Mission of mercy ‘Food Fast’ brings Clarksville youths ‘in tune with others’ suffering,’ page 7.

Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com April 8, 2016 Vol. LVI, No. 26 75¢ Pope to release document on Walking in the light of Christ the family on April 8 Faith, love and VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Vatican has set April 8 for the release of service guide “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis’ teacher who receives reflection on the family and family life. archdiocese’s top The document, subtitled “On Love in educator honor the Family,” will be released at a Vatican By John Shaughnessy news conference with Cardinal Doug Bauman can’t believe how amazingly Lorenzo Baldisseri, memorable this past year has been for him. general secretary He and his wife Julie savored being in Philadelphia Pope Francis of the Synod of in September when Pope Francis celebrated the closing Bishops, Austrian Mass of the World Meeting of Families for nearly Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna and one million people. Giuseppina and Francesco Miano, a married Bauman is also part of a team of four teachers at couple who participated in both the 2014 and St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis that was one of just 2015 synods of bishops on the family. 10 schools from across the country chosen for a special “Amoris Laetitia” is what is known as three-year program at the University of Notre Dame—a a “postsynodal apostolic exhortation,” a program that focuses on helping teachers inspire student document addressed to the whole Church learning in the areas of science, technology, engineering reflecting on themes of Church life and faith and math. that have been discussed at a gathering of the And the father of three was recently selected as this Synod of Bishops. year’s recipient of the Saint Theodora Guérin Excellence According to a variety of reports, the in Education Award, the highest honor for a Catholic document will be long—perhaps as many as educator in the archdiocese. 200 pages. Yet perhaps the most telling memory that Bauman Speaking to reporters flying with him shares from the past year comes from a moment at the from Mexico to Rome in late February, beginning of one of his math classes. Pope Francis said the document “will During that time, a student volunteer leads the class summarize all that the synod said,” including in prayer and shares one of the Mass readings that day, about broken families, the importance of followed by Bauman leading the students in a short serious marriage preparation programs, reflection of how the message from the reading applies to raising and educating children, and their lives. “integrating” divorced and civilly remarried “The Scripture passage was the story about Zacchaeus, Catholics into active parish life even if they and how he climbed the sycamore tree in an effort to get cannot receive Communion. a better view of Jesus,” Bauman recalled. “We ended up “The key word that the synod used— See BAUMAN, page 2 and I will refer back to it—is to ‘integrate’ wounded families, families with remarried spouses, and all this, into the life of the Doug Bauman adds real-life applications to the math classes Church,” the pope said on the plane he teaches at St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis, and he on Feb. 17. multiplies his influence on his students by sharing his faith and However, he said, “being integrated emphasizing service—qualities that led him to be selected as into the Church does not mean ‘taking this year’s recipient of the Saint Theodora Guérin Excellence in Communion.’ I know remarried Catholics Education Award, the highest honor for a Catholic educator in who go to Church once or twice a year” and the archdiocese. (Photo by John Shaughnessy) say, “ ‘I want to receive Communion,’ as if See FAMILY, page 2 ‘Such a flow of grace’ pervades at 2016 Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference By Victoria Arthur and Natalie Hoefer

Divine Mercy and a miracle drew Jennifer Conley, her sister and her mother to downtown Indianapolis on March 19. From their spots in the front row, the trio from Fishers, Ind., took in every moment of the 2016 Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference. The previous year’s conference, they believe, had yielded miraculous results for their family. Conley had proof positive in the cell phone image of her Jennifer Conley, left, and her sister, Jessica DeFrench, enjoy time together during 4-month-old daughter, Mariella Faustina—named after the Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference on March 19. Conley sees a miraculous the Blessed Mother and the patroness of Divine Mercy, connection between a healing service at last year’s conference and the recent birth St. Faustina Kowalska of Poland. of her daughter, Mariella Faustina. The baby’s first name, an Italian variation of Mary, Conley and her husband, Nik, had been struggling with also means “wished-for child,” while her middle name is in honor of St. Faustina infertility for two years when a healing priest prayed over Kowalska, who introduced the world to the Divine Mercy image and devotion. See WOMEN, page 8 (Photo by Victoria Arthur) Page 2 The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016

learn to apply their math concepts to real- BAUMAN life applications, she said. continued from page 1 “I’ve seen him use his classroom for miniature golf as the students solve talking about how we all have a little bit of problems involving angles,” Perkins noted. Zacchaeus inside us. We all struggle to see “They’ve used the non-linear exponential Jesus from time to time. The question was growth model formula to determine our raised, ‘What holds us back from getting a city’s population in four different years, clear view of Jesus—busy schedules, social and they’ve calculated the slope in algebra media, peer pressure?’ by comparing the speed of a cheetah “An amazing discussion ensued. Then and the speed of a track star. It always one student asked, ‘If Zacchaeus used feels like they are playing with math a bit a sycamore tree to get a better view of in class.” Jesus, what are the sycamore trees in our The learning is also demanding in lives—what allows us to get a better view his class. of Jesus?’ ” After observing his teaching style, The answers the students gave came Perkins once told him, “The work you quickly: friends, teachers, reading Scripture were asking the students to do required more frequently, having intentional prayer much rigor. It was very challenging, but time at home, going to Mass more often, you gave them the tools and instruction to Doug Bauman leads the way as St. Barnabas students Michael Feltz, middle, and Jackie Zhao carry setting aside quiet time, and minimizing make it attainable.” canned goods in the school’s annual drive to help Indianapolis food pantries that serve the poor. distractions. Seventh-grade student Samantha Moylan Bauman considers the food drive his most rewarding experience as a teacher. (Submitted photo) “In a span of three minutes, our math shares that enthusiasm for Bauman. class had turned into an incredibly deep “He is an amazing teacher,” she said. convince our students that society has it all teacher make an attempt to pack as many and rich discussion focused solely on “He explains everything to everyone. And wrong, and that the real and authentic truth cans as possible into a very confined strategies that improve my students’ we learn a lot of things about religion, and beauty in life rests in the words and space. It’s during those moments that I’m relationships with Jesus and with each too. He tells us not to judge. He’s a very actions of Jesus Christ.” reminded why we are here on Earth—to other,” Bauman noted. “I absolutely love faith-filled person.” Bauman tries to convince his students love God and to love one another.” our five-minute, prayer-and-reflection time Another side of his influence is shared through the way he treats them with respect That lesson of “walking in the light at the beginning of each class. Math is by Father Benjamin Syberg, the associate and attention, through the example he of Christ” is the one that Bauman hopes great, but prayer and reflection trump math pastor of St. Barnabas who was a former sets by attending Mass with his family, endures for his students. any day of the week.” student of Bauman when he taught at through the stories and memories he “Christ teaches us to love one another Roncalli High School in Indianapolis. shared from the Mass with Pope Francis in as he loved us. Enabling our students to Inspiration, influence and integrity “When I was a high school freshman, Philadelphia. experience that Christ-like love and service The various special moments from a tornado struck the south side of “I presented each student with a rosary firsthand is the one teacher moment that Bauman’s past year reflect the diverse Indianapolis, including Roncalli,” which was blessed by Pope Francis,” he will be forever instilled in my heart.” † qualities of his life. Father Syberg recalled. “On that day, I was said. “Even though they were missing math He was a stay-at-home dad for in Doug’s class. When it [hit], we could instruction that day, they needed to hear five years, using some of that time to earn barely see outside the window. We spent the stories from Philadelphia. They needed Finalists for teaching a master’s degree in pastoral theology. hours in the hallway, and when we came to see and hear firsthand that our Catholic At St. Barnabas Parish, he and his wife back, water was all over our room. It was faith is alive and thriving. They needed to honor come from of 14 years serve as sponsors for couples not a day for which you can prep. But hear that we as Catholics are striving to put throughout the preparing for marriage. He also is a small he prayed with us, kept us calm and kept the family first, regardless of what society group leader for youths preparing for us hopeful. is telling us.” archdiocese confirmation, and he’s an extraordinary “I will always view Doug as a man All those lessons connect with the While Doug Bauman of minister of holy Communion. leading us through a storm, praying with experience that Bauman considers his St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis In his seventh- and eighth-grade math scared and confused teenagers, knowing most rewarding moment as a teacher— was selected as this year’s recipient of classes, he’s been known to dress as the that he was more than a math teacher. He working with his students on the school’s the Saint Theodora Guérin Excellence superhero MathMan and as Bert from the was a disciple.” annual canned food drive to help local in Education Award, four other Mary Poppins movie. And he enjoys hiking Bauman embraces that relationship with food pantries. teachers were named as finalists and biking with Julie and their daughters, Christ and his students. “All of those cans are able to be donated for the highest honor for a Catholic Annie, 11, Lily, 9, and Betsy, 7. because of the efforts and sacrifices of educator in the archdiocese. “He is noteworthy as a Catholic Walking in the light of Christ our students,” he said. “They went out Finalists also included: educator because of his inspiration, “Every day I walk into my classroom, ‘canning’ in their neighborhoods. They • Emily Denton—St. Thomas his influence and his integrity,” said I’m given an amazing opportunity and gave up some of their money to purchase Aquinas School in Indianapolis Debbie Perkins, principal of St. Barnabas responsibility—to teach a group of cans. They did extra chores around the • Brittany Geswein—St. Mary-of- School. “He sees it as his mission to middle-school students a little bit about the house to earn ‘can money.’ the-Knobs School in St. Mary-of- guide young men and women to be moral, world of math and a whole lot about the “When I step into the back of that truck the-Knobs spiritual, ethical followers of Christ, and incredible sacrificial love that God has for and work side by side with my students • Dan McNally—Bishop Chatard to teach them to be good mathematicians all of us,” said Bauman, a 1995 graduate loading thousands of canned goods, we High School in Indianapolis along the way.” of Roncalli. get to see a very different and special side • Jeanine Ritter—St. Pius X School His students have tremendous success in “We as teachers and parents are of each other. I get to see their humanness in Indianapolis † Indiana’s math proficiency tests, and they definitely fighting an uphill battle trying to firsthand. And they get to see their math Annunciation is feast of saying ‘yes’ to God, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS)—When people do not want continually reached out to holy men and women—from FAMILY to say “yes” to God, they usually do not say “no,” they Abraham to Moses to the prophets—asking them to cooperate in continued from page 1 just hide like Adam and Eve did after they sinned, his plan of salvation. Pope Francis said. “Today the Gospel speaks to us of the end of that ‘yes’chain Communion were a prize.” “Today is the feast of ‘yes,’ ” the pope said during his and the beginning of another” with Mary’s willingness to carry “It is a matter of integration ... the doors early morning Mass on April 4, the transferred feast of the God’s son, he said. “With this ‘yes,’ God not only watches how are all open. But one cannot just say: From Annunciation. The Latin-rite Church usually celebrates the humanity is proceeding, he not only walks with his people, but now on ‘they can take Communion.’ This Angel Gabriel’s annunciation to Mary on March 25, but he becomes one of us and takes on our flesh.” would also wound the spouses, the couple, transfers the feast when it occurs during Holy Week. Jesus himself is God’s “yes,” the pope said. because it won’t help them on the path A group of priests celebrating the 50th anniversary of their The feast of the Annunciation, he said, is a perfect occasion to integration,” the pope said. Receiving ordinations and a group of Vincentian Sisters who are called to to think about one’s life, and whether or not “we always say Communion eventually could be possible, renew their vows each year joined Pope Francis for the Mass in ‘yes’ or often hide, with our heads down, like Adam and Eve,” he indicated, but integration is “a journey, it the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. not exactly saying “no,” but pretending not to know what is a path.” † Even after the sin of Adam and Eve, the pope said, God God is asking. †

