing, games & raffles. For Mass. and more, for $3,150 per person/double occupancy. For more information, call 717-845-7629. The Magnificat Prayer Group will facilitate a complete details on this pilgrimage, contact: George’s Inter- Sacred Heart Basilica announces their annual Good Healing Mass July 19 at St. Joseph Church in York. Mass national Tours, (800) 566-7499, [email protected], or Old fashioned Conewago Picnic! It’s almost as old as the will begin at 7:15 p.m. with Father Dennis Klemish, OFM, Karen Hurley, [email protected]. Cap., celebrating. Music, led by The Women at the Well from Basilica itself. The picnic will be held July 21 from noon–9 Lancaster County, will begin at 7 p.m. For more information, Education, Enrichment p.m. at the Church Picnic Woods located at 3113 Centennial contact Lynne at 717-843-7033. & Support Rd. Hanover, PA 17331. Retreats & Pilgrimages For a listing of additional adult faith forma- Events & Fund-Raisers around the diocese throughout the year, Tuscarora Catholic Summer Camp will hold tion offerings Immigration and Refu- its 19th Annual week of faith-filled, fun-filled activities for please visit www.hbgdiocese.org and click on the Dioc- gee Services will host a celebration of World Refugee Catholic Boys and Girls in grades 4 through 12 at Rhodes esan Institute link on the left side of the homepage. Day June 24. The event will be held from noon-5 p.m. at Contact Ryan Bolster at 717-657-4804, ext. 225, for more Grove Camp July 30-Aug. 2. Located off Route 11 between the Riverfront Apartments on Green Street in Harrisburg. information. Greencastle and Chambersburg, Rhodes Grove functions Snacks and refreshments will be provided. There will be year-round as a Conference Center with its own food, main- St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Lancaster in- games and activities for the whole family. Feel free to bring tenance, pool, and physical staff. Tuscarora XIX’s Catholic, vites children to Sky: Everything Is Possible With God (Mark folding chairs and water for your family. For information, volunteer, staff includes priests, sisters, a nurse, and lay 10:27) Vacation Bible School. The event will be hosted at call Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Services at persons to lead and oversee camp activities. Program Resurrection Catholic School July 8-12 from 6-8:15 p.m. 717-232-0568. includes Mass and religion activities, swimming, waterslide, Sky is for kids ages 3 ½-12 years old. All children are high tower ropes, swing, horsemanship, crafts nature studies invited. For more information, call 717-394-0669. Each day St. Mary College Seminary in St. Mary, Kentucky, and more. Cost is $200 per camper. Contact: Sister Margie concludes with Fly Away Finale—a celebration that gets will hold an all-class reunion July 27-29 at the Galt House Monahan, CCW, 110 South Third Street, McConnellsburg, everyone involved in living what they’ve learned. Family Hotel and Towers, Louisville. Saint Mary’s College was PA 17233 or [email protected]. members and friends are encouraged to join in daily for this founded in 1821 as a liberal arts college. In 1929, it became The Corpus Christi Men’s Retreat for men of special time at 8 p.m. exclusively a seminary and closed in 1976. For information the Harrisburg Diocese will take place the weekend Diocesan Committee for Girl Scouts – Adults about the reunion, contact John F. Poland at 410-850-0868 of Aug. 3 at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, involved in Girl Scouts are invited to celebrate our achieve- or [email protected]. Md., Themed “Transformation,” the retreat, sponsored by ments for the past year and plan for the coming year at a The 12th Annual Pig Roast sponsored by Knights Corpus Christi Parish in Chambersburg, will be led by Father brunch for the Diocesan Catholic Committee for Girl Scouts Joe Breighner of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The retreat of Columbus Council 12532 is set for Aug. 19 from noon-3 and Camp Fire (DCCGSCF) July 21 from 10 a.m.