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CriterionOnline.com August 7, 2009 Vol. XLIX, No. 43 75¢ House panel accepts then Submitted photo by Matt Cashore Matt by photo Submitted rejects abortion ban in health reform bill WASHINGTON (CNS)—Despite the support of a U.S. cardinal and its own initial approval, the House Energy and Commerce Committee on July 30 rejected an amendment to a House health care reform bill that would have prohibited any mandated abortion coverage, except in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening danger to the mother. Cardinal Justin F. Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, had urged the committee to approve a one-paragraph amendment to the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act introduced by Reps. Joseph R. Pitts, R-Pa.; Bart Stupak, D-Mich.: and Roy Blunt, R-Mo. Cardinal Justin F. Rigali “No provision of A longtime member of St. Luke the Evangelist in Indianapolis, Jack Swarbrick became athletic director of the University of Notre Dame in 2008. this act ... shall Here, Swarbrick poses for a photo with Notre Dame Stadium in the background. impose, or shall be construed to impose, any requirement for coverage of abortion, or access to abortion, or to authorize or permit the recommendation for, or imposition of, upbringing shapes any such requirement,” except in limited circumstances, the amendment said. Approved by the committee on a Notre Dame’s athletic director 31-27 vote, the amendment was brought up for another vote after a 35-24 vote to (Editor’s note: This is the first of a Jack Swarbrick served as an instrumental its way through every part of his life. reconsider it. The second time around, two-part interview with Jack Swarbrick, yet behind-the-scenes leader in connect - In an extensive interview about his one Democrat changed his vote and another athletic director of the University of ion to the phenomenal emergence of first year as Notre Dame’s athletic who had not voted previously voted “no,” Notre Dame.) amateur and professional sports in director, Swarbrick—a Notre Dame leading to the defeat of the amendment, with Indiana’s capital city. graduate, a lawyer and a father of 29 for and 30 against. By John Shaughnessy Then a year ago, the longtime member four—talked about a wide range of The committee then took up a seven-page of St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in topics: his faith, his family, Notre Dame amendment proposed by Rep. Lois Capps, He helped to lead the effort that will Indianapolis accepted a different football, the most heartbreaking loss he D-Calif., which would prohibit abortion bring the Super Bowl to Indianapolis in challenge—becoming the athletic director has witnessed, his reaction to being coverage as part of a federally mandated 2012. of the University of Notre Dame, a high- considered an “absolute idiot” by some minimum benefits package but would require He also successfully coordinated the profile position with perhaps the most people, and his approach to life. at least one insurance plan in each “premium process that led the National Collegiate recognized college athletic program in The first part of the interview— rating area” to cover abortion. Athletic Association (NCAA) to move the country. focusing on his faith and his first year The National Right to Life Committee its headquarters to Indianapolis. Through it all, Swarbrick sees “a as athletic director—appears in this called the Capps amendment a “phony Indeed, for more than 25 years, common thread of faith” that has weaved See SWARBRICK, page 2 compromise” that would lead to “elective See HOUSE, page 3 Ecumenical prison ministry shares Christ’s love and forgiveness By Sean Gallagher including Catholics. Plainfield. Studies in the 1990s of the South Carolina “These men are changed men,” he said. Living in a prison has sometimes been and Florida correctional systems showed a “They can become described as “doing time.” dramatically lower recidivism rate for productive members The time offenders are “doing” is often offenders who participated in a Kairos of society.” that period of waiting until they’re back on retreat and stayed with the Kairos program One changed the outside. for two years or more than for the general man is Douglas But for the men and women who make prison population. Harrell. Now an Kairos Prison Ministry possible, the time In both states, offenders in high security assistant pastor at offenders spend on the inside can be all the correctional facilities had a recidivism rate as West Parkview difference in creating a good future for them. high as 81 percent. Missionary Baptist “Time” is in the very name of this For offenders who participated in a Kairos Church in Indian- ecumenical prison retreat ministry. “Kairos” is or similar faith-based event, the rate dropped apolis, Harrell, 49, a Greek word that describes a special moment to 53 percent. For those who participated in David Garrison spent 10 years at the in time, often a key moment in a person’s life. Kairos for at least two years, the recidivism Correctional For archdiocesan Catholics involved in rate dropped to 9 percent in South Carolina Industrial Facility in Pendleton, Ind., Kairos Prison