1 2 Inside Five years 3 later Gulf Coast continues to rebuild after 4 Hurricane Katrina, Criterion pages 3 and 4. 5 Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 6 CriterionOnline.com September 3, 2010 Vol. L, No. 47 75¢ New ‘social 7 contract’ needed Photo by John Shaughnessy Photo by 8 in 21st-century economy, 9 says WASHINGTON (CNS)—A new 10 “social contract” is needed in today’s economy, said Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., in the 11 U.S. ’ annual Labor Day statement. “Currently, the rewards and ‘security’ that employers and society offer workers in return for an honest day’s 12 work do not reflect the global economy of the 21st century in 13 which American workers are now trying to compete,” said Bishop Murphy, 14 chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice 15 Bishop and Human William F. Murphy Development. The statement, “A New ‘Social Contract’ for Today’s 16 ‘New Things,’ ” was issued on Aug. 23. The is a reference to Leo XIII’s 1891 “Rerum Novarum,” which in After 17 years working at one of the most popular country music radio stations in the country, Vicki Murphy felt called to use her talents to spread the English means “Of New Things.” The message of Catholic education on behalf of Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School in Indianapolis. encyclical ushered in the era of Catholic social teaching. Pope Leo, according to Bishop Murphy, Former radio personality finds “insisted on the value and dignity of the worker as a human being endowed with rights and responsibilities. He commended free new station in life at Catholic school association or unions as legitimate and he insisted on a family wage that corresponded (Editor’s note: Catholic education not including Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, So it may seem surprising that to the needs of the worker and family.” only changes the lives of its students, it Tim McGraw and the members of Murphy uses the words “fabulous” The “new things” in Pope Leo’s time sometimes causes adults to change Rascal Flatts. and “most fulfilling” to describe the included the ideological split between their lives. These three related stories She had her own radio program on career move that she made in July— “collectivist organization with much show how people who were successful one of the most popular country music leaving the radio world of music, governmental control” and the notion that in previous professions changed their stations in the United States—WFMS, stars and promotional appearances to “those who owned the means of production careers to make a difference in an Indianapolis station with about take the position of communications should be free to develop markets with the Catholic education.) 400,000 listeners. coordinator at Cardinal Ritter most able, or ruthless, rising to prominence People appreciated and followed her Jr./Sr. High School in Indianapolis. and wealth,” Bishop Murphy said, “Neither By John Shaughnessy so much that they sent her cards every “Catholic schools are something I option seemed morally correct to the pope.” year on her wedding anniversary, and believe in with every fabric of my Today’s “new things,” the bishop added, She has met backstage with mailed birthday cards to her two young life,” says Murphy, 36, a member of can be traced to Pope Benedict XVI’s Taylor Swift, talked with daughters. St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis. 2009 encyclical “Caritas in Veritate” Garth Brooks, had her picture taken Indeed, for 17 years, Vicki Murphy “And marketing and public relations (“Charity in Truth”). “One of the principal with Carrie Underwood and spent time lived what many people would consider is something [that] I’ve been involved ‘new things’ addressed by Pope Benedict is with so many country music singers, a dream life. See EDUCATION, page 10 See ECONOMY, page 2 Response to Eucharist must be gratitude for undeserved gift, pope tells former students

CASTEL GANDOLFO, (CNS)—When attending and receiving the Eucharist, Catholics must be filled with gratitude for God’s great gifts, Pope Benedict XVI told a group of his former students. “Despite the fact that we have nothing to give in return and we are full of faults,” the pope said, “invites us to his table and wants to be with us.”

The pope presided at a Mass on Aug. 29 in Castel Gandolfo Romano via Reuters CNS photo/L’Osservatore during his annual meeting with students who worked on their doctorates with him when he was a professor in . Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, a regular participant in the “Ratzinger Schulerkreis” (Ratzinger student circle), gave the homily at the Mass, but the pope made remarks at the beginning of the liturgy. The Vatican released the text of the pope’s remarks on Aug. 31. Introducing the penitential rite, Pope Benedict said, “In today’s Gospel, the Lord makes us see how, in reality, we continue to live like the pagans do. We extend invitations only to those who can invite us. We give only to those who can give back.” Pope Benedict XVI leads a meeting with some of his former students at his See EUCHARIST, page 2 summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Aug. 30. 1 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 2 by all the actors toward the economy, work and wealth ECONOMY creation around the world? “Pope Benedict believes this,” Bishop Murphy said.

continued from page 1 West CNS photo/Jim 3 “For the worker without employment, a job is the globalization,” he said. major issue,” the bishop noted. “But jobs are not “More than ever, the dignity of the worker is a individual ‘things’ whose worth can be measured by 4 foundation upon which we should measure much of what numbers. Jobs are the result of initiatives creating is good, and not so good, in the financial, industrial and markets that offer new opportunities in response to new service sectors of our economy and our world.” challenges. These are not limited to our economy in Bishop Murphy said, “Like Pope Paul VI before him, isolation from others.” 5 Pope Benedict uses the centrality of Bishop Murphy, in the statement, integral human development as one of mourned the deaths of the 29 miners the basic criteria to address the in a West Virginia mine explosion this 6 challenges of an interdependent ‘Families struggling to past spring and of 11 workers in the world. Here the economic realities of make ends meet cannot Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion one nation or one society are constantly have wage earners that resulted in the months-long oil being influenced by some or all of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 7 economies and cultures of the rest of shortchanged on He also mourned persistent the world.” overtime or not get paid U.S. joblessness—15 million He quoted from “Caritas in Veritate”: for all the hours they unemployed and 11 million able to 8 “I would like to remind everyone, work. The dignity of find only part-time work—as “a especially governments engaged in the person is diminished pervasive failure of our economy.” boosting the world’s economic and when poor or Bishop Murphy castigated 9 social assets, that the primary capital to employers who cheat workers out of be safeguarded and valued is man, the middle-class people are their rightful wages. “National reports human person in his or her integrity.” denied their full wage or tell of factory workers whose time The pope italicized for emphasis the just compensation for begins with the start of the conveyor 10 entire second half of the sentence, their hard work.’ not their arrival, of retail workers beginning with “primary capital.” who are ‘clocked out’ and then “Could a reawakening and new —Bishop required to restock or take inventory, 11 development of the roles of intermediary and wait staff whose employers do institutions, including voluntary William F. Murphy not give them their tips,” he said. associations and unions, be a force to “Families struggling to make call the market to a greater ends meet cannot have wage earners 12 understanding of the centrality of the worker?” Bishop shortchanged on overtime or not get paid for all the Murphy asked. “Could they be a means to restrain, mediate hours they work,” he added. “The dignity of the person A worker installs weatherstripping in one of Chrysler’s new Jeep Grand or hold accountable both the state and the marketplace? is diminished when poor or middle-class people are Cherokees in late May at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. 13 Could their voices help create greater economic and social denied their full wage or just compensation for their Labor Day, honoring working people of America, is observed on Sept. 6 justice, a more mutually respectful and collaborative stance hard work.” † this year.

14 repaid at the resurrection of the righteous” guilt for detaching ourselves so slightly the balance it tried to strike between EUCHARIST (Lk 14:12-14). from the pagan , for living so slightly reforming the Church and maintaining The pope told his former students that in the new way, God’s way.” tradition, reported L’Osservatore Romano, continued from page 1 15 “God’s style” of inviting people is clear in Pope Benedict chose the Vatican newspaper. In the day’s Gospel passage from Luke, the gift of the Eucharist. , the former bishop of Basel, Archbishop Koch gave two lectures about Jesus tells his disciples not to invite the rich “Before him we are crippled, blind and Switzerland, to lead the formal discussions “The Second Vatican Council: Between to dinner “in case they may invite you back deaf; he invites us even though we have of the “schulerkreis” this year. Archbishop Tradition and Innovation” and the council’s 16 and you have repayment. Rather, when you nothing to give him,” the pope said. Koch is the new president of the Pontifical document on the liturgy and liturgical hold a banquet, invite the poor, the Pope Benedict said that Catholics must Council for Promoting Christian Unity. reforms it launched. crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed experience gratitude before such a The discussions, held behind closed The lectures were followed by indeed will you be because of their generous God. doors, focused on understanding the discussion among the participants, inability to repay you. For you will be But, in addition, he said, we must “feel teaching of the Second Vatican Council and including the pope. † Seventh annual Indiana Women’s Catholic Live Action founder is keynote speaker Conference set for Sept. 18 at new location at annual Celebrate Life dinner on Sept. 28 “Treasuring Womanhood,” the Dignity of Women—empowers women to UCLA student and pro-life cover-ups at Planned Parenthood seventh annual Indiana Catholic Women’s discover their God-given dignity and activist Lila Rose is the keynote speaker affiliates. Conference, will take place on Sept. 18 at helps them understand their role in for the 28th annual “Celebrate Life” Last summer, Live Action released a new location in Indianapolis. transforming society. awards dinner on Sept. 28 at the video footage of employees at the For the first time, the conference will • Barbara McGuigan, an EWTN radio Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Planned Parenthood abortion centers in be held at the O’Malia Performing Arts host who founded Voice of Virtue At age 15, Rose founded Live Action, a Indianapolis and Bloomington defying Center at Cathedral High School, International in 2001, inspires people to student-led, not-for-profit organization Indiana’s parental notification law. 5225 E. 56th St., in Indianapolis. commit to the Church’s message of using “new media” to educate and The pro-life fundraiser also will honor Presented by the Marian Center of virtuous living and chaste love. mobilize local and national audiences to John and Chris Curran of Carmel, Ind., Indianapolis and the archdiocesan Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, demand human rights for the unborn and and Vince and Robyn Caponi of Indian- Office for Pro-Life Ministry, the vicar general and the pastor of Our Lady accountability from the abortion industry. apolis for their distinguished service to conference will feature three nationally of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Marc Tuttle, the president of Right to the cause of life. known women as keynote presenters: Indianapolis, is the celebrant and homilist Life of Indianapolis, and other event The event begins with a reception at • Dominican Sister Mary Assumpta for the conference Mass. organizers hope the 20-year-old keynote 6 p.m. then dinner and the awards at Long, the prioress general of the speaker will inspire pro-life supporters of 7 p.m. Rose will speak at 8 p.m. Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the (Reservations for the “Treasuring all ages to work harder to end the culture Eucharist, in Ann Arbor, Mich., promotes Womanhood” Indiana Catholic Women’s of death in contemporary society. (“Celebrate Life” dinner reservations are the reclamation of a truly Catholic culture Conference include lunch, and are $45 Rose first attracted national media $60 per person. For registration through education and love for Christ and for adults or $20 for high school and attention after she successfully launched information, log on to www.RTLindy.org his Church. college students. For more information or several undercover investigations exposing or call the Right to Life of Indianapolis • Terry Polakovic, the co-founder, to register, call the Marian Center of racism and statutory rape office at 317-582-1526.) † executive director and chief editor of Indianapolis at 317-924-3982 or log on ENDOW—Educating on the Nature and to www.indianacatholicwomen.com.) †

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Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, rebuilding to Texas. Five other jurisdictions— Clarion Herald 4 efforts are still very much a work in Florida, the District of Columbia, progress. Many, but not all, Gulf Coast Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee— residents have returned, and although many received more than $1 million for their homes and buildings have been rebuilt, assistance to evacuees. 5 more still needs to be done. In the five years since Katrina, Methe, J. CNS photo/Frank Amid the ongoing recovery, many Catholic Charities New Orleans exasperated locals say they just want to alone distributed $55 million in 6 move on, especially as the nation direct financial assistance to those in remembers the five-year anniversaries of need, provided 335,000 nights of Hurricane Katrina, which slammed into the shelter, gutted and rebuilt 3,200 homes, Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, and Hurricane Rita, distributed 250 million pounds of 7 which made landfall in Texas and Louisiana food and provided counseling for on Sept. 24. 900,000 people. Moving past the collective grief and Since Katrina, the organization has 8 frustration of Katrina was the impetus increased its efforts on preparing for behind a scheduled ecumenical service at future disasters. Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in “Now we’ve got a plan for whatever 9 Chalmette, La., on Aug. 28 dubbed “a comes our way,” said Carol Spruell, funeral for Katrina.” The church is located communications coordinator for in the largest city in St. Bernard’s Parish, a Catholic Charities in the Diocese of civil entity Baton Rouge. Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes, who was head of the New Orleans Archdiocese at the time, stands amid the 10 See related column, just east of Craig Fugate, administrator of the rubble of the collapsed roof of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Slidell, La., after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. page 4. New Orleans that Federal Emergency Management Aug. 29 marks the fifth anniversary of the storm’s landfall in Louisiana. was almost Agency, has told reporters that his 11 entirely flooded from the breached levees office is similarly better prepared for a major least one stop in Mississippi to and has yet to completely recover. disaster after being severely criticized five mark the storm’s anniversary According to U.S. Census Bureau reports, years ago for a perceived slow response. and to emphasize recovery and the region is only half as populated as it was In the days before Katrina’s restoration efforts. 12 before the storm. fifth anniversary, U.S. government Father Larry Snyder, the New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. officials announced more than $25 million in president of Catholic Charities Reuters CNS photo/Lee Celano, Aymond and other religious and community aid for newly approved Gulf Coast USA, planned similar visits to 13 leaders directed the service where rebuilding projects, which includes local Catholic Charities participants were invited to write their $11 million to the state of Louisiana to agencies. feelings on strips of paper and toss them help rebuild the student center at Sarah Comiskey into a casket. After the service, the casket Xavier University in New Orleans—the McDonald, director of 14 was loaded into a horse-drawn vehicle, and country’s only historically communications for the a high school jazz band led the funeral Catholic university. Archdiocese of New Orleans, procession to the local cemetery to place the Xavier University was virtually told Catholic News Service 15 coffin in a newly built Katrina memorial underwater after Katrina. When floodwaters that FEMA had given the Volunteers work on Aug. 25 on the gate of a house that was vault. subsided, they left behind layers of mildew archdiocese about badly damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in the Lower A parish bulletin announcement of the and mold along with damaged books, $61.9 million by the end of Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Aug. 29 marks the fifth anniversary event said: “It is time to move on with our furniture, carpeting and a buckled hardwood 2009 for rebuilding, repairs of the storm’s landfall in Louisiana. 16 lives and put Katrina to final rest. Many of gym floor. The storm also destroyed and alternate projects. The us have already moved on, and the buildings and ripped off roofs. archdiocese anticipates receiving another outside Our Lady of the Gulf Church in Bay community is experiencing renewal and Since then, the university has focused on $108.1 million for ongoing repairs and St. Louis read: “Sometimes you have to lose much growth.” getting back on track. This fall semester, it upgrades. everything in order to do anything.” A big part of moving on depends on opens a new wing at its College of Pharmacy Although Mississippi has received less The irony of the message is not lost on the help people that received and continue and starts construction on a chapel in honor attention than New Orleans, the state’s coast the pastor, Father Michael Tracey. In the to get after the largest natural disaster in of the university’s founder, St. Katharine was devastated when the hurricane hit and Aug. 20 edition of the Gulf Pine Catholic, U.S. history. Catholic Charities USA Drexel. It is also starting work on a new some areas are still struggling to recover. In the diocesan newspaper of Biloxi, the priest outlined the broad extent of its outreach in student center and other campus building the Diocese of Biloxi, schools and churches said the electronic parish sign would reflect a new report titled “Katrina & Rita: renovations. damaged from wind and severe flooding are the same message on Aug. 29. Five Years Later.” President Barack Obama spoke at the slowly being repaired. In some cases, “This time,” he said, “rather than being The report notes that the national school on Aug. 29. Members of his Cabinet destroyed or damaged schools have merged providential or prophetic, it may be a sign of organization raised $163 million for and other administration officials were and some churches will not be rebuilt. realistic hope, lessons learned and hurricane relief. Of these funds, making several stops in New Orleans and at When Katrina hit Mississippi, the sign providential care.” †

