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THANKSGIVING 2 Catholic Times November 19, 2017 Couples need help forming, The Editor’s Notebook following their consciences, Saying Grace pope says By David Garick, Editor By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service The great feast of Thanksgiving is almost the Body of Christ, the Marriage and family life are blessings for individuals and upon us. So now we gather together with fam- Church. Grace gives us ily around a table groaning under the weight of the ability to relate to for society, but both are filled with difficult choices that more food than any of us needs to eat, but eat it God beyond our human Catholic couples must be helped to face prayerfully and in we will, because not eating it would be, well … powers to see and hear the light of their consciences, Pope Francis said. ungrateful. It is our duty. This is Thanksgiving, and reason. Unfortunately, too many people today confuse a rightly after all. Then we must loosen our pants and God’s eternal power and love for us – not just formed conscience with personal preferences dominated settle into a Barcalounger for no less than three mankind as a whole, but every one of us as in- by selfishness, the pope said in a video message to an Italian consecutive football games. During this time, dividuals – is a concept that is above anything meeting on Amoris Laetitia, his exhortation on the family. of course, one must refortify oneself with left- we can understand through rational thought. “The contemporary world risks confusing the primacy overs from the earlier feast. It’s tradition. So God’s wish to come to us in human form of conscience, which is always to be respected, with the don’t blame me! I didn’t make the rules. I am and to suffer, die, and then conquer death for exclusive autonomy of the individual” even when the in- just doing what is required. And, by the way, us goes beyond our comprehension. God’s dividual’s decisions impact his or her marriage and family if you are planning on heading out in the early willingness to send his Holy Spirit to be our life, the pope said. hours of Black Friday morning in search of elu- companion and guide through life is hardly a Repeating a remark he had made to the Pontifical Acad- sive holiday bargains, you’ll have to do it with- concept that can be logically explained. Left emy for Life, Pope Francis said, “There are those who even out me. I have to sleep off a meal that would to our own devices, we would reject all these speak of ‘egolatry,’ that is, the true worship of the ego on sustain your average black bear for the entire things as illogical superstition. Sadly, many whose altar everything, including the dearest affections, winter. in our highly secularized society do just that. are sacrificed.” As the name of this holiday expresses, this is a But through the gift of God’s Grace, we see time for giving thanks. I certainly have a lot to be them in truth, and through them we live in Confusing conscience with selfishness “is not harmless,” thankful for this year. I’m sure that most of you God’s love. And we know that we will con- the pope said. “This is a ‘pollution’ that corrodes souls and also have a great many things in your life that tinue to do so through all eternity. confounds minds and hearts, producing false illusions.” you will give thanks for, as well. It is wonderful All of the worldly gifts we give thanks for The conference sponsored by the Italian bishops’ confer- that Thanksgiving always arrives at about the this week are more meaningful when viewed ence was focused on “conscience and norm” in Pope Fran- same time as the Advent season in the Church. in the context of the part they play in our larger cis’ apostolic exhortation. It is a nice reminder that in addition to the many role of living a life centered, not on ourselves Diagnosing problems in the church’s outreach to married blessings we have in our worldly lives, we also but on Christ. In the darkest hours of our life, couples and families, Pope Francis had written, “We have are blessed with the coming celebration of the it is this Grace that sustains us and draws us long thought that simply by stressing doctrinal, bioethical Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. closer to our God. His Grace does not spare and moral issues, without encouraging openness to grace, we But I hope you also will join me in taking us from all pain and suffering. But by giving were providing sufficient support to families, strengthening a moment to thank God for a gift that is in- us strength to offer that suffering up to God the marriage bond and giving meaning to marital life.” visible, but that is so central to our salvation. and to join that pain with the pain of Christ, I am speaking of the gift of Grace. We refer we have the knowledge that in the end, we to it every Thanksgiving, and hopefully at will find eternal joy with Christ. Grace gives See POPE, Page 3 meals throughout the year, when we speak of us all this through faith that is not a product of saying grace before eating. We think of it as our own making but, rather, a wonderful gift thanking God for providing for us. But Grace of God. is so much more than that. Grace is first and And so, my wish for you this Thanksgiving Correction - A story on the retirement of Father J. Lawrence foremost the gift of the Spirit, who justifies echoes the words of St. Paul to the Corinthi- Reichert in the Nov. 12 Catholic Times incorrectly gave his and sanctifies us. It is the gift that connects ans: The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and first name as James and listed him as being in residence at Co- us to God and allows us to be part of our own the love of God, and the fellowship of the lumbus St. Agatha Church for a past assignment rather than salvation and that of others and the growth of Holy Spirit, be with you all. saying he was associate pastor there.

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November 19, 2017 Catholic Times 3 DEDICATION OF STATUE AT COSHOCTON SACRED HEART

Father Victor Wesolowski, pastor at Coshocton Sacred Heart Church, blessed and dedicated a new statue of Our Lady of Lourdes at the church’s Marian grotto on Sunday, Oct. 29. It replaces a statue damaged by vandalism this past spring. Following the 10:30 a.m. Mass on that day, Father Wesolowski (carrying the Blessed Sacrament in photo at right) led a procession to the grotto, where the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary were recited, followed by the blessing of the statue. Pictured with Father Wesolowski are Deacon Doug Mould (partly hidden in right photo) and servers Joe Weaver (carrying cross) and Matt Weaver. (Photos courtesy Sacred Heart Church)

