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The reach of deacons ministering in central and southern Indiana—which only began on a wide-scale basis four years ago—will soon grow considerably. On June 23, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, apostolic administrator, will ordain 16 new permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. They have participated in the archdiocese’s deacon formation program for the past four years. The ordination will take place at 10 a.m. at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. A limited amount of public seating will be available during the ordination liturgy. Also to be ordained that day to the transitional diaconate will be seminarians The Weberding brothers stand by the 10-foot high, 400-pound carving of the Holy Family that they created in honor of their late parents, William J. and Douglas Marcotte and Martin Rodriguez. Monica Weberding. The brothers—Tim, left, William G., right foreground, and Terry, right background—have continued to operate the Weberding Carving They expect to be ordained to the Shop in Batesville that their father started 70 years ago. priesthood in June 2013. When the candidates for the permanent diaconate start ministering in July after their Religious creations help brothers continue ordination, 48 parishes in central and southern Indiana will have deacons assigned to them—nearly one-third of the to shape parents’ legacy of faith, family faith communities in the archdiocese. They will also minister at a growing By John Shaughnessy of art and each restoration effort tells part the most personal story for the number of hospitals, nursing homes and of the story of the parish or the person Weberdings, longtime members of correctional facilities that have not had a BATESVILLE—When the 10-foot- who requested it. St. Louis Parish in Batesville. regular Catholic ministerial presence in high, 400-pound wood carving of the Like the Catholic owner of a public golf It’s a story that began 90 years ago the past. Holy Family was unveiled before a large course who wanted to create a grotto in when a 6-year-old boy received a special The prospect of being a part of this crowd, the five children of William J. and honor of the Blessed Mother near one of gift as he began his recovery from expansion of diaconal ministry has Monica Weberding watched with a the holes, and a statue depicting Jesus with pneumonia and an appendectomy. impressed deacon candidate Rick Cooper, a mixture of joy, pride and deep emotion. two children near the clubhouse. member of St. Mary Parish in Lanesville in For 70 years, members of the Or the extensive effort involved in Carving a place in the heart the New Albany Deanery. Weberding family have prided re-creating the beautifully ornate partition The year was 1922, and the boy was “It’s exciting, but it’s also a very themselves on the one-of-a-kind religious wall behind the altar of Sacred Heart of William J. “Bill” Weberding. As for the humbling thing,” he said. “We get to be a carvings and creations that their company Jesus Church in Indianapolis after a fire gift, no one expected that it would change minister for the Church. We get to expand has made for many parishes across the gutted the church in 2001. Bill’s life and shape future generations of the Church and what the Church is able to archdiocese and even the country. Still, the huge carving of the the Weberding family, but it did. do. That’s really an important thing because Indeed, the approach of the family Holy Family—the Blessed Mother, Bill’s father gave him the gift—a set there are places that we will go that others business has always been that each work St. Joseph and the baby Jesus—reflects See LEGACY, page 8 haven’t been to before.” See DEACONS, page 5 Hundreds stand up for religious freedom—again ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ is

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Maureen Devlin called it “religious persecution.” Msgr. Joseph Schaedel said it is about the defense of “our very souls.” They were among the estimated 800 people who participated in the second religious freedom rally on the grounds of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on June 8. “I actually took the day off from work it was so important for me to be here today,” said Devlin, a member of Mary, Queen of Peace Parish in Danville. “If we don’t stand up and start letting people know that we will not tolerate what’s going on, our rights will be eroded while we’re asleep at night,” she said. “It’s time for Catholics, especially, to double back, rethink our faith, and rethink why it’s important to live our faith, and how important it is that we have the freedom to do that.” Maureen Devlin, a member of Mary, Queen of Peace Parish in Danville, Right to Life of Indianapolis organized the city’s “Stand up for displays a sign during the religious freedom rally on the grounds of the See FREEDOM, page 2 Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on June 8. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012 FREEDOM continued from page 1

Religious Freedom” rally, which was Sean Gallagher Photos by repeated in nearly 160 cities across the country on the same day. It was the second such gathering held nationwide during the past 11 weeks in response to the mandate of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that nearly all employer health plans must provide free coverage for abortifacients, sterilizations and contraceptives even if they are in conscience opposed to these medicines or procedures. “The reason we have to have a Msgr. Joseph Schaedel, pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, speaks during the second rally is partly because, after our religious freedom rally on the grounds of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on June 8. first rally [in March], the [Obama] administration unfortunately dug in their fight. And since God is on the side of Above, Dr. Hans Geisler, a heels,” said Marc Tuttle, president of human life, we will win. It’s just a matter retired gynecologist- Right to Life of Indianapolis. “The threats of time—God’s time.” oncologist and member of against religious freedom are slowly The fight has moved beyond just St. Luke the Evangelist Parish escalating, and slowly percolating.” defending human life, Msgr. Schaedel in Indianapolis, speaks during Msgr. Schaedel, pastor of St. Luke added. “We have moved into the defense the religious freedom rally on the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, of spiritual life—the core of our souls— June 8. said that while the outcry against the our conscience before God! Our battle HHS mandate had sanctity of life issues at today is about spiritual lives. We are Left, Sharon and Robert its forefront, “it’s about more than human fighting to defend our very souls. Our Teipen, members of St. John life issues. This is about religious freedom, cause today defends the right of every Vianney Parish in Fishers, Ind., the primacy of conscience, ‘life, liberty and human person to religious freedom, to in the Lafayette Diocese, hold the pursuit of happiness.’ ” make decisions according to a signs during the religious Msgr. Schaedel shared how well-formed conscience.” freedom rally on June 8. Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, Fla., Sue Swayze, program director for the lived in Moscow before the Iron Curtain Indiana Family Institute, thanked fell while working for NBC prior to President Barack Obama for bringing Bishop Coyne encourages parishes to becoming a priest. people together at religious freedom While he enjoyed “freedom of rallies across the country. participate in ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ worship”—attending Mass each Sunday “He sure has awakened the pro-life there—there was no “freedom of religion” sleeping giant in this country,” she said, from June 21 through July 4 at the time, Msgr. Schaedel said. “and maybe it took a little persecution for Criterion staff report First Amendment should be concerned “People were not free to practice their us to come out today.” about the threat to this basic freedom.” religion—follow their consciences—make Swayze said our forefathers “had the The bishops in the United States have Bishop Coyne said he is asking free moral choices without unnecessary vision to protect our free expression of called for a “Fortnight for Freedom”—a pastors in the archdiocese to preach government interference,” Msgr. Schaedel religion. They also had the explicit two-week period of about the importance of religious said, “even though they could worship understanding that Congress would pass prayer, education and liberty during the “Fortnight for when or where or how they pleased. This is no law that would stop our free action in support of Freedom,” and for Catholics to pray one of the word games coming out of expression of religion, and that’s exactly religious freedom— for religious liberty and to learn more Washington. Freedom of worship does not what’s happening here.” from June 21 through about the issue. guarantee freedom of religion!” Standing up against the mandate, she July 4. Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, More information about the As Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of added, is not about limiting services apostolic administrator of the “Fortnight for Freedom” and New York noted, because of the narrowly to people. Archdiocese of Indianapolis, is educational and prayer resources can defined “religious exemptions” laid out in “We’re talking about the overreach of encouraging all parishes in the be found on the archdiocesan website the health care mandate, “Jesus Christ and government into our lives, into our archdiocese to take part in the campaign. at www.archindy.org by clicking on the his 12 Apostles would not qualify for a protected religious values and practices,” “This is not a partisan issue. It’s not buttons for “Fortnight for Freedom religious ministry exemption!” Swayze said. “Government has no about contraception or forcing our beliefs Resources” and “Religious Liberty Msgr. Schaedel said. business defining the scope of on anyone,” Bishop Coyne said. “This is Resources.” † “Make no mistake. Religious freedom is religious ministry.” about religious liberty. We need to defend the issue,” Msgr. Schaedel added. “For years, our right to practice our religious beliefs we have fought the battle for the sanctity of (For more information on without government interference. See related prayer, human life. We march on Washington every the U.S. bishops’ defense of Religious freedom is a cornerstone of our page 5. year to protest the Roe v. Wade decision by conscience rights, log on to democracy. Everyone who treasures the the Supreme Court. We will continue to www.usccb.org/conscience.) †

dean of the Indianapolis South Deanery. Indianapolis and dean of the Parish in Knightstown, beginning on Official Appointments Indianapolis East Deanery, July 3, 2012. Effective July 1, 2012 Rev. George F. Plaster, returning from reappointed dean of the Indianapolis Correction a temporary leave of absence, given East Deanery and continuing as pastor Rev. Todd M. Goodson, pastor of Rev. James R. Wilmoth, pastor of permission to provide spiritual care at of Holy Spirit Parish in Indianapolis. St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, St. Ann School in St. Roch Parish in Indianapolis, dean Franciscan St. Francis Health in appointed dean of the Indianapolis Terre Haute was of the Indianapolis South Deanery and Indianapolis, and assigned to residency Rev. Jeremy M. Gries, administrator West Deanery in Indianapolis and closed due to low chaplain of Roncalli High School in at St. Pius X Parish rectory in of St. Mary (Immaculate Conception) continuing as pastor of St. Monica enrollment in 1979, Indianapolis, reappointed chaplain of Indianapolis, and providing sacramental Parish in Rushville, appointed dean of Parish in Indianapolis. not 1976 as Roncalli High School in Indianapolis, assistance at St. Pius X Parish in the Connersville Deanery and previously reported including enlisting the help of other Indianapolis. continuing as administrator of These appointments are from the in a June 1 story Indianapolis South Deanery clergy to St. Mary (Immaculate Conception) office of the Most Rev. Christopher about the closing of assist, and continuing as pastor of Rev. Msgr. Paul D. Koetter, V.F., Parish in Rushville, and as J. Coyne, apostolic administrator of St. Ann Parish. † St. Roch Parish in Indianapolis and pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in sacramental minister at St. Rose the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. †

