The 6 1966-201 50th A nniversaryCatholicWitness The Newspaper of the Diocese of Harrisburg September 2, 2016 Vol. 50 No. 16

The Promise of a New Year

CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS First grade students Sophia Than, Francheska Nazario, Naomi Cannon and Marianna Cano recite the Pledge of Allegiance at the morning assembly on the first day of school at Resurrection Catholic School in Lancaster, as first grade teacher Anne Hull stands behind them. Resurrection is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. See page 10 for the story. Baton Rogue Residents Cling to Church, Community Support in Wake of Flood’s Devastation Diocese of Harrisburg to Take Special Collection Sept. 24-25 By Richard Meek In the aftermath many residential streets Special to The Witness appeared to be mere passes surrounded by mountains of debris. And the stench Water lapped at the heels of Father permeates one’s pores, a smell that even- Michael Galea, steady rain an arduous tually subsides but never leaves. reminder of Mother Nature’s unfinished Schools were closed, many for weeks, business. and businesses were struggling to reopen. With a sadness in his voice, Father Ga- Curfews were enacted in civil parishes lea, pastor at Holy Rosary Church in St. throughout to lessen the threat of looting Amant, estimated that as many as 90 per- in the impacted areas. cent of his parishioners were impacted Some estimates are as high as 100,000 during the recent historic flooding that homes damaged, with thousands fleeing touched nearly every corner of the Dio- to evacuation shelters. The floodwaters cese of Baton Rouge. claimed 13 lives, and many others sur- “It’s going to change the whole dy- vived only after being rescued from their namic of Holy Rosary as a parish as we rooftops, reminiscent of Hurricane Ka- know it,” Father Galea said. “It’s not go- trina 11 years ago. ing to be the same. And we are going to “We were straight up survival mode,” lose quite a bit of people if they choose said Tim Hasenkampf, a Baton Rouge to move away. fireman who lives in Port Vincent and CNS/JONATHAN BACHMAN, REUTERS lost his house because of flooding. “But hopefully with love and compas- A statue of Mary is partially submerged in flood water in Sorrento, La., Aug. 20. sion and a lot of hugs we can become a “It’s been tough,” added Hasenkampf, who along with his friend spent hours in family all over again. That is what is most Coming together as a family, whether it of 28,000 people were impacted, leaving their private boats rescuing people from important for us to be together again.” is a community, church parish or simply some to speculate if the suburban com- their homes in the area. a family dinner, is a munity will be able to recover. According to Joe Ingraham, chief question many are In Livingston Civil Parish, at least 75 financial officer for the diocese, six asking in the wake percent of residents suffered some type churches took on water, including St. Al- of the floods that in of water damage, with most of the de- phonsus in Greenwell Springs, Immacu- some areas dumped struction major. Residents in East Baton late Conception in Denham Springs, St. 20 inches of rain in Rouge Parish, Ascension Parish, and Jean Vianney in Baton Rouge, St. Antho- as many hours. The Tangipahoa Parish were also forced to ny in Darrow, St. Anne in Sorrento and carnage is stunning. dig out. Holy Rosary. Schools at St. Alphonsus In Central, it is es- Much of Zachary was damaged, as the timated 27,000 out wide swath of destruction seems endless. More LOUISIANA FLOOD, page 13 The 2 - Catholic Witness • September 2, 2016 Hispanics Eager for Service of New Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia By Matthew Gambino and him in the Hispanic apostolate “because we have a lot to do, a lot to Lou Baldwin accomplish. Together, we will give glory to God.” Following his homily in English, the archbishop’s administra- Special to The Witness tive secretary, Father Thomas Vivano, delivered the same homily in flawless Spanish. A Philadelphia priest who has ministered for most of his 43 years After the rites or episcopal ordination and the Liturgy of the Eu- of priesthood in Hispanic Catholic communities has become the charist that was concelebrated by the retired Archbishop of Phila- Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s newest auxiliary bishop. delphia, Cardinal Justin Rigali, and other bishops including Bishop Archbishop Charles Chaput ordained Bishop Edward M. Deli- Deliman, he walked a friendly path throughout the cathedral’s man, 69, to the episcopacy Thursday afternoon, Aug. 18 in a filled- aisles, shaking hands and smiling broadly as Bishops Perez and to-capacity Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia. Gainer accompanied him. The approximately 1,500 worshipers included priests who filled He then offered remarks first in Spanish and then in English, about three-quarters of the cathedral’s left side of pews, plus many first acknowledging his mother, Margaret Deliman, his brothers permanent deacons and religious, but mostly lay people of every Michael and Frank and their families. age and walk of life. “I’m very proud of him, he was always excellent in whatever They represented the wide ethnic diversity of parishes served he did,” Margaret Deliman said afterward, conceding she never by Bishop Deliman, parishes punctuated by a strong Hispanic thought her son would someday be a bishop. Catholic presence. Those parishioners formed a loving bond over Michael Deliman, in from Ohio for the ceremony, had a different take. the years with the bishop, who although of Slovak descent speaks “I thought he would have gotten this long ago,” he said. fluent Spanish. The bishop thanked his brother priests, especially the class of His broad pastoral experience spans city and suburban parishes 1973 whom he called “a real collection of personalities, but God including St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Bensalem where Bishop is still good to us. We are instruments in the hands of the Lord.” Deliman remains pastor. Like many parishes, it serves both Eng- lish-speaking and Spanish-speaking parishioners, especially after Thanking all the visitors who traveled to the cathedral for the the predominantly Latino Our Lady of Fatima Parish merged with ordination, he said, “I am truly humbled by the many sacrifices you St. Charles in 2014. have made. To our many religious – and there are many – to our Archbishop Chaput said one of the reasons Bishop Deliman’s deacons to our seminarians, the people of God, my parishioners of name was suggested to Pope Francis as a possible new auxiliary St. Charles Borromeo Parish that now includes the parish of Our bishop was to address the need to better serve the large Hispanic Lady of Fatima, thank you all very much. I love you all. God bless Catholic community in the archdiocese, which is also growing you.” quickly throughout the United States. St. Charles Parish may offer a glimpse into the work Bishop Masses are celebrated in Spanish in 39 Catholic churches among Deliman will soon begin as bishop. The merger two years ago of the 219 parishes in the Philadelphia Archdiocese. The church, ac- primarily Latino Our Lady of Fatima’s community with the mostly cording to 2015 statistics from the archdiocesan Office for Parish Anglo St. Charles parishioners might have become divisive if not Service and Support, is serving 253,176 Hispanic Catholics in a acrimonious, but parishioners say the transition went smoothly. total Catholic population in the archdiocese of 1,438,147. “Where he took us, we followed,” said Ernesto Alvarado. “There Bishop Deliman’s extensive pastoral experience among Hispan- was nothing negative.” ics has earned their admiration, and now his high-level position in Today the Fatima Center manages social outreach and other pro- the archdiocesan administration gives the Hispanic Catholic com- grams geared toward Hispanics in the lower Bucks County area, munity an unprecedented voice at that level. and Our Lady of Fatima Church hosts a Mass in Spanish on Satur- “He is a blessing for us Spanish people,” said St. Charles parish- day evenings at 7 p.m. ioner Ernesto Alvarado, attending the Mass with his wife Carmen SARAH WEBB, CATHOLICPHILLY.COM Fellow parishioner Sarah Roberto said her pastor is “one of and daughter Monica. “We have fulfilled our dream. We always Bishop Ronald Gainer of the Diocese of Harrisburg, the best (gifts) for this diocese” because he has “great leadership wanted to have a representative.” a co-consecrator, lays his hands on Bishop Deliman. skills.” While he is not above delegating some tasks, “he is not Kathia Arango, director of the Office for Hispanic Catholics, The two studied in the same class at St. Charles above the people, he is with the people. He is always ready to help exclaimed, “This is a day the Lord has made! This is an exciting Borromeo Seminary and were ordained the same and give guidance,” Roberto said. Bishop Deliman’s ordination, and his hoped-for advocacy of time and I am looking forward to working with Bishop Deliman. year, 1973. We are blessed.” Hispanic Catholic concerns, “is a blessing,” added Alvarado. Sister Regina Plunkett, I.H.M., worked with Bishop Deliman in Ordinations for bishops or priests are always impressive ceremo- The ordination was unique in that there were noticeably more Hispanic ministry eight years ago at St. Agnes Parish, West Ches- nies, especially in Philadelphia where the church is blessed with children than one usually expects. This was especially due to the ter. “He’s wonderful and this is wonderful for Hispanic Ministry,” Hispanic presence where everything tends to be a family affair. excellent choirs – in this case a masterful blend of Latin, English “We never saw an ordination before,” said Roxana Murillo, who she said. and Spanish. Archbishop Chaput served as co-consecrator of Bishop Deliman came with a Neocatechumenal Way group from St. Martin of Tours The ornate liturgy Aug. 18 carried a grand air with the 40-mem- Parish, Philadelphia. “We are from Costa Rica.” along with Harrisburg Bishop Ronald Gainer, a classmate while ber Archdiocesan Choir in the cathedral’s loft, led by director Bran- studying at St. Charles Seminary, as well as a former priest of The children in the group were startled at the point in the cer- don Motz and joined by organist Zach Hemenway and several mu- emony when Bishop Deliman prostrated himself before the altar. Philadelphia and now an auxiliary bishop of the Rockville Center sicians, as well as cantors Charlene Angelini and Marcelle Fletcher. Diocese on Long Island, N.Y., Bishop Nelson Perez. “They were in shock. They asked, ‘what happened to him?’” their Archbishop Chaput consecrated Bishop Deliman by pouring the mother said. “I was his classmate,” said Bishop Gainer, who is the only other oil of sacred chrism on his head, investing him with his episcopal bishop representing St. Charles Seminary’s class of 1973. “I was Celine and Micah Sumner of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in ring, miter and crosier – the ceremonial staff of a shepherd – and South Philadelphia brought their six children also. studying for the Allentown Diocese. He was one of the kindest and laying hands on his head, as did the other bishops in turn. mildest persons I have ever met, and he had great understanding of “We wanted them to see the ceremony and hopefully it will in- In his homily, Archbishop Chaput recalled the story of a psy- people. Those qualities have only been enriched over the years and spire vocations,” Micah said. “It is encouraging to see the beauty he will bring that to his episcopal ministry.” chiatrist treating patients who were in a catatonic and unresponsive of the church.” The rite of ordination of a bishop is an intricate, carefully cho- state. The custom had been for patients and doctor to remain sepa- Representatives from many Catholic ministries in the archdio- reographed ceremony, with many differing roles: the principal cel- rate, but the psychiatrist moved his bed into the ward and lived with cese were in attendance at the Mass, for example Christian Brother ebrant and consecrating bishop; co-consecrating bishops; assisting them. He also wrapped his arms around the patients and hugged Joseph Willard, representing La Salle University. priests for the bishop-elect; deacons in various roles; plus lectors, them. “He’s a man of the people so sincere, so humble,” Brother Wil- cantors, acolytes and servers. “This highly skilled, highly paid physician held these unattract- lard said. “I think he is a perfect spokesperson for the church.” Of special note in this instance is Deacon Matthew Brody, dea- ive and sometimes incontinent persons, and loved them back to One church leader who had a place of honor in the cathedral’s con of the Mass, and Deacons Keith Beaver and Brian Connelly, life,” the archbishop said. “This process of becoming one with sanctuary knew his way around it very well: Cardinal Justin Rigali, deacon chaplains to the archbishop. those in great need is what God wants for us through the incarna- who as the retired archbishop of Philadelphia also knew Bishop When Bishop Deliman was ordained a priest in 1973 he was one tion and the life and ministry of Jesus. And what God has done for Deliman. of 45 young men ordained for Philadelphia that year. These three us through Jesus is the pattern for those who treat people through “He was one I was honored to be able to call my priest for eight transitional deacons in their final year at St. Charles Seminary will the sacrament of holy orders,” including the order of bishops. years,” the cardinal said after the ceremony. “It is always a joy to make up the class of 2017, scheduled for ordination next May. “While there are many needs in the archdiocese, there is a spe- assist at the ordination of a new bishop, especially one who was “Matt Brody and myself were ‘Thursday Apostles’ assigned to cial need for the Hispanic community,” he said. “Many of them are part of the presbyterate when I was bishop. He will be especially Bishop Deliman’s Parish, Our Lady of Fatima, three years go,” newly arrived and many of them struggle day to day to hear the helpful, as Archbishop Chaput mentioned, in his special ministry.” Deacon Connelly said. “You don’t have to be with him a long time Gospel spoken to them in English. (Matthew Gambino is the Director and General Manager, and to realize what a holy person and good priest he is. He is a role “It’s a great blessing to have you as an auxiliary bishop,” the Lou Baldwin a writer, for CatholicPhilly.com. The article is re- model for what a priest and a pastor should be.” archbishop told Bishop Deliman, and pledged to work hard with printed here with permission.)

