50¢ September 2, 2007 Volume 81, No. 31 www.diocesefwsb.org/TODAY Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend TTODAYODAY’’SS CCATHOLICATHOLIC 50 years for Congregations of Holy Cross look St. Gaspar Parish looks back and toward the future forward to beatification of founder Pages 10-11 Father Basile-Antoine Marie Moreau to be beatified Sept. 15 in Le Mans, France

BY MARGIE LAVONIS, CSC Funds dispursed Annual Bishop Appeal checks NOTRE DAME — With heartfelt gratitude and pride, the religious family of Holy Cross sisters, presented to charities brothers and priests is pleased to announce the solemn beatification of their founder, Father Basile- Page 3 Antoine Marie Moreau, which will take place in Le Mans, France, from Sept. 14-16, 2007. Holy Cross religious and their guests from around the world will gather in Le Mans to participate in the events surrounding the beatification. The opening ‘Crisis of faith’ ceremonies will take place at the parish church of How will new book affect Laigné-en-Belin, Father Moreau’s birthplace, the morning of Sept. 14, the feast of the Exaltation of the sainthood cause of Holy Cross. That evening there will be a prayer vigil in Le Mother Teresa? Mans at the Church of Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix, the conventual church of the Holy Cross family, built Page 4 by Father Moreau. Archbishop André Richard, CSC, of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, will preside. The next afternoon, Sept. 15, Mass and the rite of beatification will be celebrated in the Centre Log on to the blog Antarès. Bishop Jacques Faivre of Le Mans will be the main celebrant. Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, A new feature prefect of the Vatican Congregation of the Causes of the Saints, will represent Pope Benedict XVI and on the diocesan Web site present the official papal decree proclaiming Basile Page 13 Moreau as blessed. A Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Sunday afternoon in the Cathedral of St. Julian in Le Mans. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., will preside at this Pope at University of special liturgy in honor of the newly declared Blessed Basile-Antoine Marie Moreau. Saint Francis Locally, the Sisters of the Holy Cross will cele- New athletic director named

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APPEAL LAUNCHED IN SOUTH BEND PROVIDED BY THE CONGREGATION OF HOLY CROSS This painting is a portrait of Father Basile-Antoine Marie Moreau, founder of the the reli- gious family of Holy Cross sisters, brothers and priests. He will be beatified Sept. 15 in Le Mans, France. Celebration plans will take place in France and Notre Dame. Jubilee Masses for 25/50th wedding anniversaries to be celebrated in diocese

VINCE LABARBERA arried couples observing silver On Sunday, Sept. 9, a 25/50th wedding and golden wedding anniversaries anniversary Mass will be celebrated at 2 Bishop John M. D’Arcy greets Father Mthis year are invited to celebrate p.m. at St. Matthew Cathedral, 1701 S. Bernard Galic, pastor, Holy Family Parish, their marriages at special 25/50th Miami St., South Bend. Sesquicentennial Jubilee Masses at the On Sunday, Sept. 23, a 25/50th wedding and other attendees at the 21st Annual cathedrals in South Bend and Fort Wayne. anniversary Mass will be celebrated at 2 Bishop’s Appeal dinner Aug. 21 at the Bishop John M. D’Arcy will preside at the p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Masses. Conception in downtown Fort Wayne. University of Notre Dame’s Joyce Center. 2 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC Official newspaper of the Faith grows through cooperation Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend P.O. Box 11169 Fort Wayne, IN 46856 with grace, prayer is essential PUBLISHER: Bishop John M. D’Arcy The early call she dealt with it as we deal with the concrete EDITOR: Tim Johnson details of our lives. Yet this very saint, a person Two exceptional women, both named apparently cocooned in complete security, left ASSISTANT EDITOR: Don Clemmer after the great Teresa of Avilla had similar STAFF WRITER: Kay Cozad behind her, from the last weeks of her passion, experiences. shattering admissions which her horrified sisters NEWS Teresa of Lisieux, Little Flower, had an toned down in her literary remains and which have Editorial Department intense and close relationship with Christ only now come to light in the new verbatim edi- PAGE DESIGNER: Francie Hogan &NOTES all her life, like he was sitting next to her. tions. She says, for example, ‘I am assailed by the FREELANCE WRITERS: Ann Carey, For the last two years this was gone, yet worst temptations of atheism.’ Everything has Michelle Castleman, Elmer J. Danch, she continued to trust and believe in Christ become questionable, everything is dark. She feels BISHOP JOHN M. D’ARCY and offered herself to God in the midst of Michelle Donaghey, Bonnie Elberson, tempted to take only the sheer void for granted. In darkness. other words, in what is apparently a flawlessly Denise Fedorow, Sister Margie Blessed Teresa of Calcutta heard the call interlocking world someone here suddenly catches Lavonis, CSC, Jennifer Ochstein, Darkness in the spiritual life of God as a Sister of Loreto while on a trip. a glimpse of the abyss lurking — even for her — Theresa Thomas, Kristi Ward It is not often that one finds on CNN a It was clear that God was asking something under the firm structure of the supporting conven- reference to what is some times called in special from her. So, she left her communi- tions. In a situation like this, what is in question is Business Department literature of Catholic spirituality “the dark ty, consecrated herself afresh to God and not the sort of thing that one perhaps quarrels night of the soul.” Yet, there it was one day about otherwise — the dogma of the Assumption, BUSINESS MANAGER: Kathy Denice gave her life to the poor on the streets of recently, and it referred to Blessed Mother Calcutta and throughout the world. Later the proper use of confession— all this becomes AD GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Mark Weber Teresa of Calcutta. A life is being written came this great sense of loss. absolutely secondary. What is at stake is the whole BOOKKEEPING/CIRCULATION: Kathy Voirol about this saint who captured the attention Most of us do not have this great holi- structure; it is a question of all or nothing. That is [email protected] of the world, almost entirely in a positive ness of these two extraordinary women; but the only remaining alternative; nowhere does there way, with the exception of people like every soul experiences challenges to faith seem anything to cling to in this sudden fall. All that can be seen is the bottomless depths of the Advertising Sales Christopher Hitchins, a professed atheist, from within as well as from the surround- Tess Steffen (Fort Wayne area) who railed against her on several occasions. void into which one is also staring.” ing culture. It is the nature of faith to be — “Introduction to Christianity,” 1968, (260) 456-2824 This book, which I believe Our Sunday challenged. 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BY SISTER MARGIE LAVONIS, CSC and Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center. All three congregations minis- ather Moreau was born in ter in parishes, educational institu- Laigné-en-Belin, a town in tions, and social and pastoral min- Fthe diocese of Le Mans, istries in the local community. France, on Feb. 11, 1799. He died Members of the Holy Cross in Le Mans on Jan. 20, 1873. As a congregations have begun and still priest of the Diocese of Le Mans maintain educational institutions and seminary professor, he estab- as well as important social and lished the Association of Holy pastoral ministries in North and Cross consisting of two societies, South America, Europe, Africa one of men (brothers and priests) and Asia. It is through their com- and the other of women, both hav- mitment to the vowed life, their ing as principal ministries the edu- zeal for the mission and the diver- cation of youth, evangelization sity of ministry that the priests, and the missions. sisters and brothers of Holy Cross Holy Cross has been a mission- continue to live out the vision of ary congregation from its earliest Father Moreau, who saw his reli- years when Father Moreau sent gious family as a “a mighty tree religious to far-flung regions of that constantly shoots forth new the globe: Algeria, Canada, limbs and branches and is nour- Bangladesh, India, and Indiana ished by the same life-giving sap” and Louisiana in the United States. (Moreau, 1854) and as visible Today there manifestation of are four Holy the union and Cross congrega- interdependence DON CLEMMER tions: the Holy Cross has been a of both the Holy Ann Helmke of Vincent House homeless shelter in Fort Wayne speaks after accepting a Congregation of Trinity and the Holy Cross Holy Family. It check for $8,000 at the Annual Bishop’s Appeal checks presentation, held this year on (priests and missionary congregation is for this reason Sunday, Aug. 26, at St. John the Baptist Church, New Haven. The presentation also brothers), who that he dedicated received defini- from its earliest years the priests to the included checks of $23,000 to Catholic Charities, $10,000 to the Women’s Care Center, tive approbation Sacred Heart of by the Holy See Jesus, the sisters $8,000 to Matthew 25, $2,000 to the Fort Wayne Christ Child Society, $1,000 to St. in 1857, and when Father Moreau sent to the Mary’s Soup Kitchen and $1,000 to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. three congrega- Immaculate tions of women: religious to far-flung Heart of Mary the Marianites and the brothers of Holy Cross to the Pure (France), who regions of the globe: Heart of St. Bishop requests prayers, assistance were approved Joseph and the 10 years later in Algeria, Canada, entire congrega- 1867; the tion to Mary for victims of Ohio flooding Congregation of under the title of the Sisters of Bangladesh, India, and Our Lady of the Holy Cross Sorrows. BY LAURIE STEVENS following day. “If people come, so fortunate. (Indiana), who It should be they’ll have to come on a boat,” he “Our entire 13 acres of sports received their Indiana and Louisiana in noted also that said. turf was covered in almost 4 feet autonomy in Pope John Paul TOLEDO, Ohio (CNS) — Bishop Four classrooms in the base- of water,” said Bob Vaccaro, man- 1869; and in II beatified two Leonard P. Blair of Toledo asked the United States. ment of the old school building ager of St. Peter’s Spartan Fields. 1883 the Canadian mem- Catholics to join him in prayer for were submerged Aug. 23, and The complex located less than two Marianites in bers of the Holy the victims of recent flooding that water also seeped into the other miles away from St. Peter Schools Canada became Cross family: devastated communities across the school building, day-care center is used by students in preschool the branch Blessed Brother diocese. and the church basement. through high school for soccer, known as the André Bessette, “All throughout the 19 counties “A lot of our parishioners are in baseball and softball. Congregation of the Sisters of founder of Saint Joseph Oratory in of the Diocese of Toledo, the peo- worse shape though,” he added. Vaccaro estimated that even Holy Cross (Soeurs de Sainte- Montréal, and Blessed Mother ple of God have been affected,” he Most of the town was under water, with cooperative weather it would Croix). Marie Léonie Paradis, foundress said in a statement. “Some have including its main street. be at least a week before athletes Since their inception, the four of the Little Sisters of the Holy had their homes damaged, their Downtown Carey, home to Our could get back on the fields, delay- Holy Cross congregations have Family. personal property destroyed, their Lady of Consolation Shrine and ing the first soccer games of the grown and spread throughout the farm fields seriously spoiled and Basilica, was submerged under 3 season. world. In the South Bend area, the their hearts broken.” feet of water Aug. 21 and the base- Earlier this summer, farmers of priests are known for founding the For further information on Father Heavy rainfall particularly ments flooded in the basilica, fri- the diocese were praying for rain University of Notre Dame; the Moreau and the Congregations of inundated southern parts of the ary, cafeteria and the original when much of Ohio was experi- brothers, for Holy Cross College Holy Cross, contact: www.holy- diocese Aug. 19-21, causing rivers shrine church, where gift-shop encing drought conditions. Father and Holy Cross Village at Notre crosscongregation.org; www.mar- and creeks to swell and overflow inventory was stored. Hemm expressed concern that Dame; and the Sisters of the Holy ianites.org; www.cscsisters.org; their banks. Ohio Gov. Ted Most of the water receded the crops that survived the drought Cross, for Saint Mary’s College and www.sistersofholycross.org. Strickland declared states of emer- next day, but the cafeteria base- would be ruined by excess water. gency in eight counties. ment was without electricity and In Upper Sandusky, where 9.34 Dozens of parish properties still had 3 inches of water in it two inches of rain reportedly fell in a The University of Notre Dame around the diocese experienced days later. Many parishioners and 24-hour period Aug. 20, Father will also display banners and water backing up into basements, pilgrims called to offer help with Kent Kaufman, pastor of MOREAU posters around its campus. On but Joe Spenthoff, director of the cleanup, according to administra- Transfiguration of the Lord Parish, Aug. 28, the university presented diocesan Protective Self Insurance tive assistant Donna Johnson. recalled that the same thing hap- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 an eight-minute video on Father program, said none suffered severe Most Pure Heart of Mary pened years ago when the region Basil Moreau’s life and the sig- structural damage. Parish in Shelby, located about a was facing a drought. brate the beatification with prayer nificance of his beatification dur- At Sts. Peter & Paul in Ottawa, block and a half from the over- First the Catholics were praying services on Sept. 8, 14 and 15. On ing Mass for the opening of the staff and volunteers struggled to flowing Black Fork River, had for rain, then the Lutherans joined Sunday, Sept. 16, Bishop John M. school year. keep ahead of the rising Blanchard about 2 feet of water in the church in and finally everyone was pray- D’Arcy will celebrate a Mass of Holy Cross College, Notre River waters Aug. 22 by piling up basement that damaged a pump ing for rain. Then, as now, rain thanksgiving in the Church of Our Dame, plans to incorporate the sandbags and emptying the lower and boilers. Water in the parish flooded the area. Lady of Loretto at Saint Mary’s, life and values of Father Moreau levels of the school. center basement also damaged a “I think it’s a backlog of Notre Dame, followed by brunch in all of its activities throughout Parishioners and nonparish- youth room. prayers for rain,” said Father for community members. Prayer the academic year. ioners alike did all they could to Classes were canceled for the Kaufman. “I learned from a wise cards will be distributed and ban- The Catholic community and help, but “we weren’t able to keep first day of school Aug. 22 at St. old farmer that you don’t pray for ners will be displayed. Saint friends of Holy Cross are invited up with it,” said Precious Blood Mary of the Snows in Mansfield rain, you pray for favorable weath- Mary’s College is celebrating on to rejoice with the Holy Cross Father Thomas Hemm, pastor. due to waterlogged roadways. er.” Sept. 16 with a Mass at Holy religious throughout the world They were able to pump water out Floods in downtown Mansfield left Spirit Chapel, as well as other spe- for this honor and recognition of of the church basement until about St. Peter Church and Schools rela- cial events planned throughout the Father Moreau who did so much 11 p.m. that night, but water sur- tively unharmed, but the nearby Contributing to this story was Angela year including a Blessed Basil to extend God’s reign. rounded the parish property the 32-acre athletic complex was not Kessler. Moreau birthday party on Feb. 11. 4 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 Vatican officials say new book illustrates Mother Teresa’s strength

