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CriterionOnline.com September 11, 2020 Vol. LX, No. 48 75¢ Pope will sign new encyclical in Assisi on Oct. 3 VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis will travel to Assisi on Oct. 3 to sign an encyclical on the social, political and economic obligations that flow from a belief that all people are children of God and therefore brothers and sisters to one another. The Vatican press office, confirming the pope’s trip, said the document will be Pope Francis titled “Fratelli Tutti” in Italian. In English, the phrase could be translated as “Brothers and Sisters All,” but apparently it is inspired by what is known as St. Francis of Assisi’s “sixth admonition” to the friars, all of whom were men. Conventual Franciscan Father Mauro Gambetti, custodian of the Assisi convent, said the document “will indicate to the world a style for the future and will give the Church and people of goodwill the responsibility for building it together. “The pope is clearly inspired by Francis Annie Burford stands amid the Pinwheel Garden of Hope and Health at Franciscan Health Indianapolis where each pinwheel represents a COVID-19 of Assisi who, in following Jesus, recognized patient who has returned to health. Burford is a respiratory clinical specialist at the hospital. (Photo by John Shaughnessy) in fraternity, lived under the sign of mutual and loving service, the horizon of a fulfilled and happy humanity,” Father Mauro added. Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive at the Hospital’s pinwheel garden celebrates the Assisi convent at 3 p.m. to celebrate Mass at the tomb of St. Francis and sign the document. Because of ongoing concerns and joy of returning COVID patients to health restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mass and the rest of the pope’s visit will By John Shaughnessy savors sharing the story of the patient So was the sendoff the woman be private, the Vatican press office said. she thought of when she planted one received on the day she was released The encyclical is expected to echo Annie Burford smiles when she of the pinwheels in what has become from the hospital. many of the themes Pope Francis has been sees the pinwheels twirling in the known as the Pinwheel Garden of Hope “The hospital announced they were discussing in his general audience talks afternoon breeze, forming a multi-color and Health. going to play the Rocky [theme] song on Catholic social teaching in light of the celebration of life. “She was the first person we were when she was discharged,” Burford pandemic: human fraternity, the equal dignity As a respiratory clinical specialist for able to get off the ventilator,” recalls notes. “They were playing the song, of all people, the preferential option for the Franciscan Health, Burford delights in Burford, who was instrumental in and employees were lined up in the poor, the universal destination of goods and knowing that each of the 423 pinwheels setting up the Indianapolis hospital’s hospital as they brought her down in a the obligation of solidarity. Care for the represents a COVID-19 patient who has COVID Cohort Unit in March. “When wheelchair. Everyone was clapping and environment and the virtue of peacemaking been discharged from the health care that happened, all the nurses and all the cheering. She had her arms raised up. also are expected to be part of the encyclical. system’s Indianapolis and Mooresville respiratory therapists stood outside the She was so excited to leave. It was very After Pope Francis signs the document hospitals as of Sept, 8. room and cheered for the patient. It was emotional.” on the eve of the feast of St. Francis, the And the 42-year-old mother of two so awesome.” See PINWHEEL, page 12 text is expected to be published in a variety of languages the first week of October. † ‘We need a miracle,’ Lebanese nun says a month after Beirut blasts BEIRUT (CNS)—Sister Marie Justine el Osta had just begun a spiritual retreat in a mountain convent 27 miles north of Beirut. Even in that remote location, the blast that rocked Lebanon’s capital on Aug. 4 could be felt, like an earthquake. Sister Marie immediately drove to the Socio- Medical Intercommunity Dispensary, where she serves as director, in the poor neighborhood of Naba, 2.5 miles from the Beirut port. “I was in shock. I was speechless. I cried,” she said, her eyes welling with tears as she recalled her first encounter with the devastation at the center. Closing her eyes, her hands clasped in prayer for a moment, Sister Marie composed herself, saying, “It really broke my heart, but I had to be strong.” At the Socio-Medical Intercommunity Dispensary in the Naba neighborhood She said she is thankful that the center of Beirut, people receive a hot meal to take back back to their homes on already had closed for the day, and there was Sept. 2. The center serves 1,200 meals per weekday. (CNS photo/Doreen Abi Raad) See BEIRUT, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020

Archdiocese’s annual ‘Morning Public Schedule of Archbishop Charles C. Thompson with Mary’ event set for Oct. 10 ______By Natalie Hoefer September 10–22, 2020 The archdiocese’s annual September 10-13 September 17 – 10 a.m. “Morning with Mary” event United States Conference of Catholic Leadership Team meeting at will take place at St. Jude Bishops’ National Advisory Council, Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Church, 5353 McFarland virtual event Catholic Center, Indianapolis Road, in Indianapolis, from 9 a.m.-noon on Oct. 10. September 13 – 9:45 a.m. September 18-19 This will be the fifth Mass at Bishop Simon Bruté College Wedding, Louisville, Ky. year that the archdiocese Seminary, Indianapolis has offered “Morning with September 20 – 5 p.m. Mary.” The morning of September 14 Confirmation Mass for youths of prayer and praise always United States Conference of Catholic St. Ambrose Parish in Seymour, at takes place in October, Bishops’ Clergy, Consecrated Life and St. Bartholomew Church, Columbus which the Church celebrates Vocations Committee virtual meeting as the Month of the Holy September 22 – 7 p.m. Rosary. September 16 – 10 a.m. Confirmation Mass for the youths of Bilingual singer, Department Heads meeting at St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, musician and speaker Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Carlos Roberto Ramirez Catholic Center, Indianapolis Indianapolis from Laredo, Texas, will lead participants in song September 16 – 7 p.m. and prayer throughout the Confirmation Mass for the youths of event. Both Ramirez and St. Susanna Parish in Plainfield, at his father will offer witness St. Susanna Church talks on how precious a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is for disciples An icon of Mary Undoer of Knots is seen on Sept. 9, 2018, at of Christ. the Church of St. Peter am Perlach in Augsburg, Germany. Pope We will pray as an archdiocese that “Morning with Mary” is free, although Archbishop Charles Francis saw the image while studying in Germany and took it as Our Lady can untie the knots that rob registration is requested for planning C. Thompson will also be his own personal devotion. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran) the peace in our hearts and in the world purposes to arrange for socially distanced on hand to lead a Marian around us so that we can follow Jesus seating. Masks will be required for this event. procession, preside over morning prayer “In these days as we long for peace in our even more closely and joyfully.” To register, go to bit.ly/ and bless rosaries. troubled world, Mary longs to bring that In light of that focus, people are invited MorningWithMary or www.facebook. Matt Faley, director of the archdiocesan peace to us. to pray a novena to Mary under this title, com/events/362126114952435. For more Secretariat for Pastoral Ministries, who is “We will unite our prayers in a special starting on Oct. 1 and ending on Oct. 9, information, contact Rose Ruiz at 317- helping coordinate the event, said, way this year to Mary, Undoer of Knots. the day before “Morning with Mary.” 236-1550 or [email protected]. †

warned that more than 55% of Lebanon’s Fayed admitted that she finds it difficult 1968 by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters BEIRUT population is now trapped in poverty and to be on the receiving end with the needy. of Mary to serve those in need; it has been continued from page 1 struggling to meet basic needs for bare “But I have my family to feed,” she said. run by the Assembly of Female Religious necessities. This figure is almost double “We are so thankful to be helped.” Congregations since 1973. Its services no one on site at the time of the double the rate for the previous year, which stood Determined to provide for her family, include general medicine, cardiology, explosion, shortly after 6 p.m. at 28%. Statistics on extreme poverty have Fayed began driving her husband’s taxi gynecology and obstetrics, pediatric “Seeing all the destruction, my first tripled between 2019 and 2020, several years ago, after his diabetes medicine, nephrology and dental, as well thought was, ‘How will we ever fix this? from 8% to 23%. triggered near blindness and kidney as diagnostics and providing vaccinations. How will we endure this?’ ” Sister Marie In less than a year, the Lebanese disease. In a country where taxi driving It is supported by the Catholic Near East recounted to Catholic News Service (CNS). currency has lost more than 80% of its is rare among females, Fayed noted that Welfare Association. Her photos reveal doors ripped from value. The country is now in the state “people encourage me.” The center sustained $38,000 in frames, blown-out windows, collapsed of hyperinflation. According to data But with the economic crisis, the damage from the blast. The medical clinic ceilings, cabinets and furniture scattered released by the Central Administration pandemic and the aftermath of the blast, resumed its services on Sept. 7. helter-skelter, and the floor—a sea of of Statistics, consumer goods prices— she said she finds her time spent on the Sister Marie said that, before the glass topped with a tangle of debris. including food and nonalcoholic road is more in search of customers, port blasts, she had hoped to update the Working through the night, Sister beverages—increased by more than 336% rather than in transporting them. dispensary. Marie, staff and volunteers cleared as best from July 2019 to July 2020. Souad Madeh, 63, used to accompany “Now, after the blast, we are going they could to prepare for the next day. One recent day, beneficiaries lined up her elderly mother to the dispensary for years backward. Not only our center and “We had to open. People would be outside the center, patiently waiting in her medical appointments for chronic heart dispensary, the whole country,” she said. waiting for food,” said the nun, a member the sweltering heat. Most carried plastic disease. Her mother died earlier this year. “We need a miracle,” she said of of the Maronite Order of the Holy Family. containers they had brought from home, “I never imagined that I would be Lebanon’s dire situation. † Despite the damage, such outreach was where they would eat the meal provided coming back here for food still possible, as meals are prepared by the center. Because of COVID-19 for my family,” Madeh told off-site and, due to coronavirus measures, the iron entry gates were CNS. Television Masses precautionary measures, are distributed closed, allowing access for just a few “It is a hard decision to outdoors at the entrance to the building. people at a time. have to ask for food. But, The following channels and times show when As Lebanon’s economy worsened, the Jocelyn Fayed, 51, came to the center we are all becoming poor. Sunday Masses may be viewed over-the-air in dispensary had expanded its medical and with one of her 16-year-old triplets, Joe. We are all the same now. different areas of the archdiocese: social mission to include distribution of hot Although her home outside of Beirut Poor,” said the soft-spoken meals to those in need, at first around 250 suffered little damage, she started to woman. Indianapolis: WHMB, 40.1, 9:30 a.m. portions a day in 2017. That number has come to the center for meals soon after “The sisters are doing Indianapolis: WNDY, 23, 6:30 a.m. increased to 1,200 per day, as Lebanon tips the blast. Lately, she said, there is hardly a great job of keeping the Terre Haute: WTHI, 10.3, 10 a.m. on the brink of economic collapse, plunging any food in her family’s refrigerator—just community alive,” she added. Cincinnati: EKRC, 12.2, 8:30 a.m. even the middle class into poverty. bread and labneh—a Lebanese staple, The Socio-Medical Evansville: WEVV, 44.2, 6 a.m. An August report by the U.N. Economic which is a cream cheese-like spread, Intercommunity Dispensary Louisville: WBNA, 21, 7 a.m. and Social Commission for Western Asia made from strained yogurt. was originally founded in

