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Sisters serving the diocese gather outside the St. Mary’s Convent circa 1942. Ancestors visit home owned by diocese since 1942 By Sonia Mullally C.B. Little’s great DCA Editor granddaughter and Fargo resident, Beth Bradley, along with her The large stone house that C.B. Little’s great granddaughter and Fargo resident, Beth Bradley, along with her sits prominently on the corner of sons Dylan and Andrew Walter, sons Dylan and Andrew Walter, stopped by the former family home last year for a Washington Street and Avenue A stopped by the former family visit. home last year. Beth had visited has quite a history. had one son, Clarence Bradley penitentiary. South American once when she was about 14 years The mansion, built in 1902 (b. 1917). Clarence married mahogany wood is dominant old. She said her grandmother, for lawyer and businessman C.B. his childhood sweetheart and throughout the home that was Viroque, had come to live at the Little and his wife, Caroline, was neighbor Ruth Sandin in 1940. adorned with velvet and silk house for some time when her an impressive site in the otherwise They had three children, David, drapes, oriental rugs and massive father, Clarence, was around age underdeveloped frontier town of who lives in Junction City, Kan., furniture for the Little family. 2 until age 14. Clarence would Bismarck. Even now, surrounded and Carol and Beth who live in Even today, after some return for summers and holidays by other structures, the house Fargo. George never married or renovations at various stages, while attending boarding school in stands out as an architecturally had children. the home retains its remarkable Minnesota. The family would often grand home that anchors a part of layout. When built, the fi rst fl oor spend winters in California, but Remarkable home town known for its historic homes. consisted of a library, living and the Little home in Bismarck would The exterior of the home Family life dining rooms, kitchen, pantry and always be his base. has stood the test of time. A butler’s pantry. Near the fi replace Although the Little family hasn’t C.B. Little and his wife, stonemason was brought over in the living room was a $45,000 owned the home for more than 70 Caroline, were married in Boston from Sweden to work on the years, family members still visit on Nov. 24, 1885. Caroline died house, with much of the work Continued on page 8 occasionally to recall the life of a in 1933 and fi ve years later, also done by prisoners of the state man who only intended to pass he married Irene Shepard. He through Bismarck on his way to and Caroline had two children, the West Coast, but ended up Viroque Mabel (b. 1887) and A LOOK INSIDE leaving quite a legacy. George P. Little (b. 1889). Viroque

Donation to projects New murals installed Bishop Kagan announced a $3 million Paintings depicting the life of St. Wenc- donation to the Light of Christ expansion eslaus added to the major renovation of projects ...... PAGE 3 the church in Dickinson ...... PAGE 6 2 | Catholic Action JUNE 2016 Dakota Bishop David D. Kagan Two events with enduring significance BISHOP’S SCHEDULE Bismarck. For any seminarian the bishop to sacred ordination JUNE AND JULY 2016 FROM THE BISHOP this sacred ordination is most as a priest of Jesus Christ. important for him personally I need to mention here that June 5 • Confi rmation, Catholic Indian Congress, St. and for the local Church, his Greg’s classmate, Jordan Dosch, Bridget, Parshall, 11 a.m. Diocese. In anticipation of his will also be ordained to the June 5-10 • Annual Clergy Retreat, ordination, Greg has made the transitional diaconate at the end Assumption Abbey, Church’s Profession of Faith and of September this year in Rome, Richardton its Oath of Fidelity by which he where he is receiving his priestly June 19 • Confi rmation for the publicly states that he believes all formation at the Pontifical Church of St. Anthony, St. that the Catholic Church believes North American College. Both Anthony, 11 a.m. and that he will teach this faith of them will be ordained to the June 21 • Real Presence Radio interview, 9 a.m. and live this faith always in priesthood in 2017. communion with the pope and June 22 • Diocesan Finance Council On Tuesday, May 31, the Feast Meeting, Center for college of bishops. of the Visitation of the Blessed Pastoral Ministry, Bismarck, On the day of his ordination Virgin Mary, the Reverend Mr. 10 a.m. Greg becomes an incardinated Doug Krebs will be ordained June 23 • North Dakota Catholic cleric for the Diocese of Bismarck to the sacred priesthood at the Conference Meeting, Jamestown, 10 a.m. Bishop David D. Kagan and, as such, he will have an Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. assignment as an ordained Among the many privileged July 7 • Williston Deanery Seminarian Celebration, deacon in which he will exercise responsibilities, which a bishop Grand Williston Hotel and y the time you receive his diaconal ministry. Finally, undertakes for the sake of the Conference Center, this issue of the Dakota given the depth and intensity Church, in my opinion, there 5:30 p.m. BCatholic Action we should of his program of priestly is no greater privilege and no July 10 • International Peace Garden be celebrating as a Diocese formation, as well as the weightier responsibility than Field Mass, International Peace Gardens, 12 p.m. several important events. recommendations of those who conferring sacred ordination However, there are two events, are responsible to the Church to the priesthood on any man. July 18 • Annual Seminarian Golf Fundraiser, Mandan which I would like to write for his priestly formation, When a man is ordained a priest July 19 • Real Presence Radio about because both will have an the Church in the person of an indelible mark is etched on interview, 9 a.m. enduring significance for all of us the Diocesan Bishop formally his soul for all eternity. While • Dickinson Deanery for years to come. calls him to sacred ordination. he ministers to you, God’s holy Seminarian Celebration, Monday, May 23, Greg Luger Moreover, it is understood by the people, in his earthly life, he Heart River Retreat, was ordained to the Transitional Church that if Greg is called to helps you and himself achieve the 5:30 p.m. MT Diaconate in his home parish sacred ordination as a deacon, in end for which God has created us July 21 • Minot Deanery Seminarian of Church of the Ascension in another year he will be called by all, heaven. Celebration, Grand Hotel, 5:30 p.m. So you see, God continues July 23 • Centennial Mass for the IN ACTION to bless our Diocese with men Church of St. Bridget, BISHOP who are willing and ready to Parshall, 4 p.m. leave all for His sake and for His July 24 • Annual Town and Country Church. Please pray for all of Celebration, Hague our seminarians and continue July 24-26 • Priest and Deacon to pray that more young men Summerfest, University of Mary, Bismarck will listen to the Lord’s call and accept His gift of a vocation to July 27 • Mass for those attending Steubenville Conference, the priesthood. Cathedral, 9 a.m. Please pray for our priests, • Bismarck Deanery active and retired, and offer a Seminarian Celebration, ND Heritage Center: special prayer of gratitude to the Missouri River Events Lord for your parish’s priests. Center, 5 p.m. That is the priceless gift you can July 28 • Bishop Ryan Annual Board give to them. Meeting, Minot, 5:15 p.m. SOCIAL MEDIA

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Fargo St. Vincent de Paul Council to host regional meeting

One of the largest charitable About the Fargo District Council organizations in the world, the In North Dakota and Western Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an Minnesota, the Fargo Diocese international, nonprofi t, Catholic District Council is made up lay organization of about 800,000 of 10 conferences in three men and women who voluntarily dioceses—Fargo, Bismarck and join together to grow spiritually by Crookston. In fi scal year 2015, offering person-to-person service these conferences made a positive to the needy and suffering in 150 impact on many of those in need countries on fi ve continents. in North Dakota and Western The Fargo District Council will Minnesota. They provided be hosting the 2016 North Central assistance to 3,548 men, women Regional Society of St Vincent de and children (2,761 received direct fi nancial assistance, while 787 Paul meeting this summer. Over Cathedral of the Holy Spirit Conference Friends of the Poor Walk/Run in Bismarck 150 Vincentians from the six-state people received in-kind goods and fundraising event. services). region will gather June 23-25 For more information on the the Bismarck Conference go to for formation, fellowship, and These people were helped as a result of 520 home visits, 289 local conferences or the Society svdpbismarck.org or the Society fostering ideas to help people of St. Vincent de Paul go to www. of St Vincent dePaul at www. living in poverty. visits not in the home and 402 phone contacts. It would not svdpfargo.com or call Joan svdpusa.org. Fargo’s Baymont Inn and —Submitted information have been possible to provide this Schaefer at 701-364-0444; and Suites will be fi lled with the spirit if you want to learn more about of charity and mercy during this much-needed assistance without event. In addition to the training the generosity of the parishioners in the Vincentian Mission, of the parishes associated with attendees will hear from Diocese each conference. Funds are also of Fargo Bishop John Folda, Msgr. leveraged by collaborating with James Shea, Roxane Salonen, many other help organizations and and Patrick O’Bryan, director agencies in each community. of Chicago’s Center for Catholic This year, more than $113,000 Social Thought and Action. This in direct fi nancial assistance, plus is a great opportunity to learn over $40,000 of in-kind goods and more about this 183-year-old services (primarily furniture, food, organization of lay Catholics called household items, Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets, etc.) to grow in holiness by serving helped those less fortunate. those in need. Vincentian’s donated over 11,400 Mission of the Vincentian hours and drove an estimated The striking differences 13,500 miles to meet with people between the Society of St Vincent in need. de Paul and many other help With the U.S. headquarters organizations is that, instead in St. Louis, membership totals of meeting those in need in an more than 160,000 in 4,400 offi ce, Vincentians meet them communities. The fi rst conference in their homes with home visits founded in North Dakota, the (unless there are circumstances Lucian J. Arrell Conference that prevent this, such as (later changed to St. Mary’s) homelessness). This has been the was established at St. Mary’s in tradition and policy since the time Fargo in 1967. Others followed of the society founder Frederic in these parishes: St. Anthony Ozanam in 1833. of Padua, Fargo (1999) and St. Bishop Kagan (left) looks on as Dale Brown addresses the crowd at a gathering of Poverty knows no boundaries Joseph, Devils Lake (2009). The Light of Christ supporters earlier this month. Brown grew up in Minot attending following six conferences were Catholic schools there. He’s best known for his 25-year coaching career at LSU and the society’s motto is “there is where he mentored NBA star Shaquille O’Neal. no form of charity that is foreign founded within the last four years: to the Society.” Some of the Holy Spirit, Fargo (2013); St. Joseph, Moorhead, Minn. (2012); requests for assistance include: Diocese supports Light of St. William, Ada, Minn. (2014); food, clothing, transportation, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, household goods, temporary Bismarck (2014); St. Leo the Christ expansion projects shelter, vehicle insurance so they Great, Minot (2014); St. Therese can get to work, funding for rent the Little Flower, Rugby (2015); Bishop announces $3 million donation and utilities. and St. Philips, Bemidji, Minn. The society’s goal is not only (2015). Bishop Kagan has announced located just north of 57th Street to assist families and individuals All 10 conferences are in the a donation of $3 million to the and east of Washington Street fi nancially, but also to provide Fargo Diocese District Council. Light of Christ Catholic Schools in Bismarck, to provide a new hope, encouragement and love. There are eight regions in the expansion effort. It is the largest home for St. Mary’s Central High They try to provide options and U.S. and the Fargo Council is in other resources they can tap into. single gift the Diocese has given School. the North Central Region, which to an entity. In addition to plans for They pray with them, listen to includes six states (Northern Bishop Kagan shared the news building a new school, the them, and ask questions to help Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, discern how they can best help South Dakota, UP of Michigan and with a gathering of supporters current high school and academy them. Most importantly, they tell Wisconsin). earlier this month, challenging will be converted to a full middle them that God loves them, He Each of these conferences them to commit to educating the school academy. Upgrades have has a plan for them and that the owes a debt of gratitude to their future generations. Offi cials from been made, and will continue to Catholic Church cares about each home parish; because without the Light of Christ campaign be made to the current schools of them. the generosity of each of these spoke at the event, as well as serving pre-kindergarten and parishes they would not be able to North Dakota native and former elementary students. More help those in need. college basketball coach Dale information can be found at Brown. keepthepromise.net. “Now is the time to step The rapidly growing interest forward and become a part of in Catholic education has Jubilarians honored something much larger and spurred the need for expansion. more infl uential than you can Light of Christ Catholic Schools accomplish individually,” stated has experienced a 20 percent Bishop Kagan. “Our commitment increase in students in the past to a Catholic education with fi ve years. There is an increase of high academic standards for the 4.3 percent in enrollment for the youth of today and tomorrow is 2016-17 school year, with more unwavering and impels us to give students expected to register sacrifi cially.” before the fall. Light of Christ Catholic Improvements to the current Schools unveiled plans for the school facilities will continue this largest expansion project in summer. Groundbreaking for its 138 years of existence in the new St. Mary’s Central High November 2015. Dr. Ron and School is forecasted for the fall of A special anniversary Mass was held last month to honor priests celebrating Ruth Knutson and their family 2017. milestones. They included (l-r): Fr. Kenneth Phillips (25), Fr. Joseph Chipson (40), —Submitted information Bishop Kagan, and Fr. Marvin Klemmer (50). Not pictured: Fr. Glen Michael Millard (10). donated nearly 48 acres of land, 4 | Dakota Catholic Action JUNE 2016 CatholicCatholic Action Action Bringing Bringing Christ into Christ everyday into everyday life life Celebrating the gift of fatherhood