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Meridian St. • Indianapolis, IN 46202-2367 The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016 Page 3 Pope asks for new Catholic institutions of mercy, charity VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis asked Catholic dioceses around the world to set up a permanent memorial of the Holy Year of Mercy by establishing a hospital, home for the aged or school in an under-served area. Celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday with an evening prayer vigil on April 2 and a morning Mass on April 3, the pope said the idea came to him during a meeting with a charitable organization, and he decided to mention it at the vigil with participants of the European gathering of the World Apostolic Congress of Mercy and followers of the Divine Mercy devotion. “As a reminder, a ‘monument’ let’s say, to this Year of Mercy, how beautiful it would be if in every diocese there were a structural work of mercy: a hospital, a home for the aged or abandoned children, a school where there isn’t one, a home for recovering drug addicts—so many things could be Pope Francis uses incense as he celebrates Mass done,” the pope said. An image of St. Faustina Kowalska is seen as nuns wait for the start of Pope Francis’ celebration of on the feast of Divine Mercy in St. Peter’s Square “Let’s think about it and speak with Mass on the feast of Divine Mercy in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 3. (CNS photos/Paul Haring) at the Vatican on April 3. the bishops,” the pope told thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray and respect for the law in that harshly in Jesus’ wounds, Pope Francis said, “a commanded, he said, many times Christians the Divine Mercy chaplet of St. Faustina tried land.” faith incapable of entering the wounds of today experience “an interior struggle Kowalska, and also to remember The more one receives mercy, the Lord is not faith. A faith unable to be between a closed heart and the call of love St. John Paul II, who promoted the devotion Pope Francis said at the vigil on April 2, merciful as a sign of the merciful wounds to open doors closed by sin. and died on April 2, 2005. “the more we are called to share it with of the Lord, is not faith. It’s an idea, “Christ, who for love entered through Reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer at the others; it cannot be kept hidden or kept only an ideology. doors barred by sin, death and the powers end of Mass the next day, Pope Francis said for ourselves.” “If we want truly want to believe and of hell, wants to enter into each one of us to the Divine Mercy Sunday celebration was God’s mercy should drive people to love have faith,” he said, “we must draw near break open the locked doors of our hearts,” “like the heart of the Year of Mercy,” and he others, “recognizing the face of Jesus Christ and touch those wounds, caress those the pope said. Where people are wounded, announced that Catholic parishes throughout above all in those who are most distant, wounds, but also lower our heads and let fearful and uncertain, Christians are called Europe would be asked to take up a special weak, alone, confused and marginalized,” others touch our wounds.” to reach out with Jesus’ peace, mercy and collection on April 24 as a sign of closeness he said. Celebrating the Divine Mercy Sunday healing power. and solidarity with people suffering because “It pains the heart” when people talk Mass the next morning, Pope Francis said “In Christ, we are born to be instruments of the war in Eastern Ukraine. about refugees and say, “Let’s throw them the Gospel story of God’s mercy “remains of reconciliation, to bring the Father’s The war has caused thousands of deaths out,” or speak about the poor and say, “Let an open book” to which people can add forgiveness to everyone, to reveal his loving and forced more than 1 million people to them sleep on the street,” the pope said. “Is good news by being heralds of the Gospel face through concrete gestures of mercy,” flee their homes, he said. Pope Francis this of Jesus?” and engaging in works of mercy, “which are Pope Francis said. “Truly, God’s mercy is prayed that the collection, a sign of Reflecting on the Gospel account of the hallmarks of the Christian life.” forever; it never ends, it never runs out, solidarity and closeness, “could help, Thomas, who came to faith in the risen Just as the disciples were afraid, but it never gives up when faced with closed without further delay, promote peace Lord when he was able to put his hands nevertheless set out as the risen Lord doors, and it never tires.” † Pro-life advocates oppose new FDA guidelines for RU-486 use WASHINGTON (CNS)—Pro-life for surgical abortions. This anguish, too, she performs fetal ultrasound daily, by the drug manufacturer.” advocates expressed dismay with new will now be visited on more women.” explained that a 10-week-old fetus is Some abortion opponents said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “People need to know this is a “a well-developed and recognizably announcement was politically motivated guidelines that effectively expand how very, very serious expansion of the human creature. Head, hands, feet and in the midst of presidential and pregnant women can use RU-486, a drug use of RU-486,” Deirdre McQuade, vigorous movement are evident even to congressional elections as Republican that induces abortion. spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of the untrained eye. and Democrat candidates seek support The new rules, announced on March Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Pro Life “Also at issue is the psychological and from women. 30, allow a woman to use RU-486— Activities, told Catholic News Service physical impact on a woman, sent home The FDA said in the announcement known generically as mifepristone and (CNS) on March 31. to experience the very painful cramps of that its decision was based on by its brand name Mifeprex—later “Clearly the loosening of the FDA a chemical abortion of a fetus that size,” medical science. into pregnancy and with fewer visits to guidelines puts more women, girls and she added. “Besides the considerable “After reviewing the supplemental a doctor. unborn children at risk,” McQuade said, blood loss and pain, there is every chance application, the agency determined New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, while expressing concern that women and of a woman recognizing a fully formed that Mifeprex is safe and effective chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life girls will be faced with the possibility of fetus amongst the expelled ‘products of when used to terminate a pregnancy in committee, called the FDA’s decision delivering a “recognizably human child” conception.’ ” accordance with the revised labeling,” the irresponsible. “The unofficial, off-label at home with no one in attendance. Randall K. O’Bannon, director agency said. use of RU-486 “Women panic. They don’t know what of education and research at Dr. Mark S. DeFranceso, president of is now the new to do. Who’s there for them to care for National Right to Life, said in a statement the American Congress of Obstetricians normal, paving them?” she said. on March 30 that the new guidelines do and Gynecologists (ACOG), welcomed the way for the McQuade also expressed concern that not make chemical abortion safer. the new regimen in a statement, saying it destruction of even the new guidelines allow non-physicians “In the end, it is obvious that the FDA’s “reflects the current available scientific more innocent lives, to dispense or prescribe the drug. “This new protocol serves only the interest of evidence and best practices, and includes and putting women raises a huge question. Do we want the abortion industry by expanding their many of the recommendations that ACOG and girls at risk for nurses, physician’s assistants, non-MDs base of potential customers, increasing had presented to the agency. Extending all the life-changing overseeing the prescription of a drug their profit margin and reducing the level approved use of mifepristone through effects of abortion,” that has very serious consequences of staff and amount of resources they have 70 days of gestation is proven to be he said in an for women?” to devote to the patient,” O’Bannon said. safe and effective, and will give women Cardinal April 1 statement. Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie, an advisory He added that while the announcement more time to make the decision that is Timothy M. Dolan “Far from wanting board member with the Catholic was welcomed by some, documents right for them.” abortion to be ‘rare,’ Association, in a March 31 statement detailing the impact on women’s safety The new guidelines run contrary to abortion advocates are celebrating this called the extension of time that RU-486 has been released. laws in some states that require doctors expanded use as opening an ever-widening can be used “substantial.” She said women “Certainly, none of the modifications to follow more stringent FDA regulations door to abortion,” he said. “They are “will feel the deplorable effects of this is of any benefit to the unborn child,” regarding RU-486 use that were adopted equally celebrating the FDA’s neglect of change” when they will return home “to O’Bannon said. in 2000. Supporters of legal abortion in women’s health. Women have died from endure a painful and shocking process by The new FDA guidelines for RU-486 North Dakota, Ohio, Texas and elsewhere this drug, and many who used it after eight themselves and, of course, their babies.” brings the regimen for taking the drug have challenged the laws in court. weeks of pregnancy ended up returning Christie, a radiologist who said in line with what has become standard In response to a court order putting a medical practice: law similar to those in Texas and Ohio • Extending the period when a woman on hold, Arizona legislators recently can take the drug to 70 days of sent a bill to Gov. Doug Ducey requiring ‘“People need to know this is a very, very pregnancy from 49 days. abortion-inducing medications to be serious expansion of the use of RU-486. • Lowering the dosage to administered according to FDA protocol Clearly the loosening of the FDA guidelines 200 milligrams from 600 milligrams. that was in effect as of Dec. 31. • Reducing the number of visits to a In his statement, Cardinal Dolan puts more women, girls and unborn children doctor by a woman to two from three. offered the Catholic Church’s assistance at risk.’ RU-486 is used with another drug to “any woman who finds herself called misoprostol, a prostaglandin, to pregnant” and needs help. He invited —Deirdre McQuade, spokeswoman for the induce a chemical abortion by blocking women to “come to Catholic agencies the hormone progesterone needed to for nonjudgmental, caring assistance. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ sustain a pregnancy. The FDA said it Catholic Charities, pregnancy help Secretariat for Pro Life Activities changed the guidelines governing RU-486 centers, and many parishes stand at the “based on data and information submitted ready to assist those in need.” † Page 4 The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016

Opinion

Be Our Guest/Jeanne Akers Although she is not Catholic,

Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 retiring parish secretary says Most Rev. Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Publisher Mike Krokos, Editor Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus she has learned so much good about the faith and its people Editorial December of 2003. A life-changing justice and patience (after all, I do work date for me as I began my new adventure for Fr. Rick, a.k.a. “The Blur”). I have as parish secretary at St. Margaret Mary honed and sharpened my multi-tasking Parish in Terre Haute. abilities. I have also learned technology— Providence Sister Mary Beth Klingel and that I can’t crochet worth a hill and Jerry Moorman, both pastoral of beans. associates at the parish, interviewed and I have heard stories of families, hired me on their belief I would be the histories and tunes carried through the best person to represent the parish office. I years. I took phone calls from visitors remember informing them at the interview passing through our town, telling me how that I was not Catholic and did not play they enjoyed the Mass, the music and bingo, but regardless, they smiled and the dancing priest—which was the late hired me. Msgr. Joseph Kern. I learned personalities, In my time at this parish, I have learned needs, desires and fears. My porches and that Catholics are tolerant, faithful and yard are full of adopted leftover flowers extremely patient, especially when they from Advent and Lent. One more planter, are training a secretary who is Baptist. But and there will be a mutiny within my Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh and Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of train me they did, and then some. family … with me learning to walk the Washington chat near the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23 in Washington. I have seen transitions in leadership, proverbial plank. The high court heard oral arguments in the Zubik v. Burwell contraceptive, watched children grow older and grow in But here’s the most important thing abortifacient and sterilization mandate case. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters) their faith, and cried with my newfound I take with me as I leave as the parish friends as others passed before us. secretary: I take a little bit of the spirit and I have laughed, celebrated marriages, joy of the Catholic faith with me on my The Church thrives baptisms, birthdays and seasons, and daily walk. I have truly become Cat-Bap. have an open invitation to some of the And I thank everyone in the Indianapolis in troubled times biggest celebrations within the Filipino Archdiocese for having me. and Spanish communities. Best of all, I Peace be with you all. Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of the apostolic works employed by saints became an honorary member of this parish. Washington is quoted as saying, “The and martyrs in every age, and they are the Father Rick Ginther, the parish’s current (Jeanne Akers is retiring as secretary Church thrives in troubled times. equally valid strategies at our disposal as pastor, calls me a Cat-Bap. at St. Margaret Mary Parish in This was true in the past, and it will 21st-century missionary disciples called I have learned compassion, social Terre Haute.) † be true in the future. The difference to grow the Church (help it thrive), and is that the times we live in now are prepare for Christ’s return in glory at the our troubled times. We are the disciples end of time. of Jesus Christ who must bear witness If we are worried about the current state Letter to the Editor to him in the challenging circumstances of the world (or about the Church’s ability Former Criterion editor’s quiet leadership gave of today.” to withstand the pressures increasingly The cardinal’s insight is a powerful applied by external, secular forces), we newspaper strength and consistency one. The Apostles, martyrs and saints should increase the frequency and fervor of the past two millennia can serve of our prayer. We should attend Mass more I am sorry that The Criterion did not In her own quiet leadership, Bea as a great inspiration for us, and we often and participate in the sacraments see fit to remember more thoroughly the gave the newspaper its strength and believe they actively assist us with more regularly. How often do we pray for death of Beatrice Ackelmire of St. Luke consistency following the retirement of their intercessory prayer. But we are peace? For the protection of human life? the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis Msgr. Ray Bosler. the ones who have to stand in their For the poor and homeless? For refugees recently. Along with Fred Fries, the newspaper’s place today. We are the ones who must and all victims of terror? How often do we Bea served as associate editor of managing editor, Bea sought to encourage stand for what we believe over and confess our sins—what we have done, and The Criterion in the early 1970s, as a lively spirit to the religious press during against the principalities and powers what we have failed to do? well as having a formidable newspaper a period of change in the Church. of the 21st century. Our responsibility Pope Francis urges us to be more career at both The Indianapolis News and I am sorry our paths crossed very is to follow the example of yesterday’s actively engaged in the life of the The Indianapolis Star. infrequently after she herself left saints so that we can pass on a vibrant, Church—not reluctantly or with sour faces, She was my boss when I was assigned The Criterion. faith-filled Church to our descendants. but with hearts filled with joy. This is no to The Criterion in 1972, and she was What are the challenges we face time for passive or part-time Christianity. for me a no-nonsense yet dignified and Fr. Thomas C. Widner, S.J. today, and how can we help the Church Our troubled times call for missionary talented journalist of the kind that no Brebeuf Jesuit Community to thrive (not merely survive) during disciples who are serious about what they longer exists in the publishing world. Indianapolis these troubled times? believe, and who are willing to stand up Certainly threats against the sanctity and be counted as women and men of faith. of human life (abortion, euthanasia, Only we can sustain the Church’s genocide, capital punishment and more) mission in the face of the unique are at the top of the list. Terrorism, challenges of our time. Only we can affirm poverty, hunger, homelessness, the the culture of life over and against all the plight of refugees, epidemics, incurable forces of death and destruction. Only we diseases and mental illnesses are all-too can defend religious liberty, and refuse prominent on our list of troubles. Add to to allow the genocide against Christians these the effects of secularism and the and other religious peoples throughout moral decay we witness all around us, the world. Only we can feed the hungry, and it would be easy to be discouraged. shelter the homeless and minister to all How are people of faith supposed to deal who are in need. with the difficulties and challenges that Only we can be Jesus Christ to our characterize these troubled times? sisters and brothers here in Indiana and Pope Francis tells us that we are throughout the world. Only we can help missionary disciples called to move the Church thrive in these troubled times beyond our “comfort zones” and to go because of our prayer, our evangelization out to the peripheries—the margins and our service to others. of human society—to give witness to We are right to be worried about the the joy we have found in the love and state of the world today, but our response mercy of Jesus Christ. Rather than sit should not be to wring our hands. It should around and complain about how awful be to raise our hands in prayer, to preach the world is, we are challenged to do the Gospel with our words and actions, something about it. and to extend a helping hand to all who are But what can we do about the in need. culture of death, or terrorism or the If we are successful, the Church will rise of secularism? We can do what thrive in our day and be a great blessing Christians have always done. We can to generations to come! May the risen pray, we can proclaim the Good News, Lord give us the grace to be his faithful and we can feed the hungry, clothe the disciples—now and always! naked, minister to the sick, shelter the homeless and visit prisoners. These are —Daniel Conway

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Archbishop/Arzobispo Joseph W. Tobin