should not be seen as a denial of BY JOHN THAVIS God, however. She knew God was there, but suffered because VATICAN CITY (CNS) — she could not feel him, he said. Vatican officials said a new book Noting that Mother Teresa detailing Blessed Mother Teresa would kneel before the Eucharist of Calcutta’s long “crisis of faith” for hours at a time, Father illustrates her spiritual strength in Cantalamessa said it must have the face of doubt. been a form of “martyrdom” not “This is a figure who had to feel Christ’s presence. moments of uncertainty and dis- “For me, this makes the figure couragement, experiencing the of Mother Teresa much bigger, classic dark night that God gives not smaller,” he said. to chosen people in order to forge Italian Cardinal Angelo Scola them on the road to holiness,” of Venice, who wrote a reflection said Spanish Cardinal Julian on Mother Teresa’s letters last Herranz, a member of the year in the Vatican newspaper, Congregation for Saints’ Causes. said they reveal some important “These moments of crisis felt and beautiful things. by great saints are normal and in “The first is that Mother line with the church’s tradition,” Teresa is one of us, that she went Cardinal Herranz said Aug. 26. through all the trials just as we Even Christ experienced a similar do, no more and no less,” he said. spiritual trial in the Garden of Another important element in Gethsemane and on the cross, he her letters is that Mother Teresa, said. when she no longer felt she could Such moments of “weakness” feel God’s presence, asked him to are in fact “the proof of the great- reveal himself, he said. ness of faith of Blessed Mother Joaquin Navarro-Valls, the for- Teresa and take nothing away mer Vatican spokesman, said from her holiness,” he said. Mother Teresa’s letters showed Cardinal Herranz, who spoke CNS PHOTO/JAYANTA SHAW, REUTERS that she experienced real spiritual in an interview with the Rome Missionaries of Charity nuns pray during a service in Calcutta, India, Aug. 26, marking the 97th anniversary of suffering. That is not surprising, newspaper La Repubblica, said Blessed Mother Teresa’s birth. A new book, titled “Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light,” will be released Sept. 4, he said, since she was notoriously the progress of Mother Teresa’s one day before the 10th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s Sept. 5, 1997, death. The book, a compilation of letters “immune” to the banal and the sainthood cause would not be Mother Teresa wrote to her spiritual advisers, reveals the darkness of soul that she experienced for many superficial. affected by the letters published years. “But all this is not the expres- in the book. sion of a lack of faith, but rather Vatican and other church offi- Light,” edited by Father Brian of a lack of faith, a “terrible dark- er or later you stop following of the normal — perhaps in this cials were already familiar with Kolodiejchuk, a member of the ness within me” and a sense of him. But she continued right up case heroic — sacrifice that peo- the letters because many were Missionaries of Charity order being abandoned by Jesus. to her death to love him and to ple discover when they try to live first published in 2002, and in founded by Mother Teresa and Sister Nirmala Joshi, head of put into practice her devotion,” a commitment and a choice fact formed part of the documen- the postulator of her sainthood the Missionaries of Charity, said Sister Nirmala told La coherently and completely,” he tation reviewed before she was cause. the letters reveal that sainthood Repubblica. said. beatified in 2003, six years after Time magazine recently ran a does not come easily, but they do Capuchin Father Raniero Navarro-Valls said it would be her death. cover story about the book under not show a failure of faith. Cantalamessa, the preacher of the wrong to conclude on the basis of The letters are being published the title, “The Secret Life of “Mother (Teresa) did not papal household, told Vatican these letters that Mother Teresa’s in English in the upcoming book, Mother Teresa.” In letters written doubt God, she continued to love Radio that what distinguished trademark smile was fake or that “Mother Teresa: Come Be My over several decades, she spoke him. If you doubt someone, soon- Mother Teresa’s “dark night” was her public persona was hypocriti- that it apparently continued cal. throughout her life and was not a Instead, the letters illustrate preparation for a new spiritual that spiritual progress often must stage as with other saints. overcome obstacles that seem He said her inner suffering impassable, he said.

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All of the auditorium of the Eck Center this work is for Christ,” noted to hear John Clabeaux give a talk Bishop John M. D’Arcy before he on the Jewish roots of blessed the Retired Senior Christianity. Volunteer Program (RSVP) facility Professor Clabeaux, a theolo- which is now located at 120 S. gy teacher at Pontifical College Taylor St. in South Bend. Josephinum, a seminary in The facility, which served as Columbus, Ohio, spoke of the the Circle of Mercy daycare center MICHELLE DONAGHEY importance of reading the New until June of this year, will now Bishop John M. D’Arcy spoke to the crowd present before he blessed the Testament from the Jewish per- house the nationwide-volunteer spective. RSVP facility in South Bend in the former Circle of Mercy Day Nursery. program, RSVP, which in South Standing with the bishop, left to right, are Patrick Russell, West Region When studying the Letters of Bend is sponsored by Catholic SISTER MARGIE LAVONIS, CSC administrator, Catholic Charities; Debra Schmidt, executive director, St. Paul, Clabeaux realized that Charities. The program was Professor John Clabeaux, a theol- Catholic Charities; and Jennifer Tindell, RSVP program director. he could not really understand housed at the Catholic Charities’ Paul unless he understood Paul’s ogy teacher at Pontifical College building located on Miami Street Jewish roots. Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, in South Bend just south of St. June, we have already filled up the and we are so very excited about “What have the Jews given to presented the workshop Our Matthew Cathedral. building. It has been fantastic,” said that,” Tindell added. us?” he asked. The answer is Jewish Roots at the diocesan An open house, which included Tindell happily. “Right now, we RSVP invites adults over the everything. The Jews gave us Eucharistic Congress at the a blessing from the bishop, was have about 430 volunteers and we age of 55 to use their life experi- Jesus, Mary, the apostles, etc. University of Notre Dame Aug. 18. held on Aug. 22 and included tours hope to increase that. We have five ence and skills to help answer the Eighty percent of our Bible is of the facility. It was attended by big rooms and a kitchen. It was a call of their neighbors in need, made up of the Hebrew about 50 people including volun- definite blessing for our program. noted Tindell. Scriptures. teers who are part of the program. Today is a huge day for RSVP.” “Our volunteers read for the “You cannot understand the “We think this is a blessing. We Eldon Nifong, Elkhart, who is a print impaired, assist in making rest if you don’t know the mean- had for years this center for day- RSVP volunteer carpenter and patients and guests feel more com- ing of the 80 percent,” he said. Secondly, we can also learn a care for children. The daycare handyman, thinks that the new fortable at health facilities, assist Clabeaux pointed out that the lot from the Jewish observance seemed not the best service for the building is “fantastic” especially individuals in need to find appro- pattern of death and rising that of the Sabbath. Jesus did not get poor. We regret closing it but it was since it allows “space to work and priate resources and help provide we find in Christianity has its rid of the Sabbath, but for many necessary,” noted Bishop D’Arcy it gives us all an opportunity and food to those who have fallen on roots in the Old Testament. There Christians it is often just another about the relocation of RSVP. space when we wish to meet hard times.” said Tindell. are many stories of sacrifice and day of the week except for Mass. Jennifer Tindell, the RSVP pro- together.” “May all who come here know redemption such as that of For the Jews, the Sabbath is a gram coordinator, expressed her Tindell pointed out that RSVP the presence of Christ and grow in Abraham and Isaac, the selling of day to celebrate creation and a happiness and thanks in the move has 200 plus seniors at Busy Hands, his love,” noted Bishop D’Arcy in Joseph into slavery and so on. day of redemption. It is a day to to a much larger facility, which which makes projects in town for his blessing of the facility. Much can be learned from our be free from work so one can Tindell believes is around “seven those in need. The new building Jewish brothers and sisters. have a foretaste of eternity. It is times” as large as the space RSVP definitely will help this program For information about RSVP contact Clabeaux spoke about two things also a time to come to further occupied on Miami Street. now since there is a room dedicated Jennifer Tindell, RSVP program in particular. The first is the insight about our faith. The “In the short amount of time we to sewing and quilting, “offering us coordinator at (574) 287-0500 or Jewish approach to creation and Sabbath is a day set aside for the have been here, since the first of a huge space to increase production e-mail [email protected]. the material world as good. Too Lord. often Christian theologians have The hour went much too subordinated creation to the spiri- quickly and, like all good teach- tual rather than taking the ers, Clabeaux left many of the approach that everything God participants eager to know more made is good. about our Jewish roots.

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first anniversary of the disappear- Repair of historic St. ance of Father Thiruchelvam Nihal Louis church could take Jim Brown of the Jaffna Diocese in the northern fringe of the Indian years, cost millions Ocean country. Attending the memorial were about 150 people, ST. LOUIS (CNS) — Restoration EWS RIEFS N B including Bishop Thomas efforts at St. Alphonsus Liguori Savundaranayagam of Jaffna as “Rock” Parish in St. Louis could well as representatives of two take a year or more and cost sever- dozen civil rights groups. Father al million dollars, according to Bob CARDINALS WALKS WITH PERU’S PRESIDENT Brown, a parish priest of St. Philip Ryan, director of the archdiocesan Neri Church in the Allaipiddy islet Office of Risk Management. “It off the Jaffna peninsula, went miss- might take a year to put it back ing Aug. 20, 2006, along with his together or more,” Ryan told the St. lay helper, Wenceslaus Vincent Louis Review, archdiocesan news- Vimalan, when they went to inspect paper. “We won’t know until we get the church, which was damaged in the bids to reconstruct it. It could go shelling a week earlier. as high as $3 (million) to $4 mil- lion, but that is pure speculation at this point in time.” The risk man- Lay ecclesial ministry agement office administers the archdiocese’s self-insurance pro- seen as ‘traditional and gram for parish properties. St. radically new’ Alphonsus is insured through the program, although the property is COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (CNS) owned and administered by the — One of the “top three or four Redemptorists. To help with the most important ministerial shifts” cost of restoration efforts, the arch- in the last 2,000 years has been the diocese has pledged $100,000 from “emergence of lay ecclesial min- the Annual Catholic Appeal’s istry over the past 40 years,” said parish emergency fund. Ryan said Edward P. Hahnenberg, assistant the main effort following the fire professor of theology at Jesuit-run had been to secure the building and Xavier University in Cincinnati. He make it safe enough to bring in CNS PHOTO/GOVERNMENT PALACE/HANDOUT, REUTERS said it was on “a historical par with structural engineers to begin the — and in fact may even eclipse — formal evaluation of the property. Peruvian Cardinal Juan Cipriani Thorne of Lima, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican sec- the changes to the church brought The city of St. Louis has con- retary of state, and Peruvian President Alan Garcia walk toward a cathedral in Lima, Peru, about by the rise of communal demned the 140-year-old church forms of monasticism in the fifth building, which was struck by light- Aug. 24. Cardinal Bertone was on an official visit to Peru and met with earthquake sur- century, the birth of mendicant ning as storms rolled through the vivors. He also led prayer services for those who had died and for their families. orders in the 13th century, or the area Aug. 16. explosion of women’s religious ing will come just three days after problem is occurring," said the days after the installation Mass for communities in the 19th century.” Canadian Cardinal Israeli and Vatican representatives book, released in late August. "The Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz in Hahnenberg, who is also a theolog- meet in Jerusalem to discuss finan- staff of those clinical facilities spe- Louisville, Ky., elected as diocesan ical adviser to the bishops, put the Gagnon, longtime cial issues related to Catholic insti- cially set up for the treatment of administrator the one man with development of lay ecclesial min- tutions in Israel. Peres, who met priests and religious who have experience in the role. Father Al istry within a broad historical con- Vatican official, dies in with Pope Benedict in April 2006, offended against minors have not Humbrecht, who remains pastor of text as being both “traditional and Montreal was elected in June as Israel’s pres- been asked by Roman authorities Sacred Heart Cathedral, will again radically new.” He was one of the ident, a largely symbolic role. Peres for their findings on the causes of guide the diocese until the appoint- keynote speakers at the National VATICAN CITY (CNS) — has served as prime minister of abuse." ment of its next bishop. He served Symposium on Lay Ecclesial Canadian Cardinal Edouard Israel twice, as well as in a number as diocesan administrator for Ministry, held July 31-Aug. 3 at St. Gagnon, 89, a longtime Vatican of high-ranking government posts. almost 11 months after the depar- John’s University in Collegeville. official and an outspoken defender In 1994 he was awarded the Nobel Poor Clare Sisters in ture of Bishop Anthony J. of traditional church teaching who Peace Prize for his work on the Omaha break ground O’Connell in 1999. “It is a ministry Pope’s brother says frequently found himself in the Oslo accords, which affirmed the of service, and I believe very midst of controversy, died Aug. 25 Palestinian right of self-gover- for future monastery strongly that when called upon to criticism of pope in Montreal. Pope Benedict XVI nance. Peres’ visit with the pope serve that it’s the Holy Spirit work- called the cardinal a “faithful ser- will be part of an official visit to OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) — Though ing, and you offer your best,” said signals ‘good vant of the church” who generously Italy in which he will also meet the Poor Clare Sisters in Omaha Father Humbrecht as he left the pontificate’ served many years “with compe- with Italian political leaders. have yet to reach their financial consultors’ meeting Aug. 17. “The tence and devotion.” In telegrams goal, they broke ground for a new wonderful thing about serving as PASSAU, Germany (CNS) — sent to Cardinal Jean-Claude monastery on land near a administrator in our diocese is that Pope Benedict XVI’s elder brother Turcotte of Montreal and Sulpician Australian bishop says Benedictine abbey Aug. 15. The with the clergy we have, the laity said criticism of the pope should be Father Lawrence Terrien, superior church is failing victims date was chosen because it holds we have, all the people we have in expected as the sign of a good pon- general of the Sulpicians, the pope special meaning for the nuns: Aug. place — everything is already run- tificate and that recent controver- offered his condolences for the of clergy sex abuse 15, 1878, was the date the first Poor ning very smoothly.” The Nashville sies showed papal leadership could Sulpician cardinal’s death. The Clares monastery was established native, born on the same day in not be “all peace, joy and pan- Vatican released to journalists SYDNEY, Australia (CNS) — The in Omaha. The monastery was the 1946 as Archbishop Kurtz, was cakes.” “I’m mainly concerned that copies of the telegrams Aug. 26. bishop who developed the religious community’s first in elected administrator on the day the new situation will work well for Cardinal Gagnon served as head of Australian Catholic Church's proto- North America. More than 75 peo- before each man celebrated his 61st my brother in relation to his faith, the Pontifical Council for the cols for dealing with cases of clergy ple joined the sisters for the ground- birthday. and I can witness that he’s fulfilling Family, 1983-1990, and as presi- sexual abuse of minors says the breaking, which included praying what the good Lord expects of him dent of the Pontifical Committee church is failing victims and not the five joyful mysteries of the and also being understood by many for International Eucharistic confronting the systemic causes of rosary and the two glorious myster- Activists demand people,” Msgr. Georg Ratzinger Congresses, 1991-98. Throughout sexual abuse and making changes ies about Mary. And balloons were said in an Aug. 17 interview with his career at the Vatican, Cardinal that will make ministries healthier released. “We hope the event fos- inquiry into Sri Lankan Bavaria’s Passauer Neuen Presse Gagnon was an outspoken critic of places. In a new book, ters greater interest and participa- priest’s disappearance daily. Msgr. Ratzinger said he had North American society and church "Confronting Power and Sex in the tion from those who are in a posi- contacts “only with people who trends. He said U.S. religious edu- Catholic Church," Bishop Geoffrey tion to help in a big way,” said COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNS) — wish me and my brother well,” cation was diluted and failed to Robinson, 70, a retired auxiliary Sister Theresina of Jesus Santiago, Civil rights activists and church adding that “negative voices” teach the basics and criticized sex bishop of Sydney, writes, "I am coordinator of the building project. groups in Sri Lanka have demand- reached him “through detours, education in the church. convinced that if the pope had spo- The proposed $5 million monastery ed an independent and impartial when they’ve already been purified ken clearly at the beginning of the will reflect the symbol of their inquiry with international participa- and don’t hurt me anymore.” He revelations, inviting victims to order’s founder, St. Francis — the tion into last year’s disappearance said he was aware of recent contro- Vatican confirms pope come forward so that the whole tau cross, which is a T-shaped of a Catholic priest and his com- versies, such as debate over the will meet with Israeli truth, however terrible, might be cross. panion in troubled Jaffna. The pope’s July 7 document allowing known and confronted, and firmly Christian Alliance for Social wider use of the Tridentine Mass, president directing that all members of the Action, an ecumenical lay group, the liturgy that predates the Second church should respond with open- Knoxville cathedral and the Law & Society Trust, a Vatican Council, and a July 10 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope ness, humility, honesty and com- nonprofit group for civil rights Vatican declaration that the Benedict XVI is scheduled to meet pastor chosen again as passion, consistently putting vic- awareness, made their demand Catholic Church is the one, true with Israeli President Shimon Peres tims before the good name of the diocesan administrator Aug. 21 in an open letter to Sri church. “These critical voices were at the papal summer residence in church, the entire response of the Lankan President Mahinda to be expected — if everything Castel Gandolfo, a Vatican official KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — church would have been far better. Rajapakse. The letter came after a went smoothly, it wouldn’t be a confirmed to Catholic News The Diocese of Knoxville’s Even now I cannot see evidence memorial meeting organized by the good pontificate,” Msgr. Ratzinger Service Aug. 24. The Sept. 6 meet- College of Consultors, meeting two that a true confrontation of the groups in Colombo Aug. 20, the said. SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 7