POPE, continued from Page 2 “We also find it hard to make room for the consciences the leaven of a culture of encounter, and introduces to Conscience, he said, always has God’s desire for the of the faithful, who very often respond as best they can the present world an injection of sociality,” he said. human person as its ultimate reference point. to the Gospel amid their limitations, and are capable of Marriage and family life are “the most effective an- “In the very depths of each one of us, there is a place carrying out their own discernment in complex situ- tidote against the individualism that currently runs wherein the ‘Mystery’ reveals itself, and illuminates ations,” he wrote in Amoris Laetitia. “We have been rampant,” he said, but it does not do one any good the person, making the person the protagonist of his called to form consciences, not to replace them.” to pretend that marriage and family life are free from story,” he said. “Conscience, as the Second Vatican In his message to the Nov. 11 meeting in Rome, Pope situations requiring difficult choices. Council recalls, is this ‘most secret core and sanctu- Francis said the Catholic Church must strengthen its “In the domestic reality, sometimes there are con- ary of a man. There he is alone with God, whose voice programs “to respond to the desire for family that crete knots to be addressed with prudent conscience echoes in his depths.’” emerges in the soul of the young generations” and to on the part of each,” he said. “It is important that Each Christian, the pope said, must be “vigilant so help couples once they are married. spouses, parents, not be left alone, but accompanied that in this kind of tabernacle there is no lack of divine “Love between a man and a woman is obviously in their commitment to applying the Gospel to the grace, which illuminates and strengthens married love among the most generative human experiences; it is concreteness of life.” and the parental mission.” 4 Catholic Times November 19, 2017 Zanesville mission on Our Lady of Guadalupe Faith in Action By Erin Cordle A parish mission on “Our Lady of are made visible. Guadalupe: The Invisible Made Visi- Our Lady’s icon, like all sacred art, Responding to Pope Francis’ call for ble” will be presented from 7 to 9 p.m. provides for us the one and only correct Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 11 and vision of life. Our call is to see and live the first World Day of the Poor 12 at Zanesville St. Thomas Aquinas according to that vision. During this Church, 144 N. 5th St. The presenter mission, participants will enter into the When we hear the word “poverty,” we can think will be Father Thomas J. Loya of the vision that is revealed through the im- of many things: poverty of spirit, lack of love, iso- Tabor Life Institue, pastor of Annun- age of Our Lady of Guadalupe. lation. Today, I want to focus on material poverty. ciation Byzantine Catholic Church in An estimated 43 million people live in poverty in In addition to the presentations, both the United States. Individuals, families, and communities lack access to Homer Glen, Illinois. evenings will be an occasion for prayer. the basic things they need to live and thrive: nutritious food, adequate Father Loya’s presentations will The first evening will include a Scrip- housing, safe neighborhoods, good education, health care, and decent look at icons and all holy images as ture service, Exposition and Benedic- jobs with fair pay, for example. Take a moment to think about one not just artworks of devotion, but as tion of the Blessed Sacrament, as well person or one family you know who has been affected by poverty or things which make visible that which as recitation of the rosary. The second related issues such as unemployment, debt, or lack of quality health cannot be seen with the eye alone. evening, which coincides with the Feast insurance. This most especially is the case with of Our Lady of Guadalupe, will include Sunday, Nov.19 is the first World Day of the Poor, a day established the icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe, celebration of the Mass. by Pope Francis on which he asks all of us to reflect on Jesus’ great miraculously created from Our Lady’s To learn more, contact parish faith love for those who experience poverty, to encounter our brothers and sisters in need, and to work alongside them to put faith into action. own hands. In this icon, the invisible formation director Amanda Zurface at virtues of love, unity, the value of life, (740) 453-3301 or amanda.zurface@ The Nov. 19 readings connect perfectly with Pope Francis’ challenge for “concrete deeds” instead of “empty words.” Proverbs describes and the dignity of the human person aquinaszanesville.org. concrete deeds as essential. The Psalmist says those who “walk” in God’s ways are “blessed.” Paul urges the Thessalonians to be attentive to how they are living. And Matthew recounts Jesus’ parable in which ODU announces Christmas events servants are given talents to cultivate. Those who multiply what the Ohio Dominican University will ring in Wednesday, Dec. 6 – Holiday Art master (representing God) has given them are rewarded, while the one the holiday season with a series of fam- Market, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wehrle Art who does nothing with the talents is punished. ily friendly events as part of its annual Gallery (cash and checks accepted). Empty words vs. concrete deeds! Pope Francis warns about the con- Christmas celebration. All events are Thursday, Dec. 7 – Mass for Feast trast between mere words and the concrete deeds against which we free and will take place on ODU’s cam- are called to measure ourselves. He writes, “If we truly wish to en- of the Immaculate Conception, 5 p.m., counter Christ, we have to touch his body in the suffering bodies of pus at 1215 Sunbury Road, Columbus. Christ the King Chapel, Sansbury Hall the poor, as a response to the sacramental communion bestowed in The event schedule is as follows: Friday, Dec. 8 – Mass for Feast of the the Eucharist. The Body of Christ, broken in the sacred liturgy, can be Wednesday, Nov. 29 – ODU chorus Immaculate Conception, Noon, Christ seen, through charity and sharing, in the faces and persons of the most Christmas concert, 7 p.m., Christ the the King Chapel. vulnerable of our brothers and sisters” (first World Day of the Poor King Chapel, Sansbury Hall. ODU’s student theater group, the Message, paragraph 3). Monday, Dec. 4 – Santa’s Workshop Panther Players, will perform Dashing Pope Francis writes, “When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to visits, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Catherine of Si- through the Snow: A Christmas Come- pray, he answered in the words with which the poor speak to our one Father, in whom all acknowledge themselves as brothers and sisters. ena Room, Erskine Hall; sleigh rides, dy at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Dec. The Our Father is a prayer said in the plural: the bread for which we 5:30 to 7 p.m., The Oval; Christmas tree 7 to 9 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10. Ad- ask is ‘ours,’ and that entails sharing, participation, and joint responsibil- lighting and creche blessing. 6 p.m., mission is $8 for adults and $5 for those ity” (paragraph 8). front of Erskine Hall. 17 and younger. This echoes a reflection in theCatechism of the Catholic Church on the Lord’s Prayer: “The presence of those who hunger because they lack bread opens up another profound meaning of this petition. The drama www.columbuscatholic.org of hunger in the world calls Christians who pray sincerely to exercise responsibility toward their brethren, both in their personal behavior and in their solidarity with the human family” (paragraph 2831). Nov. 19 also is Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) Compliments of collection Sunday. This annual collection is the primary source of fund- ing for CCHD’s anti-poverty grants and education programs. CCHD supports the work of groups that empower low-income people to DEE PRINTING, INC. participate in decisions that affect their lives, break the cycle of pov- 4999 Transamerica Drive erty, and uphold the dignity of life. Many of the projects supported by 4999 Transamerica Drive CCHD embody the corporal works of mercy and include protect- Columbus,Columbus, Ohio Ohio 43228 43228 ing worker rights, expanding access to health care, and reforming the criminal justice system. 777-8700 Together, we can take responsibility and support concrete deeds to respond to Jesus’ love for our vulnerable brothers and sisters. I ask you the Murnane Family to support the CCHD collection with generosity! Erin Cordle is associate director of the diocesan Office for Social Con- Specializing in Catholic Church Sunday bulletins and cerns. Serving Columbus Diocese and others since 1974 November 19, 2017 Catholic Times 5 Detroit Catholics at ‘fever pitch’ over beatification of Father Casey By Mike Stechschulte would miraculously escape danger. Catholic News Service To all who sought his help, Father For decades during the Great Depres- Solanus’ trademark assurance was as sion and afterward, Capuchin Francis- simple as it was constant: He’d ask can Father Solanus Casey was the “go- them first to pray, have faith and enroll to” guy for those who were sick, poor, their names in the Capuchins’ Mass afflicted or discouraged in their faith. intentions, and then, if he discerned Standing at the doors of St. Bonaven- God would favorably answer a prayer, ture Monastery on Detroit’s east side, would reply simply, “Don’t worry, ev- the holy friar would welcome dozens erything will be fine.” -- if not hundreds -- of visitors per day: The late Cardinal John Dearden of families with an ill child, destitute fa- Detroit opened the official cause for thers desperate to make ends meet, canonization for Father Solanus in loved ones distraught over a relative’s 1976, a movement that’s been champi- drifting from the faith. oned by each Detroit bishop since. And no matter the situation -- wheth- “I’ve always had confidence that Fa- er a healing was imminent or not -- he ther would be beatified, and eventually would tell them the same thing: “Thank that he’ll be canonized,” said Archbish- God ahead of time.” op Vigneron, who inherited the cause Now that Father Solanus is set to be from his predecessor, Cardinal Adam J. beatified on Saturday, Nov. 18 at Ford “People feel a strong connection to While some priests might have been Maida. “I have no doubt about that.” Field, home to the NFL’s Detroit Lions, Father. It’s like having someone in discouraged by a lack of faculties, However, the possibility “became the entire city is heeding his advice. your family beatified,” Archbishop Vi- which left him to do menial tasks such very real” when the Capuchins told the “I think excitement is at a fever pitch. gneron said. “Of course, in our region as answering the monastery door and archbishop about the miraculous heal- Everybody is so enthused about it. I get that’s very understandable. But really, I recording Mass intentions, Father Sola- ing of a Panamanian woman that took people asking me about the occasion think it’s across the whole country and nus happily accepted God’s will for him. place in 2012. Suffering from a severe all the time,” said Detroit Archbishop other parts of the world, too. I think “Father was able to be such a power- skin disease -- an affliction from which Allen H. Vigneron in an interview with Father’s humility and his accessibil- ful vehicle for God’s marvelous heal- Father Solanus himself died -- she vis- The Michigan Catholic, the archdioc- ity help people feel that they belong to ing and works because he was so trans- ited the friar’s tomb and prayed for esan newspaper. “The quick way the him and he belongs to them.” parent. There was so little of Father healing. Almost instantaneously, her tickets were all assigned is a strong Born and raised in Wisconsin, Fa- Solanus personally to get in the way,” disease vanished. sense of the enthusiasm of the whole ther Solanus joined the Capuchin Archbishop Vigneron said. “That’s re- On May 4, Pope Francis announced community.” order in 1897. Rejected by the di- ally the secret behind his humbly ac- the healing was authenticated as a mir- Indeed, it took just hours for the ocesan seminary due to low grades, cepting never being able to preach, acle, paving the way for Father Sola- 66,000-seat Ford Field to “sell out” for he nevertheless continued his studies never being able to hear confessions. nus’ beatification. Though the woman the historic Mass -- though the tickets toward the priesthood, and in 1904 He simply accepted who he was and has wished to remain anonymous, she were free -- with eager Detroiters snap- was ordained a “simplex” priest said, ‘I’m happy to do whatever God will be present for the beatification ping up the chance to be in attendance in Milwaukee -- a designation that wants of me.’” Mass, along with others who have re- to thank God for the gift of the friar’s meant he couldn’t hear confessions As the monastery doorkeeper -- first ceived favors. extraordinary life and intercession. or preach doctrinal sermons. in churches and friaries around New Archbishop Vigneron said he takes York City and later in Detroit -- Father the fact that Father Solanus was able to Solanus quickly gained a reputation as a DON’T KNOW WHERE TO PUT YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS? heal so many as a sign that “God loves compassionate listener and intercessor Detroit” and hasn’t abandoned the city, during the Great Depression, and soon, Open, transfer or rollover an existing IRA, 401k plan or Guaranteed fi rst-year interest despite its hard times. rates based on opening balance2 bank CD to a Catholic Order of Foresters (COF) Advantage dozens would arrive daily at the doors seeking “just a moment with Father.” “Not all holy people are wonder Plus™ single premium deferred annuity. $5,000 – $9,999 2.0% workers. 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A desperately needed rent check The Michigan Catholic, newspaper Home Offi ce: 355 Shuman Boulevard, PO Box 3012, Naperville, IL 60566-7012 | catholicforester.org | 800-552-0145 would arrive. A son serving in the war of the Archdiocese of Detroit. 6 Catholic Times November 19, 2017 Agoraphobia and Mass attendance; Danville, Zanesville churches to sponsor Is sign of peace required? March for Life buses Danville St. Luke and Zanes- Luke Church, Post Office Box P, let alone, shake hands. It ville St. Thomas Aquinas Danville OH 43014. is not really a big deal for churches will be sponsoring bus me, but I do find it a little The St. Thomas Aquinas Church QUESTION & ANSWER trips to the annual March for odd. Is there an explana- pilgrimage also will be from Jan. Life in Washington, which will by: FATHER KENNETH DOYLE tion for this, or are par- 18 to 20. Prices for the bus trip take place Friday, Jan. 19. Catholic News Service ishes simply not required and two nights at the Hampton to follow the practice of This is the 19th consecutive Inn in Silver Spring, Maryland, shaking hands? (Portland, year for the trip from Danville, are $230 per person for a room .Togetherness seems able to escape. Oregon) which will be for three days and for four people, with two queen- Qto have become such This disease can justify two nights, from Thursday to size beds; $260 per person for a an integral part of Ca- one’s absence from Mass . The General In- Saturday, Jan. 18 to 20. The cost room for two people, with two tholicism, and extroverts as certainly as would a Astruction of the Ro- again will be $280 for a double queen beds; and $340 per person tend to look disdainfully high fever or a contagious man Missal in section No. room and $240 each for three or or $460 per couple for a room at those who prefer to sit cold. If it is more com- 82 indicates that the rite of more persons in a room. with one king-size bed. at the end of the pew, are fortable for you to pray peace should be a regular This covers the bus ride, two The bus will leave the church shy about grasping hands, in a side chapel, by all part of the liturgy in which nights at the Hampton Inn in Al- at 6 a.m. Thursday Highlights of shudder at the thought of means do that. (Perhaps “the faithful express to exandria, Virginia, with a hot the pilgrimage include the vigil being hugged or have dif- you might want to men- each other their ecclesial breakfast available each morn- Mass at the Shrine of the Im- ficulty with extemporane- tion your situation to your communion and mutual ing, and a tour of Washington, maculate Conception and time ous small talk. For me, be- pastor to help him to un- charity” before receiving guided by former St. Luke parish- to visit the nearby St. John Paul ing squashed in the center derstand, and you might the Eucharist. As to the ioner John Durbin, a career cou- II shrine on Thursday night, par- of a pew is agonizing, and benefit by his words of ap- actual gesture to be used, rier with the federal government. ticipation in the March for Life there is no way I can focus proval.) the general instruction The bus will depart Danville and free time to tour Washington on the Mass in that situa- Or, if sometimes you find leaves that up to national at 6 a.m. Thursday. The group on Friday, and a visit to Emmits- tion. it necessary simply to stay bishops’ conference, to be will attend a vigil Mass at the burg, Maryland on Saturday that About once every two or at home and pray, do that. determined in accord with National Shrine of the Immacu- will include Mass at the National three months, I feel com- I credit you for your desire local culture and customs. late Conception that evening Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Se- pelled to go into our par- to share in the Eucharist to For the United States, the and have pizza at the hotel af- ton, an opportunity for prayer ish’s adoration chapel dur- the extent you are able. U.S. Conference of Catho- terward. On Friday, there will at the National Shrine Grotto of ing Mass and follow the Your letter serves, too, as lic Bishops has noted that be more touring in the morning, Our Lady of Lourdes, and lunch prayers and readings from a reminder to us all to for- this would typically be the march itself at noon, and din- at the Carriage House Inn. . there – or I find it neces- go judging the behavior of done by shaking hands. ner that evening, with departure Applications for the pilgrim- sary to stay at home and others – those, for exam- So while this ritual can Saturday morning and arrival in age may be found at https://aqui- follow the Sunday Mass ple, who insist on sitting at be eliminated in particu- Danville on Saturday night. naszanesville.org. A photo is re- on television from my den. the end of a nearly vacant lar circumstances – a flu A $50 deposit is due by Friday, quired as part of the application If that counts as missing pew or those who choose epidemic, for example – Dec. 1. Final payment is due process. Make checks payable to Mass, there’s just nothing to stand in the back of the it should not be skipped by Wednesday, Jan. 10. Make St. Thomas Aquinas Church and that I can do about it. church. They could well regularly. checks payable to St. Luke Par- send to the church, 144 N. 5th St., Agoraphobia is no joke, be suffering from the same In 2014, the Vatican’s ish. For more information, con- Zanesville OH 43701. To learn and even those of us with sensibilities you have de- Congregation for Divine tact the church office at (740) more, contact parish faith forma- milder forms suffer great- scribed. Worship and the Sacra- 599-6362 or Bobbie Thomas at tion director Amanda Zurface at ly. But I believe that we ments reminded Catho- (740) 398-9710 or (740) 427- (740) 453-3301 or amanda.zur- . I have been attend- are also loved by God. lics that a certain restraint 4044. Checks may be sent to St. [email protected]. ing one Catholic par- (Nokesville, Virginia) Q should mark the ritual ish in my hometown for so as not to distract from several years now. As far . No, your behav- receiving Communion, Men’s luncheon club meets on Dec. 1 ior does not count as I know, this is the only A that the gesture of peace as missing Mass. And yes, Catholic church where Father Daniel Olvera, parochial Ave., will begin at 11:45 a.m. with should be extended by you are surely loved by parishioners do not shake vicar of Mount Vernon St. Vin- Mass, followed by lunch and Fa- the faithful only to those God. Agoraphobia is a very hands at the sign of peace. cent de Paul and Danville St. ther Olvera’s talk until 1 p.m. nearest them and that such real disease, affecting as I can understand church- Luke churches, will speak at the No reservations are necessary. abuses as “the movement many as 1.9 million U.S. goers declining to shake next Catholic Men’s Luncheon A $10 donation is requested to of the faithful from their adults at some level in a hands if they have a cold or Club meeting on Friday, Dec.1. cover the lunch and meeting. places” should be avoided. 12-month period. It is char- other ailment – or at times Father Olvera was ordained a For information on the Catho- acterized by significant of widespread sickness. Questions may be sent to priest this past May and will talk lic Men’s Luncheon Club, visit anxiety in places where However, at this particu- Father Doyle at askfather- about his vocation story and his www.catholicmensministry. crowds gather, especially lar parish, the congrega- [email protected] and 30 first months as a priest. com/cmlc or contact club presi- in situations where one tion will not even turn Columbia Circle Drive, Al- The program at Columbus St. dent George Harvey at george. might feel trapped and un- around and greet others – bany NY 12203. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant [email protected]. November 19, 2017 Catholic Times 7 Count your blessings and give thanks By Maria-Pia Negro Chin gratefulness, but being reminded of the everyday Poet John Milton is thought to have said, “Grati- blessings God provides is an antidote to the woes tude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter of the world. everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments We can thank God for the miracles we sometimes of awe that change forever how we experience life take for granted – including life, health, sunshine, and the world.” water, air. We also can be thankful for family, Go to Church There are so many things for which to be grateful friends, and loved ones, whose unconditional love to God. What’s amazing is that once you start find- gives us sustenance and support and helps us grow. ing blessings, they multiply. As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, we can A meditation I jotted down this year asked, “If I reflect on our reasons to be grateful. You can try were to make a poem of thanks to God, for what to have a gratitude jar or a gratitude journal to list would I be most grateful?” During a stressful each day’s blessings or try to be intentional about week, I reread the question. I remembered all of thanking God each day.