Rejoice in the Lord

Alégrense en el Señor

GA O UDE MIN TE IN DO

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Easter joy and the laughter of redemption

ast week, I offered some is inviting us to make the connection a son. But once the promise comes true, If we are the heirs of Abraham and reflections on the wonderful between God’s abundant mercy and the it turns into joyful laughter; crabbed Sarah and, like Isaac, can see with the Lexperience we call Easter joy. joy we experience as the beneficiaries of loneliness is dissolved in the joy of eyes of faith, the Lamb caught in the In that column, I observed that Easter God’s love and forgiveness. fulfillment” (cf. Gn 17:17; 18:12; 21:6). thicket (which foreshadows Christ on joy flows from the experience of Joy is also prominent in the writings Jewish tradition refers the laughter the cross) is revealed to us. “In this God’s mercy, from the forgiveness of of Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Emeritus not only to Isaac’s parents, but to the Lamb, we actually do glimpse heaven,” our sins, and the absolution we have Benedict XVI. In Behold the Pierced boy himself. “Did he not have cause the cardinal says, “and we see God’s received from the Father whose face One, published in 1986, he writes about to laugh when the sad and gruesome gentleness, which is neither indifference is mercy. Easter joy is our response to “the healing power of laughter” as it is drama … suddenly brought liberty nor weakness but power of the the grace of God—freely given and revealed in the biblical story of Abraham and redemption? This was a moment highest order.” totally unmerited—simply because God and his son Isaac. “As he climbs the in which it was shown that the history He continues, “Since we see the loves us and wants us to be happy with mountain, Isaac sees that there is no of the world is not a tragedy, the Lamb, we can laugh and give thanks. … him forever. animal for the sacrifice. He asks his inescapable tragedy of opposing forces, Jesus is Isaac, who, risen from the dead, I also noted that Easter joy is the father about this and is told that God but divine comedy.” Isaac, the young comes down from the mountain with the experience of heartfelt gratitude which will provide [Gn 22:8]. Not until the man who thought his life was cruelly laughter of joy in his face. All the words overshadows all anxiety and fear. It very moment when Abraham lifts up his finished, was able to experience joy and of the Risen One manifest this joy—this allows us to breathe easily and let go of knife to slay Isaac do we grasp what this to laugh. laughter of redemption: if you see what I burdens that weigh us down. Christians means. A ram is caught in the thicket and The cardinal concludes his reflection see and have seen, if you catch a glimpse can rejoice because the passion, death takes the place of Isaac as a sacrifice.” by observing that you and I are Isaac; we of the whole picture, you will laugh” and resurrection of Jesus have set us free. How does this bittersweet story of are the children of Abraham and Sarah. (cf. Jn 16:20)! We can be at peace because nothing—not Isaac’s last-minute rescue by the lamb “We climb up the mountain of time,” he Let’s laugh together in the spirit of even death—can separate us from God’s caught in the thicket show us “the says, “bearing with us the instruments Easter joy whenever life seems cruel and love and mercy. healing power of laughter”? of our own death.” Every step we take depressing. Yes, the problems we are Joy has been a major theme of Then-Cardinal Ratzinger reminds us brings us closer to the moment when facing may seem overwhelming now, but the pontificate of Pope Francis. (His that the very name Isaac contains the we will breathe our last. Does our life we are Easter people. We have seen the namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, was Hebrew root for the word laughter, and have meaning, or are we the victims of gentleness of God, and we have caught a the supreme example of a man whose is an allusion to “the sad, unbelieving inescapable tragedy? Is our life a gift that glimpse of the joy of heaven. And so we whole life gave witness to Gospel joy!) laughter of Abraham and Sarah, who inspires gratitude and joy, or are we the can laugh and be grateful. Christ is risen! This year, especially, our Holy Father would not believe they could still have victims of a random and cruel fate? Alleluia! †

La alegría pascual y la risa redentora a semana pasada ofrecí algunas Padre nos invita a establecer la conexión incrédula y triste de Abrahán y Sara azaroso y cruel? reflexiones sobre la maravillosa entre la abundante misericordia de quienes no creían que pudieran tener Si somos los herederos de Abrahán y Lexperiencia que llamamos alegría Dios y la alegría que vivimos como un hijo. Pero cuando la promesa se Sara y, al igual que Isaac, podemos ver a pascual. En esa columna señalé que la beneficiarios que somos del amor y el torna realidad, se convierte en una través de los ojos de la fe, se nos revelará misericordia divina es la fuente de la que perdón de Dios. risa alegre, la soledad anquilosada se el carnero enzarzado que es un presagio emana la alegría pascual: del perdón de La alegría también se destaca en los disuelve en la alegría de la realización” de Cristo en la cruz. El cardenal nos dice nuestros pecados y de la absolución que escritos de José Ratzinger, el ahora papa (cf. Gn 17:17; 18:12; 21:6). que, “en este carnero, vemos en realidad hemos recibido del Padre cuyo rostro emérito Benedicto XVI. En su libro La tradición judía menciona la risa no un atisbo del cielo y apreciamos la es la misericordia. La alegría pascual es Behold the Pierced One, publicado en solamente en los padres de Isaac sino la bondad de Dios que no es ni indiferente nuestra respuesta a la gracia de Dios que 1986, escribe acerca del poder curador suya propia. “¿Acaso no tenía motivos ni débil sino un poder excelso.” nos ha entregado libremente y sin mérito de la risa, tal como se manifiesta en para reírse cuando una situación triste y Y continúa: “Porque podemos ver al alguno de parte nuestra, sencillamente el relato bíblico de Abrahán y su hijo dramática repentinamente se convirtió carnero, podemos reírnos y dar gracias. porque Dios nos ama y desea que Isaac. “Cuando llegan al monte, Isaac en un relato de libertad y redención? En [...] Jesús es Isaac quien, al levantarse seamos felices junto a Él para siempre. ve que no hay ningún animal para ese momento quedó demostrado que la de entre los muertos baja del monte con También comenté que la alegría sacrificar y le pregunta sobre esto a historia del mundo no era una tragedia, el rostro iluminado por la risa. Todas las pascual es la experiencia de auténtica su padre y este le dice que ya Dios la inexorable tragedia de fuerzas palabras del Resucitado manifiestan esta gratitud que eclipsa toda ansiedad y proveerá (Gn 22:8). Y no es sino hasta opuestas, sino una divina comedia.” alegría, esta risa redentora: si vieran lo temor, y nos permite respirar fácilmente el mismo instante en el que Abrahán Isaac, el joven que creyó que su vida que yo veo y he visto, si pudieran tan y soltar las cargas que nos doblegan. levanta su cuchillo para degollar a Isaac había terminado cruelmente, fue capaz solo tener un atisbo de todo el panorama, Los cristianos podemos llenarnos de que captamos el significado de estas de sentir alegría y de reír. se reirían” (cf. Jn 16:20)! júbilo porque la pasión, la muerte y la palabras, cuando aparece un carnero El cardenal concluye esta reflexión Riámonos juntos en el espíritu de resurrección de Jesús nos han liberado. trabado por los cuernos en un zarzal y señalando que usted y yo somos Isaac, la alegría pascual siempre que la vida Podemos estar en paz porque nada, ni que habrá de tomar el lugar de Isaac para somos los hijos de Abrahán y Sara. parezca cruel y deprimente. Sí, quizás siquiera la muerte, podrá separarnos del el sacrificio.” “Ascendemos por la montaña del los problemas que enfrentamos nos amor y la misericordia de Dios. ¿De qué forma el paradójico relato tiempo—escribe—cargando a cuestas los parezcan abrumadores ahora, pero somos La alegría ha sido uno de los del cordero enzarzado que salva a Isaac instrumentos de nuestra propia muerte.” un pueblo de Pascua. Hemos visto la principales temas del pontificado del en el último minuto nos ilustra “el poder Cada paso que damos nos acerca al bondad de Dios y hemos visto un atisbo papa Francisco (su tocayo, San Francisco curador de la risa”? momento en que expiraremos. ¿Nuestra de la alegría del cielo. Y de esta forma de Asís, fue el ejemplo supremo de El entonces cardenal Ratzinger vida tiene sentido o somos víctimas de podemos reír y estar agradecidos. ¡Cristo un hombre cuya vida entera fue un nos recuerda que el propio nombre una tragedia inexorable? ¿Nuestra vida ha resucitado! ¡Aleluya! † testimonio de la alegría del Evangelio). de Isaac contiene la raíz hebrea de es un obsequio que inspira gratitud y Este año en especial, nuestro Santo la palabra risa, y que alude a “la risa alegría o somos víctimas de un destino Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa Page 6 The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016

For a list of events for the next four weeks as reported to Events Calendar The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/events.

April 11 317-236-1586, 800-382-9836, Business Exchange, “My School’s Home & School 1212 E. Main St., Plainfield. presentation, $15. Registration: Marian University, the ext. 1586, or e-mail Faith and Virtuous Servant group and Athletic Boosters. Creighton FertilityCare archindy.org/deaf. Information: Exchange in Mother Theresa [email protected]. Leadership at St. Vincent,” Information: 765-962-5010 or System Training, also known Erin Jeffries, 800-382-9836, Jonathan Nalli, CEO of [email protected]. Hackelmeier Library, April 14 as Natural Family Planning ext. 1448, 317-236-1448 or 3200 Cold Spring Road, St. Vincent and Senior (NFP), to help couples [email protected]. Marian University, Ruth Lilly Vice President of Ascension St. Thomas Aquinas Church, achieve, avoid or postpone Indianapolis. Faith and Student Center Community Idea Series: “Jobs, not Health, presenter, Mass, Bethany Room, 4625 N. pregnancy; couples struggling Marian University, Room, 3200 Cold Spring Road, breakfast and program, Kenwood Ave., Indianapolis. with infertility; and women to Jails,” IndyCAN Community Indianapolis. West Dining Hall, Faith and 7-9 a.m., $15 members, The Catholic Perspective understand reproductive health; Organizer Rev. Juard Barnes Idea Series: “Spirituality 3200 Cold Spring Road, $21 non-members. on the End of Life, led free, 2 p.m. Registration: facilitating, 7 p.m., free. and Mental Health,” Indianapolis. Faith and Idea Reservations and information: by Jason T. Eberl, Ph.D., Maria Morgan, 570-259-2801, Information: 317-955-6136 or Father Michael Hoyt, pastor Series: “Discussion Series on www.catholicbusiness Semler Endowed Chair for [email protected]. [email protected]. ‘Laudato Si’ Part 6,” director of St. Michael the Archangel exchange.org. Medical Ethics and Professor April 12 Parish, presenting, 7 p.m., free. of Philosophy at Marian April 19 of the Center for Organizational Information: 317-955-6136 or Benedict Inn Retreat April 16 University, 10-11:30 a.m., free. Marian University Ethics Karen Spear and Semler [email protected]. & Conference Center, St. Bartholomew School, Information: 317-253-1461. Evans Center for Health Endowed Chair for Medical 1402 Southern Ave., 1235 Jackson St., Columbus. Sciences Building, Ethics Jason Eberl facilitating, St. Mark the Evangelist Parish, Beech Grove. Shop Inn-spired, No Tie Affair fundraiser, Helpers of God’s Precious 3200 Cold Spring Road, noon, free, bring or buy lunch. Cenacle (house on parish gift shop sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. samples from local restaurants Infants, Indianapolis. Mass Indianapolis. “Mercy and Information: 317-955-6136 or grounds), Indianapolis. Hope Information: 317-788-7581. and breweries, live and silent and Divine Mercy Chaplet at Medicine,” discussion to [email protected]. and Healing Survivors of auctions, games, raffles, 8:30 a.m. at St. Michael the raise awareness for those in Suicide support group, 7 p.m. St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. cash bar, live music by the Archangel Church, 3354 W. the medical field on how we Marian University, Information: 317-851-8344. 17th Ave., Beech Grove. Tiptonians, 7-11 p.m., tickets 30th St., followed by prayer can work to foster a culture MichaelA. Evans Center, Lecture Ave Maria Guild, Mass at April 14-May 19 are $60 after April 1. Tickets at a local abortion center, and of life, free, 7-8:30 p.m. Hall 1, 3200 Cold Spring Road, and information: online at 11 a.m. in the chapel, followed St. Patrick Parish, continued prayer at the church Information: Debbie Miller, Indianapolis. Faith and stbirish.maestroweb.com by lunch at the Hermitage. 1907 Poplar St., Terre for those who wish to remain. 317-490-1267, or Idea Series: “Mercy and or e-mail stbirish@ Information: 317-223-3687, Haute. Catholics Returning www.healinghiddenhurts.org. Franciscan Charism,” maestroweb.com. Information [email protected]. Home, six informational Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Franciscan Sister Barbara Leon and non-coercive sessions only: 812-379-9353. White Violet Center, 1 Sisters April 20 St. Matthew the Apostle Hard presenting, 3 p.m., free. April 12-May 17 held on Thursdays, of Providence, St. Mary-of- Archbishop Edward Hayes Arboretum Nature Church, 4100 E. 56th St., Information: 317-955-6136 or 7-8:30 p.m., free. Information: the-Woods. 18th Annual [email protected]. T. O’Meara Catholic Center, Donna Westrup, 812-232-8518 Center, 801 Elks Road, Earth Day Celebration, Indianapolis. “Celebrating 1400 N. Meridian St., or [email protected]. Richmond. Seton Catholic free-will donation. the Year of Mercy” Mass Calvary Mausoleum Chapel, Indianapolis. Divorce and Schools “Flying Cardinal Information: 812-535-2932 or and presentation for the Beyond, six consecutive April 15 5K Run/Walk,” 9 a.m., $20 [email protected]. deaf, Mass at 5 p.m. in 435 W. Troy Ave., Indianapolis. Tuesday evenings, Northside Knights of per person or $60 per family, American Sign Language Monthly mass, 2 p.m. 7-9 p.m., $30 includes Columbus Hall, 2100 E. official chip timing available, April 17 by Father Mike Depcik of Information: 317-784-4439 or book. Registration: 71st St., Indianapolis. Catholic benefits Seton Catholic St. Susanna School, Detroit, followed by dinner and www.catholiccemeteries.cc. †

For a complete list of retreats as reported to Retreats and Programs The Criterion, log on to www.archindy.org/retreats. Franciscan Father Kurt Hartrich, former

April 22-24 Bruskewitz, Drs. Christine Zainer and St. Roch Parish member, celebrates Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, Paul Byrne, and Franciscan Friars of the 5353 E. 56th St., Indianapolis. Tobit Immaculate Father Elias Mills, registration golden anniversary as priest on May 15 Marriage Preparation Weekend, $295 deadline April 13, call for cost details. Franciscan Father Kurt Hartrich, who grew up in St. Roch Parish in Indianapolis, per couple. Information: 317-545-7681 or Information: 812-825-4642, ext. 200, or will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for his golden anniversary of priesthood at www.archindy.org/fatima. [email protected]. St. Roch Church, 3600 S. Pennsylvania St., at 1:30 p.m. on May 15, with a reception to follow in the parish hall. Saint Meinrad Archabbey Guest House and April 23 Retreat Center, 200 Hill Drive, St. Meinrad. Father Kurt was ordained in Teutopolis, Ill., on Jan. 9, 1966. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Providence Hall He taught at the former St. Joseph High School Seminary in Oak “Peace the Benedictine Way,” Benedictine Community Room, 1 Sisters of Providence, Brother Maurus Zoeller, presenter, $235 single, Brook, Ill., from 1966-77. He then became director of formation for St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Grieving $395 double. Information: 812-357-6585 or the Province’s theological students at Catholic Theological Union [email protected]. Gracefully…into a Future Full of Hope, in Chicago from 1977-84. Providence Sister Connie Kramer, presenter, He served the next years in ministry as pastor of St. Mary Parish Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center, 8220 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., registration deadline in Memphis, Tenn. (1984-88) and St. Anthony of Padua Parish in W. State Road 48, Bloomington. Life and April 18. Information: 812-535-2932 or St. Louis, Mo. (1988-91). He then served as provincial minister of Death Matters, presented by Bishop Fabian [email protected]. † the Province of the Sacred Heart in Saint Louis (1991-99). Fr. Kurt His final two appointments were as pastor of St. Francis Solanus Hartrich, O.F.M. Parish in Quincy, Ill. (2001-09) and at St. Peter’s in the Loop Parish in Chicago (2009-present). In addition, he has served the Franciscan Order as a General Visitor of four other Franciscan entities. Father Kurt’s family and friends are welcome to celebrate with him as he gives thanks to God for the many blessings he has received in his years as a friar and priest. †