Ministry, it’s the moment when and 11 percent in Florida. after being convicted for the intent to sell offenders encounter Christ, his forgiveness and “Guys that have gone through this and can illegal drugs. his unconditional love. stay connected to a Christian community Although a Christian before being Kairos, an international ministry, is active in don’t go back to prison,” said David Garrison, incarcerated, Harrell was discouraged by nearly all correctional facilities in Indiana, a member of St. Martin of Tours Parish in receiving little or no support from Christians including prisons for women. Martinsville. on the outside. As an ecumenical ministry, it focuses on Garrison has helped lead Kairos retreats at “Then, all of a sudden, I was faced with basic Christian beliefs held by all Christians, the Plainfield Correctional Facility in See KAIROS, page 8 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009

that was part of the challenge of the first based. The goal is to make the community SWARBRICK year. better. Many of our fans think I have the Talk about your faith and its role in best job in the world. They think that continued from page 1 Qyour life. because of their love of Notre Dame week’s issue. The second part—focusing My grandparents were first-generation athletics. It’s certainly good for that on Notre Dame football—will appear in AIrish-Americans on my mother’s side. reason. I think I have the best job in the Cashore Matt by photo Submitted next week’s issue. In fact, so archetypal that my grandfather world because I get to contribute to the What are some of your favorite became the police commissioner of development of Notre Dame through Qmoments from your first year on Yonkers, N.Y. Steeped in the Notre Dame athletics. the job? lore even though my grandparents had What’s different is the public scrutiny. They tend to relate to the never been within 500 miles of campus. I’m very comfortable with that. Not to pay Aaccomplishments of the student- Perchance, my family moved to Indiana and a lot of attention to it, but I know on any athletes you get to work with. They’re such the possibility of going there became a little day I can go on-line and find people who great kids. Some of those moments are more real. are putting forth the proposition that I’m on-field victories, but a lot more of them In my Irish-Catholic upbringing, faith an absolute idiot. Your ego is never out of tend to be personal moments—the was a big part of our lives. It shapes control. But I also know as much as those interactions of the student-athletes, decisions you make and the way you folks love the institution I work for and watching them handle victory and approach your life. I think that’s the essence care about it, they just don’t have the defeat, seeing a student-athlete getting an of faith. It’s personal, but it also impacts all information I have and they never will. So NCAA post-graduate scholarship or being facets of your life. When I look at the arc I’m comforted by the fact that if they had named academic All-American or meeting that brought me from high school to being the information I have, they might see their parents. All the really strong moments the director of athletics at Notre Dame, things differently. are wrapped around those personal there’s a common thread of faith. You make The different dynamic is that my family experiences with the student-athletes. decisions based upon your view of what’s hasn’t developed over time with me being The other thing I’d add to that is the right and wrong. You trust that the path the truly public figure that now I am. So strong memories of the first time I sat and you’re on is the right one, that there’s a plan that can be a bit of a challenge. In this chatted with Father Ted [Hesburgh, that makes sense. Internet world when any half-hour president emeritus of Notre Dame] just It’s great now to be in a place where someone is saying I’m an idiot, now one-on-one in his office. He’s such a faith is central, and it’s very central to the they’re saying somebody’s father or reservoir of historical information—not just university. The last thing our football team somebody’s husband is an idiot. You have about the school but the country, given his does before it enters the stadium is it goes to make sure your family is OK with that, Notre Dame women’s soccer player relationship with presidents and world to Mass. And I’m part of that Mass. At the that they can work their way through it Julie Scheidler shares the same parish as leaders. It’s just fun to talk to him about the officers’ and deans’ retreat, before we start and not be harmed by it. If this job were Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick— history of the school and the history of the our sessions, we say a prayer. It’s integrated ever inconsistent with my role as a St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis. country. so much into what we do on a daily basis. husband and a father, I wouldn’t do it. Scheidler is also a 2007 graduate of You mentioned moments with the How does your faith influence your That’s my first priority. Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis. Qstudent-athletes about how they Qapproach to being athletic director In your approach to life, what deal with the joy of victory and the pain at Notre Dame? Qguides you? approach to the job is I’ve always liked of losing. Can you share a specific It manifests itself in a ton of ways. Our Family is, in so many ways, central to the opportunity to try and think a little moment that stands out to you? Aissues of sportsmanship, for example, Athe way I operate and I think. The non-traditionally and build things. I’ve We had an exceptional group of young tend to be formed by and evaluated, in our opportunities I’ve had are in large part always liked the opportunity to take on a big Awomen in our senior class of our case, from a foundation of faith—what’s by-products of extraordinary parents and project and try to figure out how to do that. soccer team. In their four years at consistent with our Catholic ideals. four sisters who created such an environ - When people said, ‘Indianapolis never can Notre Dame, they went to the Final Four Decisions on how we run our program, ment for me. While I know they get to get a Super Bowl or get the NCAA to three times. Twice to the final game. This decisions on who joins our program, which experience this in a different way, it’s relocate to the city,’ that’s what I love—that year, they made it to the final game again, student-athletes become part of our disappointing that neither of my parents challenge. and they lost. I don’t know if I’ve ever been family—all tend to touch on, one way or were alive to see me as Notre Dame’s So when people wonder if a university more emotionally invested in the outcome another, issues of faith. athletic director because, in so many ways, with a commitment to faith and the of a game than I was then. Feeling, frankly, That’s not to suggest we are recruiting this would have been exactly what they academic aspirations of Notre Dame can their pain but appreciating what an extra - by religious faith. We don’t do that. We are aspired for me to do. compete at the highest level of inter - ordinary group of young women this is— mindful of it. A student-athlete has to be It ties directly back to those collegiate athletics, that’s an ideal challenge and all they had accomplished. comfortable in a faith environment grandparents, their aspirations when they for me. I’ve always loved those really large There was a moment at the end of that regardless of his or her personal dogma. If came to America, and their faith—their challenges that have major impacts. That’s game that will always stick with me. They you’re not, we’re not the right place for strong Catholic faith. That family dynamic, one of the things that really attracted me to were obviously just heartbroken. In the you. the heritage, my children and a remarkable do this job. process of a championship like that, you You’re a 1976 graduate of wife who’s put up with this for a long have to wait around for all the trophy QNotre Dame. What’s it been like for time—that really shapes so much of me and (Next week: Jack Swarbrick discusses presentations. It takes some time. It extends you to be back at the university from a what I do. Now it’s very much the privilege Notre Dame football and the factors the anguish. When it was over, they all personal standpoint? of helping to shape other young people’s he uses to evaluate all Notre Dame walked slowly off the field to the locker There’s a great joy in being able to lives, not just my own children. coaches, including head football coach room. And no one took the second place Agive back to a place that had such an The other thing that shapes my Charlie Weis.) † trophy. They had accepted it graciously, but impact on my life. I was always struck by they left it sitting behind them. It was an the number of teachers my children have in image I’ll never forget because that’s not high school who are graduates of the high Official Appointments what they came for. None of them had a school. I now understand it better. Part of it particular interest in bringing it home. is the affinity you have for the place, but What are some of the challenges part of it is wanting to give back to a place Effective Aug. 5, 2009 St. Augustine Parish in Leopold, St. Martin Qthat stand out to you from that that helped to shape you. So there’s been a of Tours Parish in Siberia and Holy Cross first year? special joy in that. Rev. Aaron J. Pfaff, a priest of the Parish in St. Croix, to full-time chaplain of Any business has its own culture and For more than 25 years, you were an Diocese of Manchester, N.H., appointed Our Lady of Providence Jr./Sr. High Aits way of doing things. That’s Qinstrumental yet behind-the-scenes administrator of St. Augustine Parish in School in Clarksville and weekend especially true of a university. So there was leader in connection to amateur and Leopold, St. Martin of Tours Parish in assistance at St. Michael Parish in the learning and trying to understand better professional sports in Indianapolis. Siberia and Holy Cross Parish in St. Croix, Bradford, St. Bernard Parish in Frenchtown the culture of the enterprise—how does it What’s it like for you being a more high- with residence at St. Paul Parish in and St. Joseph Parish in Crawford County, work, what’s my role, how