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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Opening 2011 with a strong call for religious liberty, Pope Benedict XVI condemned deadly attacks against Christians and announced a new interfaith meeting next fall in Assisi, Italy. At a Mass on Jan. 1 marking the World Day of Peace Pope Benedict XVI and a blessing the next day, the pope voiced his concern about fresh episodes of violence and discrimination against Christian minorities in the Middle East. In particular, the pope condemned an attack on Jan. 1 against Orthodox Christians in Egypt, calling it a “despicable gesture of death.” A bomb that exploded as parishioners were leaving a church in Alexandria, Egypt, left 25 people dead and dozens more injured. The pope said the attack was part of a “strategy of violence that targets Christians,” and which has negative repercussions on the entire population. He offered prayers for the victims and their families. Sara Bodenmiller, left, and Dr. Simon Abraham examine the echocardiogram of a child to determine if the child is a good candidate for the life-saving The pope also denounced the recent heart surgery that is provided to poor pediatric patients from around the world by the Children’s Heart Center at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at practice of “planting bombs close to the St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. homes of Christians in Iraq to force them to leave.” At least seven Christian homes in Baghdad were targeted in bombings on Dec. 30, leaving at least 13 people wounded. Catholic hospital’s special program provides The pope said the latest attacks in Egypt and Iraq “offend God and all humanity.” life-saving heart surgery for world’s children Addressing pilgrims at his noon blessing on Jan. 1, the pope said he planned to invite By John Shaughnessy flown to Indianapolis as part of the big. We repaired both heart defects, and religious leaders from the world’s major hospital’s efforts to provide life-saving she was in the hospital for two to faiths to gather in Assisi, the birthplace of Her smile and her story still linger in heart surgery for pediatric patients from three weeks. St. Francis, in order to “solemnly renew the his thoughts as Dr. Simon Abraham poor countries around the world. “We received a picture of her about commitment by believers of every religion to looks at the photographs on the wall “She was 11 months old, but she was two years later. It showed how much live their religious faith as a service to the inside the medical clinic at the the size of a 3-month-old,” Abraham she had grown and how good she cause of peace. Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at recalls. “Usually, we try to help looked. She probably wouldn’t have “Whoever is making his way toward God St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. children where we can fix the problem survived without the operations.” cannot fail to transmit peace, and whoever The child from Kosovo had a heart in one operation, but she required A sense of humility fills Abraham’s builds peace cannot fail to draw nearer to defect when she and her mother were two surgeries. Her heart had gotten so See HEART, page 2 God,” he said. See PEACE, page 20 Catholic Conference gears up for 2011 legislative work By Brigid Curtis Ayer executive director of the Indiana Catholic abortions; providing basic needs of the poor, Conference. “A mixed blessing is most likely. disabled and elderly; limiting and ultimately A new year brings hope and challenges. “We expect some potentially positive abolishing the death penalty; improving That message rang crystal clear for those who changes in education for school choice, and immigration laws; and protecting the headed to the state Capitol for the opening of a some potentially negative consequences institution of marriage. new legislative session of the Indiana General affecting those in our immigrant community,” “Among our priority issues to assist Assembly on Tebbe said. “We are hopeful there will be other families and children this year, we will be Jan. 5. positive gains in the area of [opposing] working with state lawmakers to create This group abortion, protecting the institution of traditional legislation to further reduce abortion, includes a marriage and other laws that benefit families. improve school choice opportunities for all re-energized “Our goal this year, as is [the case] every Hoosier children and pass a same-sex Gov. Mitch year, is to promote a consistent life ethic,” marriage ban,” Tebbe said. “There will be Daniels, a Republican-controlled House and Tebbe added. “The Indiana Catholic many issues on the table, and we will be Senate made up of 150 state lawmakers—24 of Conference will be working to protect families taking part in the process to ensure that the them who are newly elected—and the Church’s and children—and all underlying necessities to voice of the Church and the least among us public policy voice, the Indiana Catholic support families and children.” are heard.” Conference. This pro-life, pro-family agenda has taken Tebbe said that, as in years past, the What kind of initiatives will Gov. Daniels many forms in the 40-plus years that the ICC success of the ICC’s legislative agenda this and a legislature dominated by Republicans has been actively advocating on behalf of the year will also be determined in part by: pass this year? And how will those issues Indiana bishops. Some of the public policy 1) the willingness of the leadership in the compare with priorities that the Catholic initiatives include: banning embryonic House and Senate to have these bills heard Church is advocating? stem-cell research; encouraging adult in committee; 2) a willingness of lawmakers “Only time will tell,” said Glenn Tebbe, stem-cell research in Indiana; reducing See ICC, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011

available. HEART The Peyton Manning Children’s continued from page 1 Hospital at St. Vincent does more charity care heart surgeries than any voice as he recalls the girl and other hospital in the Children’s Heart Photo by John Shaughnessy Photo by other children who have benefited Project. The project identifies patients from the program at the hospital’s from poor countries who need heart Children’s Heart Center. surgeries. Samaritan’s Purse also “We have done operations for 90 kids provides plane fare and visas for the since we started,” he says. “They have patient, a parent and an interpreter. been from all over the place—Kosovo, “The children are usually seen by a Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Mongolia. visiting cardiologist in a number of The last two were from Uganda. It’s a countries,” Abraham explains. “We’re good thing for us to do.” sent a package that comes with a medical history and an echocardiogram Transforming the life of a child of two or three children. We usually Started in 2000, the program reflects accept two children at a time from the the continuing same location. We try commitment by to choose patients that St. Vincent Health to we think will get a live up to the values ‘I’m so pleased that significant that have marked the improvement in their Daughters of Charity’s St. Vincent has been life expectancy.” approach to health willing to continue its The resulting care ever since commitment to this change in the children four religious sisters is usually dramatic arrived in Indianapolis international outreach. from when they in 1881. There are so many first arrive at the Dr. Simon Abraham, left, and Sara Bodenmiller pose in front of a wall filled with photos of children “From St. Vincent’s, children in need hospital, according to from around the world whose lives have been saved by a special program at the Peyton Manning especially among the Sara Bodenmiller, the Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital. Daughters, it’s really throughout the world. coordinator of the walking the talk,” Although we’re only international pediatric their homes to these strangers shows “It’s usually the mothers who come Abraham says. able to help a small heart surgery program. how thoughtful people can be to with their children,” Abraham says. “Providing charity care “Some of these one another,” Bodenmiller says. “The relationship between a mother and is something they’re portion, even to be children who come “I’m so pleased that St. Vincent has a child is pretty universal. Obviously, very serious about. able to do that is over, their color is been willing to continue its commitment they know they’re coming here because They saw this approach blue,” says to this international outreach. There are their child is sick. It’s amazing they put to pediatric heart care wonderful.’ Bodenmiller, a so many children in need throughout the so much faith in the hospital, in the as within their mission. pediatric nurse world. Although we’re only able to help operating room team and even me. They do a lot of charity —Sara Bodenmiller, practitioner. “They a small portion, even to be able to do “They basically need to trust care locally, and they can’t walk across the that is wonderful.” someone who is going to make things saw this as a way the coordinator of the room without getting So is the response from the parents of better for their child, and they do. to extend it to an international pediatric tired. To watch the the young patients. Obviously, there’s great anxiety until international level.” heart surgery program transformation of that they see their child after the surgery. Those international child after surgery or Gifts of music, trust and joy Then there’s relief. And joy.” life-saving efforts are and a pediatric nurse five or six weeks later The expressions of gratitude from In the years that follow, letters arrive also part of the practitioner when they’re going parents for their children’s surgeries at the hospital with photographs of the Children’s Heart home, you wouldn’t have come in different ways. Abraham former patients from across the globe. Project, a program run recognize the child. received a couple of musical instruments The pictures fill a scrapbook and the by Samaritan’s Purse, They’re pink, they’re after he helped children from Mongolia. walls of the clinic. an international Christian relief smiling and they’re playing.” “I also have at home this incredible “The walls of our office are lined organization. The Children’s Heart Helping the children is a team effort Mongolian robe that they gave me,” with these photos,” Abraham says. Project works with leading hospitals that flows through the hospital and even he says. “That’s great. Some of these kids are across the United States to provide into the community. Host families Still, he insists that the best gift that probably teenagers now. surgery for children who live in provide a place to stay for the child and he receives is the trust of the parents “It does show what a faith countries where the required medical the parent. who place their children’s care in organization can do. It’s one of the big expertise and equipment are not “The fact that our host families open his hands. reasons I’m here.” †

ICC Web page at www.indianacc.org. It allows will be working with leadership to forward the that make up the Indiana House and Senate. visitors to participate in the political process in Church’s initiatives.” A special session was necessary during ICC a number of ways. Committee chairs also may decide the fate the last budget writing year in 2009 and, continued from page 1 Visitors to the action center can sign up for of any given bill even if it meets with the this year, the job might be even more to work in unison with the Church’s efforts; the weekly I-CAN Update e-mail newsletter, approval of the House and Senate leaders. challenging, state leaders said. Bosma and 3) a willingness of Catholics in the pew identify his or her representatives, contact Republicans maintain a 60-40 majority in the told House members in November that to be engaged in the political process. lawmakers and do much more. To use this Indiana House of Representatives. Republicans tax collections for this year will be at To better equip Catholics to participate in avenue of political engagement, log on to also hold a 37-13 majority in the Senate. 2005 levels, which will make the the process, the www.indianacc.org and click on “Legislative Following the November election, the budget-making process that much ICC offers an online Action Center.” Republicans have hinted at reforms in more difficult. initiative that Because Republicans now have the majority government, abortion law, education, “Much of the legislative work done provides efficient in the Indiana House, Rep. Brian Bosma immigration and same-sex marriage. However, by the Indiana Catholic Conference this year and effective (R-Indianapolis) was elected by the the primary mandate for the 150 members of will be overshadowed by the budget-making communication with Republican caucus to take over as Speaker of the Indiana General Assembly is to pass a new process,” Tebbe said. “The Church will be members of the the House. He replaces Rep. Patrick Bauer biennium state budget by the April 29 keeping a close eye on different aspects Indiana General (D-South Bend). Sen. David Long adjournment deadline. of the budget since its contents can Assembly and the (R-Fort Wayne) was re-elected President The budget then must be approved by significantly affect the well-being of U.S. Congress. Pro Tempore in the Senate. the governor before July 1 when it goes so many.” A Legislative “These two men wield enormous influence, into effect. Based on census data, the Action Center is given their leadership roles, by serving as legislature must also draw new maps for (Brigid Curtis Ayer is a correspondent for Glenn Tebbe available on the gatekeepers on legislation,” Tebbe said. “We U.S. Congressional districts and for the seats The Criterion.) †

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—For Pope Benedict XVI, the 2011 calendar already holds a full slate of meetings, liturgies and foreign trips. What is not on the calendar—at least so far—is a special “year of” or a “year for.” In 2008-2009, the pope declared a Year of St. Paul. He designated 2009-2010 as CNS photo/Jesus Diges, Reuters CNS photo/Jesus Diges, the Year for Priests. Perhaps 2011 will mark the Year of Business as Usual for the German pontiff, who turns 84 in April. Unlike the past three years, there is no Synod of Bishops on the horizon in 2011. Most people are not expecting a consistory this year, either, and there is no sign that the pope plans to convene the world’s cardinals at the Vatican for other reasons. What many people don’t realize is that the papacy is not just about commemorative years and cardinal summits. “Business as usual” for the pope means a steady series of events that began with a New Year’s Mass to mark World Peace Day, and ends with a “te deum” prayer service of thanksgiving on Dec. 31. In between are hundreds of papal encounters with individuals and groups, ranging from heads of state to schoolchildren. The first half of January is typical. After the New Year’s Mass, the pope presided over a liturgy to mark the feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6. Then he celebrates the feast of the Baptism of the Lord on Jan. 9 in the Sistine Chapel, personally baptizing more than 10 infants. The next day, the pope shifts gears and delivers his annual “state of the world” address to the diplomatic corps at the Vatican. He is expected to underline his concern about recent acts of violence and discrimination Spain’s King Juan Carlos kisses the hand of Pope Benedict XVI after a Mass at which the pontiff consecrated the Basilica of the against Christian minorities around the world, which was Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, on Nov. 7. The pope will make four foreign trips in 2011. a main theme of the World Peace Day message this year. And with that, Pope Benedict will be off and running. The pope will break away from the Vatican on In 2010, the pope presided over more than 50 major four foreign trips: on June 4-5 in Croatia; on liturgies. Similar celebrations are already penned into the Aug. 18-21 in Madrid for World Youth Day; on