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Pink Week at Bishop Flaget

The Chillicothe Bishop Flaget School volleyball team raised more than $1,500 during a designated Pink Week, with the money going to the Southern Ohio Survivors organization for its outreach to families struggling with severe illness. The team worked with physical education teacher Linda Kerr on events which included a T-shirt sale, a Pink Pancake Palooza breakfast, and a Dig for a Cure volleyball night, which featured a teacher-student volleyball game and a parent-player matchup.

Shown in the photo at right preparing pancakes for the breakfast are (from left) Carmen Corcoran, Judy Ward, Linda Kerr, and Elizabeth Henson. The photo above shows players doing pushups after a “ball drop” during the game against the parents. Southern Ohio Survivors is an organization dedicated to helping families and cancer survivors with physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and financial issues at diagnosis, during treatment, and for the rest of their lives. Photos courtesy Bishop Flaget School November 19, 2017 Catholic Times 9

LIVING

FaithTime and distance There have been many times when I looked on from His Son resides on our hearts, occupying that space afar, not knowing fully what I had just experienced or which is utterly needed and so willingly accepted. seen. Sometimes, I am so distracted by the pressures Remember, especially in this month of souls and and worries of the day that I tend to be a bit short with LIGHTING THE WAY saints, what we have accomplished in life. Remember, myself and others. My expectations of the moment Joseph Thomas too, those to whom our prayers are directed. Love one seem to pale in comparison to my immediate needs. another, reach out to one another, talk to one another, When we pray, for example, there are many of us, and be awesomely and remarkably forgiving to one myself included, who tend to make our requests into another. commands, rather than ask for answers. What we get experiences. We forget that learning from others and St. Therese of Lisieux once said, “Our Lord does not are usually more questions. We have to remember our mistakes helps shape us into who we are. look so much at the greatness of our actions, or even at that His time is not linear and that our prayers will be As I grow older, I tend to remember less about what their difficulty, as the love with which we do them.” For answered, but perhaps not in the way we are asking has happened, rather than pay attention to what is there is no true time and distance that separates us from for them to be. Patience is certainly a virtue. original and healthy for my soul. Family, friends, and Him or our families and, most assuredly, ourselves. With all the electronic means at our disposal, it is loved ones far away and close by seem to receive the May God bless us and keep us. May He be forever often much faster to find what we need than it used brunt of my selfishness, and therefore can be moved to at our side, and may His peace be with you always. to be. We must keep in mind that this does not mean being very judgmental. life gets any easier. In many ways,Ad forour cultureCatholic wants Times for Ordering Joseph Thomas, a member of Gahanna St. Much like God, they tell us what we need to hear Matthew Church, is a freelance writer and is active everything to be familiar, kind, compassionate, and rather than what we want to hear. This can be a great equally forgiving. When we are unsure of someone in many diocesan and church activities. panacea, or it can be a monumental letdown. That tends or something, it can be cast aside in favor of rich to be a result of how receptive we are to the message.