are decisions profile leader at Notre Dame, which has Tell City. with residence at Our Lady of Perpetual made? Getting a feel for that just takes perhaps the most recognized college Help Parish in New Albany. time. We [also] had a football season that athletic program in the country? Rev. Mathew Joy Choorapanthiyil, fell short of our hopes. Given the time of In many ways, the experiences are O.C.D., part-time chaplain of Our Lady of These appointments are from the office of my arrival, you sort of have to deal with Asimilar. You’re working hard to build Providence Jr./Sr. High School in the Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., that quickly and get engaged in that. So something and the focus is community- Clarksville and administrator of of Indianapolis. †

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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Members Pregnant Women Support Act, of Congress and some religious groups which he said provides “many are touting newly proposed legislation kinds of life-affirming support for

as a big step toward common ground pregnant women and their unborn Roller photo/Bob CNS on abortion, but a staff member of the children,” and “reaches out to U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life women with a helping hand when Activities said the bill should be called they are most vulnerable, and most “the Planned Parenthood Economic engaged in making a decision Stimulus Package of 2009.” about life or death for their unborn The Preventing Unintended children.” Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for At a July 23 news conference, Abortion and Supporting Parents Act, Ryan said the Preventing introduced in the House on July 23 by Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, “cannot the Need for Abortion and fulfill the promises in its title,” said Supporting Parents Act offers Susan Wills, assistant director for “common ground on one of the education and outreach in the pro-life most divisive debates in America.” secretariat. “It’s my belief that if we are Writing on July 24 in Life Issues really serious about reducing the Forum, a biweekly column produced need for abortions in this country, by the secretariat for Catholic then we need to promote newspapers, Wills said the bill “is prevention in order to achieve that dressed up with some funding for goal,” he said. “People may—and after-school programs, and some ... likely will—continue to have efforts to provide support for pregnant disagreements over this issue, but students,” which she called “very we must still work together in the poorly crafted.” instances where we agree.” But she said it also “substantially Also at the news conference increases funding for the federal was Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., Title X family planning program ... , a co-sponsor of the legislation, denies state choice, making family who said the bill “came about planning services a mandatory through listening and talking Medicaid entitlement in all states, and instead of shouting past each greatly expands family planning other.” eligibility under Medicaid to all Both Ryan, a member of the women who are eligible under state Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, law for prenatal, labor and delivery and DeLauro, who belongs to the care.” Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, Wills said the “real abortion- are Catholics. reduction bill in Congress now is the But Deirdre McQuade, assistant Pregnant Women Support Act,” director for policy and communi- introduced in the House and Senate cations in the pro-life secretariat, this spring. said a close reading of the Ryan- Cardinal Justin F. Rigali of DeLauro bill shows that “whatever Philadelphia, chairman of the strengths are found” in it “are even U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life stronger in the Pregnant Women Activities, has urged members of Support Act.” Congress to co-sponsor the Although both bills expand some services for pregnant women, the Ryan-DeLauro legislation defines CNS photo/Bob Roller photo/Bob CNS pregnant women only as those women who have Gina Heitkamp displays a sign while sitting on the shoulders of Ben Fortkamp during the 35th annual March for Life already chosen to give rally in Washington in 2008. Members of Congress and some religious groups are touting newly proposed legislation birth, rather than as a big step toward common ground on abortion, but opinions differ about the best approach to reducing the including women still number of abortions in the U.S. and helping pregnant women in need. undecided about whether to have an abortion or carry the would allow states to cover unborn can use the part of the SCHIP funding child to term, she said. children and their mothers under the State they contribute to do so under the Ryan- “Everywhere there are resources, Children’s Health Insurance Program, DeLauro proposal. services or information” offered to known as SCHIP. But the wording of the In addition, the Ryan-DeLauro pregnant women in the Ryan- other legislation legislation does not include provisions DeLauro bill, but women who are “could contribute for informed consent before women on