February 7, 2020 In This Issue ESSEESSENGERNGER M Serving the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky since 1926

2 DPAA 2020

3 Chris Stefanick ‘Reboot’ tour

3 Mercy Mat Ministry overwhelmed by support

7 St. Augustine Capital Campaign A look at the renovations

8 Catholic Schools Week (left) Bishop Roger Foys was the celebrant, Jan. 30, at the annual Catholic Schools Week in photos Mass. (above) During the candle lighting cere- mony, Kendra McGuire, associate superintend- ent, Catholic Schools, helps a student; the candles represent the diocese’s five deaneries. (below left) Michael Clines, superintendent, Catholic Schools, welcomes students. (below center and right) High school students participated in the Mass.

Moving? Wrong address? Keener and Thatcher photos Call the circulation desk, (859) 392-1570 Catholic Schools prepare ‘good soil’ for faithtogrow Laura Keener given the word where the difficulty lies.” Editor Bishop Foys said there are three things necessary for God’s word Bishop’s Schedule ...... 3 The annual national Catholic Schools Week celebration was to bear fruit. First it has to be heard. Commentary ...... 4 held Jan. 26—Feb. 1. In the Diocese of Covington, schools held daily “To hear the Word means we have to free ourselves from distrac- People and Events ...... 10 celebrations, recognizing the contributions that everyone — stu- tions,” he said. dents, faculty, administrators, parents, volunteers — make to the The second component that makes good soil is that it has to Saint Snippet ...... 11 success of Catholic schools. “receive” God’s Word. Classifieds ...... 12 Bishop Roger Foys celebrated Mass, Jan. 30, at the Cathedral “So much of what we hear bounces off of us. Some parts of the Entertainment ...... 14 Basilica of the Assumption, for the diocesan recognition of Gospel are difficult because the Lord makes some demands on us Shopper’s Guide ...... 14 Catholic Schools Week. Student representatives from the nine and we resist those — it’s like a reflex … it causes us to flinch VIRTUS ...... 14 Catholic high schools and 30 elementary schools in the Diocese of because it means we are going to have to do something or quit doing News Briefs ...... 15 Covington attended. something.” In his homily, Bishop Foys said the parable of the “Sower and the The third characteristic necessary for God’s Word to bear fruit Seeds” in the day’s Gospel is unique in that Jesus himself explains is, “We are called to action. If the Word of God makes any kind of Missed an edition? Current and back the significance of the soil, offering an opportunity for him to focus difference in our heart, our soul or our life then we have to act on it. issues of the Messenger are available on another important aspect of the parable — what makes soil We have to be what St. James calls ‘do-oers’ of the Word and not just online at covdio.org/messenger. “good” so that it bears fruit. hearers.” “The sower represents the Lord and the seed is the word of Preparing the soil so that God’s Word can bear fruit is “what God,” Bishop Foys said. The fact that the seed is scattered with Catholic Schools do,” Bishop Foys said. abandon demonstrates that God, “makes his Word available to “Catholic schools prepare students to hear the Word of God, to everyone. No one is excluded from the Lord,” Bishop Foys said. receive the Word and to act on it. We have to be formators and not “There is nothing any of us can do to earn God’s love, he puts that just educators, to build a foundation on which students can build out to us and he is very generous. It is the response of those who are the rest of your life,” he said. Plantoattend [email protected] Bishop Roger Foys invites Catholics from the Diocese of and federal level. It advocates for laws and policies that reflect Covington to Frankfort, Thursday, Feb. 27, to learn about proposed Gospel values and Catholic social teaching. Senate and House bills and to share their Catholic perspective with The event will feature insights from Jason Hall, CCK director, Kentucky lawmakers. and a chance to visit with legislators Organized by the Catholic as well as a chance to attend and Conference of Kentucky (CCK), the observe the General Assembly in ses- event will address the Abortion sion. Neutrality Amendment, sanctuary Each diocese is given a different cities, the elimination of the death day this year to bring their specific penalty for persons with mental ill- concerns to lawmakers. It is hoped ness and support of Scholarship Tax that this year an even greater num- Credits, among other current issues. ber of the faithful will give the Church a voice in the public square. The CCK was created in 1984 by the Roman Catholic bishops of Contact the Catholic Conference of Kentucky at (502) 875-4345 or Kentucky to represent the four dioceses in public policy on the state [email protected] for more information and to sign up for updates. 2 February 7, 2020 Messenger

Leadership gifts solicitors begin workon2020 DPAA Laura Keener Editor Phase I, the leadership gifts solicitation phase, of the 2020 Diocesan Parish Annual Appeal is now under- way. The theme for this year’s DPAA is “Hope does not disappoint … the love of God has been poured out into our hearts.” (Rom 5:5) Mary Paula Schuh, general chair, and Randy Rawe, leadership gifts chair, together with Bishop Roger Foys and the Stewardship and Mission Services office, host- ed the annual DPAA leadership gifts solicitors lunch- eon, Feb. 3. At the luncheon, about 30 leadership gifts solicitors each selected five donors from the top 200 donors of last year’s appeal to invite to contribute again to this year’s DPAA. Sharing the success of last year’s leadership gifts Keener photos phase, Mr. Rawe said, “This is a critical phase,” to achieving the $2.6 million DPAA goal. Mr. Rawe explained how exciting it will be to announce the amount of gifts pledged at the upcoming kick-off din- ners and that it will set the momentum of the appeal — an appeal that enables the Church to carry out its mis- sion in the Diocese of Covington. “When you look at where this money goes … know that you are doing wonderful things,” he said. Again this year, pastors and parishioners from across the diocese will have the opportunity to see first hand how gifts donated to the DPAA translate into mis- sion and ministry by attending one of two DPAA kick-off din- ners. The first will be Tuesday, March 3, at (top left) Bishop Roger Foys gestures to this year’s Diocesan Parish Annual Appeal poster with the theme The Prizing House, “Hope does not disappoint … the love of God has been poured out into our hearts” (Rom 5:5) at the DPAA Cynthiana, with the leadership gifts solicitors luncheon, Feb. 3. (top right, from left) Clare Ruehl, former DPAA chair; Deacon second Thursday, Gerald Franzen, Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington and Deacon William Theis, St. Therese March 5, at Parish, Southgate, are among this year’s leadership gifts solicitors. (above left) Randy Rawe, leadership gifts Receptions. chair, 2020 DPAA, encourages solicitors. (above right) Mike Murray, director, Stewardship and Mission At both dinners a Services; Randy Rawe; Mary Paula Schuh, general chair, 2020 DPAA; and Bishop Foys at the luncheon. ministry fair show- casing the work of diocesan offices and the many other “Most people don’t understand what that word really things collectively, make a difference to bring hope and social service agencies whose missions and ministries are means. It’s not about whatever I want, it’s about doing the love to the people of God.” supported by the DPAA will be held. Parishioners unable right thing; it’s the right to do what I ought to do and what In his closing remarks, Bishop Foys thanked the leader- to attend the dinners will still have the opportunity to hear we collectively ought to do, which is a responsibility. ship gifts solicitors for their work and for the support that directly from Bishop Foys and meet people whose lives “This brings us to equality, not in the political sense but members of the diocese have always shown. have been helped by the DPAA by viewing the DPAA video. in the Catholic sense — that God loves all of us regardless “My main objective is to say thank you for being an The DPAA video will be shown at all Masses at parishes of our circumstances. Today we begin a journey in the dio- active part of this annual campaign which does such good the weekend of March 14 and 15. cese to exercise our responsibilities to create and build our work in the Diocese of Covington. Our people are obvious- Acknowledging that 2020 is an election year in the community to caring for others. Through the DPAA we say ly cognizant of that or they wouldn’t every year keep giv- United States, Mrs. Schuh said that we are beginning to to our region very publicly that we will do our part to take ing … they have faith, they believe in the Church. Our hear “a lot of talk about freedom.” care of our community,” she said. “Each of us, doing small theme, ‘Hope does not disappoint’ is true,” he said.

‘Decades of I Do’ — celebrating marriage Join Blessed Sacrament Parish, Ft. Mitchell, for a February Centennial Celebration of Marriage, Feb. 14, 6:30–11:30 p.m. Father Daniel Vogelpohl will give a marriage blessing after Mass for all couples in attendance, and the Mass will honor and remember those married couples who are no longer present. Following Mass, the event will turn into a “wedding reception,” complete with a hot hors d’oeuvres buffet dinner, open bar, cake cutting, champagne toast and a DJ for dancing. There are also some fun surprises in store.