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Notzon III, “Word needs to get out about what’s A report released in April on the Young People”—now 10 years old—was chairman of the National Review Board, being done,” he told Catholic News implementation of the charter showed that not meant to be “the last word” in solving “striking changes” have occurred in the Service on May 25 from his San Antonio nearly all U.S. dioceses are in full the abuse crisis, according to the chairman Church’s efforts to home. compliance. of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on the prevent and report He said the James Marasco, director of Protection of Children and Young People. abuse, but said general public also StoneBridge Business Partners, the Instead, Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of more work still should know what Rochester, N.Y., company that conducted Joliet, Ill., said the charter has provided a needs to be done. the Church is doing the most recent audits, said in the audit framework for ongoing efforts. Its The charter since abuse is a that StoneBridge hopes to help the requirements are “not a temporary fix,” outlined how the societal problem. Catholic Church in the U.S. “continue to but have to “become part of our culture,” Church leaders “The Church is restore the trust of the faithful and heal he added. would provide a on the leading edge the wounds caused by abuse.” The charter was part of the safe environment and needs to share Deacon Nojadera said healing is still a U.S. bishops’ response to the clergy abuse for children and its information, and major aspect of the crisis as the Church scandal that was a top concern when they young people in let others know continues its outreach to survivor victims Deacon met 10 years ago in Dallas. Al J. Notzon III Church-sponsored there are valuable and families, and addresses how abuse Their June meeting took place just activities. It Bernard Nojadera things they can affected the entire Church. five months after The Boston Globe began established uniform procedures for learn without the pain the Church had to “As with any deep wound, it takes time publishing articles about the sexual abuse handling sex-abuse allegations, and go through.” to heal,” said Bishop Conlon. of minors by priests, and accusations of a adopted a “zero tolerance” policy. It also When abuse allegations emerge in the He said the Church’s efforts to restore systemic cover-up by Church officials. required background checks and training Church, he said, they could stem from a credibility “take a step forward and then a The reports prompted other victims across in child protection for Church employees, failure to implement charter policies, step backward,” noting that when Church the country to come forward with and required dioceses facing allegations which the review board investigates. officials do not follow protocol for allegations of abuse that put the scandal made about priests or other Church Notzon said in recent years the Church reporting abuse it “sets things back for all in the national spotlight. workers to alert civil authorities, conduct has changed the way it treats victims of us.” The bishops responded by developing an investigation and remove the accused from “immediately getting defensive” The bishop said he is grateful to a national policy to oust predators and person from duty. with them to taking a more pastoral role. pastors and laypeople who have taken a protect children. They adopted the charter Deacon Bernard Nojadera, head of the He also said the credibility of the audit— leadership role at diocesan and parish and approved a set of legislative norms to U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Child and measuring how dioceses comply with the levels to raise awareness of abuse, and put enforce implementation in all dioceses. Youth Protection, said even with these charter—has improved. “Compliance standards of safety and codes of conduct They also established a lay-run efforts many Catholics are often unaware auditors are trained to look to make sure in place to make the Church a safe place National Review Board to monitor that the Church has taken such an active not just the law, but the spirit of the law for children. compliance, commission studies of the role to stop and prevent abuse. is followed.” “I want to encourage everyone to stay causes and context of the crisis, and In part, this stems from “pockets of The bishops’ level of commitment to the course,” he told CNS on May 25. recommend further actions. Later that allegations” that continue to surface, the issue proves they know the charter is “We have to make assurances that year, the bishops formed a national he said. something that needs to be “supported what happened in the past never happens Office for Child and Youth Protection. Notzon also said that many Catholics over time,” he added, noting that the again,” he added, noting that Church A decade later, the review board was do not know what the Church is doing to review board’s role is to “continually hold officials have to be “as transparent as we scheduled to report on the effectiveness of stop abuse, and said people often suggest up a mirror to the bishops to say, ‘Here is possibly can and have to be prayerful the bishops’ response to the abuse crisis at to him that the Church do things it is your commitment, and here is your about it.” † Father Charles Kraeszig was longtime pastor of Holy Cross Parish in St. Croix By Mary Ann Garber Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, apostolic administrator, and seminaries for 12 years. also was the homilist. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Paul Father Charles Joseph Kraeszig, a diocesan priest Father Kraeszig had suffered from fibromyalgia. C. Schulte on May 3, 1952, at the Church of Our Lady of who was granted early retirement for health reasons in “He was retired for 37 years,” Father Kirkhoff said. Einsiedeln at Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad. 1975, died on May 10 in “During most of his 60 years [as a priest], his ministry was His first ministry assignment on May 10, 1952, was New Port Richey, Fla. He was 84. kind of quiet and subdued. It was a good example … to the as associate pastor of the former Assumption of the The Mass of Christian Burial people—his neighbors and other folks—in Florida. Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Indianapolis. was celebrated on June 8 at “Because of some health issues, he wasn’t able to be real On May 18, 1954, Father Kraeszig was appointed Good Shepherd Church in active although he did do some parish ministry as much as associate pastor of St. Mary Parish in New Albany. Indianapolis. Burial of his he could,” Father Kirkhoff said. “But even though he was His next ministry assignment on May 20, 1961, was as cremains followed at the retired, he gave a great witness. His ministry was a little associate pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Leopold and Priests’ Circle at Calvary Cemetery different. Like a lot of people who have failing health and two missions—the former St. Mary Chapel in Derby and in Indianapolis. medical difficulties, he still lived out his vocation but in a former Sacred Heart of Jesus Chapel in Perry County. Father Gerald Kirkhoff, pastor different way.” On Jan. 9, 1964, Father Kraeszig was named to his of Good Shepherd Parish as well Charles Joseph Kraeszig was born to Edward L. and first pastorate at Holy Cross Parish in St. Croix, where he as archdiocesan vicar for advocacy Francis Margaret (Elder) Kraeszig on Aug. 14, 1927, in served until July 21, 1975, when he retired due to ill Fr. Charles Kraeszig for priests and director of the Indianapolis and grew up in the former St. Catherine of health and moved to New Port Richey, Fla. archdiocesan Mission Office and Siena Parish in Indianapolis. He is survived by a sister, JoAnn Olsen of Society for the Propagation of the Faith, was the principal After graduating from the former St. Catherine School, Santa Fe, N.M., and a niece, Franciscan Sister celebrant for the funeral liturgy. He represented he studied at Saint Meinrad Archabbey’s minor and major Charity Kraeszig of Oldenburg †

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OPINION Making Sense Out of Bioethics/Fr. Tad Pacholczyk What about ventilators? The use of ventilators can pose recently summarized some of the burdens Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 particularly challenging problems during associated with ventilation, noting partic- Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Most Rev. Christopher J. Coyne, S.L.D. Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher end-of-life situations for families. ularly “… the physical discomfort of the GregApostolic A. Otolski,Administrator, Associate Publisher Publisher • Mike Krokos, EditorMike • Krokos, John F. Editor Fink, Editor Emeritus When should we place a loved one on a endotracheal tube going from the mouth, John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus ventilator? If somebody is on a ventilator, traversing the oropharynx, crossing the can we ever larynx and reaching the trachea. Sedation, “pull the plug?” analgesics and physical restraints are often Understanding our necessary. Editorial moral duty depends “The patient cannot talk while ventilator upon whether the use support is in use. The ventilator exposes the of a ventilator in a patient to greater risks of infection and particular case can be barotrauma [damage to the lung tissue from considered “ordinary” the pressure of ventilation]. Even an or “extraordinary.” untrained observer will recognize that the

Photo by Mike Krokos Mike Photo by Ordinary burden imposed by a ventilator with a interventions can be standard endotracheal tube is much greater understood as those medicines, operations than the burden of a feeding tube.” and treatments that offer a reasonable hope We can consider an example that of benefit for the patient, and that can be highlights these burdens. An 85-year-old obtained and used without excessive pain, grandfather is placed on a ventilator after expense or other significant burden. Use of suffering several serious strokes that a ventilator will sometimes satisfy these damaged his brainstem so that he cannot criteria, and other times it will not, breathe on his own. The physicians treating depending on the specifics of the him are convinced that the damage from his patient’s situation. most recent stroke will continue to get Consider a young woman with serious worse with the nearly certain outcome that Nearly 800 people participated in a religious freedom rally on the grounds pneumonia who is having difficulty he will die in a few hours or days. of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on June 8. The Church in the breathing, and is placed on a ventilator. The Assuming that he is unconscious, and United States is so concerned with attacks on its religious freedom that it physicians treating her believe that the that other matters have been taken care of— has scheduled a “Fortnight for Freedom” from June 21 to July 4. pneumonia eventually can be controlled so last sacraments, opportunities for loved that she can be weaned off the ventilator ones to say goodbye, etc.—the family could and breathe on her own in a few days or reasonably conclude that continued a week. ventilation would be “extraordinary,” and The ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ They believe the device will be needed decide to have the ventilator disconnected s we have been reporting, the Notre Dame’s president emeritus, mostly as a temporary “bridge to healing,” even though it would mean their ACatholic Church in the United States 95-year-old Holy Cross Father Theodore that it will be effective while in use, and grandfather would be expected to die in a is so concerned about attacks on its Hesburgh, said that he agreed with the that it will not impose much burden on her. matter of minutes without it. religious freedom that it has scheduled a necessity of the lawsuit because In such circumstances, the use of the Such an act of withdrawing the ventilator “Fortnight for Freedom” from June 21 to President Barack Obama “overreached.” ventilator could reasonably be considered would not be an act of euthanasia because July 4. It will start on the vigil of the We believe that word “overreached” is “ordinary,” and thus morally obligatory. he would be dying due to the underlying feast of Sts. Thomas More and precisely what happened. The president Whenever there is a considerable hope condition. It would be a recognition of the John Fisher, two English saints who was determined to force religious of recovery from the illness by making use burdensomeness of continued ventilation, were executed over the issue of religious institutions and private business owners of a particular means—a ventilator, in this and an acknowledgement that heroics are freedom, and conclude on the opposed to the mandate to do his political case—and when the patient can employ the not required, especially when death Fourth of July. will, and he didn’t seem to understand means without much difficulty or burden, it is imminent. All across the country, dioceses are why anyone would be opposed. is likely to be “ordinary” treatment. Occasionally, ventilators may end up planning special Masses and other The Wall Street Journal understood the Thus, in the experienced hands of a being part of a long-term solution for a liturgical services to call attention to the implications of the lawsuit. It editorialized well-trained physician, in a developed patient. Christopher Reeve, who played threats against the Church, and highlight that the outcome of the struggle will country with access to proper medication Clark Kent in the movie Superman, for the importance of religious liberty and determine “whether the entitlement state and equipment, intubation and ventilation example, was able to live for several years conscience protection. can pound everything, including religious of a patient can be a low-burden with a tracheostomy and a ventilator This comes on the heels of the belief, to its political will.” intervention. following an equestrian accident that lawsuits filed by 43 Catholic dioceses The Journal also pointed out that many The difficulties associated with using a severely damaged his spinal cord. and organizations against the of the nation’s most prominent Catholic ventilator, however, can become notable The ventilator, while clearly a burden, Department of Health and Human institutions have been allies with the depending on the details of a patient’s offered many benefits to his situation as Services (HHS) because of its mandate federal government in the fight for situation. well and, in the final analysis, seemed to be that they, as employers, must provide social justice. Dr. Stephen Hannan, a pulmonary and a reasonable and proportionate intervention abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization It also said that, no matter how hard critical care specialist in Fort Myers, Fla., SEE PACHOLCZYK, page 16 and contraceptives to their employees. the administration tries to make this But isn’t all this a case of debate about the Church denying over-reaction? The secular media, contraception, it is about religious Be Our Guest/Mark Hummer working for the Adult Day Services when they bother to report on it at all, freedom. Program in Indianapolis under the want us to think so. The Obama administration could On Father’s Day, don’t auspices of my role model and mentor, For example, The New York Times easily have avoided all this simply by Providence Sister Susan Dinnin. She will be called the lawsuits “a dramatic stunt, full exempting religious organizations from forget to thank Dad for moving to the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods of indignation but built on air.” the mandate. all the cherished area near the end of June, but her much- It scolded Catholic institutions, saying Of course, the administration says that needed ministry will still go on with her that the “First Amendment is not a it did do that, but, as New York Cardinal memories there to serve the sisters and the families of license for religious entities to impose Timothy Dolan said, “The exemption Moms have always been a strong pillar that part of the state. their dogma on society through the law.” given to the Church is so strangling and of strength and a firm foundation in our life, Those were 10 great years, which also But the Church is doing nothing of so narrow, and it’s also presumptuous, especially in those critical years of growing led to my being able to work with my wife the sort. Women are still free to buy that a bureau of the federal government is up in this day and age that we live in. and serve a wide-age-range population in relatively inexpensive contraceptives and attempting to define for the Church the But also in this fast-paced world and her private psychiatric practice at legal abortion-inducing drugs. The extent of its ministry and ministers.” modern society that we live in, our children IU Hospital West in Avon. Church simply believes that it has a right The “Fortnight for Freedom” is not more than ever need the presence of a Growing up as a youth in to refuse to pay for them. just about the HHS mandate. It will also strong father in their life and in the Genesee County, Mich., our family The University of Notre Dame’s cover several other examples of how household, especially when it comes time belonged to Holy Redeemer Parish in president, Holy Cross Father John religious liberty is under attack. for making life’s decisions. More than ever, Flint, Mich. Jenkins, made the point this way, “If the For example, Catholic Charities in there is so much peer pressure on our young Along the way on my journey to government wants to provide such some places has been forced out of people from the media or Hollywood stars Indianapolis, I was a member of St. Charles services, means are available that do not placing children for adoption because telling them to go ahead and do what they and St. Jude parishes in the Fort Wayne compel religious organizations to serve they have refused to place them with want to, live for today, do it because it feels area. And for eight years, I was a member of as its agents.” same-sex couples. good or go ahead and do what everyone is my all-time favorite church, Corpus Christi He added, “If the government Of course, if the U.S. Supreme Court doing with no consequences. Parish at the University of Toledo in Ohio, can force religious institutions to were to strike down the Patient Protection I am 51 years old and a proud member under the watchful care and wisdom of violate their beliefs in such a manner, and Affordable Care Act, the lawsuits of St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis. Father Jim Bacik from Sandusky, Ohio. there is no apparent limit to the could be withdrawn. It is that act which My wife, Siming, and I have three Of course, none of the above or much government’s power. allowed HHS to mandate abortifacients, daughters—Ava, Lillian and Valarie, and I else in life would have been attained without “If we concede that the government sterilizations and contraceptives as am proud to be a Cardinal Ritter High the guidance of my dad all these years. can decide which religious organizations “preventive care,” as if pregnancy were School Raider. So on this Father’s Day 2012, let’s hear it are sufficiently religious to be awarded a disease. And like dear old dad, I am proud to for Dad and relive some of those glory days the freedom to follow the principles that That decision is expected on June 25, pass on the heritage of my Catholic faith with him, and be sure and thank him for all define their mission, then we have begun during the “Fortnight for Freedom.” and upbringing to our children. the memories that come to mind. to walk down a path that ultimately leads In 1997—shortly after we moved to to the undermining of those institutions.” —John F. Fink Indianapolis from the Toledo, Ohio, area for (Mark Hummer is a member of my wife’s medical residency—I began St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis.) † The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012 Page 5