By Amanda Evinger Fatherhood is a marvelous gift that the Creator gives to his creatures. Not only is it a gift of love, but also it is a gift that beckons the heart to give back in return. Thankfully, our diocese has been blessed with countless fathers who are embracing the gift of fatherhood in extraordinary ways, and enjoying the fruit of their labors by witnessing the successful lives of their children.“I believe God works in mysterious ways!” says Joe Wanner, father of three and grandfather of four. “I believe God has a plan for everyone, and by having faith, and trust in Him, His master plan will be fulfilled. The most important step as a Dad, I feel, is to set an example Evinger family and try to get your children involved in the Catholic Church, those who are willing to make friendships even if it is only in the smallest a total gift of self—giving all to must all be holy way. Two of my children played Christ. My Dad’s total gift of and reflect the the organ for Mass at a young self to his family allowed me to goodness and age and I was forced to lead witness what this self-gift looks righteousness the music to accomplish this. like, in a very concrete way.” of our Lord. It was a small sacrifice in order Looking back over the years, A father lives to involve them. Yes, God does Joe realizes that being a father in this world, work in mysterious ways!” bears unmatchable rewards.“I but he is not Apparently, Joe’s hidden enjoy the opportunity to be a of the world. sacrifices and those of his wife part of my children’s lives and He is a man Diane have paid off in a beautiful watch them grow,” Joe says. “I of God and all way. All of their children are like to be there for them for the areas of his life little things, and the big things should reflect as well. I want to hopefully teach this zeal for the them, as well as learn from them, Lord and His I ask that you have the and guide them to be responsible commandments. grace to be very close Thus, in a letting and caring adults. The challenge to your children, of instilling in them the desire related manner, them grow, but being to set an example for future a father provides by their side. They need generations to follow is most for the souls of you, your presence, to rewarding!” his children by be there, your love!– Linus Evinger, husband of teaching them Pope Francis Anne and father of 10 children, how to pray, including Fr. Joseph Evinger at home and and Sr. Michelle Marie, and six especially within grandchildren (two deceased), the Holy Mass. active Catholics and one of their also has some insightful A holy devout daughters, Sr. Cecilia Anne reflections to share. father gives Wanner, O.P., is a religious “Most of all, I enjoyed playing his children Wanner family Sister with the Nashville with the children when they a reflection Dominicans.“Every father’s were little and were so innocent of our Father upon their bodies. Be resolute in dream is to have their children’s and happy, with a big smile on in heaven, in whose name he this area, fathers. You may not life filled with happiness,” Joe their face,” Linus says. “The minsters to his family.” be popular, but you are loving, continues. “All of my children are earthly father plays the role Being a great Catholic father because you are looking out for equally special to me. Sr. Cecilia of God the Father in this life, in today’s culture, however, is your children’s faith and morals Anne becoming a nun has been a teaching them how to obey God’s no easy task. In fact, it takes a and ultimately, their salvation.” blessing for me, because I know Commandments. It is the duty genuine hero to do it well—that Keeping one’s eyes on the she has found her place in God’s of the father to see that their is, a hero who is relying on God’s “prize” of heaven helps keep the master plan. Knowing she is well family gets to heaven. Today it’s grace. “In the spiritual realm, joys and duties of fatherhood cared for is reassuring, of course, hard to do, if you as a family get a father is also a protector, for in perspective as well. And, and her being a teacher of the too involved in the ways of the he knows that Satan and his truly, staying in touch with Catholic faith is a bonus. The world. My advice is to go to Mass cohort of evil spirits are very divine grace and keeping a lives of the children she teaches on Sundays and Holy Days, read real and wish to attack his contemplative spirit is what will will be enriched forever, and the the Bible every day, and pray children,” Fr. Benz continues. help one be a loving father in example she shows my family, before and after meals, as well “A father who prays daily for his the end.“I advise fathers to be especially my grandchildren, is as night prayers and the family children, blesses them with holy faithful to Sunday Mass and if a blessing. My family is blessed rosary. God the Father loves His water, encourages them to have possible, daily Mass. If children 1,000 times over with her children by giving them life. The sacramentals upon their person see that the Lord is truly loved prayers, and the prayers of her earthly father should welcome (such as the brown scapular, by their fathers, that He is the congregation.” every child into this world.” the St. Benedict medal, etc.), center of their father’s life, they Furthermore, Sr. Cecelia Anne When asked offers up holy hours before the will also come to love the Lord is deeply grateful for the earthly about the most Blessed Sacrament on their and His Church. Pray daily as father that God, her Heavenly important behalf, and ensures that they are a family, especially a holy hour Father, gave her as well. “As I aspects of faithful to the Holy Eucharist each week before the Blessed was growing up, my Dad always fatherhood, and the sacrament of penance is Sacrament; pray daily within the supported me and gave me the Fr. Gary Benz, truly a caring father. Any father home (namely the rosary), and encouragement I needed to Pastor of Queen who sends his children into the pray before you begin anything . believe that I could do anything,” of the Most world without Jesus Christ and . . the day, a meal, a road trip, a Sr. Cecilia Anne shares. “He has Holy Rosary, the graces of the Church is not family recreational activity, etc. always worked hard to support Stanley, and fulfilling his role to watch over You have to be faithful to the his family and put in long hours St. Ann’s, Fr. Gary Benz and protect his children.” sacrament of penance as well, of physically difficult work. He Berthold, lends a Furthermore, it takes a going to confession at least once didn’t do this to gain worldly meaningful response. In essence, vigilant heart as well, Fr. Benz each month.” status or success—he simply Fr. Benz explains that this advises. “Closely monitor your This June, let us honor our did it to support his family. spiritual calling is for a father children’s access to and use of fathers with heartfelt love. Who This example of self-sacrifice, to strive to be Christ-like in all technology and mass media. If would we be, and what would the of willingness to give so fully of he does. “First of all, a father you stop evil from entering your world around us be without all himself for his wife and children, should provide a holy example children’s senses, you, in turn, of the wonderful fathers we have made a lasting impression on me. to his children. A father’s words, stop what enters their minds among us? Religious life is only possible for actions, hobbies, interests, and with its accompanying effects JUNE 2016 Dakota Catholic Action | 5 Catholic Schoolhouse group gathers BBluelue MMassass 22016016 Honoring the service and sacrifi ce of police offi cers, fi refi ghters and emergency medical personnel Submitted photo The children of the Bismarck Chapter of Catholic Schoolhouse concluded their school year on May 1 with a program highlighting some of their projects and lessons they have learned throughout the past nine months. Catholic Schoolhouse is a classical approach to education to supplement the education of children ages 4 and up who are schooled at home. The families come together three times a month during the school year to master memory work in eight subjects and to delve deeper into those areas in ways appropriate to the students’ understanding. At each meeting the students also have instruction in music, Latin, art, and perform a science experiment. For younger siblings of these students, a preschool program is also off ered. This is the second year of Catholic Schoolhouse in the Bismarck area in which 20 school-aged children and 26 preschoolers from 13 families participated. For more information, fi nd catholicschoolhouse.com online. Cardinal to headline Thirst 2016

The Order of the Holy Sepulchre of diocese will Jerusalem and in 2012 to the be blessed College of Cardinals. with the About the Order of the Holy presence Sepulchre of Cardinal O’Brien at The origins of the Equestrian the 2016 Order of the Holy Sepulchre Thirst of Jerusalem are thought to Conference Cardinal O’Brien date back to the First Crusade on Oct. 28-30 in Bismarck. that liberated Jerusalem. As a component of this re- His Eminence, Edwin organization of the religious, Frederick Cardinal O’Brien will military and public bodies of deliver the keynote address on the territories newly freed from Sunday, Oct. 30. He will also be Muslim control, the Order of the main celebrant and homilist Canons of the Holy Sepulchre at the 2 p.m. Mass to close out was founded. the conference. The Order began to decline NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL Get to know the cardinal as a cohesive military body Cardinal O’Brien will be a of knights after the Muslim call-in guest on Real Presence military regained Jerusalem in July 7 - July 15 your blessed habit; look Radio on Tuesday, June 14 at 1182, and completely ceased The Feast of Our Lady of Mount kindly on me and spread 9 a.m. The show’s host, Msgr. to exist in that format in 1291. Carmel on July 16 gives us the the mantle of your loving Patrick Schumacher, pastor of With the exception of events in opportunity to demonstrate our protection over all mankind. St. Wenceslaus in Dickinson, Spain, it was only rarely that the gratitude for Mary’s continued By the power of your became acquainted with the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre guidance and protection for all of us cardinal while studying in ever took part again in military who are consecrated to her by means intercession strengthen Rome. my weakness, and by of the holy scapular. Mary About Cardinal O’Brien Get to know the promises to ensure our salvation if we your wisdom light up the darkness of my mind. Cardinal O’Brien was born cardinal have devotion to her and one of the in the Bronx, New York, son best ways of showing our love and Increase in me those virtues Tune in for a live call-in of Mary Winifred and Edwin interview with Cardinal O’Brien devotion to Mary is by the wearing in which you excelled - Frederick O’Brien, Sr. He Real Presence Radio of the brown Scapular (the little habit faith, hope and love; adorn was one of three children. He Tuesday, June 14 at 9 a.m. of Our Lady of Mount Carmel). my soul with such graces attended St. Joseph’s Seminary, and virtues that it may ever Dunwoodie, and was ordained a Novena Prayer: be pleasing to your divine priest of the Archdiocese of New action to defend Christianity. York in 1965. Blessed and Immaculate In 1847 the Patriarchate Son. Assist me in all the His priestly assignments Virgin, splendid beauty activities of life, and, by was restored and Pope Pius IX include civilian chaplain at the reestablished and modernized of Carmel, you look with your presence console me United States Military Academy love on all who wear the Order, issuing a new at the time of my death. In at West Point, a military constitution, which placed it that hour present me to the chaplain and Army Chaplain under the direct protection Blessed Trinity as your child with the rank of Captain. From of the Holy See and assigned 1971 to 1972, he served a tour redeemed by the blood of its government to the Latin of duty in Vietnam. In 1973, Patriarch. The Order’s your Son, Jesus Christ, our he left the military and began Lord. Amen. O Queen, who fundamental role was also his doctoral studies at Rome’s redefi ned: to uphold the works are the beauty of Carmel, Angelicum University. of the Latin Patriarchate of ray for us now and at the He returned to continue Jerusalem, while preserving the our of our death. his service to the Archdiocese spiritual duty of propagating the of New York and in 1986 was faith. Pray Hail Mary three times elevated to Monsignor, in 1996 and Glory Be once. Since then, several papacies named Auxiliary Bishop of New have reorganized and revitalized Prayer intentions or requests for York and co-adjutor bishop for a brown scapular may be sent to: the Order. Essentially, the the Archdiocese for the Military Order’s role today revolves Carmel of the Holy Face of Jesus; Services in 1997. In 2007, Pope around the support and 2051 91st St. SE; Hague, ND 58542 Benedict XVI installed him preservation of the faith and to or use the prayer as Archbishop of Baltimore. uphold the rights of the Catholic line: 701-336-7907. In 2011, he was appointed the Church in the Holy Land. Grand Master of the Equestrian Source credit: holysepulchre.net 6 | Dakota Catholic Action JUNE 2016