2011 calendar—at home and abroad. They range from Sept. 22-25 in Germany, including the capital of Haring CNS photo/Paul one-hour prayer services to three-hour ordination Berlin; and on Nov. 18-20 in the West African country Masses, and normally include at least two liturgies to of Benin. He will also make a two-day visit to Venice proclaim new saints, one in the spring and one in the in May, and three other trips in Italy during the year. fall. Already on the probable saints list for 2011 is the At the Vatican, the pope resumes his weekly founder of the Xaverian Missionary Fathers, audiences every Wednesday, where he has been Blessed Guido Conforti. sketching brief biographies of early Church saints, Easter arrives very late in 2011—on April 24—and writers and mystics. He normally makes at least with it comes the heaviest week of liturgies and public one other public appearance each week, greeting appearances by the pope. Ahead of Easter, the Vatican pilgrims from his apartment window at midday plans to publish Pope Benedict’s new volume in his on Sundays. series on the life of Christ. Titled Jesus of Nazareth: In addition to his World Peace Day message, the Part Two, Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem pope generally furnishes messages or letters to mark a to the Resurrection, it picks up where the best-selling whole slew of other annual events—for migrants and first volume left off. refugees, for the sick, for religious, for priestly For U.S. bishops, 2011 will bring the start of a vocations, for missionaries, for young people, for the series of encounters with the pope and his aides, the hungry and for communicators. weeklong “ad limina” visits that begin in November. Although Pope Benedict is widely seen as less Bishops from Region I in the Northeast will be the prolific than Pope John Paul II, his verbal output each first group to arrive at the Vatican on Nov. 7, followed year is impressive: about 300 speeches and talks, more by Region II (New York) on Nov. 24 and Region III than 50 homilies, and nearly 100 other missives of (New Jersey, Pennsylvania) on Dec. 1. The last time that varying length and importance. U.S. bishops came through Rome on “ad limina” visits In his recent book-length interview, Pope Benedict was 2004, so for many of them it will be their first major said that the day-in, day-out schedule of the papacy meeting with Pope Benedict. was pretty taxing for someone his age. He spoke Throughout the year, the pope will hold “ad limina” openly about his diminishing energy, and even left Pope Benedict XVI greets people upon arriving for an audience with meetings with bishops from other countries: the open the possibility of eventual papal retirement—but some 4,500 young choir members in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Philippines, India, Indonesia, Australia, Angola, as his 2011 calendar makes clear, he is not ready for Dec. 30. Choir singers from dozens of countries were taking part in the New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean area. that yet. † Dec. 28-Jan. 1 International Congress of Pueri Cantores in Rome. Solemn Mass, march and pro-life rally begin at noon on Jan. 24 in Indianapolis By Mary Ann Wyand Diane Carollo, the director of the campaign testimonials presented by men archdiocesan Office for Pro-Life Ministry. and women who have been harmed by A Mass for Life, pro-life march and “We will pray in a special way for the the tragedy of respect life rally in downtown unborn victims of legalized abortion,” abortion. Photo by Mary Ann Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann Indianapolis on Jan. 24 will Sister Diane said, “and for their “Through peacefully and prayerfully protest the post-abortive parents.” personal 37th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Following the one-hour Mass at the testimonies given Court decision legalizing abortion on cathedral—which is also open to by post-abortive demand in America, and memorialize the pro-life supporters from other faith men and women, deaths of more than 52 million unborn traditions—adults, families and students the public will be babies killed in abortions since 1973. will carry a variety of pro-life signs as made aware of The solemn pro-life observance begins they walk to the Veterans Memorial Plaza, the devastation at noon with a Mass for Life at SS. Peter 431 N. Meridian St., for a respect that abortion and Paul Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., life rally. Sr. Diane Carollo, S.G.L. brings to women, in Indianapolis. Keynote speaker Rebecca Kiessling of men and their Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, vicar Rochester Hills, Mich., who was families,” Sister Diane said. “The goal general of the archdiocese, will be the conceived in rape and whose mother was of those giving testimonies is to make principal celebrant for the liturgy, which encouraged to abort her twice, will discuss known the emotional and physical pain coincides with the National March for her unique perspective on Roe v. Wade. of abortion, which is shrouded in Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24. Kiessling’s mother decided to carry her secrecy and silence. The participants “The Mass will be the most significant pregnancy to term and place her baby want to expose abortion for what it is so Patricia Arthur, the administrative assistant of event in our local solemn observance to for adoption. that people may be healed from its the archdiocesan Office for Pro-Life Activities, peacefully and prayerfully protest The international pro-life speaker has trauma.” displays three of the respect life signs that will Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the five children, and has saved countless lives be carried by people during the Jan. 24 pro-life Jan. 22, 1973, Supreme Court decisions by sharing her story and speaking out for (For more information, contact the march from SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral to that legalized abortion during all the rights of the unborn. archdiocesan Office for Pro-Life the Veterans Memorial Plaza in downtown nine months of pregnancy,” said Her inspirational speech will be Ministry at 317-236-1569 or Indianapolis. 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OPINION Be Our Guest/Steve Seitz God’s gift of true peace is within our grasp in our common humanity Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher Just a few weeks ago, as the aroma of justice part of the equation means? It could Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Christmas dinner drifted from the kitchen, be, but one thing is certain. Until we are memories of brave enough to really work for it, we will Christmases past never know. began flooding The gift of Christ, the greatest gift of all Editorial my mind. time, came wrapped in human flesh, and it How quickly, is in humanity that we find him even now. though, I was snapped This is where we, as disciples of Christ, Renewing hope, seeking justice back to reality by the have our work cut out for us. To take up the happy sounds of my challenge of peace, we have no choice but to his week is family gathered drop the armor of prejudice and TNational together, a family self-righteousness, the false sense of Migration Week, spanning generations. ownership, and instead embrace the declared by the From the little child, unaware of this stewardship that we have been entrusted U.S. Conference of CNS photo/Bob Roller first deposit in her Christmas memory with. Catholic Bishops. It bank, to the eldest adult, who surely recalls C.S. Lewis, in The Problem of Pain, began on last my first Christmas years ago. wrote, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, Sunday, the feast of The sound of wrapping paper being speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our Epiphany. The week ripped away, the occasional “awesome!” pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a has been observed and “Mom, look!” made me realize that, deaf world.” now for over a for all the things that set each Christmas Can you hear it? Around the world, and quarter century. The apart, in this way they are all the same— here in own backyard, God is shouting out theme this year is gifts given and gifts received. loud. He has been shouting through the “Renewing Hope, So it has been about 2,011 years? centuries, even within our own hearts, “I Seeking Justice.” Imagine it. You are a shepherd on night am!” Following Bishop Francois Lapierre of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, gestures watch. So what has all that got to do with the the lead of during a press conference at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Just another night, except there is that peace that the angels announced at Pope Benedict XVI, Bishops’ headquarters in Washington on June 3. Also pictured is peculiar star. “What’s up with that?” Jesus’ birth? who is focusing on Chicago Auxiliary Bishop John R. Manz, left, and retired you wonder. Having quoted a pope, an author and a migrant families for Bishop Francois Gayot of Cap Haitien, Haiti. The bishops were And then the whole sky lights up as a group of angels, it seems fitting to quote our his 2011 World Day attending a regional bishops’ consultation on migration. choir of angels joyfully announce that God Savior: “The kingdom is here among you” of Migrants and has just joined us in history, and is lying in (Lk 17:21). Isn’t that what Jesus said? Refugees message, the bishops have borders. Particularly vulnerable a stable! “Peace on Earth!” they sing! The He said that very much in the present decided to focus on the family as a populations, such as unaccompanied gift of peace, given to anyone brave enough tense. “Peace on Earth!” sub-theme this year. A poster children, should be given special to truly receive it, was given to them. The peace of the kingdom of God is here, distributed by the conference’s attention and care. Peace—it is not just for Christmas! all wrapped up in humanity, where it has Migration and Refugee Services shows In 2003, the bishops of the In just a few words, “If you want peace, been since the angels sang that joyful song. the Holy Family resting during its United States and Mexico issued a work for justice,” Pope Paul VI went right To quote Jesus again: “Be not afraid!” immigration into Egypt to escape pastoral letter to provide points of to the heart of why we—all of (Mt 10:31). King Herod’s soldiers. reflection for all Catholics to use as humankind—have never fully received that The gift of true peace is here, within our Contrary to what many people they consider the issues surrounding gift of peace, but instead have spent grasp, if only we would dare to receive it. believe, the Church does not encourage illegal immigration, migrants, refugees centuries fighting over our concept of it. illegal immigration. It wants our laws and other people on the move. The Could it be that the peace that God (Steve Seitz is a member of St. Louis to be changed so that people who are five basic principles articulated in offers is more than the lack of conflict? de Montfort Parish in Fishers, Ind., in the suffering tremendous poverty and “Strangers No Longer: Together on the Could it be that we are afraid of what the Lafayette Diocese.) † hardships can immigrate to our Journey of Hope” are: country legally. • Persons have the right to find The Human Side/Fr. Eugene Hemrick The bishops’ “Justice for opportunities in their homeland. Immigrants” campaign reflects • Persons have the right to migrate to five specific immigration reform goals support themselves and their families. A peaceful 2011 to you! articulated by the bishops’ • Sovereign nations have the right to Committee on Migration: control their borders. “I think we have to blow this place up!” having been painfully hurt, overlooked or • Bring the undocumented • Refugees and asylum seekers said outgoing Sen. George Voinovich of domineered by another. population in this country out of the should be afforded protection. Ohio. Once resentment enters us, it tends to shadows and give them a chance, over • The human dignity and human He continued, permeate and grow stronger rather than time, to achieve permanent residency rights of all migrants should be “There’s a lot of melt away. and citizenship. respected. partisanship over Voinovich touched on this when he said, • Preserve family unity by While American companies, there. Then they come “They still remember battles from 10 years strengthening family-based especially those in the agricultural field, over to the Senate and ago. It’s like they’re keeping score.” immigration. are clamoring for more workers to do they carry their bad Being a peacemaker starts with • Create legal avenues for migration the work that Americans seem to refuse habits with them. making peace within ourselves. This is so that migrant workers, who labor in to do, people from Mexico and other Some of them, they no easy task because once our heart is many important industries in our Latin American countries are unable to still remember battles punctured, it grows scared. And unless nation, are able to enter the country migrate to the United States because the from 10 years ago. It’s great care is given to avoid this, our legally, and in a safe and orderly quotas for those people are too low. like they’re keeping score.” heart could also become more hardened, fashion. The cap today for highly skilled The “place” he spoke of is the seeking revenge. • Give immigrants their day in court migrants, known as the H1B visa, is U.S. House of Representatives. The “they” I remember reading what Jesuit consistent with American values by 65,000 per year. H1B migrants can stay that he referred to are representatives who theologian Karl Rahner said about restoring due process protections that for a maximum of six years then must became senators. cultivating a more peaceful mood. In were removed in 1996 legislation. leave the United States. For non skilled, Voinovich echoes a universal disgust addition to remembering all of the hurts • Work with neighboring countries non-agricultural workers, the quota is that Americans harbor over habitual you have endured, he counseled, also and the international community to 5,000, making it nearly impossible for a dissension within our government. This remember those you have hurt. address the root causes of migration, Mexican man, for example, to come lack of unity is not only within This exercise will increase our humility, such as economic inequalities, so that in legally. government. It is wherever we look—in the soften hardened hearts, and enable us to be immigrants and their families can The United States has always been a Church, the marketplace, our towns and more at peace with ourselves and others. remain in their home countries and country of immigrants, but those cities, and even in our homes. Each New Year encourages us to let life support their families in dignity. immigrants, unfortunately, have always Getting along with one another seems to begin anew. The air today is filled with The bishops’ website says that had a difficult time being accepted. As be becoming much more difficult and a disharmony, much of which we can do Catholic social teaching provides the our country ages, we need immigrants thing of the past. nothing about, and much of which tends to foundation on which the Church as much as any time in our history. The motto “In unity there is keep our wounds open. addresses issues related to migration. At the same time, we should do what strength” rings throughout the halls of the Within ourselves, however, we have the Reflecting on both Scripture and we can to help those countries that are U.S. Congress, and every day at Mass we power to achieve harmony. When we are at Church tradition, the bishops not as wealthy as ours, the fifth bullet pray that we will be “one body, one spirit peace with ourselves, it is much easier to developed a set of moral principles to point of the bishops’ “Justice for in Christ.” spread peace and unity around us. inform the decision-making process of Immigrants” reform goals mentioned May you make 2011 a year in which the More importantly, we tend to see the policymakers as they address above, so that people don’t have to risk beatitude “blessed are the peacemakers” harmony that already exists around us legislation related to these issues. their lives to come to this country. They (Mt 5:9) is taken to heart. much better. The Church recognizes that there come in most cases because they are And where might we start to May your 2011 be filled with peaceful has to be a careful balance between the desperate to be able to support their accomplish this? moments that mirror Christ’s peace on rights of migrants to move due to families. We must help them. We start with our disposition! Earth! economic necessity and the rights of It is very easy to harbor resentments that sovereign states to govern their —John F. Fink cast us into a bitter, warring mood. Perhaps (Father Eugene Hemrick writes for they are sparked by an unkind remark or Catholic News Service.) † The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B. SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR Future seminarian’s speech to peers offers unique public witness

he vocation apostolate, particularly him. He sat down and was too embarrassed it is important to listen to one’s inner voice, personal and spiritual formation that is the call to the priesthood, is very to tell his story. to what one’s heart has to say, and not just to invaluable. Tclose to my heart. I will abbreviate the speech here by peer pressure is on the mark. I am featuring the vocation of Vocation promotion is part of my saying that Tyler spent a lot of intervening I suspect that Tyler’s parents, sitting in the college-age candidates. Our seminarians responsibility as a bishop. I am pleased years trying to convince people that he was audience at that FFA convention, were proud who are engaged in formation at the that The Criterion is including a not becoming a priest. He is a talented of his courage as well as his competence as a graduate level also exhibit a winning Religious Vocations Supplement this week. public speaker and presented his story public speaker. They support him in his balance of personality, and are bright and The supplement addresses all particular convincingly. He ended the story by decision and are pleased to visit him at happy candidates. vocations in the Church except marriage, standing up and declaring that, despite Bishop Bruté seminary. I am optimistic about our future. I am which will receive its own focus in February. everything, he is becoming a priest. That is another important dynamic of convinced that the Holy Spirit is leading I want to begin with the vocation story of To his surprise, his declaration was discerning a vocation—parental support— more and more young adults to consider the a seminarian from Evansville, who is greeted with a standing ovation by which is not always there. However, I see call to priesthood. They will find themselves enrolled at Bishop Bruté College Seminary 18,000 young adult FFA peers that brought evidence of supportive parents more and in company with some great guys. in Indianapolis. The story is unusual and him to tears. He concluded his address more. That will make a telling difference. Please join me in praying for our young already known by some people so I am not urging his peers to make their life decisions Tyler chose to make his decision public adults who are contemplating giving revealing secrets. by listening to their hearts and not the as a way to make an important point with his themselves to serve God and our Church I tell the story with the permission of reactions of other peers or the world. FFA peers. His dramatic story told publicly is with courage and good spirit. † Tyler Tenbarge. It was the subject of a Tyler Tenbarge declared his vocational unusual. The content of his conviction is not speech he gave to 18,000 Future Farmers of intent before 18,000 peers on Oct. 8, 2008. unusual. Talk to any of our seminarians and America peers during a convention in He entered the seminary in January 2009. one finds that Tyler does not stand alone. Do you have an intention for Indianapolis. It was Tyler’s retirement He plans to become a priest, God willing. There are more and more young men Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? address as he concluded his term as vice I recount his story because I believe that entering the process of priestly formation at You may mail it to him at: president of the FFA eastern region. It was a it tells us something important about the the college level. It is apparently a national dramatic speech. I will try to do it justice in dynamics of a vocational decision. It also phenomenon. Archbishop Buechlein’s abbreviated form. tells us that 18,000 young adults applauded A noticeable characteristic of the guys in Prayer List He began the speech by inviting the his decision to become a priest. He our Bishop Bruté College Seminary is that Archdiocese of Indianapolis audience to listen to an experience he had in was stunned. they are balanced and happy young men. 1400 N. Meridian St. third grade. He and his classmates were It also reminds us that there are Will they all stay the course and become P.O. Box 1410 invited to come to school dressed in the extraordinary young men like Tyler, who priests? No. But a good number will. And Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 outfit of the career they wanted to undertake have the courage to declare themselves those who do not will have received a when they grew up. before their peers. Of course, whether Tyler Tyler chose to dress as a priest. Other completes his preparation for the priesthood Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for January classmates were dressed as doctors, nurses, is up to God’s intention. He is willing to farmers, astronauts, etc. When it was his turn take that risk. Parents: that they may remain faithful to their vocations and encourage their children to to stand and tell his story, he noticed that His admonition to his peers about the consider God’s call to service in the Church, especially as priests and religious. classmates were giggling and poking fun at dynamics of decision-making, namely that