-noon in p.m. at the St. John Neumann Parish Picnic Grove, Lan- is open to men ages 14 and older. Men are encouraged to the Cardinal Keeler Center, Harrisburg. Reservations are caster. This annual family event features a pork barbecue bring sons and grandsons. A $60 deposit is required towards requested. Contact Sandy Mohall in the Diocesan Office for the total cost of $130. Reservations can be made through Youth and Young Adult Ministry at [email protected] sandwich, roast corn, baked beans, apple sauce, Turkey local parish coordinators or by contacting Paul Little at 717- or 717-657-4804 x327. Hill ice cream and a beverage for $10 per person; chil- 264-2577. dren 4 and younger are free; takeout available. Proceeds The Cursillo Movement of the Harrisburg Dio- benefit St. John Neumann Church, Boy Scout Troop 24, the Ireland Trip Featuring Notre Dame Football will be holding their summer weekends at St. Pius X cese Blessed John XXIII Religious Education Center, A Woman’s Game: Father Sylvan Capitani from St. John the Baptist Parish in Selinsgrove. The men’s weekend will be July 26- Concern and other council charities. For tickets, call Chuck Catholic Church, New Freedom, will be leading a trip to Ire- 29, and the women’s will be Aug. 2-5. For information and land which will feature a Navy vs. Notre Dame Football game registration, sponsors and candidates can contact Steve Mayo (717-569-2394), Dick Bernhardt (717-824-4886), Al in Dublin. The trip is scheduled for Aug. 30-Sept. 7, 2012. or Sherry Troelsch at 717-898-6178 or visit the Cursillo web- Gillis (717-293-1051), or Al Palmer (717-569-9524). The game is Sept. 1. Cost is $2,975 per person from Phila- site at www.harrisburg-cursillo.org. Holy Name of Jesus Knights of Columbus delphia. Bus transportation from New Freedom included in Golf Outing. HNJ Council #14081 is holding the Peter price. Additional highlights include a pilgrimage to Our Lady The Secular Order of Discalced , Kozyra Memorial Golf Outing Aug. 25 at 8 a.m. at Manada of Knock, Visit to Jameson Whiskey Co., Medieval Dinner at Community of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph of the Har- Bunratty Castle, Blarney Castle, and shopping. A deposit of risburg area, invite both men and women of the faithful to Golf Club in memory of Peter Kozyra and our other fallen $650 is due when registering to reserve your spot. 45 people visit a community meeting Sept. 8. If you feel called by the Brother Knights. Event is four-man scramble with fun, food are needed to keep the cost for the trip under $3,000. There Lord to pursue a deeper awareness of God’s Indwelling and prizes. Entry fee of $70 and hole sponsorships are are still several openings. Complete information is available Presence through prayer and in community, you may want available by contacting Chairperson Charles Rice at 717- at www.stjncath.org or contact Mary Jane Waro in the parish to come and see if this community is what you have been 808-6525 or [email protected]. Deadline for registration office 717-235-2156, ext. 224 or [email protected]. searching for. For more information on Carmelite Spirituality, and sponsorships is Aug. 17. contact Maureen Heberle at 717-921-8644 or ronheb454@ The Harrisburg Area Women’s Retreat Club aol.com or Karen Kupris at 717-512-0806 or karenkupris@ St. Bernard Parish in New Bloomfieldis having will hold its annual retreat weekend Sept. 7-9 at Villa of Our gmail.com. its 4th annual Holiday Arts and Crafts fair on Sept. 29. Artists Lady in Mount Pocono, Pa. Depart Holy Name of Jesus and crafters are needed. Come fill our spaces and help Parish in Harrisburg Sept. 7 at 1:15 p.m., return to Harris- Festivals & Picnics make this fundraiser a huge success. Contact Dave at 717- burg Sept. 9 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Cost is $115-$140, St. Joan of Arc Parish in Hershey will hold its 582-8214 or [email protected] for information and and includes six meals. Round-trip bus transportation is an summer festival June 21-23 from 5-10 p.m. each evening. vendor registration. additional $65. Contact Jo Barnes at 717-652-2868 or Mary Entertainment: Thurs. Jazz Band - Not Quite Einstein & Brown at 717-545-7312 for information and registration. Hershey School of Dance; Friday and Saturday: D.J. Home- Parish, School St. Theresa Parish in New Cumberland is host- made meals served in air-conditioned cafeteria from 4-7:30 & Organization News ing a motor-coach excursion (8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.) to visit the p.m. each night. Thurs- Chicken Caccitore, Fri & Sat. stuffed National Center of Padre Pio Spiritual Shrine Sept. 12, 2012. pepper and/or lasagna & meatball dinners. Festival foods: Shining Light Thrift Shop, a Ministry of the Cathe- Pilgrimage includes a luxury coach, visitation to Our Lady of roast pig, BBQ, haluski, & more! Silent auction, basket dral Parish of St. Patrick in Harrisburg, has a part time job Grace Chapel at the Padre Pio Spirituality Centre, the Angel raffles, dunk tank, games, and more. open (up to 29 hours a week, hours 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) at $10 of Roses promenade, numerous side chapels, an expansive an hour. Applicant must