Msgr. Patrick Schumacher with the four murals recently placed in the gathering space at the Church of St. Wenceslaus in Dickinson. New murals arrive at St. Wenceslaus Award-winning project is now complete By Sarah Bengtson being welcomed into heaven from In the planning stages of the the steps of the church of his recent renovation, questions martyrdom. were raised on how we, as a As people walk into the parish parish, could better identify of St. Wenceslaus to receive God’s and understand our patron, grace and mercy through the Holy St. Wenceslaus. Certainly, the Mass and other sacraments, these community knows the good people murals serve to remind everyone of Czech heritage founded our of the life of St. Wenceslaus, to parish, but how could we educate whom we can look to model our our parish and guests about lives because his life pointed Wenceslaus? others to Christ. The Catholic In March 2014, the Church of Church, in her great wisdom, St. Wenceslaus embarked on our offers us the saints as inspiration centennial renewal renovation to live our lives in a manner that project that was revealed to the we, through God’s great mercy community at the Jan. 17, 2015 and forgiveness, when we die, re-dedication Mass. Although the may hope for eternal life in the bulk of the work was done, a few communion of saints, forever One of the fl oor medallions in the nave of the church that earned a design award for the highly anticipated projects took a worshipping our Lord. craftsmanship of Creative Edge Master Shop. little more time to come to fruition Award-winning work Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions and recently those projects were Following the recent installation successfully completed. of marble wainscoting throughout Among those projects, was the the church’s nave and a stained JUNE idea to design the gathering space glass window of the patron in Universal: Human Solidarity to welcome our guests not only the sacristy, the St. Wenceslaus That the aged, marginalized, and those who into the life of our parish, but also project is now complete. The have no one may fi nd–even within the into the life of St. Wenceslaus. project is also award winning. On huge cities of the world–opportunities for Artist Craig Gallager of St. encounter and solidarity. April 19, Creative Edge Master Evangelization: Michael, Minn., worked closely Shop of Fairfi eld, Iowa, accepted Seminarians and Novices with Msgr. Schumacher to design the award for Commercial Stone That seminarians and men and women entering religious life may have mentors who live the a series of murals highlighting the Design at the 2016 Coverings life of Wenceslaus. joy of the Gospel and prepare them wisely for Installation & Design (CID) their mission. Murals tell saint’s story Awards for the stunning marble JULY fl oor medallion project. Coverings, The fi rst mural was inspired by Universal: a statue on the Charles Bridge in the largest global tile and stone Indigenous Peoples Prague and depicts Wenceslaus exhibition in North America, That indigenous peoples, whose identity and celebrates the fi nest expertise very existence are threatened, will be shown with his Grandmother Ludmilla, due respect. who was responsible for teaching in craftsmanship, creativity and Evangelization: innovative use of materials in tile Latin America and the Wenceslaus the faith. Next is Caribbean and stone projects. This year’s a mural inspired by the lyrics That the Church in Latin America and the of the Christmas carol, “Good CID Awards were presented at the Caribbean, by means of her mission to the King Wenceslaus.” It depicts Coverings Global Tile and Stone continent, may announce the Gospel with Wenceslaus carrying supplies Experience Expo in Chicago. renewed vigor and enthusiasm. to the poor on the Feast of St. Stephen. People called him “Good King” because he gave alms, was just to both the rich and the poor, visited prisoners, and improved the education of his people. You’re invited The third mural depicts Radislav, chieftain of a nearby block party! German area, giving his allegiance to a to Wenceslaus after he had a vision of an angel of God protecting Wenceslaus. Radislav said, “I can fi ght the man, but Saturday, July 16 y 6-10 p.m. not the God who takes his side!” Hillside Park, Bismarck And fi nally, the last mural depicts St. Wenceslaus’ martyrdom at Come celebrate as a couple/family with a the hands of his own brother, grill out, band, playground, and bounce house Boleslaus the Cruel, and his followers, on Wenceslaus’ way to at Hillside Park in Bismarck. Let us know you’re Mass to celebrate the Feast of Sts. coming so we have enough food for everyone by Cosmas and Damian in the year registering at bismarckdiocese.com/summerlovin. 929. Wenceslaus was 22 years old. Beer and wine will be available for purchase, and A fi fth mural, the fi rst completed, dinner will be available for a free-will offering. is on the ceiling of the church’s All are welcome to join us! nave and depicts St. Wenceslaus Sponsored by the Diocese of Bismarck 2IÀFHRI)DPLO\0LQLVWU\ 3DUWRI1)3$ZDUHQHVV:HHN JUNE 2016 Dakota Catholic Action | 7 Featured Columnists Ag Attitudes JAMES ODERMANN Evil cannot exist where there is love

Oh, how I love spring and the mentality of young life are fun going to eat. same time, things of new life: robins and to see—and be a part of the There are some inherent are the meadowlarks chirping, geese fl ying excitement. For children, there is challenges in the food business. decisions to make my life easier northward, new life on the prairies the desire to touch the calf, kitten, The desire to compete against and less stressful making life of the Diocese of Bismarck, friends colt, or puppy. The innocence neighbors “because bigger is easier and less stressful for those and neighbors with a “spring” and desire to show affection is so better” is not always respectful. around me? in their step. These—and many strong, so willing to be exhibited. Does more land, more money This is more than a rhetorical others—are images of the new This emotional display is a create a better person? question. It is a question that season, fi lled with optimism. lesson I overlook in my day-to- I remember a statement from a needs to be front and center in One of my favorite spring day life and the interactions with talk: “Evil cannot exist where there my decision making process with preoccupations is watching the family, friends and others. God is love.” Jesus, by His life, showed every issue. Jesus certainly showed playground, the place where the gives me grace that I need to use perfect love, complete acceptance this when He accepted his role to young calves run around playfully to see opportunities in life—for and understanding. He resisted rescue me. Can I return the favor? challenging each other to races, myself and to help others. temptations and developed the I hope so. Care to join me? head butting or similar games. My rural lifestyle is something I template of unconditional love, ■ Odermann lives with his wife, Leona, The calves coexist without strife, enjoy, but I realize there are many which I need to follow. on the family farm in Billings County. They prejudice or any negative emotions challenges that not everybody Following that template is are members of the Church of St. Patrick about themselves or their pasture enjoys. At the same time, the diffi cult. There are so many forks in Dickinson and assist with eucharistic mates. desire to remain in the food in the road, so many situations celebrations there as well as at the Churches Even more enjoyable is production business (and farmers where I can consciously choose of St. Bernard (Belfi eld) and St. Mary watching the games with young and ranchers are the beginning of things that may make my life (Medora). children. The energy levels, the that primary sector manufacturing easier, less stressful. Yet, at the enthusiasm and the explorer chain) is necessary if the world is

Making Sense out of Bioethics FR. TAD PACHOLCZYK Embryos and the 14-day rule

Arguments in favor of research adults arise from embryonic 14-day rule arose largely as a Hence, on human embryos typically play origins when traced back far mechanism for justifying what the broader off our unfamiliarity with the way enough along their particular had previously been considered strategic that we ourselves once appeared developmental trajectories. If immoral, even unthinkable, goal of conventions like the and existed as embryos. Humans anything, the possibility that an research. The rule enabled 14 day-rule has been not to in their tiniest stages are indeed early embryo might divide and serious human rights violations to identify or set in place any unfamiliar to us, and they hardly make twins means that a decision proceed apace under the pretext objective moral lines, nor to look anything like “one of us.” to destroy such an embryo might of providing restrictions and acknowledge authentic moral Yet the undeniable conclusion, involve “double” the evil, since two regulatory limitations. By feigning concerns, but to circumnavigate that every one of us was once an future adults are being exploited that the 14 day-rule was somehow those very concerns by means embryo, remains an indisputable and exterminated rather than just an ethical tenet grounded in of the convention, and achieve scientifi c dogma, causing a one. biological facts, promoters of particular pragmatic outcomes, “fi ngernails on the chalkboard” It is also worth emphasizing the rule devised a clever way of most notably: the continued phenomenon for researchers every that the 14-day rule, despite offering lip service to the moral expansion of the research, the time they choose to experiment protestations to the contrary, status of the human embryo. minimization of “public outcry on embryos or destroy them for has not actually restricted real- They implied that one could show and backlash,” the continued research. world human embryo research to respect for the human embryo availability of research funding, To enable scientists to get any appreciable degree, because through the establishment of and the avoidance of legally beyond the knowledge that they’re scientists have lacked the ability, such a rule, even though the rule restrictive embryo-protective experimenting on or destroying until quite recently, to culture objectively demonstrated no more measures that might be debated fellow humans, clever strategems human embryos in the lab for respect for vulnerable humanity by justly-concerned legislatures. and justifi cations have had to any length of time beyond about than German researchers during The ultimate goal of a convention be devised. Among the more a week. In fact, it was only in the war would have, had they like the 14-day rule has been to successful of these approaches 2016 that several new studies declared a “14-year rule,” namely, establish the idea, erroneous at has been the well-known “14- fi gured out how to grow human that only concentration camp its core, that prior to a certain day rule.” This rule, as noted in embryos beyond what the 14-day inmates below the age of 14 would arbitrarily-determined time point, a recent article in the journal rule might forbid. The rule, thus, be experimented upon. Whether developing human beings can be Nature, represents “a legal and was an agreed-upon convention 14-days or 14-years, such rules at deemed suffi ciently different from regulatory line in the sand that of no practical signifi cance for root constitute mere contrivances us that an “us and them” chasm has for decades limited in vitro any researchers who may have to justify unethical science. can be used to justify their violent human-embryo research to the been carrying out experiments As bioethicist Daniel Callahan exploitation. period before the ‘primitive streak’ on embryonic humans in recent observed back in 1995: “I have ■ Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. earned his appears. This is a faint band of decades. Considering the fact always felt a nagging uneasiness doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did cells marking the beginning of an that the rule may now actually at trying to rationalize the killing post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest embryo’s head-to-tail axis… The begin to hamper what some of of something for which I claim to of the diocese of Fall River, MA, and serves formation of the primitive streak them are interested in doing, they have a ‘profound respect.’ What in as the Director of Education at The National is signifi cant because it represents are pushing, unsurprisingly, to the world can that kind of respect Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See the earliest point at which an “revisit” and “recalibrate” the rule. mean? An odd form of esteem—at www.ncbcenter.org. embryo’s biological individuation Historically speaking, the once high-minded and altogether is assured. Before this point, lethal.” embryos can split in two or fuse together. So some people reason Nistlers honored for service in Africa that at this stage a morally signifi cant individual comes into Some give by going and some go by giving. Kenya. The being.” Deacon Jim and Henrietta Nistler gave by going Nistlers had Most people have an instinctive when they were part of the fi rst team of missionaries intended moral awareness when they to lay the groundwork and start the Bismarck to serve for refl ect on the reality that adults Diocese Mission in Africa in 1990. three and a come from embryos. A particular The Nistlers were honored by Catholic Charities half years, conclusion organically follows, North Dakota with the Caritas Award. The award but ended up namely, that any decision to luncheon was held earlier this month at Spirit of staying for interrupt an embryo’s growth Life Church in Mandan. The annual award is given nine. They and development involves to those who exemplify the bringing of faith, hope focused on a willingness to destroy a and love to the least of God’s people. Bishop Folda healthcare prospective infant, child, of the Fargo Diocese and Bishop Kagan presented and teenager, and adult. Even the the award. education natural potential for the splitting for children and fusing of embryos does not They were asked by Bishop Kinney to be among orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. That remains the substantively alter the fact that the fi rst to represent the Diocese of Bismarck serving the poorest of the poor at the mission in focus of the mission now— 26 years later. 8 | Dakota Catholic Action JUNE 2016 JUNE 2016 Dakota Catholic Action | 9 Little house with a big history C.B. Little mansion holds memories for many House served many purposes By Sonia Mullally The sisters were indeed crowded. The Basement utilized DCA Editor postulants (now called candidates) and novices Finished with the tour of the living quarters, “Oh, this place has so many bunked in the carriage house, which was she descended to the basement. Sr. Gemma memories,” Sister Gemma situated just north and west of the house. Sister points to how worn the steep, small steps Peters says with a smile. Gemma started out there and then moved into appear. “I remember many trips up and down The excitement is evident the main house, fi rst on the third fl oor, then these stairs,” she recalls. to the second fl oor. She spent most of her time in her voice as she enters the The basement was a very important space for working as a teacher at Catholic schools in largest room of the historic the sisters providing for storage of their garden Bismarck while living in various rooms of the C.B. Little mansion. The harvest. There was a kitchen down there where lavish home, situated on the convent. Every nook and cranny of the home was they would prepare the fruits of their labor for corner of Washington Street canning and storage over the winter. The sisters and West Avenue A, was built used wisely. She points toward a small corner between the main foyer and the kitchen saying tended to a very large garden that spanned a in 1902. The it served as the sacristy and Mass preparation city block from the corner of Washington Street When Little died in 1941, the diocese along Avenue B all the way over to the Cathedral house today purchased the property. It fi rst served as the area. It was also where the one telephone for the Church. For reference, it is the space where Although the exterior of the convent for the sisters teaching at St. Mary’s house once hung. the Diocese’s Center for Pastoral Ministry and house has changed very little over the years, the Grade and High School. She turns the corner into the dining room the Cathedral’s rectory and offi ces are situated interior has been renovated a few times to be In 1944, 140 Sisters from St. Benedict’s and describes where everyone sat at mealtime. today. converted to offi ce space. (St. Joseph, Minn.) volunteered to begin a “The space looks so small now, when you think of all the people we had in here,” she says of But the basement also served as a place for From 2004-2014, the Bar Association of new community in Bismarck. The Sisters North Dakota rented the house for offi ces. A fi rst arrived in 1878 and the community had the dining room that is covered in ornate oak recreation for the sisters. There is a small space woodwork and cabinets. in the corner that was dug out of the basement larger-scale remodeling project is in progress grown in numbers without an offi cial “home” now for more diocesan offi ces. in Bismarck. In 1947, the house evolved into The main-fl oor kitchen has been modernized and lined with cement. Originally, this space a temporary motherhouse of the Bismarck now, but Sr. Gemma describes how it once was intended as a cistern Benedictines. looked with a large fridge and freezer that to collect rainwater. For covered the entire back wall. “By the time I Sister Gemma was among the fi rst to live Sr. Gemma and her fellow came, they had electricity, but it was the old ice here with the community at the Convent of the housemates, it served as box fridge that they had then,” she explains. Annunciation. In 1949, she joined the convent a racquetball court. One as a postulant in December of her senior year of Living quarters on upper floors can only imagine the high school. As she ascends the grand wooden staircase off lively games played in the main foyer, she gazes down at the intricate that basement back then Wise use of the space banister and says, “Oh, I remember dusting as Sr. Gemma describes “The fi rst thing we did was look for a chapel,” every part of this.” Sister recalls all the jobs each where the cheering she says as she continues to navigate the large of them had to keep the community running section was situated. room at the front of the house, which would smoothly with so many living under one roof. have served as a family room for the Little The second fl oor featured several bedrooms, New home south of family. She sweeps her hands around pointing a gathering room and a large bathroom. Sr. town to where fi ve rows of pews, the organ and altar Gemma points to the larger bedroom just at the Indeed, every space were situated. top of the stairs to the right that belonged to the of the Motherhouse was “We were so crowded. As we grew, we just prioress. Each space was used to its fullest with well used. The sisters kept squeezing together in the pews,” she said the room also serving as her offi ce and meeting simply outgrew their with a laugh as she remembers all the good room. home and a new convent times in the convent. The large, second-fl oor room that was constructed at the faces Avenue A served as a gathering University of Mary site. space. Sister Gemma recalled it was They moved there in the also the room where they had the fall of 1959. The home’s dining area is lined with oak woodwork. The space is Ancestors visit home Christmas tree each year. She says After the Annunciation more recently used as a conference room. Continued from page 1 National Bank was established in Bismarck associates.” Coming from the big cities of the they would keep the tree up until Feb. Sisters vacated the home, pipe organ, which is now in Bismarck’s in 1879, and was the second oldest bank in East Coast, he had made quite an impression 2 and after the fi rst year of dragging a it again served as a home Trinity Lutheran Church. The second fl oor the state. The original bank building burned on the people of the wide-open plains. tree down the stairs and littering pine for sisters teaching at St. consists of bedrooms, while the third fl oor in 1898 and was replaced with another Little worked and lived in Bismarck needles everywhere, they learned a new Mary’s Central High School. provided quarters for the housekeeper and building built in the same location at the until around 1940 when he became ill and way of disposing of the dry tree. The It was soon renamed Holy next year, they hoisted it out the second- other personnel. The family’s chauffer lived corner of 4th Street and Main. was hospitalized. After he died in 1941, the Spirit Convent that 13 sisters fl oor window, instead! in the carriage house located north of the He was connected with several business diocese purchased the home. called home. A new convent The third fl oor, which was the living house. That structure was taken down a few enterprises in the area and held the was built to the north of the Converted to a convent quarters for the servants back in the presidencies of several banks. He was elected Little mansion later in the years ago. In 1942, the home was converted to a time the Little family lived there, also judge of probate of Burleigh County in 1884 1960s. That building now Originally, the grounds contained two convent for the St. Mary’s sisters. In 1947, held many memories for Sr. Gemma. and held that offi ce for four years. He was serves as diocese offi ces greenhouses and a large grape arbor. Every the parish convent evolved into Annunciation She points to the wallpaper in one of appointed inspector general, with the rank of known as the Center for The Benedictine Sisters gather in the summer, palm trees were planted along the Convent, temporary motherhouse of the the small bedrooms that she and her colonel, of the territorial troops and held that Pastoral Ministry. motherhouse in the late 1940s. front walk. During winter, they were kept in Benedictine Sisters. These sisters lived in the housemates put up. She notes that every position for three years. the greenhouses. C.B. Little house until 1959, before moving to corner had a bed and maybe a chair As evidence of his personal popularity and the newly constructed convent at the site of beside it, but there was room for little About C.B. Little qualifi cation as a successful businessman, else. She remembers a dresser in the Mary College (now University of Mary). The original owner, Clarence Belden voters elected him to the State Senate upon hallway because there wasn’t space for it After the sisters moved out, the diocese (C.B.) Little, was born in New Hampshire North Dakota’s statehood in 1889; where anywhere else. utilized the home in many capacities in 1857. After graduating from Dartmouth he served until 1908. The North Dakota Another bedroom still had the including offi ce space for employees. From The Benedictine College and Harvard Law School, he began Magazine of biographies of public offi cials squeaky fl oors she remembered that Sisters leaving for 2004-2014, the Bar Association of North practicing law in 1883. Later that year, he said of Little, “There has not been a more would wake the prioress in the bedroom teaching Vacation Dakota rented the house for offi ces. The Bible School in the was en route to Seattle to practice law and tireless worker or keener observer of below. “She was such a light sleeper and stopped in Bismarck along the way. He diocese has recently moved employees back I remember coming back late at night late-1940s. The old legislative proceedings than the senator from carriage house, into the house and is currently renovating from parent-teacher conferences and became enamored with the frontier town the Bismarck district.” which was torn down and, instead, decided to stay. the home for more offi ces. having to be so very careful not to creak To get a better glimpse of Little’s public in 2005, is visible in Information taken from the Perseverance the fl oors too much. We had to tip-toe the background. In 1885, Little was elected a director of persona, the magazine went on to say, in Faith: A History of the Catholic Church across it,” she says recalling her time in the Capital National Bank and two years “Colonel Little is an affable, genial and in Western North Dakota, State Historical that bedroom. later was elected president, which position polished gentleman and popular with the Society of N.D., and bismarckcafe.com. he held until the bank was consolidated with public and especially so with his senatorial the First National Bank in 1896. The First 10 | Dakota Catholic Action JUNE 2016