Inaugural Facilities Maintenance Risk Management Safety Conference REGISTER NOW!! Providing the tools you need to develop a 2016 Diocesan Women’s Conference October 15, 2016 responsive, customer-oriented support service for the Bishop McDevitt High School - 1 Crusader Way Harrisburg safe and efficient operation and maintenance of all physical facilities Tuesday, September 13 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Theme: Wrapped in God’s Merciful Love Cardinal Keeler Center, Harrisburg Continental breakfast from 8-9 a.m. Lunch provided Keynote Speaker—Kimberly Hahn at no cost. Guest speakers, vendors, contractors, consultants and giveaways Principal Celebrant and Homilist Learn about important issues in the operation of The Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, DD, JCL, Bishop of Harrisburg your facilities through discussion led by some great local speakers who are experts in their subject. Conference includes: Keynote Address, Workshop Sessions, Confession, Spend some time with our vendors who can answer specific questions about your individual issues. This Eucharistic Adoration, Praise and Worship, Celebration of Mass, and Fellowship meeting will give you an opportunity to network with with Hundreds of Women! others who may have a source for the answer to your problems. Visit www.hbgdiocese.org/women or via Women’s Conference flyers in the parishes For more information, contact Terry Conner, For information contact Jim Gontis at (717) 657 – 4804, ext. 227, or [email protected] Diocesan Director of Buildings & Properties, at 717-657-4804. The September 2, 2016 • Catholic Witness - 3

Archbishop Chaput to Keynote Pro-Life Banquet in Camp Hill Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Press Release The Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, recently said “The right to life is not merely one among many urgent issues, but rather the foundational one.” Archbishop Chaput will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 Celebrate Life Banquet, to be held starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Radisson Hotel in Camp Hill. “Archbishop Chaput is one of our nation’s foremost pro-life leaders,” said Penn- sylvania Pro-Life Federation Executive Director Michael Ciccocioppo. “He is a prolific writer and a captivating speaker, and we are excited to have him speak at the pro-life event of the year. It is rare for him to make a public appearance outside of the Philadelphia area, so this may be the only opportunity to see and hear him in Central Pennsylvania.” Archbishop Chaput is no stranger to Pennsylvania, having entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a branch of the Franciscans, in Pittsburgh. He graduated from St. Fidelis College and Seminary in Herman, Pa., and taught there in the 1970s. He also served as executive secretary and director of communications for the Ca- puchin province in Pittsburgh. The first Native American Catholic archbishop in the United States, and a tireless defender of the rights of preborn children, pregnant women, and families, Archbishop Chaput has always been a trailblazer. He received worldwide acclaim in 2015 for hosting the World Meeting of Families in Philadel- phia, which included an historic appearance by Pope Francis. Archbishop Chaput is the author of two books: Living the Catholic Faith: Redis- covering the Basics and Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life as well as numerous talks, articles and pastoral letters. In addition to the keynote address by Archbishop Chaput, the banquet will feature some other pro-life heroes. The Honorable Joseph Pitts, United States Representa- tive for the 16th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, including parts of Lan- Peter’s Pence Collection to be caster, Berks and Chester counties, will be presented with the 2016 Pennsylvania Pro-Life Leadership Award for his diligent work as a defender of the right to life for all Americans. Congressman Pitts co-chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Taken up September 10-11 Pro-Life Caucus. In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis calls us to be attentive to the voices Also, Frank Cunningham, president of the Citizens Concerned for Human Life of those on the margins and respond readily to their needs. He reminds us that Mifflin/Juniata Counties, and Matthew “Mat” Jordan, president emeritus ofthe “it is time to return to the basics and to bear the weaknesses and struggles of our Pennsylvanians for Human Life, York County, will receive the 2016 Pennsylvania brothers and sisters.” Pro-Life Lifetime Achievement Awards in recognition of their decades of service to The Peter’s Pence Collection, which will be taken up in parishes in the Diocese the pro-life movement. Cunningham is a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Lewis- town, and Jordan belongs to St. Joseph Parish in York. of Harrisburg during Masses on Sept. 10 and 11, gives each of us an opportunity The Celebrate Life Banquet benefits the life-saving work of the Pennsylvania Pro- to be a witness of charity to those who suffer most. Life Federation Education Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization that is the state affiliate Contributions to the collection support the charitable works of the Holy Fa- of the National Right to Life Committee. Everyone is invited to reserve seats and ther, as he reaches out to our brothers and sisters suffering the effects of war and sponsorships at http://www.paprolife.org/state-events or by calling 717-541-0034. violence, natural disasters and religious persecution. Through this collection, we stand in solidarity with Catholics all over the world to support the charitable works and outreach of the Holy See. The collection has raised nearly $190 million to support our suffering brothers Clergy Appointments and sisters around the globe. It derives its name from an ancient custom, when, in ninth-century England, King Alfred the Great collected money, a “pence” from The Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, Bishop of Harrisburg, has made landowners as financial support for the pope. Today, the collection supports the the following appointments. pope’s philanthropy by giving the Holy Father the means to provide emergency assistance to those in need because of natural disaster, war, oppression and disease. Effective August 12, 2016: For more information, visit www.usccb.org/ppc. • The Reverend John Cyriac, MSFS from Parochial Vicar, the Cathe- dral Parish of Saint Patrick, Harrisburg, to Chaplain, Geisinger Medi- cal Center, Maria Joseph Manor and Emmanuel Center, Danville, with residence at Maria Joseph Manor.

Bishop Gainer’s Effective September 6, 2016: • The Reverend Daniel K. Richards from Parochial Vicar, Saint Francis Public Calendar Xavier Parish, Gettysburg, to Pastor, Saint Rose of Lima Parish, York. • The Reverend John M. Kuchinski from Parochial Vicar, Seven Sorrows BVM Parish, Middletown, to Parochial Vicar, Saint Francis Xavier • September 8 – Mass and Prioress Elections, Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Parish, Gettysburg, and Campus Minister, Gettysburg College, Gettys- Joseph, Elysburg, 9 a.m. burg. • September 9 – Mass to mark the Day of Prayer for Peace in Our • The Reverend Paul R. Fisher from Pastor, Saint Rose of Lima Parish, Communities, St. Patrick Cathedral, Harrisburg, noon. York, to Personal Leave of Absence. • September 10 – Mass and Rite of Admission to Candidacy to the Permanent • The Reverend James E. Lease to Director, Office of Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs for the Diocese of Harrisburg. Father Lease con- Diaconate, Good Shepherd Church, 10 a.m. tinues as Pastor, Saint Joseph Parish, Danville. • September 11 – Life Teen Mass, St. Patrick Church, Carlisle, 5 p.m. • September 12 – Opening Address to Schools via Videoconference, 10 a.m. • September 13 – Opening Prayer at Facilities Maintenance Conference, Annulment Presentations Scheduled Cardinal Keeler Center, Harrisburg, 9 a.m.; Cursillo Ultreya, Cardinal Keeler The Tribunal of the Diocese of Harrisburg will offer presentations con- Center, Harrisburg, 6:30 p.m. cerning divorce and annulments from the Catholic perspective in the coming months. These presentations will be helpful for divorced Catholics, divorced • September 14 – Mass at Lewisburg Prison, noon and 2 p.m. people who wish to marry Catholics, parish leaders involved in the RCIA • September 15 – Mass and Dedication of Penn State Harrisburg Spiritual process and those who have a vested interested because of family or friends. Center, PSU Harrisburg Campus, noon. Presentations will include a question-and-answer session and an opportunity • September 15 – Speak to York Catholic Professions, York Country Club, 6 for private conversation with Tribunal staff and representatives. For more in- p.m. formation, call 717-657-4804 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. • September 17 – Mass and keynote address for the Charismatic Day of Schedule of Presentations: Renewal, Cardinal Keeler Center, Harrisburg, 9:15 a.m. • September 12 – Cardinal Keeler Center, Harrisburg, 7 p.m. • September 22 – St. Joseph Parish, Hanover, 7 p.m. • September 18 – Hispanic Heritage Mass, St. Patrick Cathedral, Harrisburg, • September 26 – St. Philip Parish, Millersville, 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. • November 9 – Cardinal Keeler Center, Harrisburg, 7 p.m. The 4 - Catholic Witness • September 2, 2016

Forgive Offenses Willingly Life Issues Forum By Sister Geralyn Schmidt, SCC Special to The Witness Welcome and Protect Life More than a decade ago, a man named Jameel McGee was walking down By Deirdre A. McQuade a street of an inner city in the mid-west section of the United States. He was Special to The Witness stopped by Andrew Collins, a police officer who arrested him for dealing drugs. McGee completely denied that he had the drugs on his person. The On the eve of World Youth Day 2016 in Poland, Pope Francis gave a beau- courts favored the testimony of Collins and sentenced the young man to ten tiful address. . . urging leaders to support the family, the “primary and funda- years in prison. As time went on, however, the police officer’s illegal activity caught up mental cell of society.” Specifically, he urged them to welcome and protect with him. He was convicted and sentenced to 18 months for human life in all its stages: “Life must always be welcomed and protected. falsifying reports, planting drugs and stealing. In turn, all of These two things go together—welcome and protection, from conception to his cases were reinvestigated, and McGee was exonerated. natural death.” However, he had spent five years in The Holy Father said that responsibility for vulnerable families is shared prison. Thoughts in a particular way by the institutions of the State, the Church, and society: One could easily assume that Mc- from a Catholic “All of us are called to respect life and care for it. On the other hand, it Gee would absolutely hate his arrest- Evangelist is the responsibility of the State, the Church and society to accompany and ing officer since he seemingly wasted concretely help all those who find themselves in serious difficulty, so that a five years of his life because of Col- Sister Geralyn child will never be seen as a burden but as a gift, and those who are most lins’ actions. In the beginning, McGee Schmidt, SCC confessed that he wanted to meet Col- vulnerable and poor will not be abandoned.” lins and hurt him. But, in prison, he In “Living the Gospel of Life,” the U.S. bishops issued a similar “welcome realized that hatred would only make him bitter and angry, and protect” challenge to ordinary citizens and high-powered leaders alike. something that God would not want him to do. Written in 1998, its insights remain fresh and relevant today. This realization was brought to a head when they both appeared in a faith- All too often in debates, people pit the defense of innocent, defenseless based employment agency that assisted ex-cons in getting a job. Waiting in lives in opposition to work promoting the dignity of other vulnerable per- line, the two saw each other and their glances locked. Collins, fearful at first, sons throughout the lifespan. From a Catholic perspective, these issues need watched as McGee approached. It was the police officer who spoke first. “I not be in competition, but they must be held in proper relation to each other am so sorry! I was so wrong! Please forgive me!” With that, he fell to his for promotion of the common good. Our bishops proposed the beautiful im- knees. McGee helped him up to his feet and embraced him with these words, age of the human person as the “living house of God,” and taught that the “I forgive you with the same love that Christ has forgiven me.” They became friends. right to life is the foundation on which that house stands, with all other hu- Now, the two of them have joined forces and travel throughout the country man dignity issues serving as the house’s much-needed protective walls and talking to high school students about the power of forgiveness, mercy and crossbeams. redemption. “Opposition to abortion and euthanasia does not excuse indifference to I am reminded of this story as I begin to write about the sixth spiritual those who suffer from poverty, violence and injustice.… Catholics should work of mercy: forgive offenses willingly. I believe that this spiritual work of eagerly involve themselves as advocates for the weak and marginalized in mercy is one of the hardest to incorporate within our heart because it requires all these areas,” they taught. The bishops then explain: one thing: humility. Our culture suggests that when we are hurt by another, “If we understand the human person as the ‘temple of the Holy Spirit’— we should retaliate. The hunger for vengeance could easily feed our pride the living house of God—then these latter issues fall logically into place by putting others beneath ourselves. Our society truly believes that when we as the crossbeams and walls of that house. All direct attacks on innocent show signs of forgiveness, we are weak and, at times, plain foolish. The ultimate words of forgiveness were spoken by Christ on the cross, “Fa- human life, such as abortion and euthanasia, strike at the house’s founda- ther, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) Jesus tion. These directly and immediately violate the human person’s most fun- willingly called out this prayer to his Father. This is the important key. The damental right—the right to life. Neglect of these issues is the equivalent power of forgiveness lies in the willingness and the openness of an individual of building our house on sand. Such attacks cannot help but lull the social to extend unconditional love. Remember, hurting people hurt others. You can- conscience in ways ultimately destructive of other human rights (Living the not undo the offense that was directed to you. But, you can make a difference Gospel of Life, 22). to the person who hurt you by forgiving them. So the bishops’ challenge gives us a constructive model for thinking about Is this possible? I believe so! I think of St. John Paul II forgiving his at- vital social and political concerns. Before voting this coming November, tacker after he was shot in St. Peter’s Square. It is said that on the way to the consider reading the entire statement along with the more recent “Forming hospital, he decided to forgive his assassin. He did not seek vengeance but Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (2015)” to enrich your conversations rather extended to him forgiveness and mercy. What an amazing grace! with friends, family members, and colleagues on these critical issues. The longer you avoid letting go of the hurt, the hate, the anger, the resent- ment, the more you will reach out and hurt others. Beg for the grace to for- 1. http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/abortion/living-the- give. If you can’t pray for that, then pray for the grace to be able to pray to gospel-of-life.cfm 2. http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/upload/forming- forgive. How does one begin to do this? Cultivate a devotion to the Sacred Heart consciences-for-faithful-citizenship.pdf of Jesus. He is forgiveness and mercy. He shows us how to extend mercy to (Deirdre A. McQuade is Assistant Director of Pro-Life Communications at others by giviving us His heart if we ask. the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Make my Heart Like Unto Thine! For more on the bishops’ pro-life work, see www.usccb.org/prolife.) (Sister of Christian Charity, Geralyn Schmidt, is the Wide Area Network Coordinator at the Diocese of Harrisburg and the Director of Formation for Wives in the Diaconate Program. An educator for 29 years, she is respon- Position Available: sible for Professional Development Programs for every age learner. Through her presentations, she challenges her audiences to be the individual God has Diocesan Catholic called them to be.) 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Please allow three weeks POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Send résumé and cover letter to: for the change. The Catholic Witness, 4800 Union Deposit Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111-3710. [email protected] The September 2, 2016 • Catholic Witness - 5 For God and Country: Military Chaplaincy has Long History in U.S. Armed Forces By Chaz Muth Catholic News Service hen Father Adam Muda Warrived at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson earlier this year, he noticed prominent signs for a museum that showcased the history of what he was about to become. The U.S. Army Chaplain Corps Museum has such a prom- inent place where priests and clergy from other religions train to be chaplains, because the role need,” Archbishop Broglio said. Some Catholic chaplains have gained of the chaplain is stitched into notoriety throughout the years, including the fabric of the U.S. military. Father Francis Patrick Duffy, who served as The patchwork of the military chaplaincy a chaplain with the 69th Infantry Regiment, a was revealed on a warm March morning as unit of the New York Army National Guard, the museum’s curator, Marcia McManus, on the western front of France during World walked a visitor through the carefully lit War I, for which he was highly decorated exhibit hall with a scent that reminded him of with military honors, such as the Distin- vintage books and photographs. guished Service Cross and the Distinguished The man noticed the displays were laid out Service Medal. in chronological order, beginning with the Hollywood chronicled his wartime chap- origin of the name chaplain, which derives laincy in the 1940s film “The Fighting 69th.” from the relic cape (“cappa” in Latin) of St. Though Father Duffy wasn’t awarded Martin of Tours, a second-century bishop the Medal of Honor, three other Catholic who is said to have used his military sword chaplains have been, including Father Joseph to cut his cloak in two, giving half of it to O’Callahan, a World War II chaplain; Father warm a shivering beggar. CNS/CHAZ MUTH Emil Kapaun, who served during the Korean Eventually, all clergy affiliated with the A life-size vintage photo of War and died in a prisoner of war camp; and military were referred to as the “cappellani,” a well-known World War Father Vincent Capodanno, who served in translated into French as “chapelains” and I Catholic priest, Father Vietnam and was killed in action in 1967. then English as chaplain, McManus said. Francis Patrick Duffy, who Sainthood causes have been opened for “The history of the chaplaincy in the Unit- served as a chaplain both Father Kapaun and Father Capodanno. ed States is almost as old as the country,” with the 69th Infantry One of the greatest legacies of the U.S. said Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Regiment, is on display at military chaplaincy is that the men and woman who serve have been granted the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services the U.S. Army Chaplain in Washington. “The first thing that George opportunity to exercise their freedom of Corps Museum at Fort religion, or no religion at all, said Father Washington asked the Continental Congress Jackson in Columbia, S.C. for was the provision for chaplains.” Michael A. Mikstay, a Navy chaplain who The U.S. Army Chaplains Corps was offi- currently serves at the Marine Corps Recruit cially established July 29, 1775, with the first U.S. military, Archbishop Broglio said. During both World War I and World War Depot San Diego. “That’s a great nation that formal chaplains being Protestants. Father Rey was killed during the war and II, the U.S. armed forces enjoyed its most we have.” However, there was one Catholic priest, Father McElroy returned to civilian life at the robust service of Catholic chaplains, around As McManus wrapped up her tour, she Father Louis Eustace Lotbiniere, from the conflict’s conclusion and eventually founded 2,000 during those years, the archbishop turned to her visitor and said she believes the Diocese of Quebec, who did provide pastoral Boston College, he said. said. chaplaincy museum offers more than a his- care to the soldiers fighting in the Revolu- The need for Catholic chaplains began to That number pales in comparison to to- torical perspective of the military chaplains tionary War, McManus told Catholic News grow in the subsequent years, and priests day’s 214 priests on active duty. who served in all branches of the U.S. Armed Service during a March interview at the served in both the Confederate and Union “Remember, there was a tremendous Forces. museum. armies during the U.S. Civil War, Archbishop mobilization in the United States, particu- “There are several stories throughout the Though he was not necessarily considered Broglio said. (See pages 6 and 7 in this edi- larly during the Second World War, and there museum that show the compassion and the part of the original Army chaplain corps, tion of The Witness for a feature piece on one was a tremendous response, both on the part willingness of chaplains to stay with their he’s considered the country’s first wartime of the priests who ministered in the horren- of the dioceses and then also the Knights of soldiers. To minister to those soldiers,” she Catholic chaplain, she said. dous prisoner of war camp in Andersonville, Columbus supported and sometimes even said. “They nurture the living, care for the In the early years of the nation, there Ga.) paid for chaplains, because this was seen as a wounded and they honor the dead.” were a few priests who would help out in the military, but the first official Catholic presence within the armed forces came in the 1840s during President James Knox Polk’s administration. At the onset of the Mexican-American War, Polk became concerned that the conflict was going to be interpreted as a struggle be- tween Catholic Mexico and Protestant U.S., so he recruited two Jesuit priests, Father An- thony Rey and Father John McElroy, to serve as the first official Catholic chaplains in the