Keener photo “It will be a nice opportunity for couples to have fun Knights support seminarians recalling their marriage vows and wedding day and Representatives of the Knights of Columbus, Northern Kentucky, presented checks, Feb. 3, to Bishop Roger perhaps sharing those memories with the others in Foys to provide support for the diocese’s 13 seminarians. Pictured (from left) are: Father Daniel Schomaker, attendance,” said Anita Wagner, event co-coordinator. vicar general and assistant director of seminarians; Carl Biery, Grand Knight; Bishop Foys; Oliver Thibodeaux, Father Bealer Council #3908 and Bishop Flaget Assembly #307; Darell Danks, Father Bealer Tickets are $20, music provided by D.J. Butlers and dinner Council #3908; Father Joseph Shelton, administrative assistant to the Bishop; and Father Michael Norton, provided by McHale’s Events and Catering. Register online vocations promoter. at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decades-of-i-do-centenni The Knights of Columbus is an organization of Catholic men whose mission is to provide financial aid for al-marriage-celebration-tickets-85268364975. The event is widows and children of its members and general service to the Church. In the Diocese of Covington the part of the Blessed Sacrament Centennial Celebration. Knights of Columbus is most active in its support of vocations to the priesthood and pro-life causes. For information on the Knights of Columbus visit kykofc.com. Messenger February 7, 2020 3

vided a list of five rules to a joyful life, with practical exam- Chris Stefanick brings passionate reminder ples to live them out: give thanks, love yourself, love people, engage your body and remember the big picture. “Joy is knowing you’re loved perfectly,” he concluded. of Christian identityin‘Reboot’ touratNKU Mr. Stefanick spoke for over two hours and each attendee Allegra Thatcher love story.” received three of his published books. Donna Heim, campus Assistant Editor Only when we remember that we are made for love, said minister at the Northern Kentucky University Newman Nationally acclaimed speaker Chris Stefanick brought a Mr. Stefanick, can we truly realize our identity. “When some- Center, and Thomas More University student Kansie Disney, message of love and joy during his “Reboot!” event at thing is made for a purpose and it’s used for something else, it whose initiative brought the “Reboot” tour to Kentucky, intro- Northern Kentucky University, Jan. 28. The event was one of breaks,” he said. duced him. several across the country under a tour with the same name. He encouraged his audience to remember that love makes The event was sponsored by the All Saints Youth Group, The evening featured a presentation from the T.V. host demands and life isn’t going to be easy. Walton, and co-sponsored by Thomas More Campus Ministry, and author, who reminded the large crowd that “Life is a “If you have a God whose whole mission is to make you NKU Newman Center and Holy Cross Parish, Latonia. feel good about Thatcher photos Mrs. Heim shared that Thomas More University and the yourself, who NKU Newman Center have collaborated in the recent past by lets you do sending students to the SEEK conference in December 2019. whatever you The Fellowship of Catholic University Students sponsors the want, guess conference. By pooling resources of people and finances, Mrs. who your God Heim said the universities could collaborate to bring quality is? Your God is Catholic speakers and content. you,” he said. “We were delighted to work with them,” she said. The key, he Ms. Disney, a sophomore at Thomas More University, said, is finding heard Mr. Stefanick at a Steubenville conference in middle joy despite the school, and has wanted to share him with the Diocese of circumstances Covington ever since. After he agreed to come, she took up a in your life. six-month publicity campaign, in which she used resources Circumstances such as Sacred Heart Radio, parish bulletins and the are only a page Messenger to spread the word. in a grander According to Mrs. Heim, this is just the first of many spon- love story, and sored speaker events that the NKU Newman Center and they don’t Thomas More University are planning. determine any- “NKU really supports Catholic ministry,” she said. “And Nationally acclaimed speaker, author and television show host Chris Stefanick speaks, Jan. 28, about lifething. it’s exciting to see the solidarity of the Catholic community to as a love story at the “Reboot!” event at Northern Kentucky University. He then pro- rekindle our faith.” Mercy Mat Ministry enjoysanabundanceofcommunity support Staff report was still interest in making them. Ms. Medaugh said she Boemker at [email protected] or (859) 581- When longtime volunteer Marlene Meyers walked into would like to have about 35 mats to pass out for next year’s 8974. Due to an amazing and overwhelming response monthly Mercy Mat Ministry meeting, Jan. 16, at Catholic K-count. Catholic Charities is currently not accepting bag dona- Charities, Diocese of Covington she was shocked and over- Every January, Kentucky Housing Corporation con- tions. whelmed by the number of mats piled on the tables. ducts a K-Count to best monitor the homeless situation in “Where did they come from?” she asked. Kentucky. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Mrs. Meyers began the Mercy Mat Ministry in 2016 and Development (HUD) requires such a count every other never imagined that so many mats would be created. year, but KHC believes it best serves the people of Bishop’s Mercy mats are made from recycled plastic grocery bags Kentucky to conduct this count yearly. that are carefully inspected, folded, cut, and looped/tied With the goal of having mats available for distribution Schedule during the 2020 K- Count, Mrs. Boemker and Ms. Medaugh Feb. 7 Feb. 13 engaged existing Individual meetings, 10 a.m.; Individual meeting, 9 a.m. Catholic Charities vol- 10:30 a.m. Diocesan staff directors unteers and sought out Feb. 9 meeting, 10 a.m. new help from places Installation of Permanent Presbyteral Council meeting, such as St. Catherine of Deacon candidates as lectors, 1:30 p.m. Cathedral Basilica of the Siena Parish, Ft. Assumption, Covington, Confirmation for Cathedral, Thomas; the diocesan 10 a.m. Our Savior and St. Benedict Curia staff; St. Joseph Parishes, at St. Benedict Feb. 10 Parish, Covington, 7 p.m. Academy, Walton; the Women Religious Superiors staff of St. Elizabeth meeting, 10 a.m. Feb. 15 Vocation retreat talk, 3:45 Healthcare; and many Religion Textbook more individuals to aid p.m.; Mass, 4:30 p.m., All Committee meeting, Saints Parish, Walton in making mats. 1:30 p.m. Feb. 16 By August the goal Confirmation for Holy Spirit, had already been Mass, Cathedral Basilica, St. Bernard and Divine Mercy 10 a.m. exceeded and about 50 Parishes, at Holy Spirit Parish, mats had been distrib- Newport, 7 p.m. Dedication of addition, St. Henry District High uted. Calls for more Feb. 11 School, Erlanger, 2 p.m. mats were received for Episcopal Council meeting, distribution at Florence 9:30 a.m. Christian Church and Covington Deanery meeting, along the riverbanks in noon A group of Mercy Mat volunteers at the January meeting are: (from left, first names only by Ohio. Mrs. Boemker request) Marlene, Diane, Peggy, Becky and Charlotte Boemker, Catholic Charities, institutional Confirmation, St. Patrick was hesitant to give out Parish, Taylor Mill, 7 p.m. advancement and development and Mercy Mat coordinator. the last 10 mats on hand, as she knew they would be needed in January and time into “plyarn” (plastic yarn). After these important steps was running out to gather 35 more. But she felt the calling Correction are complete, the plyarn is then crocheted into mats and to give them all away if there was a need. In the January 31 edition of the Messenger, page 9, pillows. It takes about 700 bags and 15 hours to make a sin- She made the right decision as the mats continue to gle mat. show up at Catholic Charities and as of Jan. 16, 37 mats Mother Seraphina Marie of the Blessed Trinity Quinlan, Last January, Catholic Charities employees Charlotte and four pillows ready for Ms. Medaugh to distribute dur- of the Franciscan Daughters of Mary, was improperly Boemker and Brandy Medaugh met with Mrs. Meyers, to ing the K-Count. identified as Mother Margaret Mary Fields of the see if there was still a need for the mercy mats and if there Want to help or learn more? Contact Charlotte Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. 4 February 7, 2020 Messenger COMMENTARY Some benefitsof military experience Somewhere along the way, one of our sons, out of the and two weeks of active duty every year. During those and workable result if there was to be one. blue, expressed a curiosity about my years in the Navy. two weeks away from the training center and home, I This is but one life-changing incident that my tour of He then asked me to share my memories, personal bene- served shipboard three times, once at Instructors’ School duty in the Naval Reserves afforded me. There were many fits from the experience and any advice I might have for at Great Lakes and I had various assignments the other others. Chief Petty Office Boyle “showed us the ropes” young men and women four times. during boot camp at Great Lakes. His instructions were interested in military serv- My record was clean and I never missed a Tuesday clear, his requirements were rigid, his encouragement ALONG THE WAY ice. Without question or night meeting. was ever-present and his patience was extraordinary. I reservation, I took a few As I neared the completion of my college degree, a still remember his unforgettable smile of pride and satis- weeks to share the results required class was only being offered on Tuesday nights faction at our graduation. of one of the most impor- and was not to be offered again for several years in the I loved my naval experience, especially shipboard, tant decisions I’ve ever evening. I calculated that missing it would delay my grad- despite my cold, bounced-around shower in the small made. Here is the letter: uation by at least two years. I told my commanding officer stainless steel enclosure during rough seas off Cape Dear Son, about the predicament. He checked my attendance Hatteras on the E.B Hall, a converted destroyer previous- This is in response to record, my training grades, my record as an instructor at ly outfitted for training “Frogmen.” your inquiry about my our training center and asked other officers about my If it weren’t for my business duties, a fast-growing experience and impres- deportment and performance in class and how I conduct- family and the additional training required, this old sions during eight years in ed myself during our periodic inspections. He shared the Yeoman Second Class might have pursued 20 or 30 more the United States Naval results with me on the day that he said I could schedule years in the reserves. I was on the brink of Yeoman First Reserves from 1955 to 1963. the Tuesday night class and, since I was an English Class when the Navy made shorthand a requirement for Ray Smith Quite simply, it changed major, write, edit and print the reserve unit’s newspaper that rating. Oops! Honestly, that and the aforementioned my life by enabling me to on Saturdays to make up for the missed Tuesdays. ended my hopes for service beyond my eight-year com- continue working full-time while attending evening col- That kind and understanding gesture, coming from a mitment. lege, all of which culminated in my opportunity to pur- military commander taught me more than I could ever I’m a better person because of my Navy experience. It sue a career in the savings and loan and banking busi- learn from books about management, my eventual gradu- taught me the value of teamwork, hard work, patience, ness which began in October 1958 and ended with my ate school major for my MBA, or the appropriate flexibili- self discipline, physical conditioning, loyalty, trust and retirement in 2018 after sixty years of service to our local ty available to management when applying existing rules fostered a deeper love of country and an unending appre- communities. and regulations, or the importance of clear and precise ciation of those who keep us safe and free day in and day A major revelation during my years of military serv- communication at all levels, or the wisdom in asking for out. And thank you for your service, son. God bless you ice was the way diligence and hard work can result in help, especially when there is a legitimate need. Many and God bless America. cooperation from one’s superiors when a goal, in my case, times during my days as a financial executive and savings Love always, Dad. a college degree, has been envisioned and their under- and loan president, I clearly remembered the courtesy Ray Smith is a commissioned Lay Pastoral Minister for standing and help assist that goal. extended to me by my superior and tried to apply the the Diocese of Covington. Specifically, my reserves commitment required my same courteous and undivided attention to the problem presence for training every Tuesday night for eight years or request at hand to help me arrive at an appropriate Auschwitz and‘intrinsic evil’ Seventy-five years ago, on January 27, 1945, the the torture cells, on the gallows, at the “Wall of Death,” of the “selection” process at the railroad tracks leading infantrymen of the Red Army’s 322nd Rifle Division were and in the gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz- into Auschwitz II-Birkenau — and notices that the SS offi- bludgeoning their way into the Third Reich when they Birkenau was “intrinsically evil” — gravely wrong, peri- cers making instant decisions about the life and death of discovered the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination od — then you are a moral cretin, no matter what your those being unloaded from the cattle cars in which they’d camps. The German inventors of industrialized mass highest earned degree may be. been transported across Europe are quite at ease; some slaughter had cleared out earlier, forcing some 60,000 pris- I’ve been to the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex perhaps are even smiling. Then you learn that the men who oners deemed capable of 10 times: in recent years, to pray at the cell in Auschwitz I invented this horror included eight officials with the cov- THE CATHOLIC slave labor in the where St. Maximilian Kolbe was starved for two weeks eted German doctoral degree. And you ask again, “How? DIFFERENCE Fatherland on a march before being killed by an injection of carbolic acid, or to Why?” westward, during which hike around the perimeter of Auschwitz II-Birkenau, One piece of that jigsaw puzzle of evil falls into place many died. Battle-hardened praying the sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary while when it’s remembered that, in the 1920s, German intellec- Russian veterans of the walking past the likely site of St. Edith Stein’s gassing tuals developed the notion of Lebensunwertes Leben: brutal war on the Eastern and cremation. And for me, as for many others, the ques- “Life unworthy of life.” Influenced by the pseudo-science Front were nonetheless tions inevitably occur: How? Why? of eugenics and the concern for “race purity” then epi- shocked by what they Poland is not on the periphery of Europe; Poland is at demic throughout the West (not excluding the United found at Auschwitz- the center of Europe, and that part of Poland that was States), this wicked idea was first applied to the physical- Birkenau: 6,000 living skele- annexed to the Third Reich in 1939 is in the southernmost ly and intellectually handicapped, especially children. tons, many suffering from part of what, after postwar border adjustments, is now From there, it was a short step to its application to Jews, diseases that would kill central Poland. So at Auschwitz and Birkenau — the Roma, homosexuals, Slavs, and other Untermenschen: them before medical care German names for the absorbed Polish towns of lower life forms. And the concept of “Life unworthy of and food restored their Oswiecim and Brzezinka — you are not anywhere near life,” it must be remembered, was not developed by clods, George Weigel strength. the savage peripheries of the film Apocalypto. You are, but by highly educated people — people who likely On his pilgrimage there rather, in the middle of the continent that, in the mid-20th thought there was no such thing as an “intrinsically evil in June 1979, Pope St. John Paul II called Auschwitz- century, considered itself the center of world civilization. act.” Birkenau the “Golgotha of the modern world.” And it is And that is where the industrialized mass murder of On this anniversary, we fool ourselves if we think striking that a world largely inured to murder on a vast innocents was undertaken. humanity has learned its lesson and that an Auschwitz scale still recognizes in Auschwitz an icon of radical evil: Libraries of books have been written in an attempt to could never happen again. As the Italian Holocaust sur- a barbaric grotesquerie no sane person would attempt to grasp how Germany, a country renowned for its accom- vivor Primo Levi put it, it did happen, so it can happen justify. In that sense, the lethal reality of what happened plishments in the arts and sciences, could have handed again. The form may be different; but the rationale will at Auschwitz-Birkenau stands in contradiction to the itself over to a genocidal maniac who looked like a almost certainly be the same. claim by some Catholic moral theologians — once Charlie Chaplin character and rabble-roused in screechy George Weigel is a senior fellow of the Ethics and Public thought marginalized but now back in business — that German colored by a strong Austrian accent. That ques- Policy Center in Washington, D.C. there are no “intrinsically evil acts.” If you cannot con- tion becomes even more urgent when, in the exhibits at cede that what was done to over one million innocents in Auschwitz I, the visitor ponders black-and-white photos