El discurso de un futuro seminarista a sus compañeros brinda un testimonio público excepcional l apostolado vocacional, pie y contar su historia observó que sus escuchar nuestra voz interior, lo que nos dice espiritual que no tiene precio. especialmente el llamado al compañeros de clase le dedicaban risitas y nuestro corazón y no simplemente la presión Resalto aquí la vocación de nuestros Esacerdocio, es un tema que me se burlaban de él. Se sentó y se sintió de los compañeros, resulta muy acertada. candidatos en edad universitaria. Nuestros interesa mucho. demasiado avergonzado como para contar su Me imagino que los padres de Tyler, que seminaristas que participan en la formación El fomento de las vocaciones forma relato. se encontraban en el público durante la a nivel de estudios superiores también parte de mis responsabilidades como Abreviaré su discurso en esta parte convención de la FFA, se sintieron orgullosos demuestran personalidades con un balance obispo. Me complace que el The Criterion diciendo que Tyler pasó buena parte de los de su valentía y de su habilidad como extraordinario y son candidatos brillantes y incluya un Suplemento vocacional esta años siguientes tratando de convencer a los orador. Apoyan su decisión y se sienten felices. semana. Dicho suplemento aborda todas las demás de que no quería ser sacerdote. Es un complacidos de visitarlo en el seminario Me siento optimista en relación a nuestro vocaciones particulares de la Iglesia, salvo orador talentoso y presentó su relato de Bishop Bruté. futuro. Estoy convencido de que el Espíritu el matrimonio, el cual recibirá su propio forma convincente. Culminó su narrativa Ese es otro factor importante de la Santo está guiando a más jóvenes adultos destaque en febrero. poniéndose de pie y declarando que, pese a dinámica del discernimiento de la vocación: cada vez para que consideren el llamado al Deseo comenzar con la historia todo, iba a convertirse en sacerdote. el apoyo de los padres, el cual no siempre sacerdocio. Se encontrarán en compañía de vocacional de un seminarista de Evansville Para su sorpresa, su declaración fue está presente. Cada vez más veo evidencia jóvenes extraordinarios. que está matriculado en el seminario recibida con la ovación ferviente de 18,000 de padres que brindan su apoyo. Eso hará Acompáñenme a orar por nuestros universitario Bishop Bruté College jóvenes adultos, compañeros de la FFA, lo una diferencia significativa. jóvenes adultos que contemplan la Seminary en Indianapolis. La historia es cual hizo que le brotaran las lágrimas. Tyler eligió tomar su decisión en público posibilidad de entregarse para servir a Dios inusual y ya algunas personas la conocen, Concluyó su discurso exhortando a sus como una forma de expresar un mensaje y a nuestra Iglesia con valor y con buena de modo que no estoy revelando ningún compañeros a que tomaran las decisiones de importante frente a sus compañeros de la disposición. † secreto. sus vidas escuchando sus corazones y no las FFA. Su impactante historia contada en Relato la historia con el permiso de reacciones de los demás compañeros o del público resulta algo inusual. La alegría de su ¿Tiene una intención que desee Tyler Tenbarge. Era el tema del discurso mundo. convicción no es algo inusual. Si uno habla incluir en la lista de oración del que dio frente a 18,000 compañeros de Tyler Tenbarge declaró su intención con cualquiera de nuestros seminaristas se Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar Future Farmers of America (Futuros vocacional frente a 18,000 compañeros el 8 da cuenta de que Tyler no está solo. su correspondencia a: Granjeros de Estados Unidos, FFA por sus de octubre de 2008. Ingresó al seminario en Cada vez más jóvenes entran en el siglas en inglés), durante una convención, enero de 2009 y con el favor de Dios planea proceso de la formación sacerdotal a nivel Lista de oración del Arzobispo aquí en Indianápolis. Era el discurso de convertirse en sacerdote. universitario. Aparentemente es un Buechlein retirada de Tyler ya que concluía su período Repito esta historia porque considero que fenómeno nacional. Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis como vicepresidente de la región Este de la nos dice algo importante acerca de la Una característica notable de los jóvenes 1400 N. Meridian St. FFA. Fue un discurso impresionante. dinámica de la decisión vocacional. También en nuestro seminario universitario Bishop P.O. Box 1410 Intentaré hacerle mérito en su forma nos dice que 18,000 jóvenes adultos Bruté es que tienen una mezcla equilibrada Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 abreviada. aplaudieron su decisión de convertirse en de talentos y son jóvenes alegres. Comenzó el discurso convidando al sacerdote. Quedé impactado. ¿Acaso todos llegarán hasta el final y se público a que escuchara una experiencia Igualmente nos recuerda que existen convertirán en sacerdotes? No. Pero muchos que tuvo en tercer grado. Se les había jóvenes extraordinarios como Tyler que de ellos lo harán. Y aquellos que no lo hagan Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, invitado a él y a sus compañeros de clase a tienen el valor de declarar su postura ante habrán recibido una formación personal y Language Training Center, Indianapolis. que asistieran a la escuela vestidos con el sus compañeros. Por supuesto, dependerá de traje de la profesión a la cual quisieran la voluntad de Dios si Tyler culminará su La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en enero dedicarse cuando crecieran. preparación para el sacerdocio. Él está Tyler eligió vestirse de sacerdote. Otros dispuesto a asumir el riesgo. Padres: Que ellos puedan permanecer fieles a su vocación y puedan alentar a sus compañeros de clase se vistieron como Su admonición para sus compañeros en hijos a considerar la llamada de Dios para servir en la iglesia, especialmente como médicos, enfermeras, granjeros, astronautas, cuanto a la dinámica del proceso de toma de sacerdotes y gente religiosa. etc. Cuando llegó su turno de ponerse de decisión, es decir, que es importante Page 6 The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Events Calendar

January 7 317-784-4207. 317-650-5751. “Haiti Cheri,” children’s art 6:30 a.m., “My Public and January 16 exhibit, reception, Our Lady of the Most Holy January 9 January 13 Private Faith Journey,” Richmond Catholic Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens St., 4:30-6:30 p.m. Information: Bryan Bedford, presenter. MKVS, Divine Mercy and Marian University, Community, 701 N. “A” St., Indianapolis. Lumen Dei [email protected]. Information: 317-590-0634 or Glorious Cross Center, Hackelmeier Memorial Library, Richmond. Charismatic meeting, 6:30 a.m. Mass, [email protected]. Rexville, located on 925 South, 3200 Cold Spring Road, prayer group, 7 p.m. breakfast and program in Archbishop Edward T. .8 mile east of 421 South and Indianapolis. Sen. Richard G. Priori Hall, “Faith of Our O’Meara Catholic Center, January 15 Information: 12 miles south of Versailles. Lugar Franciscan Center for 1400 N. Meridian St., [email protected]. Fathers: Passing on the Faith Mass, noon, on third Sunday St. Michael the Archangel Global Studies, speaker series, Indianapolis. Abba, to Our Children,” holy hour and pitch-in, Church, 3354 W. 30th St., “Haiti—One Year After the Father Chapter, Catholics January 17-19 Michael O’Rourke, groups of 10 pray the Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s Earthquake,” William Canny, United for the Faith, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, presenter, $15 members, $20 Marian Way, 1 p.m., Precious Infants, pro-life presenter, 7 p.m., free “Islam and Christianity,” 10655 Haverstick Road, non-members. Information: Father Elmer Burwinkel, Mass, Father Eric Johnson, 317-435-3447 or e-mail admission. Registration part two, 6-9 p.m. Information: Carmel, Ind. (Diocese of celebrant. Information: required. Reservations: celebrant, 8:30 a.m., followed [email protected]. 812-689-3551. 317-236-1569. Lafayette). Parish mission, http://www.marian.edu/LFCGS by rosary outside abortion “Listening to God’s Call,” January 8 /Pages/SpeakerSeries Our Lady of Mount Carmel clinic and Benediction at January 12 Benedictine Archabbot St. Roch Parish, Family Life St. Malachy Parish, 9833 E. Registration.aspx. Parish, 14598 Oak Ridge Road, church. Information: Center, 3603 S. Meridian St., County Road 750 N., Carmel, Ind. (Diocese of Archdiocesan Office for Lambert Reilly, presenter, Indianapolis. Single Seniors, Brownsburg. “Catholics Marian University, Lafayette). Catholic Pro-Life Ministry, 10-11:15 a.m. and 7-8:15 p.m. meeting, 1 p.m., age 50 and Returning Home,” session 3200 Cold Spring Road, Professional Breakfast Club, 317-236-1569 or Information: 317-846-3850 or over. Information: two of six, 7 p.m. Information: Fisher Hall, Indianapolis. Mass, breakfast and program, 800-382-9836, ext. 1569. www.seas-carmel.org. †

Retreats and Programs VIPs Reflection,” Father Michael McKinney, presenter. Information: 317-545-7681 or St. Michael the Archangel parishioners Order of Malta in the U.S., and was the [email protected]. James and Maria Scheidler of principal celebrant at the Mass. The January 7-9 Indianapolis were formally inducted into order is one of the oldest lay organi- Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate January 27 the Order of Malta, American zations in the Church. Members seek to Conception, 802 E. 10th St., Ferdinand, Ind. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. (Evansville Diocese). “Come and See” Association, during a Nov. 12 Mass at grow in holiness through defense of the 56th St., Indianapolis. “Day of Reflection,” retreat, women between the ages of 18 to 40. St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. faith, and service to the sick and poor. Father Michael McKinney, presenter. Information: 800-734-9999 or Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of For information about the Order of [email protected]. Information: 317-545-7681 or New York is the principal chaplain of the Malta, log on to www.maltausa.org. † [email protected]. January 10 Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. January 30 56th St., Indianapolis. “Come Away and Rest Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Serra Club announces vocations essay contest Awhile,” silent reflection day, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 56th St., Indianapolis. “Pre Cana Conference,” $25 per person includes light breakfast and marriage preparation program, 2-6 p.m. “Love One Another” is the theme for deacons, and religious brothers and lunch. Information: 317-545-7681 or Information: 317-545-7681 or the 2011 John D. Kelley Vocations sisters, in their life and ministry, live out [email protected]. [email protected]. Essay Contest sponsored by the Christ’s call to love and witness to Serra Club of Indianapolis. Christ’s love for us?” January 13 February 1 Packets with contest rules and The deadline for essay contest entries Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, procedures were mailed recently to is Feb. 11. 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “Spend a 56th St., Indianapolis. “Morning for Moms,” Day with God,” silent reflection day, Mary Schaffner, presenter, $30 per person pastors, principals, parish administrators Teachers and catechists may choose $25 per person includes continental breakfast includes continental breakfast, lunch, Mass and of religious education and Catholic one or two essays from each grade for and lunch, call to schedule time. Information: program, child care included at no additional school religion teachers across the submission to the contest. A Serra Club 317-788-7581. charge but space is limited. Information: archdiocese. committee will read and judge the entries. 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. For information about the contest One winner from each grade will be January 14-16 and contest materials, log on to chosen, receive a cash prize, be invited to Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. February 4 www.archindy.org/oce and click on read his or her essay at a recognition 56th St., Indianapolis. “Tobit Weekend,” Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. “public downloads.” luncheon and have the essay published in marriage preparation retreat. Information: 56th St., Indianapolis. “Come Away and Rest 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. The annual vocations essay contest is The Criterion. Awhile,” silent reflection day, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., named after Immaculate Heart of Mary The Serra Club of Indianapolis is a $25 per person includes continental breakfast January 15 parishioner John Kelley, a longtime chapter of Serra International, a Catholic Sisters of St. Benedict, Monastery Immaculate and lunch. Information: 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. member of the Serra Club of organization dedicated to promoting Conception, 802 E. 10th St., Ferdinand, Ind. Indianapolis, who died in 2009. vocations to the priesthood and religious (Evansville Diocese). “Saturday Morning at February 8 Kelley coordinated the essay contest for life. the Dome–Grieving Our Losses,” Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Benedictine Sister Kathryn Huber, presenter, many years. 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. 9 a.m.-12:15 p.m., light lunch, $45 per person. Students in grades seven through (For more information about the “Woman Talk: Enhancing,” Information: 812-367-1411. 12 are invited to write an essay that Serra Club of Indianapolis, log on to session one, Diana Hendricks, presenter, answers the question, “How do priests, www.serraindy.org.) † January 26 6:30-9 p.m., $25 per person includes dinner. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Information: 317-788-7581 or 56th St., Indianapolis. “An Evening of [email protected]. † Submitted photo Submitted photo by Linda Augenstein Submitted photo by

Vehicle donation Patrick Jerrell, left, the president of the Indianapolis council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Ave Maria Guild donation receives the keys to a 1998 Ford Taurus donated to the charitable ministry by Kerri Wellman, center. Joining them is Bernie Weitekamp, right, the coordinator of the vehicle donation program Benedictine Sister Sharon Bierman, right, the administrator of St. Paul Hermitage in Beech Grove, now being offered by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Jerrell presented Wellman with a small receives a donation of $3,000 from Vicki Spicuzza, the president of the Ave Maria Guild, an model car with the “SVdP” logo on it as a token of appreciation for being the first donor to the organization that supports the nursing home and retirement facility operated by the Sisters of vehicle donation program. All proceeds from the sale of donated vehicles will benefit those St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove. The donation was made during a served by the all-volunteer St. Vincent de Paul Society. The donation was made in front of the Dec. 14 guild luncheon at the Hermitage. Guild members also donated several gifts in kind for the society’s food pantry on East 30th Street in Indianapolis. Hermitage’s chapel. The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Page 6 Religious Vocations Supplement

Sister who made demands of God lives a life of service, page 13.

Greenwood pastor seeks to make a difference in people’s lives, page 9.

Woman gives up her computer career to serve the elderly poor, page 10.

Academically talented seminarian loves life, serving the Church, page 8. Franciscans serve as missionaries, page 8. Loving as Christ loved By Fr. Eric Johnson divinity and humbly embraced our humanity. Most of all, I believe that these stories remind us that Director of the archdiocesan Office of Priestly and Religious Vocations In his love, Jesus spoke the truth with charity, vocations to the priesthood, the permanent diaconate and proclaimed glad tidings to the poor and set prisoners free. the consecrated life, like all vocations, are ways of living “This is my commandment: love In his love, Jesus looked with compassion on the out Jesus’ call to love as he loved. one another as I love you. No one crowds, healed the sick, forgave sinners and gave life. Priests, deacons, and religious brothers and sisters live has greater love than this, to lay Finally, Christ’s love found its ultimate expression and minister among us in a wide variety of ways. They © Denis Ryan Kelly Jr. Kelly © Denis Ryan down one’s life for one’s friends” when he laid down his life so that you and I might live. serve as teachers and catechists, administrators and (Jn 15:12-13). The command of Jesus reminds us that if we love him, pastors, counselors and confessors. These familiar words come from then we will love what he loved and we will love how he In their lives and ministry, they proclaim the Gospel, the final discourse that Jesus gave loved. This is our call and the essence of all Christian care for the sick, serve the poor and comfort the dying. to his disciples at the Last Supper. vocations. At its heart, it is a love that involves a decision They lead us and keep us in prayer, celebrate the He had just washed his disciples’ to will the good of other people. To love as Christ loved sacraments and call us to holiness. They stand with us in feet and commanded them to do the means responding concretely, in sacrifice and service, to the midst of life’s challenges, joys and tragedies, and Fr. Eric Johnson same. the needs of others. point to the presence of Christ that stands with us as well. Now, as he faced his own This love rejoices in the truth and speaks it with Behind all of this is Christ’s commandment to love as Passion, Jesus issued this final commandment to love. charity. It nourishes the goodness of others, challenges he loved, manifested in a lived commitment, and “Love one another” (Jn 13:34) were his parting words. and consoles. It is manifested when we enter into other animated by lives of generous sacrifice, service and joy. Although this commandment to love is well known to people’s joys, sufferings, hopes, fears and longings. This witness provides us with a unique image of Christ’s us, in our language and culture love can mean many This annual Religious Vocations Supplement contains own love. It invites us to consider how we are to live out things. So often, love can be ambiguous or abstract to us, the stories of men and women who have responded to Christ’s commandment in our own unique vocational call. an ill-defined feeling that is hard to apply to the concrete God’s call by embracing vocations to the priesthood, the For this, we can be grateful. In our gratitude, may we relationships and circumstances of our daily lives. permanent diaconate or the consecrated life. As in years nurture and support this gift of loving as Christ loved. Jesus qualifies the commandment to love in clear terms, past, these stories offer us an opportunity to remember May we also encourage those who choose to live out the however. He tells his disciples to love as he loves. gratefully those who have served among us in these call to love as priests, deacons, and religious brothers In his love, Jesus emptied himself of the glory of his unique ways. and sisters. † Page 8 Religious Vocations Supplement The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 The power of sharing the Gospel Photos courtesy of Sisters of St. Francis Photos courtesy of Sisters St.