Diocesan Chaplains in Our Next Edition As part of the series on Catholic military chaplains, The Catholic Witness is currently pursuing a fea- ture piece on diocesan priests, Ch. Maj. John Bateman, and Ch. Capt. Raymond LaVoie. Father Bate- man, Secretary to the Grand Master Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepul- cher of Jerusalem, is chaplain for the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, and Father LaVoie is chaplain for the CNS/CHAZ MUTH Army National Guard. As their avail- Father Adam Muda, a priest from the Diocese of ability in the field allows,The Witness Paterson, N.J., participates in physical training is arranging a feature article on their exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., in March, ministry for our upcoming edition. as part of his training to become an Army chaplain. The 6 - Catholic Witness • September 2, 2016 The Angel of Andersonville By Chris Heisey siege pummeled the fort into submission. The Catholic Witness The flag had been knitted by the Sisters of Mercy and blessed by Father Whelan a month earlier on St. Patrick’s Day. ar from any population Though as a chaplain, Father Whelan Fcenters in south central did not have to follow his unit into captiv- Georgia still today rests An- ity on New York’s Governor’s Island at dersonville National Historic Castle William, the devoted priest became a prisoner so he could tend to the needs Site, where the Civil War’s of his beloved southern brethren. Father most notorious prisoner of Whelan’s allegiance was firmly Confeder- war camp was located in the ate early in the war. While in prison, Father Whelan was able war’s final months. So deplor- to establish a relationship with New York able were the conditions for City priests who provided blankets and Northern prisoners, it’s still food to his unit. The conditions were cold difficult to fathom how much and dank, and if not for the resourcefulness of this humble priest, many would have misery was suffered at this died before being exchanged after several remote corner of America. months of imprisonment. In the midst of all the savage Upon his return to Savannah, Father suffering, there was a Catholic Father Peter Whelan, sickly from his prison time, Whelan portrait, resumed his duties as vicar general. But priest who brought unfailing taken just after when Father Hamilton of Macon by ac- mercy, comfort and compas- the Civil War cident stumbled upon the remote prison sion to the starving, sick and ended in 1865. at Andersonville, the young priest was PUBLIC DOMAIN appalled at the conditions and the number dying inmates. INTERNET of northern Catholics suffering though the By the war’s fourth year, prisoner of war camp’s horrendous conditions. “I found camps had swelled in both the north and the stockade extremely filthy; the men all the south. Andersonville became the most huddled together and covered with lice and notorious of all because, in just 14 months, 3 to 1 on the battlefield. in 1830 in Charleston by Bishop England, vermin…. There were men dying there some 45,000 Yankee soldiers would pass But, the fate of captured Yankees was an and he was soon employed as the bishop’s very rapidly from scurvy, diarrhea and through prison walls, crammed into a 26.5 unintended consequence of this draconian secretary as the diocese included the states dysentery. They were not only covered acre square confined by a crude stockade measure, given that the Confederacy was of North Carolina, South Carolina and with ordinary vermin, but also maggots… of logged walls with no shelter to house having enough problems feeding and tend- Georgia. There were no Catholic parishes and they had nothing under them except them. To be sure, Northern camps such as ing to the health issues of its own soldiers, in Raleigh, the Tar Heel state’s capital the ground,” Father Hamilton wrote after Elmira, New York, where Rebel prisoners much less the enemy. Just how was a city, and only nine in the entire state of his visit. were shoved into brick huts, were hardly crippled Confederate government going to Georgia. Father Whelan was an excellent Now 62, Father Whelan was not in much better, yet Andersonville remains the furnish even the most meager sustenance evangelizer and enthusiastic catechist, and physical condition to endure the nightmare worst “hellhole” of all, according a Union for Union prisoners? it endeared him to all the bishops he would that would be Andersonville. Staying a soldier prisoner from a Pennsylvania Cav- When the tentacles of the Union armies serve in his long life. mile from the prison in a 12 by 8 foot alry unit whose home was in Carlisle. squeezed Richmond, the Confederates When the Diocese of Savannah was wooden hut, he would awaken every day at In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln and moved many of its prisoners by rail from formed in 1850, Father Whelan became dawn, eat a scant breakfast, finish morn- his generals stopped the prisoner exchange Libby Prison along the James River to the vicar general and soon the bishop died ing prayers and then head to the prison program with the Confederate armies. Andersonville, located some 100 miles there during the yellow fever epidemic until sundown. He fell asleep each night No longer would armies grant freedom south of Atlanta along a rail line below that was sweeping through the South. He “exhausted and full of sorrow for what I to a prisoner of war for the return of one Macon, Georgia. Slave labor under the became the diocesan administrator for the had seen all day,” he told a friend. of their fighters. It was a mathematical watch of white masters quickly erected newly formed diocese, where he made a Temperatures in the middle of summer equation the North – which had a superior Camp Sumter – the stockade prison along name for himself as a compassionate, deci- in southern Georgia routinely hit the mid manpower advantage – employed to bleed a hillside that had a tiny, marshy creek sive leader quite bold in spreading the faith 90s. With no shelter to shield them from the Confederacy dry of soldiers. And the running through the middle of the prison. he loved. He especially was compelled to the sun’s blaze, more than 33,000 prison- policy worked, because in the last year It would be a woeful water supply for the teach and serve the poor Irish immigrants ers crammed into 26 acres along a small, most Rebel armies were outnumbered 2 or tens of thousands of inmates who were who were flooding the shores of Georgia. sewage-strewn stream which provided then pouring into the prison in the spring When the Civil War erupted in 1861, Fa- more misery than relief to the inmates. of 1864. ther Whelan was one of only 11 priests in Private John Urban, an infantryman Born in County Wexford in Central Georgia, so Bishop Verot asked the aging of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, upon Ireland in 1801, Peter Whelan grew up in priest to be chaplain to the Montgomery arriving in June 1864 after his capture at the typical Irish Catholic household. He Guards, an Irish Catholic Confederate unit Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, could attended Birchfield College, where he was that manned Fort Puluski – an imposing not believe the conditions has he walked a math major. He immigrated to Charles- brick fort on Cockspur Island some 15 into the prison. “My God, can this be ton, South Carolina, when he heard about miles from Savannah. The bomb-battered Hell!” he said to a fellow new inmate. “It Charleston Bishop John England’s plea fort still stands today as a reminder to the was so crowded that at first we could not for priests to administer to the growing utter destruction that was the Civil War. believe it.” Irish population in the South in the early The Montgomery Guards surrendered 19th Century. Peter Whelan was ordained their flag in April 1862 after a several day More ANDERSONVILLE, page 7

Providence Spring, where miraculous waters flowed. CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS

A Union prisoner after Andersonville was liberated in 1865. The September 2, 2016 • Catholic Witness - 7 Sisters Committed Lives to Serving Poor, Vulnerable in Mississippi By Marnie McAllister Sister Paula joined the Sisters of Charity Catholic News Service in 1965, but left the novitiate in 1968 only to return in 1979. She began her ministry The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth com- in Mississippi in 1981, serving in several mit in their mission statement to “risk their impoverished rural communities until her lives” in their ministry to the poor and vul- death. nerable. Sister Paula’s older sister, Rosemarie “You don’t know what that’s going to be Merrill, still lives in their hometown of like or look like,” said Sister Susan Gatz, Stoneham, Massachusetts. But the two president of the religious order. “But now spent winters together as Rosemarie Mer- we are experiencing that.” rill traveled to Durant and volunteered at Sister Paula Merrill, a member of the the Lexington clinic. congregation since 1979, was found mur- She described her baby sister as fun, dered Aug. 25 along with Sister Margaret stubborn and sarcastic. The two often Held, a member of the School Sisters of quibbled, she said, about which one was St. Francis in Milwaukee, in the home they Martha and which one was Mary. When shared in Durant, Mississippi. the biblical sisters were the subject of a Both women religious worked at the Sunday liturgy not long ago, Merrill said Lexington Medical Clinic as nurse practi- CNS/SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS AND SISTERS OF CHARITY OF NAZARETH she called her sister and asked, “Have we tioners, caring for the impoverished peo- Sister Margaret Held, 68, a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis in decided which of us is Martha and which ple of Holmes County, Mississippi. Milwaukee, and Sister Paula Merrill, 68, a member of the Sisters of Charity of The Mississippi Department of Public is Mary?” By the end of the call, they de- Nazareth in Kentucky, are pictured in undated photos. The two women religious cided they both have a little of Martha and Safety announced late Aug. 26 that Rod- were found stabbed to death Aug. 25 in their Durant, Mississippi, home, police ney Earl Sanders, 46, of Kosciusko, Mis- a little of Mary inside them, Rosemarie said. Merrill said. sissippi, had been charged with two counts “invited his early sisters to really live in women of faith, that we value life,” the of capital murder in connection with the “Her faith was very strong. And she was tune with those who are the poorest. That statement said. “For years now, the Sisters a wonderful nurse,” Rosemarie Merrill deaths. charism was very deep in Paula’s heart. of Charity of Nazareth and the School Sis- The bodies of the sisters, both 68, were said of her sister. “I feel so bad for the peo- found by police Aug. 25 after co-workers She took her skills as a nurse practitioner ters of St. Francis have worked to abolish ple of Holmes County because they’ve lost asked law enforcement to check on the and put them at the service of the poor and the death penalty, even as we seek justice so much. The care they provided leaves a women when they failed to arrive for work at the service of the charism. She loved it. and truth. Let us hold everyone involved huge void. They would do anything for at the clinic in Lexington, about 10 miles It wasn’t a burden for her.” in prayer.” their patients.” from the house they shared in Durant. As the sisters and their families mourn Sister Margaret was a member of the Sister Susan said the deaths do have one “It’s a huge loss for the people there,” the slain women, they’ve asked for people School Sisters of St. Francis for 49 years. silver lining: They help the congregation said Sister Susan during an interview on to pray – not only for the victims and their She served in Mississippi as a social work- to be in solidarity with others who have the motherhouse campus in Nazareth, loved ones but also for their attacker. It’s er at a health center in Holly Springs in the lost a loved one to violence. Kentucky, Aug. 26. “They were really the a way “to be faithful to their memories,” mid-1970s. She went to work as a commu- “What we are experiencing is what so heart of the clinic there.” said Sister Susan. nity health nurse in Nebraska from 1981 many people around the world are expe- “The loss to our congregation is huge,” Both religious communities issued a to 1983 and then returned to Mississippi. riencing. It puts us in touch with the pain, too, she said. “They were valiant women.” statement after the arrest emphasizing She became a nurse practitioner in 1994 the hurt and the bewilderment that so many Sister Susan noted that St. Vincent de their opposition to capital punishment. and subsequently served in health care in have experienced in deaths that come vio- Paul, co-founder of the Sisters of Charity, “We want to reiterate our beliefs as Tupelo, Marks and Lexington. lently,” she said.