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Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 from Katrina experience 5 Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher My family and I spent Katrina in an Calvary, horizontal and below sea level. Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus enclosed corridor leading to the stairwell But that crucifix also symbolized the of my fourth-floor promise of the empty tomb—and 6 office, a decision that new life. with the clarity of • When the roller coaster of my daily Editorial 20/20 hindsight ranks emotions swayed wildly from hope to somewhere on the despair, Methe’s stunning picture of the 7 “ 10 List” of large crucifix above the altar at The mosque in New York “Mistakes I Have Immaculate Conception Church in Made in My Brief Marrero reminded me of the meaning of 8 should a Catholic position be Sojourn on Earth.” redemptive suffering. Katrina’s winds Wconcerning the controversy over There is a line had blown off the right arm of the the Muslim center, complete with describing a person corpus, and a shard of stained glass, 9 mosque, being built two blocks from who turns an easy job into something traveling at warp speed, became a spear where the World Trade Center twin difficult as “someone who could make a that buried itself in the left side of the towers once stood? The towers were Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory A. freight train take a dirt road.” crucified Christ. The brown shard destroyed by Muslim terrorists. Our office is right across the street remains in the restored crucifix as a 10 President Barack Obama spoke in from the Union Passenger Terminal on symbol of Katrina. It speaks this to me: favor of the center before backtracking Loyola Avenue and, believe me, the Though we were pierced and suffered so and saying that he was going to stay out “freight train” that Monday, Aug. 29, at many deaths, big and small, through 11 of the controversy. 3 a.m. careened across the asphalt and faith we grasped the promise of We Catholics should begin with what headed straight up the stairs like some Resurrection and wouldn’t let go. Pope Benedict XVI is attempting to do Monster Zephyr at Pontchartrain Beach. • Methe’s picture of a college group when it comes to Catholic-Muslim Would the building stop swaying? from the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, 12 relations. He has visualized a great Would the building stop talking? in their , pausing from their Catholic-Muslim alliance against Why—why—had I brought my family gutting of a house to receive ashes from secularism, including joint efforts in the up here to die? Just to save a few hours their spiritual director, Father Ed Brienz, 13 cultural, social and political spheres in in contraflow? on Ash Wednesday in 2006 is chilling. defense of shared values, such as the I still have difficult dreams about How many thousands of God’s foot sanctity of human life and the defense that morning. I remember listening to soldiers, like these from Ohio, helped us of the traditional family. WWL radio, our information lifeline. rise from our ash heap? Thanks be 14 The pope sees the “clash of Truly, the WWL reporters forever will to God. civilizations” not between Islam and the Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York remain heroes in my eyes because they • Finally, for me the image of God’s West but between belief and unbelief. responds to questions from the news media honored their profession and risked their faithfulness is manifested in the story of 15 However, he has said frequently, about the proposed Islamic community lives to save others. the second collection for Katrina relief Muslims need to rein in their radicals center in New York during the archbishop’ s I became alternately worried taken up on Sept. 18, 2005, by and there must be greater religious visit to Covenant House in New York on and angry when I heard WWL speak St. Lawrence of Brindisi Parish in the freedom in the Islamic world. Aug. 18. The controversial 13-story, to every civil parish president, even Watts section of Los Angeles. The 16 Too many Americans fear Muslims $100-million center, which includes a Benny Rouselle of Plaquemines Parish, working-class parish’s average weekly these days and blame all of Islam for mosque, is to be located two blocks from where Katrina officially made landfall. collection was $5,000, but on this day, it the terrorist acts of extremists like those the former World Trade Center site. As the hours ticked on and the windows raised $7,000 for the Katrina collection in al-Qaida. That is like blaming of my office continued to crash in, I alone. That money was earmarked for Catholicism for the acts of Christian superheated rhetoric of Newt Gingrich. wondered, “Where was [New Orleans St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in extremists who kill abortionists. Among other things, he said that no Mayor] Ray Nagin?” New Orleans. Opposing the building of mosques mosque near ground zero should be I knew the WWL studios were just But the real treasure was buried through protests and violence, as has built as long as there are no churches or across the street from City Hall, but no inside one of the collection envelopes. been happening not only in New York synagogues in Saudi Arabia. Why Nagin could mean only one thing: On the outside of an envelope, written but in other parts of the country, could should the United States deny the Something must be seriously wrong in in Spanish, were these words: “Para las have the opposite effect from what is religious rights of Americans because a the city of New Orleans. victimas del huracan, no traia dinero desired: It could create a backlash that Muslim country does so? In a few days, from the safety of a pero esto debe de tener algun valor. would increase radicalization. He seems to be blaming Islam for dear friend’s home in Baton Rouge, we Es de todo corazon.” (“For the victims On the other hand, studies have the actions of the terrorists. However, discovered just how seriously wrong of the hurricane. I did not bring any found that mosques, religious both Presidents George W. Bush and things had gone. money. But this should be of some bookstores and other communal Obama emphasized repeatedly that the And now, we are here, perched on the value. It is with all of my heart.”) associations that bring Muslim- so-called “war against terror” was not a precipice of a five-year anniversary of a It was a woman’s plain gold Americans together help prevent war against Muslims; it is against life-changing event that everyone wants wedding ring. radicalization. That is exactly what the terrorists. Yes, of course, 9/11 was to forget. My emotions are a jumble of Methe’s picture of Msgr. Doug organization that wants to build the caused by terrorists who were also snapshots burned into memory: Doussan, the pastor of St. Gabriel the Muslim center in New York, the Muslims, but we must not be seen as • Driving into the city a week after Archangel Parish, holding the ring, Cordoba Initiative, wants to promote. against all Muslims. the storm, I was overwhelmed by the sends the message of Christ’s hope. The Cordoba Initiative is headed by Our war in Afghanistan is against deafening silence. New Orleans was Said Franciscan Father Peter Banks, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, an American al-Qaida Muslim extremists, but it is Antarctica at the equator. It was a brown pastor of the small Watts parish, “It is who says that he is trying to promote also in defense of the vast majority of and lifeless and God-forsaken very humbling to realize I am living interfaith understanding. He was hoping the Muslims who live there. We have tundra—no birds, no bugs, no life. among the poorest of the poor, but they that the project would heal some of the struggled to try to give Iraq, a largely One of the images taken by are the wealthiest in so many ways.” bitterness felt by relatives of those Muslim country, a democratic Clarion Herald photographer And they have enriched our lives. killed by the terrorists. This hope, government. The United States has Frank Methe crystallizes what I was however, appears to be in vain and his friendly relations with numerous feeling that day—a small crucifix (Peter Finney Jr. is the editor and project is instead adding to Muslim countries, and that is as it floated out of Our Lady of Lourdes general manager of the Clarion Herald, the bitterness. should be. Church in Violet and came to rest the newspaper of the Archdiocese of This controversy is somewhat Gingrich is right, though, when he half-buried in the cracked mud. This was New Orleans.) † similar to the convent that Carmelite protests against the lack of religious nuns built near Auschwitz in 1984, a freedom in some Muslim countries like move protested by Jewish groups. Saudi Arabia. Pope Benedict continues Pope John Paul II thought the nuns to speak out about this issue. Funds had good intentions, but in 1993 he The world must take a stand against m a rbi r eceivea d demanded that they move anyway. Muslim extremists who are terrorizing arities granities t Perhaps, therefore, this particular Christians. As recently as 1975, there mosque should not be built on its were an estimated 25 million Christians K intra and Rin .itaa current planned site. in Arab countries. Today, that number At an impromptu news is 12 million. Terrorism by Muslim Louisiana $116.7 mmillionilli conference on Aug. 18, New York extremists has chased many Christians Mississippi $23.2 mmillionilli Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan noted that out of their homelands. “as Catholics, we ourselves are somewhat Those issues, though, should be kept Texas $13.9 millimillion touchy about this issue because in the separate from the controversy over the Georgia $1.5 mmillionilli past we have been discriminated against.” mosque in New York. Why? Because Missouri $1.4 mmillionilli He said he would be happy to participate we should always take the moral high in efforts to negotiate a compromise over road and respect the religious freedom Florida $1.3 mmillionilli the Manhattan mosque as part of “a very of other people, even if they choose to Tennessee $1.1 mmillionilli civil, rational, loving, respectful ignore this basic human right. District of Columbia $1.1 mmillionilli discussion.” —John F. Fink We can’t go along, though, with the ©2010 CNS 1 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 Page 5 2 ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B. 3 SEEKING THE 4 FACE OF THE LORD 5 BUSCANDO LA 6 CARA DEL SEÑOR 7 8 Set aside distractions and make prayer part of your daily routine hen a sixth-grade fellow wrote meaning in vocal prayer; it can concern, came across a prayer book she had as a peaceful time. I suppose this is the closest I to me that he loves God with all more profoundly, him to whom we are young woman. In 1988 in , I had the come to contemplative prayer on a 9 Whis heart, he was expressing a praying, in vocal prayer [liturgical or prayer book rebound and I have used that regular basis. fundamental source of prayer, namely the personal], meditation and contemplative book of prayers every day since. Some of My devotions to our Blessed Mother and human heart. prayer. To set about hunting down these prayers shape my vocal prayer. For to St. Joseph go back to minor seminary. I Somewhere I read—I cannot remember distractions would be to fall into their trap, meditation, I always use a spiritual book. pray to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and to 10 where—that the longing for God in the when all that is necessary is to turn back to This is a help I need to keep recollected— St. Theodora Guérin. Since turning 50, I human heart finds expression in more than our heart—for a distraction reveals to us and to with the inevitable distractions. have prayed Cardinal John Henry a thousand ways in the Scriptures. The what we are attached to, and this humble Over the years, I have trained myself to Newman’s “Prayer for a Happy Death.” I 11 composer of Psalm 27, my favorite, prays, awareness before the Lord should awaken say short prayers throughout the day. For pray some prayers authored by St. Ignatius “of you my heart has spoken: I seek your our preferential love for him and lead us example, I pray to the Holy Spirit or to a and St. Francis of Assisi. face O Lord” (Ps 27). This sentiment resolutely to offer him our heart to be favorite saint before an appointment or I have described how I pray because suggests several helpful motivations for purified” (#2729). meeting in the chancery. Meetings for which some of you asked me to and because it is 12 our prayer. I admit that distraction is a habitual I am present always begin with a prayer and simple and not very extraordinary. I hope it If the Holy Spirit inspires our hearts to challenge. I also agree that turning back to the invocation of saints like St. Francis helps. † seek and interact with God in love, then one’s heart and asking for the Holy Spirit’s Xavier and Mother Theodore Guérin. It is a 13 we need to make room in our everyday purification is an antidote that works. The rare day that I do not pray at least two or lives to listen. In other words, silence is an underlying conviction that we need is an three rosaries, a favorite devotion of mine. Do you have an intention for important aid to help us listen to our honest desire to pray. And here is where an During Lent, I pray the Way of the Cross, Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? hearts’ longing for God. established non-negotiable habit of prayer sometimes in my car if I am on the run. In You may mail it to him at: 14 Seeking times of silence in our culture sets the pace for me. other words, prayer is threaded through my is not easy. For most of us, there are so We are all different, and our prayer lives day and reminds me why I am doing what I Archbishop Buechlein’s much noise and so many voices that easily are going to reflect that difference. All I am doing as bishop-pastor. Prayer List 15 overpower the authentic longings of our know is that, in my case, my routine of If at all possible, in the early Archdiocese of Indianapolis hearts. I think it is accurate to say that prayer is set as the priority of every day evening I set aside a half hour before the 1400 N. Meridian St. without some space for silence in heart and everywhere. as the special time of P.O. Box 1410 (and mind), faith and the call to holiness An hour of prayer begins my day, and intercessory prayer for the intentions that Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 16 are in jeopardy. everything else is adjusted accordingly. I folks send to me. It is also an especially We long for God and a relationship learned that is the way it has to be. A part with Jesus, but without “going apart” alone of that first hour is praying the Liturgy of Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for September with him we may begin to doubt that we the Hours, which I promised to do when I can truly find him. was first ordained. Often, Holy Mass Teachers/Religious Education Directors: that they may rely on the strength and The Catechism of the concludes that hour of prayer if I am not guidance of the Holy Spirit as they hand on the Catholic faith to our youth and says, “The habitual difficulty in prayer is scheduled elsewhere. encourage them to consider vocations to the priesthood and religious life. distraction. It can affect words and their After my mom’s going home to God, I