have a current State Police Back- Holy Spirit Parish in Palmyra will hold its summer museum, gift shop, and lunch. Cost is $39 per person. For ground Check; a current DPW Child Welfare Clearance; information, call Marge Graney at 717-774-1053. For reser- festival June 22 and 23. Friday features entertainment by Not Quite Einstein, midway and meals from 5-11 p.m. must be able to stand all day; carry up to 40 lbs; and be able vations and menu selection, call Sheldon Munn at 717-770- to work Tuesday-Saturday. Send résumé to channa52@ 0235. Reservations due on or before Aug. 12. Saturday features entertainment by DJ Bob Foltz, midway and meals from 5-11 p.m. comcast.net or call 717-576-9751. Parishioners of Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Mechanic- are organizing the 4th annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Mount Parish in Abbottstown sburg is looking for an enthusiastic and faith-filled person missionary trip to Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 28-Nov.4, 2012. Carmel will hold its annual festival June 22 from 6-11 p.m. to serve as Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for Come join us and The Missionaries of the Poor in serving and June 23 from 6-10:30 p.m. Rain date is June 24 food God by caring for abandoned infants, children and adults in sale in the hall. Entertainment, ethnic foods, refreshments the parish. The parish serves 1,500 households in a mixed that poverty-ridden nation. A mountaintop retreat with Father and games. “The Shoreliners” Friday from 6:30-10:30 p.m. suburban/rural area. We are looking for someone eager HoLung is planned at the end of the week. There is also “D.J.Wonsik” Saturday from 6-10:30 p.m. to share the Catholic faith with youth from middle school another group going Oct. 14-28. The trips are open to all St. Jude Thaddeus Parish in Mifflintownwill through High School, with young adults 20 to 40, and on a those interested, not just parish members. Contact Roy at hold a June 23 parish festival on its church grounds, begin- limited basis with college campus ministry at nearby Mes- 717-792-3408 or [email protected]. ning with a pancake and scrambled egg breakfast, 7-10 siah College. he position is full-time with benefits, in a team- oriented parish environment. There is an active core team Pilgrimage To Israel – Travel with Father John Peck, a.m. A gift basket auction and gas card raffle will follow and OSB of St. Paul’s Parish in Annville to the Holy Land, Nov. a chicken bar-b-que will be held as well. for youth ministry. Applicants should have prior experience 7-15, 2012. Seats still available! Call Jeanne Rittle, 717- Seven Sorrows the Blessed Virgin Mary Par- in youth ministry and be active Catholics. A related college 867-1525 with questions or to have an itinerary sent to you. ish in Middletown will hold its 10th annual community degree (education, theology, etc.) is preferred. Please apply Highlights: Caesarea, Nazareth, Basilica of the Annuncia- festival July 5-7 from 6-10 p.m. Inflatable rides, carnival to Msgr. William J. King at [email protected], or dur- tion, Cana, Tiberius, Capernaum, Mount of Beatitudes, Sea rides, games, bingo, great food, flea market, beer garden/ ing business hours stop by the parish office at 310 Hertzler of Galilee, Transfiguration Church, Jaffa Jerusalem, Mount corn hole tournament, arts and crafts, silent auction, basket Road, Mechanicsburg PA 17055. 14 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, JUNE 22, 2012

Faith and Life

Foundation Strives to Give Back to Those With Disabilities

By Emily M. Albert his new venture, Disability Nation begin, Mr. Fisher and his fellow their lives, it is unimaginable to me. The Catholic Witness Foundation. advocates will need to raise money Parents sleep in the same room as In similar fashion, Reuben Bal- in order to finance their non-prof- their 29 -year-old child because one Have you ever wondered how sundram, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS, an it. They have recently applied for person has to be there at all times. some people come into your life at Occupational Therapist, and Alicia 501(c)(3) status, and are in paper- We want to offer down time to these just the right time? The person who Rogers, a recent graduate of Edin- work process. Once this happens caregivers, let them go to dinner to- is driving by as you run out of gas in boro University, were inspired by they will be blessed with grant gether or just give them some rest.” the middle of nowhere, or the life- Mr. Fisher in an article they read. money to help start up the founda- Mrs. Ebersole