and more than 4,000 faithful jammed Andersonville into St. John the Baptist Cathedral for his Continued from 6 “imposing and spectacle” of a funeral on February 13. It remains in the city’s history Men were standing in the mud and rain the largest funeral Mass ever celebrated. with little on their backs. The food ration was a handful of corn or rice and a small Thousands that could not get into the sliver of mule meat that was days old and crowded church instead waited for his rancid from the heat. Only the hearty sur- body in the winter drizzle by his humble vived, as diarrhea killed more than 10,000 Savannah gravesite to pay their respects that summer and fall. The dead were to this beloved Irish priest who had given carted out on the same wagons the food his life in merciful service to both the Blue was brought in, Private Urban noted in his and Gray far away from his homeland. moving memoir after the war. Father Whelan ministered in the stifling Writer’s Biographical Note: humidity, tending to Catholic and non- Unlike many Civil War epochs, Ander- Catholic all day long. He cared only sonville Prison has not been the subject of whether you were suffering. Mostly he a vast modern literature, and thus Father anointed the sick and dying and consoled Peter Whelan has not been granted the them in their despair. Men who entered deserving public eye. Arguably the most the prison at 180 pounds were dying as famous book on the prison is a novel by 75-pound “walking skeletons.” CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS MacKinlay Kantor, Andersonville, which To make matters worse, there were A stockade replica on Andersonville’s dead line. won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1955. It’s a 760–page tome but it quite accurately gangs of thieves who terrorized their fel- he was wheeled over to the cemetery that a violent summer thunderstorm engulfed depicts the gangs of terror that plagued the low Northern inmates. The new inmates was growing to be three times the size of the prison. Torrential rain poured as the were beaten and kicked until they gave prison. William Marvel’s Andersonville: the prison. men laid in the mud with their mouths The Last Depot is a revisionist, scholarly up their intact clothing or food they had In August of 1864, when the prison’s open, drinking the rain right from the smuggled in when they first arrived. On a work that does not heap blame upon Con- ranks swelled to its largest population, two sky. Lightning flashed all about as thun- federate brass for the prison’s wretched July day when the temperature was over remarkable miracles occurred that showed der rocked and rolled the ground. When 100 degrees, six of the gang members were conditions. Many of the prison’s survivors the devotion of Father Whelan along the storm ended, a small spring began wrote searing memoirs of the experi- rounded up by Confederate guards and with a quite visible, tangible sign of the bubbling along the southern end of the hung in front of the thousands who had ence and placed blame squarely upon the Divine Mercy of God. Unable to witness stockade. The water was cool, clean spring Confederate high command for its wanton been victims to their terror. Father Whelan the effects of starvation any longer, Father water that soon became a water supply administered last rites and prayed with disregard for the Yankee inmates. North- Whelan made a trip to Macon to a wealthy for the inmates. It was dubbed Providence and for the criminals. Instead of angering ern hatred ran deep after the war about restaurant merchant, Henry Horn. He was Spring, and if you make the sojourn to the prison populace, this act of kindness Andersonville, and the camp’s commander a devout and unflinching Catholic whom Andersonville, the spring still flows today endeared him to the suffering who saw him Henry Wirz was hanged by the U.S. gov- as an incorruptible witness of Christ. the priest had known before the war. Fa- housed in a memorial house built a couple ernment for his crass and cold response to Few other chaplains had the courage to ther Whelan boldly asked Horn for money of decades after war. It’s a powerful sacred the suffering. The best primary source in visit the prison as communicable diseases to purchase wheat to grind into bread for place to visit in dawn’s early light. this writer’s view is John Urban’s My Ex- ran rampant among the inmate population. the prisoners. Horn, a Confederate patriot In September 1864, when General Sher- periences Mid Shot and Shell and in Rebel Father Whelan came every day – no days who loathed the North’s war aggression on man captured Atlanta, news of the suffer- Den published in 1882. There are modern off – and he witnessed the worst of human- the South, gave Father Whelan $16,000 in ing at Andersonville reached many Union reprints of this Lancaster native’s superb ity every day. If an inmate tried to escape Confederate script to purchase the wheat soldiers in the army. Sherman’s response book, but the first edition is a book col- either by climbing the wall or burrowing and have it baked into thousands of bread was to torch Georgia and South Carolina lector’s delight. He does not varnish over a tunnel, a Confederate guard shot them biscuits for the inmates. with a vengeance never before seen in war. the inhumanity of Confederates running from atop the half dozen perches built on Though Father Whelan sought no praise But he spared Savannah the fire of ven- the prison. If you want a detailed visual the stockade walls. It was aptly called the or recognition, the starving men knew it geance, where Father Whelan had returned telling of the Father Whelan story, a 2009 “Dead Line” for a reason. was this beloved man of God who had from the prison to be pastor of St. Patrick’s produced DVD entitled Fighting the Good Bishop Verot visited the prison in July delivered food that would sustain them for Church in the city. And as was typical of Fight – The Father Peter Whelan Story and found the conditions “revolting, hor- months. They dubbed the rations “Whel- Father Whelan, he raised the monies from produced by Deep Water Productions is rible and bizarre.” A soldier had been eaten an’s Bread,” and that was all the glory this his parishioners to pay back the debt he the show to watch. It’s a moving, detailed by maggots while still alive along the filthy meek and earnest priest would take. owed Henry Horn for the gift of bread that tribute to this extraordinary priest, and it stream, and yet Father Whelan did not shy Just days before the first biscuits of fed the starving. does make one wonder why this holy man away and was there to anoint him before bread began feeding the starving prisoners, Father Whelan died on February 6, 1871, has been not canonized, yet. The 8 - Catholic Witness • September 2, 2016 Moved by Mercy Respect Life Month ~ October 2016

‘40 Days for Life’ Campaigns Holy Hours for Life Respect Life Sunday ~ Begin September 28 in Harrisburg and York October 2 By Jen Reed gin Sept. 28 at 9 a.m. with a kickoff rally at 727 South Beaver Street, The following is a listing, provided The Catholic Witness across the street from Planned Parenthood. Father Paul CB Schenck, by the Diocesan Office of Respect will open the campaign with prayer and words of encouragement, and Life Activities, of parishes that will On Sept. 28, the highly successful 40 Days for Life campaigns will the rally will include speakers, music, refreshments and instructions on be holding a Holy Hour for Life on return to Harrisburg and York with 40 days of prayer and fasting, peace- the campaign. Respect Life Sunday, October 2. ful vigil and community outreach, in an effort to help mark the begin- Last year, the campaign in York had several positive results: 247 • Annville, St. Paul the Apostle Church, ning of the end of abortion in these two cities in pro-lifers from 28 different churches stood 4 p.m. our diocese. vigil outside Planned Parenthood during the 40 40 Days for Life is a peaceful, non-denomina- days. While many stood vigil for one, two or • Berwick, St. Joseph Church, 9:15 a.m. tional initiative that focuses on 40 days of prayer more hours a week, others prayed at home and and fasting, peaceful vigil at abortion facilities, in their churches. • Bonneauville, St, Joseph the Worker and grassroots educational outreach. The 40-day For more information and to sign up for the Church, noon. time frame is drawn from examples throughout Harrisburg campaign, contact Kathy O’Donnell, • Buchanan Valley, St. Ignatius Loyola Biblical history. The campaigns in Harrisburg and York will feature director, at 717-448-6347 or [email protected], or visit Church, 11:45 a.m. peaceful 40-day prayer vigils in the public right-of-way outside of Hill- www.40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/harrisburg. crest Women’s Medical Center at 2709 North Front Street in Harrisburg, For more information and to sign up for the York campaign, visit • Carlisle, St. Patrick Church (call the and outside of Planned Parenthood at 728 South Beaver Street in York. www.40daysforlife.com/york or contact Tom Evans, director, at 717- parish at 717-243-4411 for time) Both campaigns will take place Sept. 28-Nov. 6. 999-4025 or [email protected]. In Harrisburg, 40 Days of Life will • Chambersburg, Corpus Christi begin with an opening Mass Sept. 28 Church at 3 p.m. at 6:30 p.m. at Holy Family Church, • Danville, St. Joseph Church at 11:30 th located at Berryhill and South 25 a.m. streets in Harrisburg, celebrated by MEDICAL MORAL ISSUES Father Paul CB Schenck, Director of • Ephrata, Our Mother of Perpetual the Diocesan Office of Respect Life Help Church, 1 p.m. Activities. Prayer rallies will be held Oct. 1, • Greencastle, St. Mark the Evangelist 15 and 29 at 9 a.m. at Hillcrest, with Church, 1 p.m. Mass celebrated at 8 a.m. at Our Lady • Hanover, St. Vincent de Paul Church, of the Blessed Sacrament Church, 8:30 a.m. 2121 N. 3rd Street, Harrisburg. The Harrisburg campaign will col- • Harrisburg, St. Francis of Assisi lect diapers for Morning Star Preg- Church, 3 p.m. nancy Services at each prayer rally. • Hershey, St. Joan of Arc Church, 2 The director of 40 Days for Life in p.m. Harrisburg noted that the lives of four or five unborn babies have been saved • Kulpmont, Church of the Holy through every campaign there. Angels, 11:30 a.m. In York, 40 Days for Life will be- • Lebanon, Assumption BVM Church, CARING FOR THE SICK AND VULNERABLE  END OF LIFE ISSUES 8:30 a.m. The Diocesan ORGAN DONATION  EUTHANASIA/ASSISTED SUICIDE • Lebanon, St. Benedict the Abbot Church, 10 a.m. Secretariat for When: September 30, 2016 at 8:30AM - 1:00PM | Registration Fee: $10 Where: Cardinal Keeler Center, Harrisburg Pennsylvania • Lewisburg, Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Life and Church, 1 p.m. SOONER OR LATER you, a loved one or a friend is going to have to deal with one of these difficult issues. Do you know how to look at these and other medical moral issues through the eyes of our Catholic faith? • Lewistown, Sacred Heart of Jesus Evangelization Have your questions answered and have peace of mind. Church, 10:15 a.m.