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Counting the days doesn’t mean we have to do School received a check for $500 from the Kroger Co. and the Tray of 6 “Baker’s Dozen” assorted everything on a tightrope. We can have a richness of Columbus Zoo at the zoo’s inaugural teen ecological summit. Christmas Cookies - $35 life with God at our side. He is closer than you think. During the event, students spent time learning, network- ing, and exploring environmental issues and solutions at the Pirogi, Potato & Cheese, Sauerkraut zoo, and independently created and presented a proposal to Sweet Cheese or Prune - $6 per pkg replace two of the school’s drinking fountains with water Pkg is one dozen per filling (frozen) bottle filling stations. The plan includes a fundraising part- nership with Elkay, which manufactures the stations. Nut, Apricot and Poppyseed Rolls It was presented to a panel of five zoo staffers and Danni 11” long (frozen) -$12 Washington, a television presenter, science communicator, All Preorders must be picked up by and ocean activist. The proposal also will be presented to the school’s administrators and academic council. Receiving 1:00pm or items will be offered for the Kroger award gives the club an automatic invitation to general sale. next year’s summit. Club members pictured are (from left): Beautifully Leslie Soto, Tamzin Ordonez, Paula Clark, Johnaiya Talbert, Mileena Mookphachan, Taylor Wilson, club adviser Danielle

614-276-1439 modlich-monument.com Polemeni, Zach Clarke, and Madison Salyer. Photo courtesy St. Francis DeSales High School 10 Catholic Times/ November 19, 2017 November 19, 2017/Catholic Times 11 Parishes throughout the diocese share their blessings through Thanksgiving Day events A brief history of Thanksgiving Some of the dinner expenses are ages in the Community Kitchen Church, 9633 E. State Route 37, is burg High School. By Joseph Kelly/Catholic News Service covered through proceeds from a at the St. John Center, 640 S. Ohio part of a Christmas box drive spon- The St. Vincent de Paul Society Contrary to popular opinion, the first Thanksgiving was not observed at dress-down day at St. Mary Magda- Ave., next to Holy Rosary-St. John sored by Big Walnut Friends Who of Columbus Our Lady of Victory Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. lene School. Church, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Share, an outreach organization of Church, 1559 Roxbury Road, will The “Pilgrims”-- a later title given to the settlers -- were Puritans who no longer The dinner will include entertain- on Thanksgiving Day. M.J. Muldrow churches from throughout the Sun- distribute Thanksgiving dinners to wished to live in England due to religious persecution and for economic rea- ment by the Columbus Folk Music of the center staff said a jazz band will bury and Galena areas. It is accept- needy families on Nov. 22. sons.They believed the Church of England was too closely aligned with Roman Society and children’s activities. be on hand to entertain dinners. ing donations of stuffing mix (six The St. Vincent de Paul pantry at Catholicism, which they loathed. Those attending will be invited to The Community Kitchen will ounces or more). Other churches are Columbus St. Philip Church, 1573 In their day, the settlers were called separatists because they wished to write requests for prayers to be said serve holiday meals and have take- collecting other items, which will be Elaine Road, has been giving holi- separate themselves from this supposedly corrupt kingdom by going to by the St. Mary Magdalene St. Vin- outs available at the same times on put together in about 150 boxes for day turkeys to clients throughout North America. More Puritans left England after 1625, under the reign of King cent de Paul Conference. Wednesday, Nov. 22 at its other lo- people in need. November. In December, client Charles I, who had a Roman Catholic wife, Henrietta Maria of France. “I worry every year whether we cation, St. Dominic Church, 453 N. The parish also will participate in families will be receiving winter will have enough food for every- 20th St. Muldrow said 802 people the Big Walnut Ministerial Asso- blankets. The initial 1620 colony at Plymouth got off to a horrid start; fully half the were served Thanksgiving dinners body who shows up, especially be- ciation’s Thanksgiving service and Washington Court House St. Col- population and all but five women died the first year. The Pilgrims survived last year at the two locations – 468 cause we don’t take reservations, but collection for the poor on Monday, man of Cloyne Church, 219 S. by getting some help from the local Native American tribes. at St. Dominic and 334 at Holy Ro- somehow, God always provides,” Nov. 20 at Sunbury United Meth- North St., will have its Giving Tree The colony grew quickly, and by 1623, the settlers felt strong enough and safe sary-St. John. A scene from the 2016 St. Aloysius Church Thanksgiving dinner. Photo/Sandy Bonneville said Bonneville, who has been vol- odist Church, 100 W. Cherry St. weekend this Saturday and Sunday, enough to celebrate a day of prayer and thanksgiving, although not on a specific Many of the turkeys for the din- BY TIM PUET unteering for the dinner for the last Vinton County is the smallest of vides support for families not just at Anyone attending the Thanksgiv- Nov. 18 and 19. The parish wom- date; the actual date is unknown. ners come from Westerville St. Reporter, Catholic Times 17 years. “Helping serve the dinners Ohio’s 88 counties in population Thanksgiving and Christmas, but on ing Vigil Mass at St. John Neumann en’s group will be collecting gifts As more English and European settlers arrived in North America, they Paul Church’s “Bring a Turkey to has become a tradition for several and among the poorest in terms of other holidays throughout the year is asked to bring canned goods to for residents of four of its commu- pushed aside, drove out or destroyed the local tribes, believing that they were Church” weekend, which took place Several parishes in the Diocese of families, and these people become personal income. The number of and at back-to-school time. be donated to the food pantry of nity’s assisted care facilities. doing God’s work by driving pagan savages out of the “New Holy Land” (like on Nov. 11 and 12. The program Columbus will be sharing their bless- an extension of your own family. food donors and the amount col- Friends Who Share. the Hebrews, they had passed through water to reached their promised land). began in 1998, when it collected 32 The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pan- The Mount Carmel College of ings with others in various ways on “I’ve had many instances of un- lected for families in the county has try in Newark will be providing tur- West Jefferson Ss. Simon and Jude Nursing, 127 S. Davis Ave., Colum- Supporting this, later generations of New Englanders would create the myths churched persons who have said this turkeys and a $20 gift certificate. Church, 9350 High Free Pike, put Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. Last year, 420 turkeys and $1,425 in grown nearly every year since the key and other Thanksgiving fixings bus, had its Thanksgiving service of the heroic Plymouth settlement and the first Thanksgiving. is their only experience of church together 200 containers including 23, and the days surrounding it. cash were donated. program began. to the people that depend on it for on Monday, Nov. 13. During the The myth was spread by extensive western migration by New Englanders into each year, and who say they are go- instant mashed potatoes, gravy, and service, it received gifts of warm One of the diocese’s longest- The St. Francis Center at 404 W. Ashley Riegel, St. Francis Center their food needs. Each family also what is now New York state and even farther west to Ohio. As the New England- running Thanksgiving traditions is ing to pray for the people whose operations manager, said the goal will be given a $10 food coupon to stuffing for the community’s Good clothing, tents, batteries, and gently ers spread, Thanksgiving went with them. The transplanted New Englanders kindness was responsible for the South St. in McArthur doesn’t host Samaritan Food Pantry. used shoes and boots for the people the holiday meal at Columbus St. a Thanksgiving Day dinner because for this year was to collect enough be used at the St. Vincent de Paul discovered that their new neighbors, even the Catholics, liked this holiday. Aloysius Church, 2165 W. Broad dinner. Those prayers mean a lot money to provide $10 vouchers for Thrift Store before the end of the The Joint Organization for Inner- who live in homeless camps, on the The holiday’s popularity was limited by its association with New England, to me. I hope the dinner may have it lacks the room, but it gives about City Needs, a diocesan agency at streets, and under the bridges of the St., which has been served for more 500 families in Vinton County a each family, but thanks to a partner- year. This is a joint effort by the six which had become strongly abolitionist, and Southern governors and planta- led some of those people back to a 578 E. Main St. in Columbus which city. The offerings were distributed than 40 years. It annually involves chance to have a holiday dinner at ship with the CARE United Meth- Licking County parishes – Newark tion owners would not accept an “abolitionist” holiday. closer relationship with God.” serves the city and Franklin Coun- to the homeless by faculty member more than 50 volunteers from the home through its annual Turkey odist Outreach and the generosity of Blessed Sacrament and St. Fran- ty, distributed 400 boxes contain- Hannah O’Handley and the staff of But holiday Thanksgiving had a strong ally: Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, a New three parishes in Columbus’ west- Bonneville said people’s prayers for Toss program. the center’s supporters, that amount cis de Sales, Granville St. Edward, England widow with five children who edited a major magazine for women, side Hilltop area – St. Aloysius, St. her have special meaning this year was increased to $20. As donations Heath St. Leonard, Buckeye Lake ing food from the Byron Saunders the Mount Carmel Outreach street This year, eligible families will be in which she advocated the celebration of Thanksgiving, even providing reci- Agnes, and St. Mary Magdalene. because of the death in July of her continued to come in, it rose once Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and the Foundation, a central Ohio organi- medicine program, able to come to the center, receive pes and guides for setting the table. husband of 32 years, Russell Bonn- more, to $40. Johnstown Church of the Ascension. zation which provides Thanksgiv- Leading prayers at the service This year’s dinner will be from $40 vouchers for holiday food, eville. “It’s been tough, but I know ing meals annually to more than were Father Stuart Wilson-Smith, By the mid-19th century, Thanksgiving had become a widespread Christian 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the par- and use them at a supermarket in Circleville St. Joseph Church, 134 The IGNITE youth group from I’m going to be the dinner,” she said. 3,000 families in need. OP, of the Columbus St. Thomas holiday, one of the few Protestant days that the immigrant Catholics adopted. ish’s family center. Dinner coordi- the county for the first time in four W. Mound St., will serve dinner from Granville St. Edward Church, 785 “I know it keeps people from feel- New Boston St. Peter in Chains and More Newman Center, along with When the Civil War broke out, the states that observed or denied the holi- nator Sandy Bonneville said she ex- years. Campbell’s Market of Zanes- noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Newark-Granville Road, will join ing alone. I can understand that more Wheelersburg St. Monica churches day found themselves mostly on different sides. Mrs. Hale urged President pects to serve more than 500 meals, ville has opened a store in McAr- Day and will deliver dinners to the its counterparts from other Granville Pastor Juan Leon, Imam Horsed now because this year, I’m having Abraham Lincoln to declare a national Thanksgiving Day. with most of those attending also thur, giving the county a full-service homebound. Knights of Columbus churches in baking pies for the St. are supplying volunteers for the Noah, Rabbi Jessica Shimberg, and that feeling myself and know what receiving to-go dinners and turkey market once again. That means Council 5297 collected nonperish- Vincent de Paul Haven men’s shel- Wheelersburg ecumenical Thanks- students in the school’s campus In October 1863, after the great Union victory that summer at Gettysburg, the dinner is doing for me.” sandwiches for another meal or two. many county residents won’t have able food items for Thanksgiving ter in Newark on the evening of the giving meal on Saturday, Nov. 18 ministry program representing vari- Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as a day of Thanksgiving. from noon to 2 p.m. at Wheelers- ous faith traditions. (Recognizing that in some years, November has five Thursdays, Congress In addition, Catholic Social Ser- The Bonnevilles’ son, Rusty, to travel 10 to 20 miles for fresh baskets which will be distributed Granville ecumenical Thanksgiv- helped his father organize the take- passed a resolution in 1941, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed, es- vices delivers dinners to the home- food, as they’ve been doing since a this Sunday, Nov. 19. ing service, which will take place at out dinners and has assisted his tablishing the fourth Thursday in November as the federal holiday). bound. Bonneville says those din- store that had been the county’s only Parishioners of Columbus St. Mat- 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19 at Centenary ners go to about 200 people, and parents with the preliminary efforts United Methodist Church, 102 E. After the Civil War, Thanksgiving grew in popularity, and New Englanders supermarket closed in 2013. thias Church, 1582 Ferris Road, will indications are that there may be as needed to make the event a success. place nonperishable food around the Broadway. relentlessly pursued the veneration of the Plymouth Pilgrims, who, after all, Food and other items also will be many as 100 more this year. He is continuing his involvement altar for the week of Thanksgiving The St. Vincent de Paul Society at were English, not Confederates or Unionists, and had a unitive element. The distributed on Monday, Nov. 20 at while working as a biomedical sci- and joined students of neighboring Logan St. John Church, 351 N. Mar- Pilgrims were portrayed as pious, hard-working, reliable role models. Items available to take home sites in Ratcliffburg, New Plymouth, will include bags of food provided ences researcher at The Ohio State Columbus St. Francis DeSales High ket St., distributes Thanksgiving Believers love Thanksgiving because it is the only legal U.S. holiday that ac- Wilkesville, and Zaleski to Vinton through a drive conducted by Co- University. School in donating to St. Stephen’s baskets including turkey and other knowledges that we citizens should give thanks. Most Americans love a day that County families who have received lumbus Bishop Ready High School “Evangelism is what this is all vouchers from the center and are un- Community House and the Mid- food to the needy on the Sunday recognizes God, his many gifts to our country and the importance of the family. students and additional donations about,” Bonneville said. “To show able to or do not wish to travel there. Ohio Foodbank. before Thanksgiving. The parish’s No other federal holiday has Thanksgiving’s warmth and quiet optimism. from individuals and businesses, we care and do it with dignity. That’s The distribution is done by volun- St. Matthias also refers four Knights of Columbus, Columbian (P.S. – It is also the only holiday that is difficult to corrupt with commercialism!) plus coats from St. Mary Magda- really what we’re serving – dignity.” teers led by Jim and Liz Noe of the families to the Westerville-based Squires, and youth group help by Kelly is professor emeritus at John Carroll University in suburban Cleveland. lene Church, winter clothing, blan- On the other side of town from the New Albany Church of the Resur- MoMM (Miracle of Mom’s Memo- obtaining food donations from pa- kets, toiletries, and community in- Hilltop, volunteers will serve hun- rection, who have been charge of this ry) Foundation for its annual Holi- rishioners and others. The interfaith Thanksgiving service at the Mount Carmel College of Nursing included formation. dreds of meals and take-home pack- operation since it started in 2008. day Blessings program, which pro- Sunbury St. John Neumann participants from many faith traditions. Photo courtesy Mount Carmel College of Nursing 12 Catholic Times November 19, 2017 Serra Club of North Columbus Hosts Girls Vocation Luncheon