Pope Frank Questions ABBEY NAGEL I was afraid to ask Amoris Laetitia – FR. KEITH STREIIFEL

The Joy of Love Is salvation by tree to be in good order. It has Q: to have wood, bark, leaves, After two years of preparation to extend faith alone, or apples, roots and many other and two Synods (or meetings of mercy to pieces and processes. To take Bishops) later, Pope Francis has these individuals. by faith plus the analogy one step further, come out with a post-synodal Though there was speculation, works? an apple tree needs both wood apostolic exhortation: Amoris we really shouldn’t have expected and bark. The wood is the strong Laetitia – The Joy of Love. When a whole new doctrine related to If faith is like an apple tree, supportive part of the tree that keeps the apples off the ground, the Bishops met to discuss the family issues. What we should A: then salvation is like apple and the bark is the outer part issues of family life over the last have expected and what Pope cider. Apple cider is not a mere product of an apple tree; that comes in contact with the couple of years in Rome, there was Francis does deliver is a reminder world, but also carries water and much speculation on where they apple cider requires the work of our call to mercy. of both the tree and the apple soil nutrients to the leaves and would lead the Church. He writes, “It is a matter of farmer. fruits. For an apple tree to bear We now have our offi cial answer reaching out to everyone, of fruit, both wood and bark are with the Holy Father’s document needing to help each person Let me restate, the fruit of an necessary. Moreover, without that is a response to those two fi nd his or her proper way of apple tree is not a jug of apple both of them there would be synods of 2014 and 2015. While participating in the ecclesial cider, the jug of apple cider does neither apples nor apple cider. it’s best for us all to take a look not appear until the apples have community and thus to experience been picked and prepared and So, also, for a life of sanctity at the document itself (it can be being touched by an ‘unmerited, pressed and… well, whatever and for salvation, both faith found at the vatican.va website), I unconditional and gratuitous’ else an apple cider maker has to and works are necessary wanted to provide you with a few mercy. No one can be condemned do. and interdependent. Faith is highlights. for ever, because that is not the necessary because it is the As usual, Pope Francis is sure logic of the Gospel!” (AL 297) Salvation is not something that underlying and supporting to lay out for us the good news we do. We are like the apple trees reality which shapes all of our I was also particularly struck by in the sense that, as important actions. Works are the point of about the topic he’s tackling. So he the fourth and fi fth chapters of the as our faith and works are to contact between that faith and begins this work on the family by document, dealing with the subject salvation, there is no equation, in the world. Works express the telling us about the beautiful plans of true love. If you’d like some fact: faith + works ≠ salvation— shape of the established faith, God has for love and marriage and inspiring reading on true love to more specifi cally, faith + works < but they also nourish and form a family, even in our world which help deepen your own marriage salvation. growing faith. often challenges these things. and family life, I encourage you Faith alone is not enough for This response to the question His extensive use of Scripture to read them yourself. There, you salvation, especially when we is not to avoid the scriptural or throughout the document, will fi nd a well laid out depiction are using faith in the sense of apologetic arguments made by especially this fi rst section, is of forgiveness, kindness, and something that we do. Believing others. In fact, there are very inspiring. And it should leave us gentleness in marriage and family, itself is a kind of doing. The good arguments made about the with no doubt that he is leading as well as an in-depth look at the supernatural gift of faith also necessity of both faith and works. us directly down the path that the fruitfulness that accompanies requires a response, so it doesn’t Nor is it to deny that certain Church has already laid out for us. marriage. change the question. kinds of works, like circumcision, The synods and the Holy Father It is my hope that these brief are not necessary to salvation. For faith to produce salvation This column is rather to put the continue to uphold the age-old thoughts on Amoris Laetitia will is beyond what is humanly teachings. question into a larger context, inspire you to take the time to read possible; we need the Farmer— the whole tree or the whole farm, So what is the focus of the at least some of the document. our Holy Father. Salvation is a gift because the life of the Christian Pope’s document? Why did he feel I can promise you that you will given by God, but for which God is much richer than either this or a need for this document at all? come away from the reading with seeks our cooperation because it that or even both. Characteristic of Pope Francis, a renewed sense of being pastored is not merely a fruit from us, nor the work focuses on pastoral and cared for gently by our Holy a reward for us, but is an action ■ Fr. Streifel is pastor of the Church of St. care, especially for those who Father, Pope Francis. of healing and ultimately health to be lived out in the presence Joseph in Dickinson. If you have a question fi nd themselves in diffi cult family ■ Nagel is the executive assistant to the of God. you were afraid to ask, now is the time to situations. Fittingly enough, he bishop at the Diocese of Bismarck. Her ask it! Simply email your question to info@ ties in the Year of Mercy and then column on the words and actions of Francis A farmer who wants to make bismarckdiocese.com with the “Question apple cider wants the whole explains that it’s always our duty appears bi-monthly in the DCA. Afraid to Ask” in the subject line.

UPCOMING EVENTS ■ Liturgy of the Hours seminar at St. Anne’s June 4 ■ Centennial celebration at St. Bridget July 23 Liturgy of the Hours (LOH) seminar will be led by Fr. Wayne Sattler and Deacon Everyone’s invited to the centennial celebration at St. Bridget in Parshall on Wayne and Valerie Jundt at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Bismarck on Saturday, Saturday, July 23. The day begins with an ice cream social from 1:30 to 3 p.m. June 4 following the 8 a.m. Mass. The seminar is free and open to all ages. Pick Bishop Kagan will then celebrate Mass at 4 p.m. with dinner to follow. RSVPs can up your ordered prayer book or bring your own. If you already ordered and paid be texted to Joyce at 898-0080 or Leslie at 898-8670. for a prayer book, but cannot make it to the seminar, or have any other questions ■ Town and Country Mass July 24 regarding this seminar, please contact Valerie Jundt at [email protected] or by calling 224-1238. Celebrate the Town and Country Mass on Sunday, July 24 at the farm of Rosalind and Larry Leier near Hague. Father Jason Signalness and the parishes of Sts. Peter ■ Sr. Nancy Miller’s 25th jubilee celebration and Paul, Strasburg, St. Michael, rural Linton, and St. Mary, Hague will host the The Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck invite the public event. Blessing of animals and machinery begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by Mass to join in the celebration of Sr. Nancy Miller’s 25th anniversary of monastic with Bishop Kagan at 12:15 p.m. A free lunch and entertainment will follow. The profession on Saturday, June 18 at 1:30 p.m. Eucharistic Liturgy will take place at Leier farm is located 12 miles north of Hague. Follow the signs. Please register Our Lady of the Annunciation Chapel Benedictine Center for Servant Leadership at www.bismarckdiocese.com/townandcountry or call 204-7209. Registration is (north of bell tower). Reception will follow from 2:30-4 p.m. in the Annunciation required for an accurate meal count. Monastery dining room. ■ Kids day at monastery July 29 ■ Peace Garden Field Mass July 10 Girls ages 8-14 are invited to Annunciation Monastery for “A Joyful Spirit Day” on Bishop Kagan will be the main celebrant at the 56th Annual Knights of Columbus Friday, July 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Enjoy a fun (and free) day of activities Peace Garden Field Mass on Sunday, July 10. Mass begins at noon. The Field Mass with the sisters including meeting new friends, prayer, games, crafts and food. For originated in 1960 and has been held on the second Sunday in July continuously more information or to register, call Sr. Hannah at 425-9734 or email hvanorny@ for more than 50 years. People gather from two nations on the U.S.-Canadian gmail.com. border to promote good relationships and pray for peace for all nations. ■ Chant Camp Aug. 15-1 9 ■ Summer Lovin’ block party July 16 St. Anne’s Church in Bismarck is off ering an opportunity for children ages 7-17 to All are welcome to join the Summer Lovin’ block party on Saturday, July 16 from learn about singing and reading sacred music during a Chant Camp Aug. 15-19. 6-10 p.m. at Hillside Park in Bismarck. The diocese’s Offi ce of Family Ministry No prior musical experience is necessary. Families from any parish of the diocese invites couples and families to enjoy a grill out meal and a band, playground and are welcome. Attendance is required each day of camp. The fee is $50 per child bounce house for entertainment. Beer and wine will be available for purchase and $25 per sibling. No child will be turned away because of fi nancial hardship. and dinner served for a free-will off ering. Register for an accurate meal count at Scholarships are available through the diocese’s Offi ce of Divine Worship. www.bismarckdiocese.com/summerlovin. Children will be given musical and liturgical training to keep for life. Register ■ Seminarian golf tournament on July 18 online by Aug. 1 at www.stannesbismarck.org/chant-camp. Golfers are welcome at the second annual seminarian fundraiser golf tournament ■ Volunteers needed for THIRST 2016 on Monday, July 18 at the Prairie West Golf Course in Mandan. Check in begins at Join us October 28-30, 2016 at the Bismarck Event Center for THIRST 2016. This noon with shotgun start at 1 p.m. Register by June 29 to participate. Cost is $125 exciting and free event has something for all ages and backgrounds. Featured per player for the 18-hole scramble style tournament. Each team will consist of guests include: Edwin Cardinal O’Brien, Dr. Ray Guarendi, Audrey Assad, Leah four players with a priest or seminarian as team captain. Golf, with shared cart, Darrow, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Cat.Chat, and others. Volunteers are needed boxed lunch, and two Mulligans are included in the cost. Get tickets at www. in various areas including: security, signage, facility planning, information catholicfoundationdob.com/golf committee, and food coordinators. Contact Holly Krumm at hkrumm@ bismarckdiocese.com. JUNE 2016 Dakota Catholic Action | 11 Balancing Church & State Church weighs in on court cases CHRISTOPHER DODSON