Presents Featuring • Lititz, St. James Church, 10 a.m. The Bittersweet Season Very Reverend David L. Danneker, PhD Vicar General of the Diocese of Harrisburg • Lykens, Our Lady Help of Christians Saturday, October 22, Topic: End of Life Issues: Changing Technology and Timeless Principles Church, 3 p.m.

from 9 a.m.-noon Mr. Dominic G. Lombardi, STL • McSherrystown, Annunciation BVM Cardinal Keeler Center, Secretary, Catholic Life and Evangelization Church (Visit the Perpetual Adoration Topic: Advance Healthcare Directives: Professing Our Faith in the Sanctify of Life Chapel 24 hours a day at your Harrisburg Reverend Paul C.B. Schenck, MA, EdD convenience) Forever in Our Hearts Ministry Director, Office of Respect Life Activities is offering a grief workshop for Topic: The Incredible Shrinking Person: is the loss of consciousness, the loss of personhood? • Mechanicsburg, St. Joseph Church,

families that have lost a child 3 p.m. due to miscarriage, stillbirth, All are welcomed and lunch will be provided. Participants will also have the opportunity to network with Hospital Chaplains. • Myerstown, Mary Gate of Heaven abortion or infant death. Church, 11 a.m. Please join us as together we To register online visit: www.hbgdiocese.org/evangelization or prepare for the upcoming contact Jaclyn Curran: (717) 657-4804 ext 313 or email [email protected] • New Cumberland, St. Theresa of the challenging season. Infant Jesus Church, 3 p.m. Featuring Leslie Delp, Founder of • New Freedom, St. John the Baptist Olivia’s House and bereavement The Harrisburg Diocesan Guild Church, noon. specialist of the Catholic Medical Association • New Oxford, Immaculate Conception A light social and refreshments invites all Catholic physicians, healthcare workers, BVM Church, 9 a.m. will be held following the workshop. medical students, residents and their families to attend their • Palmyra, Church of the Holy Spirit (Visit the Perpetual Adoration Chapel Register online at Annual White Mass 24 hours a day at your convenience) www.hbgdiocese.org/respectlife Most Reverend Ronald W. Gainer, D.D., J.C.L. • Quarryville, St. Catherine of Siena For more information, contact Bishop of Harrisburg, Celebrant and Homilist Church, noon. Jaclyn Curran at 717-657-4804, ext. 313, or jcurran@hbgdiocese. Sunday September 25, 2016 9:30 am • Rohrerstown, St. Leo the Great org St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Harrisburg Church, 1 p.m. There is no registration fee for this Please RSVP for reception to [email protected] • Spring Grove, Sacred Heart of Jesus event. However, this program We also extend an invitation to Church, 9:45 a.m. relies on financial contributions. our legal colleagues from the • Steelton, Prince of Peace-Assumption Please know that a donation is St. Thomas More Society of Central Pennsylvania BVM Church, 11:30 a.m. not required to participate, and families that choose to contribute website: www.CathMedHarrisburg.org • Waynesboro, St. Andrew the Apostle may do so at any amount. Facebook: www.facebook.com/CathMedHarrisburg Church, 1 p.m. The September 2, 2016 • Catholic Witness - 9 Pro-Life Activities Planned in Diocese Fund-Raiser for Mobile Ultrasound Will Feature Sister Geralyn’s Artwork By Jen Reed pro-life pregnancy center that is closest to their The Catholic Witness home. “Networking with the pregnancy centers “Fifty-five million storks shot down since is key, because after the ultrasound, we want 1973.” her to go back to them to have all of her needs Why? By whom? And who will help save met,” Mrs. Biter said. “Our job is to get her them? away from abortion, and then connect her with “Save the Storks” is a catching name of a her local pro-life pregnancy resource center to pro-life ministry that is beginning to sweep the keep her in a support system for her and her nation; its premise being that if you heard that baby.” 55 million of these birds had been purposely Undefeated Courage is looking to purchase killed in the past 43 years, you’d be curious to a 37-foot “Stork Bus,” the largest of the mod- know why and what is being done to prevent it. els, and the cost of which is $210,000. “Save the Storks” took flight in 2011 with a The group will need to raise an additional couple named Joe and Ann Baker, who were $25,000 for an ultrasound machine. The equip- so determined to serve the needs of women ment does not come with the mobile unit itself, facing a crisis pregnancy that they took to the as organizations purchase the ultrasound ma- road in a gutted Mercedes van equipped with chine based on the technician who will use it. an ultrasound machine to help save lives from Mrs. Biter credited local Knights of Colum- abortion. bus councils, like Council 8891 of St. John the The pro-life effort now provides state-of-the Baptist Parish in New Freedom, for leading art mobile medical counseling units efforts in raising funds for the machine. to reach abortion-minded wom- Council 12788 of St. Bernard Par- COURTESY OF BECKY BITER, UNDEFEATED COURAGE en in their own communities. ish in New Bloomfield is also on Knights of Columbus Council 8891 of St. John the Baptist Parish in New Freedom The mobile units also give board. presents a check toward the purchase of a mobile ultrasound unit during a recent pro-life counselors the Undefeated Courage will visit by a “Stork Bus” to parishes in the diocese. ability to educate, care be hosting a fund-raising for, and support the event toward the purchase “Our goal is to win the heart of the abortion- abortion clinic. We are there until the last client women they encounter. of a “Stork Bus” later this minded woman, to let her know that she is safe leaves, so that we can offer prayer or consola- In the Diocese of month. with us,” Mrs. Biter said. “Each woman comes tion if they need it,” Mrs. Biter said, adding Harrisburg, the Unde- The benefit and live art with a different background and a different that the sidewalk counselors often share infor- auction, featuring the art- feated Courage min- concern. We don’t know what that is, but the mation about counseling services and Rachel’s istry – a group of side- work of Christian Charity Holy Spirit does, and so we are constantly in Vineyard retreats for women suffering from walk counselors who Sister Geralyn Schmidt, will prayer so that we can be the words she needs reach out in love to men be held on Friday, Sept. 23 at grief after an abortion. to hear.” “The truth is, we have seen women in sor- and women who seek abor- Bishop McDevitt High School On the streets surrounding abortion clinics tion in order to connect them in Harrisburg. The event is open row while walking into the clinic, and as they located within the Diocese of Harrisburg, the leave. We offer mercy to them wherever they to the help and support they need to the public. The evening will begin pro-life sidewalk counselors of Undefeated are in their situation,” Mrs. Biter remarked. in order to choose life – is undertaking with a wine and hors d’oeuvres hour from Courage in Harrisburg and York are a lifeline “Our goal with the mobile ultrasound unit is efforts to bring a mobile ultrasound unit to the 6:30-7:30 p.m. The program with the art auc- to women as they enter and exit the facilities. streets surrounding abortion clinics. tion will be held from 7:30-9 p.m. The cost to Mrs. Biter considers their ministry as an act to bring them on board as soon as possible and Known as a “Stork Bus,” the mobile unit attend the evening is $25 per couple, which of mercy. before they enter the abortion facility and of- will be equipped with an exam table, restroom, can include married couples, friends or fam- “You pour out your heart to them, and they fer her care, love and support that she and her seats for counseling, a work area for a sono- ily members. (RSVP via e-mail by Sept. 14 to often pour out their hearts to us,” she said. baby deserve.” gram machine and technician, multiple moni- [email protected].) “You want them to hear the truth about abor- (For information about Undefeated Courage tors and media inputs, a built-in space for an Sister Geralyn is an educator, the Director tion, and so we speak the truth to them, includ- and their drive to purchase a “Stork Bus,” visit iPad, internet connection, soft lighting and air of Formation for Wives in the Diaconate Pro- ing those of us who have had an abortion expe- www.undefeatedcourage.org. To RSVP for the gram, the Wide Area Network Coordinator for conditioning, among other amenities – all for rience in our past.” auction fundraiser, send an e-mail by Sept. 14 the Diocese of Harrisburg, and a columnist for the mission of giving the client a welcoming, “We show mercy when they walk out of the to [email protected].) nurturing and professional atmosphere. The Catholic Witness. “Our mission is to serve the abortion-mind- Mrs. Biter remarked that Sister Geralyn ed woman,” said Becky Biter, President of graciously invited members of the Undefeated Undefeated Courage and a parishioner at Our Courage board to personally select auction March for Life Notice for Lady of the Visitation Parish in Shippensburg. pieces from among her personally-created col- “Our ‘Stork Bus’ will be woman-oriented. It lection. On the night of the auction, the pieces Campus and Youth Ministers will be beautiful. It will be professional. We will be presented with information about the will cater to her because she is valuable. We inspiration behind them. It is time to plan for the 2017 March for Life. You can request tickets want her to know that she has immense worth, The auction is one of several avenues that to attend the Youth Rally and Mass sponsored by the Archdiocese and that a pregnancy will not detract from Undefeated Courage is undertaking to pur- that,” she said. chase a “Stork Bus.” Mrs. Biter is connecting of Washington by contacting Jaclyn Curran at 717-657-4804, ext. The mobile unit will be staffed with person- to the support of local Knights of Columbus 313, or [email protected]. Tickets will be distributed on a nel certified to perform the ultrasounds – which Councils, and Undefeated Courage is also first come/first serve basis, so don’t wait! Keep in mind thatno will be 3D and 4D – and to offer counseling. accepting donations via its website, www. tickets are needed to participate in the march. All ticket requests The clients will be immediately referred to the undefeatedcourage.org. must be submitted by October 7, 2016. Any requests received after this date will be added to a wait list. Let’s continue to inspire our youth to testify to the beauty of life and the dignity of each human person!

Pro-Life Advocacy Want to help unite our brothers and sisters and be more effective voices for life and bring the Culture of Life to your parish or school? Please contact the Respect Life Office at 717-657-4804 extension 313 or email [email protected]. Defensa de La Vida ¿deseas unirte a nuestros hermanos y hermanas, y tener voces efectivas por la vida y traer la Cultura de Vida a tu parroquia o escuela? Por favor contacte la Oficina Pro-Vida a 717-657-4804 extensión 313 o [email protected]. One of Sister Geralyn’s art pieces that will be part of the auction fundraiser on Sept. 23. The 10 - Catholic Witness • September 2, 2016 Red Carpet Welcomes Students to Resurrection School’s 25th Year By Jen Reed The Catholic Witness