added, “I’d like long friend you made from signing Each reached out to him with dif- tion. Until then, they are hosting to see awareness raised, help peo- up to volunteer. In the case of Bran- ferent inspirations, but the four will their first fundraiser at the Lemoyne ple with a disability have access don Fisher, he met three people at come together to bring hope and fi- Plaza Isaacs on June 24, from 5pm- to things that people without dis- the right time. nancial assistance to those who live 9pm. Those who stop by can enjoy a abilities take for granted.” One way A year ago, Brandon Fisher, a pa- with a disability. meal and 25% of their check will be they hope to create awareness is rishioner at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton The goal for Disability Nation donated to the foundation. There is by reaching out through the web- Parish, Mechanicsburg, was cov- Foundation, www.disabilitynation- also an online auction that has been site. They will feature a different ered in The Catholic Witness with a foundation.com, is to be a non-prof- started with new items being added. disability each month with videos, feature story about his website en- it organization that can contribute Donations are accepted and infor- pictures, and information so maybe gineered toward educating people money to families and individuals mation can be found at the website, people with a loved one can learn with Cerebral Palsy or those living who have a disability and are in a however until the foundation re- more. They will archive each of with a loved one with the disease. financial need, especially during a ceives its 501 (c) (3) status, dona- these features for future use, so the In his search to find a webmaster, time of budget cuts by the state gov- tions will not be tax deductable. website will have a plethora of in- he paged through the phonebook, ernment. They aspire to reach indi- For the time being they are going formation to educate on disabilities. calling and leaving messages. Wait- viduals who may need technical ser- to stay local, helping as many people Mrs. Ebersole and Mr. Balsun- ing to speak person to person with vices, such as a specific wheelchair as they can. Eventually they would dram both agreed that they want to someone, after several attempts that their insurance can’t or won’t like to broaden the area through stay humble as the foundation be- he dialed a number for a company cover, or maybe to attend a camp to the United States. Mr. Balsundram gins and as it grows. “It’s not about called Computer Development Sys- help fine tune life skills. The organi- said, “We want to help families, the us, it’s about helping people.” tems, and this is where he finally zation and the four board members caregivers and the person with the Maybe you could be that person heard the first voice on the other line. are motivated to help any individual disability. We want to enhance the that enters a life at just the right Jennifer Ebersole, a software devel- with any disability. An application quality of life, either with hands of time. Please visit disabilitynation- oper, has worked with Mr. Fisher to process will be used to determine help, financial assistance, a spon- foundation.com. Donations, time, get his website up but more recently the help distributed. sor, or rest to a parent.” He contin- skills and monetary assistance are has agreed to be a board member to But before all these endeavors ued, “Families completely dedicate all equally needed. Blind Student Overcomes Big Challenges to Become Valedictorian By George P. Matysek Jr. delivered the valedictorian address spreading,” Naunton said. “In that who danced. He was break dancing Catholic News Service at his June 1 graduation ceremony. third period, everyone was just on and everything. He tries his best and “I feel like I have to overcom- the edge of their seat.” puts his heart into everything.” J.T. Dulany has been pinned down pensate by being the best I can in On a YouTube clip of the match, Dulany, whose full name is James more times than he can remember. anything and everything I try,” said fans can be heard shouting, “J.T., Theodore, was recognized as one Competing mostly in the Dulany during an interview with you can do this!” and “Tonight’s the of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s 103-pound weight class throughout The Catholic Review, Baltimore night, J.T.!” Distinctive Scholars. He’s been ac- his four years at Our Lady of Mount archdiocesan newspaper, at his high When the referee finally signaled tive as the treasurer of his school’s Carmel High School in the Balti- school. “If