Apártese de las distracciones y convierta la oración en parte de su rutina diaria uando un alumno de sexto grado es la distracción. En la oración vocal, la 1988, mandé a encuadernar nuevamente especialmente apacible. Supongo que es me escribió que ama a Dios con distracción puede referirse a las palabras y el libro de oración y desde entonces lo he lo más cercano que llego a la oración Ctodo su corazón, expresó una al sentido de éstas. La distracción, de un utilizado todos los días en mis oraciones. contemplativa con cierta regularidad. fuente de oración fundamental, a saber: el modo más profundo, puede referirse a Algunas de esas oraciones enmarcan mi Mi devoción a la Santa Madre y a San corazón humano. Aquél al que oramos, tanto en la oración oración vocal. Para la meditación siempre José data del seminario menor. Rezo a Leí en algún lado (no puedo recordar vocal [litúrgica o personal], como en la uso un libro espiritual; es la ayuda de la San Francisco Javier Cabrini y a Santa dónde) que el anhelo de Dios del corazón meditación y en la oración contemplativa. que me valgo para mantener el recogi- Theodora Guérin. Desde que cumplí 50 humano encuentra su expresión en más de Salir a la caza de la distracción es caer en miento y para lidiar con las distracciones años rezo la “Oración para una muerte mil formas en las Escrituras. El autor del sus redes; basta volver a concentrarse en inevitables. feliz” del cardenal John Henry Newman. Salmo 27, mi preferido, reza: “El corazón la oración: la distracción descubre al que A lo largo de los años me he Rezo algunas oraciones compuestas por me dice: ‘¡Busca su rostro!’ Y yo, Señor, ora aquello a lo que su corazón está disciplinado para decir oraciones breves San Ignacio y por San Francisco de Asís. tu rostro busco.” (Sal 27). Este apegado. Esta humilde toma de conciencia en el transcurso del día. Por ejemplo, le Describo la forma en la que oro sentimiento sugiere diversas y útiles debe empujar al orante a ofrecerse al rezo al Espíritu Santo o a un santo porque algunos de ustedes me lo han motivaciones para nuestra oración. Señor para ser purificado” (#2729). predilecto antes de una cita o reunión en preguntado y porque es algo sencillo y Si el Espíritu Santo brinda inspiración Debo admitir que la distracción es un la oficina administrativa. Las reuniones nada fuera de lo común. Espero que les a nuestros corazones para buscar e reto habitual. También convengo en que en las que participo siempre comienzan ayude. interactuar con Dios en la comunión del ignorar al propio corazón y pedir la purifi- con una oración y la invocación de santos amor, entonces debemos apartar un cación del Espíritu Santo es un antídoto tales como San Francisco Javier y la ¿Tiene una intención que desee espacio en nuestras vidas cotidianas para que funciona. La convicción latente que Madre Theodore Guérin. Es raro el día en incluir en la lista de oración del escuchar. Es decir, el silencio constituye hace falta es un deseo sincero de orar. Y que no rezo al menos dos o tres rosarios, Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar un recurso importante para ayudarnos a es allí donde un hábito de oración una de mis devociones preferidas. su correspondencia a: escuchar el anhelo de Dios de nuestros arraigado y no negociable marca la pauta Durante la Cuaresma rezo el Vía corazones. para mí. Crucis, en ocasiones en mi automóvil si Lista de oración del Arzobispo En nuestra cultura no resulta fácil Todos somos distintos y nuestras vidas estoy haciendo diligencias. Es decir, la Buechlein encontrar momentos de sosiego. Para la de oración van a reflejar esas diferencias. oración se entreteje a lo largo de mi día y Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis mayoría de nosotros existe mucho ruido y Lo que sé es que, en mi caso, mi rutina de me recuerda por qué hago lo que hago 1400 N. Meridian St. demasiadas voces que fácilmente oración constituye una prioridad todos los como obispo y pastor. P.O. Box 1410 predominan sobre los auténticos anhelos días y en cualquier lugar. De ser posible, muy temprano en la Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 de nuestros corazones. Considero que es Mi día comienza con una hora de mañana dedico media hora ante el acertado decir que sin que exista cierto oración y todo lo demás se ajusta Santísimo Sacramento, como un tiempo espacio para el silencio en el corazón (y conforme a ello. Aprendí que así es como de oración de intercesión por las en la mente) la fe y el llamado a la debe ser. Parte de esa primera hora es intenciones que las personas me Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, santidad se encuentran en peligro. rezar la Liturgia de las Horas, lo cual fue encomiendan. También es un momento Language Training Center, Indianapolis. Sentimos el anhelo de Dios y de una promesa que hice al principio cuando establecer una relación con Jesús, pero sin me ordené. Con frecuencia, la hora de La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en septiembre “apartarnos” en soledad con Él quizás oración concluye con la Santa Misa, si no empecemos a dudar de si realmente tengo programado estar en otra parte. Maestros/Directores de Educación Religiosa: ¡que ellos puedan contar con la fuerza y podemos encontrarlo. Después de que mamá volviera a casa dirección del Espíritu Santo cuando pasen la fe Católica a los jóvenes y les den ánimo a El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica con Dios, me encontré un libro de oración ellos a considerar las vocaciones al sacerdocio y la vida religiosa! dice: “La dificultad habitual de la oración que ella tenía cuando joven. En Roma, en 1 Page 6 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 2 3 Events Calendar September 3-6 Enochsburg. Parish festival, Carmel, Ind. (Diocese of ultimate sacrifice, 11 a.m. September 11-12 St. Mary Parish, Sacred Heart Parish, fried chicken and roast beef Lafayette). Catholic Business Information: 317-894-4361. St. Michael Parish, 212 Washington St., 4 558 Nebeker St., Clinton. dinners, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Professional Club, 145 St. Michael Blvd., North Vernon. “Community “Little Italy Festival,” Information: 812-934-2880. Mass and breakfast, Marian Inc., 1011 E. St. Clair Brookville. “Fall Fest,” Festival,” “all-you-can-eat Water Street in downtown Paul Lundsford, president of St., Indianapolis. Holy Cross Sat. grilled smoked pork chop buffet,” country store, Clinton, Fri. 6 p.m.-11 p.m., MKVS, Divine Mercy and Guérin High School, speaker, Parish, “Feast of the supper, Sun. pan-fried chicken children’s games, 5 Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Glorious Cross Center, 6:30 a.m., $15 members, Holy Cross,” dinner, dance dinner, Sat. 4-10 p.m., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Information: Sun. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Rexville, located on 925 South, $25 non-members. and silent auction, 6 p.m.-11 Sun. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 812-346-3604. Mon. 11 a.m.-closing, Italian .8 mile east of 421 South and Information: 317-590-0634 or p.m., $50 per person. Information: 765-647-5462. food, entertainment. 12 miles south of Versailles. [email protected]. Information: 317-637-2620. St. Mary (Immaculate 6 Information: 765-832-8468. Mass, noon, on third Sunday September 12 Conception) Parish, 512 N. holy hour and pitch-in, September 9-11 St. Joan of Arc Parish, 4217 N. St. John the Evangelist Church, Perkins St., Rushville. September 4 groups of 10 pray the St. Joseph Parish, 1375 S. Central Ave., Indianapolis. 126 W. Georgia St., “Community Fall Festival,” Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Marian Way, 1 p.m., Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. Indianapolis. St. John “French Market,” music, dance, 7 5333 E. Washington St., Father Elmer Burwinkel, “Fall Festival,” food, rides, Academy alumnae reunion noon-10 p.m., French food, Sun. 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Indianapolis. “Lourdes and celebrant. Information: games, 5-10 p.m. Information: booths, children’s activity area, and Mass, noon, lunch chicken dinner. Information: Irvington On-site Chili 812-689-3551. 317-244-9902. entertainment. Information: following Mass at Cook-off,” noon-3 p.m., 765-932-2588. September 10 317-283-5508. Indiana Convention Center. 8 sample all recipes and vote, September 6 Information: 317-892-4798 or St. Anthony of Padua Parish, St. Pius X Parish, 7200 Sarto St. Pius V Parish, Highway 66, $5 per person, children St. Roch Parish, Family Life [email protected]. 4791 E. Morris Church St., Drive, Indianapolis. Catholic “Fall Festival,” under 7 free. Information: Center, 3603 S. Meridian St., Troy. 317-506-1895 or Morris. Labor Day picnic, Charismatic Renewal, song Indianapolis. Single Seniors, Holy Cross Parish, 125 N. 11 a.m. -5 p.m., dinners, 9 www.lourdeschilicookoff.org. games, food, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and praise, 7 p.m., Mass, meeting, 1 p.m., age 50 and Oriental St., Indianapolis. games. Information: Information: 812-934-6218. 7:30 p.m. Information: 812-547-7994. September 5 317-846-0705. over. Information: Women’s Cancer Awareness Slovenian National Home 317-784-4207. luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. St. Peter Parish, St. Michael Church, 10 Picnic Grounds, 21340 Yates Information: 317-637-2620, 1207 East Road, Brookville. St. Anne Parish, 5267 N. 101 St. Michael Drive, Lane, Avon. Slovenian Hamburg Road, Oldenburg. Geneva Hills Golf Course, ext. 406, or 90th annual Labor Day Charlestown. Sesquicentennial Society, annual celebration Turkey supper, 4:30-7:30 p.m. 13446 S. Geneva Hills Road, [email protected]. Festival, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Celebration and Bilingual and festival, 10 a.m., Mass, country style “all-you-can-eat” Information: 812-934-5854. Clinton. Saint Mary-of-the- 11 Mass, 11 a.m., Archbishop noon, $5 admission, children chicken dinner. Information Woods Alumnae Club Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Daniel M. Buechlein, 16 and under free. Information: and reservations: September 11 “Scholarship Golf Scramble,” House, 5355 E. 56th St., celebrant, luncheon following www.sloveniannational 812-623-3670. St. Mary Church, 317 N. noon, $70 per person includes Indianapolis. Carmelite 12 homeindy.org. New St., Indianapolis. lunch, green fees and cart, Secular Order, meeting, Mass. Information: September 9 Indianapolis Firefighters registration due Sept. 7. noon-4 p.m. Information: 812-256-3850 or St. John the Evangelist Parish, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Local #416, Memorial Mass Information: 812-239-3050 or 317-259-4936 or celedbetter3831@ 13 9995 E. Base Road, Parish, 14598 Oak Ridge Road, for firefighters who gave the [email protected]. [email protected]. sbcglobal.net. † Retreats and Programs 14 812-825-4642, ext. 1. September 11 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. 56th St., Indianapolis. “Tobit Weekend,” 15 “Teilhard de Chardin–Lessons from a marriage preparation retreat. Information: Modern Day Mystic,” Franciscan Sister 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. Barbara Leonhard, presenter, 9-11:30 a.m., $20 per person. Information: 812-933-6437 or September 18 16 [email protected]. Cathedral High School, O’Malia Performing Arts Theater, 5225 E. 56th St., Indianapolis.