“We put the spotlight on our kids here,” Principal Brenda Weaver says of Resurrection Catholic School. And on the first day of school Aug. 29, Resurrection welcomed its stu- dents by rolling out the red carpet for them. The festive scarlet path led to a life-size picture frame where students and family members posed to com- memorate the milestone. This year marks the 25th anniver- sary of Resurrection Catholic School, located in the city of Lancaster, in the former St. Anthony School on East Orange Street. Its theme for the anniversary year is “Family of Faith: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.” Resurrection was formed in 1991 with the consolidation of St. Joseph, St. Mary and St. Anthony parochial schools. Its name was chosen to repre- sent the rising and beginning of a new school through the consolidation. The school celebrates its silver anniversary this year in a building that, according to Resurrection, is the oldest continuously operating school CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS building in Lancaster County. Resurrection Catholic School second grade teacher Mary Scaccia photographs the Cunningham family, Andrew, Baylee, It’s a faith tradition that school ad- Susan and Brady, standing behind the theme frame made especially for opening day Aug. 29. ministrators and faculty take seriously. “If we continue to provide our of the Roman Catholic Church. By kids with a solid education, and with encouraging their spiritual, intellec- morals rooted in the Gospel, I am tual, emotional, social, and physical confident that people will see the im- development nurtured in a multicul- portance of those values and continue tural environment, we guide each to send their children here,” Miss child on his or her journey to become Weaver told The Catholic Witness. a disciple of Christ.” She said that parents who send their Students gather as a school commu- children to Resurrection – which nity for weekly Masses, where they educates students in grades K-8 – participate as lectors, altar servers and can expect that “they will be given choir members. The school day begins a Catholic education based on the and ends with prayer, often for the teachings of our Church, and a safe intentions of parishioners or commu- environment in which to grow and to nity members. learn. They can expect that their child “We are very aware of our com- will be challenged and encouraged munity and its needs,” said fourth- along the way.” grade teacher Sylvia Buller, a 36-year Resurrection Catholic School’s veteran of Catholic education. “We mission is to provide students “with have a number of service projects a Christ-centered education rooted where students participate in local and in Sacred Scripture and the teaching global efforts. We pray for our com- Emma and David Stefanow are all smiles as they prepare to start a new school munity, we pray for year. Emma is in third grade, and David in fourth. our world.” This year, Resurrec- learning,” Miss Weaver said. sible,” she said. “Our tagline is, ‘We tion will offer several Now in her 14th year as principal, invite your family to become part of new initiatives to its Miss Weaver lauds the efforts and Resurrection’s family.’” students, including support of the parent volunteers, who Mrs. Scaccia, now in her 18th year at a Spanish language give countless hours of dedication to class, and after-school Resurrection, is a product of Catholic the school board, the PTO, the athletic activities including a education, and sent her own children school newspaper and association and various activities. to Catholic school as well. yearbook, a chess club There is also steadfast support, she “I try to work hard to help continue and a cake-decorating said, from the pastors of St. Anthony, the tradition of Catholic education, club. St. Joseph and Assumption BVM par- because I feel that as current educa- The school con- ishes – Father Daniel O’Brien, Father tors, we have a responsibility because tinues its efforts in Allan Wolfe and Father Leo Good- of all the people who came before us STEM (science, man. The school is also supported by that worked so hard.” technology, engineer- San Juan Bautista Parish in Lancaster That tradition will be especially ing and mathematics) and St. Catherine of Siena Parish in highlighted during Resurrection’s 25th education to encour- Quarryville, and welcomes students age critical thinking from any parish and any faith back- anniversary year. and teamwork, and is ground. Father Deogratias Rwegasira, “We at Resurrection are deeply bringing additional who is in residence at St. Joseph’s, dedicated to passing on the excellence iPads into the class- celebrates the weekly Masses for the of Catholic education,” Miss Weaver rooms. remarked, “and making sure that we “There is magic students, Miss Weaver said. are producing strong members not going on in every Students, staff, parents and clergy classroom, as stu- together create the family of Resur- only for our communities but for our dents grasp a concept rection Catholic School, said second- Church as well.” and you can see the grade teacher Mary Scaccia. (For more information about Resur- Principal Brenda Weaver welcomes Christian Belez- light bulb going on in “We are family-oriented. We want rection Catholic School, visit www. Bernabe on the first day of the school year. their minds as they’re our families to be as involved as pos- rcspa.org or call 717-392-3083.) The September 2, 2016 • Catholic Witness - 11 Lourdes Teacher Thaws out after Fellowship in the Arctic By Emily M. Albert a middle school or high school classroom. The Catholic Witness This year, Ms. McCarthy will use her Kelly McCarthy, in experience and data collection for new her classroom at Almost a year ago Our Lady of Lourdes classroom projects; one for her high school Lourdes, shows Regional School in Coal Township dedi- students is working with other IceBridge several photos from cated new science labs, giving students team members, using actual data sets that her Arctic expedition an even greater opportunity to explore sci- the team has collected over the last decade. earlier this year. ence, and allowing teachers to have more Using this data, the plan is to get teams of EMILY M. ALBERT, THE interactive and meaningful lab classes. students to work with the same location’s CATHOLIC WITNESS Adding to these new digs is middle worth of data but from a different year and school and high school science teacher then hopefully get connected with a 3D Kelly McCarthy, who has brought ex- printer so they can create a model of the tra research and lab tools from her one- data on a computer and print a 3D topo- month fellowship through PolarTREC, an graphic model. Her middle school students educational research experience in which will be looking at the data collected by K-12 teachers participate in polar research the research teams as an introduction to alongside scientists. data analysis and, in the spring when they Ms. McCarthy was selected from among study optics and waves, they will engineer 300 candidates and was assigned with a a project to design a proposal for how they research team that flew over the Arctic would plan a mission like the IceBridge Circle with NASA’s Operation IceBridge. mission. She had completed a one-week workshop And since Ms. McCarthy is a well- in 2014 with the IceBridge team, and this rounded science teacher, she also instructs latest expedition presented a perfect op- an environmental science elective. In this portunity for her students to be able to class, she hopes to share what she has tak- reconnect with the NASA team. For the en from her experience. “One thing I’ve month of March, she worked side by side taken away from it [polarTREC] is how with researchers and scientists, observing important [the research] is, not only in the the changes in the ice. science aspect but also in the human ex- Ever since she started teaching, she has perience aspect and bringing that into the tried every summer to find research - ex classroom on a regular basis,” she said. periences for teachers, she explained. “I “How important it is to be good stewards want to keep things fresh and know what of our earth. It is changing and we have to I should be sharing with my students that be aware of it, and infusing that in general is happening in the real world.” She found into all my classes is important, and I think a teacher’s network, RET (Research Ex- it will be a good way to introduce environ- perience for Teachers), and through it and mental science this year.” some online searching found PolarTREC It isn’t just the lab kits that she is able to and began following some of the explora- share with the students, but her first-hand tions as they were happening. witness of science in action, as well. She One of the great tools PolarTREC of- recalled from her experience, “I got to rec- fers is the use of their online services in ognize on a couple levels what it means the classroom, so teachers can follow with to be an operation run by a major science their students the explorations as they are agency. There is so much that goes into a happening. The program qualifies 12-15 campaign. My campaign in 2016 over the teachers out of 300 applicants and each is Arctic was one little fraction of this huge assigned to a new research expedition that plan to map the ice sheet and watch the changes over time.” is studying either the Arctic or Antarctica. “Within that mission there were instru- “The ultimate goal is to get polar sci- ment teams from all over the country. ence education into classrooms and to get People that ran the radar instruments or students to see all the different work that is the laser instruments, and they all work happening to try to understand how those on their instruments in their labs and they areas are changing,” commented Ms. Mc- come on the plane and monitor and trou- Carthy. ble shoot,” she said. “This is something I To help teachers build the skills to bring want to share with my students; you really were no flights due to several different fac- entists calling her attention back, saying the information back to the classroom, see STEM in action, you really see if they tors, weather being the basic reason for her students were looking for her, but her PolarTREC hosts an orientation in Alaska have an issue on the plane they are able to staying on land. While grounded, she had students answered for her, saying that she that Ms. McCarthy attended in February. engineer the problem because they know the opportunity to interact with Greenlan- was too mesmerized by the scenery. The orientation not only prepared them for their tools.” dic hunters and was also at the side of Dr. After showing some photographs and safety and other training skills, but also Seeing the Arctic in person also changed Piers Sellers, a former astronaut and now talking about what she saw, she told The offered tools on how to implement some her perspective of the Earth changing. “I Deputy Director of Sciences and Explora- Catholic Witness, “I wish we could take understand that our Earth is changing. tion Department of NASA. of the things that the teachers were taking everyone there to see it. I think if every- away from the complex research projects But to speak to people that are impacted “It was an amazing experience to learn and assisted in ways of putting them into by it directly – like hunters from a village from the best and most passionate climate one had the experience to go there and that had to change scientist in the world,” Ms. McCarthy see what it looked like, or just having the their dogsled route said. “I really got a better understanding experience to talk with the people who because the ice of what is happening on the scientific lev- see the changes, I think we would have a is melting earlier el. He taught me the dynamics of what is better movement about getting the educa- than it had in the happening with the warming water that is tion out there and making sure people are past – just hearing coming up on the glaciers.” aware of the changes.” those little stories, Once the weather cooperated, the NASA Connecting with her students while she it reinforces how team prioritized their flights and the crew, was away, she could hear the excitement in we have to pay including Ms. McCarthy boarded NOAA, their voices. “It’s just a really good way to attention to the a hurricane plane that was being used for get them engaged. As I continue and grow limits of our envi- this campaign. Normally NOAA and the professionally myself, I will be able to ronment and how hurricane hunters aboard it fly through implement more ways to continue that en- we need to make hurricanes to collect data (they most re- a better impact, a cently went through Earl). The crew of gagement, even beyond having the chance positive impact.” NOAA, she noted, were very kind and ea- of talking to someone working in the field Her team stayed ger to share things to go back home to her but making our classroom feel like that, in two parts of students, whether that be photos from their that we are doing real work, real research.” Greenland. The GoPro mounted on the nose of the plane, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School first was at the answers to questions or just some swag welcomes its students back this year with a Thule Air Base, of stickers to share. Ms. McCarthy notes growing science program. Ms. McCarthy and their focus that everyone she interacted with on this has already seen an increase in her elec- was the measure- expedition was kind and considerate that tives that she hopes is attributed to the ment of sea ice she was a teacher and would help her find continuing research and education oppor- before the melt the best way to share information with her tunities being brought to the classroom. season. The sec- students. ond half was In addition, she and two other teachers – During one call with students, the crew Amy Feese and Ann Czeponis – were just spent in Kanger- was flying just above the glaciers, and as lussuaq, where she looked out the window she could see selected last winter out of 150 schools for they stayed in the mountain peaks surrounding them, know- a STEM fellowship from the University of KISS (Kangerlus- ing this is where no man has ever stood. Notre Dame. They hope with this fellow- suaq International Ms. McCarthy was in such awe of the ship they will be able to make STEM more Science Support) beauty of what was in front of her that she visible in their middle school and Ms. Mc- COURTESY OF KELLY MCCARTHY building. During left the ‘classroom’ for a moment, glued Carthy hopes that what she has learned Kelly McCarthy’s view in flight over the Arctic. her first week there to the window. She noted one of the sci- from PolarTREC will connect with that. The 12 - Catholic Witness • September 2, 2016 Harrisburg Theology on Tap Offers More than a Night at the Bar By Emily M. Albert The Catholic Witness

In grade school and high school, young people have Catholic school or religious education classes or may- be a youth group to join for their formation. In col- lege, young men and women can join campus ministry. But what happens to our faith after school? How can a young adult meet people with the same likes, morals and religious values? In the diocese, Theology on Tap is a great opportunity for young adults ages 21-39 to join together in celebra- tion of their Catholic faith. Initially begun as an eve- ning once a month for young adults – married or sin- gle – to come together to hear engaging speakers and mingle at a local bar, the gathering have know grown into groups that meet for hikes, game nights, Mass and brunch, charitable volunteer efforts at local non-profits and much more. Currently, there are Theology on Tap groups in Har- risburg and Lancaster, as well as the Tri-County group in Adams, Cumberland and Franklin counties The Harrisburg chapter of Theology on Tap (or TOT) held a volunteer opportunity on Aug. 25, where almost a dozen young adults came together to help weed, tidy linen closets and play with the children at the St. Sam- uel Center in Harrisburg, home to Catholic Charities’ “homes for healing” – the Interfaith Shelter for Home- EMILY M. ALBERT, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS less Families, Lourdeshouse maternity home for preg- Natalie Pronio and Ellen Valovage organize the linen closet during a Theology on Tap service project at the nant women and their babies, and Evergreen House, for St. Samuel Center in Harrisburg. women recovering from addiction. gives them a place to come and feel comfortable and to find ways to fit community and more of a faith aspect While there, Theology on Tap member Angela Mon- get the same exact benefits that we are all getting from outside of Mass into their lives. I think overall it has dell expressed her delight in the new way that the group it, but at the same time they are in a position that they been positive.” has formed as a community. “Expanding it out past the don’t feel uncomfortable. They can pick and chose the For more information on Theology on Tap and its regular once a month meeting has been a huge step in events, like, if they love to hike, they can choose to do group in our diocese, visit www.hbgdiocese.org/youth- a right direction. It allows more people who might be that. It gives a choice of outlet of how to meet people. busy during the week or have children to get to bed an It’s not restricted to one event or one speaker or this one and-young-adults/theology-on-tap, where you can also opportunity to participate,” she said. “It’s really great group of people. It’s all sorts of people who are trying find links to their Facebook pages. that they’re not only doing community service, but also the Mass and brunch aspect is great for socialization and meeting new people. There is something going on at least two or three times a month that has strengthened that [young adult] community,” she said. Angela continued, “At this age, it is so hard to meet / people with the same morals and values and faith con- cerns, and it’s greats to meet people who actually agree with those morals and values.” Adding to the conversation, Natalie Pronio remarked, “It includes a lost sector of adults who maybe don’t drink or aren’t comfortable going to bars or feel that isn’t there scene, but still belong in this community. It

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Devin Rice pulls weeds as he does yard work at Catholic Charities’ St. Samuel Center in Harrisburg. The September 2, 2016 • Catholic Witness - 13 Pope Leads 11,000 Pilgrims Praying Rosary for Quake Victims By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service After a strong earthquake struck central Italy and with the early news reporting many deaths and serious dam- age, Pope Francis turned his weekly general audience Aug. 24 into a prayer service. While the pope and some 11,000 pilgrims and tour- ists recited the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary in St. Peter’s Square, six Vatican firefighters were on their way to the town of Amatrice, about 85 miles east of Rome, to help search for victims under the rubble. The pope sent six Vatican police officers to join them the next day. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.2 quake had an epicenter close to Norcia, the birthplace of St. Benedict and home to a monastery of Benedictine monks, who are attracting a growing number of visitors because of their solemn prayer life and beer brewing business. The monks and their guests were all safe, but the monastery and Basilica of St. Benedict suffered seri- ous structural damage. Smaller temblors – at least two of which registered more than 5.0 – continued even 24 hours after the main quake. By early Aug. 29, Italian officials said the death CNS/REMO CASILLI, REUTERS toll had reached 290. Some 260 people were hospitalized A man walks amid rubble following with quake-related injuries and rescuers had been able to an earthquake in Amatrice, Italy, pull 238 people out of the rubble. Aug. 24. When Pope Francis arrived in St. Peter’s Square for his general audience just six hours after the main quake, he set aside his prepared audience talk and instead spoke Lord Jesus, who is always moved by human suffering, the summer were pulled lifeless from the rubble Aug. of his “heartfelt sorrow and my closeness” to everyone would console the brokenhearted and give them peace.” 25. in the earthquake zone, especially those who lost loved Caritas Italy and its diocesan affiliates mobilized Many of the small towns in the region have few resi- ones and “those who are still shaken by fear and terror.” immediately with volunteers rushing to the impacted dents who live there all year. But in the summer, people At press deadline Aug. 30, he the pope had expressed his towns, helping with the search and rescue operation, return to their families’ native towns to visit grandpar- desire to visit earthquake victims as soon as possible. providing food and blankets and helping to staff the ents and escape the heat of the big cities. The victims of “Having heard the mayor of Amatrice say, ‘The town tent cities erected by the Italian government outside the the quake included dozens of children who were spend- no longer exists,’ and knowing that there are children damaged towns. The Italian bishops’ conference imme- ing the last weeks of August with their grandparents. among the dead, I am deeply saddened,” Pope Francis diately pledged 1 million euros ($1.1 million) for relief Government officials said an estimated 14,000 people said. efforts and asked all parishes to take up a special collec- were left homeless by the quake. In addition to houses Assuring the people in the region of the prayers and tion at Masses Sept. 18 to aid the victims. and apartment buildings turned into rubble, dozens of “the embrace of the whole Church,” the pope asked the In Amatrice, one of the hardest-hit towns, the bodies churches and convents in the region crumbled or were crowd at the audience to join him in praying that “the of three nuns and four of the elderly guests they host in heavily damaged.