Many Catholics in the country that foster stable families, the based on race or national origin, challenge have probably never heard of the bishops joined other faith-based discrimination based on religion to the HHS Offi ce of General Counsel (OGC) organizations in a brief supporting is inherently suspect and can be mandate at the United States Conference of federal policies to stay deportation upheld only if necessary to serve a by, among Catholic Bishops. It is the USCCB’s proceedings for four to fi ve million compelling governmental interest. others, the legal arm. It represents the offi ce, individuals residing in the U.S. Missouri lacks any legitimate, Little Sisters of the Poor. This case advises bishops, and analyzes who pose no threat to national let alone compelling, interest in involves the Religious Freedom federal legislation and rules. security or public safety and who excluding Trinity Lutheran from Restoration Act, which states that It also submits amicus curiae have long-standing and close the Scrap Tire Program.” a federal law cannot substantially or “friends of the court” briefs on family ties to the U.S. Without By the way, don’t think that burden the exercise of religion important issues before the U.S. expressing an opinion on whether such hostility toward religion is unless the government has a Supreme Court. These briefs allow the Administration should have extremely rare. A few years ago, compelling interest and does so interested parties other than actual issued the guidelines, the brief the state of North Dakota enacted with the least restrictive means. litigants to provide additional argues that the guidelines were legislation to provide grants for The brief focuses mostly on the information to the court. They take legally within the Administration’s automated external defi brillators second part of that law. a considerable amount of time to discretion in light of its benefi ts (AED) for schools. There were The amicus brief notes: “If the prepare and the OGC only submits to the interest of stable families some who actually argued that petitioners abide by their religious them when the Church’s interests and to prevent immediate and church-affi liated schools should beliefs, they face the loss of the are clearly implicated and the long-lasting damage to affected be prohibited from receiving the ability to sponsor health coverage bishops’ conference has something children. AEDs. for their employees and millions pertinent to offer. Trinity Lutheran Church Storman’s v. Washington of dollars in fi nes, threatening This last year, the offi ce v. Missouri Department of Department of Health fi nancial ruin. No one benefi ts submitted fi ve such briefs to the Natural Resources - The state - The state of Washington from such an outcome—not the Supreme Court. The number of Missouri has a program to enacted regulations that require organizations, their donors, of briefs and their subjects increase safety at playgrounds pharmacies to stock and dispense their clients, or their employees. demonstrate the important role by providing grants to resurface abortifacient drugs. However, the Because its chosen means causes Supreme Court decisions play playgrounds with rubber from fi nal rules exempted pharmacies greater societal harm, including in our lives as Catholics and the recycled tires. When Trinity from the rule for secular to religious liberty, than the scope of the Church’s concerns Lutheran Church applied for the reasons, but explicitly rejected putative good that its action would when it comes to policy and law. grant it was denied solely because any exemptions for religious achieve, the government’s action Whole Women’s Health the playground was on church reasons. In fact, 10 times more is not the least restrictive means v. Hellerstedt - This case grounds. Safety for some kids is pharmacies sought exemptions for of furthering any compelling involves a challenge to a set of apparently okay, but not if they secular reasons than for religious government interest.” laws in Texas regulating abortion play on church grounds. reasons. The brief argues that Most of these cases are expected providers. One of the laws, similar The amicus brief points out: the rules amount to “religious to be decided in June. “Missouri’s overt discrimination gerrymandering” and the rules to North Dakota’s, requires that ■ Dodson serves as executive director of the abortionists have admitting against Trinity Lutheran have the purpose of forcing N.D. Catholic Conference, the offi cial liaison privileges at a local hospital. The purely because of its religious Catholic hospitals to close. for the dioceses of Fargo and Bismarck in other law requires that certain status is repugnant to the First Finally, OGC fi led an amicus matters of public policy. abortion centers meet the health Amendment. Like discrimination brief in Zubrik v. Burwell, the and safety requirements of ambulatory surgical centers. The brief argues that (1) four decades of court decisions support the right of states to pass such laws to protect the health of women and (2) there is ample evidence that such laws protect women. United States v. Texas - Following its long-standing support for immigration policies CLERGY APPOINTMENTS Bishop of Bismarck David D. Kagan, D.D., P.A., J.C.L.

The following appointments, with the permission of Bishop David D. Kagan, D.D., P.A., J.C.L., are eff ective July 1, 2016. The Reverend John Guthrie to be the Pastor Keeping Kids Safe in the Virtual World of the Church of St. Pius V, New Salem, St. Mary Virtual worlds are online spaces where people create untruthful abuse reports; stalking others’ avatars; Queen of Peace, Rev. John Guthrie avatars (graphical representations of themselves) and using people’s passwords against them. Almont, and St. through which they communicate, socialize, learn, Parents need to know that there are virtual worlds Martin, Center. shop, play games, and generally express themselves. that youth can find and access which are not There are hundreds of virtual worlds on the Web The Reverend designed for minors and that do little to block aimed at users of all ages. Most aimed at youth minors from using them. Some teen and adult Selvaraj have safety features, such as language filtering worlds have communications tools in addition to Periannan, that restricts explicit, mean, or profane language. instant messaging, in-world email, and text chat, MSFX, to be Some virtual worlds have people monitoring including voice and video chat features. The latter user behavior, while others leave it up to users can be risky for children and teens to use. Parochial Vicar to police themselves and their community. for Spirit of Life Talk with your teens about the virtual worlds Catholic Church, The number one safety tip for virtual worlds, as for they use – ask them to show you around. See Rev. Selvaraj anything else, is good parent-child communication. what their avatars look like and what screen Mandan. Periannan, MSFX Low-key, routine discussion about online experiences, names they’ve chosen to represent themselves. The Reverend just as with offline ones, makes it easier for them to talk with you when things come up. The most Some virtual worlds for teens have a safety page Biju Antony, for parents which explains their safety features. IMS, likely risks for teens in virtual worlds, just like in to be school halls and elsewhere, are cyberbullying or These might include a language filter, human Parochial Vicar harassment and sexually suggestive communication. moderators, abuse reporting, monitoring tools, etc. for St. Peter Language filters help, but kids often have Parish, Fort Yates, workarounds such as alternative text understood St. Elizabeth, by peers and various mean behaviors, such as Cannon Ball, Rev. Biju Antony, IMS ostracizing, ignoring, or reporting on peers with St. James, Porcupine, St. Philomena, 052002-00079 2/16 Selfridge, and Sacred Heart, Solen. 12 | Dakota Catholic Action JUNE 2016