Above, in this file photo from the mid-1960s, Franciscan Sister Ruthann Boyle ministers to children in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Left, New Guinea women dressed in grass skirts and tribal head-dresses present a pig to Sister Barbara Piller, second from right, and Sister Maureen Mahon, right, during their visit to Mendi in October to mark the Oldenburg Franciscans’ five decades of missionary service in Papua New Guinea. Franciscans serve as missionaries in Papua New Guinea for 50 years

By Mary Ann Wyand They also taught the people about they had acquired with the people were hygiene, basic health care and equality. automatically turned over to us. OLDENBURG—As five Sisters of the Sister Kate Holohan, one of the “As missionaries, we went as guests to ‘… To share the Third Order of St. Francis visited in the four founding sisters, served in the country and were well received,” Good News of Jesus parlor at their historic motherhouse on Papua New Guinea from 1960 to 1982. Sister Kate said. “The call [to missionary Dec. 9, their thoughts were far from Two of her sisters from Streator, Ill., work] kept increasing and empowering was so powerful there. southeastern Indiana. were also Oldenburg Franciscans and my own gifts. … To share the Good News I had opportunities to Their conversation centered on the missionary sisters. Sister Cecilia Holohan of Jesus was so powerful there. I had Oldenburg Franciscans’ five decades of ministered in Papua New Guinea from opportunities to be a part of the birthing be a part of the educational and pastoral ministries in the 1969 until 1985, and Sister Doris Holohan of a nation, the birthing of the local Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, began her missionary service in 1965 and Church, the birthing of an education birthing of a nation, a remote and mountainous South Pacific is still serving there 45 years later. system and the birthing of a community the birthing of the island nation, from 1960 to 2010. “We went as teachers,” Sister Kate of native sisters there.” Now retired, the former missionary recalled. “I began teaching and had Sister Noreen McLaughlin, a native of local Church, the sisters enjoyed sharing fond memories experience as a practical nurse so I did a St. Mary Parish in New Albany, also was birthing of an about how they and 21 other Oldenburg lot of nursing. Then I got involved with a founding missionary sister in Mendi. Franciscans helped the Capuchin the educational system. … My role was to She served in primary and secondary education system and Franciscan priests and brothers bring the visit our schools, and keep them in line education as well as health care ministries the birthing of a Catholic faith to the indigenous people. with the government regulations and rules. from 1960 until 1989. After their arrival in Papua New Guinea After that, I was asked by the bishop to “We were useful and needed in so community of native 50 years ago, the Oldenburg Franciscans start the native community of sisters.” many different ways,” Sister Noreen said. sisters there.’ founded primary and secondary schools in Her years as a missionary sister “We were brought over mainly to help get Mendi, Tari and Kagua to educate illiterate “were like a dream come true,” she said. the women into the schools because up to women and children as well as a convent “The people were so welcoming. The that time there had hardly been any —Sr. Kate Holohan, O.S.F. for the religious formation of the native Capuchin Franciscans had been there for opportunities for them. … In 1969, I was Franciscan Sisters of Mary. five years. The trust and the confidence See FRANCISCANS, page 12 Academically talented seminarian loves life, ser ving the Church

By Sean Gallagher Enochsburg. “I just told him, ‘Well, I believe that I’m going to be doing When Daniel “Danny” Bedel much more good for people with this graduated in 2006 from than I could with any other North Decatur High School in profession I could choose.’ ” Decatur County as the valedictorian Although many people and events of his class, he could have studied at led him to discern a possible call to Photo courtesy Archabbey of Saint Meinrad many first-class universities in fields the priesthood, Bedel came to peace that would be financially lucrative with it while praying in his parish and socially prestigious. church before school one day during But Bedel instead chose to become his senior year. a seminarian for the Archdiocese of “It just hit me like a ton of Indianapolis. If, God willing, he is bricks,” he said. “This is what I want ordained a priest in a few years, he to do with my life. won’t earn a large salary. Nor will he “What other life could compare be seen as a mover and shaker with this? That moment of a deep in society. sense of fulfillment has always kind When Bedel shared his decision to of kept me going, even before I enter the seminary with others during joined the seminary. And that his senior year in high school, a fulfillment really hasn’t ever friend of his, who also excelled sputtered out.” academically but was a self-avowed Bedel is in his first year of atheist, was astonished. graduate theological studies at “He was like, ‘Why? Why are you Saint Meinrad Seminary and School going to throw that talent away?’ ” of Theology in St. Meinrad. Seminarian Danny Bedel, center, sings during a Dec. 9 Mass at the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel at Saint Meinrad recalled Bedel, 22, a member of He is the oldest child of Tom and Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad. St. John the Evangelist Parish in See BEDEL, page 14 The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Religious Vocations Supplement Page 9 Greenwood pastor seeks to make a differ ence in people’s lives

By Sean Gallagher

GREENWOOD—“In anything that I do as a priest, my number one goal is to make a positive difference in the life of the people around me.” Sean Gallagher File photo by This is how Father Vincent Lampert summarizes the meaning of his priestly life and ministry. He has ministered as a priest in the archdiocese for nearly 20 years. For the last eight years, he has served as the pastor of SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi Parish in Greenwood. The number of people in that Indianapolis South Deanery parish has increased dramatically during his tenure there, growing from some 600 households to approximately 1,300 households. Father Lampert is a relatively young priest. But not in his parish. “This is a very young parish. The average age [of parishioners] is 35. I’m 47. That makes me above average,” said Father Lampert with a laugh. Rob Richardson, the president of SS. Francis and Clare School, which is growing as quickly as the parish that sponsors it, gives much of the credit to his pastor. “It’s been because of his spirituality, because of his ability to relate [to people],” Richardson said. Although Father Lampert wants to Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, left, and Father Vincent Lampert, center, exchange the sign of peace during an Aug. 8, 2010, Mass at SS. Francis and Clare make a positive difference in the lives of of Assisi Church in Greenwood. Father Lampert is the pastor of the Indianapolis South Deanery parish. Deacon Ronald Reimer, who ministers at SS. Francis all his parishioners, he pays special and Clare, stands at right. attention to youths. “You look around and the teenage they’re at?” Service. His favorite is Bryce Canyon challenges in making the transition to population, for the most part, is not here,” His interest in people has taken him far National Park in Utah. adulthood, as well as to Catholics who he said. “You wonder, if that generation is beyond a local public high school. One of “It’s about how we see the face of God seek a declaration of nullity on a previous not here, are their children going to be Father Lampert’s favorite pastimes around us—whether it’s in other people marriage, and even—in his ministry as here? So how do you reach out is traveling. or in the beauty of God’s creation,” said the archdiocese’s exorcist—to those who [to them]?” For a man who grew up in the 1960s Father Lampert. “That’s kind of what I believe that their lives may be especially To do that, he has served for the past and 1970s in Holy Trinity Parish on the strive to do [in my travels].” burdened by the influence of the devil. eight years as the chaplain of the near west side of Indianapolis—arguably In turn, Father Lampert seeks to bring Earlier in his life, however, it was a football team at nearby Center Grove at the time the epitome of an ethnic the face of God to those to whom he pastoral approach taken to him by a High School. neighborhood parish—Father Lampert ministers, especially those who face trials teacher and how he faced his own In interacting with the players has gone far in his travels, touring in life. challenges that led him to the priesthood. and other high school students, countries throughout Europe, the former “As a priest, you encounter people who When Father Lampert was in the Father Lampert has seen some of them Soviet Union, the Middle East and are struggling,” he said. “How do you fifth grade at the former Holy Trinity come to church that hadn’t been doing so North Africa. take the face of Christ to them to give School, he got high marks one day on a in the past. He has also crisscrossed the them a sense of hope in the midst of religion test. That caught the eye of his “It’s a way to go to where the young United States, visiting more than half of whatever they’re going through?” teacher, Franciscan Sister Ramona people are,” he said. “If they’re not the approximately 400 parks and Father Lampert does this by reaching Lunsford, who died in 2007. coming here, how do you go to where memorials operated by the National Park out to youths, who often face many See LAMPERT, page 13 Sisters of Providence show love in mercy, justice and service

By Dave Cox currently in initial formation or who have professed Sister Jenny, speaking about all of the women in the Special to The Criterion temporary vows with the Sisters of Providence. congregation’s formation program, and those who are in Sister Regina is a temporary discernment or might be considering discernment, Love flourishes with the Sisters of Providence of professed sister in her tertian year, reflected on how love reveals itself through a Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. It has to. It is part of the and Sister Dina is in her canonical spiritual connection. congregation which, as is expressed in its mission mission year. “I see in their hearts the longing and desire to come to statement “…devot[es] itself to works of love, mercy and Love also flourishes through know God more deeply and, in response to that love, to justice in service among God’s people.” Providence Sister Jenny Howard, use each one’s own unique gifts as a witness and It flourishes through Providence Sister Regina Gallo, the congregation’s vocation director. messenger of God’s love, mercy and justice in our world,” who ministers as a chaplain and spiritual care coordinator “In my ministry, love takes on Sister Jenny said. “These women desire to be part of at Bethany Terrace Nursing- many facets. It flourishes in something greater than themselves, to connect with others Rehabilitation Center in relationship with God, with others, who share that same passion and vision for a better world Morton Grove, Ill. and with the Earth,” she said. “I for all of God’s people, and for the Earth itself.” “The love comes from Sr. Dina Bato, S.P. definitely see it in the women [that] Explaining how she lives out Christ’s call for one human heart reaching out and I journey with as they discern God’s unconditional love, Sister Dina said, “I try to follow Jesus’ touching another. As a chaplain in call. I am able to witness God’s words of love for others by trying to understand and a nursing home, I walk with tender and unconditional love for respect where they are coming from while trying to stay people in the final miles of their each of the women as God lures true to myself. Every single person has within himself or life’s journey,” said Sister Regina. them to become most fully the herself an indomitable spirit destined for holiness, and that “I sit with them in their fear, pain, person each is called to be.” spirit cannot exist independently of others. A level of trust sorrow and sometimes joy as they “In a broken, violent and and openness must be honored in order to live honestly Sr. Regina Gallo, S.P. prepare to see their God face shattered world, love comes at and lovingly.” to face. times when we least expect it,” Sister Regina agrees. “Love comes from sitting in the mystery of God’s Sister Regina said. “Love will come “It first and foremost begins with my relationship with presence, asking to step out of the way to allow God to do when complete strangers begin to Jesus. It begins with my asking the questions and praying God’s work, and being a channel of God’s love, hope, help each other. Love comes when for the grace to be open to answers. When I focus on my healing, mercy and compassion.” Sr. Jenny Howard, S.P. we respond to each other, not with a relationship with Jesus, when I look at how he lived his It flourishes through Providence Sister Dina Bato, a glare of anger and frustration, but life, in his humanity, I am given glimpses of how I am mission novice. with the eyes of compassion. Love comes when we choose called and challenged to live my life in order to truly love “When I was at Providence Cristo Rey [High School in to act and respond in a loving way with our words, thoughts one another as he has loved me/us. It is not always easy.” Indianapolis], I was awed by the faculty and staff who and deeds.” To bring to life the commitment of flourishing love work with the students,” she said. “Some work very long Sister Dina emphasized the role of companionship, within her community, Sister Jenny invoked the spirit of hours toward providing a quality education for the especially in times of need, to demonstrate how love St. Theodora Guérin, the congregation’s foundress, who students. Being a part-time theological studies graduate flourishes. was canonized on Oct. 15, 2006. “She once said to her student, love looks like passion exuded by students and “In the public around me, love looks like camaraderie sisters, ‘Love all in God, and for God, and all will be well.’ faculty working together to grow in knowledge and one expresses to another in assisting him or her in a time Our life as Sisters of Providence calls us to do just that.” understanding of spiritual matters—matters that, to me, of need,” she said. “Love also looks like the number of are missing links to wholeness in our society.” people willing to journey with others desiring to enter into (For more information about the Sisters of Providence of Sister Regina and Sister Dina are among eight women full communion with the Church.” Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, log on to www.spsmw.org.) † Page 10 Religious Vocations Supplement The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Deacon candidate learns how to serve from life experiences By Sean Gallagher of 250 households and made up mainly of black Catholics. As a youth, deacon candidate With 1,695 families, St. Bartholomew Brad Anderson faced the challenge of a Parish is more than six times the size of troubled family life. Holy Angels. It is located in a mid-sized city Sean Gallagher Photo by But he overcome many obstacles through in south central Indiana, and is largely made the loving care offered to him by his up of white Catholics. grandmother, an older brother who took him “I’ve never been welcomed like that—in into his home and members of the Sisters of any arena,” Anderson said of his ministry at Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Holy Angels Parish. “They receive visitors in who taught him at a Catholic school in his a way that you’d hope that Jesus would hometown of Peru, Ind. receive us some day, you know? I was He raised a family of three children with bowled over. I was humbled.” his wife, Kathy, and developed a successful He and his wife felt so welcomed that small business. Kathy accepted an invitation to join Anderson, 54, a member of Holy Angels’ Gospel choir, and she helped St. Bartholomew Parish in Columbus, is on organize a concert by the choir at Above, deacon candidate Brad Anderson, center, his way to being ordained a deacon and to St. Bartholomew Parish on Oct. 2. leads a Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) be of service to others as so many people “It was like two families meeting class on Dec. 9 at Holy Angels Parish in had served him early on in his life. each other and coming together as one,” Indianapolis. Listening to Anderson are, from left, Part of this desire to serve others came said Kathy, who continues to work as RCIA candidates Marie House and Moe Edwards.