the fence about whether to have directly to paying undergo an abortion that are contained an abortion will not be able to for abortions in the in the Pregnant Women Support Act. access those resources, McQuade 17 states that use A woman considering whether to said. “That definition excludes SCHIP money to have an abortion needs to be informed women that the Pregnant Women pay for abortions,” “about what she is about to undergo,” Support Act would reach out to.” she said. McQuade said. “She needs to go in with Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Some provisions of the Ryan- Although the both eyes open.” bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, addresses DeLauro bill could even increase use of federal participants in the 36th annual March for Life in the number of abortions performed funds to pay for (To learn more about the U.S. bishops’ Washington on Jan. 22. Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of in the United States, McQuade said. abortions is pro-life efforts, log on to Boston is at left. The Pregnant Women Support Act Deirdre McQuade prohibited, states www.usccb.org/prolife.) †

for promoting an ‘abortion rights’ agenda or HOUSE reversing long-standing current policies against federal abortion mandates and funding,” the continued from page 1 cardinal said. “In this sense, we urge you to abortions being covered under the government-operated make this legislation ‘abortion-neutral’ by

‘public plan’ the bill would create, and would allow federal preserving long-standing federal policies that Reuters CNS photo/Molly Riley, subsidies to flow to private insurance plans that cover prevent government promotion of abortion and elective abortions.” respect conscience rights. Deirdre McQuade, assistant director for policy and “As longtime supporters of genuine health communications in the bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life care reform, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Activities, said her office was disappointed at the defeat of Bishops is working to ensure that needed health the Pitts-Stupak-Blunt amendment and passage of the reform is not undermined by abandoning long- “so-called compromise” Capps amendment. standing and widely supported policies against But she said other amendments dealing with abortion abortion funding and mandates, and in favor of were likely to be proposed as the various health care conscience protection,” he added. reform bills make their way through Congress. “We’re several steps away from being able to say we do (For more about the efforts to make health care or do not support this or that bill,” she added. reform respect life, log on to the Web site of the In a July 29 letter to the committee, Cardinal Rigali said National Committee for a Human Life U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-Texas, a Catholic, confers with a staffer on a “fundamental requirement” for health reform legislation Amendment, which works closely with the Capitol Hill in Washington on July 30 during the House Energy and is that it “respect human life and rights of conscience.” U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, Commerce Committee’s markup for H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable “Much-needed reform must not become a vehicle at http://nchla.org.) † Health Choices Act of 2009. Page 4 The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009

OPINION

Be Our Guest/Fr. Peter Daly Hope is found in Christ, not in money It’s only money. But these poor men were wrong. In tough economic times it is important We have to remember that money is only Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Bosler, Founding Editor, 1915 - 1994 to remember that. money. It is not the measure of our worth. It Most Rev. Daniel M. Buechlein, O.S.B., Publisher Greg A. Otolski, Associate Publisher A few weeks ago, is not our true security. It is not our ultimate Mike Krokos, Editor John F. Fink, Editor Emeritus we had a terrible spate . of murders and For men especially, so much of our suicides in the area identity is tied up in our ability to provide for around Washington our families. Our self-worth comes from our Editorial D.C., all of them work. Failure as a provider and a worker thought to be related to seems like failure as a father, husband and the recent economic person. Global issues and personal meltdown. But it isn’t. We need the resignation of In one terrible case, Job: “The Lord gives and the Lord takes a man killed his wife and three children and away, blessed be the name of the Lord” morality are interconnected then took his own life. He was apparently (Jb 1:21). he first “social encyclical” of $460,000 in debt, half of it on credit cards. We need the acceptance of the father of the TPope Benedict XVI is a dense, and in He had been a good Catholic, worker and prodigal son in St. Luke’s Gospel. So, the some ways difficult, reflection on the father. He just gave up. money was gone, but the boy is alive. Kill the responsibility that we human beings have Across the Potomac River from me, fatted calf and let’s rejoice. for one another and for all creation. the acting chief financial officer of Money is important in consumer culture.