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Editor’s Note: The following text is draft of the Diocesan Synod in which there are areas designated and maintained for to the words, it forms a necessary or integral part of the solemn chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7. The fi rst three chapters were included in Catholics, and have been properly blessed. liturgy.” (Sacrosanctum Concilium 112) last month’s issue of the Dakota Catholic Action. For the complete §3: Christian burial in other cemeteries where neither of the 198 The laws of the Church concerning sacred liturgical must be text, click on the Diocesan Synod tab across the top menu above mentioned provisions of law have been arranged will observed faithfully throughout the Diocese of Bismarck. bar of our website or at www.bismarckdiocese.com/synod. be permitted only after each grave has been blessed according Comments and suggestions from the faithful are welcomed 199 §1: Pastors are strongly encouraged to know and faithfully to the approved liturgical ritual. and encouraged. You may email your input to: synod16@ sing the dialogues and orations (including the collects, bismarckdiocese.com. The fi nal document will be published 185 §1: Non-Catholics may not be buried in a Catholic cemetery prefaces and prayers after communion) of the Roman Missal. in 2017. SECOND SYNOD OF THE DIOCESE OF BISMARCK unless they are members of a Catholic family or the non- §2: It is the obligation of each pastor to supervise the sacred Catholic spouse in a mixed marriage. INTRODUCTION liturgical music in his parish. The pastor must ensure that the §2: The pastor or priest in charge of the Catholic cemetery music director and musicians comply with the prescriptions “The law of God entrusted to the Church is taught to the may permit, upon request, clergymen of other faiths to of the law concerning sacred liturgical music. It is also the faithful as the way of life and truth. The faithful therefore have conduct graveside services in the cemetery on the occasion of obligation of the pastor to ensure that the proper use of the right to be instructed in the divine saving precepts that the burial of a non-Catholic, who was a spouse or relative of a sacred liturgical music maintains the dignity of the sacred purify judgment and, with grace, heal wounded human reason. Catholic. rites. They have the duty of observing the constitutions and decrees conveyed by the legitimate authority of the Church. Even if §3: Non-Catholic religious rites, including all types of §3: All parish congregations and schools should be familiar they concern disciplinary matters these determinations call for sectarian and fraternal services, are never permitted in a with the Ordinary parts of the Mass in English found in the docility in charity.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 2037) Catholic cemetery. This prohibition does not refer to civil or Roman Missal, and sing them some of the time throughout military honor. the Church Year. Chapter IV 186 A priest from outside the parish should generally be allowed §4: All parish congregations and schools should be familiar SACRED PLACES AND TIMES to celebrate the various rites of the funeral liturgy when a with the Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei from the Missa Section I: Churches reasonable request is made. Iubilate Deo and sing them some of the time throughout the Church Year. INTRODUCTION 187 §1: The laity are to be catechized regarding their obligations in connection with Catholic burial, especially during the §5: Pastors are strongly encouraged to provide adequate “Sacred places are those which are designated for Divine worship month of November. funds and time for adequate musical and liturgical formation or for the burial of the faithful by dedication or a blessing which for all paid and volunteer musicians involved in sacred music. the liturgical books prescribe for this purpose.” [CIC, Can. 1205] §2: Since cremation is not prohibited by the Church, the norms contained in the Order of Christian Funerals: 200 All civil laws and regulations governing copyright and 174 The erection, renovation or modifi cation of the church, or Cremation, as well as the particular Diocesan Law are to be performance of music must be strictly observed. any other building on Parish property requires compliance followed. with the norms published in the Building Process of the 201 Pastors are to be particularly vigilant against the use of Diocese of Bismarck. 188 No matter what other prayer services are provided during secular music at all sacred ceremonies. Pastors are also to be the time of mourning before a funeral, the Funeral Rites are vigilant against the use of sacred music in the sacred space. 175 §1: Pastors, rectors and chaplains are charged with the to include the Vigil for the Deceased as provided in the Order responsibility of maintaining the proper cleanliness and good CHAPTER V of Christian Funerals. This vigil service is the beginning of the order befi tting a place of divine worship in churches, chapels Funeral Rites, and should not be omitted without good cause. THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST and oratories. 189 In accord with local custom, the rosary may be recited INTRODUCTION §2: Every effort should be made to make churches, chapels, before or after the Vigil for the Deceased or at another time oratories and other spaces where the faithful gather “The wonderful works of God among the people of the Old if requested by the family of the deceased. It may also be accessible to persons who are physically disabled. Testament were but a prelude to the work of Christ the Lord incorporated into the Vigil if it does not replace any part of in redeeming mankind and giving perfect glory to God. He §3: All upkeep or repair of sacred art in a church, chapel or the given ritual. accomplished this work principally by the Paschal mystery of oratory is to be done by competent artists. 190 §1 Audio-visual immediately prior to or during funeral his blessed Passion, Resurrection from the dead, and glorious 176 Admission to churches, chapels and oratories for all sacred liturgies is not permitted. The people who attend a funeral Ascension, whereby ‘dying he destroyed our death, rising he functions must be absolutely free of charge as is specifi ed are invited to be active participants in the liturgy, which by its restored our life’. For it was from the side of Christ as he slept in Cannon 1221. Any custom to the contrary is not to be nature fl ows naturally from one element to the next. the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth ‘the tolerated. Money may be collected only once during church wondrous sacrament of the whole Church’.” For this reason, the §2 Eulogies may be given at the vigil, at the cemetery, or at services, unless the Diocesan Bishop has given permission for Church celebrates in the liturgy above all the Paschal mystery a gathering after the funeral rites but not at any moment an additional collection. by which Christ accomplished the work of our salvation. (CCC, during the funeral Mass. 1067)“It is this mystery of Christ that the Church proclaims 177 Churches, chapels and oratories may not be used for any 191 §1: A funeral Mass is to be celebrated in the local church and celebrates in her liturgy so that the faithful may live from purpose except divine worship. Such functions as civic and should be considered the norm. A funeral Mass is not to it and bear witness to it in the world: For it is in the liturgy, programs, music concerts and the like may not take place in a be celebrated in other chapels or any funeral home without especially in the divine sacrifi ce of the Eucharist, that ‘the work church, chapel or oratory without the express approval of the permission of the bishop. of our redemption is accomplished,’ and it is through the liturgy pastor, rector or chaplain. especially that the faithful are enabled to express in their lives §2: The homily of the Mass should be based on the scriptures 178 Priests and others charged with the care of sacred places and manifest to others the mystery of Christ and the real nature selected for the Mass. It may also relate to the prayers of the shall familiarize themselves with the ecclesiastical regulations of the true Church.” (CCC, 1068) Liturgy. pertaining to sacred art. It is to be kept in mind that the Section I: Reservation and Veneration of the function and duty of sacred art is to enhance the beauty 192 Music is integral to the funeral rites. The texts of the songs of the house of God and to foster the faith and piety of the chosen should express the paschal mystery of the Lord’s Most Holy Eucharist faithful who gather there for divine worship. Anything that suffering, death and triumph over death and should be 202 The prescriptions of Canons 934 -944 of the Code of Canon distracts or diminishes the devotion of the faithful is to be related to the chosen readings from scripture. The other Law on the reservation and veneration of the Most Holy removed. All new building of a church, chapel or oratory, principles, rubrics and norms concerning music in the Mass Eucharist are to be studied carefully and observed faithfully or renovations of those existing, is to follow the norms of (e.g. acclamations are to be sung) are to be followed. by all who have the duty to maintain vigilance over the the universal church, as well as those established in Art, Section III: Sacred Times security of the Most Blessed Sacrament Architecture and Sacred Space. INTRODUCTION 203 §1: The Most Holy Eucharist shall be reserved in every 179 Flags representing national, or state insignia are not to be parish church of the Diocese having a resident pastor. The displayed in the sanctuary or nave of churches, chapels or “Christ taught us: ‘You must pray at all times and not lose church is to be kept open for some hours of the day so that oratories. They may be displayed in other areas of the church heart’ (Lk 18:1). The Church has been faithful in obeying this the faithful can pray before the Most Blessed Sacrament, where the faithful gather. instruction; it never ceases to offer prayer and makes this unless there is a serious reason to the contrary. exhortation its own: ‘Through him (Jesus) let us offer to God an 180 Any pastor, rector or chaplain who intends to erect or unceasing sacrifi ce of praise.’ (Heb 15:15).” §2: The reservation of the Most Blessed Sacrament in establish a chapel for the perpetual exposition of the Most churches without a resident pastor, but under the care of a Blessed Sacrament, either in an existing church building or Although Jesus commands us to pray at all times, certain times priest is permitted in this Diocese. in a free standing chapel, must submit a request in writing to – especially the primordial feast of Sunday and the celebrations the Diocesan Bishop. of the various moments of the Paschal Mystery - are set aside as 204 Church law requires that Mass be celebrated at least twice particularly sacred. (Can. 1246) a month in every church, chapel and oratory where the Most Section II: Funerals and Christian Burial Holy Eucharist is reserved. Any dispensations from this 193 §1: “It is only for the supreme ecclesiastical authority to 181 §1: Ecclesiastical burial shall be understood as it is defi ned in requirement are reserved to the Diocesan Bishop. establish, transfer, and suppress feast days and days of Canon 1176. It is a sacred right, which the Church gives the penance common to the universal Church, without prejudice 205 The key to the tabernacle shall be most carefully safeguarded faithful. to the prescript of can. 1246, §2. by the person responsible for the care and security of a §2: “…there is to be no favoritism toward persons in funerals church, chapel or oratory where the Most Holy Eucharist is §2: Diocesan Bishops can decree special feast days or days of and that the poor are not deprived of fi tting funerals.” [Can. reserved. penance for their dioceses or places, but only in individual 1181] instances.”(Cf. Can. 1244, §1 §2) 206 §1: Tabernacles in churches, chapels and oratories of the 182 §1: Persons who are under instruction for reception into the Diocese of Bismarck must be constructed of solid and opaque §3: The norms for Holy Days of Obligation in the Diocese of Church at the time of their death as well as those who have material and they must be so fi rmly fastened to the altar that Bismarck are found in Appendices of the Synod Directory. indicated a positive desire to embrace the Faith are to be they cannot be moved, and have locks which protect against considered as baptized in the matter of their ecclesiastical 194 Priests having the care of souls are to admonish the faithful possible profanation. burial, provided they died without the Rite of Baptism that the present widespread desacralization of Sundays §2: The interior of the tabernacle should be suitably through no fault of their own. [cf. Can. 1183.1] and Holy Days constitutes a serious disregard of the Third furnished with decorum befi tting the Most Blessed Commandment of God. Unnecessary buying and selling or §2: The same principle applies to persons for whom a Sacrament. Its base is to be covered with a clean white burdensome labor on these days violate the sanctity of the documentary proof of Baptism cannot be secured, but corporal that should be changed at least once every month. Lord’s Day and the right of the worker to a day devoted to for whom there are positive indications that constitute a divine worship and rest. 207 Exposition and benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament reasonable presumption in favor of baptism. is strongly encouraged in all parish churches, chapels and 195 Each year and no later than the Sunday before Ash §3: The parish priest should permit infants who die before oratories, strictly following the norms prescribed in the Wednesday, the Lenten regulations for the Diocese of Baptism to be given the full rites of ecclesiastical burial, if the approved liturgical books. Bismarck shall be announced and carefully explained to the parents had intended to have them baptized. [cf. Can. 1183.2] faithful. Section II: Sacred Functions §4: The Church’s funeral rites may be celebrated for baptized 196 §1: For suffi cient reason, pastors are empowered to dispense 208 Attendance at a non-Catholic service may not be prohibited, persons who are enrolled in a non-Catholic Church or individual persons or families resident or present in their although such attendance does not fulfi ll the Sunday ecclesial community unless their intention is evidently to the parishes from the general law of fast, abstinence and obligation. Catholics are forbidden to take any active contrary. [cf. Can.1183.3] observance of feast days, according to the norms of Canon sacramental part in the religious rites of non-Catholic 183 All baptized persons must be permitted ecclesiastical burial 1245. denominations in accord with the norms of Canon 1365, and unless they are expressly deprived of it by law. The following the norms of the Directory for the Application of Principles 197 “Friday should be in each week something of what Lent is persons are to be deprived of ecclesiastical burial unless they and Norms on Ecumenism. in the entire year. For this reason we urge all to prepare for have given some sign of repentance prior to death. that weekly Easter that comes with each Sunday by freely 209 The liturgical prescriptions of the Roman Missal, Roman §1: Notorious apostates from the Catholic Faith. making of every Friday a day of self-denial and mortifi cation Ritual and all approved liturgical books, and the directions in prayerful remembrance of the passion of Jesus Christ.” given in the Diocesan Ordo are to be faithfully observed. §2: Heretics, schismatics or members of societies inimical to the (USCCB Pastoral Statement on Prayer and Fasting, 23) Faith and the Church. 210 Approved religious devotions are to be held in all churches, The faithful are to be catechized concerning this penitential chapels and oratories throughout the Church year. Devotions §3: Persons who choose cremation for reasons contrary to the character of Fridays throughout the year. They are to be through the year ought to be in harmony with the liturgical Catholic Faith. encouraged to maintain abstinence on Fridays in accord with season being celebrated. Canons 1250 and 1251, or to substitute some other suitable §4: Persons excommunicated or interdicted in the external form of penance or charity in accord with the USCCB Pastoral 211 The clergy and the other liturgical ministers are to wear the forum without the remission of these penalties prior to death. Statement on Prayer and Fasting. vestments proper to their orders and functions for all sacred §5: Other manifest and obstinate sinners. ceremonies. Section IV: Sacred Music 184 §1: Christian burial is permitted in any cemetery in this 212 It is the obligation of pastors and chaplains to see that all INTRODUCTION Diocese, which is a part of the diocesan or parish system of laity exercising liturgical roles are properly formed in the cemeteries, or in any approved Catholic cemetery. “The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of spiritual and practical aspects of their function. inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art. The §2: Christian burial is also permitted in other cemeteries main reason for this pre-eminence is that, as sacred song united 14 | Dakota Catholic Action JUNE 2016