Veterans honored at Lancaster St. Bernadette Lancaster St. Bernadette School honored those who have served and are serving in the military in two ways. Students collected more than 600 packages of food, snacks, toiletries, and entertainment items for Christmas Care packages for local men and women serving abroad. Students wrote letters and colored pictures to include in the boxes. The school also hosted an assembly featuring patriotic songs and poems which was attended by 48 veterans and more than 50 other guests. A Knights of Columbus honor guard opened and closed the assembly with a formal flag procession and gave a demonstration of flag folding. St. Bernadette graduate Jake Moses, a fire support The Serra Club of North Columbus God’s plan in the girls’ lives in whatever specialist with the Army’s 134th Battalion, was guest speaker. He talked about hosted its annual vocations lunch for girls vocation he has designed for them. the Army’s seven core values and encouraged students to practice those values in in grades eight through 12 at Columbus The Serra Club sponsors girls and boys their behavior, their schoolwork, and their service to others. Fifth-grade students are St. Andrew Church. Sister John Paul, vocations lunches each year. Members shown standing in front of a Wall of Honor which was set up for the event to display OP, principal of Worthington St. Michael pray for vocations to the priesthood and pictures of veterans and current military personnel. Photo courtesy St. Bernadette School School, a Dominican Sister of Mary. the religious life daily, and invite other Mother of the Eucharist, was the speaker, laypersons to join them in their efforts to telling the girls that God is intensely promote and support religious vocations. focused on each of them and wants them Call Rose Mary Finneran at (614) 738- to have total and complete happiness. She 4233 if you are interested in attending a www.educu.org related her own story of discerning what meeting and finding out more about Serra God was calling her to do, encouraged 614-221-9376 and its mission. the girls to quietly listen to God, and ensured them that through establishing a Among those at the luncheon were (from prayerful relationship with God, he would left): first row, Anna Pallone, Sister John Visit Our Website To See All Our 80th Anniversary Money-Saving Offers. show his design for them when they are Paul, OP, Becca Pallone, and Erin Dunn; We’re Celebrating 80 Years of Putting You First! ready to receive it. She also said girls have second row, Natalie Allton, Stephanie special gifts from God, including intuition Arthur, Father James Black, pastor of Proudly Serving the Catholic Diocese since 1936 to know when someone is in need of Powell St. Joan of Arc Church, a sponsor help or of being lifted up emotionally or of the event; and Olivia Lehman. Some restrictions may apply. Membership eligibility is required. spiritually. She said these gifts can fulfill Photo courtesy North Columbus Serra Club November 19, 2017 Catholic Times 13 Two diocesan residents invested into Order of Malta Two people from the Diocese of be a Christian? The ecclesiologi- Columbus – Dr. Richard Mena and cal: What does it mean to be a Father Thomas Blau, OP – were member of the Church? And the invested on Saturday, Oct. 21 at soterological: What do we mean St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Wash- by the Kingdom of God?” ington into the Sovereign Military “When we receive the cross (of Hospitaller Order of St. John of the order) and wear the cross, we Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, remind ourselves who we are and commonly known as the Order of what it means to be a Knight and Malta. (Pictured are, from left, Dr. Dame of Malta, someone who stands Mena; Charles Mifsud, Columbus firmly on the foundation of our un- regional hospitaller for the order; derstanding of who we are, what Father Blau; and Doanld Hempson it means to be a Christian and a III of Columbus, a member of the member of the Church, and how we order.) participate in the glorious work of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop manifesting God’s kingdom,” Cardi- of Washington, told the nearly 500 nal Wuerl said. people in attendance that mem- The solemn Mass, during which 57 bers of the order are evangelizing new members were welcomed into disciples with unique characteristics the order, anchored a weekend that to inspire others – boldness, con- brought together members from 29 nectedness to the Church, a sense regions for an annual meeting with of urgency, and joy. He spoke the order’s national leadership, the of four significant questions whose presentation of awards, and a De- answers become those foundation pological: What does it mean to and likeness of God? The Chris- fense of the Faith program, conclud- blocks of our faith: “The anthro- be human, created in the image tological: What does it mean to ing with a dinner and dance.