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Meridian St. • Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367 The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020 Page 3 New book recounts pope’s vision for integral ecology VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In a new In a conversation that took place on book featuring his conversations with May 30, 2018, the pope recalled the Pope Francis, Italian environmental genesis of his encyclical, “Laudato activist Carlo Petrini said he hopes the Si’,” which he said began in 2007 published discussions will contribute to during the Fifth Conference of Latin the groundwork laid out by “Laudato Si’, American and Caribbean Bishops in “On Care for Our Common Home.” Aparecida, Brazil. The book, titled “TerraFutura [Future Although many of the Brazilian Earth]: Conversations with Pope Francis bishops spoke passionately about “the on Integral Ecology,” is meant to highlight great problems of the Amazon,” the pope the importance of the pope’s encyclical admitted that at the time, he was often on the environment and its impact on the irritated by their speeches. world five years after its publication in “I remember very well feeling 2015. annoyed by their attitude and “If we want to use human life as a commenting, ‘These Brazilians are metaphor, I would say that this encyclical driving us crazy with their speeches!’ ” is entering its adolescence. It has passed the pope recalled. “At that time, I did its infancy; it has learned to walk. But not understand why our assembly of now comes the time of youth. I am bishops had to devote itself to the confident that this growth will be very theme of the Amazon; for me the stimulating,” Petrini told journalists health of the world’s ‘green lung’ was on Sept. 8, presenting the book at the not a concern, or at least I did not Vatican’s Sala Marconi. understand what it had to do with my In 1986, Petrini founded the Slow Food role as bishop.” Movement, a grassroots organization Since then, he added, “much time that promotes the preservation of local has passed and my perception of the food culture and traditional cooking to environmental problem has completely counteract the rise of fast food chains and changed.” food waste. The pope also agreed that many The activist and author told Catholics had the same reaction to his journalists that he first spoke to Pope encyclical, “Laudato Si’,” so it was Francis when the pope called him in important to “give everyone time to 2013, several months after his election. understand it. The book features three conversations “However, at the same, we need to between Petrini and the pope from 2018 change our paradigms very quickly if we to 2020. want to have a future,” he said. † Remembering a 09/11 hero A stole of Franciscan Father Mychal Judge is displayed on Sept. 4 in St. Bartholomew Church USCCB president urges special collection in Columbus. Father Mychal was ministering at the World Trade Center in New York as a chaplain of the city’s fire department on Sept. 11, 2001, after terrorists crashed two airliners into the twin towers. He died when one of the towers collapsed. A Presbyterian minister who knew to aid disaster-stricken dioceses Father Mychal in New York later moved to Columbus and gave two stoles that belonged to the WASHINGTON (CNS)—Archbishop challenging impact on fundraising, but Franciscan priest to St. Bartholomew Parish. (Photo by Sean Gallagher) Jose H. 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Opinion Be Our Guest/Archbishop Paul D. Etienne Preserving our mission Each year, Catholics in the United States village chapels and even in private homes. collectively give tens of millions of dollars With support from the Collection for the Archbishop Charles C. Thompson, Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher to national collections that carry out the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, the Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus Gospel call to assist the Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan poor and vulnerable by is able to minister to many—not only to addressing pastoral and parishioners, but also to prisoners and human development those who are elderly and sick, regardless Editorial challenges impacting of ethnicity or religious affiliation. Your people domestically donations to this collection bring the and internationally. life-giving Good News of Jesus to people As we prepare for Our donations show in one of the most remote regions on Earth. our solidarity, assist We have all felt the bitter impact of people at their most COVID-19. Too many have lost jobs and November, let’s not forget vulnerable and help loved ones. With public Mass reductions to evangelize and teach the faith. While we still in effect in many areas, Catholics also support our local parish and diocese, long for the comfort of our Lord in the poem’s 9/11 message national collections allow modest gifts to Eucharist. As you bear these sorrows, the collection basket to make multi-million- reflect on how the pandemic has shattered Like many of you, our hearts are dollar differences on lives and communities our neediest brothers and sisters’ already filled today—and every Sept. 11 for that here at home and around the world. fragile lives. Imagine yourself in the place matter—with emotions that run the gamut. Even a seemingly small donation of a pregnant woman fleeing ISIS or of a It has been 19 years since the tragic makes a real impact. When you give, you family that risks cholera after a hurricane. terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, left help families who struggle to survive Imagine the spiritual blow to a mission America in shambles, both literally and without safe water or who are recovering parish in the Dakotas, which has no figuratively. In the end, nearly 3,000 from a natural disaster. You help mariners resident priest, cannot afford lay staff and lives were lost in a series of heinous who need spiritual support during long serves a community with high poverty acts that should never be forgotten. And months on the high seas. You help and substance abuse. nearly two decades later, the heartbreak people in low-income communities get Their need for your help has skyrocketed is still there for many who lost loved access to job training and work toward during the pandemic, but donations ones on that fateful day. affordable housing and health care that have plummeted. No one intended that. We re-live the images and the aftermath help to alleviate poverty for the long-term. Good Catholic people lacked access to a of hijacked planes crashing into the twin You help people struggling to rebuild collection basket or have lost work. This towers of the World Trade Center in their faith after decades of religious loss to national collections, however, has New York, a jet flying into the Pentagon persecution. a devastating impact on real people with in the greater-Washington, D.C., area and Like seeds planted in fertile soil, your great needs. Please prayerfully consider later learning of a group of heroes forcing gifts to our national collections bear fruit contributing to the collections. Remember another hijacked plane to crash in an open Franciscan Father Brian Jordan, standing and multiply. Recently, one of our Catholic Mk 12: 41-44: The tiny gift from a poor field in Shanksville, Pa., sacrificing their with laborers and emergency workers on Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) widow was far greater in Jesus’ eyes than lives to save countless others. Oct. 5, 2001, blesses a 17-foot-tall cross formed grants went to the Carolina Textile District vast sums from other donors. God measures A year later, President George by steel beams that were recovered from the to renew fabric manufacturing in a socially your gift by your love. W. Bush proclaimed Sept. 11 as the first- rubble of the World Trade Center in New York. responsible way. When COVID-19 hit, If you cannot attend Mass, you may ever “Patriot Day,” a time to remember (CNS photo/Kathy Willens, Reuters) that organization immediately helped its have national collection envelopes at those killed in the attacks, to remember to members convert production lines to make home that you can mail to your parish. stand united as a nation, and to join others published many times since, including on personal protective equipment for health Also, many parishes and dioceses in prayer vigils or memorial events. the Indiana 9/11 Memorial in downtown care workers. An early shipment went to provide opportunities to give to the Both President Barack Obama and Indianapolis at 421 W. Ohio St. Cooperative Home Care Associates in the national collections electronically President Donald J. Trump made certain As we continue to see increasing Bronx, a worker-owned agency for home through e-offertory programs or diocesan that Sept. 11 was not forgotten, with polarization on so many levels in our care aides that started in the 1980s with websites. If you miss your parish Obama proclaiming Sept. 11 as Patriot society, her words are worth remembering another of our CCHD grants. Your national collection or wish to give outside of the Day and National Day of Service and now as we again reflect on 9/11, and collection gifts have helped home aides collection, you may send your donation Remembrance, and Trump declaring worth keeping on our hearts, no matter make a living for more than a generation directly to our office. Visit usccb.org/ Sept. 8–10 as National Days of Prayer what happens on Nov. 3 and beyond: and now create fair-wage, environmentally nationalcollections and look under and Remembrance and proclaiming As the soot and dirt and ash rained down, sustainable textile jobs in the USA. “resources” for more information. Sept. 11 as Patriot Day. We became one color. The former Soviet republic of When we act as one Church with one We thank our leaders for their efforts As we carried each other down the Kyrgyzstan, located on the border with mission, God multiplies our gifts to make to bring our country together each year on stairs of the burning building, China, continues to struggle through its many impacts. We have hope, as Scripture this day, as one nation under God, brothers We became one class. transition to a free market democracy. assures us: “Moreover, God is able to make and sisters standing united from all walks As we lit candles of waiting and hope, Despite the difficulties and its relative every grace abundant for you, so that in of life, never forgetting that tragic time. We became one generation. isolation, the Catholics of Kyrgyzstan, all things, always having all you need, you But this year, we wonder what will As the firefighters and police officers although small in number, are growing may have an abundance for every good happen after our Sept. 11 remembrance, fought their way into the inferno, into a vibrant community, sharing the work” (2 Cor 9:8). Please give generously, especially given the current political climate We became one gender. Gospel with the diverse population that as you are able, and keep the work funded that seems to get more divisive by the day. As we fell to our knees in prayer for includes Kirgyz, Uzbek, Uygur, Russian, by the national collections in your prayers. We are less than two months away strength, Polish, and German people. Many of from the Nov. 3 presidential election, and We became one faith. them are the descendants of those who (Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne, who the vitriol being hurled by our presidential As we whispered or shouted words of were deported to the region by Josef was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese candidates and their surrogates is already encouragement, Stalin. They are served by seven priests, of Indianapolis, is chairman of the reaching epic proportions. We spoke one language. one religious brother and five religious Committee on National Collections for the Sadly, “civility” appears to be a As we gave our blood in lines a mile long, sisters who minister in parishes, small U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.) † forgotten word as both President Trump We became one body. and Democratic candidate Joe Biden—and As we mourned together the great loss, those speaking on their behalf—appear to We became one family. Be Our Guest/Jim O’Reilly be leaving civility at the door as they enter As we cried our tears of grief and loss, any conversation about November. We became one soul. Pastor, parishioners adapt to outdoor The ongoing coronavirus pandemic As we retold with pride of the sacrifice and the civil unrest prevalent in several of heroes, U.S. cities only adds to the uneasiness We became one people. Masses via asphalt apostolate that both political parties and society at We are Down the street from one of Indiana’s their prayer page and parish bulletin, along large currently face. One color largest gambling casinos, Hollywood with directions for where to park. We can only imagine what the next One class Casino Lawrenceburg, is a humble Amid the concrete and asphalt of this seven weeks will bring, but one thing One generation dumpster, about 100 feet from a white unusual yet prayerful scene, our pastor offers we can all do is pray: pray for the One gender tent in the parking lot behind the 8:30 a.m. Mass, with timely sermons on candidates running for all offices—on One faith St. Lawrence School in Lawrenceburg. the theme of the Sunday Scriptures, while the local, state and national level. One language I have come to be very familiar with his acolyte holds up the pages of a loose-leaf Pray that the Holy Spirit guides each One body my folding chair next to that dumpster, as binder, printed with key phrases to remember, of them and each of us as we vote. One family I have joined in the remarkable liturgical like “We are God’s people.” Pray that, no matter what the election One soul celebrations that are happening this After enthusiastic singing of the final results are, we may again become one One people summer inside a nearby tent. There, with hymn, the drivers are encouraged to watch nation, under God, seeing all who cross We are The Power of One. its canvas sides rolled up, the people of out for departing cars by the astute traffic our path as brothers and sisters in Christ. We are United. several southeast Indiana communities direction of our pastor, the best vested Cheryl B. Sawyer, who in 2001 was We are America. take part in the holy sacrifice of the Mass, traffic cop in our county, keeping the a professor of school counseling at the To her powerful words, we simply with a remarkable celebrant encouraging traffic flowing. University of Houston, Clear Lake, wrote add, Amen. † their prayerful participation. I offer these viewpoints to praise the following poem, “One,” after the Sept. We greet each other at around 8:15 a.m. the blessings of adaptability, sincerity 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It has been —Mike Krokos on Sundays, as cars drive into the school and warmth of our pastor, Father Ben parking lot and congregants are handed See O’REILLY, page 6 The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020 Page 5 ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO CHARLES C. THOMPSON