for the former pastor of St. Michael Saturday Scholar Church. It was the 10th council to be chartered in Indiana by the Supreme Council. Currently the Series to kick off council has 169 members. — EJD football AROUND THE DIOCESE New leadership at Holy weekends Cross College enhances communications and NOTRE DAME — The seventh HOLY CROSS STUDENTS ENJOY UNDEFEATED SEASON annual Saturday Scholar Series at public relations the University of Notre Dame will feature seven lectures by leading NOTRE DAME — Holy Cross faculty members on each home College has been undergoing dra- football game weekend this fall. matic transformations in the last Sponsored by the College of five years. From a junior college to Arts and Letters, the lectures were a fully accredited four-year institu- initiated by Mark W. Roche, I.A. tion with sports teams, dorms, and O’Shaughnessy dean of the college, baccalaureate degree programs, the to add a scholarly dimension to a college has been growing rapidly weekend roster of athletics, and would like to change its image pageantry and fine arts performanc- just as fast. es. Helping to change public per- The lectures will begin three and ception is part of the job description one-half hours before kickoff and for the new director of marketing, take place in the Annenberg communications and public rela- Auditorium of the Snite Museum of tions, Mike Davids. Art. They are as follows: “With his unique experience as a • Sept. 1 — “Why is Goethe’s marketer, publisher, editor and ‘Faust’ the Greatest Work of teacher, Mike Davids is the right German Literature?” with Vittorio person to help us publicize the dra- Hösle, the Paul G. Kimball matic changes at Holy Cross Professor of Arts and Letters. In College to high school students, 1808 the German poet Johann their parents and the general pub- Wolfgang von Goethe published lic,” says Holy Cross President the first part of his dramatic poem Brother Richard Gilman, CSC. “Faust,” which soon was hailed as “Holy Cross College is a rela- one of the greatest works of world tively undiscovered gem. For a col- literature. Hösle will examine how lege experience, it uniquely offers Goethe managed to integrate psy- the best of both worlds. It has the chological, social, political and the- PROVIDED BY HOLY CROSS SCHOOL intimate atmosphere you can only ological insights into this drama South Bend Holy Cross School’s Junior High Quiz Bowl team had an undefeated season. find at a small college — a place about a pact between a man and the where all your professors know you devil for the purpose of gaining Their moderators were Melissa Scott (fifth grade teacher) and Stephanie Hile (junior by your first name — and, yet you can walk across the street to Notre knowledge. high English teacher). They had an 11-0 season. The quiz bowl team pictured are the • Sept. 22 — “Health Care Dame university and experience all Reforms: An Economist’s following: Thomas Davis, moderator Stephanie Hile, Claire Kucela, Emily Polovick, Luke the excitement and social opportu- nities of a large campus. What’s Assessment,” with William Evans, Sullivan, Thomas Wiegand, Joshua O’Brien, Jonathan Carton, David Tschida, Cody Davis, Keough-Hesburgh professor of more, with the groundbreaking cer- economics. Americans spend some Chris Harlow and moderator Melissa Scott. emony of the new Pfeil Recreation $6,000 per person for medical care Center last month, the students will services, or roughly one-seventh of soon be cheering on their own the gross domestic product — fig- Muslim world today. Afsaruddin the greatest of all song composers of South Bend, chartered in 1901. It Saints in NAIA sanctioned athletic ures that are twice what typical will interrogate such assumptions was Franz Schubert (1797-1828), has 335 members and is led by events. The Saints team slogan, developed countries spend on through an exploration of the who composed more than 600 Grand Knight Kevin Large. ‘Champions of Character,’ aligns health care. Despite these expendi- notions of pluralism as found in the songs from poems. Youens will dis- St Pius X Parish’s Father with the mission here at Holy tures, the U.S. has substantially Qur’an, and of the notions of good cuss two pieces as examples of Stephen Badin Council has 339 Cross,” Davids says. lower life expectancy than other governance as expressed in Islamic what music can do to and for poet- members with Grand Knight countries, and 45 million thought and praxis. ry. Daniel Schlosberg, junior pianist Joseph Stackowicz. Other councils Sts. Anne and Joachim Americans have no health insur- • Nov. 3 — “Cops, Protest and in the music department and bari- are Ave Maria Council with 222 ance. All current presidential candi- Rioting,” with Daniel Myers, pro- tone Ryan de Ryke will perform the members led by Grand Knight Society meet at dates list health care reform as a top fessor of sociology who specializes two songs. Dave DeNiegher and Archbishop St. Matthew Cathedral priority. Evans will summarize the in collective violence and the diffu- John Carroll Council with 168 issues that a successful health care sion of social processes. When Knights of Columbus members led by Grand Knight SOUTH BEND— The Sts. Anne reform package must address, out- authorities intervene in a protest or Scott Singer. San Mateo Council is and Joachim Elder Society of St. line key proposed reforms and dis- riot, do they calm things down or numbers growing the area’s first Hispanic council and Matthew Cathedral will continue to cuss likely economic consequences do they simply fan the flames? is located at St. Adalbert Parish. It meet on the last Friday of every SOUTH BEND — The display month, beginning Aug. 31, with of reform packages. Myers examines patterns in past booth of the Knights of Columbus recently initiated 34 members and • Oct. 13 — “Global Ireland: violent outbreaks that demonstrate elected Diego Beldado as Grand Mass to be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. at the recent Eucharistic Congress On this occasion, members of From Celtic Twilight to Celtic how police can better prevent in observance of the 150th anniver- Knight. — EJD Tiger,” with Luke Gibbons, profes- events from escalating into full the society will assemble in the sary of the diocese has done much cathedral lower rooms to hear sor of English. A country with a blown rioting. to enhance the continued growth of Memorial chalice long history of conflict, underde- • Nov. 10 — “Theology vs. speakers Julia Zircher and Harry this organization of Catholic men. presented to William Decker from the area’s Social velopment and emigration, Ireland Religion: The Case of John Statistics provided at the display experienced in the 1990s an eco- Milton,” with Stephen Fallon, chair Security Division. Father Michael revealed that membership in the Xaver family Heintz, rector of the cathedral, will nomic boom that placed it at the and professor in the program of lib- national organization of the Knights PLYMOUTH — The Father celebrate Mass. — EJD highest levels among developed eral studies. Despite writing about of Columbus has now reached in Nieuwland Assembly, Fourth nations. Instead of emigration, it himself extensively and repeatedly, excess of 1.7 million men, of which degree, Knights of Columbus, paid has become a magnet for unprece- John Milton, one of the world’s more than 300,000 are Fourth Teachers Credit Union a special tribute to William Xaver, a dented levels of immigration at a greatest poets and the archetypal Degree members. longtime and dedicated worker, by awards grant rate eight times that of the U.S. Puritan poet, resolutely avoids the Overseas councils have been presenting a memorial chalice in Gibbons will examine the implica- obligatory Augustinian narrative of chartered in Poland, while others SOUTH BEND — Teacher’s his name. tions of these transformations in sinfulness and conversion universal are expanding in the Philippine Credit Union has awarded St. The chalice was presented by Irish culture and the need for among his contemporaries. The Islands, Mexico and Cuba. Joseph School, South Bend, an Edward D. Rodriguez to Xaver’s renewal in self-images of the Irish, doctrine of fall, grace and regenera- In the South Bend area, the $800 grant for a back to school mother, who said it will be used by both at home and abroad. tion around which is built his great largest council is located at the theme, “South Bend, My Roman Catholic priests in Africa • Oct. 20 — “Combating epic, “Paradise Lost,” has no dis- University of Notre Dame with 711 Hometown,” that celebrates down- who the family knows. Extremism: Democratic Virtues cernible effect on his self-under- members, according to Vincent town South Bend. The meeting in Plymouth Father and Pluralism in Islam,” with Asma standing. Despite his emphasis on Feck, district deputy for the area, The grant helps kindergarten, John Tremmel Council was the first Afsaruddin, associate professor of theology, Milton, Fallon will argue, who recently installed officers for first and second grade teachers pur- to be held in more than two Arabic and Islamic studies. The is not a religious writer. all councils. Grand Knight of the chase literature books and create decades. There are 10 members of belief that Islam and democracy are • Nov. 17 — “Words and Music, Notre Dame Council is Nathan cityscapes at the school, all which the assembly who also belong to incompatible is fairly widespread in Music and Words: The Songs of Menendez. will foster appreciation for and Father Tremmel Council, which the U.S. Ironically, this view also is Franz Schubert,” with Susan The second largest and oldest knowledge about their hometown. was chartered in 1919 and named current among extremists in the Youens, professor of music. One of council is the Santa Maria Council 8 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart celebrate jubilees