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Production Coordinator/Designer Telephone: (859) 392-1500 E-mail: [email protected] Editorial deadline: Friday noon, 7 days prior to date. www.covdio.org Subscriptions, address changes: Contact Circulation Dept. at above address. Messenger February 7, 2020 5 COMMENTARY ‘Light’salt: crucial to ‘I’m in’ As a deacon I have been honored to take part in First just a bunch of fellas; now, they are united with a com- the Christian’s diet Communion liturgies for the past nine years and every mon goal. The readings for the fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time year I come home with some delightful story about some- Like I said, I don’t think “I’m in” was what the gentle- — Cycle “A” are: Isaiah 58:7-10; I Corinthians 2:1-5; and thing one of the children said or did as they received man in the Communion line said, but I think it works. Matthew 5:13-16. Jesus in the Eucharist for When the priest or the deacon or an extraordinary minis- One spring the lights went out. At the time I was a student the first time. ter of holy Communion presents us with the plate or the ELIEVE EACH living in a very small dormitory room. I had been doing B ,T , I would say that this cup and when he or she says “the Body of Christ” or “the PRACTICE research in the library. It was late in the evening as I walked year was no different but, Blood of Christ,” that person, representing the Church, is across campus back to the dorm, and the wind blew more and in fact, it was. I still came making a proposition. more fiercely. As I approached the front door of the building I home with a story but it Basically, the same proposition that Jesus made to his had come to know as home, I noticed that not a single light wasn’t a story about one of disciples when he told them in John’s Gospel “unless you was on in any of the rooms. the boys or girls, but eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you I groped my way to my EIGHTH DAY rather, a story about an do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and room on the fourth floor. older gentleman; I imag- drinks my blood has eternal life...” Many of the disciples The flashlight I had ine a grandfather of one heard this proposition and they said, “Count me out.” reserved for just such as of the children. They were not willing to go along. They said it was “a occasion had dead batteries. I can’t speak for my hard teaching” and wondered, “Who can accept it?” Since the room was so small brother deacons, priests or Then, Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to and I knew where every- for any of the extraordi- leave?” Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom thing in it was located, I nary ministers of holy shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” Which is thought it would be no prob- Deacon Timothy Britt Communion, but when I another way of saying “I’m in!” With that the Apostles lem to navigate my way present the Eucharist to took a chance in becoming more that just a bunch of through the routine of someone, I seldom hear an audible “amen.” Sometimes guys — they became united. preparing for bed. Wrong! it’s whispered, sometimes murmured or mumbled, some- They became Church. By the time I slipped under times, I assume, it is spoken silently, in the recesses of the When we present ourselves to receive the Blessed the covers, I think I had recipient’s heart. Sacrament at Mass, our reply of “amen” (meaning ‘so be Father Daniel Vogelpohl bumped into and tripped But, this particular older gentleman at first it’ or ‘I believe’) is meant to indicate that we think that over everything. Communion spoke his “amen” loudly although not whatever it is that’s being proposed is a good plan; and Light, and in this case the lack of it, makes all the differ- entirely clearly. I’m almost certain that he said “amen” that we think we can pull it off. ence. Light allows us to see things as they really are. A light but what I heard were the words “I’m in.” What plan? Pull what off? in my room that night would not have moved the furniture “I’m in.” The fact is that Eucharist is not an end in itself. out of the way of my errant feet. But it would have allowed I remember movies and TV shows where there is a However we respond, we are not just agreeing to what me to see clearly where I was going. fella who’s planning some criminal activity; maybe he got Eucharist is, but we are agreeing to what Eucharist can “You are the light of the world,” Jesus tells us in today’s an idea to rob an armored car or steal a painting from a do. We are agreeing to let him (Behold, the Lamb of God!) Gospel. We Christians are the beacons of light that should museum (not the kind of thing we endorse, by the way) unite us as Church and then to do with us as he wills. clearly show the way of truth, the way of real fulfillment to but he can’t do it alone. So he assembles some fellas and However we respond, more important than what we the world. But one thing that I can’t forget is that I need he says, “I’ve got a little proposition for you…” Then he say is what we believe — more important that the words Christians to be light for me as much as I am called to be light tells them what he’s got in mind. If his plan is a good one on our lips is the faith in our heart and, maybe most for others. and the fellas think they can pull it off, they might say, important of all, is the courage to surrender to his plan. How then am I to be light? Today’s first reading from Isaiah “I’m in,” like “Count me in” or “I’m on board.” Basically, Are you in? gives us several clues. “Share your bread with the hungry, that they’re willing to go along with whatever it is that’s Deacon Timothy Britt is assigned to St. Mary Parish, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked being proposed. With that, the fellas become more than Alexandria, Ky. when you see them and do not turn your back on your own.” These words take on a special urgency in these days when we constantly hear of the growing plight of the homeless in our own country, the street people, and the “bag ladies.” But if we This little lightofmine turn our energies toward them in compassion, Isaiah reminds Over the past week or so, it seemed like my little world However, it’s not just his work ethic that makes him us, “then your light shall break forth like the dawn...” was engulfed by the plague — sick child, sick husband, the right person for the job. He embodies our mission — I find it often easy to dismiss myself from any more per- co-workers not feeling well. Our dog was even sick ... ’Tis he sees the face of Christ in those we serve and he works sonal responsibility to the poor and homeless by telling the season. When everyone else around you is not feeling very hard to be a shining light in our sometimes very myself that I contribute to charity and I pay taxes, which sup- well, you also start to get dark world. He’s shared on numerous occasions that his port programs for these less fortunate of society. Setting that VIEWPOINT that feeling. For me, some- personal goal each day is to make everyone he comes in whole issue aside, however, I must still heed the prophet’s fur- times I’ve been unfortu- contact with feel better about themselves. I would say he ther words about how I am to be “light” in the world: “If you nate enough to catch that is succeeding. remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and virus and sometimes it’s I am fortunate to be surrounded by people at St. malicious speech … then light shall rise for you in the dark- just the worry that I am Vincent de Paul who feel and act similarly to this particu- ness.” next — it’s psychological. lar person. Our team of employees, our volunteers and I don’t know about you, but I find myself thinking it might On one particular day, I our Vincentians do not have to work at St. Vincent de be easier to donate big money to charity than it is to remove was sitting in my office, Paul. The warehouse is cold and a little rundown, the pay false accusation and malicious speech from my vocabulary. acutely aware of the pesti- is lower than Amazon and we hear daily about the hard- I’m not speaking here about such major faults as serious lence that surrounded me ships that saddle so many in our community. Yet, they calumny or detraction. Rather, I call to mind the daily at home and at work when choose to be here. They smile. They warm souls with remarks that we sometimes make about people who don’t a co-worker popped his their kindness and share messages of hope and encour- think or act exactly as we do — that co-worker or classmate head around the corner agement. Their actions shine a light into someone’s life. sitting in the next row who marches to a slightly different and said, “Embrace the The readings over the last few weeks have encouraged drumbeat. Those are the ones we oppress and whose oppres- Karen Zengel chaos.” He had a huge us to be a light unto others. We are encouraged not to sion we must remove if we are to truly be the light of the smile on his face when he hide that light, but let it shine for all, so that all may see world. made this remark. Surprised, I asked him to repeat him- the glory of God. In the homily a few weeks ago at my Jesus used another image in today’s Gospel that, I believe, self. He said, “Embrace the chaos. I am happy to be here. I parish, Father Brodnick talked about how fear exists and gives a little more clarity to the manner in which we are to be was asked to run point in the warehouse today because can even grow in the darkness...like the feeling you had light. He said, “You are the salt of the earth.” our supervisor is not here. I am so excited for this chal- as a child when you walk into a dark and scary basement. In Christ’s time this image may have been packed with lenge.” However, when you turn on the light that fear leaves. You more meaning than we give it today. For the ancients, salt was I smiled. I needed to smile and I warmed up to the feel safe when you see the light. a symbol of purity. As such it was the most common of challenges of the day ahead. That quick visit, that excite- We can be the light for the suffering, for the poor, for preservatives; it kept foods from going bad. But for the people ment he shared was just what I needed to get moving in the discouraged. Through our actions, through our words of old and for us, salt is most of all an ingredient that gives a my own day. of comfort and through our prayers, we can spread the little zest to food, that brings out its natural flavor. What salt This particular co-worker typically drives our truck to good news that God is kind and merciful and that he has is to food, the Christian is to life! do donation pick-ups and furniture deliveries. One day a a plan for each of us. We just need to step out of the dark- Remember that salt is never used in great quantities. But week, he also works in our donation warehouse. He start- ness and into the light to see it. And sometimes we need a little dash of it makes all the difference. It can be the differ- ed with us as a part-time donation associate just less than to shine our light to help others see it too. ence between light and darkness. a year ago. However, as opportunities for more responsi- Karen Zengel is executive director, Society of St. Vincent Father Daniel Vogelpohl is pastor of Blessed Sacrament bility became available, he stepped up and has done an de Paul Northern Kentucky. Parish, Ft. Mitchell. excellent job in fulfilling these duties. 6 February 7, 2020 Messenger