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We are called to honor the Holy Name of Mary “Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, by the Our Lady of Grace and many, many approach her with confidence and hope Remember, O most gracious Virgin Lord God Most High, above all women more, but the feast we observe on when we’re frightened or tempted to Mary, that never was it known that on the Earth; for he has so exalted your Sept. 12 calls our attention to the simple despair. anyone who fled to your protection, name that your praise shall be undying beauty and strength of her name, Mary. Mary is our Mother of Perpetual implored your help, or sought your on our lips” (Entrance Antiphon, There is great power in this holy name. Help. Through her intercession, the intercession, was left unaided. Jdt 13:18–19). When we speak it with love and devotion, grace of her Son Jesus can miraculously Inspired by this confidence, we open our hearts to all that Mary has change our bitterness into tears of joy I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my On Saturday, Sept. 12, the Church to share with us from the boundless in the same way that he once turned Mother. To you do I come, before you I honors the Most Holy Name of the goodness of her Immaculate Heart. ordinary water into the finest wine. All stand, sinful and sorrowful. Blessed Virgin Mary. This is not one In Aramaic, the language she spoke, we have to do is ask, and Mary is with O Mother of the Word Incarnate, of the major Marian feasts such as the her name is “Mariam.” Based on us, our advocate before the throne of despise not my petitions, but in your Assumption, which we observed on the root “merur,” the name suggests grace. mercy, hear and answer me. Aug. 15, or the Immaculate Conception, “bitterness.” This is reflected in the Every time we pray, “Hail, Mary,... Amen. which we will celebrate on Dec. 8, but it is words of Naomi, who, after losing a the Lord is with you,” we reverence her Mary’s love for Jesus, and for each still an important moment in the Church’s husband and two sons lamented, “Do holy name. Every time we acknowledge of us her children, is what we celebrate Year of Grace (the liturgical calendar). not call me Naomi [‘Sweet’]. Call me her as “Holy Mary, Mother of God,” we when we honor her holy name. She The name “Mary” has a special Mara [‘Bitter’], for the Almighty has place ourselves in her hands, trusting is the mother of our redemption, the significance for Christians, and we’re made my life very bitter” (Ru 1:20). in her goodness and compassion “for mother of holy hope, and the star right to pause and reflect on it with Mary was destined to become the us sinners, now and at the hour of our of the sea (Stella Maris) who shows reverence and appreciation for the Mother of Sorrows, whose loving heart death.” What a great blessing! What us the way home when we are lost. amazing woman who is both the was pierced with pain, especially as she a precious gift we have received from When we call on her, she answers Mother of God and our mother. As courageously stood at the foot of the Jesus who entrusted his mother to his with kindness, encouragement and a Pope Francis observes, Mary is close to cross and then cradled her Son’s body beloved disciple’s (and our) care and, mother’s loving care. us in spite of her holiness and her great before it was laid in the tomb. in the process, gave us an extraordinary As Catholics, we worship God alone, dignity as the Queen of Heaven. When Mary’s bitter suffering was advocate and protector in Mary our but we reverence (or honor) Mary and we call on her, she comes immediately. transformed by her Son’s glorious mother! all the saints as holy women and men In fact, she is already here, right beside resurrection, and her name is now A popular prayer to Mary, the who inspire us and show us the way to us, always ready to help. associated with the sweetness of life in Memorare (from the Latin word God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). There are literally hundreds of titles Christ. “remember”), provides us with an Let’s honor Mary this Saturday—and ascribed to the Blessed Virgin such as We turn to Mary in our moments excellent way to ask for our Blessed every day—by staying close to her and Mother of the Church, Refuge of Sinners, of sorrow, and she comforts us. We Mother’s protection and care: by reverently calling on her holy name. †

Estamos llamados a honrar el Santo Nombre de María

“Bendita seas, oh Virgen María, por que observamos el 12 de septiembre María es nuestra Madre del Perpetuo y reclamando tu socorro, el Señor Dios Altísimo, por encima de destaca la belleza sencilla y la fuerza de Socorro. Por su intercesión, la gracia haya sido abandonado de ti. todas las mujeres de la tierra; porque su nombre, María. Este santo nombre de su hijo, Jesús, puede cambiar Animado con esta confianza, él ha exaltado tanto tu nombre que tu encierra un enorme poder. Cuando lo milagrosamente nuestra amargura a ti también acudo, oh Madre, alabanza será eterna en nuestros labios” decimos con amor y devoción, abrimos en lágrimas de alegría, de la misma Virgen de las vírgenes, (Antífona de Entrada, Jdt 13:18-19). nuestros corazones a todo lo que María manera que una vez convirtió el agua y aunque gimiendo tiene para compartir con nosotros desde ordinaria en el mejor vino. Lo único bajo el peso de mis pecados, Mañana, sábado 12 de septiembre, la bondad ilimitada de su Corazón que debemos hacer es pedir, y María me atrevo a comparecer la Iglesia celebra el nacimiento de la Inmaculado. está con nosotros, nuestra abogada ante ante tu presencia soberana. Santísima Virgen María. No se trata En arameo, el idioma que hablaba, el trono de la gracia. No deseches mis humildes súplicas, de una de las grandes fiestas marianas su nombre es Mariam. Basado en Cada vez que rezamos, “Dios te oh Madre del Verbo divino, como la Asunción, que observamos la raíz “merur,” el nombre sugiere salve María, el Señor es contigo,” antes bien, escúchalas el 15 de agosto, o la Inmaculada “amargura.” Esto se refleja en las reverenciamos su santo nombre. Cada y acógelas benignamente. Concepción, que celebraremos el 8 palabras de Naomi quien, tras perder vez que la reconocemos como “Santa Amén. de diciembre, pero sigue siendo un a su marido y sus dos hijos, se María, Madre de Dios,” nos ponemos El amor de María por Jesús, y por momento importante en el Año de lamentaba: “No me llames Naomi en sus manos, confiando en su bondad cada uno de nosotros sus hijos, es lo Gracia de la Iglesia (el calendario [‘dulce’]. Llámame Mara [‘amargo’], y compasión “por nosotros pecadores, que celebramos cuando honramos su litúrgico). porque el Todopoderoso ha hecho mi ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte.” santo nombre. Ella es la madre de El nombre “María” tiene un vida muy amarga” (Ru 1:20). María ¡Qué maravillosa bendición! ¡Qué nuestra redención, la madre de la santa significado especial para los cristianos, estaba destinada a convertirse en la precioso regalo hemos recibido de esperanza, y la estrella del mar (Stella y hacemos bien en detenernos y Madre de los Dolores, cuyo corazón Jesús que confió su madre al cuidado Maris) que nos muestra el camino a reflexionar sobre él con reverencia y amoroso estaba atravesado por el dolor, de su amado discípulo (y al nuestro casa cuando estamos perdidos. Cuando aprecio por la asombrosa mujer que especialmente cuando valientemente se también) y, en el proceso, nos dio una la llamamos, responde con amabilidad, es a la vez la Madre de Dios y nuestra puso al pie de la cruz y luego acunó el extraordinaria abogada y protectora en ánimo y el cuidado amoroso de una madre. Como el papa Francisco cuerpo de su Hijo antes de que fuera María nuestra madre! madre. observa, María está cerca de nosotros a depositado en el sepulcro. Una oración popular a María, Como católicos, adoramos solamente pesar de su santidad y su gran dignidad El amargo sufrimiento de María el Acordaos, nos proporciona una a Dios, pero reverenciamos (u como Reina del Cielo. Cuando la fue transformado por la gloriosa excelente manera de pedir la protección honramos) a María y a todos los santos llamamos, viene inmediatamente. De resurrección de su Hijo, y su nombre se y el cuidado de nuestra Santísima como mujeres y hombres santos que hecho, ella ya está aquí, a nuestro lado, asocia ahora con la dulzura de la vida Madre: nos inspiran y nos muestran el camino siempre dispuesta a ayudar. en Cristo. Acordaos, hacia Dios (Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Hay literalmente cientos de títulos Acudimos a María en nuestros oh piadosísima Virgen María, Santo). atribuidos a la Santísima Virgen como momentos de dolor, y ella nos consuela. que jamás se ha oído decir Honremos a María este sábado y Madre de la Iglesia, Refugio de los Nos acercamos a ella con confianza y que ninguno de los que han acudido todos los días, permaneciendo cerca Pecadores, Nuestra Señora de la Gracia esperanza cuando estamos asustados o a tu protección, de ella e invocando reverentemente su y muchos, muchos más, pero la fiesta tentados a sentirnos desesperados. implorando tu asistencia santo nombre. † Page 6 The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020