FRANFORT, Ill — Twelve Sister ministered in for 25 years in elementary schools Ill., on Sept. 5, ment at Saint Joseph’s High Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred the health care pro- in Indiana and Illinois, including 1982. Sister School, South Bend, and Bishop Heart, with ties to the Diocese of fession for 26 years nine years at St. Charles School, received her bache- Luers High School, Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne-South Bend, will cele- working in hospitals Fort Wayne. lor’s degree from She was cofounder of the brate jubilees this year. in Indiana, Illinois Sister Christina Saint Mary’s Portiuncula Center for Prayer and California. She Fuller, OSF, was born College-University retreat house, Frankfort, Ill. While 80th jubilee worked at Provena to Harold and of Notre Dame, serving as cofounder at the Sister Hilda Marie Sacred Heart Home, SISTER Elizabeth (Bolin) Notre Dame, a mas- SISTER Portiuncula Center for Prayer, she Kroemer, OSF, was Avilla, in pastoral care MARY Fuller on Feb. 6, ter’s degree from MARY also did vocation ministry and born in Hindenburg, in a variety of min- BERNARD 1949 in Sturgis, Indiana-Purdue ELIZABETH served as candidate director for the Germany, on Sept. istries before she Mich., and grew up Universities at Fort IMLER religious congregation. In 1999, 9, 1906. Sister retired and became a volunteer. in Auburn. She SISTER Wayne (IPFW) and a sister was elected as general supe- entered the convent Presently Sister is a resident at entered the convent on CHRISTINA master’s degree in Franciscan stud- rior for the Franciscan Sisters of in Joliet, Ill., on Provena Sacred Heart Home, Sept. 8, 1967, FULLER ies from the Franciscan Institute, the Sacred Heart, the position she Sept. 5, 1927. Sister SISTER Avilla, where her ministry is one Mokena, Ill. Sister St. Bonaventure, N.Y. Sister served holds to date. She also continues to was a teacher for 46 HILDA of prayer and suffering. was an elementary teacher for 14 as chemistry and physics teacher give retreats and facilitate various years. Her teaching MARIE years in schools in Indiana includ- and director of the science depart- groups. career took her to KROEMER 50th jubilee ing St. Joseph School, Hessen California, Illinois Sister Mary Ann Cassel, and St. Charles School, and Indiana including St. Joseph Hartz, OSF, was born Fort Wayne, where she was also School, Garrett, and St. Mary in Sioux City, Iowa, director of religious education for Resources EVERY School, Avilla. Today sister is a on Nov. 21, 1934. five years before being appointed resident at Provena Sacred Heart Sister entered the initial formation director of Catholic Must Have! Home, Avilla. convent in Mokena, novices and postulants, Frankfort, Ill., on Sept. 1, Ill. 75th jubilee 1957. Over these SISTER Sister Mary ALL Sister M. Leonore past years, sister has MARY ANN Shinnick, OSF, was NEW Cousino, OSF, was served in various HARTZ born on March 31, born in Sandusky, areas of domestic 1949 in Peru, Ill. Ohio, on March 2, working including laundry, dietary Sister entered the 1918. She entered and nurse aide in Avilla, and convent on Sept. 8, the convent in Freeport, Ill. 1967, Mokena, Ill. Joliet, Ill., on Oct. 3, Sister M. Diane Sister taught at St. SISTER 1932. In 1935, sister SISTER M. Martin, OSF, was born Charles School, Fort MARY SHIN- began her teaching LENORE in Los Angeles, Wayne, for four years NICK career. During her 52 COUSINO Calif., on Feb. 16, before becoming Available now at years as a teacher, sis- 1939. Sister entered accountant for An Association of ter taught in schools in Illinois and the convent in Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Indiana, which included 37 years Mokena, Ill., on Heart. For 22 years, sister served AQUINAS as teacher, tutor and volunteer at Sept. 5, 1957. Sister SISTER as corporate treasurer for St. Charles School, Fort Wayne. was a primary grade DIANE Franciscan Health Care Religious Jewelry, Gifts, Books and Bibles Today sister is retired spending teacher for 28 years in MARTIN Corporation, treasurer for Provena 2306 Mishawaka Avenue • South Bend much of her time helping in the schools in Illinois, Health. Presently Sister is general convent and volunteering at California and Garrett. At this time treasurer of An Association of 287-1091 Provena Sacred Heart Home, sister is religious service director Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Avilla. for the Archdiocese of Los Heart. Angeles Cemetery Ministry. Sister Joyce 70th jubilee Sister M. Cordé Shanabarger, OSF, Sister M. Eleanore Miranda, OSF, was was born to Lee ADVERTISE IN TODAY’S CATHOLIC Kaydus, OSF, was born in Miami, and Louise (Muzzillo) born in Springfield, Ariz., on July 28, NORTH Ill., on Dec. 8, 1918. 1928. 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Provena Sacred Heart Home, Sister Ruth Agee, Avilla, where prayer and suffering OSF, was born in 25th jubilee is her full time ministry. Lynwood, Calif., on Sister Mary Elizabeth Imler, OSF, Sister Mary Bernard Engelman, OSF, Oct. 2, 1947. Sister was born April 8, 1953, to Samuel was born in Tyvone, Pa., on Jan. entered the convent Vincent and Mary Elizabeth on Sept. 8, 1967. (Suelzer) Imler, Fort Wayne. Sister 28, 1919. She entered the convent SISTER RUTH Sister was a teacher entered the convent in Mokena, in Joliet, Ill. on Sept. 8, 1937. 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FORT WAYNE — Bringing faith to the workplace in the corporate or the church setting takes balance says business manager Jim Kitchens, who has established himself as a high achiever in both realms. Much of his career was spent as an underwriter in the insurance business, making his way to the vice president’s chair, but the past six years have been spent at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish managing its business. Kitchens, a convert to the faith, recalls as a young boy in Atlanta, being drawn to the beauty of the Catholic faith at a Mass he attend- ed with one of his mother’s board- KAY COZAD ers. Throughout high school he Jim Kitchens, business manager at was exposed to sacred music as he St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, participated in the award-winning finds balance in his busy ministry choir there as well as while he schedule by staying close to God earned his music degree in college through prayer. and says it rekindled his desire to investigate the church. Father Shafer. Courting his high school sweet- After a family-wide decision, heart, Emily, a cradle Catholic, the Kitchens clan worked diligent- helped deepen his interest, and the ly to make the job change happen, couple was married in the church including selling their home and in 1973. Kitchens was then wel- moving into a smaller house. By comed into the church in 1976 December of 2001, Kitchens had after a brief instruction period dur- become the business manager of ing which the pastor realized Jim the church. “All things fell into had educated himself on the theol- place. Financially and every way,” ogy of the faith. he recalls. The newlyweds set up house in While learning the accounting an Atlanta area with a growing system, he was in charge of the parish community. He became operations of the facility there as choir director of the parish, while well as chief of lay staff. He took moving up the corporate ladder. on the funeral ministry and cours- Emily worked outside the home es that led him to a more pastoral while raising their two children. associate role. He admits at that time that he was Rebuilding the St. Vincent de driven at work. Paul Society outreach at St. Available from your bookstore or from “My faith life had taken a back Elizabeth had Kitchens spending ave maria press / Notre Dame, IN 46556 seat while I was in the corporate many hours with needy parish- www.avemariapress.com / Ph: 800-282-1865 world,” he says. ioners where he would catechize ® A Ministry of the Indiana Province of Holy Cross In 1990, the family moved to as they teamed to solve financial Fort Wayne with Kitchens’ job at troubles. He even visited patients Lincoln National Life Insurance in the hospital when a priest could Company. not attend to their needs. “The first place we came was to In addition to these duties St. Elizabeth Church,” he recalls. Kitchens taught adult Bible study There he jumped at the chance to classes as well as devoting time to join the choir, believing that earning a master’s degree in theol- involvement in church life would be ogy from Notre Dame. He is cur- an outlet to balance his life, which rently enrolled in the diocesan dia- consisted mainly of his devotion to conate program. his work at Lincoln. But he says, “I Though after some time wasn’t living my faith.” Kitchens was assigned other staff He continued to rise within the members to assist him in his corporate world as well as duties, two years ago, he admits immerse himself in parish min- freely that he was ready to quit. istries. Following a faith-building “I was too busy doing God’s experience on a Christ Renews work to talk to him. I was too His Parish (CRHP) weekend, he busy to pray and didn’t have recalls that he became “as pos- boundaries. I finally realized you sessed at church as I was at work,” have to take care of yourself, too,” becoming involved on the parish says the businessman. With some council, the choir and co-spiritual support, Kitchens is learning to direction for CRHP, in addition to balance his life. He is now able to becoming a member of the board say, “I’m going home now.” of directors of Catholic Charities, Though this driven man has among other things. served in both the corporate and He finally felt, “My faith life church venues, he once believed was deep and wonderful.” that faith formation would be easi- Kitchens became involved with er at church. foundation grants for the commu- “Not necessarily so,” he nity through his work at Lincoln remarks wisely. Kitchens now and felt he had begun to find a finds that his faith cannot be com- balance with his religion and his partmentalized. “My relationship work. Then a reassignment of pas- with Jesus is so integrated into tors brought Father Jim Shafer to every aspect of my life ... it is my shepherd the flock at Kitchens’ life,” he says peaceful. church. So he spends time every week The two became close friends in eucharistic adoration, as well as and Father Shafer soon encour- rosary recitation. He believes that aged Kitchens to see that God was staying balanced at work has one calling him to work at St. “constantly working on it ... and Elizabeth. “Put it to prayer,” said God is that balance.” 10 ST. GASPAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 ST. GASPAR DEL BU Precious Blood presence still flows through parish

BY DON CLEMMER

ROME CITY — As the celebration of 150 years of Catholicism in northern Indiana has reverberated around the diocese during the Sesquicentennial Jubilee Year, the faithful of St. Gaspar del Bufalo Parish have been maintaining a celebration all their own closer to home. It’s been 50 years since the founding of St. Gaspar, the first church in the world to be named for the founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood after his 1954 canonization. Precious Blood priests have staffed the parish the entire length of its history. “It’s the only parish that the Missionaries of the Precious Blood are supporting,” Father Matt Jozefiak, CPPS, now in his fourth year as pas- tor, explains of the parish’s unique identity in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. And just as the diocese’s celebration of 150 years reached its pinnacle at the Eucharistic Congress on Aug. 18, the 50th anniversary celebration The St. Gaspar group at the at St. Gaspar Parish will culminate on Oct. 21, the feast of St. Gaspar del Eucharistic Congress 2007. Bufalo, when Bishop John M. D’Arcy will celebrate the 10 a.m. Mass, followed by brunch. But just as the diocese has stretched its celebration out over a year, so has St. Gaspar Parish, thanks in large part to a committee of parishioners who planned a schedule of monthly parish activities, some spiritual, Bishop D’Arcy blesses the new altar in 2006. some social, to accompany the anniversary year. This began in December of 2006 with a 40-hours eucharistic devo- tion, during which every parishioner received a handmade chaplet of the Precious Blood and a prayer card. In subsequent months, these activities have ranged from ice cream socials to participation in the Eucharistic Congress at Notre Dame. In September, it will be a parish mission con- ducted by a CPPS mission team, specializing in Precious Blood spiritu- ality. The parish’s vacation Bible school day this year focused on the life of St. Gaspar, as told in a play written by the parish director of religious education, Cheri Kessen. “We had one of our young people play young Gaspar, and I got to play old Gaspar,” recalls Father Matt. “I got to be tied up in prison, and I eventually got to die.” At the end of November and beginning of December, another 40- hours devotion will end the year. One of the most notable aspects of St. Gaspar’s 50th anniversary is a parish history written by parishioner Jim Kress. The book is to be pub- lished in conjunction with the anniversary. Kress’s research has also allowed the parish to include snippets from bulletins from years past in the current parish bulletins. Starting in 1957, they have featured a different year every week. “We have 50 years, and we have 50 Sundays in a year,” Father Matt notes. At the end of 50 years, St. Gaspar Parish has found that fixing up the church, particularly its sanctuary, is also an appropriate way to prepare for their anniversary. “Everything was formica,” Father Matt recalls of the original 1950s- vintage worship space. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ST. GASPAR PARISH In this case, the community was fortunate to have parishioner Robert Construction begins in 1957. Weaver craft a new altar, ambo, podium for the Blessed Sacrament, stand for the Joseph and Mary shrine, candlesticks, presider’s chair, serv- er’s chair and backdrop of sanctuary — all of it in oak. The parish paid only for the raw materials of this renovation, as Weaver and his son and grandson donated the labor. Along with the sanctuary, the parish hall was also renovated with new tile and a large cross to make it more befitting of a worship space, because that is exactly what it becomes in the summer when the lake population around Rome City makes the Sunday Mass attendance at St. Gaspar quadruple. SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 ST. GASPAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY 11 UFALO — 50 YEARS St. Gaspar remembers A glimpse at the early history of the parish

s part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of St. Gaspar Adel Bufalo Parish in Rome City, Jim Kress, a longtime parish- ioner, compiled and wrote a history of the church. The following are excerpts from the book, “A Remembering: St. Gaspar del Bufalo Church, Rome City, Indiana, Golden Jubilee, 1957-2007.”

BY JIM KRESS

Unable to accommodate growing from Kneipp Springs, civic digni- reduction of the debt to $123,000 by numbers of Catholics and cottagers taries and friends, gathered to cele- 1959. Mating of such managerial and in the Rome City area, the small, brate the blessing of the ground and spiritual qualities were recognized by wooden, St. Peter Church that had first turning of soil in anticipation of others of his community as they served them since 1891 was aban- the building of a church on the 7.83 appointed Father Ranley pastor of doned when the larger Mother of acre plot, fronting Indiana State Road Our Lady of Good Counsel, a large, Mercy Church at Kneipp Springs 3, north of Rome City, Ind. ... Cleveland, Ohio parish. Saddened by was consecrated in 1916. While St. The unusually wet spring of 1957 their loss, parishioners united in Peter’s parishioners saw it as their delayed construction considerably, appreciation for all Father Ranley home, new crowding problems per- yet even in the face of such nature had done with, and for them. ... sisted, taxing the ability of Mother of glitches, significant progress contin- St. Gaspar’s next pastor, Father Mercy Church to serve the sisters, ued. In fact, on July 21, only four Herman Herbst, CPPS, immediately their patients, guests and an expand- months after groundbreaking, Bishop began exploring and expanding the ing community “even when three or Pursley again visited the site. On this exciting opportunities that then lay four Masses were said on a Sunday.” occasion, the bishop celebrated the open to St. Gaspar Parish. He fos- (1941 booklet, Rome City, Catholic installation and blessing of its cor- tered a cooperative, congenial, har- Church, Golden Jubilee) nerstone and in-process church. ... monious sense of cooperation by Recognizing the happy fault, Since less than half its parish- adding his insightful intellectual Catholics petitioned Archbishop John ioners, and but 40 percent of summer spices to parish recipes that saw sim- Noll of the Diocese of Fort Wayne residents, used Sunday envelopes, mering functions mature into sub- for permission to begin plans for funds for debt reduction were stantial community feasts. In retro- their own separate parish. They had unavailable. New revenue sources spect, one of his appropriate titles hoped for a positive response, had to be developed — quickly. The might have been “administrative remembering that in earlier years Men’s Club donated a hefty $3,800. annualizer” — for during his 10 then-Father Noll served as pastor at An outdoor bazaar and festival, with years as pastor, a Spring Party, Kendallville, he had also been the game tents for both adults and chil- Bazaar/Festival, Feather Party and traveling priest administering to dren was planned, as was Bingo, Friday Bingo’s became regular Catholics at Rome City’s St. Peter with prizes of chickens, turkeys, events. The team-oriented programs Church. ... even a 200-pound dressed hog. And not only grew to become significant On a crisp day, March 24, 1957, it worked. Because of the cama- yearly fund raisers, they were annu- Bishop Leo A. Pursley of the raderie generated among parish- ally attended by people from nearby Diocese of Fort Wayne, Msgr. Joseph ioners, the fun both they and atten- areas, including Fort Wayne. ... A. Hession, dean of the Elkhart dis- dees shared, and the profit it Father Herbst’s decade of the trict of the diocese, Father Seraphim returned, Father Ranley agreed the 1960s also recorded feasts of other Oberhauser, CPPS, provincial of the Summer Festival could well become sorts — spiritual and liturgical. Pope Cincinnati Province of the bigger and better, perhaps develop John XXIII declared Oct. 21 the new Missionaries of the Most Precious into an annual St. Gaspar affair. And feast day of St. Gaspar del Bufalo, of Blood, Father Victor Ranley, CPPS, that it did. whom he said, “St. Gaspar is the pastor of the church, along with The leadership of Father Ranley world’s greatest apostle to the devo- priests from the area, parishioners of energized parish members whose tion of the Most Precious Blood of St. Gaspar’s, Precious Blood sisters communal projects contributed to Jesus.” 12 TODAY’S CATHOLIC SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 It all started with the click of a mouse Finding ‘the one’