I had a nickel for every that Dulany was the victor, the stu- more suburb of Essex, the 19-year- time I was frustrated, I’d be rich. I dent couldn’t see the scoreboard. He National Honor Society and a rep- old varsity wrestler said it took op- didn’t give up. I never give up.” asked who won, and the official re- resentative in the Student Govern- ponents an average of one minute to Throughout his wrestling career, sponded, “You did, buddy.” ment Association. press his shoulders to the mat. Dulany made use of special rules Fans burst into joy, a scene fit for Dulany’s father, Sean, said his son “My strategy was to pray to God for people with visual impairments the silver screen. is a role model – demonstrating that that they didn’t beat me up that that allow for constant touch with “We’ve had bigger crowds for “regardless of your limitations, if bad,” Dulany remembered with a his opponents. He lost every match basketball games,” Naunton re- you put your mind to it, you can do laugh. he fought – except for one in his ju- called, “but the emotion and the in- it.” His joke belies a fighting spirit. nior year against an Edgewood High tensity and the loudness on that day Dulany will attend Loyola Uni- Legally blind since his premature School student that became the stuff was just amazing.” versity Maryland in the fall, major- birth, Dulany underwent seven eye of legend at Mount Carmel. Grant Taylor, a 17-year-old junior ing in political science with plans of surgeries before he was 2. He has a Mike Naunton, Mount Carmel’s and captain of the wrestling team, going on to law school. He knows mild form of autism known as As- athletic director, remembered that remembered jumping up and down his father is proud of his accom- perger’s syndrome and had to face after the match’s first period, Du- over his friend’s only victory. the death of his mother in 2006 to lany scored a few points. It began to “I almost cried because it was just plishments – and his mother is, too. kidney failure. look like the long-suffering wrestler so great,” Taylor said. “I’m pretty sure when you go The challenges have only made might actually win. Dulany’s enthusiasm is reflected up to heaven, my mom would be Dulany stronger. “In the second round, you could in everything he does, Taylor said. shunned from the angels because With a 4.4 GPA in his senior year just feel people coming into the gym “He’s the man,” Taylor asserted. she’s already bragging so much,” and a cumulative 4.19 GPA, Dulany from other places because word was “At our prom, he’s the only one Dulany said. 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World and National News Bishops Discuss Religious Charter is Framework for Liberty, Economy, 10-Year Making Abuse Response Review of Charter ‘Part of Our Culture’ By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service as being a partisan political effort. Catholic News Service But the two-week period is meant to During the public sessions of their be free of politics and will emphasize The “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” – now 10 years old spring meeting in Atlanta, the U.S. bish- Church teaching on religious freedom, – was not meant to be “the last word” in solving the abuse crisis, according to the chair- ops received a 10-year progress report on he said. man of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People. their abuse charter, voted to draft a mes- “Already we realize that defending Instead, Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of Joliet, Ill., said the charter has provided a frame- sage on work and the economy, and heard religious freedom is not a walk in the work for ongoing efforts. Its requirements are “not a temporary fix” but have to “become reports about religious liberty issues in park,” he said. “We’ve seen some reac- part of our culture,” he added. the United States and abroad. tion to our work that is sometimes hos- The charter was part of the U.S. bishops’ response to the clergy abuse scandal that was They also listened as an Iraqi bishop tile, sometimes unfair and inaccurate and a top concern when they met 10 years ago in Dallas. made an impassioned plea on behalf of sometimes derisive.” Their June meeting took place just five months after The Boston Globe began publish- Iraq’s dwindling Christian population The upcoming fortnight, which takes ing articles about the sexual abuse of minors by priests and accusations of a systemic and called on the U.S. prelates to press place June 21-July 4, will be a period cover-up by Church officials. The reports prompted other victims across the country to the Obama