September 12 Indiana Catholic Women’s Photo courtesy of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Sisters of Providence Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. Conference–“Treasuring Womanhood,” “Coffee Talk–Piano Playing, Weightlifting 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m., $50 adults, $25 students. and Prayer: What Could These Things Information: www.indianacatholicwomen.com. Have in Common?” Franciscan Sister Sharonlu Sheridan, presenter, 9:30 a.m. Kordes Retreat Center, 802 E. 10th St., liturgy, 10:45 a.m.-noon, free-will offering. Ferdinand, Ind. “Saturday Morning at the Information: 812-933-6437 or Dome–Listening and Responding to the [email protected]. Wisdom of Your Body,” 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m. September 13 Information: 812-367-1411 or Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. www.thedome.org. “Men’s Night at the ‘Burg,” Franciscan September 19 Father Carl Hawver, presenter, 7-8:30 p.m., Oldenburg Franciscan Center, Oldenburg. free-will offering. Information: 812-933-6437 “Youth Night at the ‘Burg,” learn about or [email protected]. youth spirituality, 6:30-8 p.m., pizza, talk and September 17-19 prayer, high school and older. Information: Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, 812-933-6437 or [email protected]. St. Meinrad. “Living In Love–A Couples Retreat,” Benedictine Father Noël Mueller, September 21 presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Baby alpaca [email protected]. 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “Catholic Identity and Doctrine–Prayer in Newborn alpaca Providence Vincennes, right, stands by his mother, Providence Providentia, just Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center, the Catholic Tradition,” Father Jim Farrell, hours after his birth on Aug. 24 on the grounds of the White Violet Farm Alpacas, a ministry of 8220 W. State Road 48, Bloomington. presenter, session two of four, 6:30-9 p.m., the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods at their motherhouse near Terre Haute. “Athletes for Christ–Call to Holiness,” $25 per session includes dinner and More than 60 male alpacas have been born at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods since the herd was retreat open to all ages, Mercy Father presentation. Information: 317-788-7581 or introduced in 1998. Frank Sherry, presenter. Information: www.benedictinn.org. † VIPs Charles and Helen (Loftus) Kestler, members of St. Augustine The couple was married on Sept. 5, 1960, at Holy Family Church Parish in Jeffersonville, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on in Louisville, Ky. Sept. 2. They are the parents of six children: Terri Woods, Alan, Dan, The couple was married on Sept. 2, 1950, at St. Boniface Church Jim, Mark and Mike Hornek. They have 14 grandchildren. † in Louisville, Ky. They are the parents of five children: Patricia Dallas, Laura Fain, George and Ruth (Uhl) Kaiser, members of Holy Family Parish Dennis, Stephen and the late Charles Kestler. They have eight in New Albany, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on grandchildren. † Sept 3. The couple was married on Sept. 3, 1960, at St. Anthony of John and Marie (Smith) Mitchell, members of St. Pius X Parish Padua Church in Clarksville. Charles and Helen in Indianapolis, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on They are the parents of four children: DeAnn Burns, George and Ruth (Loftus) Kestler Aug. 26. Dr. Sheryl King, Becky Wenning and Chris Kaiser. They have (Uhl) Kaiser The couple was married on Aug. 26, 1950, at St. Charles 14 grandchildren. † Borromeo Church in Bloomington. They will celebrate their anniversary during the 11 a.m. Mass James and Theresa (Werner) Nobbe, members of St. Maurice on Sept. 5 at St. Pius X Church in Indianapolis followed by a Parish in St. Maurice, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on family dinner. Aug. 27. They are the parents of eight children: Mary Ann Holand, The couple was married on Aug. 27, 1960, at Holy Family Janet Inderstrodt, Marilyn Rodney, Greg, John, Tim, Tom and Will Church in Oldenburg. Mitchell. They have 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. † They are the parents of 11 children: Mindy Grunkemeyer, Becky Kinker, Patty Mauer, Joyce Moeller, Janet Porter, Norbert and MaryLynne (Smith) Hornek, members of Debbie Schneider, Kay Schwering, Bill, Fred, Sam and John and Marie St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, will celebrate their the late Neal Nobbe. They have 24 grandchildren and James and Theresa (Smith) Mitchell 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 5. two great-grandchildren. † (Werner) Nobbe 1 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 Page 7 2 Summer youth volunteer effort helps Brown County residents 3 Special to The Criterion two-and-a-half car collapsed garage, assisting with the building of a Habitat BROWN COUNTY—At the beginning for Humanity house, cleaning up yards, 4 of August, a group of eight teenagers mowing, spreading mulch, washing Submitted photo from St. Agnes Parish in Nashville and windows, cleaning gutters, moving dirt, 12 teenagers from St. Ann, St. Benedict weeding yards and large slopes, and and Sacred Heart of Jesus parishes in general yard cleanup. 5 Terre Haute came together with their Though the group spent many hours youth ministry leaders to help people in working, the youths and adult leaders set need in Brown County. aside time for prayer and reflection every 6 Indiana Nazareth Farm is an annual morning and evening as a group. service camp sponsored by St. Agnes The original Nazareth Farm was Parish and the Terre Haute parishes. It is formed as an association of the based on four cornerstones—community, Catholic Church, and is located in the 7 prayer, simplicity and service. Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in Each teenager and adult leader West Virginia. Its purpose is to provide provided more than 28 hours of intensive volunteer service to the people of 8 hard labor in just three and a half days, Appalachia. equaling 728 hours of volunteer service. In 1994, the program was started in Team leaders were youth ministry Brown County by youth ministry leaders 9 coordinator Adrianne Spahr from in Nashville and Terre Haute. St. Agnes Parish in Nashville and Each year, the youths are exhausted Janet Roth, the youth ministry but energized, and look forward to coordinator at the three Terre Haute participating again. 10 parishes. Brown County residents who need This year, projects included excavating assistance are encouraged to keep this and moving hundreds of rocks to build a outreach in mind if they have needs that Teenagers and youth ministry leaders from St. Agnes Parish in Nashville and St. Ann, St. Benedict and 11 dam and a retaining wall to protect could be accomplished next summer. Sacred Heart of Jesus parishes in Terre Haute provide service to people in need in Brown County as part property from water damage, staining a The project is held annually during the of the Indiana Nazareth Farm Service Project. The group is shown demolishing a collapsed garage. huge -around deck, demolishing a first weekend of August. † Organizers are grateful for the energies and dedication of these youths and their adult ministry leaders. 12 In message to nuns, pope says Mother Teresa models ‘Christian virtue’ (CNS)—Blessed hundreds of pilgrims and volunteers who read a message from the congregation, and said anniversary celebrations being held 13 Teresa of Calcutta is “an exemplary model arrived for the early morning Mass. the group processed to the motherhouse’s throughout India had brought “a ray of of Christian virtue” After the Mass, the bishops, priests, nuns L-shaped courtyard. Sister Prema and hope and joy to thousands of poor, who showed the and visitors processed to Mother Teresa’s Sister Nirmala Joshi, retired superior underprivileged, disadvantaged and world that an ground-floor tomb. Sister Prema handed general of the order, released white pigeons marginalized in India,” especially as the 14 authentic love for Cardinal Telesphore Toppo of Ranchi a and blue and white balloons amid cheers nation struggles with violence, injustice others opens the lamp, and he lit a candle to mark the from those packing the balconies on the and natural disasters. door to knowing and beginning of the centenary celebrations. three floors surrounding the courtyard. The events received wide media 15 being with God, Dozens of Missionaries of Charity Similar events were planned worldwide, coverage, helping make the Gospel Pope Benedict XVI novices gathered around the tomb and sang including at Washington’s of the message better understood in India, he said said. “Happy Birthday.” National Shrine of the Immaculate in an Aug. 26 interview with Fides, the Marking the In his message, Pope Benedict said Conception. news agency of the Vatican’s Congregation 16 100th anniversary of celebrating Mother Teresa’s birth centenary Archbishop Lucas Sirkar of Calcutta for the Evangelization of Peoples. † Blessed Teresa of her birth, the pope “will be for the Church and the world an Calcutta sent a message to occasion of joyful gratitude to God for the Sister Mary Prema, inestimable gift that Mother Teresa was in the superior general her lifetime, and continues to be through the of the Missionaries affectionate and tireless work of you, her 2010 of Charity, the spiritual children.” congregation that The pope said Mother Teresa was a St. Joseph Annual Mother Teresa living example of St. John’s words: founded in 1950. “Beloved, if God so loved us, we must also The Vatican love one another. No one has ever seen God. released the message Yet, if we love one another, God remains in on Aug. 26 after it us, and his love is brought to perfection.” FALL was read in Calcutta, He asked the order’s sisters, brothers, India, at the end of a priests and lay members to let God’s love Pope Benedict XVI special Mass continue to inspire them to give themselves commemorating the 100th anniversary of “generously to Jesus, whom you see, and FESTIVAL Mother Teresa’s birth. serve the poor, the sick, the lonely and the In Calcutta, most of the Missionaries of abandoned,” and to draw constantly from Charity nuns gave up their regular seats in Mother Teresa’s example and spirituality. at St. Joseph the motherhouse chapel to accommodate After the visit to the tomb, Sister Prema 1375 South Mickley Avenue Indianapolis Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House Thursday — Friday — Saturday Fall Program Preview….. September 9th - 10th - 11th

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14 VATICAN CITY (CNS)—When a pope specific occasions. attends a public event like a general The basic outfit is the white cassock, audience in St. Peter’s Square or meets a white fascia with gold fringe and the white

15 head of state in the papal apartment, he is zucchetto. This is what the pope wears for CNS photo/Reuters not exactly free to “wing it” with his almost all public events: the weekly general . His choice of outfit is dictated audience, the Sunday Angelus, an audience by a precise protocol. with a government official and during most 16 Recently, a Vatican official published meetings on papal trips abroad. two extensive articles in the Vatican When the pope holds an official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, in an audience with a head of state or effort to help observers decipher the papal ambassador at the Vatican, the rochet and . mozzetta are added on top of the basic In what can seem like a page of “do’s papal attire. If the visiting head of state is and don’ts” from Emily Post, Msgr. Catholic, then a stole is included. Stefano Sanchirico, an assistant for papal According to Msgr. Sanchirico, the stole ceremonies, spelled out the current norms and the shoes should always match the on how should dress for a color of the mozzetta. However, papal nonliturgical event. tastes trump sartorial standards in the First, a peek at what is in the papal department: Pope Benedict XVI always closet: a white cassock, a white zucchetto wears red shoes in public, even when or skullcap, a white fascia sash, a short protocol dictates otherwise. white -like garment called a rochet Whether red or white accessories are that is worn over the cassock, an elbow- worn depends on the time of year. length red called a mozzetta, a red Msgr. Sanchirico wrote that the white mozzetta trimmed with ermine fur, a mozzetta—with or without the ermine white mozzetta with or without the trim—is worn after the Easter Vigil until white fur trim, a selection of red stoles with the second Sunday of Easter. However, gold embroidery, white stoles with gold Pope Benedict prefers to wear the white For centuries, a newly elected pope has been cloaked with a red over white as can embroidery, red shoes, and a pair of mozzetta until Pentecost. be seen in this file photo of Pope Benedict XVI’s election on April 19, 2005. The colors white and red white loafers. The red mozzetta is worn the rest of the reflect the Christian symbols of purity and the blood of Christ as well as the symbols of earthly power Even though the items are few, they are year. Whether it is trimmed with ermine fur rooted in the early Roman Empire. worn in particular combinations for or not depends on the season. A red mozzetta with trim is worn from the feast But the colors are also rooted in the The first systematic description of what of St. Catherine of Alexandria on Nov. 25 historical process of the early Roman the pope was to wear upon his election was through to the Ascension in the spring, and pontiffs taking on the customs and clothing written out for Pope Gregory X sometime the red mozzetta without of the Roman emperor, between 1272 and 1273 by the papal trim is worn from the as outlined in the master of ceremonies. Earlier norms Ascension to Nov. 25, The one thing all the so-called Donation of specified only the importance of the

CNS photo/Alberto Reuters Pizzoli, wrote Msgr. Sanchirico. pope’s nonliturgical Constantine, he wrote. red , wrote the monsignor. Pope Benedict has garments and He said the From the time of Pope Gregory, both reintroduced to the papal document, which was white and red were to be visible to show wardrobe a wide- accessories have in probably written around that the pope represented “the person of brimmed red straw common is that they are the eighth or ninth Christ and his mystical body, the Church,” hat that Blessed Pope either red or white. The century, claims that Msgr. Sanchirico wrote. John XXIII often wore Emperor Constantine Further codifications of papal dress and a red velvet colors, Msgr. Stefano handed sovereign stipulated that, upon his election, the pope trimmed with ermine, Sanchirico, an assistant authority over to was to put on a white cassock made of called a “camauro,” for papal ceremonies, Rome and the western linen or other material appropriate for the which Pope John was the wrote, “are distinctive of part of the empire to weather and that a high-ranking cardinal last to wear. Pope Sylvester I. would then place the red papal mantle over The one thing all the papal dignity” with To reinforce the his shoulders. pope’s nonliturgical white symbolizing legitimacy of the pope’s Msgr. Sanchirico said that the garments and accessories “innocence and charity” role as a sovereign installation outfits eventually became the have in common is that and red symbolizing the ruler, the document pope’s everyday attire for public events and they are either red or established that the formal meetings. white. The colors, the blood and sacrifice of pope could wear Even with a few modern modifications, When the pope meets with a Catholic head of Italian monsignor wrote, Christ. imperial garments and the traditional papal outfit has never gone state, for example, in this April 30, 2009, audience “are distinctive of papal use the scepter, “which out of style. Sticking with the same look with Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe, he wears dignity” with white already from the for centuries offers continuity, and “makes a stole over his mozzetta, a kind of mantle. symbolizing “innocence and charity” and ninth century began to play a role in the visible the uniqueness and singularity of Instead of being red, the colors of the stole and red symbolizing the blood and sacrifice rite of installation of the new pontiff,” the ministry of the successor of Peter,” mantle are white during the Easter season. of Christ. wrote Msgr. Sanchirico. Msgr. Sanchirico said. † 1 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 Page 9 2 3 Pope Benedict XVI wears many Being the pope is serious business. 4 As shepherd of the universal Church, Pope Benedict XVI’s 5 primary responsibility is

to preserve unity and proclaim Reuters CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito,

the Gospel as handed down KNA, Reuters Vahlkampf, CNS photo/Guenter through the centuries from the 6 time that Jesus appointed Peter and his successors to lead the Church. That is a challenging 7 vocation, to say the least. Those who know the pope well speak of him as a 8 holy, gentle, humble and compassionate man who embraces the Church’s 9 mission of spreading the Gospel and saving souls. But that doesn’t keep the Holy Father from lightening 10 the mood at the Vatican and abroad by occasionally Above, Pope Benedict XVI, wearing a miter, donning new headwear. waves as he celebrates Mass during his 11 In the accompanying pastoral visit to Sulmona, Italy, on July 4. photo essay, the pope has been spotted “wearing many Right, Pope Benedict XVI smiles as he wears a hats” during the five years of hat presented to him as a gift in Altotting, 12 his papacy. † Germany, on Sept. 11, 2006.

13 via Reuters 14 /L’Osservatore Romano /L’Osservatore

15 CNS photo 16 via Reuters CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters

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Pope Benedict XVI, wearing a red hat, leaves St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican following his weekly general audience on June 13, 2007.

Pope Benedict XVI wears a Spanish Guardia Civil cap, donated by an unidentified Spanish official, after his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Oct. 25, 2006. The Guardia Civil is a police force. CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano CNS photo/L’Osservatore

/L’Osservatore Romano /L’Osservatore CNS photo

Pope Benedict XVI tries on a cap from Italy’s Pope Benedict XVI, wearing a white baseball-style cap, walks in Pope Benedict XVI tries on a fire given to him as a gift by Italian firefighters Alpine regiment during his weekly general the gardens of the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo, south of at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on June 15, 2005. audience at the Vatican on June 7, 2006. Rome, Italy, on July 25. 1 Page 10 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 2 ‘Hand of God’ leads to career change for Bishop Chatard technology director

3 By John Shaughnessy It’s the place where he starred on the 1983 and 1984 football teams that won When Todd Finnell prays, he also asks state championships. It’s the school where 4 God to lead him in the right direction for he served as an assistant coach for the his life. 1997 and 1998 football teams that also Photo by John Shaughnessy Photo by So when certain events began became state champions. unfolding last year, Finnell believed that That experience in coaching paved the 5 God was telling him it was time to pursue way for the change he finally made. the change that the longtime employee of “I spent the last 12 to 13 years Eli Lilly & Co. in Indianapolis had been coaching high school or adult amateur 6 considering for several years. or grade school football,” says Finnell, “I’d been at Lilly for 20 years,” recalls 43. “While I absolutely love the game, I Finnell, a member of St. Monica Parish in enjoy working with young people and Indianapolis. “A year ago, they seeing them grow and mature. About 7 announced they would be doing a three to five years ago, I started thinking corporate restructuring and that entailed about the possibility of education as my 5,500 positions they are looking to next career.” 8 eliminate worldwide. When Lilly offered For two years, he served on a volunteer buyout package, I looked at Bishop Chatard’s Board of Regents. this and said, ‘There’s no way God isn’t He is also a board member for the 9 painting a picture for me.’ It just made so Catholic Youth Organization. Returning to the place where he excelled as a student-athlete and an assistant coach, Todd Finnell much sense to me. It had to be the hand “Things related to kids interest said he followed God’s call when he became the director of technology at Bishop Chatard High School of God.” me,” says Finnell, who is the father in Indianapolis. So Finnell—then a director of of two daughters, Alexis, 14, and 10 information technology at Lilly—left the Brooke, 12. “Both those experiences directly targeted to the support and married to his wife, Deandra, for company and accepted the position of led to leadership development for me development of young people. 16 years. “For me, it’s a combination of director of institutional and instructional and the thought of what I can do to give “It’s been a walk with God, with him what’s fulfilling and what God is asking 11 technology at Bishop Chatard High back to young people.” telling me, ‘I want you to explore this me to do. I feel strongly [that] he’s School in Indianapolis. He sees his new position as being path,’ ” notes Finnell, who has been calling me to do this right now.” †