Beatitudes areaChristian’sIDcard, pope saysataudience Junno Arocho Esteves has a full belly or is doing well Catholic News Service but rather a person who is in VATICAN CITY — The beatitudes are a path to joy and a condition of grace, who pro- true happiness mapped out by Jesus for all of humanity, gresses in the grace of God Pope Francis said. and who progresses on the “It is difficult not to be touched by these words,” the pope path of God.” said Jan. 29 during his weekly general audience in the Paul Pope Francis invited the VI hall. “They contain the ‘identity card’ of a Christian faithful to read the beatitudes because they outline the face of Jesus himself; his way of in their free time so that they life.” “may understand this very Beginning a new series of talks on the beatitudes, the beautiful, very secure path of pope said that there is more to the beatitudes than just a happiness that the Lord gives “passing joy or occasional enjoyment.” us.” “There’s a difference between pleasure and happiness. “In order to give himself The former does not ensure the latter and sometimes puts it to us, God often chooses at risk, while happiness can also live with suffering” which unthinkable paths, perhaps often happens, he said. those (paths) of our limita- Like God who gave Moses and the people of Israel the Ten tions, our tears, our defeats,” Commandments on Mount Sinai, Jesus chooses a hillside to the pope said. “It is the Easter “teach a new law: to be poor, to be meek, to be merciful.” joy that our Eastern However, the pope said that these “new commandments” Orthodox brothers and sis- are more than just a set of rules because Christ did not set ters speak about; the one that out to “impose anything” but instead chooses to “reveal the bears the stigmata but is way to happiness” by repeating the word “blessed.” alive, who has passed through CNS photo/Paul Haring “But what does the word ‘blessed’ mean?” he asked. “The death and has experienced Pope Francis greets a baby during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. original Greek word ‘makarios’ does not mean someone who the power of God.” 29, 2020. Church agencies meetonColombia-Venezuelan bordertocoordinate aid Manuel Rueda crime levels, food shortages and ation.” Catholic News Service salaries that are lower than $10 per Marquez said Caritas CUCUTA, Colombia — Bishops, Catholic aid groups and month. Venezuela has actually grown as representatives of the Holy See met on the border between Venezuelan migrants and Venezuela’s economic and politi- Colombia and Venezuela in late January to review how the refugees have ended up mostly in cal crisis lingers on, because Church has been helping thousands of people who are leav- nearby countries like Colombia, Catholics in that country are “get- ing Venezuela each day in desperate conditions. Ecuador and Peru, where govern- ting together” to help each other The “Charity on the Border” conference was organized ments have struggled to provide with things like nutrition. She by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human them with basic services. Dozens of said Caritas Venezuela has gone Development. Bishops from Colombia and Venezuela church groups in these countries from 40 branches in Venezuelan attended as well as the Vatican’s ambassadors to both coun- have responded to the crisis by pro- parishes to more than 500 in the tries. viding the most vulnerable past five years. “One of the challenges we spoke about is how to better Venezuelans with things like food, “We used to focus on educa- share information about what different church agencies are accommodation and legal assis- tional programs,” she said, “but doing” for the refugees, said Janeth Marquez, director of tance. now we do much more relief Caritas Venezuela. Some of these groups are now work.” “When we have people migrating from our communities getting help from donors in Europe That includes organizing food for example, we would like to share more information with and the United States, including pantries, providing the poorest them about the pastoral services that they can find on their Catholic agencies. people with cash transfers and route, in other countries. That way we can stop people from But as aid efforts for Venezuelan helping children whose parents falling in the hands of human traffickers.” refugees multiply, there is also a have migrated to other countries The United Nations says about 4.5 million people have greater need for coordination. CNS photo/Manuel Rueda and left them with their ailing left Venezuela since 2015 to escape hyperinflation, high In a message sent to conference Venezuelan migrant Maria Rivas at the grandparents. participants, Cardinal Peter Scalabriniian refugee center in Cucuta, “It’s no longer just the rich try- Turkson, prefect of the Vatican’s Colombia, Jan. 31, 2020. ing to help the poor in Venezuela,” Dicastery for Promoting Integral Marquez said, “but the poor Human Development, proposed that church groups work- pulling together to help each other.” ing on the Venezuela crisis create an online platform Marquez mentioned that another issue discussed at the through which they can share information on the services Vatican-sponsored meeting was how to provide migrants they provide to refugees. with spiritual support as they make the chaotic transition Cardinal Turkson said this model was implemented by into a new country. That includes finding ways for migrants church groups working in the Middle East with Syrian to feel welcome at parishes once they arrive in a new city. refugees and helped donors to “better channel resources.” “As aid groups we have specialized in handing out food, “The crisis in Venezuela is one of the worst in recent health kits, even clothes” to migrants making long journeys decades, and there are few signs that it will stop in the near on foot across South America, Marquez said. “But we have future,” Cardinal Turkson wrote. “But the bravery and also realized that people need emotional and spiritual sup- charity (of church groups) is helping people to not lose faith port, because many are losing hope.” and to not resign themselves to lives of violence and desper- Messenger February 7, 2020 7