Golf outing on May 9 will support ‘A Promise to Keep’ program The Office of Catholic Schools and Office of Youth Ministry will host the seventh annual Golf Fore Faith outing at Crooked Stick Golf Club, 1964 Burning Tree Lane, in Carmel, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese, on May 9. Proceeds help support the “A Promise to Keep” program, which promotes teen chastity. Players will compete for prizes and awards on selected holes. As part of the “Hole-in-one” contest, players will compete for $10,000 in cash on all four par 3 holes. Levels for foursomes, with the first three levels including marketing and promotional benefits, are as follows: $10,000, which allows for three foursomes; $5,000, which allows for two foursomes; $2,500, which allows for one foursome; and $2,000 for individual foursomes. Contact Margaret Hendricks, event chairperson, at 317-441-8956 or ‘Man of the Year’ [email protected]. Information and registration are also available on line at www.archindy.org/golfforefaith. † The Center for Leadership Development (CLD), a community-based leadership development program for minorities in business and industry in central Indiana, honored Holy Cross Brother Roy Smith, a 1961 graduate of Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, with its 2016 Accomplished Achievement Award on March 24. The award is presented annually to CLD’s “Man of the Year,” Post-abortion healing prayer and study an Indiana citizen who has distinguished himself through a lifetime of unparalleled achievement and service to others. CLD chose Brother Roy for the award for his lifelong commitment in service group to meet starting on April 11 to the Catholic Church internationally and throughout the Midwest. Brother Roy currently is Director of Development for the Midwest Province of the Brothers of Holy Cross, and a member Project Rachel, an archdiocesan ministry offering healing from the hurts of of the Cathedral High School board of directors. As stated in the CLD awards program from a abortion, is offering an eight-session prayer and study group for those seeking healing quote by Brother Roy from an article in the National Black Congress publication: “The Lord calls from abortion. us to be who we are. I was created as a black male and that is the gift, the vehicle, if you will, The sessions will be held on Mondays from 7-9 p.m. beginning on April 11. the Lord asks me to exhibit a part of the face of God. A portion of the way for me to share my For confidentiality purposes, the location will be disclosed upon registration. gifts has been as a Holy Cross Brother.” Brother Roy is also a graduate of Holy Angels School in For more information or to register, call 317-452-0054, or e-mail Indianapolis. (Submitted photo) [email protected]. † The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016 Page 7 ‘Food Fast’ brings Clarksville youths ‘in tune with others’ suffering’

By Natalie Hoefer

After the teens of the youth group at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Clarksville spent several hours stocking shelves at Bonnie’s Food Pantry, the charity’s director offered the hungry teenagers ice cream. Their answer was simple—difficult, but simple: “No thank you. We’re fasting.” The 19 youths were holding true to the experience they had embarked upon the night before—the high school-aged group’s sixth annual Food Fast. The experience consists of 24 hours of fasting and service. It is designed to help “our youth to gain a deeper understanding of the Catholic traditions of fasting” and service, said Stacy Gillenwater, the parish’s youth ministry coordinator. “They also walk away from the experience with a better appreciation for the many meals they routinely receive in their lives,” she added. The experience started on Feb. 19 with evening Mass, followed by a candlelight service in the gym at St. Anthony of Padua School. “The format is the same every year, but the content varies,” Gillenwater explained. “This year, our focus was on mercy. [After the candlelight service], we talked about the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.” Gillenwater led the high school youths in games to help them identify and discuss different works of mercy. “We talked about statistics, like one in every five kids go without enough food [in America]. Some of the kids Members of the youth group at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Clarksville pose by the cans they collected by going door to door in a built a shanty town out of cardboard and slept in that” to neighborhood—one of many service projects during Food Fast, their annual 24-hour fasting and service event, on Feb. 20. empathize with the homeless, she said. Before the youths slept, they watched and discussed the Hannah Hanlon, left, movie God is Not Dead. ‘I love ending our fast with what fills us and Katie Baker, Eighteen-year-old Abbi Hamm, a senior at Our Lady of the most—Jesus. I love that we don’t go both members of St. Anthony of Providence Jr./Sr. High School in Clarksville who helped out to dinner. I reflected this year that plan the event, said some good discussion followed the Padua Parish in showing of the film. there are people that don’t have food— Clarksville, bag “There are two preachers in the movie,” she said. their whole life is a fast. What fills us is leaves on the grounds “One comes from Africa and the other one works in the Christ, and that’s what we’re trying to gain of St. Elizabeth [American] town where the film takes place. The town from the Food Fast.’ Catholic Charities pastor says [to the African one] something like, ‘You’re in in New Albany on the trenches for God every day.’ And the African preacher Feb. 20 during Food says, ‘God has you right where he wants you.’ —Abbi Hamm, a senior at Our Lady Fast, a 24-hour fasting “We reflected that we don’t have to go on a mission of Providence Jr./Sr. High School in and service event for trip—we can do stuff here in our parish and town that Clarksville the youth group at is winning hearts for God. It might not seem like we St. Anthony of Padua converted someone today by cleaning out a van or stocking Parish in Clarksville. a shelf, but that’s God’s work, too. It’s where he wants us others’ suffering.” (Submitted photos by here and now. The first stop for the service portion of the experience Stacy Gillenwater) “That set the tone for the next day when we did work in was Bonnie’s Food Pantry in Jeffersonville. the community,” Abbi noted. Fifteen-year-old Katie Baker, a sophomore at Our Lady highlight for Alex. The next morning, Gillenwater started the day with of Providence Jr./Sr. High School, was impressed with the “It was a really special way to give back to the group prayer—but of course, no breakfast. woman who operated the food pantry. community,” he said. “We helped at a food pantry, and “I like food a lot,” admitted 14-year-old Alex Cox, a “Her personality and the way she was, you could tell she that’s good. But [food pantries] get a lot of attention. freshman at Trinity High School in Louisville, Ky. “So that had her heart and soul in it,” said Katie. “You could tell she St. Elizabeth doesn’t get the same focus, but they need just was really hard. You wake up and realize you’re not having loved what she did. That left a big impact on me. I hope to as much help.” breakfast, and you know you’re not having lunch. But there be as giving and loving as she is.” For the last act of service for the day, the youths returned are so many people who go through that on a daily basis. After more than two hours of reorganizing and stocking to the parish to put together toiletry kits to be distributed to It was really neat to experience that, to be in tune with shelves, the group headed to a neighborhood, going door the homeless by “Jesus Cares at Exit 0” ministry. to door asking for canned goods. They collected more than After journaling about their experience, the youths met 200 cans, and delivered them to the St. Vincent de Paul for 5 p.m. Mass to break their fast. Food Pantry at their parish. “I love ending our fast with what fills us the most— The beautiful weather on Feb. 20 made the next act of Jesus,” said Abbi. “I love that we don’t go out to dinner. service more pleasant as the youths cleaned the grounds of “I reflected this year that there are people that don’t have St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities in New Albany. food—their whole life is a fast. What fills us is Christ, and Helping around the charity’s grounds was the service that’s what we’re trying to gain from the Food Fast.” †