12 already embraced. School leader trades mile-high view for “I went to the first pep rally of the year, EDUCATION and everything was fresh and new,” she up-close look at faith-based education continued from page 1 13 recalls. “I’m looking at the kids—the By John Shaughnessy than one. in for 17 years. I thought I could football players running in, the cheerleaders An Indianapolis native, Heidt returned actually work for the Catholic schools cheering and the band playing. I was caught The intriguing phone call that changed to the city where his parents, his sister, his now and do a lot for them and me.” up in the moment—the newness of high everything for Joseph Heidt came when he cousins and many friends live. He also 14 The change means she can spend more school without the anxiety of high school. was in the midst of a successful five-year returned to education and the kind of time with her husband, Eric, and their Everything was hopeful—the new school run as a commercial real estate broker urban, multicultural high school where he two daughters, Julia, 8, and Becca, 6. The year, the new football season, a new start in Denver. served before switching to the commercial 15 new job also means she gets to promote a for me. The caller told Heidt that real estate business. school and its students that she has “Then we had the first all-school Mass. I Providence Cristo Rey High School, a From 2000 to 2005, Heidt was a faculty sat behind the students and was impressed private Catholic school in Indianapolis, was member at Archbishop Riordan High by how reverent they were. I love going to a searching for a new president—someone School in San Francisco, where he taught, 16 student-run Mass. You get hopeful about the with a background in education and coached and served as the co-dean of

Submitted photo contributions they can make.” business, someone students. Many of his students there The change also means she no longer has who could connect came from backgrounds similar to the backstage access to such music stars as with students from 81 students enrolled at Providence Taylor Swift, the young singing sensation low-income families Cristo Rey High School. who posed for a picture with Murphy’s and develop He hopes to increase the number of two daughters, thus earning Murphy the relationships with students, the school’s supporters and the status as “the coolest mom in the world” for business executives. corporate-study partnerships. at least one night. But sharing extra time The more the “It’s an ideal job. It’s also very with her children and Cardinal Ritter caller talked, the challenging,” he says. “A short work day students is a better tradeoff. more Heidt was here is from seven in the morning to six in “The more famous people you meet, intrigued by the the evening. In terms of what we can the more you like your friends,” she says Joseph Heidt school’s achieve, it’s wonderful. To meet the with a laugh. “I’d rather spend an hour faith-based, students and see how they benefit from this with 10 Ritter students than 10 famous work-study approach to high school school is fantastic. Our approach allows people. I think Cardinal Ritter High education. Students attend school four days them to make the connection between School gets overlooked a lot, and it a week for extended classes. They also work education and their career goal path.” shouldn’t be. It’s a great school a fifth day in a business setting, earning The benefits of a faith-based education academically, spiritually, athletically money that helps pay for their education. also are apparent to Heidt. and culturally. It’s the most culturally “I was having a good career when the call “We offer our children the opportunity diverse Catholic high school in the state. came,” Heidt says. “But what sold me was to create their own personal relationship Singing and songwriting sensation Taylor Swift It’s the way of the world. the mission of the school.” with God,” he says. “The values of poses for a backstage photo with Becca, left, and “I have the feeling that the world is So the 38-year-old Heidt and his wife of Catholicism and Christianity are imbedded Julia, the daughters of Vicki Murphy, a former OK if these kids will be in charge of it four years, Stacey, packed up their in our academics and our community Indianapolis radio personality, who now serves later. I’m trying to let people know that belongings and their newborn baby, Nola, so service. We want them to know they can as the communications coordinator at this school is special, and the kids he could start in the new position in July. It make a difference.” Cardinal Ritter Jr./Sr. High School in Indianapolis. are special.” † was a homecoming for Heidt in more ways Heidt wants to do the same. †

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3 By Brigid Curtis Ayer engage students from all backgrounds. “Children must be given a reasonable After 30 years as a science teacher, chance at success. 4 Kim Elpers continues to search for It’s the job of the innovative ways to reach her students. teacher to provide an She will have another opportunity to environment for that expand her knowledge when Eric Jensen to happen,” said 5 serves as a keynote speaker at Silver, who has Indiana’s Non- worked for 40 years Public Education in education and 6 Conference [INPEC] holds a doctorate in on Oct. 28-29 in education. Indianapolis. “In addition to the in common.” several reasons, according to Jon Mielke, Jensen will John Elcesser wonderful keynoters Williams said that the most important the superintendent of Lutheran Schools in 7 discuss seven this year, there are aspect of the conference is the feeling that Indiana and the northernmost part of discoveries from many experts from she is part of a larger community of Kentucky. brain research that our own schools educators. Teachers get a chance to grow “First, they provide a tremendous 8 could revolutionize from around the professionally, share ideas and have an opportunity for professional development education. state who will give enjoyable time, she noted. for a large number of teachers,” said Eric Jensen “Everything we presentations in the Officials from the Indiana Department Mielke, who has been an educator and 9 do involves the various sectional of Education will present a workshop on administrator for more than 25 years. brain,” says Jensen of the Jensen Learning break-out sessions,” how to comply with new state initiatives “Secondly, there is a tremendous Corporation. “That includes instruction, said Kathy Mears, for administrators, how to meet state opportunity for collegiality and curriculum, environment and food. Every program chair for requirements for the new core lesson networking. And thirdly, the collective 10 time something does not work at a school the conference and plans and the Indiana growth model. efficacy and capacity for teachers to come or in a classroom, there’s a mismatch or the assistant Department of Education officials will together to pick and choose the sectionals conflict with, one, what we are doing, and Debbie Silver superintendent of also explain how to use their new that are of interest to them to improve 11 two, how the brain really works.” curriculum and Learning Connection, which is the their teaching practice is awesome.” Such thought-provoking research is learning resources Facebook of education, an electronic, one of the reasons that Elpers is looking for the archdiocese’s Internet-based learning tool for teachers. (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a correspondent for forward to the conference, which is being Office of Catholic INPEA conferences are important for The Criterion.) † 12 organized by the Indiana Non-Public Education. Education Association [INPEA]. The conference “INPEC is very important to me as a will offer Want to get more information 13 teacher,” said Elpers, who teaches 150 educational kindergarten through fifth grade at sessions covering SS. Peter and Paul School in topics such as or register for the conference? Haubstadt, Ind., in the Diocese of multiple intelligence For more information on the from schools throughout the state, 14 Evansville. “It is a celebration of our Kathy Mears and effective Indiana Non-Public Education and a representative from each of the unique mission as non-public educators. instruction, school Conference, call 317-713-1560 or e-mail following non-public school We have the opportunity to network with fundraising and marketing, faith in learning, [email protected]. To jurisdictions: Association of Christian 15 other teachers in a similar situation and cultural diversity and emerging technology. register online, log on to www.inpea.org, Schools International, Christian gain professional growth.” There will also be 100 educational click on “conferences,” click on Schools International, Indiana “Unity and Diversity: A Design for exhibitors at the conference. “INPEC” then click “Register Here.” Association of Independent Schools, Success” is this year’s conference theme. “ ‘Unity and Diversity,’ the The Indiana Non-Public Education Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, 16 Organizers say the gathering will not 2010 conference theme, reflects Association (INPEA), established in Fort Wayne Area Lutheran Schools, disappoint the 3,000 educators that are what INPEA is really about,” said 1974, is committed to the quality and Seventh Day Adventists, Archdiocese expected to attend the conference. Marie Williams, the superintendent of viability of non-public school education of Indianapolis, Diocese of “Each year, thousands of non-public education for the Lafayette Diocese and in Indiana. The association serves its Evansville, Diocese of Fort Wayne- school educators head back to classrooms conference steering committee co-chair. membership through advocacy, South Bend, Diocese of Gary, and to deliver the best educational opportunities “One of the things [that] we appreciate consultation and professional Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana. available to meet today’s challenging about INPEA is our diversity,” Williams development. The organization The INPEA Web page can be demands,” said John Elcesser, said. “The majority of the members are represents non-public schools in Indiana, found at www.inpea.org. INPEA executive director. “Part of faith-based, but many different faith including more than 415 schools, As a state affiliate of the Council our role at INPEA is to equip our members traditions are represented—from Jewish to 96,000 students and 6,900 teachers, for American Private Education, to be cutting edge, innovative and Catholic to Lutheran to non-denominational pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. INPEA is an advocate regarding both technically savvy.” to non-public schools without a faith The governing body of INPEA is state and federal education issues Debbie Silver, the second keynote tradition. While we are different, at the composed of six at-large representatives affecting non-public education. † speaker, will discuss how teachers can same time we have important things Alaska’s Catholics played key role 127th Anniversary Air C onditione r, H eat P ump & Furnace Sale! in passage of parental notice law