Louisiana Flood

Continued from 1 and St. Jean were also damaged, accord- ing to Ingraham. Cristo Rey Baton Rouge Franciscan High School, which opened in August at the old Redemptorist High School, was inundated with four feet of water. The school relocated to the Business Center on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge be- ginning Aug. 29. The storm, which first began to unleash its nearly weeklong fury on Aug. 12, packed a one-two wallop that drove wa- ter into areas that had never experienced flooding. Initially, torrential rains from the slow moving system caused street flooding, which also forced water into homes. But the greater damage came in the days that followed as area rivers over- flowed their banks and flowed unfettered into neighborhoods, businesses and even Wallace Floyd major thoroughfares. At one point, Inter- stands in his states 10 and 12, the two main arteries flooded kitchen in in and out of Baton Rouge, were closed. Ascension Parish, Along I-12, some motorists were trapped La., Aug. 19. in their cars for more than 30 hours, pre- CNS PHOTO/JONATHAN senting a unique opportunity for ministry BACHMAN, REUTERS for Father Jamin David, pastor at St. Mar- garet of Scotland Church in Albany. After surveying the 20 acres encom- want the food to go to waste. and another $30,000 to the Knights State diocese. “We have thousands of people in passing the parish grounds, Father Da- “We opened up the kitchen and fed Council. need, and each and every one of these do- vid’s focus shifted to the stranded mo- about 500 people,” Father David said, In an ironic twist, a tractor-trailer from nations, in whatever form, brings hope to torists, who were without food, water or adding that the 20 acres around St. Mar- the University of Alabama dropped off a those struggling with these tragic events.” even a bathroom. garet were fine but many of their parish- truckload of supplies at the Catholic Char- Knights of Columbus CEO said the “We opened up our facilities to every- funds will go “directly to help those af- one,” Father David said. “It became a hu- ioners have suffered major flooding. “We ities Diocese of Baton Rouge’s warehouse. noticed there was a humanitarian need on Pilots for Patients, a Louisiana-based fected by this tragedy, and working closely manitarian effort. with the Catholic Church and our Knights “Really, it was the multiplication of the I-12 and [parish officials] decided what a volunteer pilot organization, flew in three in Louisiana, we will continue to make a fishes.” better way to minister to people.” Cessna planes loaded with supplies for the real difference in the lives of the people of He said one stranded motorist was a Even as the waters continued to rise, diocese to distribute. the Baton Rouge area.” caterer initially headed to Abita Springs, donations, in the form of cash, clothes, “The support has been overwhelming (Richard Meek is the Editor and Gener- less than 40 miles from Albany. The ca- gift cards, cleaning supplies and other ne- and we are grateful to each and every indi- al Manager of The Catholic Commentator, terer asked if she could use the parish’s cessities began to filter in from all over vidual, company and organization that has newspaper of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. stove to cook the food since she was not the world. On Aug. 23 the Knights of Co- donated to the recovery effort,” said Tam- His article is reprinted here with permis- going to be going to the event and did not lumbus donated $200,000 to the diocese my Abshire, stewardship director for the sion.) The 14 - Catholic Witness • September 2, 2016

Holy Name of Jesus Students Recognized in Smithsonian for National History Day Competition Katelyn Mu- The names of the following deceased NEW FREEDOM – St. John rawski, right, persons have been submitted by their the Baptist: Lisa Bischoff, Sue Ann and Katie parishes. Please remember in your Chlumsky, Bonnie L. O’Connor, McNamara, prayers the happy repose of these re- William B. Ridley, Jr., John V. left, two recent cently departed souls and the consola- Williams. graduates of tion of their loved ones. Holy Name of NEW OXFORD – Immaculate Jesus School BERWICK – Immaculate Conception BVM: Peggy Murphy, in Harrisburg, Conception BVM: David Olah. Rodney J. Staub. were recently BLOOMSBURG – St. Columba: ROHRERSTOWN – St. Leo the recognized at Thomas R. Johnson. Great: Lucille Rheault. the national level for their CAMP HILL – Good Shepherd: SHAMOKIN – Mother Cabrini: accomplish- Jennie DiRoberto, Kathleen Kush. Josephine Bobroski, Dorothy Derk, ments in the ELIZABETHTOWN – St. Peter: Catherine Kokoles, Sandra Pawelczyk, National Mary Matesevac. Madeline Troyan, Albert Yurkiewicz, History Day Sr. GETTYSBURG – St. Francis scholastic Xavier: Anna McDermitt. SHIPPENSBURG – Our Lady of competition. the Visitation: Vito Bracciodieta. The girls and HANOVER – St. Vincent de Paul: their project, Ronald Staub. STEELTON – Prince of Peace: an educational HARRISBURG – St. Catherine Robert Butts, Mirko Vukovic. display which Labouré: Frederick Fee; St. Francis of SUNBURY – St. Monica: Ber- delved into the “Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange” of medical anes- Assisi: Giuseppe “Joe” Macri; St. nadette Dane, Marion “Mary Lou” thesia throughout the centuries, were granted the opportunity to compete Margaret Mary: Gayle Cummings, Dooley. amongst thousands of applicants at the national level, which was a weeklong Beverly Kulisch, Betty Nace, Marie event hosted at the University of Maryland. Additionally, their project was WAYNESBORO – St. Andrew: Gail Saintz. selected at the state level competition among all Pennsylvania applicants to Hilmer. be displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in HERSHEY – St. Joan of Arc: Hans YORK – St. Rose of Lima: Maria Washington, D.C. Gangl, Gino Schiavoni. Plaza, Lucille Zager. Holy Name of Jesus highly encourages its students to make the most of the KULPMONT – Holy Angels: History Day experience. Taking advantage of their nurturing environment Theresa Homski. as well as the resources at their fingertips, Katelyn and Katie embarked on meticulous and in depth research of medical anesthesia from the antebellum LANCASTER – Assumption BVM: period until the present and reviewed just how significant of a discovery it Carolyn Curry; St. Anne: Raymond was. Their thesis explored not only how the introduction of “pleasure drugs” Kneisley. into medicine altered medical procedures drastically, but also the impact that LITTLESTOWN – St. Aloysius: Please pray for the following anesthesia had on the perception of illness in general. The pair was judged on Dr. John Legutko, Joseph Shanefelter. clergy who died in September the strength of their bibliography, which was riddled with beneficial primary sources, as well as the overall presentation of their work. LYKENS – Our Lady Help of during the past 25 years: Having the opportunity to compete at the national level competition is an Christians: Thomas Yergo. Msgr. Rudolf Fuhr, 1994 incredibly rare one; less than 1% of all National History Day contestants MECHANICSBURG – St. Joseph: Father Edward Deller, 1995 advance to the national competition. Upon asking the two girls what their Christina Sentman. Deacon Charles Kruger, 1997 favorite moment of the whole experience was, they reflected fondly on the NEW CUMBERLAND – St. Father Lawrence Coakley, 2014. honor they felt in being chosen to represent not only their school, but the en- Theresa: Mary Ellen Kern. tire state of Pennsylvania at the national competition and expressed gratitude for their hard work being recognized by so many people. They repeatedly communicated just how wonderful their experience was and lit up with ex- citement when describing the educational but also fun-filled interactions they had with the other students from each and every state as well several foreign countries. Katelyn and Katie’s project will be featured for viewing at the Pennsyl- vania State Museum in Harrisburg from September 23 until the end of the year. The freshman girls have headed off to Bishop McDevitt High School to continue their studies. (Article submitted by Elizabeth Marie Wiest, Temple University English Major.) National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Sponsors Annual Sea Services Event Sunday, October 2, marks the annual Pilgrimage for the Sea Services at the Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg, Md. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is the Patroness of Sea Services, which includes the US Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and Public Health Service. “St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was proclaimed Patroness of the Sea Services in 1977 by the late Cardinal John J. O’Connor when he was serving as Chief of Navy Chaplains,” said retired Admiral William J. Fallon, Chair of the Pil- grimage Sponsoring Committee. “The annual Pilgrimage of the Sea Services is an opportunity for the men and women of our Sea Services to join with family and friends in prayer, to thank St. Elizabeth Ann Seton for her protec- tion and to ask for her continued intercession in their behalf as they go about their work of service to our country.” This year, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA is co-sponsoring the event. The Archdiocese serves the men and women of all branches of the military services. Their support broadcasts awareness of the Pilgrimage to a much broader audience and furthers recognition of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton as Patroness of the Sea Services. The Pilgrimage Mass, beginning at 3 p.m., will be celebrated by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C., with musical accompaniment by the US Naval Academy Catholic Choir and participation by the Joint Ceremonial Color Guard and Knights of Columbus Honor Guard. A complimentary dinner will be provided afterward to all in attendance. If you would like to attend, please contact Ray Alcaraz by calling 301-447- 6049 or through e-mail at [email protected]. The Seton Shrine is located at 339 South Seton Avenue, Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Plenty of parking is available at the Shrine. The parking areas closest to the Basilica will fill up quickly, so people are encouraged to arrive early. 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more information, call Donna Nebistinsky in the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish office, 717-697-6929, or Ernie Nettleton, 717-766-8806. Holy Spirit–A Geisinger Affiliate will host a be- reavement series for 2016-2017. Choice of afternoons or evenings for each series. The first series begins September 21 and runs every Wednesday afternoon from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. or every Compiled by Emily M. Albert Trinity High School’s Athletic Associations’ 3rd Wednesday evening from 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m. through October 26. The annual Beef and Beer event will take place on Saturday, program is sponsored by the Pastoral Care Department. Spiritual Offerings September 24 from 6-11 p.m. Get your early bird ticket by September 10 and save $10. Visit: http://tinyurl.com/jxp6yxx to purchase tickets The Knights of Columbus, St Joseph’s Coun- Mass in the Polish language will be celebrated September or become a sponsor! Come out and have a great time with great cil 12788 is hosting their 15th Annual Yard Sale on 18 at 2 p.m. at St. Catherine Labouré Church in Harrisburg. Confes- food, drinks, entertainment, and auctions. Proceeds will benefit all of Saturday, September 10 at the St. Joseph Parish Life & Education sions are heard in English and Polish after every Mass. Trinity’s athletic teams. Center parking lot, located at 420 East Simpson Street, Mechanic- is prayed on the third Saturday sburg. There will be a large variety of items including toys, clothing A Rosary for World Peace Council #6693 of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Hershey and tools, and there will also be food and soft drinks on sale as well of each month in the Littlestown Historical Square at the intersection invites all boys and girls, ages 9 to 14, to participate of King and Queen streets at noon. The next date is Sept. 17. Join us as homemade Baklava. The sale starts at 7:30 a.m. and will end by 1 at the Soccer Shoot-Out Challenge at St. Joan of Arc School in p.m. Anyone interested in being a vendor or wanting additional infor- to invoke Our Lady of Fatima for Her protection for our country and the Hershey on Sept. 18 from 1-3 p.m. There is no cost to participate. mation should call Greg Kenski at 717-712-6903. Vendor spaces are world. Medals will be awarded, along with pizza and drink for participants. available for a donation of $10 and must be pre-registered, although Mass with prayers for healing will be celebrated Sept. 6 at Each participant will take 15 shots – a penalty kick 12 yards from the spaces may be available day of sale. The sale is rain or shine. The 7 p.m. at St. Theresa Church in New Cumberland, by Father Francis goal – and based on location in the goal, points are awarded. The sale of firearms, drugs/related paraphernalia as well as pornographic Karwacki. The Mass is sponsored by the Pilgrims of Praise and Life total of 15 shots will be ranked against your peers. Winners progress material of any kind is prohibited. in the Spirit prayer groups. For information, call Mary Ann at 717-564- through local, district and state levels. All boys and girls are eligible You can help your marriage. 25% of surveyed 7709 or Loretta at 717-737-7551. to participate and will compete in their respective age divisions. Participants are required to furnish copies of proof of age and written couples say they are “Happily married.” For everyone else there Join St. Patrick School community in York on Sep- parental consent. For entry forms or additional information, contact is Retrouvaille. Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do tember 22 as St. Patrick Church welcomes Bishop Ronald Gainer to Chad Brickley, from K of C St. Joan of Arc Council #6693, by e-mail at you argue, or have just stopped talking to each other? Does talking celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in honor of St. Patrick School’s [email protected]. In the event of inclement weather, a rain about it make it even worse? Retrouvaille helps couples rebuild their 165th anniversary. A reception will follow in Brenner Hall. All parish- date is set for September 25 from 1-3 p.m. marriages. For information or to register for the Harrisburg program ioners and alumni are encouraged to attend. Contact Nicole Nirosky beginning with a weekend on September 16-18, call 1-800-470-2230 or Peggy Logue to RSVP at [email protected] or plogue@ Holy Spirit–A Geisinger Affiliate will host a com- or visit the web site at www.helpourmarriage.com. stpatrickyork.net. munity health screening event in the Holy Spirit Hospital auditorium on Wednesday, September 7, from 2 to 6 p.m. The free The Conewago District PCCW will sponsor the 79th Caelorum at St. Joan of Arc Church in Hershey will be screenings that will be offered include blood pressure, body mass annual district dinner and Mass on Thursday, September held on Wednesday, September 7 at 7 p.m. Father Al Sceski will index (BMI), carotid artery disease, peripheral artery disease and 8 at 6 p.m. at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Mc- preside. Come adore Jesus through prayer, praise, worship and music. prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. The carotid artery and peripheral Sherrystown. Celebrant will be Father Sterner. The new officers of the A reception will be held immediately following the Caelorum in the artery screenings are non-invasive tests that measure blood flow in district council will be installed at the Mass. Following Mass, dinner cafeteria. For more information, call 717-583-0240. the neck and limbs. The PSA test is a simple blood test for men that will be served in the school hall. Speaker will be Deacon Tom Aumen. screens for prostate cancer. Low-cost screenings will be available for LaCucina of Hanover will cater the meal. Father Charles Persing will Good Shepherd Parish in Camp Hill invites all cholesterol and glucose, as well. The cholesterol screenings are $5 lead us in prayer. families who have experienced the loss of a child each and provide total cholesterol number, not HDL or LDL levels, so The 24th Annual Tony Cernugel Memorial Golf (through miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth or early death) to the Mass of fasting isn’t needed. The glucose tests are $2 each. Free at-home Remembrance at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 15, the Feast of Our Tournament. Tee off with alumni and friends of Bishop McDevitt colorectal cancer screening kits will be available. For more informa- High School at the 24th Annual Tony Cernugel Memorial Golf Tourna- Lady of Sorrows. Take this opportunity to remember your children, and tion, call 717-763-2427. No appointments are needed. to name them if you have not. Those who have not been given a name ment, Friday, September 16 at Blue Ridge Country Club. Registration can be listed with your last name, such as “Baby Jones.” Submit your Holy Spirit–A Geisinger Affiliate is hosting a free begins at 7:30 a.m., with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. Enjoy refreshments child’s name for remembrance by mailing to Good Shepherd, 3435 dementia awareness event on Tuesday, September 13, from on and off the course, skill competitions, raffles for prizes, and a din- Trindle Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011, and marking the envelope “Mass of 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Holy Spirit Hospital. Attendees will ner & awards ceremony. Proceeds from this year’s tournament benefit Remembrance.” You may also call Geri Andregic at 717-761-4789 or learn about the signs and symptoms of dementia and what resources Bishop McDevitt students in need of financial assistance. To register email your child’s name to [email protected]. are available through Holy Spirit Hospital and area agencies. Attend- for the tournament or to become a tournament sponsor, call Cheri ees will also hear real world experiences and advice from a caregiver. Comasco at 717-236-7973 ext. 2133, or visit http://www.bishopmcde- Blue Mass - Service of Thanksgiving and Remem- A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation. For more vitt.org/special-events/ and register online. brance for our first responders and military will be information or to register for this free event, call Carol O’Hara at celebrated at St. Joseph Church, 5125 Grandview Road, in Hanover, 717-763-3078. American Girl Doll-Lego-Cash Bingo to be held on Tuesday September 13 at 7 p.m. Fellowship and light refreshments Sunday, September 11, hosted by the Knights of Columbus at after Mass. All are welcome. The Pregnancy & Family Resource Center cordially 42 West Second St., Waynesboro. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and invites you to spend an evening with friends celebrating bingo starts at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15, available at St. Andrews Parish In remembrance of the 9-11 heroes, St. Catherine the sanctity of life in York County. The “Our Children, Our Treasures” Office, 717-762-1914, ext. 5, or Eichholz Flowers. 717-762-7131. Labouré Parish in Harrisburg will celebrate a prayer service and special benefit will take place on September 14 at 6 p.m. at Wyndridge Farm Food available for purchase. blessing for the emergency responders of our community on Patriot in Dallastown. Bid on a week in Coastal South Carolina, an amethyst Day, Sunday, September 11, at 3 p.m. in the Church, 4000 Derry statement necklace, designer handbags, fun local activities and The Knights of Columbus, Michael F. Barrett Coun- Street. This year is the 15th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks that took much more! Join us for a wonderful dinner and the company of our cil 9875, is hosting its second annual “Cruise for a the lives of innocent citizens and hundreds of emergency responders. friends in pro-life! More information is available on our website www. Knight” car show on Saturday, Sept. 10 at St. Paul the Apostle All police, fire fighters and emergency medical service personnel of pfrcfriends.org, or by calling the center at 717-854-6285. Individual Church, 125 S. Spruce St. in Annville from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. All cars the community will be in attendance. All are invited. Please call Joreen reservations and sponsorships are available. We hope to see you registered (original or modified, trucks Euro and Asian imports) will Kelly at the Parish Office 717-564-1321 x 103 for more information. there! be eligible to win a trophy for their class, farthest distance, pastor’s choice or the Grand Knight’s choice. There will be music, games, People dedicated to the sanctity of life are invited to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Mechanicsburg great food, prizes and 50/50 drawings. For a copy of the registration attend the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Chil- will be holding its annual Apple Festival on Saturday, form, contact SK Don Hassenbein at 717-838-6307 or dhassenbein@ dren at St. Benedict the Abbot Church, 1300 Lehman Street, Lebanon, September 17 from 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. The Apple Festival features food, comcast.net. Saturday, September 10. Join us for Holy Mass at 9 a.m. Immediately adult and children’s games, a silent auction, bake sake, crafts, a afterwards, we will gather on the church grounds at the Pro-Life Memo- basket raffle and more. The Apple Festival Pancake Breakfast will be St. Patrick School in Carlisle is holding its 21st held on Sunday morning, October 2, from 8:30-11 a.m. St. Elizabeth annual golf outing Friday, Sept. 16 at the Carlisle Barracks Golf rial for a prayer service and recitation of the Rosary. Please join us Course in Carlisle. Check-in starts at 11:30 a.m., shotgun is at 1 p.m. to remember and pray for all the innocent lives lost to abortion and to Ann Seton Church is located at 310 Hertzler Road, Upper Allen Town- ship. Ample free parking is available. Golf and steak dinner is $80; dinner only is $25. Format is a four- beg the Lord for healing and mercy for women and their families. This person scramble; all skill levels welcome. For more information, to event was begun in 2013 by Priests for Life, Pro-Life Action League, Divine Redeemer Parish in Mount Carmel will hold sign up for golf or to help with sponsorship, contact St. Patrick School and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society to encourage people to visit, honor, a “Designer Purse and Accessories Bingo” on Sunday, at 717-249-4826. and conduct prayer vigils at gravesites or at memorials to pray for and September 18 in Divine Mercy Hall, 400 Block of West Cherry Street, remember our unborn brothers and sisters lost to abortion. For more Mount Carmel. Doors open at 1 p.m. and bingo starts at 2 p.m. The I THIRST Prayer Group of St. Joan of Arc information or questions, call 717-838-5243. Admission is $25 at the door or $20 in advance; for advanced tickets Church in Hershey invites everyone to attend “The Wild Goose” call 570-590-5849 or 570-205-8751. Food and refreshments will be seminar on Wednesday evenings beginning September 14. This Pilgrimage and Retreats available for sale. Seating will be limited.Purses will be Vera Bradley, multi-week seminar, led by Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, is a video presentation followed by small group discussion and reflection. The You are invited to join a Pilgrimage to Italy being Charming Charlie, Coach, Kate Spade, Michael Kors, Nine West, Stone Mountain, London Fog and Jessica Simpson. Wild Goose series will help you experience a deeper relationship with sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Women from March the Person of the Holy Spirit. To register, call Lou at 717-583-0240 or 28 to April 7, 2017. Individuals, couples, families, and friends are Join us at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Gettysburg e-mail [email protected] by September 7. all welcome! The trip includes: Roundtrip nonstop direct flights from this fall as we explore Catholic Moral Teaching with New York JFK, breakfast and dinner daily, admission to all sites as Dr. Steven Smith, professor of Sacred Scripture at Mount St. Mary’s St. Theresa School and the St. Theresa Knights of per itinerary, first class hotel accommodations for 4 nights in Rome, 2 Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. Dr. Smith will discuss and illuminate Columbus are having a Golf Outing on Friday, September 9 at Val- nights in Venice, 2 nights in Florence, one night in Assisi, daily Mass Catholic Moral Teaching as it is underpinned by Sacred Tradition, ley Green Golf Course in Etters. All details can be found on the school celebrated by our priest chaplain, visits to Padua, Siena, Orvieto, and Sacred Scripture, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The website: www.sainttheresaschool.org, or for more information, please more for $3,690 per person/double occupancy ($550 supplement for classes will focus on moral theology as it relates to the formation of contact Michelle Zemba at 717-649-8899. single room). For complete details on this pilgrimage, contact George’s conscience, which guides faithful Catholics in proper choice-making St. Theresa Parish in New Cumberland will be hosting International Tours, (800) 566-7499, [email protected], or Karen and conduct. The classes will be held on 5 consecutive Wednesday a community Fall Fun Fest on Saturday September 17 from 4-10 Hurley, [email protected]. evenings, Sept. 14-Oct. 12, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Xavier Center, p.m. on the grounds of St. Theresa School, located at 1200 Bridge Table Rock Road, Gettysburg. For more information, contact John Street, New Cumberland. Food, music, entertainment, kids’ activities Fundraisers and Events Knowles, 717-677-4420. and so much more. For more information, contact Michelle Zemba at The Holy Name of Jesus Knights of Columbus Join other young adults at Theology on Tap in 717-649-8899. Council 14081 is sponsoring an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast Lancaster on September 8 at Annie Bailey’s Irish Pub, on the every second Sunday during the months of September (11th), October second floor, at 7 p.m. for happy half hour and 7:30 p.m. for a discus- Job Opportunities th th (9 ), and November (13 ). The breakfast will be held in the downstairs sion of “The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive: How to Have a Vibrant Our Lady of the Visitation Parish in Shippensburg is social hall of the old church, and includes sausage and beverages. Faith,” presented by Father Dan Powell. Father Powell is a priest of currently accepting resumes for the part-time position of Coordinator Breakfast is from 9 a.m.-noon. All proceeds will assist parish projects the Diocese of Harrisburg. He has been ordained for 19 years and of Religious Education (CRE) for the 2016-2017 school year. Previous sponsored by the Knights of Columbus throughout the year. Tickets has served in parishes in Lebanon and Mechanicsburg. Previously experience as a CRE preferred. If you are interested in applying for can be purchased at the door for $5. a campus minister at Millersville University, he is currently the pastor the position, send your resume to Reverend Dwight Schlaline. You at St. John Neumann Parish in Lancaster. Theology on Tap is a may send it via email to [email protected] or by mail to Living the Faith in Joy and Love: Why do we believe young adult ministry and evangelization outreach of the Diocese of what we believe? This free session presented by Father Peter Rev. Dwight Schlaline, 305 North Prince Street, Shippensburg, PA Harrisburg. All young adults, (20s and 30s) single, married, Catholic 17257. Hahn on September 14 following the 7 p.m. Mass and September 17 at or not, are invited to attend the events. Go to www.totlancaster.com 10:30 a.m. at St. Leo the Great, Rohrerstown, will provide an overview for more information. Holy Spirit Parish in Palmyra is looking for a parish of the Magisterium, Sacred Tradition, and Sacred Scripture as the secretary for part-time work 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs). This person handing on of Divine Revelation. It will discuss the role and documents A Hospice care informational seminar for seniors should be proficient in Microsoft applications, especially Word, Excel, of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic and families will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Me- Publisher and Outlook. Knowledge of the sacraments a plus and prior Church and how they inform the Christian Life. The series is presented chanicsburg, Thursday, September 15, at 7 p.m. The chance of you, secretarial experience a must. Send applications to: Secretary Ap- by the Order of Malta. your spouse, or your parents being under hospice care at the end of plication c/o Holy Spirit, 245 West Pine St., Palmyra, PA 17078. life is now well over 50%. Does hospice care affect health directives, A pig roast will be held at St. Benedict’s Social Hall in living wills, and power-of-attorney arrangements? When do loved Ministry Openings at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Lebanon on Sept. 24 from 5-10 p.m. Dancing starts at 6 p.m. with Spin ones become eligible for hospice care? Who pays? Is the primary Harrisburg. Leadership is needed for the following parish minis- City DJ. Tickets are $15 which includes coleslaw, baked potato, roll, care doctor involved? What should the family expect? Learn how to tries: Adult Choir Director and Youth Ministry Coordinator. Qualified baked beans, Spanish rice and beer/soda. Also enjoy small games of best use hospice services and avoid mistakes and heartaches. Jean- practicing Catholics interested in either of these positions are asked chance. BYOB welcome. For ticket info, call Ted at 717-838-7581 or nie McClintick, of Hospice of Central PA, a Certified Hospice and Pal- to contact the parish office at 717-233-3062 for a job description and the Parish Office at 717-450-4506. liative Care Nurse for 14 years, will speak and answer questions. For further information. The 16 - Catholic Witness • September 2, 2016 St. Ignatius Continues Festive Tradition