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September 15 and Mausoleum, 9001 934-3204 or mwachsmann@ September 26 Greenwood. First Friday Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Mark the Evangelist Haverstick Road, Indianapolis. st.louisschool.org. Our Lady of the Most Holy bilingual celebration of the drive-thru chicken dinners, Church, 535 E. Edgewood Mass, 2 p.m. Information: Rosary Parish, 520 Stevens Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, livers and gizzards, noodles, Ave., Indianapolis. Healing 317-574-8898 or www. September 21 St., Indianapolis. Faithful Mass, 5:45 p.m., exposition gravy, slaw, raffles, parish Mass, 7 p.m., sponsored by catholiccemeteries.cc. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat Citizens Rosary Walk after of the Blessed Sacrament, parking lot entry from archdiocesan Mental Health House, 5353 E. 56th St., 10 a.m. Mass, recitation of following Mass until 9 p.m., Water St. Information: Ministry, Msgr. William September 19 Indianapolis. Screening rosary and Divine Mercy sacrament of Reconciliation 812-934-3013. Stumpf presiding, includes Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and discussion of new film chaplet through Fletcher Place available. Information: 317-759- Anointing of the Sick, grotto, 5333 E. Washington St., Fatima, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and neighborhood. Information: 7309, [email protected]. SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, confessions 6-6:45 p.m. Also Indianapolis. Biking for 5-8:30 p.m., film screening [email protected]. 1347 N. Meridian St., available online at cutt.ly/ Babies Midpoint Rally, with discussion led by Father October 3 Indianapolis. Respect Life stmark_facebook or cutt.ly/ prayers and support for the Jeffrey Godecker, includes September 28 St. Michael Church, 145 Sunday Mass, 10:30 a.m., stmark_youtube. riders participating in the meal and refreshments, $25. The Villages of Indiana online, St. Michael Blvd., Brookville. Archbishop Charles Knights of Columbus’ Biking Information and registration: Foster Parenting Virtual First Saturday Marian C. Thompson presiding. September 16 for Babies event, 1 p.m. In Jennifer Burger, 317-545- Information Night, 6-8 p.m., Devotional Prayer Group, Also available online at Calvary Mausoleum case of rain, rally will be in 7681, [email protected], for those interested in devotional prayers, Rosary, www.ssppc.org/streaming. Chapel, 435 W. Troy Ave., the church. Masks required. cutt.ly/fatimaschedule. becoming a foster parent, no 8 a.m. Information: Indianapolis. Monthly Information: ranewport@gmail. fee. For more information or 765-647-5462. Mass, 2 p.m. Information: com or [email protected]. September 24 to register call The Villages at October 5 317-784-4439 or www. Sponsor a rider or donate: Our Lady of Fatima Retreat 800-874-6880 or visit St. John Paul II Parish, Beyond Secular Politics catholiccemeteries.cc. www.kofc437.com. House, 5353 E. 56th St., www.villageskids.org. St. Paul Chapel, 216 Schellers Webinar, 12-1 p.m., Indianapolis. Screening Ave., Sellersburg. First sponsored by Indiana Catholic September 17 September 20 and discussion of new film October 2 Saturday Marian Devotion, Conference (ICC), based on St. Joseph Parish, 1401 St. Louis Parish, Fatima, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Women’s Care Center, 4901 8 a.m. rosary, meditation, Forming Consciences for S. Mickley Ave., Indianapolis. 13 St. Louis Place, Batesville. film screening with W. 86th St., Indianapolis. First prayer; 8:30 a.m. Mass with Faithful Citizenship, presented Third Thursday Adoration, Drive-Thru Chicken Dinner, discussion led by Father Jim Friday Mass, 5 p.m., optional confessions prior. Information: by ICC executive director interceding for women 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 3-piece fried Farrell, includes meal and tour of center to follow. 812-246-3522. Angela Espada and associate experiencing crisis pregnancy, chicken dinner with mashed refreshments, $25/person. Information: 317-829-6800, director Alexander Mingus. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., with Mass at potatoes, gravy, green beans, Information and registration: www.womenscarecenter.org. October 4 Registration: indianacc. 5:45 p.m. $10; half chicken $6; whole Jennifer Burger, 317-545- Holy Family Parish, org/events/event-one-clyp2. chicken $12; $12,000 cash 7681, [email protected], Our Lady of the Greenwood 3027 Pearl St., Oldenburg. Information: [email protected] Our Lady of Peace Cemetery raffle tickets. Information: 812- cutt.ly/fatimaschedule. Church, 335 S. Meridian St., Annual Holy Family Fall or 317 236-1455. † Dominican priest offers six online sessions on Personal retreat days offered this Fall Catholic Social Teaching on Sept. 16-Oct. 21 Several Catholic retreat centers • Our Lady of Fatima Retreat in central and southern Indiana are Center, 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. Dominican Father Dennis Woerter of extensively in social justice throughout offering silent or quiet days of retreat in Silent Self-Guided Days of Silence will St. Paul Catholic Center in Bloomington his priesthood and is excited to share the next coming months. Below is a list be offered from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sept. 22 will offer six online sessions on Catholic this important tradition of our faith. of those retreat opportunities: and Oct. 29. These self-directed, silent social teaching from Sept. 16-Oct. 21. An introductory video on the • Benedict Inn Retreat and retreats include a room to use for the day, The sessions take place via Zoom on sessions is available at tinyurl.com/ Conference Center, 1402 Southern continental breakfast, Mass, lunch and Wednesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. y2rpto6v. It features some resources to Ave. in Beech Grove. A Personal Day the use of the common areas and grounds In an election year, during a get started on learning about Catholic of Retreat will be offered from 9 a.m.-4 of the retreat house. The cost is $35 and pandemic and a nationwide reckoning social teaching. p.m. on Oct. 6. The retreat includes a an overnight stay is an additional $28 with racial injustice, the Church’s social For more information or to register, private room for the day and lunch. The per person. Dinner, when available, is teaching enables us to respond as Christ contact Father Dennis at frdennis@ cost is $40; spiritual direction is available an additional $9. For information or to to the world. Father Dennis has worked hoosiercatholic.org. † for an additional $30 (must be scheduled register, contact Jennifer Burger, at in advance). For more information, call 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. 317-788-7581 or email benedictinn@ • Sisters of St. Francis, 22143 benedictinn.org. Register online at www. Main St., Oldenburg. A Day of Quiet benedictinn.org/retreats-programs. Renewal will be offered from 9 a.m.- Gossip is tool of the devil to • Mount St. Francis Retreat Center, 4-p.m on Sept. 25. The day includes a 101 St. Anthony Dr., Mt. St. Francis. A self-guided tour or private retreat, and Weekend of Peace facilitated by associate rooms are also available. Retreatants divide the Church, pope says director Judy Ribar will be offered from can dine at local restaurants or bring a VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Gossip seeks to divide the Church, to distance 7 p.m. on Oct. 16 through 5:30 p.m. on packed lunch. The cost is $20, or $70 is “a plague worse than COVID,” Pope brothers and sisters and not create Oct. 17. The retreat includes time for with spiritual direction. For information Francis said, asserting that while community,” the pope said. prayer and silent meditation together or to register, call 812-933-6437 or visit speaking ill of others comes almost “Please, brothers and sisters, let us as the group decides, opportunities for cutt.ly/oldbgprograms. naturally, it is a tool of the devil to make an effort not to gossip,” he said. walking the labyrinth (both inside and • Sisters of Providence, 1 Sisters divide the Church. “Let’s try: no gossip.” on the grounds), and the meditation of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the- Commenting on Sept. 6 on the The day’s Gospel reading (Mt 18:15- path, and exploring creative ways to Woods, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Sunday Gospel reading about Jesus 20) is often cited as a lesson in “fraternal pray through nature, silence and the arts. Private Quiet Retreats are offered telling his disciples correction,” urging people to speak Multiple resources will be available for year-round by reservation for $65 per what to do when directly and privately to a person they those seeking additional materials on night, plus tax. Spiritual direction can a member of the believe is in the wrong. If that doesn’t centering prayer, mindfulness, silence, be arranged for an additional charge. community errs and work, Jesus tells the disciples to take “one and journaling. The cost is $125, which For information or to schedule a retreat, requires correction, or two others along with you” (Mt 18:16) includes a room, two meals and contact [email protected] or call Pope Francis said and try again. If that, too, is unsuccessful, all materials. 812-535-2946. † that rather than then the community of the Church should helping the other be informed. mend his or her The goal, the pope said, is not to ways, “when we see embarrass or punish but to rehabilitate. Archdiocesan Social Concerns Ministry to host Pope Francis a mistake, a fault, a In the Gospel, Jesus said that if even slip, in that brother the love and support of the community webinar on parish COVID response on Sept. 16. or sister, usually the are not enough to correct the person, first thing we do is to go and recount it then the community should treat him The archdiocesan Social Concerns out-of-box thinking with parish to others—to gossip.” “as a Gentile and a tax collector” Ministry of Catholic Charities will offer engagement, and discuss parish needs Gossiping sows division, he told (Mt 18:17). a webinar entitled “Parish Engagement and how to move forward. people gathered in St. Peter’s Square “This expression, seemingly so in a COVID World” online 2- 3 p.m. on The webinar is free, but registration is for the midday recitation of the Angelus scornful,” the pope said, “in reality Sept. 16. required. To register go to cutt.ly/parish_ prayer. invites us to put the brother or sister in The webinar will discuss the spiritual, engagement or for more information “The great gossiper is the devil, who God’s hands: only the Father will be able emotional and material needs of a parish contact Theresa Chamblee at tchamblee@ always goes around recounting bad things to show a greater love than that of all through a COVID disaster lens, share archindy.org or 317-236-1404 † about others, because he is the liar who brothers and sisters put together.” †

as former chair of another archdiocese’s some better than others. In my day job the parking lot, we might be tempted to O’REILLY pastoral council. It is closer to the people, as a public health professor with a new eschew gold and incense for a different continued from page 4 literally, than the remarkable solemnity textbook on the coronavirus, I applauded view of how Catholics can grow despite that I have observed with my Dominican our move outdoors as a prudent means to the challenges of the pandemic. Can we Syberg, not to get him into trouble with the daughter’s cloister. It is outdoors, on defeat the microscopic virons which could learn and discern? Can the energy of our chancery over an absence of formality that a scale far smaller than Vatican City. carry SARS-CoV-2 infection to persons too Church community thrive in a parking lot some in the hierarchy associate with rituals. But what matters most is that we and close to us indoors. down the street from a casino? You bet! My chair next to a dumpster is far our pastor have shown adaptability to Now that Father Ben has shown the from the grand processions to install a overcome the coronavirus crisis. spiritual celebratory meaning of the (Jim O’Reilly is a member of new archbishop, which I had once led We Catholics adapt to challenges, Mass, notwithstanding the ambience of St. Lawrence Parish in Lawrenceburg.) † The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020 Page 7