ministers at St. Mark the DEACONS Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. continued from page 1 “They’re graduating. Our kids are gone. There’s an emotional

Deacon Michael East, director attachment there.” Sean Gallagher File photo by of deacons for the archdiocese, Cooper has appreciated the shares Cooper’s excitement. help that he has received in the “It’s more boots on the formation program from the ground, if you will,” said deacons ordained in 2008. He is Deacon East, who ministers at just as thankful for how their life Our Lady of Providence Parish in and ministry as deacons have led Brownstown and St. Ambrose so many Catholics across central Parish in Seymour. “With each of and southern Indiana to come to these gentlemen comes another understand the diaconate and its perspective, another set of eyes, place in the Church. another understanding of the “They’ve helped the needs of a particular parish or archdiocese understand who a community.” deacon is and what a deacon Deacon East and other does,” Cooper said. “It will members of the archdiocese’s make things easier for all of us first class of permanent deacons, as we go forward.” who were ordained in 2008, have Deacon East has visited many helped parishes with deacons during the See our final deacon form the past four years. He agrees with profiles, page 15. 16 men Cooper’s assessment of the to be growth of knowledge about ordained deacons. That is deacons in the archdiocese, a especially true for Deacon Kerry growth that he attributes in large Members of the first class of men ordained as permanent deacons in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis lay prostrate in Blandford, director of deacon part to the lay Catholics in prayer during the June 28, 2008, Mass at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis when they were ordained. The next formation for the archdiocese. central and southern Indiana class of deacons in the archdiocese will be ordained on June 23 at the cathedral. After spending four years with who have ministered with the candidates, Deacon Blandford deacons. without the support of my hearts and minds of the men (To learn more about deacons sees them as family. “You can’t do anything in any parishes.” being ordained on June 23. in the Archdiocese of “It’s kind of like turning parish without the cooperation As the presence of deacons in “This is a new beginning,” he Indianapolis and the your kids loose and sending and the help of the parishioners,” the archdiocese continues to said. “From here, things will archdiocesan deacon formation them off to college,” said Deacon East said. “I know that I grow, Cooper said that growth only grow and change, and I look program, log on to Deacon Blandford, who also couldn’t be the deacon that I am will also continue within the forward to it.” www.archindy.org/deacon.) † Archbishop: Religious liberty campaign not meant to ‘throw’ election WASHINGTON (CNS)—The government’s attempt to force religious engaging in here is not a partisan issue,” U.S. Catholic Church’s challenges to the organizations to pay for health services that Archbishop Lori said in the 45-minute Prayer for the federal government’s violate fundamental religious principles. session. “We didn’t choose the time. We contraceptive The mandate was announced on didn’t choose the place. Protection of mandate under the Aug. 1, 2011, as part of the rules that the “We’re not trying to throw an election. Religious Liberty health care law are Department of Health and Human Services We’re simply trying to defend fundamental not an attempt to (HHS) is issuing to implement the freedoms. It’s not a Republican or “throw” the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Democratic issue. It’s not a Catholic issue. O God our Creator, presidential election passed in 2010. It’s a freedom issue,” he said. From your provident hand we in favor of one Along with the mandate, HHS released a The issue has been portrayed in the have received our right to life, candidate or against four-pronged religious exemption that has media and by supporters of the mandate, liberty and the pursuit of another, said the raised objections among Catholic Church however, as a “war on women,” happiness. You have called us as chairman of the officials and others who say it is so narrow Archbishop Lori said, making the bishops’ your people and given us the bishops’ Ad Hoc that most religious employers will stance much more difficult to explain to Archbishop right and the duty to worship William E. Lori Committee on not qualify. the public. Religious Freedom. On Jan. 20 of this year, HHS announced That challenge, he explained, you, the only true God, Speaking with members of the that nonprofit groups that do not provide led to the development of the and your Son, Jesus Christ. Catholic Press Association in a conference contraceptive coverage because of their “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign, a Through the power and working call on June 6, Baltimore Archbishop religious beliefs will get an additional year two-week period of prayer, education and of your Holy Spirit, you call us to William E. Lori said the bishops’ “to adapt to this new rule.” action aimed at explaining how the campaign emerged because of the federal “It’s important to say the struggle we are mandate violates religious principles. live out our faith in the midst of The fortnight kicks off on June 21 with the world, bringing the light and Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine the saving truth of the Gospel to of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin every corner of society. Mary in Baltimore, and ends in Washington C o n d i t i o on July 4 with Mass at the Basilica of the A i r n e r & We ask you to bless us in our H e a t P u m S a l e National Shrine of the Immaculate p Conception. Prayer services, vigils, vigilance for the gift of religious educational sessions and marches are liberty. Give us the strength of 1 2 8 t h A n n i v e r s a r y S a l e planned across the country during mind and heart to readily defend the period. our freedoms when they are A wide-ranging effort is needed to help threatened; give us courage in the public understand the dangers that the Expires 6/18/11 mandate poses, he added. making our voices heard on “One step about defending religious behalf of the rights of your liberty is to talk about, to make sure people Church and the freedom of understand, religious liberty is not given by conscience of all people of faith. government but by God. It means more than going to Mass on Sunday, but to live Grant, we pray, O heavenly one’s life and conduct one’s professional existence in accord with one’s convictions,” Father, a clear and united voice to the archbishop said. all your sons and daughters The U.S. campaign has taken on added gathered in your Church in this importance, he said, because people are decisive hour in the history of our struggling to maintain their religious nation, so that, with every trial 8 t h 8 t h A 2 8 t h A freedom around the world. “We are 1 2 A n n i v e 1 2 n n i v e 1 n n i v e withstood and every danger r s a r y S a l e r s a r y S a l e r s a r y S a l e engaged in the domestic struggle because we believe we have to keep the torch of overcome—for the sake of our Save freedom alive at home so as to be a beacon children, our grandchildren, and ½ Price $89 95 around the world,” he said. all who come after us—this great Service Call The bishops’ conference planned to land will always be “one nation, With Repair closely monitor the lawsuits filed on under God, indivisible, with May 21 by 43 Catholic dioceses, schools, liberty and justice for all.” On the Purchase of a new 90% Gas On the Installation of a new High Efficiency Furnace, heat pump or air conditioner hospitals, social service agencies and other Furnace, Heat Pump or Air Conditioner. Furnace, Heat Pump or Air Conditioner. institutions challenging the HHS mandate, Archbishop Lori said. Twelve lawsuits We ask this through Christ our were filed in federal court around Lord. the country. Expires 6/30/12 Expires 6/30/12 Expires 6/30/12 The bishops and dioceses across the country must plan for any and all Amen. alternatives, whether the Catholic entities Copyright © 2012, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. win or lose, he said. † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012 Events Calendar