from his work for more than 20 years in an administrative assistant at Squires Edward Submitted photo by outside sales for the company in which he St. Bartholomew School. Right, deacon candidate Brad Anderson, right, is a partner, the Indianapolis-based One member of Holy Angels Parish who smiles while watching a Rite of Christian Initiation Carbide, Cutting Tools, Abrasives, Inc. In traveled with the choir for the concert, of Adults (RCIA) ritual during a Dec. 5 Mass at this position, Anderson often drove through Essie Thomas, ministers with Brad in her Holy Angels Church in Indianapolis. Anderson neighborhoods in the city marked by a high parish’s St. Vincent de Paul Society helps lead an RCIA class at the parish. crime rate. conference. He saw many youths and young adults “The people were so receptive to the Anderson’s imagination is reaching out to [School in Peru] taught me. You are standing on street corners who reminded music,” Thomas said. “It was just those who live in the neighborhoods somebody. You are a child of Christ. You’re him of his years growing up. mind-blowing. It really was.” surrounding Holy Angels Church worth something. They relentlessly “That was me,” Anderson said. “I wanted This meeting of two Catholic communities and School, often through the [taught] that.” to learn how to reach out to help those kids.” marked by two distinct cultures is something St. Vincent de Paul Society. After helping people recognize their After he was accepted into the that the Holy Angels pastor, Father Kenneth “I’m able to move in and out of the own dignity, Anderson hopes to put his archdiocese’s deacon formation program in Taylor, hoped would be a fruit of Anderson’s apartments, the projects, the neighborhoods,” business skills to work to give them the 2008, he was eventually assigned to minister ministry in the parish. he said. “I’ve gotten to know these folks, desire and capability to help pull at Holy Angels Parish in Indianapolis, where “It’s important for the larger their neighbors [and] some of their family. themselves out of poverty. he thought he would have a mentor to teach Catholic Church to know what’s happening “The world within Holy Angels is Anderson and his 16 classmates in the him how to minister in center-city within the black Catholic world,” said extremely positive. One hundred paces current permanent deacon formation neighborhoods. Father Taylor. “It’s also important that we off that campus, the world changes program have about 18 months before they “I didn’t get a mentor. I got a stay connected to the wider Church. We’re dramatically. That’s something that I’m are ordained. community,” Anderson said. “The people at not just an independent Catholic Church all praying my way through, that I’m thinking Until then, Anderson hopes that he Holy Angels—they know how to get from here by ourselves. We’re part of the my way through.” continues to learn how to be a point A to point B. Their motto is to be a archdiocese, part of the universal Church. In reaching out to the people, Anderson better servant. ‘beacon of light.’ And they are that. It’s an And we need to stay connected.” has two goals in mind—sharing the word of “From the beginning, as I began on entire community that’s several generations Father Taylor said that Anderson has God with them and helping them learn how this path, I felt that the diaconate would deep. And they’re highly effective. helped his parish stay connected by showing to help themselves. make me a more effective servant of the “They’re my home base. They’re my the members who collaborate with him in “A lot of the people in that area—and in Lord,” he said. “And, obviously, I hope foundation. I went to them as a student. And various ministries how those programs relate any economically challenged area where you that happens. they’ve taught me a lot.” to the wider Church. have multiple generations of poverty—often “It better happen. If it doesn’t, I don’t They have taught him a lot, in large part, Currently, Anderson assists at Holy Angels don’t understand their own worth,” Anderson have any business being a deacon.” because he felt so welcomed by a faith Parish with its Men’s Ministry, St. Vincent said. “Until you get there, they’re not going community that is quite different from his de Paul Society, Rite of Christian Initiation of to understand the worth of their neighbor or (For more information about the home parish. Adults and various liturgical ministries. anyone else. archdiocese’s deacon formation program, Holy Angels is an urban parish comprised But the ministry that really fires “It’s really what the nuns at St. Charles log on to www.archindy.org/deacon.) † Woman gives up her computer career to serve the elderly poor By Mary Ann Wyand Queens Village, N.Y. A few months after her paternal grandmother’s death, She was in formation at the novitiate when St. Jeanne she also mourned the deaths of Pope John Paul on April 2, Love for God and the elderly led Amy Love to her Jugan, the foundress of the international religious order for 2005, and Terri Schindler Schiavo, a 41-year-old woman religious vocation as a Little Sister of the Poor. women, was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 11, with profound brain damage who was legally denied “When I was growing up, I had a sense that I had a 2009, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. nutrition and hydration for several weeks before she died vocation to religious life,” Sister Amy Marie of Jesus “The novices and the community at the novitiate all got on March 31, 2005, in Florida. explained during a Dec. 8 interview at the St. Augustine up in the middle of the night at about 2:30 a.m. to watch a Providentially, on the first anniversary of the pope’s Home for the Aged in Indianapolis, her first mission presentation about her life on EWTN,” Sister Amy recalled. death, she participated in a vocations retreat at the assignment. “We prayed the Office of Readings together then watched Jeanne Jugan Center, the Little Sisters’ home for the On the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the the [canonization] Mass on TV. Some of our novices and elderly poor in Kansas City, Mo., and felt God’s call to Blessed Virgin Mary, approximately 2,650 Little Sisters of sisters got to go to Rome so we were united with them join the congregation. the Poor renewed their profession of vows during Masses in prayer.” “I was so impressed with the home,” Sister Amy at their 199 homes for the elderly poor in 32 countries Learning about St. Jeanne Jugan’s ministry to the elderly recalled. “The sisters were happy, the residents were throughout the world. poor in France from 1839 until her death in 1879 confirmed happy and the employees were happy. By the atmosphere The Little Sisters prepare for this feast day liturgy and Sister Amy’s decision to join the Little Sisters of the Poor. and cleanliness at the home, you could see that they take their annual renewal of vows by spending Dec. 7 in prayer “St. Jeanne Jugan was older when she discovered what very good care of the residents. After that, I spent some during spiritual retreats at many of their homes. God wanted for her,” Sister Amy said. “It took some time. time with the Little Sisters at the St. Joseph Home in Sister Amy professed her temporary vows on July 17, She said, ‘God wants me for himself,’ and I think that’s how Palatine, Ill. While I was there for another retreat over 2010, at the congregation’s St. Ann Novitiate in I felt about my own call to religious life. I liked the advice my Christmas vacation in 2006, I asked to enter the that she would always give to the novices. She would say, congregation.” ‘Jesus is waiting for you in the chapel.’ ” During her postulancy at the Jeanne Jugan The fifth of seven children, she grew up in Residence in Washington, D.C., she met then-President Oklahoma City, attended Catholic schools and thought she George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, who visited would become a teacher. the Little Sisters and residents on Dec. 18, 2007.

CNS file photo/Paul Haring CNS file photo/Paul After earning a bachelor’s degree in elementary It is a special gift to know what God wants you to do education, she decided to continue her studies and complete with your life, Sister Amy said, and it is a joy to serve a master’s degree program in computing information God as a Little Sister by caring for the elderly poor. systems. “The Little Sisters see Christ in those whom we serve,” “Soon after I graduated,” she said, “I got a job working Sister Amy said. “We see Christ in the poor. We try so with computers as a server administrator at Boeing.” hard to provide the best quality of care for them and to But her heart continued to feel restless while she worked give them their dignity because we believe that Christ is at the aerospace company’s facilities near Oklahoma City present in every person. … We count on the help of our for seven years. benefactors and volunteers. We’re very grateful for all the “I felt a sense of holy restlessness,” she said. good that people do for us and for our residents.” Postulant Amy Love, front left, and several Little Sisters of the “I was working for Boeing when I found out about the Poor pose for a photograph with then-President George W. Bush Little Sisters while doing research [about religious (For more information about the Little Sisters of the Poor, and then-first lady Laura Bush on Dec. 18, 2007, at the vocations] online and read about their vow of hospitality. log on to www.littlesistersofthepoor.org. For more Jeanne Jugan Residence in Washington, D.C. Currently, the I was 34 when I entered the congregation.” information about the Little Sisters’ ministry at the Little Sisters of the Poor have nine novices and five postulants Sister Amy attributes her religious vocation to St. Thérèse St. Augustine Home for the Aged, log on to their new in formation in the United States. of Lisieux, the Little Flower, as well as Pope John Paul II. website at www.littlesistersofthepoorindianapolis.org.) † The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Religious Vocations Supplement Page 11 Pray, play, study and community A day in the life of Bishop Bruté Seminar y

By Sean Gallagher

Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein established Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary just six years ago. But in that relatively short time, it has moved from its first home in St. Francis Hall on the campus of Marian University in Indianapolis to the former Carmelite Monastery of the Resurrection, approximately one mile south of Marian. It has grown from a handful of college seminarians for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to an enrollment of some two dozen seminarians from eight dioceses. In the process, it has filled its current home to capacity. The seminarians take classes in philosophy and theology at Marian University, and receive human, spiritual and pastoral formation at Bishop Bruté. Father Robert Robeson has served as Bishop Bruté’s rector since its founding. He is currently assisted by vice rector Above, with seminarians listening, Father Robert Robeson, the rector of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis, Father Patrick Beidelman; director of preaches a homily during a Mass in the seminary’s chapel on Dec. 1. spiritual formation, Jesuit Father Thomas Widner; and associate Left, Sean Wilson, a seminarian for the Cincinnati Archdiocese, practices juggling in his dormitory room on Dec. 9 at director of spiritual formation, Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis. He is a senior at the seminary. Benedictine Father Jonathan Fassero. The seminarians’ busy days often begin with Mass and Morning Prayer. Breakfast usually follows. And then, Monday through Friday, most seminarians are off to Marian Sean Gallagher Photos by for classes. But life at Bishop Bruté isn’t just praying and studying. The seminarians take turns doing kitchen duties. And when they have free time, they will sometimes play a pick-up game of football on the seminary’s spacious grounds at 2500 Cold Spring Road. Although Bishop Bruté has grown steadily over its six-year history, it will need additional housing in future years to allow it to continue to grow. At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Catholic Community Foundation, vicar general, Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, announced that archdiocesan leaders are starting to discuss ways that such an expansion could be funded. Above, Tyler Tenbarge, left, a seminarian for the Evansville Diocese, talks with Philip Frederick, a seminarian for the Cincinnati Archdiocese, on Dec. 1 at Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in (For more information about Indianapolis. Tenbarge is a junior at the seminary. Frederick is a sophomore. Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis, including ways to Right, Joseph Cole, a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, kneels in prayer during a contribute to its growth, log on to Mass on Dec. 1 at the chapel of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis. Cole, a www.archindy.org/bsb.) † member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Bedford, is a freshman at Bishop Bruté.

Left top, Father Robert Robeson, right, rector of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis, teaches a class on Catholic beliefs and practices on Dec. 1 at Marian University in Indianapolis. Most of the students in the class are seminarians. Marian provides the intellectual formation for Bishop Bruté’s seminarians. Human, spiritual and pastoral formation for the seminarians takes place at the seminary.

Left bottom, Jeff Stegbauer, left, prepares to punt a football during a Dec. 1 pickup game Above, Vincent Jansen, left, Father Robert Robeson and Peter Jansen have a on a cold, snowy day at conversation over breakfast on Dec. 1 at Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary Bishop Simon Bruté College in Indianapolis. The Jansens, who are brothers, are a freshman and junior at the Seminary in Indianapolis. seminary. They are seminarians for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, and Joining him in the game are members of Our Lady of the Greenwood Parish in Greenwood. Father Robeson Sean Wilson, center, and is the rector of the seminary. Vincent Jansen, right. Stegbauer and Wilson are Right, Jeremy Goebel, a seminarian for the Evansville Diocese, cleans a stove seminarians for the after breakfast on Dec. 1 in the kitchen at Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary Cincinnati Archdiocese. in Indianapolis. Seminarians take turns doing chores around the seminary. Jansen is a seminarian for the Goebel is a senior at Bishop Bruté. Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Page 12 Religious Vocations Supplement The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 FRANCISCANS continued from page 8 asked to teach at the first high school in our province. I helped with whatever was

needed. … I had the privilege of being in Francis Photos courtesy of Sisters St. charge of the health care of the students.” Even as the sisters began ministries, she said, “we were always very much aware that we went there to work ourselves out of our positions and to help the people learn how to help themselves.” She also served in religious education and later in religious vocations. “We had grade school and high school girls as boarders for years,” Sister Noreen said. “We enjoyed their culture. We were very pleased as the Church was formed and the people became active ministers. We were happy when students were baptized and received first Communion. Seeing the faith of the people was humbling. You could see the Lord working there. It was a great delight.” Sister Lorraine Geis, who grew up in St. Gabriel Parish in Connersville, served in Papua New Guinea from 1961 to 2001. “I loved teaching,” she said. “I left Mendi and went to Tari. That was the beginning of the school there with the sisters. The Capuchin priests started it. I was teaching the first grade and my students were ages 6 to 26. … It was a different language than in Mendi. They were very fast at catching on to English.” Sister Lorraine taught at the grade school in Tari for seven years then went to Kagua high school to teach mathematics and agriculture for three years. During the 50th anniversary celebration of the Oldenburg Franciscans’ missionary service in Papua New Guinea in October, Sister Barbara Piller, second “They didn’t know English and we from left, the congregational minister of the Sisters of St. Francis, and Sister Susanna Helmes, second from right, pose for a photo wearing garlands of didn’t know their language,” she said. flowers given to them as welcome gifts when they arrived in Mendi. “But they learned and we learned. … The women would crawl on their hands and knees into church in their grass skirts because they couldn’t be above the men so we began to have the girls come in the classroom before the boys. “We were with the boarders day and night,” Sister Lorraine said. “They were our family and lived with us. When I got to the high school in Kagua, our students came from more than 200 miles away. We had seven languages, but they had learned English in grade school. They were very interested in learning about the world.” Above, Franciscan Sister Ruthann Boyle, second from left, Sister Ruthann Boyle, who grew teaches three Franciscan Sisters of Mary how to use a up in Holy Name of Jesus Parish in sewing machine to sew their habits at their convent in Beech Grove, served in Papua Mendi, Papua New Guinea. New Guinea from 1963 until 2001. “When the sisters went there, they Right, Sister Barbara Piller, right, the congregational were the first white women that the minister for the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in people in the Southern Highlands had Oldenburg, accepts a handmade banner from a New Guinea ever seen,” Sister Ruthann said. “Life was woman during an October celebration in Mendi to mark the so different. I enjoyed walking to the 50th anniversary of the Oldenburg Franciscans’ missionary villages with the children, … and learning service in Papua New Guinea. their customs. … At the beginning, the girls were not allowed in the classrooms, St. Mary Parish in Greensburg, served in “History was unfolding right eternally grateful for the fact that we were but we said that we wouldn’t accept the Papua New Guinea from 1974 to 1994. before our eyes,” she said. “In 1984, a part of this ministry. Once you go to a boys unless we could accept the girls. We “I taught at the high school,” Sister Ruth Pope John Paul II came to foreign mission, especially to one as also taught their mothers to read said. “It has been a tremendous blessing to Papua New Guinea for the first time. primitive and startling as the one we went and write.” go to a foreign country and meet people He came up to the Southern Highlands, and to, you will never be the same. You will Sister Ruth Greiwe, who grew up in from different cultures. that was a tremendous occasion. I will be look at everything differently.” †

‘Nun Run’ participants to visit religious communities on Feb. 18-19

Vocations directors for the Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order

Submitted photo of St. Francis of Oldenburg, the Daughters of Trusted and Compassionate Care Charity, the Little Sisters of the Poor, the • Dedicated to meeting your non-medical homecare needs Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the- • Licensed and insured Woods and the Sisters of St. Benedict • Elder or special needs care (e.g., Alzheimer’s, Autism) of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in • In your home, nursing home, or assisted living center Beech Grove have organized a “nun run” that will take place on Feb. 18-19. • Temporary or long-term; for a few hours or up to 24/7 During that time, “nun run” participants • Personal care assistance with bathing, toileting, hygiene, will visit, pray and share meals with members dressing, medication reminders, feeding and transfers of these religious communities who minister • Companion care and safety monitoring in Indianapolis and Beech Grove. • Housekeeping, laundry, shopping and meal prep Women ages 18-45 who are interested in • Respite care (including periodic or vacation coverage) learning more about these religious • Transportation & errands communities can participate. • Medicaid Waiver and CHOICE provider Transportation, meals and overnight Sister Judith Meredith, a member of the Little Sisters of the Poor, left, speaks with accommodations are provided. Call us for a free in-home consultation: Theresa Mills and Annie Girresch about her religious community on Feb. 27, For more information or to register for Kathy and Terry Huser 2010, at the order’s St. Augustine Home for the Aged in Indianapolis. The visit the “nun run,” call Daughter of Charity was part of a “nun run” in which Mills, Girresch and three other women visited Theresa Sullivan at 812- 963-7563 (317) 255-5700 or 332-8261 members of seven religious communities in Beech Grove and Indianapolis. or send her an e-mail at www.HuserHomeCare.com Another “nun run” will take place on Feb. 18-19. [email protected]. † The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Religious Vocations Supplement Page 13 Sister who made demands of God lives a life of ser vice By John Shaughnessy