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By David Cloutier is also a matter of developing new ways As countries reopen after their initial to act virtuously under shutdown in the face of the COVID-19 difficult circumstances. pandemic, many decisions about the As we reopen, we need “new normal” must be taken. Everyone creative ideas about how recognizes that we can’t simply go back to do things differently, to living exactly as we did before. How ones that go beyond should Catholics think about the choices shutting down. we face? Three points are Above all, we need to develop the crucial. virtue of prudence. Prudence is one of the First, we will have four traditional cardinal (“hinge”) virtues. to make choices about But it is often taken for granted, neglected what to do. Prudence or misunderstood. is a necessary virtue We often think about being prudent as because it is impossible being careful, and that’s certainly part of for laws and rules to it. But like the other virtues, prudence is determine every choice a middle ground between two extremes. we make. Of course, we Acting with prudence avoids recklessness, will continue to have but also avoids being overly careful or laws governing certain paralyzed by inaction. matters—for example, St. Thomas Aquinas defines prudence wearing masks in spaces as “applying right reason to action,” and where social distancing he particularly emphasizes that prudent is not possible or action involves seeing clearly. He quotes mandating capacity Employees at El Chato restaurant in Bogota, Colombia, wear face masks while packing food for delivery on June 2 during St. Isidore of Seville, for whom the limits for event spaces. the coronavirus pandemic. As countries reopen, creative ideas are needed regarding how to do things differently that prudent person is “one who sees as it But laws cannot encourage both safety and allowance for people and societies to move beyond shutting down. (CNS photo/Luisa Gonzalez, Reuters) were from afar, for his sight is keen.” The accommodate all prudent person acts well because he or the situations we might face. Even These are both very challenging The reason mask-wearing in indoor she sees more. determining “capacity limits” is an observations; honestly, we will have to spaces with strangers is so important Prudence, like all virtues, is acquired exercise in prudence. make different choices for interacting is because the mask prevents you from by experience, by habitual action. We In particular, we need to do our best to with different people. unknowingly spreading the virus to others. become better (or worse) over time. For understand how the virus spreads: indoor Here we need the creative side of It is not simply a matter of self-protection, example, many people are experts in their spaces in which people remain a long prudence: How might we help the less but a matter of sharing a space with work simply because they have “seen it time and where people may be talking prudent become more prudent? How others. It is a kind of “good manners” that all.” loudly and coughing are very key, as are might we pay attention to how to lead recognizes the space and the air are shared. Doctors can better diagnose patients; events where there is close bodily contact vulnerable people from descending into Another example from my own life: experienced teachers know how to handle or eating involved. isolation as others are able to go out? This When my university resumed in-person classroom problems. A grocery store Making prudent decisions on this basis last question may be relevant for faith classes for some students last month, manager said to me that, after decades in means that we might think differently communities. I was asked to do things that I wasn’t the business, when he walked into a store, about the same room: holding an evening Prudential questions of “what” and sure about but were vitally important for the things that were wrong stood out to social might not work, but holding a “who” also require attention to justice. maintaining a campus-wide commitment him like color amid a black and white lecture might. In the Catholic tradition, the virtues are to safety. There is nothing like seeing film. That’s prudence. Second, in addition to what we do, connected. For example, the prudent people flouting rules to encourage other Most of us have become experts at we need to exercise prudence in making person is also the person who sees people to also flout the rules. “seeing” over the past several months— decisions about who to do it with. considerations of the common good—that The common good means showing seeing the distance between people or We know that the virus is particularly is, they see how their own choices affect each other in justice that we respect our seeing surfaces we are touching, more dangerous to those who are older or have others. shared space, behaving in predictable alert to possible contagion. But prudence underlying conditions. We also know Third, prudence requires us to ways that all follow. is about “seeing” rightly so that we can that some people are more prudent than recognize that we cannot simply make act rightly. others—that is to say, it would be prudent choices based on our own good, but we (David Cloutier is associate professor of Our first COVID-19 experience was to be more cautious with someone who is must consider the common good, the moral theology at The Catholic University about what to avoid doing, but prudence not cautious. conditions required for all to flourish. of America in Washington.) †