June 14-16 317-291-7014. June 17 [email protected]. Indianapolis. Information: Indianapolis. Right to Life of St. Mark the Evangelist Parish, Richmond Catholic 317-849-9449. Indianapolis, “Sunday Night 535 E. Edgewood Ave., Johnson County Fairgrounds, Community, 701 N. “A” St., St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. Run,” 6 p.m. Registration: Indianapolis. Parish festival, 250 Fairground St., Franklin. Richmond. Charismatic St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. St. Mary Parish, 415 E. www.SundayNightRun.com. 4 p.m.-midnight, rides, food, St. Rose of Lima Parish, prayer group, 7 p.m. Healing prayer service, Eighth St., New Albany. music, games. Information: “St. Rose Festival,” rides, Information: Father Jerry Byrd, presenter, “Street Dance Weekend,” St. Maurice Parish, 317-787-8246. games, dinners, Fri. 5-11, Sat. [email protected]. 6:30 p.m. Information: Fri. 5:30-10 p.m., Decatur County, St. Maurice 1-11 p.m. Information: 812-689-4244 or Sat. 7 p.m.-midnight, games, June 19 exit off I-74 then north St. Bernadette Parish, 317-738-3929. [email protected]. music, dance Sat. night with four miles. Parish picnic, Calvary Cemetery, $10 cover charge. Information: 4838 E. Fletcher Ave., 10 a.m. Mass, chicken Indianapolis. Parish festival, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Mausoleum Chapel, 435 W. June 21-23 812-944-0417. St. Jude Parish, and roast beef dinners, Thurs. 5-10 p.m., Fri. and Sat. 316 N. Sherwood Ave., Troy Ave., Indianapolis. Mass, 5353 McFarland Road, June 24 mock turtle soup, sandwiches, 5 p.m.-midnight, games, rides, Clarksville. Parish picnic, 2 p.m. Information: Indianapolis. “Summer St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, games, country store, food. Information: Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight, 317-784-4439 or Festival,” 7575 Holliday Drive E., 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 317-356-5867. Sat. 2-11 p.m., chicken dinner, www.catholiccemeteries.cc. Thurs. and Fri. Sat., food, entertainment. 5 p.m.-closing, Indianapolis. Parish Mass and Information: 812-852-4237. June 20 picnic for 50th anniversary June 15 Information: 812-282-2290. Sat. 4 p.m.-closing, Heartland Crossing Golf Links, Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Thurs. Father Carlton’s dinner, celebration, Mass, 11:30 a.m., St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. 6701 S. Heartland Blvd., June 15-17 Mausoleum Chapel, 9001 N. Fri. Iaria’s Italian food, picnic following Mass. St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. Camby. Catholic Radio and St. Lawrence Parish, Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. Sat. fried chicken dinner, food, Information: 317-259-4373. Parish picnic, fried chicken Catholic Business Exchange 542 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg. Mass, 2 p.m. Information: games, rides. Information: and roast beef dinners, famous Golf Outing, Mass, 6:30 a.m., Parish festival, food, music, 317-574-8898 or 317-786-4371. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat turtle soup, games, www.catholiccemeteries.cc. breakfast, Anthony Castonzo, rides, Fri. 5:30 p.m.-midnight, House, 5353 E. 56th St., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Information: June 22-23 Indianapolis. “Divine Wine presenter, shotgun start, Sat. 4 p.m.-midnight, 812-623-2964. 8:30 a.m., $125 per person, Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Cathedral High School, Christ the King Parish, and Art with Heart,” 5225 E 56th St., Indianapolis. 1827 Kessler Blvd., Katie Sahm, presenter, includes breakfast and lunch, chicken dinner. Information: St. Vincent de Paul Parish, reservation deadline 812-537-3992. World Refugee Day, E. Drive, Indianapolis. 1-4 p.m., $35 per person. “Crossing Salween,” 6 p.m., “Summer Social,” Fri.-Sat. Information: 317-545-7681 or 4218 E. Michigan Road, June 11. Register at Shelbyville. Homecoming www.catholicradioindy.org. June 16 $35 per person or $250 for 5 p.m.-midnight, food, music, [email protected]. St. Michael the Archangel table of eight. Information: games, entertainment. picnic for 175th parish June 15-16 Church, 3354 W. 30th St., 317-236-1528 or Information: 317-255-3666. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat anniversary celebration, St. Bernadette Parish, 4838 E. Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s 800-382-9836, ext. 1528, or House, 5353 E. 56th St., noon. Reservations: Fletcher Ave., Indianapolis. Precious Infants, pro-life www.catholiccharities Manley’s Irish Mutt, 7041 E. Indianapolis. Office of Family 317-364-2292 or Yard sale, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mass, Father Sean Danda, indpls.org. 10th St., Indianapolis. Ministries, “Summer’s 317-402-3991. Information: 317-356-5867. celebrant, 8:30 a.m., followed Father Thomas Scecina Evening of Music, Hope and by rosary outside abortion St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Memorial High School, Healing,” Tami Briggs, harpist, June 27 St. Gabriel the Archangel clinic and Benediction at 1723 I St., Bedford. Catholic Class of 1967 reunion, 6 p.m.; 7 p.m., free-will offering. Broad Ripple Tavern, Parish, 6000 W. 34th St., church. Information: Answers Study, “What the Sat. Good Shepherd Church, Information: 317-637-2620, 745 Broad Ripple Ave., Indianapolis. “International Archdiocesan Office for Church Teaches about 2905 Carson Ave., ext. 406, or 317-236-1475. Indianapolis. Theology on Festival,” Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight, Pro-Life Ministry, Eucharistic Adoration,” Indianapolis, Mass, 4:30 p.m., Tap, young adults ages 21-35, Sat. 3 p.m.-midnight, food, 317-236-1569 or Kevin Lents, presenter, 7 p.m. reunion, Primo South, Marian University, program, 7 p.m. Information: games, rides. Information: 800-382-9836, ext. 1569. Information: 812-275-6539 or 2615 National Ave., 3200 Cold Spring Road, [email protected]. † Retreats and Programs June 18-19 Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Mission trips June 15-21 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 200 Hill Drive, “Finding God in the Garden,” 10th annual St. Meinrad. “The Image as a Window to the garden retreat, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $45 per person each session includes breakfast and lunch. Spiritual–An Artist’s Six-Day, Hands-on Submitted photos Workshop and Retreat,” Benedictine Brother Information: 317-788-7581 or Martin Erspamer and Passionist Brother [email protected]. Michael Moran, presenters. Information: June 24-30 812-357-6585 or [email protected]. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. June 18 “A Monastic Retreat–Let Us Set Out on Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. This Way with the Gospel for Our Guide,” 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pray All Ways,” day of Benedictine Abbot Jerome Kodell, presenter, reflection, Father James Farrell, presenter, 6:30-9 p.m., $425 per person. $38 per person. Information: 317-545-7681 or Information: 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. [email protected]. † ‘Sunday Night Run,’ pro-life and fitness event, is June 24 Right to Life of Indianapolis Marian’s outdoor eco-lab. will sponsor “Sunday Night Run,” Registration before June 24 is a family running and walking $20 per person for the 5K run/walk and Students from the eighth-grade class at Holy Cross Central School in Indianapolis pose with event, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on $15.50 for the 1-mile family fun walk. chaperones on May 24 after helping with disaster relief in Marysville, which was severely damaged June 24 at Marian University, The “kiddie dash” is free. All fees are by tornadoes that struck southern Indiana on March 2. 3200 Cold Spring Road, in Indianapolis. raised by $5 on June 24. The event will include a To register or for more information, 5K run/walk, a 1-mile family fun walk call the Right to Life of Indianapolis and a 50-meter “kiddie dash” for office at 317-582-1526, send an e-mail children under age 6. to [email protected] or log on to Participants will also be able to tour www.SundayNightRun.com. †

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Mike and Linda Alyea, members Robert L. and Margaret Ann of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in (Harmening) Hillan, members of Indianapolis, celebrated their St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis, will 50th wedding celebrate their anniversary on 50th wedding June 9. anniversary on June 16. The couple The couple was was married married on June 16, on June 9, 1962, at St. Roch 1962, at Church in Indianapolis. Christ Church They are the parents Cathedral in of 10 children: Indianapolis. Audi Gardner, They are Beth Hillan-Bearsch, the parents Sue Roberts, Alexis Owens and Holly Czachura, members of Girl Scout Troop #750, sponsored by St. Lawrence of two children: David and Erin Skartvedt, Drue Smith, Clare Trumble, Parish in Indianapolis, sort baby shoes on May 5 during a mission trip taken by their troop to Kathryn Alyea. They also have Megan Veigel, Jeff, Nick and Vince Hillan. Versailles to help people in southern Indiana affected by the March 2 tornadoes. three grandchildren. † They also have 28 grandchildren. † The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012 Page 7 For Greater Glory brings back memories, provides inspiration By Sean Gallagher who have lived their entire lives with religious liberty as a way of life. “Viva Cristo Rey!” But to Aguayo and Catholics in the archdiocese, the

That rallying cry echoed across the grounds of the story of that struggle for freedom in Mexico, known as the ARC Enterta i n m ent Indiana Statehouse during a June 8 gathering held there Cristiada, serves as the bedrock of the faith that they

in support of religious freedom. strive to live out here and now. CNS photo/ Tim O’Donnell, grand knight of the St. John Vianney Council of the Knights of Columbus in Fishers, Ind., in The blood of martyrs the Lafayette Diocese, led the approximately 800 people Father Juan Valdes, administrator of St. Mary Parish in at the event in shouting those words after speaking about Lanesville, is a distant relative of a priest portrayed at the For Greater Glory, a movie that premiered in the beginning of For Greater Glory, St. Christopher Magallanes, U.S. on June 1. who was martyred in 1927. It tells the story of Mexicans who took up arms to For 17 years, St. Christopher Magallanes was the pastor defend their religious freedom in the 1920s after the of the parish in Totatiche, Father Valdes’ hometown. He gave government there started a severe persecution of first Communion to Father Valdes’ father, and founded the the Church. minor seminary in Totatiche that he attended. And “Viva Cristo Rey” was the rallying cry of the Cristeros, Father Valdes was ordained a priest in the parish church the Catholics who fought back against that persecution. where St. Christopher Magallanes ministered for Teresa Trujillo de Aguayo, 61, participated in the many years. Indianapolis rally with her children and grandchildren. When Father Valdes thinks of the influence of The daughter of parents who experienced the horrors St. Christopher Magallanes, he recalls the words of of that time of persecution 85 years ago, she grew up Tertullian, the third-century Christian writer, who wrote that Andy Garcia stars in a scene from the movie For Greater Glory. living with its consequences and hearing stories about it. the “blood of the martyrs is the seed of Christians.” Garcia, a Catholic, plays a Mexican Revolution-era general lured While working outside near a cemetery in her Mexican In Totatiche, that blood was also the seed of vocations, out of retirement a decade later to fight his own government’s hometown of Tala in the 1950s, her parents would point including his own. severe curbing of religious freedoms. out trees where they had seen people hanged during the “Before the killing of Magallanes, there had been no struggle. And her husband’s grandfather was executed by priests from my hometown,” Father Valdes said. “Since then, they can visit their homes in Mexico to make those stories government forces simply for there have been a lot of priests come alive. displaying religious images on the from there. “Many of them don’t know about it,” Father Valdes outside of his home. “You were always hearing people said. “They can visit the churches where the saints are Her parents’ memories led them speaking about him, his good [buried]. When they come back, they know about it.” to instill the Catholic faith strongly example, his martyrdom, his hard He said that For Greater Glory can also help young in Aguayo and her siblings. work in serving the people. That was Mexican immigrants who are unfamiliar with their Hearing so many people shout an inspiration for me.” heritage to “reflect on our faith, our traditions and our the Cristeros’ rallying cry made her Father Valdes wants the stories of ancestors.” feel proud. St. Christopher Magallanes and other “I was so overwhelmed with saints from the Cristiada to Heroes for the faith happiness,” said Aguayo, a member inspire young immigrants from the Seeing For Greater Glory brought back many of St. Patrick Parish in Indianapolis. region of Mexico where that struggle memories for Franciscan Brother Moises Gutierrez, Teresa Trujillo de Aguayo “My family was there. My kids, my Fr. Juan Valdes occurred. whose parents grew up in the Mexican state of Jalisco, grandkids, were there. It would have Because some of these youths and where the Cristiada was centered. been a great moment to die—listening to that. I would have young adults have moved to central and southern Indiana, “We sat around the dinner table, and my mom told us been happy to have died at that moment.” they may not have heard these inspiring stories like all the stories of her father, my grandpa, helping priests The story shared in For Greater Glory may seem a Father Valdes did during his childhood. and sisters hide for their safety,” said Brother Moises, world away for Catholics in central and southern Indiana While he shares those memories with them, he hopes See MOVIE, page 9

St. Maurice Online Lay Ministry Formation The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has partnered with the University of Notre Dame and Catholic Distance University (CDU) Church Festival to offer not-for-credit online theology classes: ST. MAURICE, INDIANA Decatur County • Courses on the Catechism of the Catholic Church from CDU Sunday, June 24, 2012 • All 12 classes for a Certificate in Lay Ministry available online All you can eat in air conditioned dining room • 20% discount for all employees, volunteers, and parishioners Chicken and Roast Beef Dinners • Employees also receive reimbursement upon course completion Serving from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm For more information, please log on to Adults $8.00 and children 12 and under $4.00 www.archindy.org/layministry Carry out $8.50 (not all you can eat) Raffles, Country Store, Kids & Adult Games, Bingo and family fun for all! Sunday, June 24, 2012 Serving 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM YOU CAN’T TAKE MOCK TURTLE SOUP AND SANDWICHES ALL DAY Mass at 10:30 AM New this year: Cow Pie Bingo and a Beer Garden IT WITH YOU SERVING: Join us for the 8 am and 10 am Mass All you can eat buffet dinner – Fried Chicken or Roast Beef but you can put it to work Eat and enjoy the fun. Everyone Welcome! Also St. Nicholas Famous Turtle Soup Carry out available all day Generosity to those we love is a for dinners and soup From I-74: take New Point exit, basic yearning of the loving between Greensburg & Batesville, GAMES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY heart. Is your scope of Beer Garden go North 4 miles on 850 E., turn left at feed mill. Contact the parish office with any questions (812)623-2964 or generosity wide enough to Lic. # 127726 License: 2012-127545 include the Society of St. Vincent dePaul and those who depend ST. JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH on us?