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Erin Cordle contact diocesan director, Erin Cordle, al teléfono 614.241.2540, o al correo electrónico [email protected], at 614.241.2540, or [email protected], o al nuestro portal electrónico www.usccb.org/cchd Visit the CCHD website: www.usccb.org/cchd 14 Catholic Times November 19, 2017 Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A) The Weekday Bible Readings We have to do something with what we are given MONDAY 1 Maccabees 1:10-15,41-43,54-57,62-63 world that it is more than difficult to compare. It is impos- Psalm 119:53,61,134,150,155,158 sible. In any case, Sunday’s reading has snippets of this Luke 18:35-43 poem of praise which runs from Proverbs 31:10-31. TUESDAY Father The Gospel is about the distribution of talents of vari- 2 Maccabees 6:18-31 Psalm 3:2-8 Lawrence L. Hummer ous amounts and their results. A talent was the stan- Luke 19:1-10 dard large weight in the ancient Near East. In the New Testament period, it equaled 6,000 drachmas. A Greek WEDNESDAY 2 Maccabees 7:1,20-31 drachma equaled the Roman denarius. The denarius Psalm 17:1,5-6,8-15 Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31; was a day’s wage for a laborer. Thus, the man who re- Luke 19:11-28 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew 25:14-30 ceived five talents received about the same as 30,000 denarii, which was quite plainly a huge amount. The THURSDAY The book of Wisdom dates to the last half of the first 1 Maccabees 2:15-29 one who received two talents still received a good deal, Psalm 50:1-2,5-6,14-15 century BC. It was written by a Jew who knew Greek and even the one with one talent had a sizeable amount. Luke 19:41-44 It is impossible to know the thinking of those who The two who received the most were clever enough to FRIDAY match up liturgical readings during the three-year cy- double their money. The one who received only one 1 Maccabees 4:36-37,52-59 cle. Generally, the principle is to match first readings talent buried his money. 1 Chronicles 29:10-12 (Ps) with Gospel passages. Second readings usually stand On the day of reckoning, “the good and faithful ser- Luke 19:45-48 by themselves as another theme for preachers of the vants” doubled the original investments, and because SATURDAY Word. The only possible link I can make for Sunday’s of their faithfulness in “small matters,” they were wel- 1 Maccabees 6:1-13 readings is the Proverbs reading and Paul’s words to Psalm 9:2-4,6,16,19 comed into their master’s good graces and promised Luke 20:27-40 the Thessalonians, mentioning “labor pains upon a greater responsibilities in due course. The one who bur- pregnant woman.” That’s a stretch, but it is the only ied his was a different story. He even admitted, “I knew link I see. The Psalm response (Psalm 128) sings of you were a demanding person … so out of fear, I went off how blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who has a and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is.” fruitful wife, with “children like olive plants” around When he presented the one talent, the master was furi- his table. That was security for the man in his older ous: “You wicked, lazy servant. … you knew that I har- DIOCESAN WEEKLY RADIO AND years and is connected with the Proverbs reading. vest where I did not plant. … Should you not then have TELEVISION MASS SCHEDULE The Proverbs reading is told from the man’s point of put my money in the bank so that I could have got it back WEEK OF NOVEMBER 19, 2017 view, praising the worthy wife for all she does for her with interest on my return?” It was taken from that ser- husband. He has in her “an unfailing prize. She brings vant and given to the servant with the ten: “For to every- SUNDAY MASS him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.” She 10:30 a.m. Mass from Columbus St. Joseph one who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; Cathedral on St. Gabriel Radio (AM 820), Co- shops, she sews, she weaves, she cares for the poor but from the one who has not, even what he has will be lumbus, and at www.stgabrielradio.com. and the needy. “The woman who fears the Lord is to taken away. And throw this useless servant into the dark- Mass with the Passionist Fathers at be praised.” It adds, “Give her a reward for her labors, ness outside. where there will be wailing and grinding of 7:30 a.m. on WWHO-TV (the CW), Channel 53, Columbus. and let her works praise her at the city gates.” Today’s teeth.” What we are given, we are expected to do some- and 10:30 a.m. on WHIZ-TV, Chan- equivalent might be something like “May she be fea- thing with, not bury it in the ground. Like last week, this nel 18, Zanesville. Check local cable system for cable channel listing. tured on the front page of the paper!” ends in a warning about the end (either the bridegroom’s Mass from Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, Birming- Although contemporary readers may well protest such return or the reckoning). Be ready! ham, Ala., at 8 a.m. on EWTN (Spectrum Channel 385, sentiments as demeaning to women, such high praise of Father Lawrence Hummer, pastor at Insight Channel 382, women in a patriarchal society was rare and therefore Chillicothe St. Mary Church, can be reached at or WOW Channel 378). (Encores at noon, 7 p.m., and midnight). noteworthy. Today’s society is so unlike the biblical [email protected]. Mass from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee at 6:30 a.m. on ION TV (AT&T U-verse Channel 195, Dish Network Channel 250, Ohio School Boards Association honors Wellston Sts. Peter and Paul graduate or DirecTV Channel 305). Mass from Massillon St. Mary Church at 10:30 a.m. on Grant Plummer, a graduate of Wellston auditor’s website and created a spread- ture, and extremely community-minded,” WILB radio (AM 1060, FM 94.5 and 89.5), Canton, heard Sts. Peter and Paul School, was honored sheet with the names and addresses of all the school superintendent said. in Tuscarawas, Holmes, and Coshocton counties. at the annual fall conference of the Ohio property owners in the city. The purpose He has been involved with the Wellston School Boards Association’s southeast of his work was to determine the percent- Historical Association since age nine and is DAILY MASS region as the region’s outstanding male age of rental properties in the city. Mayor responsible for creating its slogan “Where 8 a.m., Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Birming- student. Connie Pelletier said his effort impressed would you be without Harvey?” referring ham, Ala. (Encores at noon, 7 p.m. and midnight). See Plummer, a sophomore at Wellston High many state officials. to town founder Harvey Wells. He also EWTN above; and on I-Lifetv School, was honored for the civic lead- He was chosen for the OSBA award from has been involved with the restoration of (Channel 113 in Ada, Logan, Millersburg, Mur- ray City and Washington C.H.; Channel 125 in Marion, ership he has shown, said Karen Boch, nominations received by the association Wells’ former home. Newark, Newcomerstown and New superintendent of Wellston City Schools. through the region’s 18 counties and 84 In addition, he is part of the Wellston Philadelphia; and Channel 207 in Zanesville); His research was instrumental in helping school districts. The student recognition Main Street and Make Wellston Beauti- 8 p.m., St. Gabriel Radio (AM 820), Columbus, the city of Wellston obtain a $500,000 program was established in 1993 to help ful civic groups. At school, he is active in and at www.stgabrielradio.com. neighborhood revitalization grant from school districts showcase outstanding Youth in Government, Student Council, the the state of Ohio. achievement and educational excellence. drama club, choir, and band. He is an altar We pray Week I, Seasonal Proper He singlehandedly checked every “He’s an extraordinary student who is server at Sts. Peter and Paul Church and is of the Liturgy of the Hours Wellston address on the Jackson County described as organized, very hands-on, ma- learning to play the organ for Masses there. November 19, 2017 Catholic Times 15 As the Bard might say . . . Four centuries after his death, Shakespeare remains stupid. Quarrelsome, indeed. a peerless playwright because of his remarkable in- Then there are protagonists of the exhortation, in- sight into the human condition. Love, ambition, fear, cluding bishops, who claim that Amoris Laetitia leads guilt, nobility, pomposity, patriotism, absurdity, sheer THE CATHOLIC the Catholic Church into a bright future because it jet- wickedness – you name it, Will grasped something of DIFFERENCE tisons the notion of intrinsically evil acts: actions that its essence. His work continues to help us understand are always wrong, irrespective of the circumstances. ourselves better because, whatever the changing of George Weigel How would Touchstone categorize them? Here we are times and seasons, human nature changes very little. through the looking glass, for the claim itself might Take, for example, the human propensity to dodge seem a defense, however porous, against the sugges- disagreeable arguments by way of evasion. a tad behind the curve theologically and pastorally. tion of an indulgence here in the Lie Circumstantial In As You Like It, the Bard neatly dissected the anat- As for the Quip Modest, well, that’s been in play for or the Lie Direct. Perhaps Shakespeare fails us at this omy of evasion through the words of a clown, Touch- months: The critics, or so the line goes, misrepresent point. I certainly hope so. stone, who outlines “the degrees of the lie”: what the Holy Father was actually saying and what No doubt some criticisms of Amoris Laetitia have “The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the we, his defenders, have been saying the Holy Father’s been crude and ill-tempered, assuming a malign inten- Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, been saying; there’s nobody here but us doctrinally tion on the pope’s part that no serious Catholic should the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quar- solid, pastorally sensitive folk. assume. But to hint, suggest, or assert that virtually relsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the The Reply Churlish has not been lacking, as evi- all criticisms of the exhortation are stupid, or mali- seventh, the Lie Direct.” denced by several recent academic seminars: Why cious, or pastorally insensitive is a very strange posi- Some 20 years ago, Father David Beauregard, a should we proponents of Amoris Laetitia engage its tion for the Party of Dialogue in the Church to take. In literarily inclined Oblate of the Virgin Mary, used critics? We’re the future; the wind is in our sails; get the debate over Amoris Laetitia, we are dealing with Touchstone’s taxonomy to challenge critics of John used to it. matters of considerable doctrinal and pastoral impor- Paul II’s 1993 encyclical on the reform of Catholic As for the Reproof Valiant, it comes in the familiar tance. And what is at stake are not just arguments and moral theology, Veritatis Splendor. Reading Father form of academic snark: Amoris Laetitia, its protago- academic egos, but the happiness and beatitude that Beauregard’s Shakespearean take on theological nists insist, is the Catholic tradition, and anyone who are the goal of the moral life. Surely, sorting that out controversy recently, I was struck by how closely even suggests that elements of the exhortation may requires a spirit of tolerance. Touchstone’s catalogue of evasion tracks the dodge- be in conflict with seemingly settled matters in the Tolerance comes from the Latin verb tolerare, which ball played by those who criticize the critics of Pope tradition, or in conflict with revelation itself, is a dolt means “to bear with.” So genuine tolerance does not Francis’ apostolic exhortation on marriage, Amoris who doesn’t understand how to interpret Scripture or avoid or evade or dismiss differences; it engages dif- Laetitia, but who never engage the substance of the tradition. ferences with charity and civility. Perhaps revisiting critics’ criticisms. The Countercheck Quarrelsome is rare in Rome, As You Like It will encourage those protagonists of The Retort Courteous has come a little late to the where bella figura remains prized. But one senior Amoris Laetitia who’ve been avoiding a real debate game, but we now hear it from some of the shrewder Vatican official, in an unguarded moment, has let it to reconsider. and less edgy protagonists of Amoris Laetitia: The be known that there are those who agree with and un- George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the critics of the exhortation are well-meaning people, but derstand Pope Francis, and there are those who are Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Pope bans cigarette sales at the Vatican By Junno Arocho Esteves However, cigarettes contin- Catholic News Service ued to be sold to current and Concerned by the damage retired personnel at the Vati- caused by smoking, Pope can. Even after the cigarette Francis has banned the sale ban goes into effect, the Vati- of cigarettes in Vatican City can will continue discount State. sales of gasoline, groceries and other goods to employees Starting in 2018, the Vatican and retirees. “will cease to sell cigarettes to employees,” Greg Burke, Vati- Nevertheless, while ciga- can spokesman, said in a Nov. rette sales “are a source of 9 statement. revenue for the Holy See, no “The reason is very simple: The Holy See cannot con- profit can be legitimate if it puts lives at risk,” tribute to an activity that clearly damages the health of Burke said. St. Anthony students people,” he said. “According to the World Health Or- On a moral level, the church has never defined train to be servers ganization, every year smoking is the cause of more smoking as a sin. The Catechism of the Catho- Columbus St. Anthony School fifth-graders are training than seven million deaths throughout the world.” lic Church says the gift of physical health requires to be altar servers with Father Thomas Petry, pastor of The Vatican used to be known as a safe haven for “reasonable care” of the body, and more specifi- St. Anthony Church. Server trainees include (from left): cigarette smokers. That changed dramatically in cally says: “The virtue of temperance disposes us Majid Strickland, Jamie Rodriguez, Allan Olivar, Paa- 2002, when Vatican City prohibited smoking in of- to avoid every kind of excess: the abuse of food, awuah Forjoe, Rebecca Burt, and August Sabo. fices and public places. alcohol, tobacco or medicine.” Photo courtesy St. Anthony Church 16 Catholic Times November 19, 2017 Pray for our dead St. Andrew students collect ‘Boxes of Joy’