BY LAUREN CAGGIANO “There’s a lot of people A leap of faith who are still skeptical. It depends on your perspec- FORT WAYNE — It was the summer of 2006. Jeannie The 26-year-old student credits her success to a “leap tive,” she said. In fact, (Eiserle) Ewing, 26, was disenchanted by a series of bad Ewing said her own best relationships. Still, she didn’t want to give up on love of faith” and her deep Catholic roots. friend was cynical until the because she felt deep inside her heart it was God’s plan to “last minute.” get married and start a family. “I knew for years I want- ed to marry someone who The newlywed offers In an effort to quell her daughter’s despair, Jeannie’s some words of advice for mother encouraged her to check out Catholic dating Web was Catholic,” she said. Likewise, “(Ben) knew he those considering joining a sites. Ewing said she was cynical at first about subscrib- dating Web site. ing, but one fateful day changed her mind. An e-mail offer was specifically going to find a Catholic.” “First you need to know from a popular Catholic dating Web site, who you are and what you CatholicMatch.com, appeared in her inbox. Ewing said that online dating is not for everyone, want,” she said. “Be cau- Soon the University of Saint Francis graduate student tious about (whom) you subscribed to the site and was browsing profiles with the and she encourages people to be aware of the potential meet ... be smart and use simple goal of meeting “some decent people.” The Fort common sense.” Wayne native had no luck at first until another user, Ben obstacles. For the Ewings, the obstacle was distance. On the spiritual side, Ewing, a 27-year-old from New Mexico, e-mailed her to Ewing encourages singles ask her some important questions. Ben was 1,400 miles away from Indiana. Cultural dif- to “never give up,” and “I couldn’t believe how deep of a person he was,” “always pray.” “You can Ewing said. “We had so many similarities ... he was ferences were also promi- nent, yet, Jeannie believes find your vocation,” she absolutely amazing.” said. Once the couple had connected via e-mail Ewing said they are still a “good match.” BEN AND JEANNIE EWING Now that Jeannie and she knew they were destined to be together. “God had Ben have their happily been prepping us our whole lives,” Ewing said. “After we Jeannie also stressed the importance of being open ever after, they have some talked on the phone we knew it was meant to be.” important decisions to make. The fate of Ben’s position as Things moved rather quickly from here. After talking when signing up for an online dating service like CatholicMatch.com. “We both weren’t expecting to meet a materials engineer at Los Alamos Laboratory is uncer- on the phone a few times, the couple arranged to meet in tain, so the couple is living in New Mexico indefinitely. Jeannie’s hometown of Fort Wayne. It wasn’t long before our future spouse on the Internet,” Ewing explained. “I had to step outside of my comfort zone (to do this).” You Jeannie will be licensed as a counselor in December and Ben asked Jeannie’s father for her hand her marriage. A hopes to find a job in Indiana. June 30, 2007 wedding date at Most Precious Blood was have to be open to the fact that you might meet someone who lives 2,000 miles away.” In the meantime, “we’re praying and discerning about set, and soon the marriage preparation classes were under- moving to Fort Wayne,” she said. way. Ewing recognizes that online dating is risky, but she contends it can be very rewarding in the end. Why marriage matters Marriage does matter. After all, we’re all in this together. As members of society, we count on each other every day to keep our commitments. We feel more secure when we can depend on others.

lthough marriage has Unions – 2006, The National changed a great deal (see Marriage Project, Rutgers AA Snapshot of Marriage in University the U.S.), the benefits of marriage endure. Social science research How does marriage confirms that marriage is an important social good that brings benefit the society? a wide range of positive out- Testimony of Barbara Dafoe comes for adults and children Whitehead before the U.S. alike. Read more about these ben- Senate, 2004 efits of marriage: • Ten Important Research • On average, married people Findings on Marriage and are better off financially. African-Americans is consider- Divorce percent). Choosing a Marriage Partner • Marriage is associated with Helpful Facts for Young Adults, better health, sex and safety for ably lower than for any other • There has been a modest • One’s chances of divorce are U.S. population group. decline in the divorce rate since it diminished by such factors as: The National Marriage Project, men and women. 2004 • Children do better when they • The percentage of never mar- reached an all-time high in 1980; older age, higher income, more ried persons aged 25-35 has there are now 18 divorces (rather education, having a religious • “Marriage and Children: live with their own two married Coming Together Again” in The parents. increased by 20 percent in the than 22) per 1,000 married affiliation, absence of divorce in past 30 years, suggesting more women. family of origin and having a Social Health of Marriage in lifelong singlehood. • The projected rate of divorc- child after marriage. America, The National Marriage • From 40 percent to 50 per- ing still stands at around 50 per- • The highest percentage of Project, 2003 A snapshot of marriage cent of Catholic marriages are cent — this represents the per- divorces occurs within the first • Linda Waite and Maggie in the U.S between a Catholic and a non- centage of marriages (first and three years of marriage. Gallagher, The Case for Catholic; regional averages may remarriage) entered into during a Marriage: Why Married People Marriage be higher or lower. particular year that are projected Cohabitation Are Happier, Healthier, and • People are getting married • More than 80 percent of cou- to end in divorce or separation • Cohabitation (sexual partners Better Off Financially, later in life. Median age for males ples seeking to be married in the before one spouse dies. sharing a household) has (Broadway, 2001) is 27; for females it is 25. Catholic Church participate in a • Approximately 60-67 percent increased 1,100 percent in 40 • There has been a modest marriage preparation program. of second marriages end in years. Over 50 percent of first decline in the divorce rate since it • Within the first few years of divorce, and about 74 percent of marriages are preceded by cohab- reached an all-time high in 1980. marriage nearly half of all inter- third marriages end in divorce. itation. • In a given year nearly half of church couples become same- • About one-third of adults • Almost 40 percent of cohab- all marriages are remarriages for church because one spouse or who have ever been married and iting households have children in This article is reprinted with permis- one or both partners. both change religious affiliation. are still living have experienced a them. sion from the National Pastoral • The marriage rate (annual • Roughly two-thirds of both divorce. This percentage rises to Initiative for Marriage, an initia- number of marriages per 1,000 married men and married women 46 percent for the baby boom For further research on the tive of the U.S. Conference of unmarried adult women) contin- rate their marriages as “very generation. state of marriage in the U.S. and Catholic Bishops. Visit ues to decline. It has dropped 50 happy.” This has remained mostly • Catholics are substantially its impact on society, see: www.foryourmarriage.org as the percent (to 45.6) in 50 years. steady for the past 30 years. less likely than Protestants to get • David Popenoe and Barbara place where readers can find • The marriage rate for divorced (25 percent versus 39 Whitehead, The State of Our more information. SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 TODAY’ S CATHOLIC 13

EDITORIAL Moreau and the mustard seed COMMENTARY

he birth of a ninth child in an lonesome French village in TODAY’S CATHOLIC welcomes letters from readers. All letters must be signed and include a phone number and address for verification. Today’s T1799 would remain unknown except that viewed from today, that boy child’s arrival is a perfect fit for the parable of Catholic reserves the right to edit for clarity and length. Address letters to: Today’s Catholic • P.O. Box 11169 • Fort Wayne, IN • 46856-1169 the mustard seed; tremendous results from a tiny beginning. or e-mail to: [email protected] Indeed, more than two centuries later, the religious communities founded by Father Basil Moreau, forming congregations of As a friend spoke of the deepening Eucharistic Congress of her faith after participating in a Pontifical Mission Holy Cross, continue to grow and spread throughout the world workshop. as the men and women of Holy Cross maintain educational participant expresses As parents proudly showed their Societies in the institutions, as well as important social and pastoral ministries young children the importance of the in North and South America, Africa and Asia. her thanks day. United States offers On Sept. 15, 2007, in Centre Antarés, Le Mans, France, Behold, I saw “the face of Behold, I saw “the face of Father Basil Anthony Moreau will be beatified. His beatifica- Christ”… Christ”… sincere thanks tion miracle was the 1948 cure of a Canadian woman suffering As men, women and children gath- As thousands gathered to celebrate Dear Bishop D’Arcy, from pleuritis of the left lung and was formally acknowledged ered on buses for the pilgrimage. the Eucharist. With this letter I offer my sincere on April 28, 2006. As we prayed, talked and in the In the young adults as they proudly thanks for the generous help provided Basil Moreau’s formation as a dedicated Christian began at silence. carried the pilgrim cross. by your faithful in support of the mis- As the music was joyfully, rever- home where his parents were devout Catholics involved in the Behold, I saw “the face of sion ad gentes for the year ending Christ”… ently, beautifully, shared. December 2006. Such gratitude is made underground church. As a child surrounded by the turmoil of As pictures of “the face of Christ” the French Revolution, he understood the reality of priests In the history and beauty of the in the name of the millions of people buildings. promoted reflection on the diversity of around the world who directly benefit being in prison because they were priests, yet he chose that In the gold of the dome and in our diocese. from this missionary generosity. life for himself, entering the diocesan seminary at age 15. “touchdown Jesus.” As young and old, male and The donations for 2006 include: At the time of his ordination at age 22, the church in France In the green of the grass and the female, joined in one voice of prayer $73,039 for the Society for the continued to suffer the effects of the revolution, and the laity majesty of the trees. and supplication. Propagation of the Faith and $484 for was without instruction and benefit of the sacraments. It Behold, I saw “the face of As our bishop humbly thanked the Society of St. Peter Apostle. For became the mission of Father Moreau to visit towns and vil- Christ”… God for his vocation as he celebrated the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, lages to rekindle the faith where it had been neglected. As a young mother, honored to be his 75th birthday and the 150th offerings to the Holy Childhood anniversary of our diocese. Following his appointment as an assistant superior of the asked, led the rosary in the grotto. Her Association were $3,012.34. little girls seated on a bench with feet As those in attendance received the Your personal leadership in desig- seminary at Le Mans, a series of circumstances, which brought body and blood of our Savior. his way a loosely formed band of young men that would be swinging off the ground, followed nating a diocesan director for the along as their mother humbly prayed. Behold, I saw “the face of Pontifical Mission Societies who col- combined with a group of priests formed by Moreau, which in In the basilica where relics of Christ”… laborates and participates in programs turn, became the beginnings of the Congregation of Holy Cross. saints brought thoughts of the chal- In the organization of this spiritual coordinated by our national office, Another Frenchman, Edward Sorin, only 15 years younger lenges faced by God’s children. event. especially World Mission Sunday, and than Father Moreau, became one of his followers in Holy Under the yellow umbrellas where As a shepherd hunted for two of your own example in animating the Cross and felt that his destiny was to be a missionary in China God’s love became so evident as the his sheep. people of your diocese to accept the but was told that he, with six brothers, was to take the cross to sacrament of reconciliation was As men, women and children missionary vocation given them in Indiana in America. received. returned home thankful for this day, baptism are greatly appreciated by this spiritual pilgrimage. Father Sorin’s arrival in America was in the footsteps and Behold, I saw “the face of myself and by all in our “one family Christ”… Behold, I saw “the face of in mission.” only a year later than that of Mother Theodore Guérin, Christ”… foundress of the Sisters of Providence in America; their com- In the volunteer golf cart driver Thanking you for your ongoing sup- who proudly spoke of his love for his As I thankfully attended the port of the mission ad gentes and ask- bined influence as leaders of religious communities, mission- church and the surroundings. Eucharistic Congress at Notre Dame. ing God to bless you in all your many aries and founders of colleges and universities is a matter of In the security guard who pleasant- Kathy Coonrod activities and responsibilities, I remain history and continues to have profound influence worldwide. ly offered assistance. New Haven Msgr. John E. Kozar National Although these two famous figures from France were with- Behold, I saw “the face of Director in miles of each other, they did not meet. Sorin’s party paused Christ”… New York, N.Y. in Terre Haute “long enough to feed the horses” and pressed on to St. Peter’s in Montgomery County where the first house of Holy Cross in America had a brief stay of one year. Mother Theodore, with one year of experience on the fron- Blessed by a summer pilgrimage on bike tier and knowing its needs, dispatched a team of oxen and a wagon as a gift to Sorin and the brothers. It was on this plank hold hands during the Lord’s April kept stretching my idea of BY JILL A. BOUGHTON wagon that all of the community’s effects would make its way Prayer, some do not. Some have how far I could bicycle. Although to northern Indiana where Sorin would set up shop in an homilies, some do not. Some ring we live near Little Flower and Indian missionary station and establish the University of Notre SOUTH BEND — My 18-year-old bells at the epiclesis and/or conse- belong to St. Joseph, South Bend, Dame and the Sisters of the Holy Cross in the United States. daughter April and I have been on a cration, some do not. Some offer we biked to churches in Granger Moreau’s birth was a mustard seed indeed and though as pilgrimage this summer. It began communion under both species, and Mishawaka, and nearly six Hoosiers, we focus on Mother Theodore and Father Edward with consideration of our summer some do not. miles each way to churches on the Sorin as the standouts in how the faith has had worldwide schedule. She needs an hour a day The prayer of the Mass is also other side of South Bend. influence of humble beginnings in Indiana, the brothers and of vigorous exercise, and I wanted framed in different ways. At Holy As the start of school sisters who accompanied them and all of those who followed, to fit in daily Mass somehow. We Cross College, Mass is inserted in approached, she decided we could allow us to have a life not empty of God and with the full came up with the idea of bicycling evening prayer. Many parishes pray get up early enough to go to 7 a.m. expectation of seeing the face of Christ. to Mass at various places. Over the the rosary before or after Mass. Mass. One evening when her dad course of the summer, we’ve been Some have exposition of the was busy helping with a move, we to 23 different parishes or chapels. Blessed Sacrament. attended Mass during what would Web site ventures into blogging What an amazing variety of Many of the churches hold spe- normally be our dinner hour. For Cardinal Sean O’Malley has one. Our Sunday Visitor’s choices South Bend offers in time, cial memories for us: weddings, someone who often insists on pre- national publication has one too. So it only seems fitting that setting and style of worship. We baptisms, funerals. We joined with dictability, she demonstrated the diocese would have it’s own blog page on the diocesan experienced a rich immersion in the many different congregations, from remarkable flexibility. Some days Web site, www.diocesefwsb.org. unity and diversity of the church. the sisters at St. Mary’s to some of we headed out a little too late to A blog stands for Web log (less the “We”). It is a space to April was especially struck by the the residents of Holy Cross Care make our intended location and respectfully post opinions. ministry of several African priests Center. We saw some of the same wound up switching our destination Titled “Your Voice,” we hope it becomes a place for who have reversed the former flow people in different places, like the or the time we planned to go to thoughtful discussion regarding events of the day. For exam- of missionaries from our country. couple who were so helpful in Mass. ple, many have expressed an interest in sharing opinions about April saw many beautiful showing us how to follow the litur- Over the course of the summer, I the recent Eucharistic Congress. The blog page is a great churches and chapels enhanced by gy in one place, and sat behind us observed growth in April’s maturity forum for this dialogue. art and flowers. She experienced again at another. We were delighted and spirituality. Quite on her own, unaccustomed touches: Latin to see priests who had served at our she decided it was time for the Comments on the site will be monitored to ensure respect chants, the Prayer to St. Michael, for our readers. parish in the past, including one sacrament of reconciliation. She the diocesan jubilee prayer for who left so long ago that he called stepped forward when there was no A link is created on the home page of the diocesan Web vocations, the use of a paten held April by her older sister’s name. In server one Sunday morning in our site, www.diocesefwsb.org. On the blog page, one can view by the server during Communion. one case we headed out toward own parish although she hadn’t other opinions and have the option to submit comments. Some parishes use music, some Holy Cross Church hoping to see served for several years. do not. Some have readers and one Father Mike (Mathews), ran out Today’s Catholic editorial board consists of Bishop John M. D’Arcy, eucharistic ministers, some do not. of time and wound up at Christ the Ann Carey, Don Clemmer, Father Mark Gurtner, Father Michael Some have adult servers, some have King — with another Father Mike Jill Boughton is a freelance writer for Heintz, Tim Johnson and Vince LaBarbera. children, some have none. Some (Couhig). Today’s Catholic from South Bend. 14 COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 Castel Sant’Angelo: Dank dungeon CATEQUIZ’EM By Dominic Camplisson In September the church remembers Gregory the Great. for common criminals This quiz looks at this and other greats.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For Byzantine, medieval and modern 1.Why is Gregory known as “the Great”? the first time in a decade, summer collections, told Catholic News a.He was extremely tall and fat. tourists could make their way Service that, while the church’s THE b.He was knows as “Gregory the Average”but then his reputation down steep stone steps deep into large temporal jurisdiction “was improved. the dark, dank interior of a papal probably wrong at every time of fortress and crawl into prison cells history, (its penal practice) was VATICAN c.He was an admired clerical reformer and successful pope. that housed countless common consistent with what was going on criminals as well as Rome’s errant in other countries.” LETTER 2.Charlemagne was crowned emperor in 800 by the pope,how did he get into this quiz? a.His empire was the “Great German Empire.” elite. Prisons were scattered through- CAROL GLATZ The 1,900-year-old Castel out the papal territories, but the b.His name is often translated as “Charles the Great.” Sant’Angelo, which stands near one in Castel Sant’Angelo was c.His war cry against the Scots was “Great Scott.” the Tiber River, was built as a unique. lead to chaos or confusion. mausoleum for the Emperor Sometimes prisoners and the 3.Formerly Catholic,Great Britain has: Hadrian, then was converted into a pope were holed up in the same Therefore, exceptionally danger- a.two different established churches, one in England and one in fortress by medieval popes. fortress, especially during the mer- ous inmates were moved quickly At times, the turreted castle cenary army invasion of King to the castle because it was more Scotland. served as a refuge for beleaguered Charles V in 1527 that led to the secure. b.an established church in England, but none in any other region. and besieged pontiffs and as a sack of Rome. Only five rooms were original- c.an established Catholic Church but no Protestant groups. high-security prison. Several times during a period ly built to serve as prison cells in While not wanting to justify the of “sede vacante” — when one the early 1500s. 4.Why do historians believe that Gregory apparently did not have much ambition for church’s past practice of imprison- pope had died and another had not As the need for more cells the office of the church? ment, torture and sometimes exe- yet been elected — large numbers arose, other rooms and spaces in the vast complex were converted a.He entered into monastic life and only left because he was cutions, one Vatican expert said it of inmates were transferred from ordered to by the pope. was important to remember that at other prisons to Castel into detention centers. Even tall the time “the papal state was a ter- Sant’Angelo. grain silos inside the fortress were b.He had never learned to read or write as these were worldly ritorial state, so you had to take Miria Nardi, head of Castel converted into jail cells. skills. care of thieves and murderers who Sant’Angelo’s library and The number of political prison- c.He gave away all of his worldly goods, only keeping about $3 are put into prisons like in every archives, told CNS that the possi- ers in papal jails swelled during million. state.” bility for prison breaks was much Italy’s Risorgimento in the 19th The Vatican Museums’ Arnold greater during a “sede vacante,” 5.One of the newest Catholic universities in the United States is in San Diego.It is Nesselrath, director of the when the power vacuum could LETTER, PAGE 15 named after a recently deceased pontiff,with this added title: a.Gregory the Great University b.John Paul II the Great University Followers of Jesus treasure humility c.Paul VI the Great Healer