TH ANNI ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNS)—Alaskans Archbishop Schwietz, Bishop Edward J. Burns 127 VER SARY SALE! passed a ballot initiative on Aug. 24 that of Juneau and Bishop Donald J. Kettler of NO HASSLE AVAILABLE 1/2 Price Sav CING edit e requires abortionists to notify a parent before Fairbanks—rallied Alaska’s Catholics to support FINAN roved cr $45 with app Service Call performing an abortion on a minor girl the parental notice initiative. Air Conditioner, Heat Pump or Furnace Expires 9/18/10 in Alaska. From Anchorage, Archbishop Schwietz Must present at time of purchase. Cannot be combined with any other offer or discount. Mon-Fri 8-4 p.m. only. Passage of Proposition 2 was a long-sought sent letters to the diocese’s 32 parishes and and welcome victory, particularly for parents published statements in the Catholic Anchor SERVICE & REPLACEMENT SPECIALISTS and Catholics around Alaska—many of whom encouraging his flock to sign a statewide petition had collected petition signatures, waved signs required for the ballot proposition, collect other www.callthiele.com on street corners and prayed hard to ensure signatures and otherwise “actively support” the the protection of parental rights. parental notice initiative. 317-639-1111 “I was happy to see that common sense He prompted priests to address the issue from prevailed,” Anchorage Archbishop Roger L. the pulpit and post notices in parish bulletins. Schwietz told the Catholic Anchor, the Parishioners were urged to collect petition Our staff has over 100 years archdiocesan newspaper, after the vote. signatures on church property and in their of Catholic education! “Parents, no matter where they are on the neighborhoods. abortion issue, understood—to parent is to be Alaska’s Catholics helped collect more TH AN TH ANNI TH ANNI a parent. You have responsibility for your than 47,000 signatures for the petition, 127 NIVE 127 VER 127 VER RSARY SALE! SARY SALE! SARY SALE! children and therefore you should be able to which was submitted to the state in January. know what they’re doing, and not have other Jim Minnery of Alaskans for Parental Rights, Save Save $30 up t up t 95 Saving people take away the right to know.” the local group that spearheaded the effort, $6 o FREE $480 o FREE 00 $59 s In fact, keeping parents in the dark about lauded Archbishop Schwietz for his “decisive minors’ abortions, he added, amounts to leadership” in rallying support and the “dozens of 10 Year Warranty Labor Air Conditioner, “stabbing at the heart” of family life. parishes” that participated in signature gathering. Heat Pump or In marriage, Archbishop Schwietz said, Once the state certified the petition, a On the Purchase of a new Air Conditioner, On the Installation of a new Air Conditioner, “God has brought man and woman together to ballot question was prepared for the August Heat Pump or 90% Gas Furnace Heat Pump or High Efficiency Furnace Furnace Tune-Up! bring forth children out of their love for primary election. And the Knights of Columbus CALL THIELE TODAY! CALL THIELE TODAY! CALL THIELE TODAY! one another and then to care for those sprang into action. Councils from around the children, to prepare them for life. If their state, along with the national Catholic men’s 639-1111 639-1111 639-1111 ability to do so is taken away from them, then group, raised more than $80,000 for radio and the state is usurping, it seems to me, the right television advertisements in support of Expires 9/18/10 Expires 9/18/10 Expires 9/18/10 TCM-Laf TCM-Laf TCM-Laf of parents and the power of God himself.” Proposition 2. Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. Cannot be combined with any other Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. Cannot be combined with any other offer! Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. Cannot be combined with any other offer! offer! Mon-Fri 8-4 p.m. only. For a year leading up to the vote, the and other pro-abortion groups poured more than three Catholic bishops of Alaska— $800,000 into opposition ads. † 1 Page 12 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 2 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith, Hope and Charity/ 3 Jesus’ parables: Advice for dinner guests David Siler (Fourteenth in a series of columns) sinners was accurate. One of those times take a higher position. Then, he said, they Heroes around was after he called Matthew, a tax collector, would enjoy the esteem of their 4 Jesus apparently never refused a dinner to follow him. companions at the table. the world invitation. He told many of his parables Matthew’s Gospel (Mt 9:10) says, Jesus wasn’t just giving advice about We often hear one definition of a hero during dinners to which “While he was at table in his house, many table etiquette. He was making a point as someone who runs into a burning he was invited. tax collectors and sinners came and sat with about humility: “For everyone who exalts building to save 5 Evidently, he was Jesus and his disciples” (see also Mk 2:15). himself will be humbled, but the one who victims. If that is so, criticized for this Jesus explained that he had come not to call humbles himself will be exalted” then we know there because he said, “The the righteous but sinners. (Lk 14:11). That is a lesson for us. are tens of thousands 6 Son of Man came I don’t know if many, or any, of my Jesus was not the first to give this of heroes working in eating and drinking and readers are tax collectors, but I know that advice. The Book of Proverbs states: at least 100 countries you said, ‘Look, he is a you—we—are all sinners. That qualifies us “Claim no honor in the king’s presence, nor around the world glutton and a drunkard, to invite Jesus to our meals to bless us and occupy the place of great men; for it is every day in the name 7 a friend of tax the gifts which we are about to receive from better that you be told, ‘Come up closer!’ of the Catholic collectors and sinners’ ” (Lk 7:34 and God’s bounty. than that you be humbled before the Church. Mt 11:19). One of the pieces of advice that Jesus prince” (Prv 25:6-7). The countless 8 Jesus certainly was not a glutton or a gave (not really a parable) occurred while However, Jesus wasn’t finished. He then staff and volunteers working for drunkard. He made that statement, surely a he was dining at the home of one of the turned to his host and told him that, when Catholic Relief Services (CRS) not only bit of hyperbole, when he was comparing leading Pharisees (Lk 14:7-14). He planning a dinner, he shouldn’t invite run into burning buildings, they run into 9 himself to John the Baptist, who ate little observed that the guests were choosing the friends, relatives and wealthy neighbors, but hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis food and drank no wine. It was after John’s places of honor at the table. He advised he should invite the poor, the crippled and and every other natural or human-made arrest and Jesus was explaining that John them not to do so in case a more distin- the lame. Jesus said that he would be repaid disaster—all in the name of the was the precursor of the Messiah spoken guished guest had been invited, and the host at the time of the resurrection of the Catholic Church of the United States, and 10 about by the prophet Malachi. would ask them to make room for him. righteous. in the name of Jesus Christ, to live out However, the criticism that Jesus was a Rather, he said, they should take the Do any of us do that? Perhaps we could value that we place on the sacredness of friend of, and ate with, tax collectors and lowest place so the host could tell them to at least help provide a meal for them. † life. 11 No doubt you have read about or seen It’s All Good /Patti Lamb pictures of the immense devastation in Pakistan, the seventh most populated country in the world, brought about by 12 Remember that God is the ultimate security blanket recent floods. At least 15 million men, I am a professional worrier. I am quite to surrender and deem me unlovable. depth, nor any other creature, shall be able women and children—10 percent of their accomplished. “Then I’d love you anyway,” he said. to separate us from the love of God, which population—have been impacted by the 13 Unfortunately, I’ve passed this on to my I was touched by his compassion. It was is in Christ the Lord” (Rom 8:38-39). floods, with 1,500 people already son, Henry, who is only 5. He still sleeps as if God was speaking through him to At my son’s age, a tattered blanket gives confirmed dead and hundreds of thousands with a security blanket. reassure me. him security. But at some point, he will left homeless. CRS workers braved the (This is just between When you’re not afraid of the worst that mature and realize that security comes from treacherous flood waters to reach the 14 us, by the way. He is a can happen, then it doesn’t have power over elsewhere: It comes from God. survivors with food, water purification kits big kindergartner now, you anymore. I had a very special note that I carried in and other basic supplies. And they will be and this would not be So, when anxiety my pocket over the there in the weeks, months and years to 15 good public relations comes, as it often does, I years. To make a long come. for him.) ask myself, “What am I story short, I laundered Of course, we are well aware of the But one night weeks clinging to?” If I answer So, when anxiety it. I used to cling to that earthquake in Haiti in January. It was CRS ago, we couldn’t find something besides God, comes, as it often does, note when I was that already had 500 staff members in the 16 that security blanket. It then I’ve got to particularly unsettled. It country before the quake hit, and were was nowhere to be re-evaluate. Everything I ask myself, ‘What am brought a feeling of among the first to react with aid to found. After searching franticly, he looked else is just stuff. Filler. I clinging to?’ If I connection to someone survivors. These staff members, and many at me tearfully and said, “What will I do?” Here is a pearl of that I love dearly. It was more since the earthquake, are still there He quickly followed that up with, “What wisdom that I’m answer something my magic touchstone. It building homes as well as providing food, if [this] and what if [that]?” He rattled off a learning: If we accept the besides God, then I’ve dawned on me that it clothing and medical care. hundred little fears swirling around in his worst that can happen, got to re-evaluate. was like my grown-up Although CRS operates in some head. I felt my heart sink. and know that, despite security blanket. in more than one half of the countries in That little worry wart is a chip off the what we face, nothing Everything else is just But now when my the world, they do so on behalf of the old block. I am often overwhelmed by the can separate us from the stuff. Filler. heart is pounding, my Catholic Church in the United States. “what if’s” of life. My mind gets spinning, love of God, then we can palms are sweating and Back in 1943, our U.S. bishops had the and I concoct some unwelcome scenarios. be at peace as much as that note in my pocket is wisdom and vision to establish this My husband gave me a good way to possible in this world. long gone with the rinse amazing international relief agency to approach those pesky worries. “What’s the So if you lose your loved one, your cycle, I remind myself that God is the work on our behalf wherever help is worst that can happen?” he asked. health, your house or your job, all is not ultimate security blanket, and I’ll never lose needed. Whether we donate money, pray I answered him. lost. Futures can seem daunting, especially him. for victims or volunteer, we participate in “Then what?” he inquired. when we think that we face them alone. But Rather than a blanket or a note, we must these acts of love and charity which give I described to him, in great detail, how we are never alone. We’ve got God. depend on God, who loves us no matter hope in some of the most desperately my world could unravel. The words of St. Paul are like what. hopeless areas and situations in the world. He continued asking “Then what?” until medication to me: “For I am persuaded that The vision that the U.S. bishops had I arrived at my worst-case scenario in neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna 67 years ago—and still have today—is not “what if’s.” I announced it out loud to him, principalities, nor powers, nor things Parish in Plainfield, is a regular columnist so different than the vision that astronauts waiting for him to throw his hands up, as if present, nor things to come, nor height, nor for The Criterion.) † often have when they view the world from outer space. They don’t see borders or Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister fences or colors or different languages. They see one world inhabited by one family, populated by one Father. Challenged by a friend: Never too old to learn On Sept. 9, I will have the privilege of Recently, I read a fellow Catholic password to enter church because— However, she loves the 10 beads for traveling with CRS and 12 other Catholics writer’s article that shared her thoughts knowing me—I would probably fumble each Hail Mary per decade and says: from around the country to Ethiopia and about devotions and prayer practices. the password and set off the alarm. I have “Perhaps not coincidentally, we have Tanzania on the continent of Africa. We Roxane Salonen done that in my own home! five fingers on each hand and 10 fingers will be visiting the sites of a variety of ([email protected]) was • Blessing children—Roxane began this altogether, giving us no excuse not to pray CRS projects—including agriculture challenged by two bloggers to do this. practice when her two oldest children the rosary wherever life finds us, whether assistance, micro-financing, water and What she shared was perhaps less were young. She believes this is the most with beads in hand or not.” sanitation, AIDS relief and hunger about devotions and powerful tool she has used to stay Like her, I do the same thing. I also assistance—to witness firsthand the love prayer practices, but connected spiritually with them. have rosaries and religious icons in our and compassion shared by the family more about what she Whether done before bedtime or when home, which remind me to pray often. of God. tries to employ on a parting for the day, the children take • Spiritual direction—Monthly, Roxane I invite your prayers for our journey, regular basis to keep solace in this. Sometimes it is a simple meets with her spiritual director, and if you have prayers or well-wishes that her soul maintained. sign of the cross. something that she began doing routinely you would like to send with me to take to Here are some of her How I wish I had thought of this when for about a year. She says: “It’s been your representatives in Africa, please send comments as well as my daughters were young! one of the best commitments of my faith me an e-mail or drop me a note at the mine: • Food for thought—Roxane reads life so far. Having someone routinely help Archbishop O’Meara Catholic Center. • Adoration—At books on spiritual and religious topics as a me complete a spiritual check, someone I plan to be available to give a first, Roxane felt way to be sustained spiritually, and to whom I can throw spiritual questions presentation about our trip upon my return, strange going to a chapel to sit with the because she hosts a program for Catholic and know I will be getting solid answers, and would welcome an invitation from Blessed Sacrament, but knew how much radio. has been such a helpful part of my your church, school or other group. Catholics believe in transubstatiation: the I also am an avid reader, often sharing journey.” To learn about Catholic Relief Services, host is truly Jesus, body and blood and what I read in “Faithful Lines.” How grateful I am to Roxane for what log on to www.crs.org. soul and divinity! She never regrets taking • Hail Marys—Roxane admits that she she shared! time to do this. doesn’t always have time to complete the (David Siler is executive director of the I feel remiss because I don’t do what I ancient prayers of the rosary. I remember (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of archdiocesan Secretariat for Catholic once did so regularly years ago. My well how difficult that was for me when Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is Charities and Family Ministries. E-mail reason is trite. I don’t want to use a my daughters were young. a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † him at [email protected].) † 1 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 Page 13 2 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion 3 The Sunday Readings Daily Readings 4 Monday, Sept. 6 Friday, Sept. 10 Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22b-27 Psalm 5:5-7, 12 Psalm 84:3-6, 12 • Wisdom 9:13-18 under Roman law. Paul calls upon Luke 6:6-11 Luke 6:39-42 5 • Philemon 9-10 Philemon to receive the returning slave as a • Luke 14:25-33 brother. To regard a slave as a brother was an unbelievable reversal of what prevailed Tuesday, Sept. 7 Saturday, Sept. 11 6 in the culture at that time. 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 The Book of Wisdom provides the St. Luke’s Gospel offers the last reading. Psalm 149:1b-6a, 9b Psalm 116:12-13, 17-18 first reading for this weekend. The Catholic Church teaches that any Luke 6:12-19 Luke 6:43-49 As indicated by its reading of any of the four Gospels must 7 name, this book is part consider the text from three standpoints. of the Wisdom The first is the event in the life of Jesus. Wednesday, Sept. 8 Sunday, Sept. 12 Literature of the The second is what was happening in the The Nativity of the Twenty-fourth Sunday in 8 Old Testament. The world, and in the Christian community, Blessed Virgin Mary Ordinary Time development of this when the particular Gospel was written. Micah 5:1-4a Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 literature is interesting. Remember that the Gospels were likely or Romans 8:28-30 Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19 9 Pious Jews felt the written one or two generations after Jesus. need to show that their No biblical day-by-day news report exists Psalm 13:6a-c 1 Timothy 1:12-17 belief in the One God of occurrences in the Lord’s life. The third Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23 Luke 15:1-32 of Israel was is to consider the Evangelist’s own vision or Matthew 1:18-23 or Luke 15:1-10 10 thoroughly consistent with sound human of the Lord. reason, or wisdom, as Jews moved away Luke wrote for Christians already Thursday, Sept. 9 from the Holy Land and pagan cultures scorned by most of the people in Roman Peter Claver, priest 11 dominated the people. society. The signs of the future were not This book builds upon the legendary bright. Persecution was a real possibility. 1 Corinthians 8:1b-7, 11-13 wisdom of Solomon, Israel’s great king. Surely, families ended up divided when Psalm 139:1b-3, 13-14b, 23-24 However, it was written long after some members embraced Christianity. Luke 6:27-38 12 Solomon’s lifetime, and composed about The Gospel thus recalls that the Lord 500 or 600 years before Jesus, probably in warned followers that one day even their Alexandria, and written in Greek. loved ones would turn against them. Every 13 As its origins were outside the Christian must walk toward a personal Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen Holy Land and not written in the Hebrew Calvary, facing the pains and reversals of language, some ancient Jewish scholars human life with strength and faith. excluded it from some lists of the As events occurred and times changed, Aspects of ‘churching of women’ 14 Hebrew Scriptures defined approximately Christians learned that discipleship had 40 years after Jesus. great costs for them. Following Jesus could The oldest Protestant translation in be no casual decision. It soon became are incorporated into baptism 15 English of the Bible adopted this exclusion. literally a matter of life and death. What has happened to the matter. The Catholic Church has accepted Q“churching of women” ceremony? Each Gospel in its own way tells the Wisdom as inspired Scripture and included Reflection Years ago in my story of the Good News—the Gospel—of this book in Catholic Bibles. Intelligent human decisions always are parish, it was given the Father’s love for us as revealed in 16 The reading for this week heavily rests based upon priorities and options to often during the year, Jesus Christ. upon the Greek philosophical notion that determine how best to achieve a purpose. but no parish that I As far as we can tell, all choices of matter and spirit, body and soul, comprise The difficulty in this process is that know of does it now. what to include or exclude in the Gospels humanity. In addition to differentiating human reasoning, although splendid and Is it still given were made on that basis. Writers were not between body and soul, this reading firmly vastly forthcoming in its inventiveness, anywhere? (Illinois) interested in providing details simply to establishes the fact that God is supreme to ultimately is flawed. satisfy our curiosity. all earthly beings and things. Original sin impaired us all. We cannot Part of your Assuming that Mary’s parents This weekend’s second reading is from see everything clearly. We are fearful for Aanswer lies in the were living and available, she probably St. Paul’s Letter to Philemon, the shortest ourselves, and our insecurity can lead us history of the spoke with them and sought their advice book in the New Testament. into trouble. ceremony. The churching of women, or as any other young wife would. But that Indeed, it is not even divided into These readings remind us that God has Blessing after Childbirth, apparently was not relevant to the message in the chapters. not deserted us to our inadequacies. He entered Christian practice as a carryover Scripture passage. Most scholars regard Philemon as Paul’s gave us the wisdom of Solomon. Most of from the Jewish ceremony of purification. Her relationship with Elizabeth and the work, written to a person, Philemon, and all, God gave us Jesus. Under Jewish law, a number of actions words concerning her visit with her not to a community, as in the case of God’s way, more often than not, will incurred a certain spiritual contamination cousin in the Gospel of Luke help express First and Second Corinthians or the lead us contrary to human instinct. We will or uncleanness. Among these were many the relationship between Jesus and Letter to the Ephesians. have to make difficult decisions. Some of actions involving sexual functions, legal John the Baptist, who would later play a Paul’s letter had a very practical purpose our decisions will be hurtful—even to the or illegal. major role in bringing Jesus to the and was intended to intercede for point of being a walk to Calvary. However, A woman was unclean after childbirth, attention of the people of Judea. Onesimus, Philemon’s slave, who had run it is the only way to the Resurrection, to for example, for seven days if the child So we know nothing much for certain away. This was a very serious offense true joy and to everlasting life. † was a boy and 14 days if the child was a about the maternal grandparents of Jesus. girl. (See Leviticus 12.) Their names, St. Joachim and St. Anne, This uncleanness was formally come from an early apocryphal My Journey to God removed by an appropriate rite of “Gospel of James.” Their feast day on purification. The purification of Mary July 26 has been celebrated universally in after the birth of Jesus is currently the Western or Church only in the celebrated by the Church as a part of the past few hundred years. Mary and Martha and ‘Many Things’ Feast of the Presentation on Feb. 2. What are those “many things” In its Christian form, the ceremony (A free brochure on ecumenism, including We worry and burden ourselves about? took on more the theme of thanksgiving questions on intercommunion and other We discovered Martha’s— to God for the safe birth of the child, and ways of sharing worship, is available by I wonder, petition for God’s blessings on the mother sending a stamped, self-addressed What are yours? and child. envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 3315, I have them too. One reason that the blessing after Peoria, IL 61612. Questions may be sent to We all do. childbirth is not more widespread among Father Dietzen at the same address or by The “many things” Christians is that many of its features, e-mail to [email protected].) † That steer us off prayers and blessings are already implied Our chosen path, or included in the rite of baptism. That can swallow us up The rite of baptism, revised after the Readers may submit prose Whole, in fact. Second Vatican Council, contains Mary, too, had “many things” numerous references to the parents and to or poetry for faith column She had to have. what is in their hearts and prayers The Criterion invites readers to But she knew how to choose concerning this new child. submit original prose or poetry relating When “to do” and when “to be,” to faith or experiences of prayer for And revealed to us the greatest lesson I have been devoted to the possible publication in the “My That the better part is chosen QBlessed Virgin Mary, and I question Journey to God” column. Sitting at Someone’s Feet. why her mother and father are almost Seasonal reflections also are never mentioned in the Bible. appreciated. Please include name,

By Cathy Lamperski Dearing Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann She confides in her cousin, Elizabeth, address, parish and telephone number but not her own parents. Did I miss with submissions. (Cathy Lamperski Dearing is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis. She something in the New Testament? (Illinois) Send material for consideration to wrote this poem after reflecting on Luke 10:38-42. This artistic rendering of the road “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, to Calvary painted with fingerprints was created by students at St. Susanna School in No, you didn’t miss anything. The P.O. Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206 Plainfield. It is displayed in a school hallway.) AGospels don’t pretend to give us a or e-mail to [email protected]. † life of Mary or of Jesus himself, for that 1 Page 14 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010

2 MASTERSON, William Grover, 86, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, Aug. 20. Husband of Josephine 3 (Kosmerl) Masterson. Father of Rest in peace Mary Alice Cataldo and Jean Masterson. Grandfather of three.