A man in Washington walks around an empty Georgetown University campus on April 3 during the coronavirus pandemic. The virtue of prudence is a part of the leadership of administrators of schools that are now returning to in-person instruction. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters) Page 8 The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020 Perspectives Joyful Witness/Kimberly Pohovey Twenty Something/ Appreciating the life lessons our children teach us Christina Capecchi We said our goodbyes curbside, then God’s plan for us parents is bigger than taught me that God’s plan for us is bigger Theology of home: my husband and I hopped in our car and we know—especially at the birth of our than we can imagine. We simply need to drove away toward the next chapter of our children. It is a story that unfolds over open our hearts to the possibilities. an invitation to lives. I turned back time. One of the biggest lessons Luke Which brings me to my youngest son, briefly, but our son taught me, through his life’s struggles, is Benjamin. I have learned many valuable reclaim what was already headed that it’s not my job to fix his issues. It’s my lessons from this kid. I’m biased, but into the dorm ready job to support him, love him and pray for he’s definitely a one-of-a-kind kid. He matters most to embrace his next him. I have learned that, ultimately, he is in is always calm. In fact, I think he’s chapter, too. God’s hands, not mine. Luke taught me to incapable of feeling stress. The color-coded books first caught I have listened to let go of preconceived notions and to love Coming from a family of type A my eye. and read comments him for who he is—unconditionally. He personalities, he has a way of providing It’s become one of my favorite from some fellow Class also taught me that what he needed from all of us with a sense of peace. He doesn’t flourishes in interior design, one that of 2020 parents who me was to listen to him, while giving him rush through tasks or even conversations always stops me sounded downright the freedom to navigate life for himself. with people—he’s always present in in my Instagram distraught at the prospect of their child After our middle son, Matthew, passed the moment. He is the embodiment of scrolling. And here going off to college. Not to discount their away from sudden infant death syndrome, stopping to smell the roses. From Ben, it was, on the cover feelings at all, but I personally have a hard I recall our pastor walking up to my I have learned that we all need to slow of a book titled time understanding this line of thinking. husband and I saying, “now the order down in order to appreciate life, our Theology of Home: From the time our children are born, they of things has been reversed and instead blessings and each other. Finding the Eternal are merely entrusted to us. Our job is to of you teaching your son, your son will The final stanza from an essay in one in the Everyday. love, protect, teach and nurture them and become your teacher.” of my favorite books, The Prophet, by Four built-in shelves their faith so that they will one day become Matthew’s first lesson started the Kahlil Gabrin, perfectly sums up my held coordinating strong, independent, faith-filled and day he died when I was thrust into the feelings on the privilege of parenting: books: reds, whites, capable human beings. I think, if we’ve realization that I was stronger than I ever You are the bows from which your greens and blacks. From there, my eye accomplished our task, they should be knew. But I think his greatest lesson for children as living arrows are sent forth. wandered to the massive stone fireplace ready to separate from us and vice versa. me was one of stewardship. The archer sees the mark upon the path with a Blessed Mother icon above it and a In the few days since launching our From the proceeds of his life insurance of the infinite, and He bends you with His crackling fire below. youngest child, I have, instead of feeling policy, we established a scholarship fund might that His arrows may go swift and Ahhh! It was as beautiful as any a sense of loss, been thinking of all I have in Matthew’s memory at our then-parish. far. Let your bending in the archer’s hand issue of “Magnolia Journal.” And yet … gained from being a parent. Annually, we support eight families on be for gladness; For even as He loves the could it be? The content was aimed at One of the greatest and most surprising scholarship. Each year, when I read the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow Catholic women, to help them embrace blessings of motherhood for me has been the recipient’s essay, I usually cry, but my that is stable. their homes. It featured more than 100 fact that my children have taught me some heart sings to know that it gives meaning professional photographs of the homes of profound life lessons. It has been at times to Matthew’s life and death. Only God (Kimberly Pohovey is a member Catholic women across the country. humbling, and yet at other times, I have been knows why Matthew’s life was so brief, of St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis. She is “Home, by its nature, is meant to be blessed to see God’s master plan at work. but I like to believe this scholarship fund the director of major and planned gifts for a foreshadowing of heaven,” reads the My first born, Luke, taught me that was part of his grand plan. Matthew has the archdiocese.) † introduction, written by the book’s three authors, Carrie Gress, Noelle Mering and Megan Schrieber. Our Works of Charity/David Bethuram They then quote G.K. Chesterton, who described home as “something much smaller in size and much larger in scope” It is essential to help families struggling from hunger than any business. Feeding those in need is an ongoing effort for Catholic the house with one hand on the furniture, holding herself steady. They hooked me with the color-coded Charities in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Hunger is A severe iron deficiency, she eventually learned, accounted for books. They kept me with the Chesterton something we all understand, but for those struggling to make the terrible fatigue and it had also made her dizzy. The dizziness quote. ends meet, choosing between heat, medicine or food can was constant, in fact. All of this went on for about two years. I wasn’t the only one drawn to become a never-ending cycle. But it wasn’t her own well-being that she worried about Theology of Home, which was published September is National Hunger most. It was her children’s. Try as she might, she couldn’t last September by TAN Books. Word Awareness Month. Hunger is complex and hide from them the fact that she wasn’t well. They asked her spread quickly—text by text, post by post. often misunderstood. I’d like to share a questions: Why was she dizzy all the time? Why was she “I’ve had people say, ‘I opened the story about Kimberly and her three children taking those pills from a doctor? book and I was in tears,’ ” said Carrie that may bring an aspect of hunger that One day she came home to find a glass of milk on the table. Gress, 47, a Catholic mom of five from may not be so obvious in our society. Her son, worried about her, had poured it. He made her drink it Virginia. “They finally see themselves in Kimberly didn’t feel hungry, not in the way while he watched—to make sure she had it all. media, in something concrete.” you might expect. Her tummy grumbled, yes, She said to herself it shouldn’t be this way. Her kids should Little did Carrie know that, in a matter she could hear it. She just couldn’t feel it. She not be worrying about their mother like that. Her biggest of months, a pandemic would find us called it “starvation mode.” Kimberly had hit a low point. But she concern was not her physical health, but what it did to her trapped in our homes. The uplifting needed to provide for her children, who are just entering their teens. children’s mental health. Imagine the psychological scars that images and wise meditations on home By the time she was faced with the prospect of watching her were left in the wake of watching their mother starve herself? would be needed more than ever. own children go without, she had fallen out of contact with her What happened to Kimberly and her family is common to “We had no idea how timely it would parents and the rest of her family. far more households than some may think. Food insecurity, become,” Carrie told me. “It’s one of those She’d wanted a fresh start. Except that at that moment, a also known as food poverty, is on the rise. According to things where the Holy Spirit is out front.” fresh start was looking far off. Her boyfriend had left, and Feeding America, there are 883,260 people who are struggling Soon she found herself mapping out the her benefits were falling short. Now and again, she took paid with hunger in Indiana—and of them 274,080 are children. book’s sequel. If the first edition focused on housework jobs but never made enough money. She would One in six children struggles with hunger. the elements of home—light, nourishment, scan her cupboards in despair, hoping there would be enough Scientists have shown hunger during childhood can comfort, balance—the second one, she soup or cans of beans to at least get the next lunch together. have long-term physical and psychological consequences. figured, could focus on the homemaker. Because there was always so little to go around, it didn’t Catholic Charities finds it essential to help families struggling Carrie had just arranged a bowl of take long before she started skipping meals. The effects soon with hunger from all dimensions, including their physical, lemons in her dining room and was struck materialized. She was tired all the time—and yet she couldn’t emotional and spiritual well-being, while encouraging them in by the idea of fruitfulness. “It’s such a sleep. She was hungry, but she didn’t want to eat, and, if she attaining their education and job goals. foreign concept, and yet we can’t really did, she would sometimes be sick. Her head was frazzled. It understand the Blessed Virgin Mary without was hard to keep a string of thoughts together. (David Bethuram is executive director of the archdiocesan understanding fruitfulness, and I think we Kimberly was exhausted, but desperate not to reveal the Secretariat for Catholic Charities. E-mail him at dbethuram@ can’t even understand ourselves as women extent of her fatigue to her children. So she would walk around archindy.org.) † without understanding it. It’s written into us biologically, spiritually and mentally.” To begin, Carrie was determined Amid the Fray/Greg Erlandson to reclaim the much-maligned term “homemaker.” We need models of Christian debate that are civil and serious “We have all this antagonism toward being a homemaker, and yet everybody St. Paul was no shrinking violet when way. I suppose it is a mark of progress deceits and greater conspiracies among loves their home and they want it to feel it came to arguing his position. Yet in the that we are no longer burning people alive one’s opponents. And the cancel culture like a sanctuary,” she said. “We’re trying Letter to the Ephesians, he urges his readers in Campo de’ Fiori, but for folks who mentality that demands not just an to connect the dots. This doesn’t happen “to live in a manner have been torched on social media, the apology but a head on a pike thrives on just because you have a well-furnished worthy of the call you heat may be quite similar. both sides of our polarized divide. From home. There’s got to be someone bringing have received, with all A pastor recently recounted to me the halls of academe to the Facebook this to life.” humility and gentleness, his shock when a “sweet older lady” in account of a self-appointed scourge, our The book makes clear that being a with patience, bearing his parish asked him after Mass if Pope Church seems to be rending itself into homemaker applies to all women — with one another Francis was an idol worshipper. That used angry factions. including those who are not biological through love, striving to to be the kind of silly libel one heard only Some people feel that all this Sturm mothers but spiritual ones, including the preserve the unity of the from Jack Chick and other purveyors of und Drang is just a tempest in a Twitter many faithful moms who work outside the spirit through the bond anti-Catholic bigotry. Now it is the kind post, but there are two reasons to be home. It lauds homemaking as “a life spent of peace” (Eph 4:1-3). of absurdity more commonly found in the concerned. The first is a growing worry developing not just a specific skill but the These days, fetid corners of the Catholic internet. that our anger and our divisions are very skill of being a human in full.” “bearing with one another through love” The snark and the belittling are bad becoming disincentives to evangelization. Titled Theology of Home II: The is not our strong suit. We Catholics have enough, but social media are aflame One doesn’t sign up to sail on a leaky Spiritual Art of Homemaking, the a tendency to disagree in a disagreeable with all manner of allegations of great See ERLANDSON, page 10 See CAPECCHI, page 10 The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020 Page 9

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, September 14 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Psalm 118:1b-2, 16-17, 28 Sunday, September 13, 2020 Numbers 21:4b-9 Luke 7:36-50 • Sirach 27:30-28:9 Psalm 78:1b-2, 34-38 • Romans 14:7-9 Instead, Paul demanded, God controls Philippians 2:6-11 Friday, September 18 the lives of all. He protects the just. John 3:13-17 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 • Matthew 18:21-35 In the last reading, from St. Matthew’s Psalm 17:1b-d, 6-7, 8b, 15 Gospel, Jesus answers the question of Tuesday, September 15 Luke 8:1-3 The Book of Sirach is the source of how often, and to what extent, must Our Lady of Sorrows the first biblical reading for Mass this disciples forgive people who wrong them. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31a Saturday, September 19 weekend. Sirach’s author was Joshua, People then hurt each other as much Psalm 100:1b-5 St. Januarius, bishop and martyr the son of Sirach. as today. They, as we, owe debts, material John 19:25-27 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49 (He should not be or otherwise, to others. They, and we, or Luke 2:33-35 Psalm 56:10c-12, 13-14 confused with Joshua, yearn. They, as we, suffer when injured. Luke 8:4-15 active centuries They, and we, despair. Wednesday, September 16 earlier as a disciple How should we react to hurts? The St. Cornelius, pope and martyr Sunday, September 20 of Moses and leader Lord answers that disciples must forgive, St. Cyprian, bishop and martyr Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time of the Hebrews as not “seven” times, but “seventy-seven” 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Isaiah 55:6-9 they passed into the times (Mt 18:22). The number meant Psalm 33:2-5, 12, 22 Psalm 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18 promised land.) completely, absolutely and totally. Luke 7:31-35 Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a Protestant versions True Christian forgiveness must in all Matthew 20:1-16a of the Bible omit things resemble God. Anyone insincere, Thursday, September 17 Sirach, since it was not written in pragmatic or stingy with forgiveness is St. Robert Bellarmine, bishop and Hebrew, considered by some biblical not of God. doctor of the Church scholars as requirements for authentic Christian forgiveness reflects the sacred Scripture of the Old Testament. essence of the redemption. In Christ, we The Church, however, millennia ago, sinners are forgiven. This divine mercy Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle declared that Sirach is genuine, setting displays the reality that “God is love,” aside the arguments that language is vital and that in living by God’s standards, we in judging the status of a holy writing. should live eternally (1 Jn 4:8). Unsolicited religious articles may Sirach wished to teach values to his students, drawn from Jewish tradition Reflection be disposed of in various ways and belief. The need is easy to imagine. The Church, in these weeks on the What is the proper way to dispose of dispensation to do so. Bright lights and easy living lured the doorstep of fall, calls us to be good Qthe medals, rosaries, small crucifixes, We found a parish 22 miles away young even then. disciples. But it takes no one down a etc., that many Catholic organizations where everyone received in the hand, and Likely composed less than 200 years primrose path. St. Paul’s Epistle to the mail out unsolicited? we attended Mass there once. But other before Christ, Sirach very much had the Romans, source of the second reading, I have enough of than that, we have watched at home. bright lights and easy living of his day reminds us also of who we are. We are everything! (Georgia) I very much want to go back right now in mind. The intellectual environment all humans. All of us must cope with human to regular attendance at our parish, but I around him was powerful, affecting even imperfections, injuries, angers and Perhaps have followed my husband’s lead. I cry pious Jews. It was filled with elevating misunderstandings. It is hard. Asurprisingly, while watching Mass on television, but human logic, an attitude taken from the God created us. God invites us to Church law on anytime we discuss returning to church Greeks, whose military exploits had eternal life. God loves us. God’s will to disposing of blessed right now, an argument always erupts. overwhelmed much of the Middle East, forgive us never ends nor even pauses. He articles of devotion If I go by myself to Mass and receive including the Holy Land. rescues us from the entrapment of human is not very specific. Communion, would that be considered a The reading frankly calls upon slights and disappointments. Canon 1171 of the sin? (Florida) its audience to forgive the faults of We may choose to seek forgiveness, or Church’s Code of Canon Law says simply others and to trust in the merciful God, not. It is our privilege as humans. We are that “sacred objects, which are designated I, too, believe that Communion in come what may, a position not exactly free. Rejecting to seek forgiveness also for divine worship by dedication or Athe hand is safer. But some Catholics consistent with the way many people shows our foolhardiness and denseness at blessing, are to be treated reverently.” feel that receiving on the tongue is more thought. Wrath and anger are hateful times. Traditionally, when no longer usable or reverent and can be safely done, and the things, the reading insists. No one While Matthew’s Gospel comforts wanted, they are buried or burnt. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has surrendering to these faults is true to God. us with promises of God’s mercy, it But the articles to which you refer— recommended that people should maintain St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans also bluntly calls us to discipleship. which arrive unsolicited—have presumably the right to that option. provides the second reading. As disciples, we must bear witness to not been blessed. Therefore, you are free to What we are doing in the two parishes Probably the great majority of God’s love by loving others. This well dispose of them as you wish. that I serve is this: We ask those who Christian Romans, to whom this epistle may be difficult, almost super-human on What I do personally, when they have prefer to receive on the tongue to wait was written, were less privileged. They occasion. God’s grace is always there, begun to accumulate, is to send them to until others have received Communion were tempted to look longingly at the rich though, to help us to do this. an organization such as the Propagation before coming forward. That way, and aristocratic, assuming that because In a phrase, however, we must follow of the Faith, which can use them for the priest can sanitize his hands once of these advantages the worldly fortunate Jesus. He loved us, even to dying on the missionary work in foreign lands. Or, as more—and again before each person who controlled their own destinies. cross. † an alternative, you could simply leave receives on the tongue. them at the entrance Now, to answer your question: to a church, to be I understand and admire your deep My Journey to God taken by anyone desire to receive Jesus physically in who might want the Eucharist. Like most people, I feel them. that an act of spiritual communion can But please don’t never match the experience of physical The Beauty of God feel that you are reception. duty-bound to do And no, it would not be a sin for you By Betty F. Ferguson either of these; to go to Mass by yourself and receive. you never asked But for the sake of family harmony, I’m to receive these not sure that this would be the wisest Thinking of the blessings There is more beauty in this world that we fail to see. objects, and you are course. that have been given to all, We must know that when God made Earth with all free to dispose of If you feel that you have done With peace, grace, faith, and love. the beauty, them as you would everything that you can to convince It was for all of us to share, not just for you and me. any unwanted mail. your husband how much you miss Each day the love moves us on, the Eucharist and feel the need for its To make one better, as we move along, God’s Universe has no beginning and no end. My husband strength, and if he still feels that, for the To our fellow man with the gift God has given us. Let us journey to God with love and humanity. Qfeels that, safety of your family you are best off for the safety of refraining from Mass attendance while our family, we you have the dispensation, then perhaps should not attend it would be best for you to make that Mass right now at sacrifice. our home parish. I encourage you to pray for your This is due to the husband, your family, asking God to fact that many of restore harmony in your home. God our parishioners meant faith to be a source of unity in are receiving the families, not a cause of division. Eucharist on their You might also ask your husband if tongue. he would be willing to speak with your My husband is pastor about the measures your parish firm in his belief may have taken to keep worshipers safe that reception in the and slow the spread of the virus. hand is safer for all, and that we should (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth (Betty F. Ferguson is a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis. Photo: An old homestead is seen in abstain from Mass Doyle at [email protected] and Parks, Ariz., on July 27.) (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)) and Communion 30 Columbia Circle Dr., Albany, New York while we have the 12203.) † Page 10 The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020