Capital Campaign. St.Augustine’shistoric Capital Campaign renovations “The Capital Campaign is not trying to return the church to what it was,” make progress toward spring completion explained Father Daniel Schomaker, Pastor of St. Augustine, “but our atten- Stephen Enzweiler voices of song and the liturgies of praise and thanksgiving tion is on conservation, preservation, renovation and restora- Cathedral Historian one would expect to hear coming from within the church tion so as to provide a place of beauty for this and future gen- This is the first part of a three-part series on the 150th walls have been replaced by the sounds of hammers, drills, erations to worship Almighty God.” anniversary of St. Augustine Parish. scaffolding, and the voices of helmeted construction workers. Time and over a century of wear and tear have taken a toll Nestled in a low valley beneath the hills that overlook the Great change is underway at St. Augustine Church. on the church building and its interior. The inspired statues Peaselburg neighborhood around Nineteenth Street and This change is the result of the parish’s 2020 Capital of saints and its Stations of the Cross, prayed before by gen- Euclid Avenue is St. Augustine Church, a high-steepled, crim- Campaign, a $1.5 million program of needed restoration and erations of faithful Catholics, have begun to come apart. son-brick edifice built for the people of Peaselburg over a cen- renovation in preparation for the celebration of the parish’s Plaster arms, hands, noses and fingers have cracked and bro- tury ago. Like many churches of its era, St. Augustine has 150th anniversary this year. Fundraising began in February ken off, and the smooth Italian finishes of some have been cared for the spiritual needs of the people of this neighbor- 2018, and work on a number of projects began later that blistering and peeling away for decades. The attractive hood through two world wars, a Great Depression, and the November. There have been renovations of the church build- transept and sanctuary murals illustrating the mysteries of many turbulent upheavals of modern times. Recently, the ing in the past, but none that had the range and scope of the the faith have faded and darkened over Courtesy of the Capital Campaign. Courtesy of the Verdin Bell Co.. time by smoke, environmental soot, and pollution. Canvas corners of some paint- ings have begun to peel away from the wall entirely. Above in the bell tower, the three 105-year-old tower bells and their fittings were found to be badly rusted, the wooden mounts on which they sat rotted away. And that’s just the beginning. The church’s once elegant oak flooring, covered over by carpet in recent years, was found to be heaving and buckling unevenly and causing tripping hazards. The rows of pews where the faithful have sat, kneeled and prayed are cracking, kneeler pads are ripping and the varnish has worn away. The plaster walls, covered over by acoustic tiles since 1945, are in need of cleaning, re- plastering and painting; and the chords of the historic 1927 Austin pipe organ, the voice of sacred music for many a Sunday Mass, hasn’t been heard in over three decades. All this renovation activity of the Capital Campaign might have gone unno- ticed by Peaselburg residents were it not for the sudden quiet that fell over the neigh- borhood in January 2019. Long-time resi- Photo by Stephen Enzweiler dents have heard the ringing of St. (left) The illuminated façade of St. Augustine Church with the new LED lighting. Augustine’s bells for most of their lives and (left bottom) Detail of the restoration of the badly damaged main crucifix by regard them as old friends. The bells would Florentine-trained art conservator Veronica Lezzoni. have been so familiar to some that their (above top) The restored bell assembly with the bells pealing as they are rung calling would have been used to help them from below with newly (Continued on page 13) installed pull ropes. From left to right is the “St. Augustine” bell, the “St. Monica” bell and the “Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament” bell, with its new copper clapper clearly visible. (above) Scaffolding rises from the floor of the church interior as workmen prepare to work on the ceiling and walls. Courtesy of St. Augustine Parish. 8 February 7, 2020 Messenger

Bishop Roger Foys celebrated Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Alexandria, for Bishop Brossart High School, Jan. 30, in honor of Catholic Schools Week. He exhorted the students to be a light for others by sharing their faith rather than hiding it.

(above) Students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Burlington, enjoyed dressing in crazy clothes on Wacky Wednesday and (right) the preschool class made banners and flags celebrat- Students at St. Pius X School, Edgewood, make blessing bags that ing the opportunity of a Catholic education. each family will take to distribute to someone in need. Messenger February 7, 2020 9

Encore: Catholic schools called ‘essential, integral’toChurch’s ministry Sydney Clark Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The mission and foundation of Catholic education are directly related to evangelization, said the head of the National Catholic Educational Association. Catholic schools are obligated to evangelize simply because that is the core and mission of the Catholic Church, according to Thomas Burnford, president and CEO of the NCEA. “The apostles told the good news of Jesus Christ, and Catholic schools are an essential and integral ministry of the Catholic Church,” he told Catholic News Service. Nationwide, 1.8 million students are enrolled in 6,300 Catholic schools, he noted. Additionally, 80 percent of students are Catholic, and the remaining 20 percent are non-Catholic. Despite the percentage difference, the mission of Catholic education is the same for Catholic and non- Catholic students, Burnford explained. Catholic Schools Week “The teaching of the faith, the way we witness the ‘Learn. Serve. Lead. and Succeed.’ Catholic faith fully to Catholic students is the same for all By following this year’s Catholic Schools Week students. All students are invited and welcomed to partici- motto “Learn. Serve. Lead. and Succeed.” Catholic pate fully in the whole culture of the school, the formation of the school and the life of the school,” Burnford said. schools are producing the next generation of Evangelization is present within schools because stu- leaders who will serve the people of God. Before dents are presented with a Catholic worldview that reveals the Catholic Schools Week Mass celebrated by the reality of God and the Gospel through the curriculum, Bishop Roger Foys, Jan. 29, at the Cathedral Basilica he said. of the Assumption, Covington, student “In that way, we are evangelizing students by giving representatives light candles honoring each of the them a real understanding of the world and society. diocese’s five deaneries. As the candles were lit, Everyone in a Catholic school is being moved along in the Michael Clines, superintendent of Schools, read how process of evangelization and outreach,” Burnford said. Catholic schools achieve its mission. Acknowledging the inherent relationship between Candle 1: Covington Deanery Catholic education and evangelization in the presence of faith, community and identity, Pope Francis in a June 2018 Through the teaching of reading … Catholic schools address said: “Schools and universities need to be consis- open doors to scripture and the world of literature tent and show continuity between their foundational mis- and the wisdom of those who came before us. sion and the Church’s mission of evangelization.” Students learn that we truly do live in a global He delivered the address to members of the community and aspire to help bring about a more Gravissimum Educationis Foundation, which he estab- peaceful future for everyone. lished in October 2015 at the invitation of the Candle 2: Northern Kenton County Deanery Congregation for Catholic Education to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Through the teaching of writing and class discussion Declaration on Christian Education. … Catholic school students develop and express In that same address, Pope Francis proposed a chal- their own ideas and thoughts, and help create a lenge to members of the foundation, which aims to renew caring community spirit through various service the Church’s dedication to Catholic education, saying: “To projects. fulfill your mission, therefore, you must lay its foundations in a way consistent with our Christian identity, establish Candle 3: South East Deanery means appropriate for the quality of study and research Through the teaching of mathematics, technology and pursue goals in harmony with service to the common and science … Catholic schools unlock for students good.” the secrets of the natural and electronic world, Elisabeth Sullivan, executive director of the Institute and with this knowledge step boldly into a for Catholic Liberal Education, identified roles within constantly changing world emboldened by faith Catholic schools that help bring Catholic and non-Catholic and confidence. students together. “I think Catholic schools have a unique opportunity to provide hope in a world that is increasingly Candle 4: South West Deanery beset by hopelessness. A world without God is a world Through the teaching of the arts … Catholic schools without hope,” Sullivan said. instill in students a love of music, drama, and the Sullivan believes that Catholic education is uniquely visual arts. The arts reflect the beauty of God’s distinct from other education systems due to its long tradi- whole world, and students use their unique gifts tion of conveying the inherent and inseparable relation- and talents to share and protect the beauty of ship between faith and reason. Consequently, Catholic creation. schools “restore what the industrialized model of educa- tion has stripped from the classroom — an understanding Candle 5: Campbell County Deanery of the meaning and purpose of things,” she told CNS. The faith and traditions of the Catholic Church are Catholic education asks the deeper questions, regard- the foundation upon which all other learning is ing the nature of something and its purpose, according to built. Through the teaching and living of religion, Sullivan. “Secular education can’t offer that, can’t decide our schools model communities of faith and on a meaning or a purpose, so it has to stay away, and there- behavior that promote a happy, balanced life. By fore, it’s incomplete,” she explained. (top) Bishop Roger Foys was the celebrant, Jan. 30, at the learning to set and stay within appropriate bound- Mary Pat Donoghue, executive director of the annual Catholic Schools Week Mass. (above) During the aries, our students go on to serve with integrity in Secretariat of Catholic Education at the U.S. Conference of candle lighting ceremony, Kendra McGuire, associate super- whatever field they choose. Catholic Bishops in Washington, expressed a similar view- intendent, Catholic Schools, helps a student; the candles point regarding evangelization efforts within Catholic represent the diocese’s five deaneries. schools. Donoghue said because formation in a Catholic tices, regarding prayer and liturgy, but also to a Catholic school is integral, students are not solely taught religious understanding of reality.” doctrine in a religion course. Donoghue is hopeful that Catholic schools will continue scape. However, Donoghue said that Catholic education in “What we seek to do is bring forward the Church’s intel- to fulfill their mission of bringing children and young America has been around for centuries and “will renew lectual tradition and form their minds in all of the content adults into a relationship with Christ. itself by turning toward the Church’s own tradition and and areas that they study. This is an excellent tool of evan- As populations shift, she said, many Catholic schools that can be the way forward in the future.” gelization because it exposes kids not just to Catholic prac- will be located in new areas, creating a changing land- 10 February 7, 2020 Messenger PEOPLE AND EVENTS