Feeding and clothing the poor of all faiths is a task that will outlive us all, as will the Society’s mission to do so. 26TH FESTIVAL ANNIVERSARY Your bequest will enable our Live Entertainment Nightly < Food Court all-volunteer, tax-exempt Society Games, Rides, Children’s Games to help sustain those caught in Fun For All Ages Under the BIG TENTS!!! — Come Join the Fun! the desperate web of poverty in the years to come. 2012 Festival Information Grand Prize Thursday, June 21 • 5:00 pm-Closing Won’t you consider a tax- Dinner by Fr. Carlton Drawing deductible bequest or gift to the $2,500 Cash Society of St. Vincent dePaul- Friday, June 22 • 5:00 pm-Closing $1,000 Cash Indianapolis Archdiocesan Entertainment: 3rd Generation $500 Cash Dinner: Iaria’s Italian Night Council from your estate? $250 Cash Saturday, June 23 • 4:00 pm-Closing $250 Cash Society of St. Vincent dePaul Entertainment: Blindside 3001 E. 30TH Street Dinner: Fried Chicken Indianapolis, IN 46218 Lic. # 127183 Or donate online at 5353 McFarland Road, Indianapolis (adjacent to Roncalli High School) • (317) 786-4371 www.svdpindy.org Page 8 The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012

LEGACY Submitted photo continued from page 1 of chisels and wood—to help him pass the time during his recovery. But his interest in woodcarving continued long after he recovered, and he became an apprentice at a furniture company in Batesville in 1932 when he was 16. He spent his evenings carving religious statues. After a few years, a young woman from the neighborhood, Monica Dirks, carved a place in his heart. They were married in 1940. Two years later, he started the Weberding Carving Shop, building it from the orders for statues and religious carvings that he received from priests in the area. “The shop started in a little 10-foot by 12-foot building,” notes Tim Weberding, one of the five children of Bill and Monica, along with William G., Terry, Mary Anne and Shirley. “My dad worked all day, every day.” Both their family and the business were built on a foundation of faith. “They were very Catholic and very religious,” Tim says. “They wanted us to have the religious, Catholic upbringing. They did a lot for the community. Every Christmas, they would decorate the property with Nativity scenes, the Workers use a crane and scaffolding to place the 10-foot-high, 400-pound carving of the Holy Family on the front of the workshop of the Weberding Carving three kings, the Holy Family and lots Shop in Batesville in late November of 2011. The carving serves as a permanent tribute from the Weberding children to their late parents. of lights.” Their father also shared his gift for carving with his children.

“He gave us all chisels, and we’d Submitted photo be working with him late at night,”

Terry recalls. John Shaughnessy Photo by “He was my professor,” Tim says. “Sometimes he would tell you that you had to start over. He was very gentle about it, but it made you mad. Yet, you knew he was right. There are still times when those words stick in the back of your mind.” The three sons continued in the family business, complementing each other in Above, Monica and William J. Weberding pose for a their talents. picture during their 60th wedding anniversary William G. is now celebration in 2000. The couple left a legacy of faith the president of the and family for their five children. company. Terry is a master cabinet and Right, a master carver who learned the art of furniture maker. carving from his father, Tim Weberding uses a chisel Tim is a master to shape a corpus of Christ, one of the countless wood carver. religious wood creations that the family business in “We were raised Batesville has made since it started in 1942. to treat people right and do things to the Holy Family Parish in Oldenburg. best of our ability,” “Dan cut down a lot of trees and said he Fr. David Kobak, O.F.M. says William G. wanted to make a Madonna and Child “Bill” Weberding. from it,” Tim says. “We did that for him,

“Our father always and a statue of Jesus with the children. John Shaughnessy Photo by said that if you give Someone made a comment that this was a people respect, public golf course, and there were religious they’ll give it back statues on it. Dan said, ‘If they don’t like to you. That’s the it, they don’t have to play golf here.’ Of way he ran the course, that never stopped a golfer.” business, too. For Tekulve says, “Tim did a great job. It us to follow in his was just something I thought I had to do. I footsteps is a great believe in the Blessed Mother and the thing.” Sacred Heart of Jesus.” The Weberdings have created Fr. Randall Summers A legacy that Stations of the Cross for St. Louis Church endures in Batesville, an 8-foot-high corpus and Even in his retirement and his later cross for Our Lady of the Greenwood failing health, their father kept coming Church in Greenwood, and a statue of the every day to the woodworking shop, Blessed Mother with children at St. Mary which has grown to 22,000 square feet Church in North Vernon. today. He also attended Mass every day. Other parishes that have benefited Surrounded by their children and from their skills include St. Anne Parish grandchildren, he and his wife celebrated in New Castle, Sacred Heart of Jesus The wood images of two angels, on display in a workshop, show the beautiful and intricate details their 65th wedding anniversary in 2005, Parish in Terre Haute, and St. John the that mark the creations made at the Weberding Carving Shop in Batesville. the year he died. Three years later, Monica Evangelist Parish, St. Simon the Apostle passed away. Their commitment to their Parish and Good Shepherd Parish, all in the blessings that have come from a carving because that’s what the business family, its business and their faith remains Indianapolis. long-ago gift of wood and chisels, and started as,” Tim says. “It’s going to stay their legacy. “The quality of their work is superb,” their parents’ legacy of faith and family. there as a permanent fixture of the The family’s talent and influence have says Franciscan Father David Kobak, “It’s amazing to us that the business business. It’s because my parents were so beautified churches across the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Oldenburg. has held together this long,” Tim says. Christmas-oriented. And they loved kids, archdiocese, including the restoration “That quality of craftsmanship is so hard “We hope it continues on. My brother, their grandkids and the Batesville effort at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in to find in the United States anymore. They Bill, has two sons—Brian and Colt— community.” Indianapolis that still makes Tim glow. do really quality work by hand.” who are very interested in this, and they When the carving was unveiled in late “It was a major job for a small shop of work here full time. We’re always trying 2011, the moment overflowed with 10 [employees],” he says. “We do the A gift of love, family and faith new things and coming up with emotion for the Weberding children. things that most people don’t want to Their approach to their faith is similar, new designs.” “It was overwhelming—a lot of mess with or don’t have the people who says their pastor. The creation they most embrace as a emotions. Satisfaction, pride, a feeling of can do what we do. It was a year’s project “They’re very faithful,” says family is the 10-foot-high, 10-foot-wide, success,” Bill says. “It’s such a beautiful for our shop. It was very rewarding Father Randall Summers, pastor of 400-pound wood carving of the piece. With my dad being a very religious for us.” St. Louis Parish in Batesville. “I think they Holy Family. They view it as a tribute to man, I think he would be overwhelmed So was the opportunity to create a view their business not only as a business, their faith, their family’s 70 years of by the beauty of it and the reason for grotto at Cricket Ridge Golf Course in but [also] as a ministry to the Church. business, and the love and example of doing it. I think our parents would be Franklin County, a public course They’re just good people.” their parents. very proud of what we did because we owned by Dan Tekulve, a member of They’re also people who are amazed by “We wanted a nice, big wood did it for them.” † The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012 Page 9