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nothing—and I mean nothing—that you say WOMEN or do can change that fact. All we have to continued from page 1 do is recognize that God’s mercy is greater What women are saying than our sins. We need to call on him and her at the 2015 conference. Immediately trust, receive that mercy, and then let it flow following the event, during a spring break through us to others. So mercy is a beautiful about the Indiana Catholic trip to Key West, Fla., the Conleys made gift. And it’s always available to us. … several visits to a perpetual adoration “In 1925, [Helen Kowalska] joined the Women’s Conference chapel, where the Divine Mercy chaplet Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady is prayed daily at 3 p.m. Soon after, on of Mercy in Warsaw. It was there that she “I heard of the Flame of Love movement just recently, so I was Divine Mercy Sunday, they learned they took the name Sister Maria Faustina of excited to learn more about it. And I came for Father [James] were expecting. the Most Blessed Sacrament. She received Blount!” “It was life-changing for me last a vision of Jesus [that is now venerated year,” said Conley, 31, a member of as] the image of Divine Mercy. Jesus St. John Vianney Parish in Fishers in appeared to St. Faustina and asked to have —Guadalupe Gonzalez, a member of Our Lady of the Most the Lafayette Diocese. “We continued this image painted, and he promised many Holy Rosary Parish in Indianapolis to pray and to believe, and here’s my graces to those who look upon it. Notice beautiful baby.” the important words across the bottom “This is my first time. The conference is wonderful! They’re good The Holy Year of Mercy declared by of the image: ‘Jesus, I trust in you.’ In speakers, and it’s a real treat for us to get to see the archbishop Longtime friends Emily Jaminet, left, and Michelle Faehnle, authors of Divine Mercy for Moms and Pope Francis sparked the theme of this 1935, [St. Faustina] had the Divine Mercy developers of the Divine Mercy for Moms website, share their story during the Indiana Catholic year’s conference, “Mercy for All.” More image placed in Vilnius, Lithuania, on the [Joseph W. Tobin]. There are 20-some of us here from St. Nicholas Women’s Conference on March 19. (Photo by Victoria Arthur) than 560 women from across Indiana first Divine Mercy Sunday. … [Parish]. I was invited to come, and it sounded like a good time to and at least two other states converged “What a beautiful image. My children be with my friends and learn more about the Blessed Mother.” at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown like to take my phone and take selfies. We hotel for the daylong event organized say that Jesus gave us a selfie! He gave us a —Joanna Kinker, a member of St. Nicholas Parish in Ripley by the Marian Center of Indianapolis way in which we can visualize mercy. and sponsored by the Archdiocese of “[St. Faustina’s] true gift to us is that she County Indianapolis. wrote everything down in a diary—over Highlights included dynamic speakers, 600 pages of beautiful revelations that Jesus “It is my first time here. I love it! One of my friends told me about uplifting music by acclaimed Catholic gave to her. … adding to the rosary [as speaker Anthony Mullen discussed]. … singer/songwriter Annie Karto, and a “When we were both in college, we had I do recommend women to come [to the conference]. Any time Mass celebrated by Archbishop Joseph the opportunity to study abroad in Austria you come together with other people for Jesus, you learn different Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Father W. Tobin. There also were opportunities and to travel on the weekends. One of the James Blount offers a reflection during adoration for eucharistic adoration, Benediction, the first countries we traveled to was Poland. things.” at the Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference. sacrament of reconciliation, the rosary and a There they have the image of Divine (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) healing service. Mercy, and also the tomb of St. Faustina. —Zenaida Avila, a member of St. Philip Neri Parish in In his homily, Archbishop Tobin focused So we were both able to pray before her Indianapolis on a key aspect of the Divine Mercy relics and pray the chaplet of Divine Mercy story—trust—by using the example of with the sisters there. We were about St. Joseph, whose feast day coincided with 19 years old, and we were both questioning “I’m 82, and I’ve gone almost every year [to the conference]. It’s the conference. The archbishop recalled our faith life, because we both had grown always wonderful. I remember one thing a sister said in apologetics the dreams of St. Joseph, including the up in strong Catholic homes, but we hadn’t class my senior year of high school. Sister Patricia Marie of the angel’s reassurance that he could take Mary owned that relationship with Jesus. Sisters of Notre Dame said, ‘The world will be as the women of the as his spouse and, later, the warning that “I read those words on the bottom of that world are.’ If ever that’s a true statement, I realize it now.” the Holy Family must flee to Egypt. These image while I was there—‘Jesus, I trust in dreams, he emphasized, required Joseph to you,’ and I said them like I meant them, Women from St. Nicholas Parish in Ripley County pray the rosary during the Indiana Catholic Women’s place his total trust in God even without a and it was the first step in my deepening —Peggy Geis, a member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish Conference on March 19. (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) full understanding of the road ahead. conversion. … in Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin delivers “Joseph didn’t have an easy life, but he “We know from the Gospels that Jesus a homily during Mass for more than had a wonderful life,” Archbishop Tobin died on the cross at about the three o’clock “This [conference] is not just for wives and mothers; it’s great for 560 women at the Indiana Catholic Women’s said. “Joseph’s heart was open. He held hour. This is a great time to pray the the nuns, too! I love hearing women sharing their experiences Conference on March 19 in Indianapolis. onto the angel’s word: ‘Do not be afraid.’ Divine Mercy chaplet, which is a beautiful (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) Let us pray for an open and trusting heart.” prayer on rosary beads. It can easily be said and ideas. I’m a teacher’s aide at St. Luke, and I really want to That sentiment resonated with Conley in about seven minutes. We know as moms do something special in this [Holy] Year of Mercy to spread the as well as her mother, Judy DeFrench, and as women that three o’clock can be message of Christ and his Divine Mercy to the children.” and sister, Jessica DeFrench. While all a tough time. [But it’s] a great time to hit three were filled with gratitude for Conley’s your restart button, to pause and pray and —Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart Sister new baby, they were also praying for focus on Jesus. I’ve found that even if I just a miracle for 17-year-old Jessica. The unite my sacrifices [with Christ] during that Christabel Mary of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in high school senior has been battling a blood day and say, ‘Jesus, I trust in you,’ my day Indianapolis clotting disorder and breast tumors for the will go far better than I ever hoped. … past several years. “At the end of the day, when I’m getting “I am walking away from this day on fire for my Catholic faith, Just as Conley had taken part in the ready to turn off my light, I count my with a zip in my step and my spiritual cup overflowing. This was healing service at the conclusion of blessings. [When you see] everything God my first time attending the conference, and I plan to be back next last year’s conference, this time it was is giving you, you’re going to find joy. Anthony Mullen speaks on the Flame of Love Jessica’s turn. The service was again Because that’s what this is about—finding year!” of the Immaculate Heart of Mary movement Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Father conducted by Society of Our Lady of the joy in your ability to be a woman of God.” Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Father James Blount leads prayers during adoration at the during the Indiana Catholic Women’s James Blount prays over some women after the Most Holy Trinity Father James Blount, —Karin Bell, a member of St. Malachy Parish in 2016 Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference, organized by Marian Center of Indianapolis on March 19 at the Conference in Indianapolis on March 19. Indiana Catholic Women’s Conference in Indianapolis back by popular demand. Conference (For more information or to order the book, Brownsburg † Downtown Marriott in Indianapolis. (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) (Photo by Natalie Hoefer) on March 19. (Submitted photo by Cathy Flood) participants waited from around log on to www.divinemercyformoms.com. 6 p.m. on March 19 to about 2 a.m. on To order the book by phone, call March 20 to meet individually with the 888-412-2775.) such a flow of grace been given since the approved by the Church. … bread and water. … with your friends and family. Start by serious things, the first step is to forgive Lord himself. Nothing and no one could Georgia-based priest. Word became flesh.’ … “There are a number of exercises “On May 13, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI just fasting one meal a week—Monday at with an act of the will. This is a decision, have hurt me if God had not permitted it “I absolutely believe that Jennifer had Excerpts from Anthony Mullen’s “Cardinal Peter Erdo said, on approval that God asks in addition to praying this said, ‘Our Blessed Mother came to Fatima breakfast, have bread and water. You will regardless of feelings or emotion. So you for my good. He is the all-loving, divine an amazing miracle,” said Jessica, who, two talks on the Flame of Love of the of this grace: ‘In a given moment in [added-on-to] rosary. He asks us to honor offering to implant in the heart of all those become one of Mary’s little souls, and would say for instance, ‘I forgive you—say physician who, for my good and eternal like her mother and sister, is a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary movement history, there appears in the Church his wounds by making the sign of the cross who trust in her the love of God burning your reward will be so great in heaven you their name here—in the name of Jesus salvation, even at the risk of losing my St. John Vianney Parish. “It’s too much for The Flame of Love of the something beautiful, a new possibility for five times. … Wear the brown scapular or in her heart.’ That is the flame of love of can’t imagine.” Christ, now and forever.’ … favor, allowed me to be hurt—as he it to be a coincidence—to have that blessing Immaculate Heart of Mary movement stems the entire Church. I believe this to be true miraculous medal. Go to Mass on the first the Immaculate Heart of Mary. He then “Next, you must ask Jesus not just to allowed his Son to be hurt—that the [of learning she had a child on the way] on from the messages received from Christ of the Flame of Love Movement of the Saturday of every month. goes on to say, ‘May the seven years which (For more information on the Flame of bless them, but to bless them even more destructive tendencies toward sin and Divine Mercy Sunday.” and the Blessed Mother to a Hungarian Immaculate Heart of Mary.’ … “Make the consecration to separate us from the 100th anniversary of Love movement, its Church approval, than he blesses you! You must wish joy for pride and darkness within me might be She said that meeting with Father Blount woman named Elizabeth Kindelmann, “The Lord said to [Kindelmann], ‘I Mary. 33 Days to Morning Glory [by the Fatima apparition hasten the fulfillment Elizabeth Kindelmann and the messages that person for the rest of this life and in the challenged and crushed, that I might reach made her feel as if she were “in the midst wo lived from 1913-1985. The messages would suffer death on the cross again for Marians of the Immaculate Conception of the prophecy of the triumph of the she received as recorded in her diary. next. Ask God to give them what they need up to him in my suffering and my littleness of a saint.” Calling her first-ever Indiana were recorded in a diary, which received each person, even suffering 1,000 times Father Michael Gaitley] is one of the best Immaculate Heart of Mary for the glory of log on to www.flameoflove.us, or call to be genuinely happy and fulfilled. Ask and begin to experience a life of light, hope Catholic Women’s Conference “very the imprimatur of Cardinal Peter more, since there is no hope for a damned ways to make the consecration. If you have the most holy trinity.’ … 718-309-6126.) God to bless them richly in the name of and blessedness of joy. motivational,” Jessica added that she felt Erdo of Hungary in 2009, at which soul. Prevent this. With your burning desire, made the consecration, I urge you to renew “Our Lord said to St. Faustina, Jesus Christ. … “By praising him, we return the wounds renewed in her faith by the end of the day. time the movement also received the save souls. … Oh, how can I wake you up? it. If you haven’t, I urge you to make it. It and he said something very similar to Excerpts from the talk of Society of “The third step of forgiveness is to to God, the source of all that is good in “An event like that makes me want to be cardinal’s blessing. Open your eyes and see this deadly danger will change your life—especially if you live Elizabeth Kindelmann: ‘How painful it is Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity give thanksgiving to God for healing your our lives. This completes our forgiveness a better Catholic,’” she said. “Our Lord [and Lady] spoke to of Satan claiming victims all around you, it and renew it every day. It’s simply living that souls so seldom unite themselves to me Father James Blount wounds. For our forgiveness and healing and brings us into perfect acceptance of In addition to conducting the healing Elizabeth Kindelmann from 1961-66, and which threaten even your own soul.’ … the Catholic life as we were meant to live it. in holy Communion. I wait for souls, and “Joy is not a nicety—joy is a necessity. to be deeper and more complete, we must God’s holy will. We must say, ‘I praise you, service, Father Blount served as one of the then intermittently from 1967-81. She “Mary said, ‘My love, which is … It provides the grace to let us perfectly they’re indifferent toward me. I love them In these days, the way Satan is working realize that the hurt happened in God’s Lord, and I glorify you for your heavenly four speakers at the conference. Following kept a diary, fully vetted by the Church spreading, will overcome this satanic and radically imitate Jesus Christ, to set out tenderly and sincerely, and they distrust me. now, he’s leaving despair and depression providence, and has truly been used by him plan that is saving me and leading me to are excerpts from each talk. for many, many years before it was finally hatred that now contaminates the world. to be a saint, to imitate Christ through the I want to lavish my graces upon them in everywhere. In our day, that fruit of the for your complete healing. perfect joy.’ ” approved [in 2009]. … … This is my greatest miracle, which I am grace of Mary. … holy Communion, and they do not accept Holy Spirit we call joy is more necessary “Give thanksgiving that, through your Excerpts from Emily Jaminet’s and “Here’s what our Lord told accomplishing for all.’ “Say the rosary every day—no them. They treat me as a dead object in than any other time in this world. … suffering, you’ve learned much more about (Victoria Arthur is a freelance writer Michelle Faehnle’s talk on their website Elizabeth Kindelmann: ‘I can compare “Our Lady and our Lord asked Elizabeth exceptions—because the rosary is holy Communion, whereas my heart is so “When you praise the Lord, you’re yourself, and about life, and about love. and member of St. Malachy Parish in and book Divine Mercy for Moms this torrential flood of grace to the for a very special prayer to spread the a weapon. … full of love and mercy.’ happy. It brings you joy. We must become God uses your pain to teach humility and Brownsburg.) † “Our book is more than just a book. We first Pentecost. It will submerge the effects of grace from the flame over all of “No longer shop on Sunday. No longer “The incredible love Mary had for her children of praise. … Find a reason to dependence on him alone. We must even believe that we’ve started a ministry that Earth by the power of the Holy Spirit. … humanity. She asked us that we add it at eat out on Sunday. No longer watch sports Son, she now wants to place in our hearts. praise the Lord, because he is all around us. thank the offender, in prayer, for being helps moms and women see God’s hand in There is coming a torrential flow of the the end of the Hail Mary: ‘ … Holy Mary, on Sunday because we’re paying people to “Take up this grace. Read two pages of “But how can you praise the Lord when God’s instrument in sanctifying you. We To see a gallery of photos from their life. … flame of love of my most holy Mother. Mother of God, pray for us sinners, spread break the Sabbath. the [abbreviated diary, The Flame of Love] you have anger in your heart? … People must say, ‘I thank you, Lord, and I thank the Indiana Catholic Women’s “What is Divine Mercy? The mercy … Trust, inflamed by faith, will finally the effect of grace of thy flame of love over “[Per Kindelmann’s diary], our Lord a day. Start with two people in a prayer will ask me, ‘How do I know if I’ve really you—say their name here—for the wound Conference and a copy of this story, of God. The simplest explanation is that take root in souls, and the face of the all humanity, now and at the hour of our asks that you fast from breakfast and lunch group using the prayer cenacle sheet from forgiven [someone]?’ that heals.’ … log onto www.CriterionOnline.com. God loves you. He loves you so much, and Earth will be renewed. For never has death.’ This has been fully blessed and on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Just eat www.FlameOfLove.us. Then start sharing “To forgive people even of the most “Finally, we must offer praise to our Page 10 The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016 Social engagement: Pope breaks record on Instagram VATICAN CITY (CNS)—With a simple tap, newspaper. They are posted by staff at the Secretariat for Pope Francis joined Instagram and quickly set a record for Communications. gaining 1 million followers. Msgr. Dario Vigano, prefect of the secretariat, told The launch of the “Franciscus” account on March 19, Vatican Radio, “The idea is to recount the story of a the feast of St. Joseph and the third anniversary of the pontificate through images to let everyone who wants to formal inauguration of his papacy, was preceded by huge accompany or wants to know the papacy of Pope Francis media coverage. But still, he hit the million-follower mark enter into his gestures of tenderness and mercy.” in just 12 hours, making his “our fastest growing account While the @Pontifex twitter account is on Instagram to date,” said Stephanie Noon, an Instagram “institutional”—it was launched by now-retired spokeswoman. The pope broke the record held for almost Pope Benedict XVI in 2012—the Vatican’s choice of the a year by former soccer star David Beckham, who took more personal “Franciscus” as the account name was twice as long to gather 1 million followers. dictated by reality of the platform, Msgr. Vigano said. Joining Instagram, Pope Francis jumped into The photo-sharing site uses images as an “iconic sign,” a community that tends to be younger and more he said, and so “immediately evokes the face, the smile complimentary than people on Twitter, although with and the posture of the pope. Every pope has his own facial similarly impressive “engagement rates.” expressions and his personal way of looking at people, “Twiplomacy,” an annual study conducted by caressing them and blessing them.” the communications firm Burson Marsteller, found “Instagram is mostly about pictures, which makes Pope Francis—through his @Pontifex accounts in nine it a very effective way to spread Francis’ message of Pope Francis joined the photo-sharing site Instagram on March 19 languages—to be the most influential world leader on tenderness,” said Greg Burke, deputy director of the using the account “Franciscus.” As of April 1, the pope has more Twitter three years running. U.S. President Barack Obama Vatican press office. “If people are looking at their phones than 2 million followers. This is a screen capture of his first post. has more followers, but Pope Francis’ average “retweet” 150 times a day, it’s good they see something a little more (CNS photo) and “favorite” rate is more than eight times higher profound than pictures of food.” than Obama’s. After settling down for a few days, the comment retired Pope Benedict XVI greeting each other. The more Pope Francis’ Instagram account is showing a similar rate on the pope’s account spiked on March 29 after the than 6,300 comments it attracted remarked particularly on pattern. The 17 photographs and two video clips posted Vatican posted a video clip with the hashtags tenderness, the beauty of the gestures and expressed enthusiasm for by early morning on March 31 had an overall average of mercy and Catholic. Pope Francis. 212,200 “likes” and 6,299 comments each. The video opened with the pope blessing the obviously The photos on the Franciscus account are taken by pregnant belly of a woman, and included scenes of a little (Follow Pope Francis on Instagram at: photographers at L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican boy taking the pope’s zucchetto, and Pope Francis and www.instagram.com/franciscus.) † What was in the news on April 8, 1966? Mass revisions, a new bishop for Evansville and challenges on a new view of the Eucharist

By Brandon A. Evans “EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The Most a proponent of an existentialist theology • Mixed reactions seen to classroom Rev. Paul F. Leibold, Apostolic of the Eucharist. Father Connell, former ‘limit’ This week, we continue to examine what Administrator of the Evansville diocese dean of the school of sacred theology • Reveal proposal to unite seven was going on in the Church and the world since the retirement of Bishop Henry at the Catholic University of America, denominations 50 years ago as seen through the pages of J. Grimmelsman in October, 1965, has held that Father Smits’ opinions • Text of Church in Modern World The Criterion. been appointed Ordinary of the diocese. regarding the nature of the change of schema Here are some of the items found in the Bishop Leibold has continued to serve bread and wine are ‘transfiguration.’ ‘In • Best in rural areas: Brothers’ April 8, 1966, issue of The Criterion: as auxiliary bishop and vicar general other words,’ said Father Connell in a vocations drop off around world, • Two revisions of Mass texts are of the Cincinnati archdiocese while statement, ‘if he is quoted correctly , he survey shows proposed performing the duties of apostolic believes that the bread and wine remain, • U.S., Rumania set science exchange “WASHINGTON—Two new administrator.” as “an extension of Christ and a gift • Confer ence backs strike at Delano translations of parts of the Ordinary • New theology of Eucharist backed from Him.” He says: “I keep all of the • Mission letter: Never dull moment, of the Mass have been released by the by Dutch theologian Eucharistic bread in transubstantiation. nun writes International Committee on English in • Challenges views on Holy Eucharist … For me, bread and wine remain, • Written in fourth century: the Liturgy in a trial balloon aimed at “WASHINGTON—Father Francis yet in a way are profoundly changed. Triumphant ‘Exultet’ heralds obtaining international criticism and J. Connell, C.SS.R., has taken strong In transubstantiation, nothing of the Resurrection suggestions. The texts are unofficial, exception to the views on the Eucharist bread’s nature needs to be destroyed…” • Radio award won by Catholic Hour and are ‘not for use in actual liturgical expressed by Father Luchesius Smits, ’ Father Connell said that if Father • Interfaith talks set in Germany celebrations.’ They have been published O.F.M. Cap., in an interview for Smits made these statements, he simultaneously in London and New the U.S. Catholic press. The Dutch should have explained ‘how they York in booklet form, with blank pages theologian was interviewed by the can be harmonized with the solemn at the end inviting comments and NCWC News Service on his views of the proclamations of the Council of Trent suggestions.” nature of the change of the bread and [which it is heresy to deny] that the • Bishop Leibold named to Evansville wine that takes place in the Mass. He is Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist contains truly, really and substantially the body, blood, soul and divinity of Read all of these stories from Our Lord Jesus Christ, and that none of our April 8, 1966, issue by the substance of bread and wine remain, logging on to our archives at but only the appearances of bread www.CriterionOnline.com. † ShelbyShelby UpholsteringUpholstering and wine.’ ” “Furnace, Heat Pump or Air Conditioner” Our staff has over && MillMill EndEnd WindowWindow FashionsFashions 76 years of rd Catholic Anniv Education 133 ersa ry Sale