Growing up with four older brothers who often teased her, Cathy Anne Lepore learned not to be intimidated— Submitted photo which may help to explain the four demands she made of God on the day that changed her life. The day was Dec. 26, 1993, and Lepore was visiting Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, the home of the Sisters of St. Benedict. Seventeen years later, she jokes about how she was “kidnapped” by a friend and taken to the monastery that day, but in her heart she acknowledges that it was the work of God that brought her there. After all, she was 34 in 1993, and the journey of her life was already filled with interesting twist and turns. She grew up in New England, had 141 first cousins, and believed her command of a curve ball and a sinker at 9 years of age meant she was destined to become a professional baseball player. When reality dashed that dream, she went to college to become an athletic trainer and also taught at a high school before moving to Bloomington to earn a master’s degree at Indiana University. All during those years, she was involved in youth and music ministry at the parishes where she was a member, including St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bloomington. And all during those years, there was the gnawing thought within her and the encouraging belief from others that God was directing her to a vocation as a religious sister—which leads back to her visit with the Since 1997, Benedictine Sister Cathy Anne Lepore has been a religion teacher at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis, where she tries to Benedictine sisters in the monastery and her four help students have a positive experience of God. demands of God. “During my visit, I left the sisters, who were older, went “If we can be Christ in the little things, it’s easier to be to the chapel and put four questions to God,” she recalls. “I Christ in the big things,” she says. “I want these kids to told him, ‘First, I want to hear you call me by name. have a positive experience of God. I want to teach them Second, I don’t want to be the only young person here. I to be able to be themselves and bring themselves into need other people my age. Third, I’ve made mistakes. I conversations with God.” John Shaughnessy Photo by need to know I’m forgiven. Fourth, I want to know in At Roncalli, she also helps as an athletic trainer, offering six months [if this is the life I should live].’ ” students and the school community a different view of a Moments later, someone walked into the dark chapel and religious sister. asked, “Cathy, are you here?” “She is a real role model for young women who might “I was called by name, and it was by [a sister] who was consider religious life, but also have aspirations to be younger than me,” she recalls. involved in other areas of life,” says Chuck Weisenbach, Her third demand was answered later that day when Roncalli’s principal. “She’s also heavily involved in our she returned to the chapel just before leaving the pro-life issues. She goes to Washington, D.C., every year monastery. As she walked into the chapel, choir for the March for Life [with students].” members were practicing and the lyrics were, When her mornings at Roncalli end, Sister Cathy Anne “The Lord is kind and merciful.” returns to the monastery, where she provides physical Sports have always been a part of life for Benedictine Sister “It’s the whole psalm of forgiveness,” she recalls. “My therapy services for the sisters. Cathy Anne Lepore, and she also enjoys the opportunity to share whole boat was rocking. Three months later, I knocked on “Sister Cathy Anne loves the elderly, and it is a delight her creative talents through needlework. the monastery door in March and said, ‘I would like to to see her with them during their time of physical therapy,” investigate living with you for the rest of my life.’ ” says Benedictine Sister Jennifer Mechtild Horner, the in me.” So there is the essence of the vocation story of vocation director for the Sisters of St. Benedict at Our Lady At 51, she feels a peace that comes from knowing she is Benedictine Sister Cathy Anne Lepore. Seventeen years of Grace Monastery. “She encourages them to keep following God’s plan for her life. later, it continues as the story of how her life has changed going, and really takes time to listen to them. Many holy “It’s definitely a journey,” she says. “It’s learning about and how she has changed the lives of others. conversations happen during physical therapy time.” facing yourself and facing God. I’ve learned he’s much Since 1997, she has been a part-time religion teacher at Sister Cathy Anne savors that time. bigger than I am. Nothing is impossible with God.” Roncalli High School in Indianapolis. “It’s an amazing experience of having one on one time She smiles and adds, “We have an idea of what we “I think I have a defective gene. I really like with the sisters,” she says. “I have a lot of energy, and I’m should be doing and then God says, ‘Yeah, that’s good, but teenagers,” she says with a smile. “Of course, I get to send able to share that with them. When they feel that touch, a I want you to look over here. Turn your gaze and look at them home.” lot of healing takes place. We also focus on a lot of me.’ When we do that, a door opens. Then the question is, As part of her course, she even teaches the art of prevention [of injuries].” ‘Will I do it?’ ” manners to her students, including the basics of “please,” Sister Cathy Anne enjoys her two roles because they Sister Cathy Anne has learned to say yes to God. “thank you” and “may I?” allow her to use her different gifts to witness God’s love “God is in everything we’re doing—if we just turn and “I don’t want them to get thrown out of restaurants. I for people. look.” want them to be able to go on dates, and I want them to “I get to use my sense of humor, my organization and help others in need,” she says with a smile. my love of teenagers,” she says. “I also get to use the (To learn more about vocations at Our Lady of Grace For her, even good manners are a way of connecting healing arts, my sensitivity and my knowledge of the Monastery in Beech Grove, log on to with God. human body. Having both ministries creates a balance www.benedictine.com.) †

he would have made a great businessman as well,” Richardson said. “He doesn’t just get the spiritual side, LAMPERT but he [also] gets the other side of it.” continued from page 9 And although Father Lampert deals with “She said, ‘You’d make a good priest one day,’ ” many serious problems in the lives of his

Father Lampert said. “That comment has always stuck with parishioners and other people beyond SS. Francis Sean Gallagher File photo by me. I can still hear that echoing.” and Clare, he is a fun person to be around, says his It echoed in a special way in his heart when he was a friend, Father Kevin Morris. freshman at Indiana University in Bloomington in the early “He’s a joy to be … with,” said Father Morris. 1980s. At the time, his roommate was a friend that he had “He’s got a great sense of humor. He’s just absolutely known since his childhood. Then his friend was diagnosed hilarious.” with a brain tumor, and died soon thereafter. At the same time, the pastor of St. Susanna Parish in Father Vincent Lampert, the pastor of SS. Francis and Clare of “It was my first dose of mortality,” Father Lampert Plainfield said that Father Lampert is a good model for Assisi Parish in Greenwood, gives Communion to a young member said. “So then you ask the question at 19, ‘What is my priestly life and ministry. of his parish during an Aug. 8, 2010, Mass at the parish’s church. life about? What is God asking me to do?’ That’s when I “I think he’s a wonderful example of the kind of priest went back and heard the words of Sister Ramona that you’d like to be like,” Father Morris said. “He’s fairly Father Vincent Lampert Lunsford echoing again, ‘You would make a even-keeled. He knows what he’s talking about. He has a good priest.’ ” good perception of people and situations.” • Age: 47 Father Lampert soon became a college seminarian at With the many demands on his time and the • Parents: Joseph and Sharol Lampert the former Saint Meinrad College. He finished his difficult situations that he is confronted with on a • Home Parish: Holy Trinity Parish in Indianapolis. priestly formation at the University of St. Mary of the regular basis, being that kind of priest is challenging. But • Favorite Scripture verse: “He must increase. I must Lake Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Ill. Father Lampert is convinced that it is very possible to decrease” (Jn 3:30). “What I do is not about me,” Although he is steeped in the Church’s spiritual achieve—with God’s help. Father Lampert said. patrimony through his seminary training and his constant “[If] God calls you to do something, God’s going to • Favorite spiritual author: Hans Urs von Balthasar reading of the ancient Church fathers and the writings of give you the wherewithal to do it.” • Favorite prayer or devotion: “Jesus Christ, Son of God, have Pope Benedict XVI, Father Lampert also has a firm mercy on me a sinner,” also known as the “Jesus prayer.” understanding of how to keep the parish and school on a (To learn about a vocation to the priesthood in the “I probably say that thousands of times a day. It’s always on firm financial footing. Archdiocese of Indianapolis, log on to the tip of my tongue.” “I’ve often said to him on more than one occasion that www.HearGodsCall.com.) † Page 14 Religious Vocations Supplement The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 BEDEL continued from page 8 Mary Bedel, and has four younger brothers and a sister. Faith was at the Daniel “Danny” Bedel center of their life in their rural Decatur County home, which is less than Photo courtesy Archabbey of Saint Meinrad • Age: 22 a mile from their parish church. “Our faith was always very important • Parents: Tom and Mary Bedel to us,” said Mary Bedel, who teaches at • Home Parish: St. John the St. Nicholas School in Ripley County. Evangelist Parish in Enochsburg “We prayed the rosary. We’d go to the Stations of the Cross during Lent. When • Favorite saint: St. Joseph he [Danny] was little, I’d read him stories “He’s a great example for all from the Bible before he’d go to bed. fathers, be they spiritual or in a “Being a good person and being a good Catholic was what mattered the family setting.” most. Being the smartest person or the • Favorite prayer or devotion: greatest athlete or the most popular person isn’t what matters.” The rosary Faith didn’t simply form the habit of • Favorite spiritual author: prayer in the Bedel family. It also served Blessed John Henry Newman as the ultimate foundation for a healthy and happy life in their family home. • Hobbies: Running, watching “They’re my best friends,” Danny said movies (Sherlock Holmes is his of his parents and siblings. “I just love current favorite), playing paintball going home to visit my family. We play basketball together. We play paintball and basketball. together. We watch movies together. We’re pretty close.” “He enjoys life,” Tom Bedel said. “When he comes home for the weekend, it’s like a party atmosphere.” Ben Lutterbach was a high school friend of Bedel and often joined in the Seminarian Danny Bedel stands outside the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad on Dec. 9. Bedel, a fun. They shared similar interests in member of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Enochsburg, is in the first year of his graduate theological studies at Saint Meinrad. music, sports and books. But they differed in matters of faith. In Bedel was also formed in his faith by school valedictorian is putting his talents other guys looked at as someone who’s high school, Lutterbach was a Baptist. So the example of priests who served at his to the service of the Church. authentically trying to live the life [of a they often had friendly debates about home parish. Father Patrick Commons, “We need the best,” Father Robeson seminarian].” their religious beliefs. who died at age 86 last October, stood out said. “We need the people who are Bedel looks forward to continuing this “Just for fun, I’d take the devil’s among them. talented as priests. life of service as a priest in a few years. advocate, just for the sake of good fun in “In a lot of ways, he was my spiritual “Danny is a very, very talented “Even though I feel fulfilled in the having an argument,” he said. “We’d talk grandpa,” Bedel said. “Whenever we young man. He could do whatever he sense that I know that this is where I need about a lot of stuff. And I actually learned would talk or get together, he would have wanted to do. The fact that he responded to be right now, I almost wonder to a lot [from him], too.” all these stories he would tell of his to the call to the priesthood is a sign myself how awesome is it going to be In part because of his friend’s good experiences. They were fun to listen to, that he’s cooperating with God’s grace when I say that first Mass,” Bedel said. example, Lutterbach was received into the and very inspiring in a lot of ways. in his life.” “How ecstatic is it going to be when I full communion of the Church in 2009. “He was just such a happy [priest]. His While at Bishop Bruté, Bedel taught raise that host up and say, ‘This is “When Danny talks about Catholicism smile would brighten your day.” himself how to play the piano and organ my body.’ ” and the faith, he’s very positive, very Father Robert Robeson, the rector of in order to assist with liturgical music at happy,” Lutterbach said. “My wife [whom Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary the seminary. (To learn more about seminarian Danny knew while in high school] always in Indianapolis, directed Bedel’s “It was a desire [of his] to contribute to Daniel Bedel, other seminarians of the put it really well. She says that he makes first four years of priestly formation when the community,” Father Robeson said. Archdiocese of Indianapolis or about how you want to know what he’s so happy he was a student there from 2006-10. “He was always a good example for the to become a seminarian, log on to about.” He likes the fact that the former high other guys. 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By David Gibson In today’s commuter world, family members, including spouses, often find A family is a complex affair, and every themselves separated for the day, the family is complicated in its own unique week or much longer by considerable

ways. After all, the members of a family physical distances. What doesn’t Wiechec CNS photo/Nancy rely upon each other. They look to each diminish for them with the distance is other for emotional support, cooperation, their need to communicate. love and companionship, and strength in No doubt the texting, e-mailing and resolving the practical problems that arise cell phoning that are so much a part of with startling regularity in a household. people’s existence nowadays are a great Often, this mutual reliance is a source of boon to families as they attempt to hold enormous satisfaction. At other times, the everything together from a distance. support that family members require of Family members need to keep track each other feels burdensome. of each other, and to be assured of each The fact is that family members at once other’s well-being and safety, and of are pulled together and pushed apart. They their continued care for one another, all are confronted in virtually the same of which is assisted by the new social moment by the priorities of the home, the media that serve as definite aids to priorities of the workplace and schools, and family unity. the priorities of other communities that But our many technologies are fulfill vital roles in their lives. inadequate substitutes for genuine Things easily become complicated— physical presence. There is no substitute and stressful. for laying your eyes on your spouse or Families are not abstractions. Every child. The glow in another’s voice and Social networking websites like Twitter can assist families in the 21st century to communicate well family is dynamic, acted upon and the light in another’s eyes are best together only if it is done with respect, and shows a true care and concern for other family members. influenced in its daily functioning by experienced when people are together at constantly changing forces inside and one time in one place. A big challenge for families when it kind, however, family members need to outside itself. No wonder the family’s Nonetheless, family members in our comes to communicating from a distance find ways to become really present to unity is always at issue. 21st century must attempt to bridge the is not to allow themselves to become each other. To function well and to shore up their distances that divide them. Drawing distant in their actual communication. To Good communication in a family, unity, family members need to upon the finest strengths of the new the extent that the new technologies whether aided by technology or not, calls communicate well. technologies is one way to do this. But foster various forms of anonymity—in for more than the expression of clear But the high level of communication our own greatest strengths as persons other words, to the extent that the thoughts and well-honed words. It that family members usually require is not need to be coupled with the technology. “screens” of our technological world requires more than the practice of a set always easily achieved. The basics of effective human begin to serve as excuses for weak of skills. Faced with the pressures of real life, communication do not lessen in communication or walls to stand safely When family members communicate family members may communicate in importance just because the behind—they cannot serve family unity well, it becomes clear that they are hurried ways, rushing on from personal communication is enabled by one or well enough. investing themselves in each other’s encounters with each other to whatever another technological tool. In family life as elsewhere, actions happiness and well-being, are willing to their next responsibility might be. Family members rely upon each other tend to speak as loudly or louder than expend time and energy on each other’s Stressed out by the competing priorities for respect. That means they need to hear words. Families function at their best behalf, and want and intend to remain a that weigh on them, family members may each other out respectfully, whatever the when their members act upon their personal and caring presence in each begin to suffer in their communicating, outward form of their communication. commitment to each other, demonstrating other’s lives for the long haul. and short tempers may displace attentive And in strong families, people resolve visibly that they place trust and hope in But, yes, it is complicated. listening and the patient exchanges problems together. Furthermore, in each other, and despite the struggles of necessary for true communication about a strong families, people find ways to ordinary life continue to love each other. (David Gibson served on the Catholic problem or relationship. communicate their belief in each other. To accomplish noble goals of this News Service editorial staff for 37 years.) Family communication can be aided by social media websites By Scott J. Rutan “When she announced that she was expecting her a video phone. first child, two other nieces, Grandpa and I were all talking “Because of the poverty in the Philippines and our own That the new forms of what are called “social media” together live on Facebook—across three different time limited budget, we find the computer much cheaper,” are revolutionizing how people communicate is old news. zones,” Barr said. David explained. “I have refurbished donated computers The debate over whether or not these forms are improving For her family, Facebook is the medium of choice, and given them to family members. This lets us have communication is just beginning though. affording them the opportunity to send out brief greetings, unlimited conversations for the cost of the usual monthly While these debates will go on for some time, there are share pictures and videos, and chat online in real time. Internet fee. many stories of how new technologies are helping families Because of this, Barr and her niece have become more than “We are able to see Eva’s sisters face to face, and check make stronger connections, often creating bonds that “friends”—Facebook’s word for those included in a up on how the nieces and nephews are growing.” otherwise would not exist. person’s network. When asked how easy this kind of computer hardware “Our closest family member lives about 750 miles away “We’ve become real friends,” Barr said, and talk and software are to use, David said, “I’m talking to you from us,” pointed out a friend, Laure Barr. “We have a about everything, especially their latest recipes. right now on Skype.” niece in New Mexico whom we haven’t seen in years.” “Elisa will often write, ‘Try this dish, Aunt Laure! It’s From the sound, he could have been in the next room. Despite the distance, they have become very close really good!’ ” Skyping is not for everyone though. thanks to the very popular social networking site Such networking sites—some other popular ones are Burr said that her family will not be getting it in their Facebook. MySpace, Yahoo! Groups and Twitter—are becoming the home any time soon. medium of choice for casual family conversations. “We have a sixth-grade daughter here, and we’ve heard Unlike mail, messages on these sites are sent and too many stories about strangers making video calls and received instantly. doing some rather not-nice things online,” she said. Unlike a phone call, a sender doesn’t have to wait for the The new technologies are not perfect, which could