Newsworthy Happy Birthday to Father Baiju Kidaagen VC, pastor, St. Pius X Parish, Edgewood, Feb. 13; Father Harry Settle, pastor, St. Edward Parish, Cynthiana, Feb. 16; and Deacon Tom Dushney, Mother of God Parish, Covington, Feb. 16. Congratulations to Molly Krallman and Sam Baker, who scored in the top 10 percent of all high school placement test takers at St. Henry School, Erlanger. Each student will receive a scholarship to attend SHDHS. Molly earned top achiever among all test takers. Congratulations to the Academic Team from Newport Catholic Central High School, Newport, who finished in second place overall in the District Governor’s Cup Competition. Crubotics wins state Quick Recall Team: Grace Kessen, Emma Christen, The St. Henry School, Elsmere, Crubotics Red Team was awarded first place at the state competition for programming. Vinny Miglio, Logan Hatfield, Jason Grothaus and The competition was held at Northern Kentucky University on Feb. 1. Jeff Bishop 2nd place Composition: Audrey Marron 1st place woman religious, or lay person, a request for verification in 11, 4:30–6:30 p.m., St. Charles Community, Ft. Wright, featur- good standing must be submitted to the Chancery office no ing speaker Dennison Keller, Esq. Light refreshments will be Language Arts: Emma Christen 3rd place later than four weeks before the desired date of service. served. For questions call 331-3224. Arts & Humanities: Grace Kessen 4th place Screening applications and instructions can be found at www.covdio.org/chancery/. “Art Revealing God” women’s retreat, Feb. 12, 9–11:30 Science: Vinny Miglio 3rd place and Jason Grothaus a.m., St. Pius X Parish, Edgewood. Evening session Feb. 5th place Young Adult Candlelight Mass, Feb. 7, 7 p.m. Divine Mercy 12, 6:30–9 p.m., Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, Math: Will Johnson 4th place Parish, Bellevue. Social with free food and drinks following. Cincinnati. For information visit https://rcohiovalley.org/monthly-retreat. Social Studies: Logan Hatfield 2nd place, Logan NKY Family Promise shelter program is having its 5th Morford 3rd place and Grace Kessen 4th place annual “Home is Where the Heart Is” bourbon and wine “Civil Dialogue: An Antidote to Polarization,” Feb. 13, 7 tasting, Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Training and p.m., Steigerwald Hall, Thomas More University. Education Center, Erlanger. Cost $65. Tickets Presentation by Rev. Kristen Farrington. Sponsored by the http://www.nkyfamilypromise.org, in the memo/comments Institute for Religious Liberty. The universal prayer intention for February, as recom- section write: “Heart Tickets” Call 360-0905. mended by Pope Francis, is to listen to the migrants’ cries; 6th and 7th Grade Scavenger Hunt, Feb. 14, 3:30 – 5 p.m., that the cries of our migrant brothers and sisters, victims of “Denim & Diamonds,” Feb. 8, 7–11:30 p.m., hosted by Notre Dame Academy. An afternoon of games, food and criminal trafficking, may be heard and considered. Holy Cross High School at Receptions Banquet Hall, more. Registration form online at www.ndapandas.org. Erlanger. Tickets are $40 per person; $75 per couple. Call For more information call 292-1829. The weekly TV Mass from the Cathedral Basilica of the 431-1335 or go to hchscov.com. Assumption will be broadcast on Sunday, 5–6 p.m. on station “Decades of ‘I do,’” Feb. 14, 6:30 p.m., Blessed Me TV WLWT, on channels: over the air 5-2; Spectrum 188 in Craft Show, Feb. 8, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., St. Paul Parish, Sacrament Parish. Centennial marriage celebration fea- Kentucky and Cincinnati Bell 23 or 291. Florence. Shopping, food truck, raffles. $2 admission. turing Mass, marriage blessing, heavy hors d’oeuvres, Have something to list in “People and Events”? The dead- drinks and dancing. Tickets $20, register online. line for event notices is nine days prior to the desired publi- “Unplanned” screening, Feb. 10, St. Agnes Parish, Murphy cation date. E-mail [email protected] no later than the Hall, Ft. Wright, 7 p.m. Pizza, snacks and refreshments will Worldwide Marriage Encounter, Feb. 14-16, Our Lady of Wednesday before the week you would like the information be available. the Holy Spirit Center, Cincinnati. Contact Andy and to appear. Jeanne Folfas at (937) 866-5196 or jeannemarie42@hot- “How the Catholic Church Confronted Communism and mail.com. Planning an event featuring a speaker or minister from Socialism,” Feb. 10, 7 p.m, Steigerwald Hall, Thomas More outside your parish? In the Diocese of Covington, before University. Presentation by Dr. Paul Kengor on the war on “Called to Love” vocation discernment retreat, sixth grade contracting the services of a priest or deacon, man or religion. Sponsored by the Institute for Religious Liberty. through college aged young women, Feb. 15, 7:45 a.m.–6 p.m., All Saints Church Hall, Walton. Contact “Essentials of Elder Law: What [email protected]. Everyone Needs to Know,” Feb.