English), the son of Sira. This 6.Gregory was reported to have sent missionaries to England after seeing these in a book was written in Egypt, by Reflection Roman market place: Jewish immigrants from the Holy Followers of Jesus always have a.tea bags b.martyred monks from Ireland preaching THE Land, or possibly by descendants treasured humility, a virtue also c.English slaves of such immigrants, around 132 revered in the Old Testament. SUNDAY B.C. The date of composition can Humility so long has been seen as 7.Gregory the Great is so associated with music.One type is often referred to as be determined because the fore- indispensable to holiness, the com- “Gregorian chant.”This is closely related to (but not synonymous with) GOSPEL word says that it was authored dur- mon denominator among all the a.Plain chant b.Cantering in synagogues ing the reign of Pharaoh Ptolemy saints, men and women, of what- c.Rap music MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION VII. The dates of this reign are ever circumstances, from every known. place on earth. 8.What was the “Great Bible?” The Epistle to the Hebrews is Of course, humility means that the source of the second reading. a person does not overestimate his a.The first one to be written in both Latin and Greek. 22nd Sunday in Strong with Hebrew symbolism or her personal worth. None of us, b.A Bible issued under the English Protestant Cranmer and man- and references to Hebrew history, however talented, is somehow dated for use in churches. Ordinary Time this reading recalls that whereas superior. In essence, no role of c.The first Bible shown to have typos, with “great”instead of Lk 14:1, 7-14 the ancient followers of Moses, the function raises anyone above “Greek.” Hebrews escaping slavery in another in the sense of having The Book of Sirach furnishes the Egypt, had with trepidation access to the eternal banquet of 9.Of two great schisms,one refers to a period of “Papal Plethora”when there were first Scripture reading for this crossed the forbidding Sinai heaven. weekend. This book is among Peninsula and had trembled as a.rival popes and anti-popes, some in Rome and some at However, humility does not Avignon. those biblical volumes collectively God came to Moses on the moun- debase or deny human dignity and called the Wisdom Literature. This taintop, true disciples of Jesus are potential. The reading from b.a college of popes, when anyone elected cardinal was automati- designation means that these books ushered literally into the heavenly Hebrews reminds us of our cally a pope. attempt to show that the Jews’ Jerusalem, the very home of the extraordinary worth, as Christians c.two sets of popes, those favoring wealth (the Golden Popes), ancient faith in the one God of almighty God. and as humans. The Son of God and some living as monks (popes on a rope). Israel and their insistence that St. Luke’s Gospel supplies the has redeemed us. God’s law be obeyed are in no last reading. In this story, the Lord Rather, humility follows true 10.The other great schism refers to the 11th century spilt between the Catholics and way illogical or unwise. is guest at a meal in the home of a wisdom. The humble do not dis- a.Protestants b.Cathars c.Orthodox To the contrary, to possess gen- Pharisee. Jesus uses the occasion dain themselves. Rather, they sim- uine wisdom means that a person to warn that no one should seek ply realize their need for God, and 11.The Great Awakening in the U.S.generally refers to realizes the fact that God lives and the highest place. Rather, the hum- they understand what God’s mercy reigns and also knows that all per- ble who is content with a lesser has done for them. a.the conversion to Catholicism of the Indians. sons and all things are subject to place will be called to higher dis- b.several widespread revivals amongst Protestants. God. tinction. c.the legalization of Catholicism in 1867. This weekend’s reading In addition to its obvious call to READINGS expressly refers to humility. While humility, the reading makes two 12.In Eastern Catholic and Orthodox liturgy,what is the Great Entrance? Christian theology and spirituality Sunday: Sir 3:17-18,20,28-29 other points. The first point is that a.the procession when the eucharistic species are carried to the more often are associated with God cannot be tricked into tolerat- Ps 68:4-7,10-11 Heb 12:18-19,22-24a humility, it was a virtue very much ing anyone’s self-engineered pas- Lk 14:1,7-14 altar admired, and evident, in the Old sage to the kingdom. The second Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18 b.the part of the Divine Liturgy when the dancers are allowed in Testament. This especially was the point, so typical of Luke’s particu- Ps 96:1, 3-5, 11-13 Lk 4:16-30 c.the entrance of the bishop, symbolizing the crusaders entering case with many of the prophets, lar insight, is that property is not Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11 Jerusalem and adversely even of the kings. so absolutely anyone’s belonging Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 Lk 4:31-37 For instance, David, whom God that the owner can grasp it while Wednesday: Col 1:1-8 Ps 52:10-11 13.The Great Barrier Reef is a geographical feature of this country,where many of the had chosen to be king, himself others are in great want. Lk 4:38-44 first Catholics were Irish convicts sent to penal colonies: rebelled against God and sin. Emphasizing the call to humili- a.New Zealand However, in the end, David Thursday: Col 1:9-14 Ps 98:2-6 ty is the detail that a Pharisee is b.New Caledonia humbly turned back to God, the host. Pharisees, well schooled Lk 5:1-11 repenting his sins. in Jewish theology, supposedly Friday: Col 1:15-20 Ps 100:1-5 c.Australia “Sirach,” the name of this knew much about life. Lk 5:33-39 book, derives from the name of the However, Jesus had to instruct Saturday: Mi 5:1-4a Ps 13:6 ANSWERS: author, mentioned in the book. The this Pharisee and his guests. Mt 1:1-16,18-23 1.c, 2.b, 3.a, 4.a, 5.b, 6.c, 7.a, 8.b, 9.a, 10.c, 11.b, 12.a, 13.c author was Yeshua (or Jesus in 15 SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 COMMENTARY Apostles and their disciples continued observances of Judaism