Right: Picnic volunteer Michael Woods tests his skill at knocking down a stack of milk bottles with a baseball.

Below: Lillien Wallace of East Berlin receives an artistic face-painting pattern from Christy Hemler. CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS

By Jen Reed The Catholic Witness

n the shaded picnic grove at St. Ignatius Parish, parishioners and visitors Ialike enjoyed the festivities of the annual Buchanan Valley picnic, a tradi- tion there that dates back more than 175 years. Nestled along the lush grounds of the parish in western Adams County, St. Ignatius’ annual picnic offers an old-fashioned flair, with home-cooked meals, classic festival games, music and activities for children. The picnic is always a camaraderie-builder for the parish, which, from Oc- tober 2016 to October 2017, will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of its church building. The cornerstone for the historic church was laid on Oct. 10, 1816, and the first Mass was celebrated there Oct. 17, 1817. It was established as a mission by the Jesuits who also served Conewago. The parish will begin a year-long celebration of the anniversary with an organ recital set for this October, and other activities will follow throughout the year. Rain Does Not Damper Outstanding Parish Event in Harrisburg

A boy purchases a cup of shaved ice from a snow cone truck, right, while the vehicle, with a school bus theme, is reflected in a puddle, below. CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS

By Chris Heisey The Catholic Witness

espite episodes of torrential downpours in the afternoon of DSunday, August 21, St. Catherine Labouré Parish, Harris- burg, hosted a unique community event, Dinner on Derry, which attracted hundreds to the church grounds. Twelve Harrisburg area food trucks, featuring everything from specialty burritos, German potato cakes and stuffed pretzels, parked in the church parking lot to offer families a summer after- noon of food and fun. Not only did parishioners attend the event, but many from the surrounding community dodged the down- pours to support the parish. This year marks the 40th anniversary of St. Catherine’s Shrine Church of the Miraculous Medal, and the event was designed to help raise funds to benefit a refurbish- ment project entitled “Honoring the Vision.” In addition to the food delicacies, there were also children’s games, bingo and raffles held inside the school’s gymnasium. Tours of the Shrine, which features strikingly beautiful stained- glass in circular fashion, were also provided for the public.