Making snowmen Going in reverse Molly Hamm’s kindergarten class at St. Joseph School, Cold Spring, had a real treat Second graders at St. Agnes School, Ft. Wright, had a blast having a “Backwards Day” during on Monday of Catholic Schools Week when the PE teacher, Daniel Court, was their Catholic Schools Week. Students and teachers arrived wearing coats and spiritwear backward guest teacher and they got to make snowmen. and then had a fun day reversing their schedules and procedures. Messenger February 7, 2020 11 PEOPLE AND EVENTS

Bingo with sisters Students from St. Philip School, Melbourne, celebrated Catholic Schools Week by visiting Holy Family Retirement ning CCH Chamber Choir and the Covington Catholic “Telling on Ourselves; Stories about Wells, Pools and Center for bingo with the Sisters of Divine Providence. and Notre Dame Academy Band. CCH student artwork Tombs (The Gospels of the Last Three Sundays of will be exhibited as well. Lent),” March 14, 9:30 a.m., sponsored by the Benedictine 9th annual Catholic Men’s Conference of Western Sisters of St. Walburg. $20 fee includes snacks and mate- Kentucky, Feb. 15, RiverPark Center, Owensboro. What it Ash Wednesday — day of recollection, Feb. 26, 9 a.m.–2 rials. Participants must pre-register at means to be a Catholic man in a secular world. Tickets p.m., sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame at the [email protected] or 331-6771. No walk-ins. available online. Sisters of Notre Dame Provincial House. Cost $20 includes lunch. Speaker is Notre Dame Sister Mary “Expeditions in Ocean Exploration,” March 19, Newport Pancake breakfast, Feb. 16, Notre Dame Academy cafeteria, Kathleen Glavich from Chardon, Ohio. Call Sister Margie Aquarium. Featuring Amanda Netburn, Ph.D., sponsored by 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Benefits the Sisters of Notre Dame Uganda Schnelle 392-8229 or e-mail [email protected]. Thomas More University as part of its Marine Biology and Mission; $6 adults/$4 children. www.sndky.org. Conservation Lecture Series. For more information, contact Women’s Retreat, Feb. 28 – March 1, St. Anne Retreat [email protected]. There will be a Holy Hour on the third Thursday of every Center, a Lenten Retreat on the meaning of the cross in month, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, our lives. Cost is $150, including lodging and meals. “What Next? Finding Answers With Faith” young adult Covington, 3–4 p.m., to pray for victims of sexual abuse by retreat, March 20–22, sponsored by the Sisters of Notre clergy and to pray for the Church. All priests of the diocese Fish Fry, St. Agnes Parish, Ft. Wright, in Murphy Hall. Dame. Connect and share with other 20–30-somethings will be in attendance; the lay faithful are invited to join. The Feb 28, March 6, 13 and 20. yearning to reflect on the changes taking place in their lives. Blessed Sacrament will be exposed, concluding with the Cost $40, financial assistance available. Contact Chaplet of Divine Mercy and benediction. The sacrament of “Lenten morning of reflection,” Feb. 29, 8–11:30 a.m., St. [email protected] or 392-8118, www.sndky.org. reconciliation will be available during the Holy Hour. The Peter in Chains Cathedral, Cincinnati. Featuring speaker next Holy Hour will be held Thursday, Feb. 20. Mary Hallan FioRito, tickets $25 via Eventbrite. Silent Directed Retreat for Men and Women, March 27-29, Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery, $175 fee. For E6 Catholic Men’s Conference, Feb. 22, St. Leon, “Lenten lectio,” group lectio divina, Tuesdays beginning more information contact [email protected] or (859) Indiana. Featuring speakers Dr. Scott Hahn, Father Don March 3, 7:30 pm., St. Walburg Monastery. Email mary- 443-8515. Calloway and Doug Barry, with adoration, confession and [email protected] or call (859)-331-6324 for more information. Holy Mass. Registration online. Big Blue Bash, March 27, 6:30 p.m.–midnight, Cincinnati “More Than One Way To Pray,” Sisters of Notre Dame Club. Benefits St. Agnes School, Ft. Wright. NKU Catholic Newman Center Women’s Group, 2–4 Women’s Weekend Retreats, March 6-8 and April 3-5. p.m., workshop and discussion, Feb. 23, March 29, Apr. Limited reservations. Call 392-8229. 22nd annual Mulch Sale, starting April 24. Holy Cross High 26. E-mail [email protected] to RSVP. School is selling 3 kinds of mulch in 2 cubic foot bags. “Eucharist: Rediscovering the Hope at the Heart of Students will deliver mulch to homes or businesses in Spaghetti dinner and fine arts festival, Feb. 23, 4–6:30 Worship,” March 7, 9–11 a.m. St Anne Province Center, con- Kenton, Boone or Campbell Counties. All proceeds benefit p.m., Covington Catholic High School. Sponsored by the tinental breakfast served. To register e-mail Holy Cross High School. Go to www.hcmulch.com or call Parents Club, featuring a performance by the award win- [email protected] or call 250-8313. (859) 392-8999.

“Swing into Spring,” DCCH Center for Children and Families gala fundraiser, April 25, St. Elizabeth Training and Education Center, Ballroom, Erlanger. E-mail [email protected] for details.

Bingo every Friday, St. Mary’s undercroft, Alexandria. Jitney games, 7 p.m.; regular games, 8 p.m.

Volunteer medical interpreters are needed to help Spanish speakers with specialist appointments. Rose Garden Center for Hope and Healing, 261-0323. Must be VIR- TUS-compliant and able to meet patients at various locations.

Help Parish Kitchen, a ministry of Catholic Charities – Diocese of Covington, provide warmth for the homeless this winter. Donate new sleeping bags or new twin blankets at either: Parish Kitchen, 141 W. Pike St., Covington, Monday–Friday, 8–11 a.m. or Catholic Charities, 3629 Church St., Latonia, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Contact 581-7745 or [email protected].

St. Charles Resource Center for the Aging is a service to inform, educate and empower seniors and their families who are in need of support services. The consultation service is free and aimed to educate seniors and their families about the resources offered in the community and other aging Many reasons to be thankful for police and fire departments issues. Contact Margie Volpenhein at 331-3224, ext. 1440. Students at St. Pius X, Edgewood, thanked the Edgewood police and fire departments for all that they do for the community, including helping with lunch and recess duty at school. 12 February 7, 2020 Messenger

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Enzweiler photo the bells, and even those without faith came “The lights were added so people St.Augustine to know of a place where they could go to could see the steeple in the night,” (Continued from page 7) know Jesus. “They draw the neighborhood Father Schomaker explains. “The together, Christian and non-Christian,” he importance of lighting the towers schedule their day — perhaps to get up in the morning, or go says. “Bells call us to worship. They call us and façade is it allows the people of to work, go to school, come to Mass, eat lunch or supper, or together in moments of joy — as in a wed- the neighborhood to see that God is even catch the bus. ding or baptism. They also toll in moments always present in their midst, even “Church bells announce,” says Father Schomaker, recall- of sorrow, as when we part with those we in the darkest moments.” ing older times when neighborhoods were drawn together by love.” The third major goal completed For three months in 2019, quiet ruled thus far is the installation of a state- over Peaselburg. Then, on the day before of-the-art air climate control system Easter, the sound of bells was heard again. for the church. This is a major They had been refitted with new iron yokes, improvement, especially for older trunnions, and wooden foundations; new and elderly parishioners who feared When workmen removed old acoustic tiles from pull ropes were installed, allowing resi- the interior heat index that some- the walls recently, they revealed stunning details dents to hear them pealing for the Easter times exceeded 100 degrees, forcing from a century ago. Here, the original, ornate Vigil as they were rung by hand. many to stay home. The new VRF frames painted on the wall around portraits of According to tradition, each bell is system is a state-of-the-art heating Doctors of the Church are revealed, as are named. There is the 1,000 pound, 38-inch and air conditioning technology delicate frames painted around the rose window “Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament” bell; the designed for St. Augustine by KLH and stained-glass windows. 550 pound, 31-inch St. Monica bell; and the Engineering of Ft. Thomas and 250 pound, 24-inch “St. Augustine” bell. Originally cast in 1914 installed by Blau Mechanical of Covington. The new technol- at the Buckeye Bell Foundry by the E.W. Vanduzen Company ogy provides both air conditioning and heat and is designed of Cincinnati, the bells were first rung by hand with ropes. It to also safeguard the murals, statues and musical instru- was in 1937 when then pastor Rev. Charles Woeste had the ments from high heat and humidity, ensuring greater longevi- bells automated, eliminating the need for ropes. For 83 years, ty. On Thursday, June 6, 2019, the parishioners finally attend- Woeste’s automated system called the people to worship and ed Holy Mass in the cool relief of a comfortable, air-condi- announced the Angelus daily at 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. The tioned church. recently updated automation still rings the Angelus bells as The great change that has been ongoing at St. Augustine always; but it now also rings on the hour and at the half hour. will continue for only a few more months. Pedestrians walk- A second major renovation goal was also realized last sum- ing along Euclid Ave. will still hear sounds of hammers, mer: the installation of new façade lighting on June 21, 2019. drills, scaffolding and voices of construction workers coming In past years, anyone who crossed the Nineteenth Street from behind the crimson brick walls of the church. bridge from Madison Avenue at night never saw the church. Scaffolding still fills the church interior from floor to ceiling Lighting was later put in place, but it was never turned on at as workmen remove acoustic tiles from the walls to make way the same time each night. As was often the case, as the sun set for artisans and painters to begin the final work of giving new behind the Peaselburg hills, the building tended to fade into life to St. Augustine Church. The work is scheduled to end VACATION PROPERTY RENTAL the shadow of the hills and disappear completely into the later this spring, when the treasure of Peaselburg will again Destin, FL — Condos with gulf view. 2 pools, hot tub, darkness. The new façade lighting, installed by Seco Electric be opened to all. tennis, exercise room, close to golf courses. Includes of Covington, is a light-sensitive, LED lighting system that To learn more about the Capital Campaign and the restora- beach umbrella. Call for rates. illuminates both the façade and bell tower and turns on when- tion and renovation progress go to www.staugustines.net/capi- Mention Messenger for discount. ever the built-in light sensor detects the onset of darkness. talcampaign. (859) 816-7838 or www.destincheap.com