The first Christians came from the speaking Jews. “In those days, as very little. Rome between 1634 and 1790, Jewish community in and around the number of disciples grew, the The Fathers of the Church 2,430 Jews were baptized Jerusalem after Christ’s resurrection. ones who spoke Greek com- THAT’S mention some obscure sects such through the efforts of the Jesuits What happened to their heirs over the plained that their widows were as Nazarenes and Ebionites, and St. Philip Neri. centuries? J.T.South Bend being neglected in the daily dis- A GOOD which were later degenerations of Edith Stein, born a Jew in tribution of food, as compared to Jewish Christianity. Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, In the early church, the term the widows of those who spoke F. Cross says the Nazarenes Poland) became a Roman Jewish Christian referred to a Hebrew.” QUESTION were Jewish Christians in Syria Catholic in 1922 and a Carmelite person who first was a Jew and Besides the Jewish Christian who continued to obey much of nun and then died in a Nazi gas then became a Christian. St. Paul in the early church, there was the Jewish law though they were chamber in 1942. in his Epistle to the Romans also the gentile Christian. This otherwise orthodox Christians. describes the born Jew as a per- was a person who was first a the law of Moses. Peter then said They used a version of the son of the law of Moses, con- non-Jew or gentile, such as a we are saved by the favor of Gospel in Aramaic called the Father Richard Hire, pastor of St. scious of his obligations under pagan, and then became a Jesus and so are the gentiles. Gospel according to the Hebrews. Martin de Porres Parish, the law and placing all his hope Christian. A great problem then The New American Bible says The Ebionites were Jewish Syracuse, answered this week’s in the law. arose in the early church: did the that here Peter formulates the Christians east of the Jordan question. Father John McKenzie says gentile have to become a Jew fundamental meaning of the River who said Jesus was the when the Jew in the early church first and then a Christian, or Gospel: all mankind is invited to human son of Joseph and Mary became a Christian, he created could he directly become a be saved through faith in the sav- and the Holy Spirit lighted on Today’s Catholic welcomes ques- the problem of the reconciliation Christian without becoming a ing power of Christ. Personal Jesus at his baptism. They also tions from readers. E-mail your of the law of Moses and his faith Jew? observance of God’s law is man’s overemphasized the binding char- questions to [email protected] in Christ. St. Peter was the first to bap- necessary response to God’s sav- acter of the law of Moses. fwsb.org or mail them to Today’s In fact, the apostles and their tize a gentile named Cornelius. ing action, though not the cause Throughout history many Jews Catholic, That’s A Good first disciples were Jews who nat- When St. Paul and St. Barnabas of it. Finally James, the leader of converted to Christianity. In Question, P.O. Box 11169, Fort urally continued the cult and admitted gentiles into the Jerusalem community, said Wayne, IN 46856. observances of Judaism. The Acts Christianity, they laid no Jewish we ought not to cause God’s gen- of the Apostles says they prayed obligations on them. But some tile converts any difficulties. So in the temple, observed the members of the Jerusalem com- the gentiles could become SCRIPTURE SEARCH Jewish practice of vows and cele- munity disagreed and said one Christian without first becoming brated Jewish festivals. St. Paul could not become a Christian, a Jew. By Patricia Kasten spread Christianity by speaking unless he first became a Jew and Father McKenzie says the in Jewish synagogues. that circumcision and the law of Jerusalem community fled to Gospel for September 2, 2007 The Jews in and around Moses were necessary for salva- Pella when the Romans came to Luke 14:1, 7-14 Jerusalem were more rigid in tion. suppress the Jewish rebellion in their view of Jewish obligations. To settle this burning issue, A.D. 66-70. Pella is the ancient Following is a word search based on the Gospel reading There were other Greek-speaking the early Christian church held its capital of Macedonia and the for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle Jews outside of Palestine, called first council at Jerusalem in A.D. birthplace of Alexander the the Jews of the diaspora or scat- 49. St. Peter said that God sent Great. It lies 24 miles northwest C: the parable about guests at a banquet. The words can tered areas, who were not as rigid the Holy Spirit upon the gentiles of Thessaloniki. After A.D. 70 be found in all directions in the puzzle. as the Jews in Jerusalem. The just as he did to the apostles who when the Romans under Titus Acts of the Apostles mentions a were born Jews. For example, destroyed Jerusalem, the numbers SABBATH PARABLE INVITED conflict between the Greek- God gave the Holy Spirit to and influence of the Jerusalem SOMEONE WEDDING BANQUET speaking Jews and the Hebrew- Cornelius without him adopting community were diminished to HONOR PLACE FRIEND TABLE RELATIVES NEIGHBORS IN CASE POOR CRIPPLED LAME BLIND BLESSED Amnesty International sells out REPAY YOU RESURRECTION RIGHTEOUS Amnesty’s campaign offers al reputable groups working on BY DEIRDRE MCQUADE false hope to women. Abortion the issues that Amnesty address- MOVE UP provides no relief from the reali- es, such as freeing prisoners of ntil recently, Amnesty ties they face. It does nothing to conscience, protecting women GSABBATHFDER International (AI) was alleviate injustice. It cannot go from sexual assault, and ending NDELPP I RCBCE Uofficially neutral with back in time and undo the vio- the use of the death penalty. If regard to abortion, but now they lence of rape. Nothing can. The God has called you to support I RONOH I JOSAS have embraced abortion as a reality is that abortion harms these contemporary corporal DN I LBENOEOLU human right in false solidarity women even as it ends the life of works of mercy, then consider with women around the world. In their unborn children. giving to or volunteering with an DFBGNQVVSMPR doing so, they propose violence A strong pro-woman stance alternate group. to solve violence and discrimi- would refuse to choose between Whatever you decide, try to EGEDHJ I NAEAR nate against a whole class of mothers and their vulnerable chil- maintain relationships with those WD EMG T T ACOR E voiceless human beings: the dren. It would advance the social who might oppose you. Leave the unborn. It’s a standing of door open for them. Some, like UOYYAPERNNAC far cry from women and the rich young man, may walk TABLELDOI EBT Catholic contend with away sad when met with a chal- founder Peter Amnesty’s campaign offers the cruelty of lenge. But others, like the BLESSEDHUYL I Benenson’s communities Samaritan woman at the well, FRBANQUETSEO principles in the that treat rape could catch a new vision, leave 1960s and the false hope to women. victims as out- behind their old abortion advoca- LWKSROBHG I EN spirit of their casts. It would cy ways, and run to tell others © 2007 Tri-C-A Publications “Protect the embrace the about the consistently pro-life Human” cam- truth that position. Who knows? God is paign in women deserve “bigger” than Amnesty England only two years ago. better than abortion. International, and his plan for jus- Their new policy calls for The U.S. Conference of tice will not be thwarted. As it you can imagine.” legalizing abortion in countries Catholic Bishops (USCCB) had says in Isaiah, “my word … will A former Castel Sant’Angelo that currently protect women and urged Amnesty for almost a year not return to me empty, but will LETTER inmate, the famed 16th-century their children from abortion. not to change their policy. accomplish what I desire and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 Florentine artist, Benvenuto Spun as a reasonable measure to USCCB president, Bishop achieve the purpose for which I Cellini, wrote an autobiography help survivors of rape during William S. Skylstad, now invites sent it.” describing the conditions he faced wartime, the resolution they us to continue the “essential For the full text of Bishop century when revolutionaries while in solitary confinement passed is actually much broader work” of justice, but “in authentic Skylstad’s statement, visit: fought for the unification of Italy. there. than that. Their agenda includes ways, working most closely with www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2 Nardi said the number of prisoners Jailed on charges of murder, promoting abortion access for organizations who do not oppose 007/07-136.shtml varied constantly but that one doc- Cellini called his cell “a gloomy women’s “health,” which AI fails the fundamental right to life from ument recorded 681 detainees in dungeon below the level of a gar- to define. Such ambiguity hardly conception to natural death.” 1828. den, which swam with water and confines the practice to rare cir- If you are a member of AI, or Little is known about the condi- was full of big spiders and many cumstances or the early stages of have a friend who is, prayerfully Deirdre A. McQuade is director of tions prisoners faced in this venomous worms.” pregnancy. In fact, AI-USA pub- consider what the Lord would planning and information at the fortress prison. However, He slept on “a wretched mat- licly opposes the modest partial- have you do. How is he calling Secretariat for Pro-Life Nesselrath said since it was not tress of course hemp” which after birth abortion ban recently upheld you to be authentically pro-jus- Activities, U.S. Conference of built to be a prison but a tomb it three days “soaked up water like a by the U.S. Supreme Court. tice and pro-life? There are sever- Catholic Bishops. was “probably the worst dungeon sponge,” he wrote. 16 TODAY’S CATHOLIC SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 The struggle of the heavyweights

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Most criticized, but some Pharisees Meet the Priest Msgr. John Suelzer liked Jesus, such as Nicodemus, Joseph Ordained May 29, 1965 What was the Jewish sect of the aries between God and man, in Pastor, St. Charles Borromeo, Pharisees like in the time of Jesus? the resurrection of the dead and Fort Wayne in the judgment of God upon There were many different man or retribution in the world to What was the primary influence in groups and sects at the time of come. These beliefs were denied your decision to become a priest? Christ, most of which are men- by the Sadducees. The Sadducees HIRE the priests who served in my tioned in the New Testament. defended freedom whereas the parish where I grew up One of these sects were the HISTORY Pharisees believed in predestina- Pharisees. M. Tenney says that, tion. during the time of John Hyrcanus FATHER RICHARD HIRE J. Comay says the Pharisees What is the most (135-104 B.C.), who founded the prescribed rules for new mem- rewarding part of Hasmonean dynasty that ruled bers, including the observance of being a priest? southern Israel from 135-36 Mosaic law, possibly in 458 B.C. seven hours of prayer, giving B.C., the Pharisees emerged from celebrating The Pharisees felt the Jewish one-tenth of all possessions to the sacraments the old party of the Hasidim or religion was centered upon the the Temple, fasting twice a week Hasideans. and becoming strict and severe observance of on the days when Moses ascend- an integral part the parable of the Prodigal This was a group of Jews in the law. They fostered synagogue ed and descended from Mount Son, Lk 15 the period of the Maccabean of the parish life and worship and called peo- Sinai, performing ritual washings family dynasty (167-134 B.C.) who ple back to a study of the law and offerings and adhering to Who is your favorite pope? were devoted to the law. The and its application to their own complicated food laws and What interests or hobbies do you have? St. Peter and John Paul II Pharisees were the master inter- time. Sabbath regulations. The preters of the oral traditions of The Pharisees agreed with Pharisees then scorned those who listening to classical music the rabbis. Most of them came submission to the Roman govern- did not meet their rigorous stan- What is your favorite food? from middle-class families of ment because Rome was usually dards. Contact with these sinners Do you have a pet? desserts and chocolate artisans, tradesmen, teachers and tolerant of the religions of sub- rendered the Pharisee unclean. no shopkeepers. For example, St. ject peoples. The zealot party, Although many of the What is something interesting about Paul, who had been a Pharisee, however, wanted to overthrow Pharisees criticized Jesus, some was a tentmaker. What do you do for relaxation? yourself that most people might not the Roman government and Pharisees liked Jesus, such as know? The Pharisees exerted a pow- engaged in guerrilla warfare. The Nicodemus who secretly met swimming and reading erful influence over the peasants. Pharisees were laymen and were Jesus at night about the sacra- I am a former philatelist The ancient historian Josephus different from the Sadducees, the ment of baptism and then helped What is your favorite reading material? (stamp collector). says the Jewish people relied on priestly party. The Pharisees were bury Jesus, the wealthy Joseph of Who are your favorite authors? the opinion of the Pharisees not thrilled about the ignorant Arimathea, who offered the cru- How do you prefer to be addressed? rather than that of the king or common people of the land who biographies, Benedict XVI cified Jesus his new tomb hewn and John Paul II Msgr. John high priest. The trusted Pharisees neither knew or cared about their out of rock, the rabbi Gamaliel, were often chosen for high gov- strict religious observances. who publicly defended the apos- ernment positions like the The Pharisees held some dif- tles before the Sanhedrin, and What is your favorite prayer? Sanhedrin, or Jewish council. ferent beliefs from the Paul, the great missionary who God, grant me the serenity to There were about 6,000 Sadducees. The Sadducees held devoted his life to spreading the accept the things I cannot Pharisees at the time of Jesus. that only the first five books of Gospel of Christ. change, courage to change those Father John McKenzie says the Old Testament imposed valid When the Romans destroyed I can, and the wisdom and the Pharisees were heirs of Ezra, obligations on the Jews. Besides the Temple of Jerusalem, its knowledge to know the differ- a priest and scribe skilled in the these five books of Moses, the priesthood, and the Jewish com- ence. law of Moses, who had been a Pharisees also accepted the oral munity of Israel in A.D. 70, the member of the Jewish communi- traditions of the elders. This Sadducees, as a group, disap- What is your favorite Scripture pas- ty in Babylon in southern Iraq chain of elders went all the way peared. The Judaism that sur- sage? who left this land of exile and back to Moses. vived was that of the Pharisees returned to Jerusalem to establish The Pharisees believed in and the rabbis. there the observance of the angels and spirits as intermedi- SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 TODAY’S CATHOLIC 17