Please submit in writing to our Aug. 11. Husband of Zelda NEUHAUSEL, Sharon, 66, Shemitz CNS photos/Gregory A. 4 office by 10 a.m. Thursday Fanning. Father of Susan Plott Most Holy Name of Jesus, before the week of publication; and James Fanning. Brother of Beech Grove, Aug. 14. Mother of be sure to state date of death. Margaret Alderson and Mary Tony Clark and Harold 5 Obituaries of archdiocesan Bursley. Grandfather of four. Neuhausel. Sister of Gerald and priests serving our archdiocese Great-grandfather of three. Harold Baldwin. Grandmother of are listed elsewhere in GARDNER, Eugenia two. Great-grandmother of three. The Criterion. Order priests Katherine (Latendresse), 91, PHILLABAUM, Louise A., 95, 6 and religious sisters and St. Mark the Evangelist, Annunciation, Brazil, Aug. 11. brothers are included here, Indianapolis, Aug. 24. Mother of Aunt of one. Great-aunt of several. unless they are natives of the Charles and Gene Gardner. Sister QUEISSER, Shaun L., 38, archdiocese or have other of Noella Bosler, Billie Sibbing, 7 connec tions to it; those are St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Aug. 20. Janet Voss and Connie Williams. Son of Leo and Kathleen (Brown) separate obituaries on this Grandmother of seven. Great- Father Ramon Manrique prays in front of a portrait of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta during a special page. Queisser. Brother of Schnette grandmother of 11. Queisser. Mass marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. The AEMMER, Margaret, 85, Mass was held at St. Rita of Cascia Church in the South Bronx section of New York on Aug. 26. 8 GATEWOOD, Patricia, 81, REHS, Joan Sue, 81, St. Luke St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, St. Bartholomew, Columbus, St. Rita Church is located in one of the poorest sections of New York around the corner from the Floyds Knobs, Aug. 20. Mother the Evangelist, Indianapolis, Aug. 21. Wife of Charles Aug. 17. Wife of Ferdinand Peter first convent established in the United States by Mother Teresa. of Janet Davis, Sharon Peay, Gatewood. Mother of Sandra Rehs. Mother of Clara Faley and 9 Sandy Whalen and Fred Nelson, Garry and Richard Members of the Missionaries Peter Rehs. Grandmother of four. Aemmer Jr. Sister of Mary Jean Gatewood. Grandmother of five. of Charity lead a eucharistic Loftus, Alvin, Jerry, Kent, Ray Great-grandmother of three. RILEY, Robert Wyatt, 11, procession through the and Rob Shirley. Grandmother of St. Charles Borromeo, GAULT, Joseph Harris, 89, streets around St. Rita of 10 10. Great-grandmother of eight. Bloomington, Aug. 19. Son of St. Paul Hermitage, Cascia Church in the Robert and Jennifer (Atkinson) ELLIOTT, Richard, 59, Beech Grove, Aug. 16. Husband South Bronx section of Riley. Brother of Erin and Jackson St. Therese of the Infant Jesus of Rose Mary (Toner) Gault. New York on Aug. 26. The Riley. Grandson of Arthur and 11 (Little Flower), Indianapolis, Father of Mary Ruth Hess-Gault, Nancy Atkinson and Ronald and procession, which followed a Aug. 10. Father of Kevin and Mary Anne Von Spreckelsen, Jill Riley. special Mass marking the Peter Elliott. Son of Barbara Greg, Joseph and Steve Gault. 100th anniversary of the Elliott. Brother of Rae Ann, Grandfather of eight. SCHMELZ, Leo E., 83, birth of Blessed Teresa of 12 Renee, Rochelle, Roma, Rhonda, St. Joseph, Corydon, Aug. 10. JASHEWAY, Fred, 73, Calcutta, passed in front of Randall, Raymond, Robert II and Husband of Ruby (Brown) St. Roch, Indianapolis, Aug. 17. Ronald Elliott. the first convent established Husband of Joyce (Loges) Schmelz. Father of Cindy Brunner, Monica Davis, Pamela, in the United States by 13 EMMONS, Laura A. Jasheway. Father of Duane, Paul Mother Teresa, who founded (Kiebach), 54, Holy Spirit, Anthony, Dale, Dennis, Gregory and Phil Jasheway. the Missionaries of Charity. Indianapolis, Aug. 9. Mother of and Terry Schmelz. Brother of KRUER, Kayse Marie, 8, Kasey Kiebach, Chelsea and Benedictine Father Damian St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, 14 Kristen Chapman. Daughter of Schmelz, Ed and Frank Schmelz. Floyds Knobs, Aug. 21. Daughter Tom and Rita Kiebach. Sister of Grandfather of 20. of Anthony and Tammy Kruer Jr. Diverse group honors Blessed Teresa in New York Donna Phelps, Susan Short, Jack Sister of Carlye, Payton and Nick SNYDER, Cleova, 89, 15 and Michael Kiebach. Grand - Kruer. Granddaughter of St. Malachy, Brownsburg, NEW YORK (CNS)—More than Empire State Building has a specific policy mother of two. Anthony and Bonnie Kruer Sr. Aug. 20. Grandmother of two. 1,000 people dressed in blue and white against lighting for religious figures, FANNING, Robert E., 82, and Joe and Mary Lou Great-grandmother of two. filled a cordoned traffic lane across from religious organizations and additional St. Malachy, Brownsburg, Trindeitmar. STALLINGS, Emmanuel the Empire State Building on Aug. 26 to religious holidays.” 16 Lamar, 76, St. Paul, Tell City, protest the decision of the building’s owner Donohue said the prohibition on Aug. 17. Husband of Donna to deny a request to illuminate the upper religious figures was added after his request Stallings. Father of Cheryl floors in honor of the 100th birthday of was made to honor Blessed Teresa. Bennett, Cindy Hutele-Roberts, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Seventeen speakers at the early evening Linda Simpson, Trena Standard The event, organized by the rally competed to describe Mother Teresa and Kevin Stallings. Brother of Martha Adkins, Mary Bayes and Catholic League for Religious and in glowing terms as a global humanitarian Imogene Underhill. Grandfather Civil Rights, included local political, and to criticize the building’s owner, of 16. Great-grandfather of 19. religious and entertainment personalities Anthony Malkin. They included New York who addressed the crowd from a podium state senators, New York City Council Thinking about a will? SUMMITT, Donald C., 73, St. Patrick, Indianapolis, Aug. 9. set on the back of a flatbed truck. members, and representatives of the Hindu, Father of Tina Miller, Judy Since 1976, the top 30 floors of the Jewish and Albanian communities. Request a free Wills Kit from CRS. Nordhoff and Don Summitt. Son Empire State Building have been lit Several speakers exhorted the polite Learn what you need to know of Mary (Roberts) Settecasi. regularly with colored lights to mark crowd to chant, “Shame, shame, shame” before you see an attorney. Brother of Mike Settecasi. national holidays, and recognize events as and “Turn on the lights.” Grandfather of seven. diverse as home team World Series Deal Hudson, director of operations for THOMAS, Walter R., Jr., 89, victories, the death of Pope John Paul II, the website InsideCatholic.com, said 1-888-277-7575 ext. 7262 Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Aug. 12. the 60th anniversary of the Mother Teresa was “dissed” by New York Father of Susan Sekeres, David, People’s Republic of China and the DVD City, which has a black eye because of the $"5)0-*$3&-*&'4&37*$&4 Douglas and Steven Thomas. release of The Simpson’s Movie. failure to light the building in her honor. Giving hope to a world of need. Grandfather of nine. Great-grand - Catholic League president Bill Donohue “This is an issue of basic human father of one. said his application to bathe the tower in gratitude,” he said. “This is the TIRINNANZI, Regina Z., 49, blue and white lights, the colors associated first U.S. city where Mother Teresa came St. Simon the Apostle, with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of 30 years ago and [cared for victims of Indianapolis, Aug. 13. Wife of Charity, was turned down in May without HIV/AIDS), drawing Catholics from all over She might never knowkreventhgimehS your name,emanruoywonk , Peter Joseph Tirinnanzi II. Mother explanation after he was given verbal the region to help and doing it for free, but she’ll know youroywonkll’ehstub giving spirit..tiripsgnivigruo of Jacqueline, Julia and Jill assurances that it would be accepted. without tax dollars.” Tirinnanzi. Sister of Alexandra Donohue said he then launched a New York City police detective For 50 years your charity of spiritpsfoytirahcruoysraey05roF has helped the needy,deenehtdeplehsahtiri yy,, Dominik, Denise Neal, Barbara worldwide campaign to protest the Steven McDonald said Malkin “has not suffering and hungry of IndianapolisIndianapolis.. But we still havehave much and Ken Zimny. “indefensible decision.” broken any laws, but he has broken many more to do..odoterom ToTo schedule pick-upu-kcipeludehcs of working-conditionoitidnoc-gnikrowfopu n VARDIMAN, Supora H., 97, Lighting guidelines on the building’s hearts.” household items go tootogsmetidlohesuoh svdpindy.orgvs ddpp dni ddyy o. rrgg or callllacro 317-687-1006..6001-786-713 Holy Angels, Indianapolis, website say, “The Empire State Building When the Empire State Building’s red, YouYYoo can also makeekamoslanacu a monetary contribution or become a Aug. 11. Mother of Phyllis celebrates many cultures and causes in the white and blue lights came on at dusk, they volunteer online.online. Moore. Grandmother of three. world community with iconic lightings. honored Women’s Equality Day, the Great-grandmother of six. Outside of its tradition of lightings for the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the YOUNGMAN, Esther, 92, religious holidays of Easter, Eid al-Fitr, 19th amendment to the Constitution, which St. Maurice, Napoleon, Aug. 4. Hanukkah and Christmas, the granted universal suffrage. † Aunt of several. † Benedictine Brother Charles DeSutter was a monk of Saint Meinrad Benedictine Brother Alzheimer’s disease. growing and preparing food for the Saint Meinrad Guest House, Charles DeSutter, a monk of Harold Charles DeSutter the monastery. an assistant in the library and Saint Meinrad Archabbey in was born on June 24, 1930, in In 1959, Brother Charles infirmary, and as a sacristan. St. Meinrad, died on Aug. 29 at Ghent, Minn. was sent to help at the new For 10 years, he managed the monastery infirmary. He After graduating from Saint Charles Priory, which is The Scholar Shop, the seminary was 80. Minnesota Public High School, now Prince of Peace Abbey, bookstore. He also spent The Mass of Christian he served in the Army for Saint Meinrad’s daughter house 15 years as a gardener and Burial was celebrated on several years. in Oceanside, Calif. caretaker of various grounds Sept. 1 at the Archabbey He was invested as a When he returned to around the monastery. Church of Our Lady of Benedictine novice at Saint Meinrad two years later, In recent years, Einsiedeln. Burial followed at Saint Meinrad on Feb. 9, 1954. he tended a vegetable garden Brother Charles made He professed his simple vows and served as a cook at the religious icons. svdpindy.orgsvdpindy.org the Archabbey Cemetery. Brother Charles was a on Feb. 10, 1955, and his abbey’s Guest House kitchen. Memorial gifts may be sent SocietySociety ofof St.St. VincentVincent dede PaulPaul jubilarian of profession, and simple perpetual vows in 1959. Brother Charles also served to Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 3001 E. 30th StreetStreet • Indianapolis, IN 46218 a participant in the Rush His first assignments at as the manager of the abbey 100 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad, IN Religious Study on Aging and Saint Meinrad included paint crew, a clerical worker at 47577. † 1 The Criterion Friday, September 3, 2010 Page 15 2 Book examines stories behind secular news reporting on abuse crisis