ECKERLE, Thomas L., 67, St. Michael, Brookville, Aug. 28. Husband of Brenda Eckerle. Father of Miranda Rauch and Jennifer Wiesemann. Rest in Brother of Mary Burk, Karen 9/11 Memorial Machamer, Connie Taylor, peace Kenny and Larry Eckerle. A memorial of Grandfather of eight. the terrorist attacks of HERNANDEZ Please submit in writing Sept. 11, 2001, CUATLACUATL, Alex O., 4, stands adjacent to our office by 10 a.m. Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, Thursday before the week of to the Indiana Aug. 15. Son of Reyna Central Canal publication; be sure to state Cuatlacuatl Tello. Grandson date of death. Obituaries of in downtown of Antonia Tello and Victory Indianapolis archdiocesan priests serving Cuatla. our archdiocese are listed on Sept. 3. The elsewhere in The Criterion. HERNANDEZ HUERTA, memorial, which Order priests and religious Alejandro, 31, Holy Spirit, was built in sisters and brothers are Indianapolis, Aug. 15. Brother 2010, features included here, unless they are of Felix Hernandez. two steel beams that had been natives of the archdiocese or HUERTA FLORES, Estela, have other connec­tions to it; part of the twin 66, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, towers of the those are separate obituaries Aug. 15. Mother of Felix on this page. World Trade Hernandez. Center in New KANTER, Helen R., 78, York, both of COCHRAN, Judy (Bocard), St. Barnabas, Indianapolis, which collapsed 85, Holy Family, New Albany, Aug. 25. Mother of James and in the attacks. Aug. 19. Mother of Sherry, Robert Kanter. Stepmother of (Photo by Sean Rex and Richard Cochran. Vickie Hyatt. Sister of Martin Gallagher) Sister of Gary Bocard. Payne. Grandmother of four. Grandmother of seven. Great- KNOTTS, Eric M., 48, grandmother of six. Holy Family, New Albany, COY, Marie, 79, Aug. 22. Son of Tony, Sr., and SS. Francis and Clare of Becky Knotts. Brother of Tony Assisi, Greenwood, July 30. Knotts, Jr. Uncle of two. Wife of Louis Coy. Mother MCCULLOUGH, Thomas, of Cathy Prosche, Angie 68, Annunciation, Brazil, Sur, Dan and Michael Coy. April 16. Brother of Sharon Sister of Bernadette Rollison. Anderson, Patty Cornforth, Grandmother of eight. Great- Anne McCullough Redenbarger grandmother of seven. Sanders, Janet and Jerry CURTIS, Verna M., 92, McCullough. Uncle of several. St. Therese of the Infant Jesus MEYER, Donna R., 64, (Little Flower), Indianapolis, St. Peter, Franklin County, July 22. Mother of Karen Aug. 24. Wife of Gary Curtis, Cheryl Kinser, Lana Meyer. Mother of Donnie McCormick, Carla Turner, and Dustin Meyer. Sister of Aug. 20. Mother of Kathy of Patricia Janitz, Joan Tutino, SERBAN, Patricia, 75, Christ WILLIAMS, Jennifer Angela and Kellie Tucher and Susan Moeller, Anne and Pataky. Grandmother of five. Kerry, Daniel, John and Steven the King, Indianapolis, (Menzies), 51, St. Joan of Arc, Mark Curtis. Sister of Martha Irene Selm and Robert Meier. Great-grandmother of eight. Thomas. Grandmother of nine. Aug. 17. Mother of Beth Indianapolis, Aug. 10. Wife of Baldwin. Grandmother, great- Grandmother of three. MORIARTY, Pattisue, 86, Great-grandmother of 10. Thrasher. Grandmother of Scott Williams. † grandmother and great-great- MILLER, Roseanne J., 90, St. Barnabas, Aug. 25. Mother three. grandmother of several. St. Bartholomew, Columbus, Biannual grants awarded to parishes, schools and archdiocesan agencies

Criterion staff report • St. Ann Parish, Indianapolis; Home Mission Fund; Fund; $25,000 for sound system upgrades. $16,355 for security system upgrades. • St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Greencastle; Growth During the second half of fiscal year 2019-20, • SS. Francis and Clare of Assisi Parish, Greenwood; and Expansion Fund; $32,000 for electrical work. $207,375 was awarded in grant monies to parishes, Home Mission Fund; $20,000 for church HVAC system. • St. Anne Parish, New Castle; Growth and schools and agencies in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. • St. Joan of Arc Catholic School, Indianapolis; Expansion Fund; $2,766 for livestream equipment. The grants, awarded twice a year, are made available James P. Scott Fund; $8,000 for school windows. • St. Ambrose Parish, Seymour; James P. Scott Fund; through the St. Francis Xavier Home Mission Endowment • St. Simon the Apostle Parish, Indianapolis; Home $2,256 for security system upgrades. Fund, the Growth and Expansion Endowment Fund and Mission and James P. Scott funds; $50,000 for school safety. • St. Margaret Mary Parish, Terre Haute; James the James P. Scott Endowment Fund. These grants were • St. Therese of Infant Jesus (Little Flower) Parish, P. Scott Fund; $14,310 for church handrails. made possible through the generosity of archdiocesan Indianapolis; Home Mission Fund; $7,188 for AED • Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, Indianapolis; parishioners, who set up the endowments. devices. James P. Scott Fund; $9,500 for roof replacement. The grant process is jointly administered by • St. Louis School, Brownsburg; James P. Scott Fund; the archdiocesan Finance Office and the Office of $10,000 for school windows. (For information on how to apply for the grants, go to Stewardship and Development. • St. Paul Catholic Center, Bloomington; Growth and www.archindy.org/finance/grant.html, or contact Stacy Grant applications are due to the archdiocese for the Expansion Fund; $10,000 for website redesign. Harris in the Finance Office at [email protected], or two grant allocation periods on April 30 and on Oct. 31 • St. Malachy Parish, Brownsburg; James P. Scott by phone at 317-236-1535 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1535.) † each year. The award period for the Fall/Winter 2020 is open, with applications due no later than on Oct. 31, 2020. for the Catholic audience as well? Exhibit A: The sweet The Spring/Summer grants awarded for fiscal year ERLANDSON older lady who thinks the pope worships idols. While 2019-20 are as follows: continued from page 8 many good Catholic resources do exist on the internet, driving Catholics to find their information there may barque of Peter, especially when its own crew is punching mean the Church is no longer telling its own story in this holes in it. More worrisome still is when the conversion Wild West of information and misinformation. And lots Online Lay Ministry Formation may not be to the message of the Gospel, but to a faction of charlatans are profiting from this confusion. The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has partnered with the upon whose interpretation of that message one’s faith Perhaps, “to live in a manner worthy of the call you University of Notre Dame and Catholic Distance University (CDU) to offer not-for-credit online theology classes: rests. have received,” what we need are models of Christian The second reason is that recent events are sending debate that are both civil and serious. Whether between • Earn certificate in Lay Ministry • Complete 12 courses online with ND STEP program more and more Catholics to social media, with Church leaders or between amateur canonists and • CDU offers classes on Catechism of the Catholic Church unforeseen ramifications. As traditional Catholic media theologians, we need examples of earnest disagreement • 20% discount for all employees, volunteers, and parishioners slowly disappear, particularly at the diocesan level, while “bearing with one another through love.” Catholics who care are being driven to social media and Dialing down the Twittersphere’s rage is probably a For more information, please log on to the internet to find information and get answers. fool’s errand, but it would be nice if we who profess the www.archindy.org/layministry Yet studies suggest users of social media are less likely “unity of love through the bond of peace” acted as if we to be well-informed about current events. A recent Pew believed it. study also suggested that social media users were more likely to be aware of unproven claims and conspiracy (Greg Erlandson, director and editor-in-chief of REPORT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT NOW theories involving the coronavirus pandemic. Catholic News Service, can be reached at gerlandson@ If you are a victim of sexual misconduct by a person ministering on Should we be concerned that the same may hold true catholicnews.com.) † behalf of the Church, or if you know of anyone who has been a victim of such misconduct, please contact the archdiocesan victim assistance coordinator. There are two ways to make a report: It’s the perfect season to dig deeper, breathing in the Ethics Point beauty of autumn and finding ways to reflect it inside, 1 Confidential, Online Reporting CAPECCHI www.archdioceseofindianapolis.ethicspoint.com or 888-393-6810 continued from page 8 said Carrie, a prolific author. “Out of all of my books, Carla Hill, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Victim Assistance Coordinator this is the one I could give to just about anybody and 2 P.O. Box 1410, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1410 book will be released later this month. Carrie and Noelle have them appreciate it. I’m excited.” 317-236-1548 or 800-382-9836, ext. 1548 will also be releasing a Theology of Home planner and [email protected] continuing their daily e-newsletter, available through (Christina Capecchi is a writer from Inver Grove Heights, TheologyofHome.com. Minn.) † The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020 Page 11