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By Mike Nelson

An old joke: Person One: “I’m never going to get a good job.” Person Two: “Don’t be so negative.” Person One: “OK. I’m positive that I’m never going to get a good job.” Counseling the doubtful as a spiritual work of mercy requires something a bit more substantial than what the second person offered. To say, “Cheer up,” “Count your blessings” or “Look on the bright side” to someone who is undergoing a crisis of faith—which is how doubt may be defined in some cases— doesn’t address the heart of the problems that many people around the world, many of them in the Church, experience every day. And the cause of such doubt can be understandable: problems in the family, in the workplace, with the government, in social life and, yes, sometimes with some members or leaders of the Church. Many have experienced over the history of the Church how some of its members can cause seeds of doubt to take root in the lives of the faithful. Salient scandals involving Church members have led many to question the Church as an institution and sometimes to leave altogether. Then there are other, more mundane, situations that cause doubt in an institution. New leaders who come in to a parish or ministry and “clean house” with barely a hello to those who have been “cleaned out.” New leaders who are Parishioners pray the rosary in the courtyard of Sacred Heart Parish in the Segundo Barrio of El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 14. Counseling barely given a “hello” by the parish or school staffs they the doubtful as a spiritual work of mercy can be understood in several ways, depending on how we interpret the words “counsel” and inherit before they are criticized (or worse) for suggesting “doubtful.” (CNS photo/Gustavo Amador, EPA) operational changes. Ministry leaders who engage in turf wars over who has That’s another, admittedly harder-edged way of saying, (1 Cor 12:26). control over a particular function. Endless gossip within “Walk with your brother and sister in their times of doubt.” The Apostles were informed by their Master before a parish, a school, a diocesan office over who’s doing We are called, as Catholic disciples, to counsel the doubtful, they began their ministry of evangelization that they would what and why, and what may or may not happen next, and and the doubt-filled, just as they are called to counsel us. encounter doubt. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus told them. what was wrong with the way things were, and why won’t But how? “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives someone do something about it? Most of us are not spiritual directors or psychologists. All me receives the one who sent me” (Mt 10:40). Those are times when we say to ourselves “What would of us, though, have a God-given capacity to offer comfort St. Peter learned what it means to doubt when he tried Jesus do?” but also “Where is Jesus, period?” We experience to other fellow human beings. That doesn’t mean that we’re walking on water. He was doing just fine, but when he doubt, just like many of the most venerated and beloved going to solve their problems or fix their brokenness. decided that what he was doing was impossible, he began figures in Scripture, including but not limited to St. Thomas. But by talking with them, praying with them, even simply to sink. Yet the Catechism of the Catholic Church suggests that sitting with them, we can help them find a path toward Jesus, of course, rescued Peter, just as he rescues us, those who doubt can be “sinning against faith” (#2088), healing and help them understand that they are not alone. And if we let him, when we sink into doubt. But in our world voluntarily or involuntarily. let’s emphasize “we.” today, Jesus ordinarily works through his body on “If deliberately cultivated,” says the catechism, “doubt The six words that brought me into the Church, that sustain Earth, his Church, his community of believers who walk can lead to spiritual blindness” (#2088). me in times of doubt, are these: “We are the body of Christ.” with one another, especially with those who struggle to Thus, “our duty toward God is to believe in him and to We are a community of believers united in the Lord. stay afloat. bear witness to him” (#2087). St. Paul says that there are many parts, yet one body I, for one, believe the sea of life is for swimming, not Easier said than done, of course, but done it must be. The (1 Cor 12:20). This refers not simply to spiritual gifts and for sinking, and I believe in helping everyone stay afloat. first commandment says, “You shall worship the Lord your God-given talents, but to our call to serve one another, God.” And this requires us “to nourish and protect our faith especially in times of need. (Mike Nelson is a freelance writer and former editor with prudence and vigilance,” says the catechism, “and to “If [one] part suffers, all the parts suffer with it,” St. Paul of The Tidings, newspaper of the Archdiocese of reject everything that is opposed to it” (#2088). writes. “If one part is honored, all the parts share its joy” Los Angeles.) † The Bible gives examples of how people who doubt may be helped

By Daniel S. Mulhall that we offer clarity where confusion reigns, or candor This time the objective is to help someone struggling to when someone’s attitudes, values and behaviors are understand some aspect of the Christian faith. To “counsel the doubtful” as a spiritual work of questionable. In this passage, Jesus helps Nicodemus, a faithful man mercy can be understood in several ways, depending on The Bible offers numerous verses that illustrate and a leader of the Jewish community, to understand how we interpret the words “counsel” and “doubtful.” some of the ways these words can be understood. One the teaching of being born again. Jesus’ counsel is It can mean that we offer insight or wisdom to meaning of “counsel the doubtful” is to offer advice to offered in such a way that it leads Nicodemus to a rich someone who has questions or doubts. It can also mean people who are unclear as to what they should do. understanding of the teaching. The Book of Proverbs is filled with insightful sayings St. Paul wrote his letters as a form of counsel to the that provide guidance on how people should live and early followers of Jesus. They help people to understand. make smart decisions. In addition, there are sayings that A perfect example of this is when Paul counsels on the point out the value of listening to good advice. efficacy of baptism: One verse in Proverbs says it this way: “For lack “What then shall we say? Shall we persist in sin that of guidance a people falls; security lies in many grace may abound? Of course not! How can we who counselors” (Prv 11:14). But not everyone is receptive died to sin yet live in it? Or are you unaware that we to the counsel of others as another verse in Proverbs who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into recognizes: “The way of fools is right in their own eyes, his death? but those who listen to advice are the wise” (Prv 12:15). “We were indeed buried with him through baptism While the passages from Proverbs emphasize the into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the importance of offering and accepting sage advice, dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in another form of counsel is found in 2 Samuel 12 in the newness of life” (Rom 6:1-4). familiar story of David and Bathsheba. As you can see, there are a variety of ways in which David, the king of Israel, lusts for Bathsheba, and so Jesus’ followers may provide counsel to those who have arranges to have her husband killed in battle. When the doubts or are doubtful. The real question is: Do we care Faithful light candles in honor of the Virgin of Suyapa in prophet Nathan learns of this, he confronts David with enough about our neighbor to offer assistance in time Suyapa’s Basilica in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Feb. 2. Many the sinfulness of his actions. David, forced to recognize of doubt? have experienced over the history of the Church how some of its the truth, repents and makes amends. members can cause seeds of doubt to take root in the lives of A different type of example of counseling can be (Daniel S. Mulhall is a catechist. He lives in the faithful. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) found in the story of Jesus and Nicodemus (Jn 3:1-21). Laurel, Maryland.) † Page 12 The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Twenty Something/ Renaissance Church: Some saints of the 16th century Christina Capecchi Comfort the (Tenth in a series of columns) foreign missions. (He was the great writings. John of God, who was from grandson of Pope Alexander VI, the Portugal, founded the Order of Charity shipwrecked: Whether coincidental or only canonized saint who was a direct for the Service of the Sick. providential, the 16th century, descendant of a pope.) Benedict the Moor, the son Titanic priest during which Robert Bellarmine, another Jesuit, of Ethiopian slaves, entered the the Protestant devoted himself to the study of Church Franciscan Order of Recollects and a model of mercy Reformation split history, Scripture and doctrine. He became superior of the monastery of Christianity, also prepared two catechisms and was Santa Maria in Palermo, Sicily. Father Thomas Byles was 42 when he boarded produced some declared a Doctor of the Church. Jerome Emiliani and Cajetan, both the Titanic with his second-class ticket and of the Church’s Aloysius Gonzaga, still another Jesuit, from Venice, although Cajetan moved portable altar stone. He had greatest saints. had Robert Bellarmine as his spiritual to Naples, founded hospitals and made arrangements with Thomas More advisor. He died when he was only 23, orphanages. Captain Edward Smith to and John Fisher and is a patron of youth. In Japan, Paul Miki and secure space on the ocean were martyred by The Jesuit Peter Canisius is called 25 companions were crucified for liner to celebrate Mass. Even King Henry VIII “the second apostle of Germany” their faith. on vacation a priest is never when they refused to acknowledge him (the first was St. Boniface). A great In the “New World,” there were off duty, he knew, but the as head of the Church in England. preacher, he established colleges and three saints in Peru. Turibius of Catholic convert would have Charles Borromeo is credited seminaries and is another Doctor of Mogrovejo built roads, schools, it no other way. with keeping the Council of Trent in the Church. chapels, hospitals and convents, was He saw his faith as “a session, and later was known for his Philip Neri was the founder of the known as a champion of the rights wonderfully great gift,” holiness while serving as archbishop of Oratory, where people lived together of the natives against the Spanish he once wrote to his brother, William, “a truly Milan. Pope Pius V implemented the in community but were not a religious masters, and baptized 500,000 natives. marvelous and altogether supernatural support…” decisions and the sweeping reforms of order. His advice was sought by Rose of Lima cared for orphans, the It was William who had prompted the Council of Trent, began seminaries many prominent figures, including elderly and the sick, but is known Father Byles’ cross-Atlantic trip, asking his oldest for the training of future priests, and participants in the Council of Trent. mainly for her severe penances. brother to come to New York to marry him. published a new catechism. In Spain, Teresa of Jesus (or Martin de Porres, the illegitimate The British priest had served a decade of Ignatius of Loyola founded the Teresa of Avila), the first woman to son of a black woman of Panama priestly ministry, and was well loved by his small Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Francis be declared a Doctor of the Church, and a Spanish grandee of Lima, was rural parish, St. Helen’s, where folks helped pay Xavier, one of the original members reformed the Carmelite Order despite instrumental in founding an orphanage for his Titanic ticket. It cost 13 pounds. of the society, was a great missionary severe opposition. Her partner in the and took care of slaves brought from He boarded on Wednesday, April 10, 1912— in India and East Asia. Francis Borgia reform was John of the Cross, another Africa. He was known for being able three days after Easter Sunday—sized up the became a general of the society, and Doctor of the Church. Both are known to be in two places at the same time ship, then wrote to his parish housekeeper led it during the development of its for their mysticism and contemplative and for cures. † while the Titanic was anchored at Cherbourg, France: “Everything so far has gone very well, Cornucopia/Cynthia Dewes except that I have somehow managed to lose my umbrella.” He wondered when he would next There is a God, and deep inside we all recognize that be able to celebrate Mass, and promised to write again as soon as he arrived in New York. There is a God, and God is not Critics may claim that tornadoes It seems that this kind of situation Clad in his Roman collar, the priest with the dead. I know this because someone a and tsunamis and earthquakes are part which we consider a random event gentle, scholarly look—glasses, a strong nose and lot more powerful of nature, too, and where is a God in happens so consistently that we begin firm jawline—became a familiar sight throughout than anyone I these events? Well, there’s scientific to see a pattern. If we try to do the the week. Father Byles spent most of Saturday, know or could reason behind them, too, as in purging right thing and make decisions based travel day four, hearing confessions. On the imagine has bailed or rearranging the planet so that it can on what we discern as God’s will, we fifth day, he celebrated Mass in the second-class me out so many continue to exist. God planned it that often experience joy and success. To lounge and again in the designated third-class times in life. The way. Inclement weather can stir up our me, that is proof of God’s existence space. It was Divine Mercy Sunday. He preached old philosophical arthritis, too, but it also provides cozy and God’s prime influence in our lives. about the prospect of “spiritual shipwreck,” proof of God’s nesting opportunities in the middle of We believe in God because, when we urging the Catholics to seek a spiritual lifeboat in existence, that God our busy lives. Just one of God’s little do, life makes sense. the form of prayer and the sacraments. must be the power perks that accompany hard science. Barbara Ehrenreich, who has At 11:40 that night, Father Byles was greater than any Now, if all this sounds ickily written many fine books about social on the deck clutching his breviary and other, real or imagined, sounds about sentimental that’s because sometimes problems and other subjects, has come praying Night Prayer when the Titanic struck right to me. it just is. Think of babies playing out with a new one titled Living with the iceberg. Think about it. Beginning with peek-a-boo or puppies cavorting a Wild God: A Nonbeliever’s Search He packed a lifetime of priestly ministry nature, who else but God would or together next to their mom. They are for the Truth About Everything. As an into the next three hours, performing the most could come up with such stuff? For so cute! But whatever the case, it has atheist raised by atheistic parents, she intense mix of corporal and spiritual works of instance, when we view a glorious to be God has planned it all this way. never considered the idea of God being mercy he had ever done—a model for all in this sunset in any season of the year, we Besides nature and darling babies, the arbiter of our welfare. But now Holy Year of Mercy. see colors and arrangements beyond God has provided us with spouses the “hound of heaven,” as we say, has Once he recognized the gravity of the anything a human artist could come up and/or friends who enrich our lives brought her to a new kind of respect situation, he headed down to the steerage to help with. And the godlike part of it is that every day. Often they’re people we’ve for faith. third-class women and children onto the deck and it is there solely for our enjoyment, met by chance (we think), or because It seems to me she is following into the lifeboats. “Be calm, my good people,” he just in case we’re looking up. Now, of our studies or work or organizations the natural human longing which, was heard saying. scientists will present all kinds of to which we belong. They share the sooner or later, we all experience. Father Byles met the haunting sights, sounds practical reasons why this happens, same values and senses of humor, With original sin, we apparently lost and smells with an otherworldly peace. “A few but who dreamed up the idea in the perhaps, or just offer supportive the ability to see God up close and around us became very excited,” Ellen Mocklare, first place? Or who made us able to presences. In any case, they are given personal. But we still know that God is a young Irish woman, later told reporters, “and appreciate the beauty of it? to us purely for our delight. here, waiting for us. † then it was that the priest again raised his hand and instantly they were calm once more. The The Human Side/Fr. Eugene Hemrick passengers were immediately impressed by the absolute self-control of the priest.” The call for heightened prudence in our turbulent time Survivors said Father Byles was offered a lifeboat twice but refused it, determined to I keep hearing many of my friends predictors, it’s easy to allow them to often are filled by large numbers of minister to passengers in their hour of greatest say that they are planning to move to steer our course. Prudence, however, people from the government and the need, even though it would cost him his Canada, given the dictates we not sit on the sidelines, but Supreme Court of the United States. life. He heard confessions, gave absolution, present political be players on the field. This translates Many come to church for the offered blessings and led prayers, including malaise in our into seeking reliable resources and quiet atmosphere of God’s temple, the Hail Mary, whose back-and-forth recitation country. No doubt, consulting with knowledgeable persons whose massive doors symbolize provided a steady measure amid chaos. The many of us are to enable us to obtain intelligent shutting out the outside world words “Holy Mary” rang out loud and clear. bombarded this control over the moment. and entering into a contemplative As 2:20 a.m. neared, more than 100 people year with negative The docility called for prompts us atmosphere. were trapped on the stern, raising perilously high, comments, attacks to do our homework and not leave St. Paul points out that Christ Father Byles among them. They knelt before from one candidate it in the hands of others. Not only implores us to “go into your room.” him in an act of contrition, and he granted them to another, should we be involved physically and This silence is where our deepest general absolution. attacks among mentally, but we should also work at thoughts and affections are contained; As Ellen Mocklare was carried away on a groups that support one candidate or making sound judgments. it is the doorway through which we lifeboat, she could hear the priest’s voice and cause over another. How might we Sound judgment is difficult to enter into our very center. Equally murmured responses to his prayers. “They then navigate a sound course through such create because of a media explosion important, it is where sound judgment became fainter and fainter, until I could only hear growing discontent? that bombards us continuously with is best developed. the strains of ‘Nearer, My God, To Thee’ and the One way to do this is to accept overwhelming issues to consider. I believe today’s hectic times screams of the people left behind.” that we live in an age calling Making good judgments in these call us to cultivate greater docility “There let the way appear, steps unto heaven,” for heightened prudence, an age complex situations is always difficult, and sounder judgments: the heart of the old hymn goes. “All that thou sendest me, in prompting us to avoid throwing and yet, achieving good judgments is prudence and our best navigational mercy given. Angels to beckon me nearer, my overboard our intellectual powers our best means for avoiding capsizing instruments for steering through God, to Thee.” and our ability to wisely cope in in rough times. turbulence. rough waters. How do we best cultivate good (Christina Capecchi is a freelance writer from In an age of instant commentaries judgment? Mornings in my parish (Father Eugene Hemrick writes for Inver Grove Heights, Minn., and the editor of and a plethora of analysts and on Capitol Hill in Washington Catholic News Service.) † SisterStory.org.) † The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016 Page 13