Section III: Sacred Furnishings 224 §1: Without prejudice to the provision of Canon 770, CHAPTER VII permission of the diocesan bishop is required for extern “God speaks to man through the visible creation. The material THE TEMPORAL GOODS OF THE CHURCH priests to preach, to conduct missions or retreats or give cosmos is so presented to man’s intelligence that he can read public addresses. Names of prospective speakers on religious INTRODUCTION there traces of its Creator… Inasmuch as they are creatures, these topics are to be forwarded to the chancery for prior approval. perceptible realities can become means of expressing the action “To pursue its proper purposes, the Catholic Church by innate of God who sanctifi es men, and the action of men who offer §2: A pastor may, however, on the occasion of a visit by right is able to acquire, retain, administer, and alienate temporal worship to God.” (CCC 1146-7) an extern priest, grant permission for him to preach in his goods independently from civil power. The proper purposes church, provided the visiting priest is approved for preaching are principally: to order divine worship, to care for the decent Because man offers creation back to God during the sacred by his own diocesan bishop or religious superior. support of the clergy and other ministers, and to exercise works celebration, it is important to use the best quality natural of the sacred apostolate and of charity, especially toward the materials during worship. For example, there is a preference Section II: Instruments of needy.” (CIC Can. 1254 §§1-2) for natural fi bers over synthetic materials in vestments and Communication and Social Media altar linens; music during sacred liturgy should be live and not Section I: Administration of Ecclesiastical Property recorded; altar candles must present a living fl ame and not be 225 §1: The Dakota Catholic Action is the Catholic newspaper 233 §1: In the Diocese of Bismarck, each parish and institution electric or other artifi cial light. Likewise, vessels are to be made of the Diocese of Bismarck. Any offi cial notice that appears subject to the jurisdiction of the Diocesan Bishop shall be of a noble metal, and the furnishings of the sanctuary are to therein is to be considered duly promulgated and binding on incorporated according to the civil laws of the State of North refl ect a noble simplicity. They are to be neither ostentatious, nor all concerned. Dakota as distinct nonprofi t corporations. of a poor quality. §2: Pastors will make every effort to see that each family §2: The By–Laws of Parish Corporations have the same force 213 §1: It is the duty of the pastor to procure all those sacred receives the Dakota Catholic Action in accordance with the of law as these Statutes. furnishings necessary for the proper celebration of divine directives given by the diocesan bishop. worship, and he shall see to it that they are preserved in good §3: The By-laws of non-parish Diocesan Corporations 226 §1: “ In order to preserve the integrity of the truths of faith condition. shall be prepared and adopted on an ad hoc basis. Bylaws and morals, the pastors of the Church have the duty and for newly created non-parish Diocesan Corporations shall §2: The sacred vessels are to be purifi ed, kept clean and in a right to be watchful so that no harm is done to the faith or be approved by Diocesan legal counsel in writing prior to secure place when they are not in use. morals of the Christian faithful through writings or the use incorporation at the offi ce of the North Dakota Secretary of of instruments of social communication. They also have the §3: The sacred vestments are to be kept clean and in a good State. duty and right to demand that writings to be published by state of repair. the Christian faithful which touch upon faith or morals be 234 Each nonprofi t corporation is to be administered in full §4: The traditional practice for disposing of sacred objects submitted to their judgment and have the duty and right to compliance with the provisions of Canon Law, the Synodal when no longer in use of burning sacred objects and burying condemn writings which harm correct faith or good morals.” Statutes of this Diocese and the civil laws of the State of their ashes in the earth, or of burying them in the earth is to (Cf. c. 823 §1) North Dakota. be maintained. §2: It is understood that the grant of a nihil obstat and an 235 Responsibility for the immediate administration of 214 §1: Each sacristy is to be furnished with a sacrarium. Care imprimatur for any writings, printed or electronic, is an ecclesiastical property shall be vested in the pastor of a must be taken to see that the drain from it leads directly to offi cial declaration by the diocesan bishop or his delegate parish, or in the priest, or other canonically qualifi ed person, the ground and not to a sewer. that the material is free from doctrinal and moral error, but who has been appointed by the Diocesan Bishop. it does not necessarily imply agreement with the content or §2: If the Baptismal Font of the Church drains, care must be 236 §1: Ownership of property and furnishings in the buildings opinions contained therein. taken that Holy Water is never drained into the sewer. Thus, and on the grounds of a parish or diocesan institution shall any Baptismal Font that does not drain directly into the 227 §1: Pastors are urged to provide access to Catholic be deemed to be vested in the corporation unless private ground must be emptied by hand directly into the earth. publications and media in their parishes. ownership is previously and specifi cally declared in writing and is on fi le at the Chancery and at the institution or parish. 215 §1: Candles for Mass should be wax and contain a minimum §2: Catholics who purport to speak on a regular basis of 51 percent beeswax. concerning matters of the Catholic faith must have the §2: Donations from the faithful or from any society or written permission of the diocesan bishop. organization for use in a parish or institution are to be §2: The Paschal candle is to be freshly procured annually considered corporation property, and ownership is to remain so that the ritual meaning of the new light in Christ is §3: Pastors are required to receive approval from the in the corporation. A priest or, in the event of his death, his adequately conveyed. The Paschal Candle must contain diocesan bishop or his representative when granting an heirs may not remove or claim such property. a minimum of 51 percent beeswax, and is preferably 100 interview or submitting comment or content to media outlets. percent beeswax. 237 §1: No corporation may legitimately be founded under civil 228 §1: All usage of social media is public and permanent and law which bears the name Catholic or represents itself as §3: The laws of the liturgy prescribe the proper number of thus requires discretion and prudence. It would be imprudent Catholic or is in any way sponsored by a parish or institution candles for each liturgical service, and these rules are to be for one to think social communication is ever private. of this Diocese without the express prior written approval of observed faithfully. §2: “In the use of means of social communication, necessary the Diocesan Bishop. §4: Any theatrical and inappropriate display of electric lights discretion is to be observed and those things are to be §2: Priests are forbidden to accept membership in corporations or other decorations in connection with divine worship is avoided which are harmful to one’s vocation and dangerous without prior written permission of the Diocesan Bishop. strictly forbidden. to the chastity of a consecrated person.” (c. 666) 238 §1: All deeds shall fi rst be recorded with the Recorder of 216 No video may be shown during a liturgical action without the Section III: Parental Obligations and Catholic Schools Deeds for the County in which the real estate described in express permission of the Diocesan Bishop. 229 §1: Parents are the prime educators of their children, each deed is situated, and then shall be sent to the Chancery 217 In every church, chapel and oratory where the Most Holy especially in religious matters. They have a grave obligation together with Abstracts and Title Insurance Policies for Eucharist is reserved, a sanctuary light near the tabernacle is to send their children to Catholic schools when such are permanent fi ling. to burn continuously. The light is to be a living fl ame, and not available. §2: Abstracts of Title or Title Insurance Policies for all real an electric lamp or other form of artifi cial light. §2: In so far as possible, provisions should be made so that estate must evidence marketable title. 218 Votive candle stands for devotional use are permitted in the parents who have children with intellectual, physical, and/or 239 An accurate set of fi nancial books which are kept posted and churches, chapels, and oratories of the Diocese of Bismarck emotional challenges have the necessary assistance they need which show all receipts and expenditures shall be maintained and a suitable offering may be accepted. to provide religious education for their children according to for each diocesan entity/corporation, according to the their specifi c needs. 219 §1: Relics may not be placed on the altars for veneration by specifi c directions of the Diocesan Bishop, and in compliance the faithful. Article A: Administrative Statutes with civil laws. All parishes are to use the currently adopted common software. §2: A list of relics venerated in the parish church, chapel, or 230 §1: The Diocesan Catholic schools cannot operate outside oratory is to be retained in the archives, together with any of the authority of the Diocesan Bishop and the pastors of 240 All parish and diocesan property, including all buildings documents that certify their authenticity. the parishes associated with the school system. (Catholic with their furnishings, must be included in the diocesan schools are established, organized, and operated under the property and liability insurance program. All pastors, CHAPTER VI authority of the Diocesan Bishop to the full extent allowed parochial administrators, and others designated to THE TEACHING OFFICE OF THE CHURCH by Canon Law [cf. cc. 801-803].) §2: The Constitutions and administer diocesan property must keep current with By-laws of the Diocesan schools and school systems must be insurance premium payments. They are to inform the INTRODUCTION approved by the Diocesan Bishop. §3: Under the authority insurance carrier of changes which measurably affect the “The Church, to which Christ the Lord has entrusted the deposit the Diocesan Bishop who is the chairman of the board of appraised value of their property and also follow prudent of faith so that with the assistance of the Holy Spirit it might the school systems, the pastors of each of the associated maintenance and repairs along with all prescribed directives protect the revealed truth reverently, examine it more closely, parishes, and appointed lay members constitute the board as they are published. and proclaim and expound it faithfully, has the duty and of directors. (The Board of Directors of each Catholic school 241 Diocesan regulations for extraordinary expenditures are innate right, independent of any human power whatsoever, to system includes the Diocesan Bishop, who is the chairman, contained in Appendices 36 -39. preach the gospel to all peoples, also using the means of social and the pastor of each participating parish, and appointed lay communication proper to it. It belongs to the Church always and members.) 242 All diocesan institutions must put excess operating funds everywhere to announce moral principles, even about the social of more than 90 days on deposit with the Parish Expansion §4: Lay members of each Board of Directors are to be order, and to render judgment concerning any human affairs Fund and must be invested according to the current deposit recommended by their respective pastors and must be insofar as the fundamental rights of the human person or the policy. Long term or excess funds not needed for three years approved and appointed by the Diocesan Bishop. salvation of souls requires it.” (CIC, Can. 747 §1, §2) or more may be invested with The Catholic Foundation for §5: Particular attention within each Catholic school system the People of the Diocese of Bismarck in an agency account. Section I: Preaching must be given to Catholic identity, culture, and practice. It 243 All diocesan institutions seeking fi nancing for a capital 220 §1: The homily should ordinarily be given by the priest is the responsibility of the administration, faculty, and staff project will include the request for fi nancing as part of the celebrant himself or be entrusted by him to a concelebrating to ensure Catholic identity, which is uniquely entrusted by Resolution Policy as referenced in Statute 239. The fi nancing priest, or from time to time and, if appropriate, to the deacon, the Diocesan Bishop to a priest delegated by him, the pastors request will be reviewed by, and is the responsibility of, but never to a layperson. In particular cases and for a just of each parish associated with the school, and the assigned the Parish Expansion Fund Board in accordance with the cause, a bishop or a priest who is present at the celebration priest chaplain. Diocese of Bismarck Parish Expansion Fund Loan Policy and but cannot concelebrate may even give the homily. This also §6: The pastor, in consultation with the school principal shall Guidelines. applies to a visiting or substituting celebrant. have full charge of the school under the general direction of Section II: Parish Administration §2: Deacons should not regularly preach at Sunday Masses. the Offi ce of Catholic Education. 244 Annual Reports noted below from each parish/institution §3: In providing for preaching by the lay faithful the diocesan §7: The oversight of the school system is under the of the Diocese shall be completed and submitted to the bishop may never dispense from the norm which reserves the jurisdiction of the Diocesan Bishop or a priest delegated by Diocesan Bishop on the respective Diocesan forms on or homily to the sacred ministers (cf. GIRM n. 66). Speaking to him, and the pastors associated with the school system. before September 30th of each fi scal year. the congregation by the lay faithful may not take place within §8: The chaplain is a validly ordained Priest in good standing the celebration of the Eucharist at the time reserved for the 1. Submit the Statement of Financial Position and Statement and is appointed by the Diocesan Bishop. homily. of Financial Activities with the Financial Statement §9: The Diocesan Bishop reserves the right to appoint a Certifi cation. A copy of the Corporate Annual Minutes is 221 §1: A homily must be given at all Masses on Sundays and person with the requisite qualifi cations and credentials to to be submitted with the above statements and signed by all other Holy Days of Obligation in all parish churches, any position within each Catholic school system, including the pastor as corporate secretary and the two lay corporate chapels, and oratories where the faithful gather to fulfi ll their administrative positions. §10: Whenever possible, it is trustees. (See Appendices 43–46) obligation of participation. It can be omitted only for a grave preferable that pastors associated with Catholic schools or reason. §2: It is highly recommended that a homily be given 2. Submit the names of each member of the parish’s/ school systems, who are members of the board of directors, at Masses celebrated during the week, especially during the institution’s fi nance council, as part of the Annual Statistical are priests who have publically demonstrated zeal for time of Advent and Lent. Report. Catholic schools and Catholic education. §3: It is highly recommended that at funeral Masses there be 3. Submit the Financial Review Verifi cation Report with Article B: Pastoral Support Statutes a brief homily, but to the exclusion of a funeral eulogy of any signatures of the Pastor, lay trustees, and fi nance council kind. (GIRM n. 382) 231 §1: Pastors of parishes with Catholic schools or a school members. It is to include a listing of the dates when the system shall instruct and encourage the Christian Faithful parish’s/institution’s fi nance council met in the preceding 222 §1: Homilies, which explain the mysteries of the faith and of their parishes to send their children to a Catholic school. fi scal year and since the end of that fi scal year and submit a the norms of Christian life, are to be given during the course §2: Pastors of parishes of Catholic schools or school systems copy of the parish’s/institution’s Budget for the just-ended of each liturgical year. shall allow access to their parishes for Catholic school fi scal year and for the next fi scal year with an attestation §2: The subject matter of homilies shall be exclusively advancement, development, and recruiting. that they have seen and discussed with the Pastor the concerned with the matters that pertain to the spiritual aforementioned budgets. The Parish Account and Financial Article C: Financial Support Statutes welfare of souls. Topics merely of a political or secular nature Control Guidelines must be followed for the fi nancial review. are to be avoided. All references of a critical or embarrassing 232 All parishes and Christian faithful of the Diocese of 4. The monitoring of compliance with this Statute is the nature concerning particular persons are strictly forbidden. Bismarck share a responsibility in building, maintaining, and responsibility of the Diocese’s Offi ce of Parish Resources funding Catholic schools. In no case shall a child be deprived 223 It is highly recommended that a sacred mission be under the Fiscal Offi ce and is validated by the Diocese’s of Catholic schooling solely because the parents are unable to conducted annually in each parish in this diocese. Internal Auditor who reports to the Diocesan Bishop and the give fi nancial support. Vicar General/Moderator of the Curia. JUNE 2016 Dakota Catholic Action | 15 245 All approved accounts, defi ned as any account within the offerings sent to the Chancery should include the intention, use, the donor should be informed immediately and provided parish or other institution that uses or benefi ts from the attached stipend, date received, and name of person making with the opportunity to remove and/or modify the identifi ed entity’s tax identifi cation number shall be kept in accord offering. restriction(s) or revoke the gift. with the directives of the Diocese. No pastor or parochial 262 §1: Pastors and parochial administrators are obliged to §4: Restricted gifts given by the faithful for a certain purpose administrator may grant signature authority to other persons celebrate one missa pro populo (Mass intention for the can be applied only for that purpose. as signers on any fi nancial account of the parish or institution people) on Sundays and all holy days of obligation observed without the prior written permission of the Diocesan Bishop. §5: The Diocese of Bismarck Gift Acceptance Policy should be in the diocese. Such an intention is a requirement of his followed in every instance. 