CNS photo/Paul Haring CNS photo/Paul other party to be at home. probably be said about every form of communication, On the downside, however, there are real privacy issues including face-to-face conversations. Even so, families are regarding who can read a person’s postings. Constant care finding new and beneficial ways to use them. must be taken regarding what one is willing to share. “Because of Facebook,” David said, “Eva discovered David and Eva Moore, however, have found a way that she had a first cousin living in Toronto. When we around this. contacted her, she immediately invited us to her baby Eva’s family is from the Philippines, which is 13 time shower that next week.” zones away from where she and David live. For them, it was a priceless opportunity to connect in a “Nineteen years ago, when we were first married, there way that wouldn’t have been remotely possible even wasn’t even phone service in her hometown,” David five years ago. pointed out. Because of today’s different forms of social Now the village has phone service, which is incredibly networking, the miles and time zones seem to be Cristine del Campo works on the Facebook page of World Youth expensive, and Internet access. disappearing and families are becoming closer than ever. Day at the headquarters of the international youth gathering in “We Skype Eva’s family all the time,” David said. Skype Madrid, Spain, on Nov. 12. Families are using the social is another computer tool that uses the Internet, a minicam (Scott J. Rutan is an adult and family faith formation networking website to foster better communication. and a microphone so that the computer becomes essentially coordinator in Walworth, N.Y.) † Page 16 The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith, Hope and Charity/ Wisdom of the saints: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton David Siler St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, whose feast great love for the Blessed Sacrament. which she called a great grace. “To go on A surprising day was on Jan. 4, is featured in two of During one of her conferences for her gaining and advancing every day,” she my books: Married religious sisters, she told them, “What was said, “we must be resolute, and bear and lesson from the Saints and American the first rule of our dear Savior’s life? You suffer as our blessed forerunners did.” Saints. know it was to do his Father’s will. Well, Which of them, she asked, gained animal kingdom I encourage you to then, the first end I propose in our daily heaven without a struggle. My recent trip to Africa was chock full read details of her life work is to do the will of God; secondly, to We all have our trials, she said. For of many beautiful spiritual lessons, but in one of those books, do it in the manner he wills; and thirdly, some it might be pride, another causeless one in particular came as published by Alba to do it because it is his will.” discontent, still another restless a surprise. House and available at How does one know what God’s will impatience or peevish fretfulness. Our trip was all about Catholic bookstores or is? Elizabeth told her sisters that she knew Whatever it might be, God calls each experiencing solidarity at www.Amazon.com. his will by those who directed her; of us to a holy life, she said, and gives us with people from a So I can share her wisdom, suffice it to whatever they bid her do was the will of abundant grace. Therefore, although we culture vastly different say that she lived from 1774 to 1821, was God for her. are weak of ourselves, “this grace is able than our own, and I did a wife and mother of five children, “Then do it in the manner he wills it,” to carry us through every obstacle and experience this sense of converted to Catholicism after her she said. Don’t fret because an oven is too difficulty.” oneness in profound husband’s death, began the first parochial hot or too cold, she said, and neither Nevertheless, even with our countless ways over and school in the country and founded the flying about because you’re hurried or graces, she said, we find ourselves over again. Daughters of Charity. She was canonized “creeping like a snail” because no one is running around in a circle of misery and What I did not expect was to learn this by Pope Paul VI on Sept. 14, 1975, the pushing you. Jesus, she said, was never imperfections, perhaps with even less lesson so profoundly from some first American-born citizen to be in extremes. ardor for penance and mortification than African animals. canonized. As for doing God’s will because he when we began. Just remember, she said, On our last day in Tanzania, we finally got Despite all the heartaches and wills it, she advised her sisters to be ready that we are children of eternity and an a “day off” from visiting Catholic Relief difficulties that Elizabeth suffered—she to quit at any moment in order to do immortal crown awaits us. Services programs and had the privilege of called them holocausts—she always saw anything else to which they might “You may indeed sow here in tears,” visiting one of the country’s many them as God’s will. She was noted for her be called. she said, “but you may be sure there to national parks. abandonment to the will of God and a She also admonished perseverance, reap in joy.” † As we drove through the park, we were blessed to see just about every African animal It’s All Good/Patti Lamb imaginable. After a couple of hours, I began to notice that nearly every time we saw a herd of zebra, We all have something to lear n and something to teach they were drinking or grazing alongside a The other day, I asked my 6-year-old son’s school. That day, my child was in rejection. completely different breed of animal—the son, Henry, what sound the letter “u” full-tantrum mode. She was uncooperative If someone doesn’t visit or keep in gnu—also called a wildebeest. makes. and defiant in every way. She stomped touch, maybe it is because she hasn’t yet I asked our tour guide if there was a reason He thought long and howled. I felt my blood known what it truly feels like to be lonely. for this phenomenon, and he explained that and hard. His pressure rising. If someone acts greedy, I will know it these two animals work together to survive. deliberating went on To make matters even more might be because he has only encountered for some time. I could uncomfortable, I spotted another school loss. see the wheels in his mom—a mother I greatly admire— If someone is mean, it might be because We spend so much time and mind spinning. walking through the lot to her car. that is all he has ever known. Maybe he has energy focused on what But then his She witnessed the entire spectacle. never been properly introduced to kindness. makes us different than inquisitive look took a Embarrassed, I stared at the ground, Years ago, I was positive that a certain other people—those who turn, and he became avoiding eye contact at all costs and person on this planet woke up every don’t look like us, think like defensive. All at once, secretly hoping that a giant pothole might morning and plotted how he could best he snapped, “No fair!” swallow both my daughter and I to diffuse sabotage my day. Later, I learned that he us, talk like us or live like I looked at him, puzzled. the situation. had been through some trying and us—that we miss the “No fair,” he repeated. “We haven’t Instead of acting like she didn’t see me, heartbreaking times as a young man. He absolute blessing that God learned that yet.” which might have made the situation even was hurt and hardened, and the only love he made us different for a Each week, the kindergarten class more awkward, the mom smiled and said, had ever known—at best—was very tough reason. studies a particular letter in the alphabet. “I’ve been there.” She couldn’t have said love. He had never learned to be gentle. Apparently, they had not yet made it to anything better. It was just what I needed We can only know what we have the letter “u.” to hear. And she kept on walking like been taught by parents, teachers and life The zebra has excellent eyesight and the Then it struck me that I should be more everything was normal. circumstances. gnu has a keen sense of smell so they each careful. Too often, I take for granted that I Before I had kids, I might have looked In 2011, I hope to keep in mind that use their best asset as a defense mechanism to know where others have been and what at myself in the parking lot and thought, everyone has something to learn, and stay aware of impending danger—most they know. “Woman, get your kid under control!” But everyone has something to teach. notably other animals that would like to eat I make snap judgments based on how I sometimes we can’t empathize until we I am aware that this concept is simple, them for dinner. So what the zebra doesn’t think people should act, according to my have been through it. but I rediscovered it when my son see, the gnu smells, and what the gnu doesn’t own experiences. If they don’t comply This brought me to a New Year’s unknowingly issued a gentle reminder that smell, the zebra sees. with the world as I know it, then I dismiss resolution. My hope is to be more we all progress at different intervals. I think Our guide explained that, in addition them. compassionate. Inspired by my son’s God might smile on such a childlike to these survival skills, zebras have teeth on But sometimes we don’t understand if comment, I will attempt to proceed as if approach. the top and bottom of their gums—just like a we haven’t been there. people that I consider difficult simply horse—making them best suited to graze on One afternoon several weeks ago, I was “have not learned that yet.” (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna taller grass, while gnus have only lower teeth, trying to herd my 3-year-old daughter, If someone acts insecure, I will Parish in Plainfield, is a regular columnist making them suited to eat the grass low to Margaret, from the parking lot into my consider that perhaps she has only known for The Criterion.) † the ground. It makes them perfect dining partners. Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister My mind immediately became aware of the lesson here for humans. It is that our The light and the darkness of our Catholic faith diversity—or things which make us different, when brought together—makes us all much Since childhood, I have been drawn to Paul, and I were raising our contain God in their words. In the end better than we are on our own. I need your contrasts in life. However, when playing three daughters. though, there is nothing I can say to best gifts and you need mine. with friends, I always However, Salonen is probably much appease those who believe that a life of We spend so much time and energy wanted to be the bolder than I am when it comes to non-belief is the more honorable, the focused on what makes us different than other peacemaker rather defending our Catholic faith. Not long right path. The lived reality of its fruits people—those who don’t look like us, think than an antagonizer. ago, she came across an atheist’s blog. are enough.” like us, talk like us or live like us—that we I preferred good Troubled by the atheist’s observations, Words can only go so far in miss the absolute blessing that God made us over evil and couldn’t she respectfully responded to her, explaining faith. It must be experienced different for a reason. understand why other sharing her completely opposite point to be grasped. Not only do we notice our differences, but children often got of view. Most Catholics instinctively realize we sometimes go to war, kill, imprison, shun into trouble. She shared beautiful thoughts about that Salonen’s position is Godly based, or hate others because of those differences. I still believe that her Catholic faith, and the other blogger and that only God can judge an Certainly, some differences are worth fighting good eventually defended her own beliefs. atheist’s position. for, but most are just superficial. overcomes evil, but experiences in life Salonen believes that “one can be My father converted to Catholicism, Racism, sexism and all of the other “isms” since then have honed my sensibilities to lifted from the darkness by faith.” and I am grateful for my faith. So is my are still alive and well in our world. They better assess the variations of good She wrote, “There is nowhere for me, husband, Paul. Despite some doubts and always have been and, sadly, probably always and evil. as one who has experienced the light of challenges, we are Catholics forever. will be. So it was with great interest last faith with every fiber of my being [body I began my 2011 columns with this But we Catholic Christians are called by month when I read a blog, Peace Garden and soul] to go with this except back to subject because many people who believe God to look well beyond our external Mama, by Roxane Salonen, who lives in the Light of Light.” in God have experienced spiritual differences to our internal likeness. Fargo, N.D., with her husband and One of Salonen’s friends shared darkness. So did Jesus in the Garden of Since every one of us was created in the children. something that St. John of the Cross Gethsemane before the Crucifixion. image and likeness of God, we can conclude Her blog can be found online at once wrote—something to the effect that, that God is pretty diverse. http://roxanesalonen.blogspot.com. “It is not the ones who boast about (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member I am always edified by her sitting next to God who are closest to of Christ the King Parish in (David Siler is the executive director of the observations and deep thoughts that him, but those who are silent because Indianapolis, is a regular columnist archdiocesan Secretariat for Catholic remind me of myself when my husband, they realize how impossible it is to for The Criterion.) † Charities and Family Ministries.) † The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011 Page 17

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord/ Msgr. Owen F. Campion The Sunday Readings Daily Readings Monday, Jan. 10 Friday, Jan. 14 Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 Hebrews 1:1-6 Hebrews 4:1-5, 11 • Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Psalm 97:1, 2b, 6, 7c, 9 Psalm 78:3, 4bc, 6c-8 • Acts of the Apostles 10:34-38 Mark 1:14-20 Mark 2:1-12 • Matthew 3:13-17 also to pagans, indeed even to the brutal Tuesday, Jan. 11 Saturday, Jan. 15 As winter begins each year, the Church Romans whose military conquest and Hebrews 2:5-12 Hebrews 4:12-16 celebrates three great feasts to joyfully occupation of the Holy Land had resulted focus on our salvation in Jesus, and also in so much misery, death and despair Psalm 8:2ab, 5-9 Psalm 19:8-10, 15 to teach us the among Jews. Mark 1:21-28 Mark 2:13-17 meaning of salvation Peter’s preaching leads to in Jesus. one conclusion. Salvation is in Jesus Wednesday, Jan. 12 Sunday, Jan. 16 Christmas was the alone. Jesus came as God’s representative. Hebrews 2:14-18 Second Sunday in first of these feasts. In God’s love, Jesus went about “doing Then came the good works” and healing the sick. Psalm 105:1-4, 6-9 Ordinary Time Epiphany of the Lord. St. Matthew’s Gospel offers the last Mark 1:29-39 Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 This weekend is the reading, revealing not only the event of Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-10 third celebration, the story of the Lord’s baptism in the Thursday, Jan. 13 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 the feast of the River Jordan by John the Baptist, but also Hilary, bishop and doctor of John 1:29-34 Baptism of the Lord. the import of the event for Catholics and the Church Each of these feasts, through its for all believers. Liturgy of the Word, introduces us to a Ritual washings, or baptisms, were Hebrews 3:7-14 vital dimension in the identity of Jesus popular in certain Jewish circles in the Psalm 95:6-11 and an important consideration for first century A.D. so many homes had Mark 1:40-45 Christians as they seek to follow the Lord. ceremonial baths. Supplying the first reading for this Archaeologists who excavated the weekend is the Book of Isaiah. ruins of Masada, the great Jewish fortress Isaiah writes about a loyal servant of high on a mountaintop overlooking the Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen God, a servant who is steadfast in his Dead Sea, discovered ceremonial baths in faithfulness despite enduring the the ruins there. hostilities of others around him and the Being baptized, or bathing in Slander and gossip are serious sins unhappy twists of his fortune. these special pools, symbolizes the This servant is therefore the most yearning of a person to be rid of sin. It that can destroy lives and relationships perfect servant. Regardless of the was as if sin stained not just the soul, but I am the sponsor for one of our this as part of the commandments. injustices surrounding him, and the also the body. Qparish Rite of Christian Initiation of Slander deserves a lot more attention temptation to forsake God, the servant John the Baptist salutes Jesus as Adults candidates. than we usually give it. never falters. God’s anointed. During an RCIA This reading, with three other Then, marvelously and miraculously, session about the We would like your comments on readings that are quite similar in Isaiah, God appears and identifies Jesus as the Ten Commandments, Qgoing to confession by telephone. are called the “Songs of the Suffering Son of God. the speaker claimed Apparently, it’s not allowed, but why? Servant.” God could be seen and heard. To that we can often lie (New York) They form a major part not only of clarify the message even more, God by what we don’t say Scripture, but also of the liturgy as they speaks and gestures in ancient as well as by what we Sacraments are always actions of are used in Holy Week when the faithful Old Testament words and symbols that do say. AJesus Christ exercising his saving concentrate on the sacrifice of Jesus no Jew would have misunderstood. Someone asked power in the world. on Calvary. how that could be, but However, Jesus acts through the The second reading, from the Acts of Reflection the speaker gave a short answer and human ministers of the sacraments the Apostles, reveals what life was like in This feast of the Baptism of the Lord didn’t seem too sure. involved, and through the words and the first generation of Christianity. It reveals to us the Lord’s identity. He is the Can we lie by what we don’t say? actions of the sacramental rite. verifies the structure of the Church even Son of God, with all the force and What would be an example? (Virginia) This has always meant that personal as this structure exists today. mystery contained in this reality. presence is required between the Peter is central to the Scripture He is the Savior, rescuing us from There certainly are such lies by minister of the sacrament and the passage. He appears before Cornelius, eternal death by assuming our sins and by Aomission. In fact, they can be some one receiving it. whose name indicates Roman origins. making amends to God for our sinfulness. of the worst lies. Just as a priest is not ordained or a Peter preaches in the name of Christ, He is the mediator, uniting us with God. Deliberately lying, even by telling baby is not baptized over the telephone, discharging his responsibility as an The Church makes the words of Peter only half-truths to blacken or destroy so one cannot receive the sacrament of Apostle, a responsibility given to him by to Cornelius its own, calling us to the another person’s reputation, for example, penance that way either. the Lord. Lord as our Savior. The Church also calls is called the sin of slander. When circumstances make proper The reading is revealing since it shows us to admit that we are sinners. Obviously, a person commits a reception of the sacrament impossible, that Peter offered salvation not just to We need Jesus to reconcile us with seriously sinful falsehood by what he of course, one is not spiritually Jews, whose heritage Peter shared, but God, our hope and our life. † or she purposely doesn’t say that can abandoned. lead to a negative perception about An individual’s faith, trust in God, another person. sorrow for his or her sin, and desire for My Journey to God Far from being outlandish, these kinds the Eucharist and reconciliation can of deceit are tragically common today. bring forgiveness of sin and other graces They may not always be so blatant, but from God that these sacraments are they are nevertheless destructive and intended to provide. Winter’s Beauty morally wrong. This happens notably in what passes (A free brochure in English or Spanish In this enchanted place all for political discourse, particularly answering questions that Catholics white and glistening, during election campaigns. Misleading ask about baptism practices and You can faintly hear the flutter accusations, only half true at most, are sponsors is available by sending a of fairy wings purposely spread through the media to stamped, self-addressed envelope to If you’re still enough and deceitfully destroy an opponent’s Father John Dietzen, Box 3315, listening. good name. Peoria, IL 61612. Questions may be sent Of course, those whose prejudices are to Father Dietzen at the same address or Trees adorned in diamonds in the same direction eagerly believe by e-mail to [email protected].) † and lace these reports and pass them on as truth Glisten in the morning without the slightest hesitation that sunlight maybe the allegations are false, thereby Readers may submit prose Like penitent souls now filled becoming accomplices in the sin. with grace. We tend to believe what we want to or poetry for faith column believe, with hardly a moment’s thought The Criterion invites readers As I gaze at this winter given to what harm is being committed. to submit original prose or poetry wonderland It is often noted that this kind of lying relating to faith or experiences of Where not even deer have is a major cause of the current near-total prayer for possible publication in the Catholic Courier trod, collapse of civil conversation and “My Journey to God” column. I give thanks for the beauty all dialogue in the United States, and even Seasonal reflections also are around me— in the Catholic Church. appreciated. Please include name, This lovely gift from God. But it is a spiritual challenge in more address, parish and telephone number personal associations as well. with submissions.