like For Greater Glory can do—would the federal government’s abortifacient, keeps on going, we will go back to that benefit them in many ways. sterilization and contraception mandate. period of time [of the Cristiada],” she MOVIE “One of the things that we’re trying to “I believe that it is important for all of said. “That’s painful to me.” continued from page 7 teach our young generation of Latinos is us to find common experiences because Father Valdes knows that pain. When archdiocesan coordinator of Hispanic to embrace their identity,” Brother Moises they will help us appreciate each other,” he was ordained a priest in Mexico in ministry. “I never met my grandfather. But said. “If we don’t embrace our identity, Brother Moises said. “By understanding 1991, he lost his Mexican citizenship, and by hearing those then we are lost. We’re rootless. This the history of people, we become more his right to vote and be protected by stories, I thought of [movie] is a good chance to help them compassionate people.” Mexican law. my grandfather as understand their identity, and that there Aguayo grew up with the But after ministering in central and a hero.” are good things about their history as consequences of the Cristiada. Until the southern Indiana among both immigrant Those stories Latinos, as Mexicans, as people coming mid-1990s, Catholics in Mexico still had Catholics and those with deep roots here, played a key role in from Jalisco. restrictions on how they could live out he knows that both groups can help each forming the faith of “You can be proud of that. Embrace their faith in public. other grow in their faith. Brother Moises your identity. And the repercussion of that “When I was in school, if we heard “The practice of religion affects as a boy. Like is that you can become a better that the supervisor from the government others,” Father Valdes said. “When Father Valdes, he is American.” was coming for an inspection, we had to immigrants come here, they enrich the concerned that run and hide our religious images,” she faith of others. And the faith of the people young Mexicans Sharing a common bond said. “We would hide our catechisms. here enriches the faith of immigrants who Br. Moises Gutierrez, O.F.M. who have Brother Moises thinks that Sometimes I had to sit on top of it to come here. 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By David Gibson entertaining? • Leisure tends to get us busy with activities that differ A fond hope for many of us is that our leisure time will from the daily work grind. Has something gone wrong when The Dialog prove rewarding, enjoyable, relaxing and fun. Tacked onto leisure gets us busy away from the people who matter most our leisure time are some great expectations. to us? Some people plan far in advance for a few days away • Leisure and relaxation go hand in hand. But do we fail CNS photo/Don Blake, CNS photo/Don Blake, from the “business” of life. Some budget carefully—or spend when leisure allows room for a rewarding, much-needed recklessly—to assure their time off is satisfying. conversation that demands a lot of us? Still others invest time and energy in an engaging hobby Granting conversation its place on our list of rewarding or sport guaranteed to turn their attention away from life’s leisure activities seems vital in light of a concern that many daily stresses. social commentators and religious leaders describe. Leisure time clearly matters to most people. They ask not only whether life’s rapid pace leads many Yet, there are those who feel ambivalent about leisure to short-change leisure, but whether our devotion to the new time. They may sense that leisure takes them away from technologies keeps us from devoting time to each other. work, which they view as life’s real Canadian Bishop Donald Bolen of business. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, talked about They may see leisure’s true value the value of conversation in a solely in its capacity to restore physical ‘If leisure time lacks an 2011 pastoral letter. energy, to clear one’s head and get ready inner focus, an overall He acknowledged the countless ways for a return to work. sense of direction, then that the Internet, cellphones, Could that be leisure’s main purpose? ultimately it becomes text messaging, social media and other I find that leisure improves my sight means of communication constitute a and hearing. When I am not in a hurry, I wasted time that neither blessing. He also noted that these see my grandchildren’s faces differently. I strengthens nor builds us technologies have dramatically changed hear the sound of their voices in ways that up.’ the way that human beings relate to help me understand what really interests each other. or concerns them. —Pope Benedict XVI Social networking, Skype and other Children, I suspect, need our leisure new technologies enable many to time even when we, suffering the communicate rewardingly with relatives pressures of real life, experience difficulty and friends in distant places. making time for it. Yet, the powerful draw of these technologies may in turn To believe that leisure’s main purpose is work-related is to pull family members under the same roof away from risk feeling guilty about setting work aside. Alternatively, each other. people could conclude that leisure is a waste of time. Besides communicating with others outside the home, Everywhere I go I see people working—on beaches, while some may spend their leisure time alone, playing games and eating out with a spouse, in theaters, in cars. For many, watching films online. having technology at arm’s length means that work must not “Developing technologies are changing our leisure,” be left behind. Bishop Bolen said. He expressed concern that these During a 2007 visit to Austria, Pope Benedict XVI spoke technologies can isolate people, with the result that they rarely about leisure time as “something good and necessary, engage “in heart-to-heart, face-to-face communication.” especially amid the mad rush of the modern world.” A similar concern preoccupied Basilian Father Thomas However, the pope said that “if leisure time lacks an inner Rosica during an April speech at DePaul University focus, an overall sense of direction, then ultimately it in Chicago. Father Rosica heads the Salt and Light Catholic becomes wasted time that neither strengthens nor builds Television network based in Toronto, Ontario. us up.” Nowadays, people rush everywhere with wires in That’s how leisure can become wasted time, but not their ears, laden with smartphones, iPads and other because it takes us away from work. communications devices, Father Thomas observed. He Pope Benedict’s remarks focused on Sunday, suggesting asked his listeners when they last “had a significant that this day of rest offers opportunities to learn to live and one-on-one conversation with another human being?” discover what truly matters. Calling attention to “Jesus’ style of being present to If my notion of leisure confines it to a narrow field of others and communicating with them,” Father Thomas said options, it might be hard to imagine how it could build me the Lord never allowed “anything to distract him from the up. What is leisure, especially in societies that ceaselessly person in front of him.” A father and daughter walk along the shoreline at sunset on advertise costly events and exotic getaways? Little Bay in South Bethany Beach, Del., on June 29, 2010. Time • Leisure encompasses entertainment. No problem there. (David Gibson served on Catholic News Service’s editorial given over to leisure can help people renew their relationships But has leisure run off track if sometimes it is not staff for 37 years.) † and themselves. The beauty and power of nature can bring us closer to the holiness of God By Nancy de Flon O noblest tree.” many miles” or “I must make it to the very top.” It’s The ninth-century Byzantine theologian Theodore the not about what you can boast about to your friends When the American poet William Cullen Bryant Studite movingly described how the trees of the forest later. It’s about being open to God’s presence. declared that “the groves were God’s first temples,” he exult on Good Friday to see one of their own “being If you don’t live near forests, walking trails, hills or was pointing out that human beings, from time honored with kisses and embraces.” mountains, try your own garden or a local park. immemorial, recognized the sacredness of the created Mountains, too, have been significant places of Also, don’t imagine that you must consciously think world by worshiping God in the open, especially among encounter with the Divine. Ancient peoples believed that explicitly “religious” thoughts while out enjoying the trees. the gods lived on mountaintops. nature. That’s not the Catholic way. Our sacramental Many ancient religions claimed certain trees were It was on Mount Sinai that Moses had an intimate imagination perceives the beauty of God reflected in sacred. In Christianity, this tree is the Cross on which encounter with the living God. Jerusalem, the holy city of the beauty of nature—the invisible in the visible. Jesus was crucified. A Latin hymn, written some Israel, stood on a height. The psalms offer vivid The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins said it 1,500 years ago, addresses it as “O faithful cross, descriptions of the people winding their way up to best—“The world is charged with the grandeur of Jerusalem for the big feasts. Jesus was transfigured before God.” Natural beauty isn’t something upon which a his friends Peter, James and John on a high mountain. religious character must be externally imposed. You From the “still waters” near which the Lord leads me don’t need a religious excuse to enjoy it. in Psalm 23 to the waters that have “raised its pounding The Scottish-American conservationist John Muir waves” (Ps 93:3), water is another significant natural invites us to “climb the mountains and get their good element in our religious tradition. Jesus walked on water tidings.” Those good tidings are the Lord’s peace to show his power over the forces of nature. In water, we and joy. CNS photo/Michaela Rehle, Reuters CNS photo/Michaela Rehle, die with Christ in baptism. Whether in “lofty mountain grandeur” or a red Our Christian tradition clearly regards nature as holy. maple in the fall, a tall stately sunflower or tender But aside from having these tidbits of information at our young buds in springtime, a delicate butterfly or the fingertips, how can we actually experience that holiness? squirrel that persistently invades your bird feeders, First, don’t try too hard. If you’re out walking or holiness is there. hiking, enjoy it for its own sake. Stop now and then to Be open to it, and it will make itself known to you. Hikers walk in front of the Wetterstein Mountains next to a cross enjoy a view or to stoop down and look closely at a on Wank Mountain near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on little flower. (Nancy De Flon is an editor at Paulist Press and the Aug. 18, 2010. Avoid the “achievement” mode—“I must walk so author of The Joy of Praying the Psalms.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Catholic Evangeliazation Outreach/ Biblical readings: The Book of Judges Ken Ogorek Pie and coffee, Next week, the biblical readings in the They also were not true to their humiliation of the Israelite commander, Office of Readings, for the 11th week of covenant with God, and that is why, Barak. professional Ordinary Time, are according to Judges, they were ruled by In the canticle of Deborah, sung after the taken from the Book of other people—the Philistines, Canaanites, victory, she referred to Jael as “blessed and spiritual Judges in the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and among women” (Jgs 5:24). The Gospel of Old Testament. Jebusites (see Jgs 3:5). The Israelites St. Luke uses that expression when development The Israelite intermarried with these people and Elizabeth greeted Mary at the Visitation “judges” were really worshiped their gods. (Lk 1:42). are a healthy military leaders who, Therefore, according to Judges, God Gideon was called upon to lead the through their heroic punished them by sending oppressors. Israelites against the Midianites. An combination deeds, rescued the When they repented and turned back to the angel appeared to Gideon and said, people from true God, he sent a deliverer, a judge, to “The Lord is with you” (Jgs 6:12), just as “You had me at pie.” persecution. Twelve of them appeared at rescue them. The judge secured peace the Archangel Gabriel did when he Recently, I tried describing at a lunch various times, six “minor” judges, who during his or her lifetime, but then the appeared to Mary (Lk 1:28). table how the were apparently actually judicial officials, people returned to idolatry. The cycle Samson is a tragic figure, endowed with archdiocesan and six “major” judges, famous for their continued over and over. great strength but lacking in wisdom, as his finance office and military exploits. The Book of Judges tells The Office of Readings skips over the affair with Delilah showed. The archdiocesan their basically unrelated stories. stories of some of the judges, including announcement of his conception, by an Office of Catholic The previous book in the Old Testament, Jephthah, who sacrificed his own daughter angel to his mother, is echoed in Luke’s Education were the Book of Joshua, gave the impression because of a vow that he made. It includes narrative of the announcement of the collaborating on a that the Israelites controlled Canaan by the mainly the stories of Deborah, Gideon and conception of John the Baptist by an angel series of events time of Joshua’s death. Judges corrects that Samson. It does not include Chapters 17-21. to his father. Both men were born to throughout southern impression. Deborah was both a judge and a prophet. women who had been sterile, and both men and central Indiana. The fact is that Israel’s conquest of the As a bit of trivia, she is the first prophet take a Nazarite vow to abstain from wine “Pie, Coffee and land wasn’t complete until the time of named in the Old Testament. The last and strong drink. Parish Budgets: An Evening for King David. Until then, the tribes existed in prophet named is also a woman, Huldah. Samson also seems to prefigure Business Managers, Bookkeepers and a sort of confederation while the people Deborah organized the Israelites to defeat a Solomon to some extent. Both men became Additional Parish Staff” gathered made their living by farming and raising Canaanite army commanded by Sisera, who involved with foreign women, and that bookkeepers, parish secretaries, business livestock, especially sheep. was killed by another woman, Jael, to the became their downfall. † managers and more for two plus hours of professional and spiritual For the Journey/Effie Caldarola development. About 100 parish staff members representing more than one-third of our Sometimes it’s best to grab on to the memories and move on 148 parishes and missions participated in During the past year, my husband and I With different eyes, I returned with my that the new owners had chopped down the one of five opportunities offered at strategic moved from Alaska to the Midwest, where daughter last week to visit old friends. lilac bush. My children were uniformly hurt locations throughout the archdiocese. I grew up. About 30 years ago, we bought the when they heard about it. One message that was emphasized to Alaska is a unique place, and it was hard Alaskan house where we raised three babies But a neighbor told me there might be a participants drew from the Church to leave. A friend who to adulthood. In the early years, a local compelling reason for the destruction. document “Co-workers in the Vineyard moved from Fairbanks nursery had a spring promotion in which Anchorage had broken a snow record with of the Lord.” It is our U.S. Conference to Spokane, Wash., they gave away a tree or shrub. Your “tree” more than 135 inches last winter, and the of Catholic Bishops’ statement on lay described her was a little stick wrapped in a wet paper voles that normally scrounge underneath people who serve the Church in one or experience about towel with a couple of roots and maybe a the snow, nibbling on grass, were forced to more ministry roles. leaving as leaf or two. aim higher. They had wreaked havoc on “Co-workers in the Vineyard of the “homesickness One year, we received a little twig that is bushes and large plants. Lord” states clearly that ongoing washing over me like now a full-grown ornamental tree. Another That bush had grown along with my formation—professional and spiritual waves.” year, a crab apple tree failed to thrive, but marriage and my family, and now it was development—isn’t a luxury for women Yes, that was just the tiny stick we put in the ground in the gone, and I was gone from Alaska. and men who serve the faithful in how I felt. I would lie hopes that it would become a lilac bush One thing that I’ve become convinced of Church-related duties, but rather is a in bed in the morning, the alien warm wind became the pride of our front yard. It grew as I’ve grown older is that the happiest necessity for this work to be effective by off the Plains blowing through my window to be huge and round—more than 9 feet people are those who accept change easily God’s grace. in a most unfamiliar way, and a surge of tall. It had the most beautiful-smelling and optimistically. Perhaps the happiest Parish policies, practices and pain would register inside me and move blossoms. among those are the ones who trust in an procedures should allow for time away through me, leaving emptiness in its wake. The neighborhood moose munched on unchanging God, one who mysteriously as well as reimbursing reasonable costs Alaska was where I met my husband, many things, but luckily they rejected my moves creatively with them through life’s associated with ongoing spiritual and where all of our children were born, and lilac bush. When I read an article that said changes. professional development of staff where I matured and grew older in so many lilacs bloomed best when fertilized with I think of Moses, who had his own members—both part time and full time, ways. Alaska is a huge territory with a human urine, I saved contributions for my experience with a burning bush. But he paid and volunteer. small-town feel. I felt a deep loneliness. bush, yielding me no end of eye-rolling didn’t loiter there. He took its lesson and its These pie, coffee and parish budgets’ But only for a while. from my children. truth, and moved on. evenings are good examples of Moving has taught me, once again, that We took ample pictures of children Maybe it was good for me to see my collaboration among archdiocesan most people think of their home as the and the bush and, the last year we lived bush chopped down, to take its memories offices—e.g. finance and Catholic center of the universe, and that, even there, an elderly woman actually stopped and its truth, and move on. education—as well as the fact that adult though we Alaskans called anywhere that her car and got out to take a picture of its catechesis sometimes occurs within wasn’t Alaska “outside,” life goes on when bounteous blooms. (Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News groups who share a common profession you leave. So it was hard to see the week we visited Service.) † or interest—e.g. doctors, lawyers, lay ecclesial ministers, etc. Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister During these evenings, participants were reminded that Jesus serves as An interesting story about the meaning for our holy cross priest, prophet and king. While all baptized persons share in The gifts we receive in life are head hanging low after death. I could not them for me to be confirmed. this threefold ministry of Jesus, parish sometimes tangible items from a friend or see Christ’s face, but the Holy Spirit is My parents wanted me to have the gift staff members do well to recall that they family member. hovering above him. of the Catholic faith. have unique opportunities to manifest And sometimes the Through our friends, I received As a child, I did not know that my father Jesus in action—to be the face of our gifts we receive are a permission from Bishop Schlarman to was once a Protestant but became a Church for those who they serve. moment or a belief share some of his comments about that Catholic. I later learned that his parents and Does your profession require ongoing shared by a friend or piece of art. siblings did not approve of his decision. education? We all rely on workers in family member. “The sign of the cross makes kings of all Through the years, his family eventually various fields who must constantly I received both of those reborn in Christ through being realized that he did the right thing. deepen their well of knowledge types of gifts when our baptized and confirmed,” he said, sharing a I was always “in seventh heaven” when and skill. friends, Bob and Alice statement from Pope St. Leo the Great. we visited Dad’s parents and extended How might you help your pastor see Arndt, came from our Bishop Schlarman also noted that “the family. Also, my Grandma Vogler always to it that his staff has sufficient hometown of event of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus had copies of National Geographic resources for ongoing formation? Belleville, Ill., to visit me and my remains with us forever and abides and magazine for me to read. Prayer, encouragement and excellent husband, Paul. draws everything toward life” (Catechism of Eventually, our family returned to stewardship can help your parish staff During their visit, Alice gave us a gift the Catholic Church, #1085). Belleville, Ill., where Dad was promoted to members have access to the tools that Bishop Stanley Schlarman had given to What we see in Jesus is the gift of God’s manager of a Goodyear store. In Belleville, they need for effective service to them—a gift that she wanted us to have. own self—the fullest possible love for us, I attended Cathedral grade school and God’s people. The bishop had been Paul’s classmate even though we sin! received a four-year scholarship to the Access to reasonably priced and our friend for many years before he Obviously, I knew nothing of that when I Academy of Notre Dame. professional and spiritual development became a priest. He was a priest for the was baptized as a baby and confirmed as a Memories from the early years in our opportunities—of reasonable frequency Diocese of Belleville, and later appointed as young girl. life are wonderful. So are the special gifts and duration—should be as easy as an auxiliary bishop of the diocese. During that time, my family lived in that we receive from our family and friends …pie! Eventually, he was appointed as the Overland, Mo., and our parish was far from through the years. Bishop of the Diocese of Dodge City in where we lived. I was also going to a public (Ken Ogorek is director of catechesis for Kansas, until he retired to our hometown. school temporarily. Yet, Mom and Dad (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of the archdiocesan Office of Catholic What Alice gave us was an unusual made sure that after Sunday Mass I took Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is Education. Send an e-mail to him at piece of art on paper showing Jesus with his Catholic instruction. It was important to a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012 Page 13