Third Sunday of Easter/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings Monday, April 11 Friday, April 15 Sunday Readings St. Stanislaus, bishop and Acts 9:1-20 martyr Psalm 117:1bc, 2 Sunday, April 10, 2016 Acts 6:8-15 John 6:52-59 • Acts of Apostles 5:27-32, 40b-41 Lord. It is an overpowering reference to Psalm 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30 • Revelation 5:11-14 the fact that Christians stand with one foot John 6:22-29 Saturday, April 16 • John 21:1-19 on Earth, the other foot in heaven, for they Acts 9:31-42 stand in and with Christ, Son of God and Tuesday, April 12 Psalm 116:12-17 Again this weekend, the Church son of Mary, a woman. Jesus lived and Acts 7:51-8:1a John 6:60-69 presents as its first reading for liturgy in died and rose. Eastertime a passage from the Acts of the St. John’s Gospel supplies the last Psalm 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, Apostles. reading. It is a resurrection narrative, 21ab Sunday, April 17 The mere wondrous and consoling. Jesus, risen John 6:30-35 Fourth Sunday of Easter construction of Acts from death, appears to the Apostles as, Acts 13:14, 43-52 is a lesson. Actually, without luck, they are fishing on the Sea Wednesday, April 13 Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5 it is a continuation of Galilee. At dawn, recalling the time of St. Martin I, pope and martyr Revelation 7:9, 14b-17 of St. Luke’s Gospel. the resurrection, Jesus comes into their Its underlying lesson midst. He tells them exactly where to cast Acts 8:1b-8 John 10:27-30 is that the salvation their nets. They obey, and a huge catch Psalm 66:1-3a, 4-7a achieved by the Lord comes. The Beloved Disciple recognizes John 6:35-40 Jesus did not end Jesus, but Peter is central to the story. He with the Ascension. rushes to Jesus. Thursday, April 14 The presence of Jesus in the world did Then, at a meal, Jesus asks Peter if not end with the Ascension. The Risen Peter really loves Jesus. It is a question Acts 8:26-40 Lord, ascended into heaven before the put to Peter three times, with three Psalm 66:8-9, 16-17, 20 very eyes of the Apostles, absent the dead affirmative responses. In ancient Jewish John 6:44-51 Judas, lives and acts through the Church, symbolism, three represented what was a community of visible structure, with complete, final and absolute. To each specific functions. answer, Jesus commissions Peter to This reading reports a conflict between love the Good Shepherd’s flock. His the Sanhedrin, led by the high priest, commission is exact, final and unqualified. and the Apostles. The Sanhedrin was the It sent Peter to continue the Lord’s work. Question Corner/Fr. Kenneth Doyle official ruling council of Judaism at the time of Jesus. Its agenda was primarily Reflection The Holy Spirit came upon the disciples religious, but its authority touched virtually It would be difficult indeed to find every aspect of life. Again, and important three readings from the New Testament at Pentecost to help them evangelize to note, Peter is the spokesman for all the that individually are so beautiful and so Apostles. He was their leader. expressive, and that together teach such a I have often wondered about Let’s take your concerns one at a Ordered to stop preaching about Jesus, marvelous lesson. Q the difference between the Atime. As to having the visitation in the Apostles boldly refused to stop. No Setting the stage is the reading from disciples receiving church, viewing hours are normally held earthly power could deflect them in Revelation. Disciples live with one foot the Holy Spirit in a funeral home. Churches are primarily fulfilling their commission from the Lord. on Earth but the other foot in heaven, and immediately after places of worship, and some parishes As was the case in earlier weekends, Peter nowhere else is this reality better seen the Resurrection simply cannot honor every request to offers here a capsulized story of the life than in the Eucharist. “on the evening of accommodate a wake for several hours and mission of Christ. The very combination of Acts with that first day of the during an afternoon and evening. The Book of Revelation is the source Luke’s Gospel reminds us that the week” (Jn 20:19-23), In our parish, on a couple of occasions, of the second reading. Probably no other salvation accomplished by Christ still and the coming of we have had to turn down requests to host book of the New Testament, and few in the lives. It was with the early Christians the Holy Spirit upon a wake due to events that were previously Old Testament, perennially leaves readers in the Apostles. It is with us still in the them at Pentecost scheduled: Stations of the Cross, an wondering as does Revelation. Apostle’s successors and in the Church. (Acts 2:1-4). Is it evening Mass, a school concert. (Revelation is not the more ancient, nor The trial before the Sanhedrin reminds two different accounts of the same event, With regard to removing the casket literarily precise, title for this book. The us that after Peter’s denying Christ on or did they receive the Holy Spirit in overnight, I can understand that, too. older and better title is Apocalypse. Most Good Friday, the Lord forgave Peter two different ways on two different Funeral directors regularly do so in our English-speaking biblical scholars today uncompromisingly. Peter then became the occasions? (Louisiana) church because we have a daily parish use the name of Revelation.) great spokesman for the Apostles. Mass in the early morning, which young Revelation is clear. Again and again, it God’s mercy brings strength and In general, Scripture scholars read school children often attend. refers to Jesus as the sinless lamb of God, courage. In it is hope and a sense of Athis as two different events, with the But on the part about flowers, I agree the title used by John the Baptist for the direction. God’s mercy awaits us. † gift of the Holy Spirit being offered for with you. two different purposes. In the first incident Technically, the priest you refer to (Jn 20), the Spirit comes to the Apostles is correct; the General Instruction of My Journey to God gathered on the night of the first Easter the Roman Missal, which lays out the Sunday; the Spirit confers on them the Church’s norms for the celebration of power to forgive sins. the Eucharist, says that “during Lent it In the second account (Acts 2), the is forbidden for the altar to be decorated Spirit descends forcefully on the whole with flowers” (#305). Christ’s Words on Mercy community of believers, empowering them The only exceptions, it specifically to preach the Gospel boldly, even though notes, are Laetare Sunday, solemnities to St. Faustina, as taken Jesus will no longer be physically present and feasts. But the Church’s “Order of with them. (Note that this Pentecost Christian Funerals” says, “Fresh flowers, event, following the Ascension, enables used in moderation, can enhance the from her diary the disciples to be understood in many setting of the funeral rites” (#38). So I languages, and that Pentecost is commonly say (and have done this) why not make a Compiled by Natalie Hoefer regarded as the “birthday of the Church.”) pastoral accommodation, especially for This interpretation seems to square best a grieving family? Flowers do speak of “As often as you want to make Me happy, with John 7:37-39, which suggests that new life, which is what the funeral liturgy speak to the world about My great … mercy.” the Spirit will not be given in its fullness strives to convey. “[E]ncourage souls … to trust in My infinite mercy. until Jesus has been glorified, and with Oh, how I love those souls who have confidence in Me.” Luke, where Jesus, immediately before (Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth “By deed, by word, by prayer—in these three degrees the Ascension, instructs the disciples to Doyle at [email protected] and is contained the fullness of mercy, and is … proof of love for Me.” “stay in the city until you are clothed with 40 Hopewell St. Albany, N.Y. 12208.) † “The flames of mercy are burning Me. I desire to pour them power from on high” (Lk 24:49). upon souls. Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not accept them!” “… [I]n Holy Communion, My hands are full Recently there was a tragic death. A Readers may submit prose of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul. Q woman died and left three children But souls do not even pay any attention to Me. … in their 20s. The priest in the small or poetry for faith column As a dead object they treat Me.” town where the woman lived and where The Criterion invites readers to submit “Call upon My mercy on behalf of sinners; her children had grown up didn’t seem original prose or poetry relating to faith I desire their salvation. sympathetic to me. or experiences of prayer for possible When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart … The family wanted to have the publication in the “My Journey to God” I will give the grace of conversion: visitation in the church, which he allowed column. ‘O Blood and Water, which gushed but made the funeral home remove the Seasonal reflections also are appreciated. forth from the Heart of Jesus casket overnight. He decided to allow Please include name, address, parish and as a fount of Mercy for us, flowers in the church during the wake, telephone number with submissions. I TRUST IN YOU.’ ” but would not permit them during the Send material for consideration to funeral Mass because it was during Lent. “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, (Natalie Hoefer is a member of St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis and is a reporter I am concerned by this seeming lack of 1400 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN for The Criterion.) compassion for the family. I want to hear 46202 or e-mail to [email protected]. † your thoughts. (City of origin withheld) Page 14 The Criterion Friday, April 8, 2016 Easter Rest in peace flowers Please submit in writing Beth Gater, Theresa Prather to our office by 10 a.m. an John P. Elstrod. Brother of Thursday before the week of Paul Elstrod. Grandfather of 12. Easter flowers are seen publication; be sure to state Great-grandfather of 18. as Pope Francis walks to date of death. Obituaries of FOSTER, Lorraine, 87, greet people at his general archdiocesan priests serving St. Maurice, Napoleon, audience in St. Peter’s Square our archdiocese are listed March 20. Mother of Diane at the Vatican on March 30. elsewhere in The Criterion. Heuning, Peggy Sizemore, (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Order priests and religious Laurie, Rita, Dennis, Doug, sisters and brothers are James, John, Larry, Terry and included here, unless they are Timothy Foster. Grandmother natives of the archdiocese or of 23. Great-grandmother of 47. have other connec­tions to it; Great-great-grandmother of five. those are separate obituaries on this page. GALBO, Marion P., 94, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, AMRHEIN, Charles W., March 18. Husband of Mary 86, St. Gabriel, Connersville, Margaret Galbo. Father of March 28. Husband of Ruth Janie Landon, Mary Margaret Amrhein. Father of Randy Evans, James and Joseph Galbo. Amrhein. Brother of George and Grandfather of seven. Great- Jimmy Amrhein. grandfather of seven. BARR, Georgina (Rowland), GUTIERREZ, Emilia, 69, 76, St. Agnes, Nashville, Feb. 23. St. Gabriel the Archangel, Wife of Ned Barr. Jan. 30. Wife of Eligio. John Kohout. Brother of Anne Roger and Vincent Welage. SCHONFELD, Frank L., 79, March 25. Wife of James CRACIUNOIU, Irene A., 90, HENRY, Angela K. (Parks), Kohout-Chase and John Kohout. Grandmother of six. St. Joseph, Shelbyville, Feb. 12. Waddick. Mother of Kathleen St. Agnes, Nashville, March 20. 79, St. Vincent de Paul, Bedford, Grandfather of six. PROST, Beverly, 69, St. John Husband of Roseann Schonfeld. Feeley, Mary Anne, James and Mother of Niki Glover, Paula Father of Brian, Frank and March 27. Mother of Tracey MAHONEY, Joseph P., 26, the Baptist, Osgood, March 7. Michael Waddick. Sister of Roberts and Thomas Craciunoiu. Jeffrey Schonfeld. Grandfather Hearth, Julie Magill, Tina St. Michael the Archangel, Wife of Donald Prost. Mother of Robert Lynch. Grandmother of Grandmother of three. Great- of eight. Reynolds and Randy Parks. Indianapolis, March 18. Son Sharon Barnhart, Susan Voriel, seven. grandmother of two. Grandmother of seven. Great- of Joseph and Diane Mahoney. Jeannette, Julie Ann, Donald, SKIRVIN, Royland L., 56, grandmother of 15. WARNICK, Linda M., 63, DOLES, Martha E., 80, Brother of Gregory and Lucas Matthew and Michael Prost. Most Sorrowful Mother of God, St. Lawrence, Lawrenceburg, St. Mary, Greensburg, HORNSBY, Muriel, 85, Johns. Uncle of several. Sister of Bonita, James and Vevay, March 18. Husband March 29. Mother of Bonnie St. Gabriel the Archangel, Richard Wilkening. Grandmother of Melissa Skirvin. Father of March 12. Wife of Bob Warnick. Crider, Jennifer England, Scott, Indianapolis, March 15. Mother MOOSBRUGGER, Glendys, of eight. (Correction) Lorilee, Valerie and Ryand Mother of Derek, Kevin and Rob 76, St. Matthew the Apostle, Douglas, Kirk and Robb Doles. of Pamela Blakely, Konnie RAFTERY, Victoria L., 61, Skirvin. Brother of Billy and Warnick. Sister of Elissa Basile, Sister of Marlene Brown, Doris Schlechte and Robert Hornsby. Indianapolis, March 19. Mother Richard Skirvin. Grandfather of Claudia Diamond and Carissa of Frank Moosbrugger. Sister of St. Roch, Indianapolis, March 18. Kirschner and Robert Scheidler. Sister of Dorothy. Grandmother nine. Great-grandfather of one. Gans. Grandmother of four. Dana Stahly and Robert Wagner. Wife of Patrick Raftery. Mother Grandmother of 16. Great- of five. Great-grandmother of Christina Rice, Amanda and TROSSMAN, Agnes R., 78, grandmother of nine. of eight. Grandmother of one. WILLIAMS-ORTH, Nancy A., Jonathon Witt. Daughter of Rita All Saints, Dearborn County, 79, St. Joan of Arc, Indianapolis, ELSTROD, John C., 88, KOHOUT, James F., 80, OLIGER, Marie E., 97, Leggins. Sister of Sherri Altman, March 19. Sister of Jo Ann March 20. Wife of Paul Orth. Holy Trinity, Edinburgh, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, St. Mary, Greensburg, March 8. Suzey Hovenstein, Ann Knight, Buschur, Rita Duggins, Rose March 3. Husband of Virginia March 17. Husband of Mary Mother of Susan Powers and Jenny White, Brian, Joe and Martini, Lucille, Violet and Floyd Mother of Jennifer Hoover, Elstrod. Father of Gloria Adams, Kohout. Father of Christine Peter Oliger. Sister of Marjorie Wayne Leggins. Grandmother Trossman. Valerie Pesenko and Julie Pointer. Hauck, Andrew, A.T. and Mahan, Mildred Moeller, Grandmother of seven. Great- Mary Branigin, Jackie Fox, of two. TUGGLE, Jack H., 27, grandmother of six. RHEIN, Eulalia I., 95, St. Pius V, Troy, March 20. St. Christopher, Indianapolis, Son of Bob and Molly Tuggle. WINDMILLER, William FY 2015 Yearly Totals March 6. Mother of Susie Brother of Claire Tuggle. K., 69, St. Roch, Indianapolis, Swanson, Charley and Tom Grandson of Louise Hay and March 18. Husband of Nita Rhein. Grandmother of nine. Robert Tuggle. Windmiller. Father of Kristin Great-grandmother of 19. VONDERHEIDE, Elmer E., Scifres and Todd Windmiller. Son RICKE, Michael W., 54, 89, St. Michael, Brookville, of Betty Windmiller. Brother of St. Mary, Greensburg, March 18. March 9. Husband of Betty Judy Smith and Tim Windmiller. Son of Gilbert and Linda Ricke. Vonderheide. Father of Deborah Grandfather of five. Brother of Kim Kastner, Anita King, Mary Buckler, Allen, Moeller and Sandy Welage. David, Elmer M., Irwin, Kerry WISSEL, Nathan J., 55, St. Anthony of Padua, Morris, SCHERRER, Paul A., 77, and Randall Vonderheide. St. Pius X, Indianapolis, Brother of Harold Vonderheide. March 25. Son of Elvera March 22. Husband of Gay Grandfather of 15. Great- Wissel. Brother of Monica Scherrer. Father of Stephanie, grandfather of 22. Hooten, Sheila Kieffer, Alyssa Christopher and Paul G. Scherrer. WADDICK, Barbara J., and Matthew Wissel. Uncle of Grandfather of seven. 81, Holy Spirit, Indianapolis, several. God is greater than our sins, pope says at general audience VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The power of While everyone has experiences of sin God’s forgiveness “is greater than our sins,” and hopelessness, the pope encouraged Pope Francis said. Christians to never forget that “God is Christians have “the certainty that he greater than our sin.” will never abandon us,” the pope said at “God is greater than all the sins that we Mary N. Walsh, MD, FACC his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s can commit, and his love is an ocean in Cardiologist David B. Hermiller, MD, FACC Andrew M. Fouts, MD, FACC Square on March 30. which we immerse ourselves without fear Cardiologist Cardiologist “If you fall into sin, stand up! 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DUBUQUE, Iowa (CNS)—As wanted to adopt one of the babies, but not Cari Campbell scrolled through the anyone who would adopt all three. content of her Facebook newsfeed one day “So my husband and I put our names last August, the post of a friend living in in as people who would be willing to Oregon caught her attention. adopt them,” Campbell said of her and Campbell could not have foreseen at her husband, a 42-year-old engineer at the time how quickly that social media John Deere. “We just wanted to put the post would turn her world upside down, or process on hold. We thought someone else the way in which God was about to bless would step forward to take the children. her and her husband’s lives, threefold. But then the birth mom called us the night The post would lead Campbell and before she was scheduled to terminate the husband Kevin to adopt triplets and have pregnancy and said to us, ‘If you’ll take them baptized at Easter morning Mass them, I won’t do it.’ ” on March 27 at Resurrection Church That night, the Campbells agreed to in Dubuque. adopt the three children, but they had just The infants—Sebastien, Sidney and accepted an enormous responsibility, and Sophe-Elizabeth—were among thousands it would take a little time before they were welcomed into the Catholic Church sure they were really up to the challenge. this Easter. “About a week later, Kevin and I had a “When I reached out to the parish heart-to-heart conversation and discussed this past fall to ask about baptism, the whether this was something we could parish had suggested the idea of baptizing really do,” recalled Campbell. “After them on Easter if it all fell into place. We talking it all out, we couldn’t think of a thought that sounded like a neat idea,” good reason not to, so we decided to go Sebastien, Sophe-Elizabeth and Sidney, the adopted triplets of Kevin and Cari Campbell, are pictured Campbell told The Witness, newspaper of for it.” in the neonatal intensive care at a hospital in Oregon. The children were baptized Easter morning at the Archdiocese of Dubuque. “And I was So the Campbells, who had three cats Resurrection Church in Dubuque, Iowa. (CNS photo/Campbell family) baptized at the Easter Vigil myself when and a dog, but no children, began to I was 16 or 17 years old, so it just made it buy baby supplies and to prepare for the Since they were so small and couldn’t roles as Mom and Dad, Campbell said extra special.” prospect of becoming the parents of three fly on a plane and couldn’t sit in a car things haven’t been as overwhelming as The Facebook post that forever small infants. The couple also continued seat for more than an hour and half at a they thought they might be. changed the course of her and her to be in touch with the birth mother, who time, the couple decided to bring them “They are great kiddos, and my husband’s lives was about an adoption. sent them ultrasound photos and kept back to Iowa by Amtrak train. “It took us husband and I are pretty calm by nature,” A 35-year-old attorney from them up to date with how the pregnancy 48 hours to get home. We rented a room in she said. “We’ve learned to feed and Dubuque, Campbell decided to send was progressing. the back. They were the hit of the train,” change the three of them almost in an her friend—a woman whom she knew When she was 30 weeks along, the Campbell told The Witness. assembly line. We prepared for the worst, from law school—a private message birth mother sent a text to Campbell She said the parish has been very but it’s been really good so far. after she saw that friend post something saying that she was going into emergency supportive as she and her husband have “We haven’t had any freak out on Facebook about an emergency delivery. The triplets were born on Jan. 7. gone through the adoption process. moments” she said, but then added with adoption situation. They were premature and quite tiny, “We went through a time for about a a laugh, “but they’re also immobile yet. Campbell’s curiosity was piqued; she weighing just over 3 pounds apiece, but week and half in January when we faced Wait until they get moving.” wondered what might be going on. She were otherwise completely healthy. some legal drama, and we weren’t sure Campbell said no one is more surprised learned that her friend’s mother was the Campbell was able to make it out to if the adoption was going to go through than she and her husband as things have pastor in a prayer group at a Christian the West Coast to see the two little boys, or not. It was a really trying time,” she unfolded, but they also could not be clinic in Oregon. A woman there was Sebastien and Sidney, and their sister, recalled. “We really leaned on our faith more grateful. pregnant with triplets, but was planning Sophe-Elizabeth, a couple of days after and the prayer group at our parish to get “None of this was our plan, it just on having an abortion if she couldn’t they were born. It was the first of two trips through it. They were wonderful.” happened,” she reflected. “They found find someone to adopt all three of the she would make there before they were The Campbells now have full legal us—that’s what my husband and I like to children together. discharged from the hospital, and she and guardianship of the triplets; the final say about the three of them. It all just fell The pregnant woman had contacted an her husband were able to take them home adoption decree should be issued in a few into our laps, but that just make us feel all agency and had found several people who in mid-February. weeks. As the couple settles into their new the more that it was really meant to be.” †