246 §1: The pastors are to see that an annual fi nancial activities offi ce and a stipend is not to be included. However, he is report shall be published to the members of each parish able to retain a stipend for (one) second Mass celebrated Section VIII: Parish and School Fundraising on or before the 1st of October of each fi scal year. §2: on the same day (Pontifi cal Commission for the Authentic 276 All special or extraordinary collections in schools, parishes, The pastor is to send a copy of the published report to the Interpretation of the Code, Interpretation, April 23, 1987). In oratories, and chapel, must have the express, written Chancery with the Annual Report. addition, when several parishes are involved under the care permission of the Diocesan Bishop; permission is not of one priest, he is bound to apply only one Mass for all the 247 The Diocese of Bismarck will perform a Parish Financial necessary for ordinary collections (Sundays, Holy Days, God’s people entrusted to him (c. 534). Review,which will consist of reviewing fi nancial best Share Appeal, or approved national collections). practices. This will be done on a scheduled basis or when §2: The missa pro populo may be delegated in a manner in 277 Solicitation of funds, fund-raising, fi scal appeals, or fi scal deemed necessary; reviews will include all entities operating keeping with the requirement of canon 534 §1. campaigns by any priest, secular or religious, holding an under the federal tax ID of the parish. The questionnaires 263 The Decree on Mass Stipends promulgated by the assignment from the Diocesan Bishop, or by a Diocesan or involved will be: Parish Financial & Internal Control Review Congregation for Clergy on Feb. 22, 1991 amends c. 948 and Catholic institution based in and operating within diocesan Questionnaire, Mass Stipend and Stole Fee Questionnaire, provides that under very specifi c conditions, Mass offerings boundaries must have the express, written permission of the and a Parish Concern Questionnaire. School systems within can be collectively offered at a single Mass by one celebrant. Diocesan Bishop. the Diocese of Bismarck will receive an annual fi nancial audit This is referred to as a collective intention. The conditions, by a third party vendor. This will be done on a scheduled 278 As with every manner of receiving support for use by the which are not negotiable, are: basis or when deemed necessary by the Diocesan Bishop. Church, all funds, once accepted, become the exclusive 1. Donors must be informed of and consent to the combining property of the Church and must be used for their intended 248 The Diocese of Bismarck will communicate to all parishes of their offerings before such a Mass is celebrated. purposes and, if applicable, all restrictions given by donors their annual Parish Housing Allowance for the upcoming respected. calendar year, prior to the beginning of each calendar year. 2. The place and location of the Mass is to be announced or at least made known to all donors. 279 A request for any capital campaign that accompanies a 249 The Christian faithful have a strict obligation to assist with capital project is to be included with the resolution attached the regular and suffi cient fi nancial support that enables 3. There is only to be two such Masses per week per to that project (Cf. Extraordinary Expenditures). the pastor to pay the ordinary expenses of parochial celebrant. administration from ordinary revenue. 280 The Diocese and parishes must follow the Diocesan facility 4. The celebrant can only keep the customary stipend for usage policy when allowing facility use by groups not Section III: Salaries and Compensations one Mass ($10) and remaining stipends must be sent to the operating within the tax ID of the Diocese or a diocesan Chancery. All intentions included in the collective intention 250 The annual salary to be paid to priests who are assigned parish or school. are to be considered fulfi lled. to work in the service of the Diocese of Bismarck and 281 Only diocesan or parish sponsored events can be held at to religious sisters who are teaching in the schools and 264 Whenever there is a persistent doubt in a particular case diocesan or parish facilities. Parish or diocesan facilities institutions of this Diocese will be approved by the Diocesan concerning the proper fulfi llment of Mass bequests, the cannot be used for non-parish or non-diocesan events. Bishop. matter is to be referred to the Diocesan Bishop. 247 The parish shall provide for the support of the priest or 265 Priests are forbidden to accept pious foundations or trusts priests assigned to it by the Diocesan Bishop. This support for Masses or for any other works of piety without the express shall include: prior written approval of the Diocesan Bishop. Permission will not be given to accept foundations that involve perpetual Obituary 1. the payment of a salary and related benefi ts as determined obligations. by the Diocesan Bishop; 266 The family of the deceased and other custodians of Mass 2. a suitable rectory, together with the necessary and Sr. Virginia Kopp, OSB intentions are to be instructed regarding their obligation to customary furnishings; and safeguard Mass offerings left with them or at a funeral home. Sister Virginia 3. household expenses, including salary for adequate The offerings together with any cards, letters or notes, which Kopp, OSB, 101, died domestic help. indicate the intention of the donors, are to be given to a priest Tuesday, April 26, or an approved ecclesiastical agency as promptly as possible. 251 Parish funds are not to be used for purchasing personal 2016. Funeral Mass articles for the priest(s) and other employees. 267 The family of the deceased, the executor of wills or any was celebrated May other lay offi cial has no authority to interpret the mind of 252 Salaries, benefi ts and household maintenance costs of a the donor of Mass stipends in any way that is contrary to the 3 in Bishop Marty parish with an attached mission or missions shall be shared prescriptions of Canon Law or to the dispositions of these equitably by the parish and mission or missions. Items Memorial Chapel. Statutes. specifi c to a parish will be paid by thatparish. Burial was in the 268 The parish offi ce is to be responsible for the handling of 253 It is the right of the pastor to hire and determine the proper monastery cemetery. Mass offerings given by parishioners; this ensures fi scal salaries and benefi ts to be paid to parish lay employees, transparency and lessens the burden upon clergy. However, Eugenia Olivia after consultation with the parish fi nance council, in accord it is acknowledged that individual priests may need to handle Kopp was born July with Catholic principles and the directives of this diocese. various private requests, such as those from family, or those Sr. Virginia Kopp The diocese will maintain resources to assist parishes 9, 1914 to Melchior for private Masses, etc.; for these cases they are to keep their with all phases of an employment relationship including own register. and Margaret (Hegel) compensation levels and job descriptions. Kopp of Richardton. She attended St. Mary’s 269 Parishes that are currently holding unsatisfi ed Mass 254 For regular full-time personnel (40 hours per week or 2,080 offerings beyond what can be satisfi ed in one year should elementary school in Richardton and was hours annually) and regular part-time personnel (working immediately make arrangements to have these Mass greatly infl uenced by the sisters and monks. 20 or more but less than 40 hours per week or between 1040 offerings sent to the Chancery where arrangements can be and 2080 hours annually), as the employer, the parish is She graduated from Mount Marty High made for their timely fulfi llment. required to pay for its employees the following: School in Yankton, S.D. in 1932. 270 Churches and priests are to keep accurate and up-to-date 1. Salaries as the parish shall make all contributions and Eugenia entered Sacred Heart Monastery registers for Mass offerings (c. 958). Special attention should withholdings required by federal, state and local law; be given to noting collective intentions and any intentions September 2, 1929. She was invested as a 2. 401(k) contribution of 4% of salary per the diocesan or stipends forwarded to the Chancery. Parish registers of novice on August 15, 1932 and received the retirement plan; Mass offerings are to be made available to the local Ordinary name Virginia. She made fi rst profession upon his request (cc. 396-398; 958, §2), particularly during 3. Health insurance premiums as determined by the diocesan his pastoral visit along with other sacramental registers. on August 16, 1933 and fi nal profession on health care plan. Electronic registers are acceptable provided routine backups June 26, 1939. 4. Annual ND Workforce Safety compensation insurance are arranged and paper copies are able to be provided when Sister Virginia taught fi rst grade for one premiums. called for. year at Stephan, S.D. and then was asked 255 Each position shall have a written job description with 271 Each diocesan priest is to offer three Masses for the repose of to go into nursing. She graduated from minimum qualifi cations identifi ed and that at least annually the soul of a deceased priest of the Diocese of Bismarck, upon each person be provided a written, formal evaluation of being notifi ed of the death. The satisfaction of this obligation Sacred Heart School of Nursing in 1937. She performance based on the position description and goals and is to occur within 12 months. was a nurse at Yankton; Pueblo and Cañon objectives of the position. Section V: Diocesan Collections City, Colo. from 1937-1952. From 1952- 256 The parish shall maintain for each employee including 272 §1:Diocesan, National, Universal and Special Church 1978, she was asked to work in hospital clergy, a personnel fi le,which includes all required diocesan, collections are to be taken up in the parishes on the day and administration in Tyndall and Parkston, state and federal documents. All Form I-9s are to be fi led in the manner prescribed by the Diocesan Bishop in the together and separate from personnel fi les and any HIPPA S.D. She received a Credential in Health signed Parish Agreement Forms related documents are also to be fi led separately. Care Administration from the University of §2: Pastors are directed to send a separate check for each Section IV: Mass Stipends Minnesota in 1972. collection, made payable to the Diocese of Bismarck, which 257 The proper handling of Mass stipends constitutes a grave are to be recorded in separate diocesan accounts for each She received a bachelor’s degree from obligation in conscience for the priests to whom they fund and prescribed in the Parish Agreement Forms. Mount Marty College in Yankton, and are entrusted, and the discharge of this obligation shall 273 An appropriate announcement concerning each Diocesan, became certifi ed in pastoral care in 1979. be governed by the prescriptions of cc. 945-958 and the National, Universal, and Special Church collection is to be following Statutes. Thus, she began her pastoral care ministry made to the Christian faithful at all Masses on the Sunday in Cañon City. She served in this ministry 258 The following norms, based upon the universal law of the preceding the collection. Church, are to give guidance to the practice of Mass offerings from 1979 until her retirement to the Section VI: Confl ict of Interest in our diocese, especially amongst clergy and parish staff (Cf. monastery in 2001. CIC cc. 534, 905, 945-958). A “Mass offering” includes both 274 The Diocese of Bismarck and all its entities are organized as Sister Virginia is survived by her the intention and the stipend, which are distinct. nonprofi t, tax-exempt organizations. Maintenance of the tax- exempt status, which involves being accountable and subject Benedictine community, her sisters Phyllis 259 Sum to be offered for a Mass: In virtue of the directive given to scrutiny by the IRS as well as state regulatory and tax in Canon 952 §I, the following is the established Mass stipend Viglione, Alma Bray, and Agnes Hill, and offi cials, is important both for continued fi nancial stability for this Diocese: Announced Mass - $10.00. several nieces and nephews. She was and for public support.A Confl ict of Interest Disclosure 260 §1: A Priest is allowed by universal law to receive only one Statement should annually be reviewed and signed, not only preceded in death by her parents and nine stipend per day for a Mass offered with a stipend attached. by directors, offi cers, trustees, council members, but also all siblings. Beyond his fi rst Mass he may celebrate, but not concelebrate, persons who might be described as “management personnel.” additional Masses each with a Mass intention, but each Section VII: Gift Acceptance Guidelines stipend attached to these additional Masses must be PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN Unsolicited Gifts forwarded to the Chancery of the Diocese of Bismarck. (Cf. The Diocese of Bismarck is fi rmly committed to the health Can. 951 §§ 1-2) 275 §1: All such gifts should be properly accepted, including and protection of our children, young people and vulnerable written acknowledgment and appropriate tax correspondence adults. With the hope of healing the pain and suff ering from §2: The only exception to the above is Christmas Day, when sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, we encourage anyone who so that receipts are generated that fully comply with IRS a priest may retain the stipend for every Mass intention he has suff ered from this abuse to please come forward and let us regulations. know. To report allegations of sexual abuse, please contact: Dale offers (one per Mass). Eberle, Chancellor, Diocese of Bismarck, PO Box 1575, Bismarck, §2: Acceptance of a restricted gift imposes an §3: Stipends are not to be paid in advance to individual ND 58502-1575. Phone: 701.223.1347 or 1.877.405.7435. The obligation,which must be clearly understood to comply with complaint form and policies can be found on the diocesan web priests out of any stipend account in a parish. Mass stipends the terms established by the donor. Restricted gifts of cash or site at http://www.bismarckdiocese.com. must be paid on the fi rst working day of the next month. property cannot be accepted without the express approval of CODE OF PASTORAL CONDUCT While transactions by individual parishioners can be and are the Diocesan Bishop when the restriction obligates the parish often freely arranged, parish accounts are to pay out Mass The Catholic Church must be exemplary: Clergy, staff , to actions which may place undue burdens on it now or in the whether diocesan or parish, and volunteers are held accountable stipends only after the attached intention has been satisfi ed. future, contains a perpetual condition, creates a confl ict of for their behavior. To enable the highest level of accountability, there must be a clear and unambiguous defi nition of appropriate 261 A Parish may only accept as many Mass offerings as it is interest, is inappropriate or for purposes outside the mission behavior. To this end, this Code of Pastoral Conduct is defi ned able to satisfy within a year (c. 953). Mass offerings received of the diocese or one of its entities. for the Diocese of Bismarck and it provides a foundation for beyond this are to be transferred to the Chancery, which implementing eff ective and enforceable standards for all §3: If a restricted gift is deemed unacceptable by the Diocesan will ensure they will be fulfi lled in a timely manner. Mass personnel. View the Code of Pastoral Conduct at http://www. Bishop because of restrictions the donor has placed on its bismarckdiocese.com. 16 | Dakota Catholic Action JUNE 2016

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