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, June 18 Saturday, June 23 The Sunday Readings 1 Kings 21:1-16 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 Psalm 5:2-3, 5-7 Psalm 89:4-5, 29-34 Sunday, June 17, 2012 ominously, by the political authority. Matthew 5:38-42 Matthew 6:24-34 The Apostle urges the Corinthian • Ezekiel 17:22-24 Christians to see heaven as “home,” and to Vigil Mass of the Nativity of • 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 prepare for an end of earthly existence Tuesday, June 19 St. John the Baptist • Mark 4:26-34 when they will have to answer before the St. Romuald, abbot Jeremiah 1:4-10 judgment throne of Christ. 1 Kings 21:17-29 Psalm 71:1-4a, 5-6b, 15ab, 17 The first reading for this weekend’s For the last reading, the Church presents Psalm 51:3-6, 11-16 1 Peter 1:8-12 liturgy is from the Book of Ezekiel, who is a parable from St. Mark’s Gospel. Matthew 5:43-48 Luke 1:5-17 regarded as one of the great Hebrew It is the familiar Scripture story of the prophets. mustard seed. The Lord likens the kingdom Not interested in to the growth of a plant into a mighty bush. Wednesday, June 20 Sunday, June 24 themselves, but only in The implication for us is that we may 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 The Nativity of St. John the imparting the grow in our place in the kingdom if we Psalm 31:20-21, 2 Baptist revelation of God, the follow Jesus. Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Isaiah 49:1-6 prophets rarely left any This story confronts us with our own biographical details potential, and also with our responsibility Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15 about themselves. This as disciples. Thursday, June 21 Acts 13:22-26 does not mean, The growth of the mustard seed from the St. Aloysius Gonzaga, religious Luke 1:57-66, 80 however, that mystery moment of being planted to its budding Sirach 48:1-14 surrounds them all. until it reaches full maturity is inevitable. It Psalm 97:1-7 It is clear that Ezekiel was active as a is God’s will and God’s plan, unfolding in Matthew 6:7-15 prophet during the Hebrews’ exile in nature. Belonging to God, planted by God, Babylon. Apparently born in Judah, he was it will become the greatest of all plants. in Babylon as one of the original exiles In our humanity, we are small and Friday, June 22 rather than being descended from an limited. Still, God wills us to be great and St. Paulinus of Nola, bishop exile who came earlier while he was born mighty in our holiness, and to grow into St. John Fisher, bishop and in Babylonia. the strength and majesty of the fully martyr It is interesting to imagine the developed bush. psychological state in which the exiles lived This is God’s will and God’s plan for St. Thomas More, martyr in Babylon, and how their mental frame of us. However, we must make of ourselves 2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 mind affected the fervor of their religious the rich produce to be gathered by God in Psalm 132:11-14, 17-18 belief and practice. the great harvest that will come at the Matthew 6:19-23 Despite all the differences between their Last Judgment. time and our own, basic human feelings pertained for them as these emotions would Reflection for us. In these readings, the Church brings us Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle Ezekiel encountered great faith, without to face that event common to all things doubt, but also most surely experienced living, but rarely acknowledged and always despair, anger and disbelief in the power feared by humans. Chewing gum violates one-hour fast and fidelity of the One God of Israel. In fact, other species of living beings In preceding verses, the prophet place nothing above their instinct before reception of holy Communion bemoans the unfaithfulness of the kings of to survive. I often witness adults chewing gum Does the Church ever consider any Judah and their people, but not God’s Never denying death or belittling the Qduring Sunday Mass and then going miracles other than physical cures when infidelity. will to survive, the Church—as the teacher right up to receive holy Communion. determining whether someone should be In this reading, he insists that God will of genuine truth—places life, death and Am I wrong in honored as a saint? (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) restore the people to safety and security. survival in context. It presents this teaching thinking that chewing God is faithful. People must also be faithful in these readings. gum breaks the one-hour The word “miracle” comes from the to God. Earthly life is not the be all and end all, fast that Catholics are ALatin word for “wonder” and means St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the whether we believe it or not. Life shall required to observe “marvelous to behold.” Corinthians is the source of the endure after physical death. before receiving the In common parlance, “miracle” is used second reading. What will this mean? It is a question to precious Body and broadly, and people often apply the term to In the background is an obvious interest be answered personally from deep within Blood? (Galloway, N.J.) natural events, such as the sunrise or birth of in earthly death and its consequences. By each person’s heart. It will mean everlasting a baby, or to scientific developments, such as the time that St. Paul wrote and preached, life—but only if we live now with God. The governing retinal transplants that can restore sight to Christians already were being held in The choice belongs individually to each Acanon (#919 in the the blind. suspicion by the culture and, even more of us. † Church’s Code of Canon Law) says that In the Church’s use of the word “miracle” “one who is to receive the most holy in the canonization process, it has a much Eucharist is to abstain from any food or drink, stricter meaning. It signifies an act brought My Journey to God with the exception only of water and about by divine intervention that goes beyond medicine, for at least the period of one hour all the powers of natural science to explain. before holy Communion.” In the 18th century, Pope Benedict XIV I don’t think that you will find any official laid down strict standards for recognizing a rule book that details what is food and what is miraculous cure: The original disease must not. So we should simply use our common be incapacitating, with a sure and precise sense as God and the Church expect us to do diagnosis; the cure, which should be in a lot of things. instantaneous and without convalescence,

CNS file photo/Thomas Lorsung I have heard one opinion that if gum is must not result from medical treatment; sugar-free, it does not break the fast since it and recovery must permanently restore has no nutritional value. normal function. To me, such reasoning is silly and When considering a reported miracle, the artificial—the height of casuistry. Church conducts a lengthy investigation, Let’s look at the reason for the rule and consulting with scientific and medical experts then seek to apply it. in order to be able to rule out natural The Eucharist is special food, nourishing explanations. not just our bodies for a day but our souls for At Lourdes, for example, only Welcome, Summer eternity. To remind us of just how special this four healings among the hundreds of “cures” Summer is upon us, Lord, to bask in Your love and care, gift is, the Church requires that no other food reported passed the Church’s rigid scrutiny those long, drawn out days in Your goodness reflected enter our mouths for an hour before receiving over the last four decades. of sunshine and cricket chirps, in the world within me and around me. it so as not to mix the profane with the Commonly, the documented miracles of lounge chairs and hammocks. sacred. concern physical illnesses—for example, Grant me long moments, Lord, Gum, whether you chew it or swallow it, the French nun whose cure from In the midst of my busyness, to relax and revel in Your gentle whether it has sugar or not, profanes the Parkinson’s disease led to the beatification summer beckons me to pause and ponder, presence, mouth and makes it less worthy as a receptor of Blessed John Paul II last year. to drink in the flavors and sights and to join my voice for the body of Christ. I am not aware of miracles other than sounds with nature’s summer song. So, yes, gum is food and people should those of physical healing that have been used of a world fully alive. not chew it during the hour before they in the canonization process. I suspect that By Sister Susan Marie Lindstrom, receive Communion. other developments, such as what you The slow pace of sultry mornings O.S.B. describe—financial recovery or the invites me to rest in You, God, When an individual is being considered reconciliation of enemies—though they may Qfor sainthood, I often read about the certainly be remarkable results produced (Benedictine Sister Susan Marie Lindstrom is a member of the Sisters of St. Benedict need for documented miracles. But I’ve never through intercessory prayer, might be much of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove. She teaches religion, chairs the seen an instance when the miracle under harder to document. religion department and serves as co-sponsor of the senior class at Bishop Chatard review was not one of physical healing. Physical healings, on the other hand, can High School in Indianapolis. Sunflowers bloom on a warm summer day on Yet, those are not the only type of miracle. readily be weighed by the scientific Maryland’s Eastern Shore on July 15, 2010.) There are financial miracles, miracles of community to determine the absence of reconciliation, miracles of peace, etc. natural causes. † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, June 15, 2012