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Burwell on March 23 an accommodation, still violates their Vivian Hamilton, a law professor challenging the Affordable Care Act’s religious beliefs. at William & Mary Law School in (ACA) contraceptive, abortifacient In oral arguments, the discussion Williamsburg, Va., told Catholic News and sterilization requirement, the centered on health exchanges, Service (CNS) that although she would be second-guessing began about how the court grandfathered clauses and exemptions, careful about “reading too much into the will rule. and ways to provide seamless health care justices’ request for more information,” The 108-page transcript of the arguments coverage. But the allotted time seemed to it did seem to suggest that they are was gleaned for hardly obscure clues, and have left unanswered questions about other “considering whether an accommodation court watchers predicted a split decision of possibilities, which the court’s subsequent might be crafted that would both permit the 4-4 from the eight-member court. order is now seeking. government to meet its compelling interest Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother And then less than a week later, that Mark Rienzi, lead attorney for the in ensuring that women have the ability to provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters prediction became cloudy. Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which obtain contraceptive health coverage yet of the Poor, speaks to the media outside On March 29, the court issued an represented the Little Sisters of the Poor, also respect religious employers’ objection the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on unusual order seeking additional briefs called the court’s order “an excellent to participating—even indirectly—in the March 23 after attending oral arguments in the from the plaintiffs and the federal development.” provision of such coverage.” Zubik v. Burwell contraceptive mandate case. government about how and if contraceptive, He said it shows the court “understood Another interpretation, from legal (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters) abortifacient and sterilization insurance the sisters’ concern that the government’s analyst Lyle Denniston, who writes for coverage could be obtained by employees current scheme forces them to violate their www.scotusblog.com, a blog on the everyone is looking at in this case, also through their insurance companies without religion.” In a March 29 statement, he also Supreme Court, said the specific wording picked up on the hijacking theme. When directly involving religious employers who said the attorneys “look forward to offering of the court’s order makes it seem that the Verrilli explained that it was necessary to object to this coverage. alternatives that protect the Little Sisters’ justices have accepted, even if tentatively, include contraceptive, abortifacient and The two-page order was given a positive religious liberty while allowing the the views of both sides. sterilization coverage in employer health spin by both sides, and also seen by many government to meet its stated goals.” If lawyers representing religious plans instead of in a separate plan, Kennedy as a clear indication that the court was Priests for Life also reacted confidently, employers and the government do not said: “That’s why it’s necessary to hijack taking extra steps to avoid an evenly split saying: “We see this as a positive come up with satisfactory answers to the the plans.” decision that would uphold the lower development.” order, Denniston said the justices will Kennedy sided with the majority in the courts’ rulings and mean the mandate for “The court appears to be looking for have to make their decision based on the 2014 Hobby Lobby ruling when it said religious groups would be interpreted a least restrictive alternative that would oral arguments. family-owned companies run on religious differently in different parts of the country. not burden our religious beliefs, which And if that’s the case, the decision could principles could object to the contraceptive, The case argued before the court will ultimately mean that the government very well hinge on the word “hijack,” abortifacient and sterilization coverage involves the Little Sisters of the Poor, did not satisfy its burden under [the] which was used seven times in the requirement in the ACA for religious Priests for Life, the Pennsylvania Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” the 94 minutes of oral arguments to refer to reasons. dioceses of Pittsburgh and Erie, the group said. the plaintiffs’ arguments the government In the March 23 argument, Kennedy Archdiocese of Washington and other On the other side, some groups that was “hijacking” insurance plans to make questioned whether it would be difficult religious groups challenging the filed amicus briefs on behalf of the religious groups provide contraceptive, for the government to arrange alternative ACA mandate that most religious and other Justice Department, which is representing abortifacient and sterilization coverage access to contraceptive, abortifacient and employers must cover contraceptives, the Obama administration, also viewed the against their will. sterilization coverage that would not force sterilization and abortifacients through court’s action in a positive light. “The petitioner has used the phrase religious groups to be complicit. employer-provided health insurance. Brigitte Amiri, senior staff attorney ‘hijacking,’ and it seems to me that “If it’s so easy to provide, if it’s so free, These groups, who do not fit the at the American Civil Liberties Union, that’s an accurate description of what the why can’t they just get it through another narrow exemption to the mandate described the court’s order as a twist she government wants to do,” Chief Justice plan?” he asked. given to churches, argue that providing hadn’t expected, but she also said the John Roberts told U.S. Solicitor General For now, it’s back to the drawing contraceptive, abortifacient and request for more information could be Donald Verrilli Jr. board for both sides to come up with sterilization coverage even indirectly interpreted as a recognition that “taking Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote more answers. † thank “ you! If we want the mercy of God, let’s begin to do it ourselves. “ Pope Francis

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