administration to take steps of prayer, education and action aimed come forward with allegations of abuse that put the scandal in the national spotlight. to protect religious rights in the Middle at explaining how a federal health care The bishops responded by developing a national policy to oust predators and protect Eastern country. contraceptive mandate violates religious children. They adopted the charter and approved a set of legislative norms to enforce The meeting was June 13-15, with principles. The mandate requires most re- public sessions the first day and a half; implementation in all . They also established a lay-run National Review Board ligious employers to provide free health to monitor compliance, commission studies of the causes and context of the crisis, and the rest of the time was scheduled for insurance coverage for contraceptives, executive session and not open to media recommend further actions. Later that year, the bishops formed a national Office for abortion-inducing drugs and steriliza- coverage. Child and Youth Protection. tions. On the opening day, the bishops voted A decade later, the review board reported on the effectiveness of the bishops’ response At the end of the discussion on reli- 171-26 to move ahead with a draft of a to the abuse crisis at their June 13-15 meeting in Atlanta. gious freedom in the United States, the message on work and the economy as a According to Al J. Notzon III, chairman of the National Review Board, “striking way to raise the profile of growing pov- bishops affirmed by a unanimous voice changes” have occurred in the Church’s efforts to prevent and report abuse but said erty and the struggles that unemployed vote a recent statement of the USCCB more work still needs to be done. people are experiencing. It is expected Administrative Committee regarding the The charter outlined how the Church leaders would provide a safe environment for to be ready in time for a final vote at the HHS mandate titled “United for Reli- children and young people in Church-sponsored activities. It established uniform proce- bishops’ fall meeting in November. gious Freedom.” dures for handling sex-abuse allegations and adopted a “zero tolerance” policy. It also Titled “Catholic Reflections on Work, In his remarks to the assembly, Chal- required background checks and training in child protection for church employees and Poverty and a Broken Economy,” the dean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni required dioceses facing allegations made about priests or other church workers to alert message would advance the bishops’ pri- of Baghdad made an impassioned plea on authorities, conduct an investigation and remove the accused person from duty. ority of human life and dignity to dem- behalf of Iraq’s dwindling Christian pop- Deacon Bernard Nojadera, head of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth onstrate the new evangelization in action, ulation, and called upon the U.S. bishops Protection, said even with these efforts, many Catholics are often unaware that the explained Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of to press the Obama administration to take Church has taken such an active role to stop and prevent abuse. Stockton, Calif., chairman of the Com- steps to protect religious rights in the In part, this stems from “pockets of allegations” that continue to surface, he said. mittee on Domestic Justice and Human Middle Eastern country. Notzon also said that many Catholics do not know what the Church is doing to stop Development. He said the country’s Christians are be- abuse and said people often suggest to him that the Church do things it is already doing. It would be a follow-up to a Sept. 15, ing targeted by Muslim extremists bent “Word needs to get out about what’s being done,” he told Catholic News Service May 2011, letter by Cardinal Timothy M. on ridding the country of all religious 25 from his San Antonio home. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. minorities. He said the general public also should know what the Church is doing since abuse is a bishops’ conference, in which he urged He said in the session presented by the societal problem. “The Church is on the leading edge and needs to share its information bishops and priests across the country to bishops’ Committee on International Jus- and let others know there are valuable things they can learn without the pain the Church preach about “the terrible toll the current tice and Peace that the difficulties Chris- had to go through.” economic turmoil is taking on families tians face emerged only after the 2003 When abuse allegations emerge in the Church, he said, they could stem from a failure and communities.” U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. to implement charter policies, which the review board investigates. Al J. Notzon III, chairman of the lay- “As leaders of the Church in the United Notzon said in recent years the Church has changed the way it treats victims from led National Review Board, presented a States,” he told the bishops, “you bear a “immediately getting defensive” with them to taking a more pastoral role. He also said report marking the 10th anniversary of special responsibility toward the people the credibility of the audit – measuring how dioceses comply with the charter – has im- the “Charter for the Protection of Chil- and Christians of Iraq. In 2003 your gov- proved. “Compliance auditors are trained to look to make sure not just the law but the dren and Young People.” The charter was ernment led the war that brought some spirit of the law is followed.” part of the U.S. bishops’ response to the terrible consequences. The U.S. govern- The bishops’ level of commitment to the issue proves they know the charter is some- clergy abuse scandal that was a major ment can and must do all it can to encour- thing that needs to be “supported over time,” he added, noting that the review board’s concern when they met in Dallas in 2002. age tolerance and respect in Iraq, to help role is to “continually hold up a mirror to the bishops to say, ‘Here is your commitment While the Catholic Church has taken Iraq strengthen the rule of law and to pro- and here is your response.’” major steps in addressing allegations of vide assistance that helps create jobs for Bishop Conlon said he is grateful to pastors and laypeople who have taken a leader- clergy sexual abuse, it must continue to Iraqis, especially those on the margins.” ship role at diocesan and parish levels to raise awareness of abuse, put standards of be vigilant in assuring that victims and In a report on the Year of Faith, set to safety and codes of conduct in place to make the Church a safe place for children. their families will receive the attention begin in October, Bishop David L. Rick- “I want to encourage everyone to stay the course,” he told CNS May 25. and care they deserve, Notzon told the en of Green Bay, Wis., chairman of the “We have to make assurances that what happened in the past never happens again,” bishops. Committee on Evangelization and Cat- he added, noting that Church officials have to be “as transparent as we possibly can and Meeting that transparency remains a echesis, said the 2012-13 Church-wide have to be prayerful about it.” crucial component of building and main- observance stems from Pope Benedict taining credibility among the Catholic XVI’s call for a new evangelization. He faithful as well as the general public, he said. said it will incorporate television, radio, To report suspected abuse of a social media and numerous online re- Despite the successes, Notzon said the minor, call the toll free PA Church’s credibility continues to suffer sources to better connect – or reconnect because many Catholics and the broader – Catholics with their faith. Child Abuse Hotline: community not only believe clergy sexu- In a presentation June 14, Bishop John 1-800-932-0313 al abuse remains at a high level but also C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of think that local bishops continue to cover the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Com- up the problem by not reporting allega- munications, said the new evangelization To report suspected abuse tions of abuse to local authorities. calls for using new forms of media to of a minor by a church “This suggests a trust problem and reach people in their everyday lives. official, employee or must be met with scrupulous adherence From electronic books to social me- to the charter,” he said. dia to traditional forms of print and volunteer, also please In a presentation on religious liberty is- broadcast, the Church is rethinking how call the diocesan sues, Archbishop William E. Lori of Bal- to carry its teachings and its stances on toll free hotline: timore, chairman of the bishops’ Ad Hoc public policy issues to broader audiences, Committee on Religious Freedom, ac- including Catholics, he said. 1-800-626-1608 knowledged the U.S. bishops’ “fortnight Serious questions revolve around how for freedom” campaign has come under to effectively communicate the Church’s heavy criticism in the secular media, in work while remaining true to authentic the blogosphere and by some Catholics church teaching, Bishop Wester said. 16 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, JUNE 22, 2012