WALKERTON KNIGHTS SPONSOR GOLF OUTING The Knights of Columbus Council 5709 sixth annual Bernie Westhues Memorial Golf Outing will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Whispering Pines Golf Course, 32280 State Road 4. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and golf begins at 8:30 a.m. An endow- ment fund was established as a lasting tribute to Bernie Westhues, a St. Patrick parishioner who loved and worked hard for the parish and school. Lunch will be served and prizes awarded after golf. Cost is $50 per player. For registration information or to donate, contact Tom Walter at (574) 586- Sports 3707 or Dennis Holland at (574) 586-2157. CYO Panthers, Eagles and Raiders report victories USF finds new director At Bishop Luers field, St. BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN Vincent topped St. Joe-St. of athletics in Mark Pope Elizabeth-St. Aloysius-St. Therese (JAT) in a hard fought battle, 20- FORT WAYNE — Sister M. FORT WAYNE — Sauna-like 12. Evan Fiechter scored a pair of Elise Kriss, president of the temperatures and flooding rains touchdowns for the Panthers on University of Saint Francis last week made for soggy, stinky runs of 30 and 48 yards. Conner (USF), has announced the field conditions, but the skies Graham added a 10-yard run. appointment of Mark A. Pope as could not have been bluer by Nick German connected on 1 of 3 director of athletics. Sunday for the first games of the point-afters. Drew Morken threw Pope began his duties on 2007 Catholic Youth Organization for over 75 yards in the second Monday, Aug. 27. At USF, he (CYO) football season. The half connecting with Andrew will supervise 15 intercollegiate Panthers, Eagles and Raiders all Yaney twice for JAT touchdowns. sports for men and women. The reported victories in the season Next up, the Eagles from St. university maintains membership openers. John, Fort Wayne-Hessen Cassel- in the National Association of At Zollner Stadium, the St. Benoit got their first win for 2007 Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) John New Haven Raider team by downing Holy Cross, 28-16. and participates in the Mid-States started their season out 1-0 by The first score of the game was MICHELLE CASTLEMAN Football Association (MCC). In blanking St. Jude, 34-0. Eighth a 65-yard kickoff return by Devon The Catholic Youth Organization recent years the university has graders Colin Stuerzenberger and Causey with a failed kick. Holy (CYO) football weigh-ins were held captured the conference champi- Andrew Hoffer each scored a pair Cross answered back and made on Sunday, Aug. 19, at Zollner onships in football, women’s bas- of touchdowns to lead the Raiders their PAT making the score 8-6. Stadium. Only those athletes ketball and men’s basketball, and while Jared Laurent added a 40- St. John then marched down and regularly competes in national yard reception from Zack Bradley. weighing less than 150 pounds will Mark Pope, at the podium, is wel- scored on a 10-yard sweep by playoffs. Bradley also connected to Hoffer be allowed to carry the ball dur- comed as the new director of ath- Jocquel Cooper. Brian Nichter hit “With the most wins of any on the day for a seven yarder. ing the upcoming season which letics at the University of Saint the PAT making it 14-8. Holy college football team in the state Hoffer first put the Raiders on the got underway last Sunday. Eighth- Francis. Cross came back on a long 40- of Indiana and conference titles scoreboard with a dazzling 50- grader Andrew Hoffer from St. yard pass play, made their 2-point in a number of sports, the univer- yard TD run. conversion to take a 16-14 lead. John, New Haven, steps up the the sity’s performance and the char- Stuerzenberger’s initial trip to Cheer and Dance teams. Just before the end of the first scales to determine his weight. acter of our student athletes will the end zone came on a 25-yard “The thing that is most half, St. John scored on a 20-yard continue to be exemplary under reception from Kyle Sovine, while impressive to me is the leader- scamper by J.J. Curry to go up 20- the leadership of Mark Pope,” the next one was the result of a 1- quarter. Brian Nichter hit the 2- ship at this institution and the 16. Sister Elise commented. “We are yard run. The Raider defense point conversion to close scoring way Sister Elise has made this In the second half, it was all very pleased that Mark is joining delivered the shutout with two for the Eagles. into a powerhouse both academi- Eagles. J.J. Curry scored again, us,” Sister Elise added. blocked punts and numerous sacks cally and athletically,” Pope said this time on a beautiful 20-yard Pope comes to the university for lost yardage. Grades 5 and 6 at a news conference. “I think run at the beginning of the fourth from Indiana-Purdue Universities what they have done here is Back at the helm of Raider at Fort Wayne (IPFW), where he remarkable. I’ve followed the football, Coach Mel Vachon and served as director of athletics for progress at (USF) for years and the boys from St. John, New the past six years. At IPFW, Pope years.” Al Kresta to Redeemer Radio Haven, scrimmaged a New Haven supervised 16 Division I sports, Pope touched on a few goals PAL team preparing for their shepherded the school from with the future in mind. and Our Lady of Good Hope CYO season opener this week at NCAA Division 2 to Division 1 “We want to maintain the Havenhurst Park against St. Jude. status, obtained conference affili- level of excellence both academi- September 11th! ation in the Mid-Continent cally and athletically because this Al Kresta, convert from Protestant pastor to Conference and enjoyed numer- group has a 3.0 and it took ous championships and national Catholic media founder and missionary will broadcast (IPFW) three years to get to a To see your CYO fall sports in this col- rankings. On campus he organ- 3.0,” Pope said. “I want to make “Kresta in the Afternoon” live from the Redeemer Radio umn, e-mail Michelle Castleman ized and began IPFW’s sure the faculty, the staff and the Homecoming, Pep Band, studio 4-6 pm and offer his inspiring conversion at [email protected] student athletes help me deter- Athletics Hall of Fame, and the mine our goals as we look to the story at OLGH from 7:30 - pm. future. “I want to look into how we He’s Done! He won’t clean can increase and improve on our athletic facilities. What Kevin gutters today (or ever)! (Donley) has done here is remarkable and if we can do the HE HAS LEAFPROOF™ same thing for men’s and women’s basketball, soccer and LEAFPROOF™ is an amazing track and field, develop better gutter structure that catches rain facilities for them to practice and compete in, then we’ll have done but no leaves or twigs. 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NOTRE DAME — Father Basil Dame by Edward Sorin, CSC. BY JOHN MULDERIG Anthony Moreau, CSC, founder Gary MacEoin was one the of the priests, brothers, and sis- most prolific and influential ters of The Congregation of Holy Catholic journalists of the 20th NEW YORK (CNS) — As fans Cross will be beatified in Le century and the author of 25 books, of Rowan Atkinson’s perennially Mans, France, on Sept. 15. To including “The People’s Church: pleasing character Mr. Bean well coincide with the beatification, Bishop Samuel Ruiz of Mexico know, where Bean goes, mayhem “Basil Moreau: Founder of Holy and Why He Matters.” During his is bound to follow. In the case of Cross,” the first in a series of 27-year career, MacEoin was an “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” Holy Cross books written to accomplished editor and speech- (Universal), Bean is off to highlight the congregation’s his- writer, and had a long-standing Cannes on the French Riviera tory and spirituality, will be relationship with the National after winning first prize in a released. The book, written by Catholic Reporter. He died in 2003 church raffle. journalist Gary MacEoin, is pub- at the age of 94. Like any proper Englishman, lished by Ave Maria Press, a Mr. Bean is thrilled at the prospect ministry of the Indiana of leaving the beastly English Province of Holy weather behind and basking in the Cross. warmth. But few journeys since First published in Odysseus tried to make it home 1962, MacEoin’s from Troy have turned out to be this complicated. posthumously-updat- CNS PHOTO/UNIVERSAL After a taxi ride to the wrong ed biography of Rowan Atkinson stars in a scene from the movie “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.” side of Paris and a meal that would Moreau is a com- The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-I — general pelling portrait of make even a gourmand cringe, Mr. Bean unintentionally manages to patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G — gen- the life of the eral audiences. founder of the separate Emil (Karel Roden), a Congregation of Russian film critic on his way to As directed by Steve Bendelack, ing a full sentence of dialogue. Holy Cross. the Cannes Film Festival, from his “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” is an unmiti- The film contains some mild MacEoin’s work young son, Stepan (Max Baldry). gated delight: It’s gentle, ingenious scatological humor and a few gives due rever- From here on, for better or worse, and should be as appealing to chil- slightly frightening scenes that ence to Moreau Mr. Bean and the stranded boy are dren as it is to adults. The comic might upset very young children. as he offers a team and must somehow work chemistry between Atkinson and The USCCB Office for Film & readers a look together to reach their common Baldry is enchanting, as is the non- Broadcasting classification is A-I back at the destination. chalance with which de Caunes’ — general patronage. The Motion struggles of During a brief separation from Sabine accepts the whole range of Picture Association of America rat- this humble Stepan, Bean stumbles onto the set Mr. Bean’s eccentricities. ing is G — general audiences. All French priest. of self-obsessed movie director Dafoe’s character provides ages admitted. Laying the Carson Clay (Willem Dafoe). Here another comic highlight, beside historical he reaps his usual harvest of comic himself with delight as he watches foundation, catastrophes, but also encounters a his own film, even as the audience MacEoin charming young actress named around him squirms with boredom. follows Sabine (Emma de Caunes). Whether sending up the film Moreau When it later turns out that industry, French pretensions about from his Sabine, too, is on her way to food or the modern tourist’s obses- childhood to his Cannes for the film festival, she sion with videotaping every detail later years as he founded and led becomes the third member of Mr. of a holiday abroad, Atkinson is a the Congregation of Holy Cross in Bean’s traveling circus. Can Mr. master of the absurd. He also has the wake of the French Revolution Bean’s good intentions, Stepan’s John Mulderig is on the staff of the the self-confidence and technical and through numerous struggles innocence and Sabine’s Gallic Office for Film & Broadcasting command to hold the screen for 90 and triumphs-including the found- verve see the three of them of the U.S. Conference of minutes without ever once deliver- ing of the University of Notre through? Catholic Bishops. SERVICE DIRECTORY Your source for reliable services within the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend

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Send in your Scott K.Boneff, 43, Notre Dame Stella M.Wrobleski, 87, St. Peter announcement at least two weeks prior to the event. Mail to: Today’s Catholic, P.O. Box 11169, Brother Leo Walter St.Hedwig Fort Wayne 46856; or e-mail: [email protected]. Events that require an admission charge Annabelle Lee Detter, Kowalski, CSC, 87, Lorraine L.Bertman, 94, St.Therese Holy Cross Village or payment to participate will receive one free listing. For additional listings of that event, please 80, Holy Family call our advertising sales staff at (260) 456-2824 to purchase space. Stephen Michael Nasser Tahmessebi, 54, Henry S.Kowalski, 81, Schenk, 63, St.Joseph- Sacred Heart Basilica St.Casimir Hessen Cassel Edmund J.Chartier Sr., DEVOTION Notre Dame information night Knights plan fish fry Iole A.Macri, 81, Fort Wayne — If you are inter- James D.Storch, 86, 81, Sacred Heart Rosary times announced Fort Wayne — The Knights of Holy Cross Fort Wayne — The first Sunday ested in attending Notre Dame, Columbus Council 451, 601 St.Vincent de Paul Basilica plan to attend a ND information Reed Rd., will have a fish fry on Mary A.Mikulak, 86, all-family rosary will be recited Francis C.Walsh, 94, Plymouth from 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Sunday, night Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Friday, Sept. 7, from 5 to 7:30 Little Flower Queen of Angels John C.Leonard, 84, Sept. 2, in MacDougal Chapel. Bishop Luers High School. p.m. The cost is $7 for adults, $3 Representatives from Notre for children 12 and under. Fish, St.Michael Evelyn H.Stroobardt, The intention is for all families, Ada Osinchuk, 86, Dame will be in the school cafe- two sides and beverage are 96, Holy Family especially families with difficul- St.Charles Borromeo South Bend ties. Father Daryl Rybicki from teria at 7 p.m. included. Julia H.Borowski, 87, Edward Jerzak Jr., 69, St. John the Baptist Parish and Granger Holy Cross Our Lady of Hungary Sister Adele Mann will be St. John the Baptist sells recipe book Knights plan fish fry Anne K.Demarais, 53, Fort Wayne — “Taste and See,” a South Bend — The Knights of attending. The first Monday St.Pius X Regina M.Bednarek, Jeffrey W.Lundquist, rosary for the souls in purgatory recipe book of more than 430 Columbus Council 5521, 61533 81, Holy Family 49, St.Adalbert will be recited on Monday, Sept. recipes has been released by St. S. Ironwood Dr., will have a fish Mishawaka 3, at 7 p.m. at MacDougal John the Baptist Parish. Copies are fry on Friday, Sept. 7, from 5 to Charles R.Stafford, 79, Irene G.Deranek, 87, $10 and may be purchased at Chapel. 7 p.m. Adults $7, children (5-12) St.Monica St.Jude Cathedral Bookstore or Waynedale $3. Chicken strips for $7 and Little Flower Holy Hour Bakery. If you'd like to order a shrimp for $8 will be available. Fort Wayne — Father Joseph book call Tim Robison at (260) Gaughan, pastor at Most 745-7663. Shipped books will have Fish Fry Precious Blood Parish, will cele- an additional $3 mailing charge. New Haven — The Holy Name brate the Holy Hour at Society will have a fish fry on MacDougal Chapel on Tuesday, Annual garage sale planned Friday, Sept. 7, at St. John the Sept. 4, at 7:15 p.m. Fort Wayne — St. Peter Church, Baptist Church from 4-7 p.m. 500 E. DeWald St., will have a Adults $6.50, children 5-12 MISC. HAPPENINGS garage sale Sept. 27 and 28 from years old $3.50, children under 5 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Sept. 29 the Fall festival announced free. bag sale will be from 9 a.m. to Fort Wayne — St. Therese will noon. have a fall festival Saturday, Sept. 8, beginning at 10 a.m. Children’s games and food till 4:30 p.m. Mass at 5 p.m. Raffles and auc- Case Manager tion items plus evening music by Pop ‘n Fresh after 7:30 p.m. ECHO/Teen Parenting Catholic Charities Craft fair reservations accepted seeks a flexible self-starter to provide Fort Wayne — St. Charles Parish direct case management services to pregnant and is accepting applications for a craft fair held on Nov. 3. Cost is parenting teens within a school setting. A Bachelor of $40 per table. Hand-made items Social Work or related degree is required. This position only. Call (260) 749-6077 for also requires demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, information. and negotiation skills. Case Management and training Poor Handmaids sponsor 63rd annual experience are preferred. This position will require travel bazaar for ministry support in the Fort Wayne/Allen County area. Starting salary: Donaldson — The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ will $25,000 plus benefits. Please send resume to: have their annual mission bazaar Attn: Operations Director on Sunday, Sept. 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Children’s games, raf- CATHOLIC CHARITIES fles, bingo, food, crafts, rum- 315 East Washington Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46802 mage sale and music by “The Great American Songbook.” e-mail: [email protected] Admission is free. Call (574) 936-9936 for information. EOE

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BY MICHELLE CASTLEMAN To fund these numerous proj- 232-3354 (800) 994-2687 ects the Fort Wayne chapter holds several different fundraisers Charge by Phone or Come in and Browse FORT WAYNE — The Christ throughout each year. These Child Society of Fort Wayne has include a hugely successful sum- Monday-Friday: 8AM - 5:30PM countless ways they serve the mer garage sale, a fall Notre Dame needy children in our community, ticket raffle, a holiday cookie walk Saturday 8AM - 5PM and they have a lot of fun doing it. and a “Celebrity Wait Night” near Although many of their fundrais- St. Patrick’s Day. FLOWERS & GIFTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS ers require volunteers to log end- Also added to the ways they Fresh Cut Flowers • Silk and Dried Flowers • Imported and Domestic less hours of free time, this non- hope to raise money for 2007 is profit organization really makes the first annual women’s golf out- Gifts and Candies • Plants • Gourmet Fruit Baskets • Balloons things happen through outreach ing, the “Golf For Kids Classic” programs. on Monday, Sept. 17. The ladies of AREA WIDE DELIVERY In 2006, over 350 gift bags Christ Child will host a Florida were given to mothers of new- scramble on 18 holes of the Cedar Free delivery to hospitals and funeral homes borns in need at local hospitals. Creek Golf Club. For more infor- These layettes are filled with blan- mation contact Dee Dee Dahm at wygantfloral.com kets, clothing, diapers and baby (260) 426-4131 or doodle- supplies. Christ Child also funded [email protected]. hundreds of backpacks to be dis- Reservations are due no later than tributed to children in Allen Sept. 6. County facing crisis situations. “It’s sure to be a lot of fun for Local school children can also both our membership and those receive brand new coats, hats and able to support this worthy cause,” gloves through the “Coats for said coordinator Dee Dee Dahm. Kids” program, which is preparing Christ Child Society president, to hand out over 2,000 coats this Laurel Walsh quoted an old season. proverb in her summer newsletter In addition, Christ Child volun- which said, “Help your brother’s September 13, 2007 teers sponsor an annual Christmas boat across, and your own will Christian Culture party for foster children and tutor reach the shore.” She said that this LECTURE 7:30 P.M. students at Benoit Academy. exemplifies the role of Christ Another major project of the Child in our community — Saint Mary’s College Christ Child Society includes women working together to help Saint Mary’s College staffing and funding the “Crib needy children while becoming Club” clothing store at both loca- true sisters in faith helping each Little Theatre tions of the Women’s Care Center. other through the turbulent waters Moreau Center for the Arts These wonderful centers provide of life. And if you ask any of the Sacrament of Self: so much for their clients, like par- members, they have a lot of fun enting classes, prenatal care and doing just that. the opportunity to “purchase” over The Catholic Roots Free and Open 6,500 diapers each month. of Contemporary to the Public Memoir

The Christian Culture Lecture Series honors Professor Bruno Schlesinger Patricia Hampl is Regents’ Professor and and is made possible by the 8 McKnight Distinguished Professor at the generosity of University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Her Dr. Susan Fitzgerald Rice ’61 and fiction, poems, reviews, essays, and travel pieces her husband Dr. Donald B. Rice. have appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, Paris Review, New York Times Book Review, and Los Angeles Times. Her most recent works are Blue Arabesque, a nonfiction book about Matisse, and a memoir about her parents called The Florist’s Daughter. MICHELLE CASTLEMAN A few parish representatives of the Fort Wayne Chapter of Christ Child Society pose for a photo while meeting for their annual meeting at the Archbishop Noll Catholic Center in Fort Wayne. To become a member of Christ Child, contact your parish to find out the name of your represen- tative. Confirmation GIFTS Framed Pictures • Statues Medals • Rosaries •Crucifixes Greeting Cards and Books for All Ages AQUINAS 2306 Mishawaka Avenue • South Bend (574) 287-1091