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National/World with KNA, the cardinal also said the talks had been marred by the- Assisi and two companions randomly opened a prayer book three ological shortcomings. “My impression is that much of what times inside their parish church of St. Nicolo in Italy. Hoping God belongs to theological doctrine is no longer shared here with us, would send them a message, the wealthy young men prayerfully and instead one believes that one can shape the Church in a com- consulted the manuscript once for each person of the Holy Trinity. For religious, God’s love is worth more pletely new and different way,” he said. Many arguments present- Remarkably, each of the three Gospel passages they landed on con- ed had not been compatible with the faith and teaching of the uni- tained the exact same command: Give up worldly possessions and than any earthly good, pope says versal Church, he added. follow Christ. Taking the words to heart, St. Francis established a VATICAN CITY — When one is totally in love with the Lord, rule of life governing what would become his Order of Friars then poverty, chastity and obedience are not sacrifices, but vehi- Citing staggering backlog, attorneys Minor. The Franciscans embraced radical poverty to draw closer to cles of freedom, Pope Francis told consecrated men and women. Christ while also evangelizing others. The same book that inspired Celebrating the World Day for Consecrated Life, Pope Francis ask for independent immigration court St. Francis in 1208 is expected to inspire thousands of others as the urged women and men religious to be people of hope, and he WASHINGTON — Lawmakers heard about the lack of Walters Art Museum in Baltimore places it on public display for asked all Catholics to pray for the hundreds of thousands of resources, including lack of working audio and video equipment, the first time in 40 years Feb. 1 through May 31. The Latin missal, women and men who continue to consecrate their lives totally to lack of access to language interpretation and overall the stagger- which contains Gospel readings and prayers used at Mass, under- serving God and their brothers and sisters. Led by candle-bearing ing backlog of 1 million cases and countless lives tied up in the went a painstaking two-year conservation effort aimed at repairing men and women from a variety of religious orders, Pope Francis nation’s immigration courts. “For far too long, our immigration centuries of wear and tear. The missal, especially beloved by processed into a darkened St. Peter’s Basilica Feb. 1 for a vigil cele- courts, housed under the (U.S.) Department of Justice, have not Catholics, isn’t just a historic artifact. Because it was touched by a bration of Candlemas — the feast of the Presentation of the Lord functioned as they should,” said U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D- saint, it is also considered by many to be a religious relic. — and the Vatican celebration of the World Day for Consecrated California, chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Life. And, on the feast day itself, Feb. 2, he spoke about how every Immigration and Citizenship, during a Jan. 29 hearing. Judges member of the Church has a role to play in sharing the good news and immigration court attorneys from around the country Look at consequences of your of salvation in Christ. After reciting the Angelus prayer on the unloaded example after example on lawmakers, saying the disar- choices on indigenous populations feast day, he asked people in St. Peter’s Square to join him in pray- ray is leading to a lack of due process for asylum-seekers and oth- ing a Hail Mary for “the consecrated men and women who do so ers waiting for decisions that can profoundly affect their lives. WASHINGTON — Environmental advocates said Jan. 27 that much work, so often hidden.” They clamored for a separate immigration court system, one inde- even projects with good intentions may have unintended conse- pendent from the Department of Justice and from the politics of quences and encouraged others to look at how their choices could Parties working to get U.S., Russia to Democrats and Republicans. The backlog of 1 million cases has affect the lives of indigenous or poor communities who have to pushed the system to the brink and although the Trump adminis- live with the disruptions they may cause. The discussion was part discuss nuclear arms reduction tration claims that many of its policies have been intended to of a policy workshop on climate change and indigenous popula- tions during the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in WASHINGTON — An effort is underway through nongovern- reduce the backlog “it appears that things are only getting worse,” Washington. Much of the discussion was filtered through the lens mental channels to bring U.S. and Russian negotiators together to said Lofgren, who said she backed the idea of separating immigra- of Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si’, discuss new reductions in the countries’ nuclear weapons arse- tion court from the Justice Department. The National Association on Care for Our Common Home,” as well as developments from nals, an official with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting of Immigration Judges’ president, Judge Ashley Tabaddor, who the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon. Father Michael Carson, Integral Human Development said during a visit to The Catholic also serves as a U.S. immigration court judge in Los Angeles, said assistant director for Native American Affairs at the U.S. University of America. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi explained Jan. the Justice Department had, in effect “transformed (immigration) Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Cultural Diversity 30 during a program at the school that the effort involves “a small court into a law enforcement assembly line.” in the Church, first presented a group of priorities set during a group of Russian and American experts.” “There is the backing of meeting to address what was important in indigenous communi- the Church, the Vatican. It is promoted on the organizational level Catholic leaders disappointed by ties. One of them was to have their voices heard, which panel by (the nongovernmental organization) Global Priorities,” the moderator Cecilia Calvo, senior adviser on environmental justice archbishop said. “We are trying quietly to promote dialogue to cre- ruling limiting immigrant aid of the Office of Justice and Ecology of the Jesuit Conference of ate the argument that the two governments should talk and, say, WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Canada and the United States, said was imperative in the discus- by next year we eliminated another 500 warheads on both sides in Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Legal Immigration sion about the impact on indigenous communities. a verifiable manner, and then to continue the process until all the Network, known as CLINIC, expressed disappointment with the bombs are eliminated.” Washington-based Global Priorities is an Supreme Court’s Jan. 27 order allowing the Trump administration international interreligious organization working to change to go forward with a new rule meant to limit immigrants’ use of Even before PBS airing, Dorothy Day national and global budget priorities by shifting spending to pro- government benefit programs. The court’s “unprecedented ruling” film tops Amazon documentary chart grams that can alleviate poverty and support human development. in favor of the administration’s revisions to government policy After the program, Archbishop Tomasi confirmed that such an “harms families, targets lawful immigrants, and could prevent WASHINGTON — Dorothy Day, whose life was a series of effort was underway. “It’s a professional group of experts, but with families from receiving vital nutrition and housing assistance,” seeming contradictions, might be bemused at this one: The people who are very close to the two administrations and this said a Catholic Charities USA statement. Dominican Sister Donna DVD version of a documentary about her life has, more than a issue of atomic weapons,” he told Catholic News Service. “This Markam, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, urged the month before the film reaches the PBS airwaves, made it to the group works to prepare the possibility of the official government Trump administration “to reconsider this harsh and unnecessary top spot on the Amazon documentary sales chart. Of course, to delegations to talk among themselves and arrive at taking a step policy and rescind it in its entirety.” She said the decision in favor make it to the top spot, people have to buy “Revolution of the further.” In a Jan. 31 email to CNS, he clarified that he was of this policy “signals a watershed change of course from the best Heart: The Dorothy Day Story,” which means they have the dis- involved personally in the effort, not as official Vatican represen- moments of our American heritage of welcoming immigrants and posable income to buy it. That would seem to go against Day’s tative. refugees.” In its 5-4 ruling, the court gave the Trump administra- own embrace of voluntary poverty as the co-founder of the tion the go-ahead with its “public charge” rule allowing the Catholic Worker Movement, which dominated her life for near- Germany’s synodal assembly draws administration to deny green cards to legal immigrants based on ly a half-century. Martin Doblmeier, who made the film, is fully their reliance on public assistance such as food stamps, Medicaid aware of the many contradictions in Day’s life and legacy, hav- praise, criticism from participants and housing vouchers. The rule was challenged by immigration ing spent two years assembling the documentary. “She’s a very traditional Catholic. She’s not a religious leftist, as (Sojourners FRANKFURT, Germany — The first synodal assembly on the groups and states including California, Illinois, Maryland and founder) Jim Wallis says in the film, but is comfortable with future the Catholic Church in Germany drew both praise and Washington. Legal challenges continue in several federal courts, that. But she has to be called a political and social radical. some criticism, with many of the 230 participants lauding what and a separate injunction still blocks the rule from being imple- That’s a dangerous combination,” Doblmeier said in a Jan. 28 they called a special atmosphere in the debates on key reforms. mented in Illinois. phone interview with Catholic News Service. Doblmeier noted Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the German bishops’ con- one of the most famous quotations of St. Augustine: “Our ference, said the spirit of the talks had been “positive and encour- Museum showcases medieval missal hearts are restless until they rest in thee, O Lord.” “Dorothy aging” and referred to the synodal path process as a “spiritual Day is a classic example of that,” he said. “It’s amazing how experiment,” reported the German Catholic news agency KNA. used by St. Francis of Assisi restless she was, and latched on to the Catholic story line in Thomas Sternberg, president of the Central Committee of BALTIMORE — More than eight centuries ago, St. Francis of her late 20s, and once she connects to that, she does not stray.” German Catholics, which represents laypeople, said: “No one is disputing the other’s piety here.” A “new image of the Church” had been seen in the Frankfurt talks, he said. But there was criti- cism too, particularly from Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, who said: “All my fears were confirmed, actually.” He said the synodal path had installed a form of Protestant church parlia- ment, and delegates who were skeptical of the reform process had found it comparatively difficult to have their say. In an interview

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