CNS file photo/Mike Crupi, CNS file photo/Mike By Hilda L. Buck Usually, it is called gossip, which Send material for consideration to sounds trivial but arguably destroys more “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, (Hilda L. Buck is a member of St. Lawrence Parish in Lawrenceburg. A woman walks lives and relationships in our human P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206 her dog through Highland Park in Rochester, N.Y., in January 2007.) family than any other sin. or e-mail to [email protected]. † I’m glad that your speaker mentioned Page 18 The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011

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amid reports that falling rocks in development of vegetation,” Wiechec CNS photo/Nancy Our Lady of its fabled grotto could signal a Bishop Perrier explained. Lourdes in major landslide. “These conditions have contributed to France in Work to secure the massive rock face erosions in the rock, principally this 2008 file above the grotto started on Jan. 3, and horizontal, which have caused water to photo. was expected to continue through stagnate in the stone and split it when Repair work February, said the Diocese of Tarbes frozen. Year by year, the rock is to prevent and Lourdes. shifting,” he said. falling rocks Despite the work, the grotto would The project will find workers affixing began at the remain “open and welcoming” during lose chunks of rock, some weighing up grotto on construction, the diocese said. to 15 tons, to the existing rock face. Jan. 3, Bishop Jacques Perrier of Tarbes Safety nets also will be installed to catch and was and Lourdes detailed some of the work any rocks that may fall in the future. expected to to be completed during a December Lourdes, near the Pyrenees mountains continue news conference. He said that the in southern France, attracts about through celebration of Mass would be canceled, 6 million visitors annually and has been February. but that the daily rosary service at a place of pilgrimage since 1858, when 3 p.m. would continue until repairs St. Bernardette Soubirous experienced are completed. there the first of 18 visions of Mary. † Report in newspaper says Pope John Paul miracle nears final r ecognition VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A presumed miracle needed the late pope’s intercession, then Pope Benedict XVI still the matter. for the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II would have to sign a decree formally recognizing it According to Tornielli, at the end of 2010, the reportedly has reached the final stages of approval. before a beatification liturgy can be scheduled. presumed miracle passed the first three stages in a The miracle—involving a Tornielli, who covers the five-step process that involves medical experts, a medical French nun said to have been Vatican for the newspaper board, theological consultants, the members of the cured of Parkinson’s disease—has Il Giornale, wrote on Jan. 4 that congregation and, finally, Pope Benedict. been approved by a Vatican the process is so far advanced that In 2005, Pope Benedict set Pope John Paul on the fast medical board and a group of Pope John Paul could be beatified track to beatification by waiving the normal five-year theologians, and is now awaiting sometime in 2011. waiting period for the introduction of his sainthood cause. judgment from the members of the Jesuit Father Federico The initial diocesan phase of the cause was completed Congregation for Saints’ Causes, Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, in April 2007. After a team of theological consultants to according to Italian journalist told Catholic News Service on the Congregation for Saints’ Causes studied the Andrea Tornielli. Jan. 4 that the final step before 2,000-page “positio,” the document that makes the case If the congregation accepts beatification requires the pope’s for beatification, Pope Benedict formally decreed in the healing of Sister Marie-Simon- approval, and that the pope is free December 2009 that Pope John Paul had heroically lived Pope John Paul II Pierre as a miracle attributable to Sr. Marie-Simon-Pierre to make his own decision on the Christian virtues and was thus declared venerable. † Three former Anglican bishops are received into Catholic Church in London LONDON (CNS)—Three former the second week of January when Church during the Mass, along with an five who, in November, declared their Anglican bishops were received into the Pope Benedict XVI is also expected to unspecified number of former lay intention to join the forthcoming Catholic Church just hours after they appoint an ordinary. Anglicans. ordinariate. The other two had already officially gave up their ministries in the The ordinariate will be the first to be The Mass was celebrated by Auxiliary retired, but will be ordained Catholic Church of England. created since the pope issued the apostolic Bishop Alan Hopes of Westminster, the priests by Lent. Bishops Andrew Burnham of constitution “Anglicanorum coetibus” on most senior former Anglican priest in the The ordinariate is initially expected to Ebbsfleet, John Broadhurst of Fulham Nov. 4, 2009, to allow the group reception Catholic Church in England and Wales. include about 50 former Anglican bishops and Keith Newton of Richborough will be of disaffected Anglo-Catholics into the The liturgy was not publicized by the and clergy, and hundreds of lay ordained soon as priests for a special Catholic Church. Catholic authorities, and was described worshippers divided into about 30 groups. Anglican ordinariate that will be set up in Similar in structure to a non-territorial by witnesses as “low-key.” Most will be received into the England later in January. military diocese, it permits former Anglicans One of them, Father Sean Finnegan, a Catholic Church during Holy Week in Their resignations took effect at to retain much of the patrimony and Catholic priest from Shoreham by Sea in April after undergoing an intensive period midnight on Dec. 31, and they were liturgical practices, such as married priests. southern England, wrote on his blog later of instruction. received into the Catholic Church on the Also received into the Church at the that the former bishops wore suits Anglican pastors who wish to afternoon of Jan. 1 during a Mass at Jan. 1 Mass were Judi Broadhurst, the wife and ties. become Catholic will be ordained and London’s Westminster Cathedral. of the former bishop of Fulham, and After they were received into the incardinated into the ordinariate by They will be ordained as Catholic Gill Newton, the wife of the former bishop faith they were given the sacrament of Pentecost on June 12. transitional deacons at Allen Hall of Richborough. confirmation and “returned to their places Most former Anglican groups will be seminary in London on Jan. 13, then Three former Anglican nuns— to gentle applause,” Father Finnegan wrote. encouraged to share Church buildings as priests during a liturgy at the cathedral Sister Carolyne Joseph, Sister Wendy “One of the sisters, descending the with their local Catholic parishes. on Jan. 15. They will be incardinated into Renate and Sister Jane Louise—who had steps, grinned at the congregation and Discussions to form possible personal the English ordinariate, which is left the Sisters of St. Margaret to join the gave two thumbs up,” he said. ordinariates in the United States, Canada expected to be formed by papal decree in ordinariate, were also received into the The three former bishops were among and Australia are also in progress. † What was in the news on Jan. 6, 1961? Latin America, the pope and much mor e By Brandon A. Evans Cardinal Jaime de Barros Camara said the campaign stems in Greenfield ‘tithing’ experiment from a secret directive given by the Chinese Communist By Paul G. Fox: “GREENFIELD, Ind.—“Give God This week, we continue to examine what was going on party on February 1, 1960. The plan calls for communists His Share” is the slogan of the 165 families in St. Michael’s in the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen through to infiltrate the Church while imploring ‘God’s help in their parish here. Father Daniel Nolan, pastor of the the pages of The Criterion, which is celebrating its propaganda,’ the Cardinal stated.” 100-year-old parish, says he is 50th anniversary. • Epiphany parties set in ‘pleased but not complacent’ since he Here are some of the items found in the Jan. 6, 1961, Richmond, Troy introduced the tithing program here issue of The Criterion: • Marian gets Lilly grant of $12,500 nearly two years ago. During the past • Bare Red plot to subvert Church in Latin America • ‘Operation Squeeze’: How 20 months, the Sunday collection “RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—Communists are one parish eased its financial increased from an average of $250 to carrying out an eight-point program designed to problems nearly $600. The parish debt was subvert the Church in Latin America, the Cardinal- • Pontiff to commemorate famed reduced over $35,000 during the same Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro warned in a radio address. Labor encyclical period. … Core of the ‘St. Michael’s “VATICAN CITY—His Holiness plan’ is a six-man parish finance Pope John XXIII has announced he will issue a document to committee which meets every two weeks to record the commemorate the 70th anniversary of the publication of individual contributions, analyze the collection and devise Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical on labor, ‘Rerum Novarum.’ means to increase the Sunday collections.” Pope John made his announcement at an audience for • Family Clinic: The morality of kissing prompts Classified Directory diplomats at the Holy See who had come to extend a question New Year’s greetings. … “We shall therefore promulgate— • Social Reform: Is Church in America entering For information about rates for classified advertising, call (317) 236-1572. to celebrate worthily the great encyclical of Pope Leo XIII— a new era? a document which will confirm, by adding Our voice to • Holy Trinity captures holiday tourney Home Improvement those of Our great predecessors, the constant concern the • Catholic overseas relief tops all other agencies Brother's Construction For web ad space Chimney's cleaned Church has now not only toward one part or another of the • Says Orthodox won’t unite with Rome & inspected $99.00 Concrete & Brick Specialist Roofing & carpentry,New & repair call social orders, but toward all together, according to the • Pope John renews appeal for lay participation 317 356-2884 needs of the time in which we live.’ • Four religions to participate in inauguration BC Fencing Chain link & wood 317-236-1572 SNOW REMOVAL • Five children die while parents are at Serving the Eastside since 1976 5066 E. Michigan Street Midnight Mass (Read all of these stories from our Jan. 6, 1961, issue by 317 501-4830 today! • ‘St. Michael’s Plan’: Collections more than doubled logging on to our archives at www.CriterionOnline.com.) † Page 20 The Criterion Friday, January 7, 2011

lives and the future at risk, is inevitable. PEACE War, he said, reflects “the most continued from page 1 horrendous and violent face of The pope said the gathering, history.” He called on everyone to

planned for October, is meant to recall promote and build peace, reminding Reuters Waguih, CNS photo/Asmaa “the historic gesture” made by the late people that “words aren’t enough for Pope John Paul II when he convoked this difficult task.” the first World Day of Prayer for He said that “a concrete and Peace in Assisi in 1986. constant commitment is needed by In his homily during the morning heads of nations, but above all what’s Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 1, needed is that every person be inspired the pope spoke about the theme he by an authentic spirit of peace,” which chose for World Peace Day 2011— is fostered by prayer and lived out in “Religious Freedom, the Path one’s day-to-day activities. to Peace.” Peace does not come because of He said that religious freedom was “weapons, nor economic, political, challenged today by two extremes at cultural and media power,” he said. work in the world—secularism that Peace is both a gift from God and the banishes religion to the private sphere, result of a change in the human and fundamentalism that seeks to conscience, which becomes open to forcefully impose religion on truth and love, he said. everyone. The pope presided over an evening He said that religious freedom is prayer liturgy with eucharistic the best path for building peace adoration and the singing of a special because wherever religious freedom is hymn of thanksgiving to God on guaranteed, human dignity is also Dec. 31 at St. Peter’s Basilica. respected. After the liturgy, the pope went by Pope Benedict called on political popemobile into St. Peter’s Square, leaders and all people of goodwill to where he visited the Vatican’s Nativity not give up when faced with “the scene. While choristers sang, the negative force of egoism and pope entered the grotto housing the A Coptic Orthodox woman cries during a Jan. 3 prayer service for her relatives who were victims of a New Year’s violence,” and to not become jaded larger-than-life-size figures of the Day bombing outside an Orthodox church in Alexandria, Egypt. Pope Benedict XVI condemned the deadly attack into thinking that conflict, which puts Holy Family and knelt in prayer. † which left 25 people dead and dozens more injured. Sex abuse survivor says her love of Eucharist helped r estore her faith ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS)—Teresa Pitt Green recently recounted how, though she prepare it to be broken,” she said. “They As she began to weave fragments of her Green sat in her car in the church parking “left the Catholic Church forever many make themselves a false idol, the life into a cohesive whole, she became lot. She watched times,” her love of the Eucharist endured dominant power. As a sapling, it cuts to involved in diocesan victim assistance parishioners walk up and, with the support of Arlington diocesan your core.” programs, which helped her farther along a the steps to attend priests, Office of Victim Assistance The physiological, spiritual and path that would restore her wounded faith. Mass. It was so easy programs and Arlington Bishop Paul S. physical costs of Green’s sexual abuse “Despite my age, I was carrying for them, she Loverde, she was able, eventually, to enter were great. In her book, she recounts her memories jumbled still by the pain they thought. a church without fear and receive the body many health problems and an abusive carried, and I babbled like a child,” said Unable to follow of Christ. relationship—all, she believes, with roots Green, as she recalled talking with in their footsteps, Earlier this year, Green published in the abuse. Bishop Loverde for the first time. “That is she sat in the car Restoring Sanctuary (Dog Ear Publishing), Yet, Green does not linger on the costs. when my memories became a story, and the and longed for the a book that’s part memoir, part spiritual In the chapter “Story,” she writes that she story revealed to me my own undying faith.” Eucharist. Men who reflection and part impetus for healing. reached a point where “suffering was It was a powerful healing moment to consecrate the bread The book immerses the reader in the about to be redemptive.” have a bishop “just sit and listen,” had betrayed her. Church’s painful wound through the eyes After years of therapy, self-help books, she said. Authorities in the Church, who had of a victim, yet Green does not give support groups—often either rejecting the Green is quick to express her sympathy entrusted the sacrament to the men, had explicit details of abuse. But she is healing potential of Catholicism or highly for the priests and bishops who were failed her. From age 7 to 19, Green was explicit when she defines the nature of the suspicious of it—and struggles with faith, betrayed by the sins of their brother sexually abused by multiple priests in her crime: “Sexual abuse of children is Green recognized there was an “imprint priests—and who often are chastised for Northeast diocese. Her abusers worked at violence by sexual means by predators of Catholic on me, an imprint of Christ those sins. her school and visited her family in the who seek to dominate another person by on me that went deeper than any wound.” Priests and bishops have been “betrayed evenings. destroying their spirit.” Even though she understood the by those they trusted as well,” she said. In an interview with The Arlington For “predator priests,” there is “a imprint, and therapy had led her toward “They need to be cared for, too.” Catholic Herald, diocesan newspaper, meticulous grooming of the mind to healing, she had yet to integrate her In Restoring Sanctuary, she refutes “wounded faith into the process.” arguments that to curb clergy sexual abuse, “Everything seemed different” when the Church should prohibit gay priests or she first spoke with Pat Mudd, the allow priests to marry. She also said it’s coordinator of the Office of Victim “not a liberal or conservative thing.” It’s a ace, Heat P Furn ump & A Assistance in the Diocese of Arlington, matter of evil, she said. ir Conditioner Sale and Oblate Father Mark Mealey, vicar Her book—along with the diocesan general. Both offered two things: They outreach that Green embraces gratefully—

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