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St. Therese of the Infant Jesus a term used for offerings made in thanksgiving The Criterion. Order priests Mother of Elizabeth, Mary, (Little Flower), Indianapolis, to God for blessings received through the and religious sisters and Blaise, Christopher, James, Mark May 2. Husband of Sandra prayers of St. Anthony. The feast of St. Anthony brothers are included here, and Paul Durbin. Sister of Mary Luckett. Father of Constance of Padua is celebrated on June 13 each year. unless they are natives of the Ann Trulley, James and Peter Bryan, Deborah Miller and archdiocese or have other Schetgen. Grandmother of 23. connec tions to it; those are Frances Hayes. Brother of separate obituaries on this page. EBERLE, Patricia Ann, 64, Maryellen McKinney and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Donald Luckett. Grandfather ACKMANN, Marianne New Albany, May 26. Sister of of three. (Masters), 64, St. Luke the Donna Hoying, Marie Kaufman, Evangelist, Indianapolis, May 29. Diana Owens, Marilyn Shumate, MAY, Judith A., 59, Mother of Elizabeth Elias, Allison Benedictine Sister Anita Eberle, St. Bernadette, Indianapolis, Gibbs and John Ackmann. Jim, Larry, Paul and Tom Eberle. April 11. Mother of Rachel Grandmother of two. HANNON, Terrence P., 68, Neubauer. Daughter of Marilyn AUSTGEN, Michael George, Most Holy Name of Jesus, May. Sister of Karyn DePari, 57, SS. Francis and Clare, Beech Grove, May 24. Husband Teresa Reckley, Mary Lynn, Daughter of Charity Delphine Fleming taught Greenwood, May 25. Husband of of Roberta (Cheesman) Hannon. Donald and Stephen May. Grand - Donna Austgen. Father of Allison Father of Cheri Bush and Emily mother of three. (correction) nursing and promoted nursing education Wilkins, Stephanie and Brian Radisich. Brother of Thomas McFARLING, Adeline, 90, Daughter of Charity Delphine Fleming died on DePaul University in Chicago, Sister Delphine Best. Son of Robert and Hannon. Grandfather of four. May 4 at the Seton Residence in Evansville, Ind., taught student nurses at St. Vincent Hospital and Rosemary Austgen. Brother of St. Paul, Tell City, May 25. HAYES, James F., Sr., 74, in the Evansville Diocese. She was 97. other Daughter of Charity hospitals for 23 years. Mary Campagma, Margaret Mother of Vicki Brewer. Grand - St. Philip Neri, Indianapolis, The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated During this time, she was active in working Coffey, Nancy Ellis, Barbara mother of three. Great-grand June 3. Husband of Yelba Hayes. on May 7 at the Seton Residence Chapel in with the National League for Nursing to obtain Hannigan, Jane Swibel, mother of five. Father of Jacqueline Backus, Evansville. Burial followed at St. Joseph better standards for nurses. Christopher, David and Joseph Martha O’Connor, Sarah NEWLAND, James George, Cemetery in Evansville. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her to a Austgen. Grandfather of five. Stevenson and James Hayes Jr. 93, St. Luke the Evangelist, Eliska Marie Fleming was born on Jan. 24, four-year term on the Advisory Council to the BAXTER, Aletha M., 58, Grandfather of 10. Great-grand - Indianapolis, May 19. Father of 1915, in New Orleans. Nurses Training Act of 1964, and called her to give Holy Angels, Indianapolis, father of one. Jane Coraz, Christine Darling, After graduating from St. Joseph High School testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee May 22. Mother of Kiley Baxter. JERGER, Robert M., 84, Suzanne Graham, Margaret Paul, in New Orleans in 1932, she entered the in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1967. Daughter of Benjamin Scott and St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, David, James, Mark and Robert Daughters of Charity in December of that year. Sister Delphine was one of five U.S. delegates Shirley Mallory. Sister of Daphne May 30. Husband of Eileen Newland. Grandfather of 14. After completing her initial formation in who participated in the International Council of Barbee, Veachel Dillworth, Jerger. Father of Dan and Kenn St. Louis, Sister Delphine taught at a Nurses meeting in Frankfort, Germany. Melissa, Michael, Terrow and Jerger. Brother of Maryanne PHILLIPS, Mary A., 84, Catholic high school for one year then began After retiring to the Seton Residence in 2003, Zachary Mallory, Anthony, Standriff. Grandfather of one. St. Christopher, Indianapolis, her ministry in health care in 1934. Sister Delphine served in the ministry of prayer. Benjamin Jr., Erick, Phillip and KOEHL, Alicia D., 45, May 28. Mother of Chris Hill, In the archdiocese, she served as an operating Surviving are a brother, David Fleming; a sister, Steven Scott. Grandmother of St. Pius X., Indianapolis, Patty Sickmeier and Daniel room supervisor at St. Vincent Hospital in Toby Bassett; and several nieces and nephews. three. May 30. Wife of Paul Koehl. Phillips. Sister of six. Grand - Indianapolis. Memorial gifts may be sent to the BRYANT, Omer E., 91, St. Paul, Mother of Victoria and mother of several. Great-grand - After completing a bachelor’s degree and Daughters of Charity, Seton Residence, Tell City, May 24. Husband of Thomas Koehl. Daughter of mother of several. † master’s degree in nursing education at 9200 New Harmony Road, Evansville, IN 47720. †

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Age: 52 Age: 50 Wife: Carol Home Parish: Good Shepherd Parish Richard Home Parish: St. Pius X Parish in Russell in Indianapolis Indianapolis Occupation: Parish Life Coordinator Occupation: Principal of Guérin of St. Anne Parish in New Castle Wagner Catholic High School in Noblesville, Woodard and St. Rose of Lima Parish in Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese Knightstown

Who are the important role models in challenge parents to be a part of their Who are the important role models in heart among those I encounter in my ministry your life of faith? children’s lives, and to take seriously their role your life of faith? at the New Castle Correctional Facility. I served as director of Our Lady of Fatima as primary educators. I look forward to these My parents, Father Jim Farrell, the many Retreat House in Indianapolis for ministries being enhanced once I am ordained. religious sisters who taught me in school Why do you feel that God is calling you to four years. I credit the retreat house’s and have worked with me in ministry, and become a deacon? beautiful grounds, its loving staff—both Why do you feel that God is calling you to Archbishop Emeritus Daniel M. Buechlein. I have come to recognize that God’s call to paid and volunteer—and the faith-filled become a deacon? me has been persistent. He spent years retreatants with igniting my life of faith. It I grew up in the Catholic Church and took the What are your favorite Scripture verses, preparing me for this ministry. For a long was there that I paused long enough to hear practice of my faith seriously, but I had the saints, prayers and devotions? time, I didn’t listen to that call. About what God had to say to me. nagging feeling for years that I was not doing My favorite Scripture verses are six years ago, I heard about the permanent enough to live my faith. I have been blessed in Matthew 25:31-46 and Jeremiah 1:5. My diaconate in the archdiocese. It was What are your favorite Scripture verses, so many ways, and now believe that nagging favorite saints are St. Stephen and St. Paul. something which caught my attention. People saints, prayers and devotions? feeling was a call to serve others—to give Among my favorite prayers is the Liturgy started encouraging me to pursue it. It seemed My favorite Scripture verses are back in gratitude for the many blessings in my of the Hours. The rosary and chaplet of like something that I had been preparing for Luke 6:16-18 and Luke 24:13-25. My life. When I learned more about the Divine Mercy are favorite devotions my whole life, yet I did not know it at the favorite saint is St. Joseph. Among my permanent diaconate, I knew that it would of mine. time. As I prayed and discerned my call, it favorite prayers are the Liturgy of the provide me with the opportunity to serve became obvious to me that God was indeed Hours and daily Mass. others and serve the Church. Deacons often minister to others in the beckoning me. workplace. How have you experienced Deacons often minister to others in the How will being ordained a deacon have an that already, and what do you anticipate How will being ordained a deacon have an workplace. How have you experienced impact on your life and family? doing in the future? impact on your life and family? that already, and what do you anticipate The formation preparing me to be a deacon I try to share with my parishioners where My family has been very supportive of my doing in the future? has already had an impact on my life and my God has made a difference in my life, and calling. There will be times when I will miss I share Morning Prayer with several school family. My wife and I have grown closer as help them to know his love for them. This family gatherings because someone else is in staff members daily, and lead prayer over we have been on this journey together. Our is also my intention for many others with need of my help. My parents showed my the public address system. In a weekly prayer life together has been enhanced whom I come into contact through the siblings and me how important helping others letter to the school community, I reflect on tremendously. We feel we have answered this course of any given day. I strive to share is. I learned that from them so they the many blessings that God has given us. I call together. † the Gospel and encourage a conversion of understand. †

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DUBLIN (CNS)—The Church in Ireland that the congress would “bring a special is on the path to renewal, Church leaders blessing to Ireland at this turbulent time.” told pilgrims at the opening Mass of the He noted how “the Church in Ireland is 50th International Eucharistic Congress on suffering, and faces many new and serious June 10. challenges of the faith. Haring CNS photo/Paul Welcoming pilgrims from more than “Well aware of these challenges, we turn 120 countries at an open-air Mass, together to our Lord, who renews, heals and Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said, strengthens the faith of his people.” “The Church in Ireland rejoices today in the Archbishop Martin told the presence of pilgrims from many parts of the 12,500 pilgrims gathered on a rugby field world, who witness to the universality of that “the Church in Ireland is on the path to our Catholic faith and who show their renewal. It will be a lengthy journey. It faith-filled fellowship and solidarity with the requires renewed and vigorous new Church in Ireland.” evangelization, a renewal in faith, and in Ominous-looking rain clouds that had coherent and authentic witness to that faith threatened proceedings receded as pilgrims in the world and in the culture in which began to arrive for the Mass. Delegates from we live. the four provinces of Ireland carried their “The 50 years since the Second Vatican county flags and symbols of Ireland’s Council have brought many graces to the Christian heritage which, pilgrims were Church in Ireland. The message and reminded, dates back to St. Patrick in the teaching of the council still constitute the Women from Dublin wear scarves bearing the colors of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress as fifth century. The congregation clapped and blueprint for our renewal,” he said. they wait for the start of the event’s opening Mass in Dublin on June 10. cheered as a young man spoke of Ireland’s However, he added that “those 50 years faithfulness to the Mass during centuries of have also been marked with a darker side of in the liturgy was designated to remember was not your plan for them or us. persecution in which many priests and sinful and criminal abuse and neglect of and seek forgiveness from those who had Please help us to help them. Guide us, Catholics were martyred. those weakest in our society—children, who been abused by priests and religious. Lord, Amen.” International visitors took an should have been the object of the greatest Officials unveiled a “healing stone” Following consultation, including abuse opportunity to toll the congress bell and care and support and Christ-like love. engraved with a prayer originally used in the survivors, it was agreed the stone would be “ring for renewal.” The bell has been “We recall all those who suffered abuse, Liturgy of Lament celebrated in Dublin’s an appropriate symbol for the congress. crisscrossing the country over the and who still today bear the mark of that pro-cathedral in February 2011. Father Kevin Doran, secretary-general of past two years, and an estimated abuse and may well carry it with them for The prayer, which was sent to the congress, said, “Stone speaks of 250,000 people have rung it as a the rest of their lives. In a spirit of Archbishop Martin by a survivor of abuse, permanence. To say something is ‘carved in concrete symbol of hopes for renewal. repentance, let us remember each of them in reads, “Lord, we are so sorry for what some stone’ is to say that it is here to stay rather In his homily, the papal legate, the silence of our hearts,” he said. of us did to your children—treated them so than just a passing thought. The stone Cardinal Marc Ouellet, head of the While the mood was decidedly upbeat cruelly, especially, in their hour of need. We represents the firm determination to work Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, prayed and celebratory during the Mass, one point have left them with a lifelong suffering. This for healing and renewal.” †

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