AUKER, Joseph L., 87, Nov. 6 MYERS, Marla F. (Zito), 67, Nov. 2 St. Agnes Church, Columbus Immaculate Conception Church, Columbus BEVILACQUA, Wedo A., 93, Nov. 11 PAOLINI, Robert A., 68, Nov. 4 Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus St. John the Baptist Church, Columbus BURLEIGH, John R. “Bob,” 90, Nov. 3 RANDOLPH, Patricia P. (Pace), 85, formerly of St. Mary Church, Lancaster Columbus, Nov. 2 St. Margaret Church, Narberth, Pa. CARROLL, Mary D. (Nowlin), 88, Nov. 5 St. Therese’s Retreat Center, Columbus RECKER, Brice O., 68, Nov. 3 St. Matthew Church, Gahanna CASTORANO, Rob J., 54, Nov. 5 St. Cecilia Church, Columbus RENTLER, Joseph J., 91, Nov. 7 Church of the Resurrection, New Albany CASTROP, Kenneth J., 71, Nov. 8 St. Brigid of Kildare Church, Dublin RYAN, Elizabeth “Betty” (Simpson), 88, Nov. 5 St. Timothy Church, Columbus GILLILAND, William, 84, Nov. 6 St. John XXIII Church, Canal Winchester SAELENS, Ronald L., 79, Nov. 5 Columbus St. Andrew School, preschool, and PSR students collected nearly 300 box- St. Joseph Church, Sugar Grove GREEN, Carl “Steve,” 62, Nov. 3 es for the Box of Joy campaign this year. Box of Joy is a project sponsored by Cross St. Joseph Church, Sugar Grove SHAWGER, Kathleen M. (Brady), 68, Nov. 5 Catholic Outreach which helps spread Christmas joy and the message of Jesus Christ St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville to people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. JURKOVAC, Elizabeth (Wilson), 92, Nov, 8 Pictured are (from left) fourth-grade students Marcus Hemphill, Matthew Chizek, St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg SIANIS, Aloisia “Louise” (Miklitsch), 87, Nov. and Olivia Lane; their teacher, Cassie Thompson; and students Chioma Ibe and Mor- 9 LANGFORD, Thomas, 70, Nov. 9 gan Grawe. Thompson organized the program and helped prepare the boxes for St. Elizabeth Church, Columbus St. Joseph Church, Dover mailing. Photo courtesy St. Andrew School SMIGELSKI, Earl A., 73, Oct. 30 LAUBER, Eugene, 89, Nov. 11 Holy Spirit Church, Columbus St. Mary Magdalene Church, Columbus SNOBLE, Mary A. (Miller), 66, Nov. 8 McCLOSKEY, Paul F., 61, Nov. 4 St. Agatha Church, Columbus Our Lady of Peace Church, Columbus STAPLETON, Ralph E., 86, Nov. 8 McREYNOLDS, William F., 87, formerly of St. Christopher Church, Columbus Columbus, Nov. 9 Divine Word Church, Kirtland VOLLMER, Jane H. (Hoglund), 90, Nov. 9 St. Pius X Church, Reynoldsburg MILLER, Carroll B., formerly of Columbus, Nov. 11 St. Cyprian Church, Perry WAHL, Robert L., 73, Nov. 2 St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville MROCZKA, Georgianne (Mager), 73, formerly of Columbus, Nov. 3 YOUNG, Susan E., 71, Oct. 15 St. Leo Church, Cleveland St. Cecilia Church, Columbus

Architect to speak to Record Society Architect William Heyer will be the completed restoration of the Josephi- featured speaker at the quarterly meet- num’s St. Turibius Chapel and was ing of the Catholic Record Society at 2 architect for the new Cardington Sa- p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10 at the Columbus cred Hearts Church. He is working Historical Society, 719 W. Town St. on a new monastery church in Mis- His talk will be about “Church Ar- souri and a new university chapel in chitecture and Beauty: The Struggles Indiana, and on new sacred and civic and Rewards of Designing With Tra- buildings in Illinois, Missouri, Okla- ditional Architecture.” It will concern homa, Vermont, and Wisconsin. He sacred spaces, people, and challenges also is an adjunct professor in the fine and rewards in his recent work for the arts at the Josephinum. Diocese of Columbus and the Pontifi- For more information on the meet- cal College Josephinum. ing, contact society chairman Mike Heyer has owned an architecture stu- Finn at [email protected] or (614) dio in Bexley since 2002. He recently 268-4166. November 19, 2017 Catholic Times 17 H A P P E N I N G S