Former St. Christopher parishioner New professes perpetual vows transitional Criterion staff reportt vows during the liturgy. The daughter of Joe and Debbie Dominican Winterrowd, Sister Mary Xavier is a graduate deacons Sister Mary Xavier of Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. Winterrowd, formerly a She earned a bachelor’s degree in child Deacon Callixte Senani, left, a member of development at Ball State University in seminarian of the Diocese of St. Christopher Parish Muncie, Ind., and a master’s degree in Gikongoro, Rwanda, and Benedictine in Indianapolis, elementary education at Aquinas College in Deacon Simon Hermann, a monk professed perpetual Nashville. of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, pose vows as a member of Sister Mary Xavier currently serves as a after being ordained transitional the Dominican Sisters second-grade teacher at St. Joseph School in deacons by Archbishop Charles C. of Saint Cecilia in Cottleville, Mo. Thompson during an Aug. 15 Mass Sr. Mary Xavier Nashville, Tenn., on Founded in 1860, the Dominican Sisters at the Archabbey Church of Our Lady Winterrowd, O.P. July 25 in the Cathedral of Saint Cecilia have approximately 300 of Einsiedeln in St. Meinrad. Both of the Incarnation sisters serving in more than 41 schools in are receiving their priestly formation in Nashville. Seven other members of the the U.S., with missions in Australia, Canada, at Saint Meinrad Seminary and religious community professed perpetual Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. † School of Theology in St. Meinrad. As transitional deacons, they will continue their priestly formation and Special Care are expected to be ordained priests Classified Directory next year. (Photo courtesy of Saint Meinrad Archabbey)

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The Agency Director will oversee and administer all the functions of Catholic Charities Tell City and work closely with its Agency Council and Catholic Charities Employment Executive Director to achieve the mission of the agency. Responsibilities include: DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT • Provide leadership and oversight to existing programs, services and activities to ensure that program objectives are met in a fiscally responsible manner. St. Theodore Guerin High School, located in • Serve as chief spokesperson for the agency, providing strong representation Noblesville, Indiana, is accepting applications for a of the agency to constituencies including churches, community leaders, full-time Director of Enrollment Management. donors and prospects. • Identify emerging areas of need in the community. The Director of Enrollment Management is a full-time • Ensure fiscal accountability of programs and services; lead the agency in exempt salaried position reporting to the President and utilization of financial resources to strengthen its internal structure and is an integral part of the school’s leadership team. service delivery. The Director of Enrollment Management is responsible for planning • Continue to develop quality improvement tracking measures that will support quality service delivery. and implementing a strategic program to market St. Theodore Guerin • Provide supervision to staff members and oversee personnel issues, including High School to prospective students and their families; and, ultimately, salaries, benefits, staff selection, and volunteer training. for enrolling new students in numbers sufficient to meet the goals • Oversee the agency budget, working within the archdiocesan and Catholic approved by the President. The Director of Enrollment Management Charities guidelines. is a member of the school’s Mission Leadership Team (MLT). Applicants must be professed and practicing Roman Catholics with an The Director will provide a creative vision and energetic oversight understanding of the Church’s social teaching and its relevance to the agency’s for all admissions and recruitment operations, retention efforts and mission. A Bachelor’s Degree in social work or related field or equivalent work for achieving all enrollment goals. The successful candidate will have experience with human services is required. The applicant must have strong demonstrated ability to coordinate an enrollment management program communication and presentation skills as well as some experience in a leadership that will effectively attract, enroll, and retain students who desire position in a human services organization. to be a part of a dynamic faith based high school. Please e-mail cover letter, resume, and list of references, in confidence, to: For a detailed job description and qualifications, please visit GuerinCatholic.org Ed Isakson . Qualified candidates should email a current Director, Human Resources résumé and cover letter to [email protected]. Please include Archdiocese of Indianapolis at least three references as part of the résumé. Questions concerning 1400 N. Meridian St. the position should be directed to Dr. John F. Atha, President, at Indianapolis, IN 46202 [email protected]. E-mail: [email protected] St. Theodore Guerin High School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal Opportunity Employer Guerin Catholic High School 15300 Gray Road l Noblesville, IN 46062 l (317) 582-0120 l GuerinCatholic.org Page 12 The Criterion Friday, September 11, 2020

been discharged from the hospital. PINWHEEL “They’re overcome by the emotion of continued from page 1 going home,” says the vice president of mission integration for Franciscan Health. ‘This has been so overwhelming’ Sister Marlene has “Very emotional” is also the way that also been moved by Burford describes the past six months of personally planting caring for coronavirus patients. pinwheels in the “In the 20 years I’ve been doing this, garden. it’s the hardest time I’ve had to work “It’s a very through. Everything that I’ve learned in touching experience. the past 20 years came to this moment You realize you’re where we had to change everything we putting it in because did to adapt to this pandemic.” someone went home. Like many health care workers on the Sr. Marlene We’re celebrating the front lines of the crisis, Burford has bonded Shapley, O.S.F. success and the hope. with patients in a way she had never done “St. Francis was before, becoming like family to patients a joyful person who lived the Gospel as who couldn’t be visited by their families. Jesus lived it—respecting the life God She also saw some of her patients lose has given us. Our pinwheel garden is an their battle with the disease and made the exterior sign of sharing our joy with the heartbreaking phone calls to their loved community around us—and with our staff. ones. Many times, we celebrate the little miracles “I’ve also bonded with people who of someone getting better, someone being Scott Wischmeyer, clinical coordinator of respiratory therapy, left, Dr. Imad Shawa and Annie Burford, were able to come off the ventilator and taken off a ventilator, someone requiring a a respiratory clinical specialist, take time for a photo before a procedure on a COVID-19 patient on go home. That’s why I love the pinwheel little less level of care.” April 21 at Franciscan Health Indianapolis. (Submitted photo) garden so much. It’s an amazing way Nearly every department of the to celebrate the patient’s success after hospital has been involved in planting the Franciscan sisters was admitted into the be reunited in eternity. We don’t say recovering from the coronavirus. I know pinwheels, from nursing to engineering, Indianapolis hospital with the virus. ‘goodbye.’ We say, ‘We’ll see you later.’ when I planted my pinwheel, I also from respiratory to housekeeping. Because we believe in the resurrection of thought about all the staff who worked so “They all touch the patient’s life in one A combination of caring and consoling the body and the soul—and the reuniting hard to keep the patient alive.” way or another,” Sister Marlene says. “We “He was critical and declining rapidly,” of the body and soul in eternity.” Burford even brought her 16-year-old wanted to get every department involved she recalls softly. “The family had to Sister Marlene says the combinations son Corey and her 13-year-old daughter in celebrating our successes.” make the decision that nothing could be of caring and consoling, of celebrating Samantha to the hospital to see the After 42 years in health care, Sister done and to take him off the ventilator. and comforting, reflect the core of the pinwheel garden—a rare time when she Marlene long ago learned that the successes I sat with that family and cried with that health care system’s mission statement: has shared her work experience with them. also come amid setbacks and sorrows. family. As difficult as it was, it was a “Continuing Christ’s ministry in our “I usually try not to bring up work And while her years as a nurse are behind beautiful experience for his children to be Franciscan tradition.” when I come home. I just slip into being a her, the caring approach of that profession here and to go in and say goodbye.” “We’re not beginning a ministry,” she mom. But this has been so overwhelming, and the faith of her life as a religious sister She pauses as the power of those says. “We’re continuing a ministry that I couldn’t help it. I would talk to them have continued to guide her during this emotions touch her again. Jesus started 2,000 years ago and about things. They saw how emotional and devastating time of the coronavirus. “It doesn’t get easier,” she says, even St. Francis continued 800 years ago and our draining it was for me. When they saw the “Even though I don’t have direct care more softly. “I’ve lost three brothers and founder, Blessed Maria Theresia Bonzel, pinwheels, they thought it was awesome.” of a patient, I’m a part of Franciscan, and both of my parents. The pain never goes continued more than 150 years ago. I think, ‘Maybe there’s something I can away, but we learn to live with the pain.” “Jesus was human. He was a teacher. Celebrating the ‘little miracles’ do to help.’ I can hold their hand. I can She takes a breath and her voice turns He was a healer. He laughed. He cried. Franciscan Sister Marlene Shapley has pray with them. I can cry with them.” hopeful as she reconsiders her previous “Our mission statement is not also experienced the powerful impact of She followed that approach recently use of the word “goodbye.” something that hangs on our walls. It’s being there when a COVID patient has when the brother of one of her fellow “We as Catholics believe we will lived within our halls every day.” †

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