3 WASHINGTON (CNS)—Journalist They highlight the cases of some of the wrong, it isn’t that they have made up the Greg Erlandson decided to write a book on most notorious U.S. priest-abusers and story out of whole cloth, but they were not the sex abuse crisis because cover the international scope of the scandal. giving the full context,” he said. 4 the secular media kept raising questions They report on the pope’s efforts “to help, “When we’re reading the stories from about Pope Benedict XVI’s handling heal and reconcile with those who have earlier this year, it’s easy to think that of cases in their been hurt” through concrete measures, nothing had changed” in how the Church coverage of a including his private meetings with victims, deals with abuse, he said. The Milwaukee 5 new wave of clergy and spiritual ones, such as prayer and case, involving abuse perpetrated from the sex abuse in penance. ’50s to the ’70s, “was getting front-page dioceses around When a series of reports in treatment and was linked to Benedict,” 6 the world. The New York Times and other media he added. For him, there outlets criticized the pope for alleged The pope was accused of refusing to was a “genuine inaction on sex abuse laicize the Milwaukee curiosity about cases, Vatican authorities priest, but Vatican 7 what’s going on. ... emphasized that it was officials said by the It wasn’t just a the pope who, as ‘It isn’t that the time they became Greg Erlandson bishop in this Cardinal Ratzinger, journalists are all aware of the case, the 8 diocese or a bishop pushed for harsher wrong, it isn’t that priest was elderly and in that diocese, but now it was about the measures against abusers sick. He died before a pope and his credibility,” said Erlandson, and made it easier for the they have made up the Church trial could be 9 president and publisher of Our Sunday Church to defrock them. story out of whole carried out. Visitor Publishing Co. in Huntington, Ind. News reports on cloth, but they were “You lose a sense of “As I dug into it, I felt there was a big Germany’s unfolding perspective and chunk of the story that wasn’t being abuse crisis implied that not giving the full attribute to the current 10 reported and part of it was not getting the the pope, when he was context.’ Church what was in perspective” it deserved, he said. archbishop of Munich, the past,” he continued. standards are in place for accepting Erlandson and Matthew Bunson had allowed an abusing “Just under a third of seminarians. 11 co-wrote Pope Benedict XVI and the priest to be reassigned to —Greg Erlandson all bishops in Dallas “The Church’s zero-tolerance policy is in Sexual Abuse ministry. Then- have retired or moved force in ways not obvious in a lot of other Crisis: Working for Archbishop Ratzinger on—there’s enormous institutions,” he said. Reform and allowed the priest, from a neighboring changeover that has taken place. ... Anger But ongoing efforts by the Catholic 12 Renewal, published diocese, to come to Munich for treatment. directed at the bishops, while completely Church to address clergy sex abuse are by Our Sunday But another Church official reassigned him understandable, is tarnishing the current “getting very little play” in the secular Visitor. without the future pope’s knowledge, bishops who have learned a lot from their media, he said. 13 The authors archdiocesan and Vatican officials mistakes.” “The really grave damage being done review the pope’s confirmed. In Dallas in 2002, the bishops adopted is that in the popular imagination the work as a priest For Erlandson, the tipping point was the “Charter for the Protection of Children Catholic Church is synonymous with and theologian, his media coverage that wrongly tried to link and Young People” and its mandates for an pedophilia; to lazy journalists that’s a 14 years heading the Pope Benedict to the mishandling of the annual audit and survey and also adopted stereotype—the repercussions are far- Matthew Bunson Congregation for case of a Wisconsin priest-abuser who the “Essential Norms” to assure that all reaching and long-range,” Erlandson the Doctrine of the victimized scores of deaf students in his dioceses adhere to the charter. said. He and Bunson have “tried to be fair 15 Faith as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, and the care decades ago. As a result, Erlandson said, 96 percent and complete” about the clergy abuse “pivotal and personal role” he has played He wanted to know the truth about the of all students in Catholic schools have crisis in their book, he said, but defending in the Church’s response to the abuse case, and as he got deeper into the story, he gone through a child safety program, the Church’s progress in addressing the 16 scandal. saw that “it isn’t that the journalists are all Church workers are being vetted and new scandal “is not a popular opinion.” † Cardinal encourages Catholics, Muslims to work together to overcome violence VATICAN CITY (CNS)—As Muslims around religions, especially Christians, have been “spiritually for Interreligious Dialogue and al- the world prepare to celebrate the end of their close” to their Muslim neighbors during Ramadan and have Azhar University in Cairo recommended that Catholics monthlong Ramadan fast, engaged in “friendly meetings which often lead to and Muslims work to promote “mutual forgiveness and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran exchanges of a religious nature.” reconciliation for a peaceful and fruitful coexistence; to encouraged Catholics and Unfortunately, violence among people belonging to recognize what we have in common and to respect Muslims to work together in different religious communities is an urgent concern in difference as a basis for a culture of dialogue; and to overcoming violence among some parts of the world, the cardinal wrote. recognize and respect the dignity and rights of each followers of different religions. Civil and religious authorities, he said, need to help human being without any bias related to ethnicity or Cardinal Tauran, president remedy the root causes of this violence “for the sake of the religious affiliation.” of the Pontifical Council for common good of all society.” He said they also recommended that countries enact Interreligious Dialogue, said it Some problems that contribute to fomenting just laws that guarantee the fundamental equality of all was important that teachers and violence against believers include “the manipulation of people and a philosophy of education in homes, schools, religious leaders work together to religion for political or other ends; discrimination based churches and mosques that promotes respect, dialogue and promote peace and harmony in on ethnicity or religious identity; and divisions and fraternity. Education, including textbooks, has “a decisive Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran their communities. social tensions” as well as ignorance, poverty and impact” on the worldview and formation of younger The message, released on underdevelopment, Cardinal Tauran wrote. generations, the cardinal wrote. Aug. 27 at the Vatican, was issued in 31 different Governments must safeguard and guarantee “the “Thus we will be able to oppose violence among languages. It was addressed to Muslims around the world primacy of the law by ensuring true justice to put a stop to followers of different religions and promote peace and to mark the end of Ramadan on or around Sept. 10. the authors and promoters of violence,” he said. harmony among the various religious communities,” Cardinal Tauran noted that many believers of other The cardinal said that, in February, representatives of the he wrote. †

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3 By Mary Ann Wyand “Sister Mary Ann came to me one day and asked me to build something that would hold the [Divine Mercy] image in Boy Scout Peter Conerty of Indianapolis had a problem, the garden,” Peter said. “The project took a lot of planning. I 4 but with God’s help he was able to transform it into a think I started planning it sometime in December and carried

challenge, an opportunity and a gift. it through for several months because we had to get approval Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann His first five ideas for potential Eagle Scout projects at and buy the wood. I enjoyed doing the carpentry work.” several Catholic schools and parishes in Marion County The St. Francis Center, which is located at 5 didn’t work out for various reasons. 3356 W. 30th St. behind St. Michael Church, houses So Peter and his father, Joe Conerty, sat down to discuss the perpetual adoration chapel as well as two tabernacles the dilemma again late last year. in small convent chapels cared for by Sister Mary Ann 6 The Cardinal Ritter High School junior from and the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Michael the Archangel Parish wanted to do an from India. Eagle Scout project that would benefit the Church in some With Peter’s supervision, 14 Scouts helped him build the way—a service project that he could organize, supervise sturdy wood and plexiglass case to display and protect the 7 and complete with help from members of Boy Scout Divine Mercy image on May 22 then install it in front of the Troop #400 in the Indianapolis West Deanery. St. Francis Center. And he wanted it to be the kind of project that would “Creating a special display for Jesus made me feel good,” 8 make a lasting difference in people’s lives, especially in Peter said as he prepared his presentation for the Scouting their faith lives. board review committee on Aug. 18, which resulted in him “I had some good ideas for projects, but for one reason achieving his Eagle Scout rank at the start of his senior year 9 or another they didn’t work out,” Peter recalled. “I was in high school. getting kind of frustrated about it.” Thanks to Peter’s project, countless people will see the His parents offered encouragement to Peter, who has Divine Mercy image of Jesus when they go into the been active in the Boy Scouts for six years. St. Francis Center or pass it on their way to Cardinal Ritter 10 “Our whole purpose was to do something for the Jr./Sr. High School. Church or the school or something else in the Catholic “His mother, Kathleen, and I are very proud of what he’s community because we are Catholic,” Joe Conerty done,” Joe Conerty said. “We’re proud of the fact that it is 11 explained. “One of the things we talked about is how it something for the Church and the Catholic community in this must follow the tenets of the Boy Scouts—God, country area. I’m hoping that it will inspire more people to want to and self. Scouts have a duty to God, and his project needed inquire about the adoration chapel. We want to invite people New Eagle Scout Peter Conerty of St. Michael the Archangel to show that.” to come and join us. God knows we can use more people as Parish in Indianapolis poses by the wood case that he created 12 What the Scout needed was a little divine inspiration, adorers [of the Blessed Sacrament displayed in the with members of Boy Scout Troop #400 to display and protect which came late last year—not long after the father-son monstrance].” this Divine Mercy image of Jesus in front of the St. Francis discussion about his project—in the form of a request from Sister Mary Ann is especially thrilled that the large Center in Indianapolis. Peter began his senior year at 13 someone that his family knows well. Divine Mercy image of Jesus is prominently displayed in a Cardinal Ritter High School in August. Anchoress Sister Mary Ann Schumann, the caretaker of weather-proof case angled toward the street and the center’s the Divine Mercy Chapel at the St. Francis Center in entrance. “We had to go with the angle that we used because Indianapolis, had received a unique gift from a benefactor, “As you come into the building, you see the image and it there were old tree roots and pipes in the way,” he said. 14 but she had no way to display the large, marble, bas-relief prepares you to spend time with God,” she said. “It reminds “We had to turn it until we found a place where we could Divine Mercy image of Jesus, which features the words you that Jesus is present and his greatest mercy is the dig the post holes.” “Jesus, I trust in you.” Eucharist, his presence with us. I am really proud of Peter As the late May afternoon turned to evening, 15 Sister Mary Ann asked Joe Conerty, a regular adorer at because of his faithfulness. He worked really hard on this Sister Mary Ann said she became concerned because the perpetual adoration chapel adjacent to St. Michael project. The troop has been so good to the parish, the Church, there wasn’t a special light to illuminate Christ’s image at Church and Cardinal Ritter High School, if his son, Peter, the school and to God.” night. was still looking for an Eagle Scout project. The installation of the display case near the center’s front “But when it got dark, a light from the building 16 She needed a way to share the image of Jesus with door was especially challenging, Peter said, because somehow shone right on it,” she said. “It was just amazing. the public, and Peter was happy to help her with the underground roots and pipes limited its placement in the I couldn’t believe it. It was installed at the perfect angle outdoor project at the chapel. flower bed on the left side of the concrete sidewalk. right where Jesus wanted it.” † Religious leaders urge Congress to keep religious hiring rights intact WASHINGTON (CNS)—The general Bishops was the only explicitly Catholic profession of faith when making any The organizations, at the same time, sent counsel of the U.S. bishops was one of organization to have a leader sign the letter. employment decision regarding an a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder more than 100 leaders from varying Most of the other signers came from individual who is or will be assigned to outlining the justification for maintaining religious organizations asking Congress to Christian aid organizations or colleges. carry out any portion of the activity,” the religious preferences in hiring for turn back legislation that would deny The Aug. 25 letter took note of a bill says. faith-based organizations receiving federal religious charities the right to hire only Justice Department opinion that said the The bill was referred to the House grants. people of the same faith if those charities Religious Freedom Restoration Act can Energy and Commerce Committee when it Among the organizations whose officials receive federal grants. “sometimes” provide an exemption to a was introduced on May 28. signed the letters were World Vision, Anthony Picarello added his name to the faith-based recipient of federal grant money, The religious groups’ letter said, “We Sojourners, Focus on the Family, the Aug. 25 letter, sent to each member of the permitting it to consider religion intend to continue working effectively with Salvation Army, the Union of Orthodox House and Senate, asking lawmakers to when hiring. government in a constitutionally sound and Jewish Congregations of America, the reject any legislation that would “dilute the The letter acknowledged that the proven manner, but only if we can stay National Association of Evangelicals, right of faith-based exemption was not a “blanket” exemption, faith-based in mission, which means Evangelicals for Social Action, the social service and that grant recipients cannot discriminate remaining faith-based in those we hire. The American Alliance of Christian Schools, the organizations to stay against the people who could be served by law has upheld this balance for nearly half Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and the faith-based through the grant. a century.” Southern Baptist Convention. † their hiring.” “These groups adhere strictly to the law, The religious forbid the use of public funds to proselytize leaders say the or for any religious activities, and serve all religious hiring people in need, regardless of faith,” the ‘Angels of Grace’ to honor women rights can be letter said. traced to the “We want to continue to serve the poor for outstanding community service Religious Freedom and victims of injustice—those suffering The third annual “Angels of Grace—A work in providing emotional, medical and Anthony Picarello Restoration Act from famine, the homeless, people trapped Celebration of Women” awards luncheon legal support for women who have been of 1993, the in gang-infested communities, chemically on Sept. 25 at the Benedict Inn Retreat and sexually assaulted. 1964 Civil Rights Act, and even to the dependent citizens, victims of malaria, Conference Center in Beech Grove will WTHR Channel 13 anchor and reporter First Amendment of the Constitution. A earthquake victims in Haiti, those widowed honor three women who have made Kris Kirschner of Indianapolis will serve unanimous 1987 Supreme Court decision and orphaned by AIDS, among many distinguished contributions to the as the emcee for the fundraiser, which also upheld the right of religious others,” it added. Central Indiana community. benefits the Benedictine retreat center at organizations to hire people of the same The bill, the SAMHSA Modernization Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Benedict 1402 Southern Ave. in Beech Grove. faith, ruling that the practice does not Act of 2010, was introduced by of Our Lady of Grace Monastery, the Jeanne Weber-Rush, the owner of violate the constitutional principle of Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. SAMSHA luncheon will recognize: Our Secret Ingredient boutiques in separation of Church and state. is an acronym for the Substance Abuse and • Julie Molloy, the director of The Lord’s Indianapolis and Richmond, will “The law has long protected the religious Mental Health Services Administration. Pantry at Anna’s House in Indianapolis, coordinate the annual “On a Wing and a freedom of both the people who receive Tucked into the bill is a provision that with the Angel Raphael Award for her Prayer Fashion Show” following the government-funded services, and the groups would eliminate the exemption granted in companionship to those in need of help and luncheon prepared by Lani Cummings, that provide the services—long before the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, said assistance. the food and catering service director at President [Barack] Obama, and long before Rhett Butler, government liaison for the • Anne Ryder, a broadcast Roncalli High School in Indianapolis. President [George W.] Bush,” said an Association of Gospel Rescue Missions. journalist, columnist and the president Aug. 25 statement from Picarello that “With respect to any activity to be of Ryder Media LLC in Indianapolis, with (Tickets for the “Angels of Grace—A accompanied the release of the letter by funded—in whole or in part—through an the Angel Gabriel Award as a messenger Celebration of Women” awards luncheon World Vision, which also had signatories. award of a grant, cooperative agreement, or who spreads words of hope and cheer. and fashion show are $30 per person by “Stripping away the religious hiring contract under this title or any other • Caroline Fisher, the founder and the Sept. 10 registration deadline. To rights of religious service providers violates statutory authority of the administration, the coordinator of the Center of Hope at purchase tickets, call the Benedict Inn the principle of religious freedom, and administrator, or the director of the center St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis, with Retreat and Conference Center at represents bad practice in the delivery of involved, as the case may be, may not make the Angel Michael Award as a defender of 317-788-7581 or log on to the website at social services,” Picarello said. such an award unless the applicant agrees to the dignity and goodness of others for her www.benedictinn.org.) † The U.S. Conference of Catholic refrain from considering religion or any