tours. 614-237-5421 Open House at Bishop Ready 25, SATURDAY CLASSIFIED Open House at St. Agatha School 1 to 3:30 p.m., Bishop Ready High School, 707 Salis- Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., St. Agatha School, 1880 Northam Road, bury Road, Columbus. Open house for prospective 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. HOLIDAY CRAFT BAZAAR Columbus. Open house for prospective students and students and their parents. General session begins at Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and & BAKE SALE their parents. 614-488-9000 1, followed by tours and department presentations. confession. Saturday, November 18, 9-3pm 614-276-5263 16-19, THURSDAY-SUNDAY St. Padre Pio Secular Franciscans 26, SUNDAY Our Lady of Lourdes St. Charles Presents ‘Shakespeare (Abridged)’ 1:30 to 5 p.m., St. John the Baptist Church, 720 Hamlet St., Praise Mass at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Community Center 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, St. Columbus. Fellowship and ongoing formation followed 11 a.m., Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church, 5225 1033 W. 5th St., Marysville Charles Preparatory School, 2010 E. Broad St., Columbus. by adoration and prayer, Liturgy of the Hours, and initial Refugee Road, Columbus. Praise Mass with upbeat con- 67 Tables of Holiday Crafts School’s theater department presents “The Complete formation with visitors. 614-282-4676 temporary music. 614-861-1242 Free Admission Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).” Tickets $5 to St. Catherine of Bologna Secular Franciscans Prayer Group Meeting at Christ the King $10. 614-252-6714 2 to 4:30 p.m., St. Francis of Assisi Church, 386 Buttles 5 to 7 p.m., Christ the King Church, 2777 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus. Meet in church for prayer, followed by Ave., Columbus (enter at daily Mass entrance). Weekly 17, FRIDAY general meeting, ongoing formation, and fellowship. Visi- parish prayer group meets for praise, worship, ministry, Fior Angelico Concert at Cathedral tors welcome. 614-895-7792 and teaching. 614-237-0401 NOVEMBER 8 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 7:30), St. Joseph Cathedral, Polish Mass at Holy Family Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter 212 E. Broad St., Columbus. Concert by Fior Angelico 2 p.m., Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad St., Columbus. 7 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Colum- chamber chorus, performing Spanish songs for lamenta- Monthly Mass in Polish. 614-221-4323 bus. Mass in Spanish. 706-761-4054 16, THURSDAY tion and rejoicing. Part of Early Music in Columbus series. Thanksgiving Concert at Marysville Our Lady of Lourdes Cenacle at Holy Name Tickets $30; $25 for seniors and $12 for students. 3 p.m., Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 1033 W. 5th St., 27, MONDAY 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- 614-973-1961 Marysville. Thanksgiving concert featuring parish music Catholic Singles Fellowship Mass, Dinner, Adoration bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in director Paul Melcher; his wife, Chelsea; and trumpeter 5:30 to 8 p.m., St. Mary Church, 82 E. William St., Dela- 18, SATURDAY the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. Joshua Zoppa, with hymns, operatic arias, Broadway ware. Parish’s Catholic singles fellowship group attends Life and Mercy Mass in Plain City Abortion Recovery Network Group tunes, and piano and trumpet selections. 937-644-6020 Mass, followed by dinner at a site to be determined, and 9 a.m. Mass, St. Joseph Church, 140 West Ave., Plain City. 7 to 8 p.m., Gateway Center, 2670 N. Columbus St., Lan- Taize Evening Prayer at Corpus Christi Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 7 to 8. All dioc- Saturday Life and Mercy Mass, followed by rosary and caster. Abortion recovery network group meeting for 4 to 5 p.m., Corpus Christi Center of Peace, 1111 E. Stewart esan Catholic singles welcome. 740-362-2246 confession. anyone interested in recovering from abortion or who Ave., Columbus. Evening Prayer in the style and spirit of Bethesda Post-Abortion Healing Ministry Bishop Hartley Admissions Testing has been through a recovery program, and wants to stay the Taize monastic community, with song, silence, and 6:30 p.m., support group meeting, 2744 Dover Road, Co- 9 a.m., Bishop Hartley High School, 1285 Zettler Road, connected. 614-721-2100 reflection. 614-512-3731 lumbus (Christ the King convent, first building west of Columbus. Admissions testing for prospective mem- Open House at Bishop Hartley Prayer Group Meeting at Christ the King the church). 614-718-0277, 614-309-2651, 614-309-0157 bers of school’s Class of 2022. Students who wish 7 to 9 p.m., Bishop Hartley High School, 1285 Zettler 5 to 7 p.m., Christ the King Church, 2777 E. Livingston Our Lady of Peace Men’s Bible Study to be considered for a scholarship must take test on Road, Columbus. Open house for prospective students Ave., Columbus (enter at daily Mass entrance). Weekly 7 p.m., Our Lady of Peace Church, 20 E. Dominion Blvd., either this date or Dec. 9. Preregistration is required. and their parents. Hear from principal, meet teachers and parish prayer group meets for praise, worship, ministry, Columbus. Bible study of Sunday Scripture readings. coaches, experience technology program, take campus 614-237-5421 and teaching. 614-237-0401 Centering Prayer Group Meeting at Corpus Christi Spanish Mass at Columbus St. Peter 10:30 a.m. to noon, Corpus Christi Center of Peace, 1111 E. 28, TUESDAY 7 p.m., St. Peter Church, 6899 Smoky Row Road, Colum- Padre Pio Prayer Group at St. John the Baptist Stewart Ave., Columbus. Centering prayer group meeting, bus. Mass in Spanish. 706-761-4054 All fund-raising events (festivals, beginning with silent prayer, followed by Contemplative 12:30 p.m., St. John the Baptist Church, 168 E. Lincoln Ave., bazaars, spaghetti dinners, fish fries, Worship Concert at London St. Patrick School Columbus. Padre Pio Prayer Group meeting, including ro- Outreach DVD and discussion. 614-512-3731 7 p.m., St. Patrick School, 226 Elm St., London. Worship bake sales, pizza/sub sales, candy DCCW Day of Reflection at Our Lady of Perpetual Help sary, devotions, and 1 p.m. Mass. 614-294-5319 concert featuring Tim O’Mark and school’s FROG Squad Rosary for Life at St. Joan of Arc sales, etc.) will be placed in the “Fund- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 3730 children’s choir. 740-852-0161 Broadway, Grove City. Day of reflection sponsored by Following 6:15 p.m. Mass, St. Joan of Arc Church, 10700 Raising Guide.” Liberty Road, Powell. Recital of Rosary for Life, spon- Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Speaker: Diana 20, MONDAY An entry into the Guide will be $18.50 sored by church’s respect life committee. Marie Winkler. Topic: “Preparing the Woman Within for Catholic Singles Fellowship Mass, Dinner, Adoration for the first six lines, and $2.65 for Advent.” Cost $25; lunch included. 614-228-8601 5:30 to 8 p.m., St. Mary Church, 82 E. William St., Dela- 29, WEDNESDAY each additional line. ware. Parish’s Catholic singles fellowship group attends ODU Adult and Continuing Education Info Session For more information, 19, SUNDAY Mass, followed by dinner at a site to be determined, and 6 to 7 p.m., Room 274, Bishop Griffin Center, Ohio Do- St. Christopher Adult Religious Education Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 7 to 8. All dioc- call David Garick at 614-224-5195. minican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus. In- 10 to 11:20 a.m., Library, Trinity Catholic School, 1440 esan Catholic singles welcome. 740-362-2246 formation session for university’s adult and continuing Grandview Ave., Columbus. Part 2 of seven-part video Mass of Healing and Healing Service at Cathedral education programs. 614-251-7400 series on “Wisdom: God’s Vision for Life” by Jeff Cavins 6:30 p.m., St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 E. Broad St., Columbus. Ohio Dominican Chorus Christmas Concert and Thomas Smith. Mass of Healing, followed by healing service including 7 p.m., Christ the King Chapel, Sansbury Hall, Ohio Do- Blessing of St. Gerard Majella at Holy Family Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ‘Happenings’ submissions minican University, 1215 Sunbury Road, Columbus. Univer- After 11 a.m. Mass, Holy Family Church, 584 W. Broad and veneration of relic of the True Cross. Priests will be sity chorus Christmas concert. 614-251-4453 Notices for items of Catholic interest must St., Columbus. Blessing of St. Gerard Majella, patron of on hand for discussion and prayer and the Sacrament of be received at least 12 days before ex- expectant mothers, for all women who are pregnant or Anointing of the Sick will be available. pected publication date. We will print them wish to become pregnant. 614-221-1890 30, THURSDAY as space permits. Angelic Warfare Confraternity at Columbus St. Patrick 21, TUESDAY Cenacle at Holy Name Items not received before this deadline may Following noon Mass, St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Rosary for Life at St. Joan of Arc 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- not be published. Ave., Columbus. Monthly meeting of Angelic Warfare Following 6:15 p.m. Mass, St. Joan of Arc Church, 10700 bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in Listings cannot be taken by phone. Confraternity, with talk on chastity-related issues fol- Liberty Road, Powell. Recital of Rosary for Life, spon- the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. Mail to Catholic Times Happenings, lowed by Holy Hour. 614-224-9522 sored by church’s respect life committee. Frassati Society Meeting at Columbus St. Patrick 197 E. Gay St., Columbus OH 43215 Open House at Bishop Watterson 7 p.m., Aquinas Hall, St. Patrick Church, 280 N. Grant Ave., Fax to 614-241-2518 1 to 3:30 p.m., Bishop Watterson High School,99 E. Cooke 23, THURSDAY Columbus. Meeting of parish’s Frassati Society for young E-mail as text to Road, Columbus. Open house for prospective students Cenacle at Holy Name adults. “Christ in the City” program with Adoration of the [email protected] and their parents. Tour facilities, meet faculty, staff, and 6 p.m., Holy Name Church, 154 E. Patterson Ave., Colum- Blessed Sacrament, confessions, Taize chant, and night coaches. School principal Deacon Chris Campbell will bus. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, with prayers in prayer, followed by refreshments at Claddagh Irish Pub. speak at 2 p.m. 614-268-8671 the Cenacle format of the Marian Movement of Priests. 614-224-9522 18 Catholic Times November 19, 2017

Book review With the smell of the sheep

doesn’t use those specific words – that ian bishops’ conference in 2014, he boring.” Instead, he handed his offi- if one is truly a shepherd in the church, said, “Holy priests are forgiven sinners cial, prepared remarks to a cardinal and then one must be among the sheep. For and instruments of forgiveness. They proceeded “to respond to a few things” him, the smell accompanies the shep- are not spiritual tourists, eternally un- specific to his audience. herd’s vocation. decided and dissatisfied, because they The pope engages readers because his “Smelling like sheep” is the foundation know they are in the hands of one who style is conversational and he uses im- upon which the pope builds, addressing never fails in his promises and whose agery they understand, e.g., “spiritual clergy and seminarians on a variety of providence is such that nothing can Alzheimer’s” in instructing priests of topics, e.g., mercy, forgiveness, love, re- separate them from that longing.” Ecuador to remember from where they lationships and gossip, which he speaks There are dozens of compilations of were called. Book highlights papal advice on about in several of the talks. papal talks. Most of those talks are Shepherds and future shepherds who ministry “And allow me to use this expres- written in an academic style – a style seek to have the sheep know their voic- Reviewed by Brian T. Olszewski, sion: the terrorism of gossip, because that can make them difficult for those es would do well to read Pope Francis’ Catholic News Service one who gossips is a terrorist dropping lacking the scholarly background to words often as they minister among – “With the Smell of the Sheep: The Pope a bomb, destroying from the outside – read, let alone understand them. and strive to smell like – those sheep. Speaks to Priests, Bishops and Other not even like a kamikaze, but destroy- Pope Francis noted that tediousness as Olszewski is the editor of The Catho- Shepherds” by Pope Francis. Orbis ing others instead,” he told the priests he opened his Naples talk by stating, lic Virginian, newspaper of the Dio- Books (Maryknoll, New York, 2017). of Naples in 2015. “Gossip destroys “I prepared a speech, but speeches are cese of Richmond, Virginia. During his first chrism Mass as pope and is a sign that there is no fraternity.” on March 28, 2013, Pope Francis used While the pope’s talks were given to the phrase “with the smell of the sheep” specific groups in different countries, for the first time in his pontificate. readers will quickly note his words As evidenced by this compilation, apply to shepherds throughout the uni- the pope has made it a hallmark of his versal church. ministry, emphasizing – even when he For example, in speaking to the Ital-

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