Faith and Life Brazil’s Copacabana Beach, Air Force Base to be Main Sites for World Youth Day From www.rio2013.com bishops, Archbishop Tempesta was in Rome recently to meet with officials at the Pontifical Council for the Laity, whoap- A Brazilian bishop and top organizer re- proved the venues for the event. vealed that Copacabana Beach and “We will begin the main events under the protection of Mary – the Santa Cruz Air Base will be the Copacabana Beach is named after Our Lady of Copacabana – at venues for the main events of World Youth Day Rio 2013. the place where large events have traditionally been held in Rio The global youth event will take place July 23-28 next de Janeiro and that will now have the privilege of hosting these summer. Bishop Joseph P. McFadden and the Diocese of events and welcoming young people from all over the world,” Harrisburg’s Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry he said. invite youth (ages 16-17) and young adults (ages 18-35) Archbishop Tempesta said he has invited the pope to visit the to attend. Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks the city and to hold During a press conference, Archbishop Orani Joao Tem- a gathering at Maracana Stadium with the nearly 60,000 volun- pesta said Copacabana will be the venue for the opening teers expected to participate in WYD. Mass, the welcoming ceremony with the Pope and the Via Asked about whether confessions would be heard in specific Crucis – the event’s traditional Way of the Cross proces- place similar to what organizers did in WYD Madrid 2011, Fa- sion. ther Arnaldo Rodrigues of the organizing committee said the The Santa Cruz Air Base, on the western side of Madrid model would not be possible but that confessions would the city, will be the venue for the vigil on July 27 and the closing Mass on July 28, where be heard at various venues across the city. He also said the loca- some two million young people are expect- tions of the catechetical sessions have also yet to be determined. ed to gather. Operated by the Brazilian The Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro also said it would ask city Air Force, the base covers an area of officials to allow the Shrine of Christ the Redeemer to remain nearly 3.5 square miles. open around the clock to accommodate the constant flow of Accompanied by his auxiliary pilgrims.

Christ the Redeemer statue is seen atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro. World Youth Day will be held in Rio July 23-28, 2013, and Bishop Joseph P. McFadden is inviting youth and young adults to join him in the spiritual pilgrimage. CNS/BRUNO DOMIN- GOS, REUTERS

Diocesan Faithful are Cordially Invited to Attend The World Youth Day 2013 Kick-Off Mass Sunday, July 22 at Noon Holy Name of Jesus Church, Harrisburg Bishop Joseph P. McFadden, Celebrant and Homilist Raffle to Benefit Pilgrims The Mass will usher in a year of spiritual preparation and formation for World Youth The Diocesan Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry is spon- Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Mass is for World Youth Day pilgrims, their soring a raffle to benefit pilgrims attending World Youth Day in Rio family members and friends, and to all who are interested in supporting the pilgrims on in 2013. Donation is $10 per ticket. Drawing will be held July 22, this spiritual journey. 2012, at the diocese’s World Youth Day 2013 Kick-Off Mass. • First prize: Gourmet dinner for four with Bishop Joseph P. Diocesan pilgrims will begin their WYD pilgrimage with a retreat at the Basilica of McFadden a his residence (Chef: Father Joshua Brommer, Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico and its surrounding spiritual sites. Therefore, an im- date TBD) and $500 age of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, will be present during this • Second prize: $500 special Mass. A basket will be placed near the image, where prayer intentions can be • Third prize: $250 placed. Diocesan pilgrims will pray for those intentions and present them at the Shrine of • Fourth prize: Family 4 pack Hershey Park Tickets • Fifth prize: Family 4 pack Hershey Park Tickets Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. • Sixth prize: $100 Following Mass, a reception will be held in the parish hall. During the reception, the For raffle tickets, contact the Office of Youth and Young Adult winning tickets will be drawn for the raffle to help provide financial assistance to pilgrims. Ministry at 717-657-4804 or [email protected].