“Caritas in Veritate” deals with a Wyand Mary by photo File Ann Freddie Mac, the huge government- It gives us security. It gives us dignity. broad range of social, political, economic backed mortgage company, took his own And work gives us joy because we feel and environmental issues. But the life at age 41. He had worked for productive. encyclical’s viewpoint is not fragmented Freddie Mac for 16 years, his entire But when it all collapses, it is not the end. or compartmentalized. professional career. If these men had confided in their wives It does not discuss global social issues He had watched the company melt down. and children, I’m sure each would have said, as though they were somehow separate or He had become the acting CFO only a few “It’s OK, Dad, we can start over. So long as distinct from the personal issues facing months before. Under huge stress, he tried we have each other, we will survive and individuals, families and communities on to resign. His boss was concerned and told thrive.” a daily basis. For Benedict, global him to take a few days off and think it over. If only they had called their pastors. issues are, first of all, local issues. He went home and reportedly hung In the last few months, I have dealt with Consider, for example, chapter four of himself in the basement. three families facing financial ruin and “Caritas in Veritate,” which deals with Just to the north of me in Baltimore, foreclosure. What did I try to get across to “the development of people, rights and Boy Scout Eduardo Manuel Peredo-Numiz, a a lawyer from Long Island, who was them? duties, and the environment.” The pope member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in visiting his daughter, a sophomore at Do not despair. begins this chapter by observing that Carmel, Ind., in the Lafayette Diocese talks Loyola College, killed his wife and You are more than your bank account. “many people today would claim that with Glenda Moor at the Cathedral Kitchen two daughters and then himself at a You are more than your house. they owe nothing to anyone, except to and Food Pantry in Indianapolis last October suburban hotel. The housekeeping staff You are more than your credit rating. themselves. They are concerned only after he helped her and other homeless made the terrible discovery. As Christians, our hope is not in the things with their rights, and they often have people be fitted for new shoes. In his Evidently, the lawyer had run some kind of this world. Our hope is in Christ. That is great difficulty in taking responsibility for encyclical letter, “Caritas in Veritate,” of investment fund. It had gone bankrupt. more than a theological proposition. It is the their own and other people’s integral Pope Benedict XVI teaches that the sin of One friend of his had invested $500,000. bedrock on which we build our lives. development” (#43). individualism keeps us from serving the The friend needed the money immediately. See the lilies of the field. See the birds of This is the sin of individualism, which needs of others. In despair and shame, the lawyer annihilated the air. Are you not worth more than these? blinds us to our essential interconnect- himself and his family. Work and security are important. But edness as members of the family of God. ensure that business practices and These men despaired. Why? money is only money. Individualism fosters an excessive, economic policies support “the principle In God’s great mercy, I’m sure they are self-destructive emphasis on “my needs,” of the centrality of the human person” forgiven. God knew their clouded thinking. (Father Peter Daly writes on Church life “my wants” and “my rights.” It cuts us over all other considerations. God knew the dark curtain of despair that from St. John Vianney Parish in off from others and prevents us from “Nature is at our disposal,” the pope had come over them. Prince Frederick, Md.) † becoming aware of, and acting on, our writes, “not as a ‘heap of scattered responsibility for the common good. As refuse’ but as a gift of the Creator who the Holy Father teaches us, “an has given it an inbuilt order, enabling Letters to the Editor overemphasis on rights leads to a man to draw from it the principles disregard of duties.” needed to till it and keep it (Gen 2:15). According to “Caritas in Veritate,” But it should also be stressed that it is Better ways to share the message of personal morality is the foundational contrary to authentic development to principle underlying all social responsi- view nature as more important than the human dignity, reader says bility. Two powerful examples are cited human person” (#48). in the encyclical’s fourth chapter—sexual With penetrating insight, and the In his column, “The twisted logic Salacious references to mutilated infants morality and care for the environment. wisdom gained from more than 80 years underlying abortion” in the July 17 issue of may be effective in stoking the anger of Our modern culture has come to of lived experience and prayerful study, The Criterion, Father Tad Pacholczyk those who oppose abortion, but they distort regard sexuality as a private matter Pope Benedict XVI dramatically reminds undermines an otherwise thoughtful piece our view of the real tragedy of the practice. between “consenting adults,” and the us that what is good for the individual by including a favorable reference to a truly Frontier justice of the kind meted out to Church is frequently criticized for its person is good for society as a whole. reprehensible quote by Ann Coulter that she Tiller may satisfy a felt need for retribution perceived preoccupation with sex. And what is loving and true for the didn’t think of the killing of the abortionist, for his actions, but it takes another kind of In fact, Catholic teaching on human global village we live in today finds its Dr. George Tiller, as murder. twisted logic to see true justice in his sexuality is based on a profoundly fullest expression in the principles of By quoting Coulter, Father Pacholczyk killing. positive understanding of the dignity of personal morality and social responsi- highlights two of the critical problems in the Until we can view Tiller as a lost soul in the human person, the beauty of marital bility first taught 2000 years ago by the Church’s attempts to end abortion. need of salvation—a salvation perhaps intimacy and the fact that “morally author of the Church’s first great social The first is an all-too-willing association denied by an assassin’s bullet—and learn to responsible openness to life represents a encyclical, the : with hate-mongers like Coulter. express true love for those who have lost rich social and economic resource” (#44). Blessed are you who are poor, who are Rather than attempting to build their way, it is unlikely our message of As the Church sees it, human hungry, who are weeping, who are hated consensus on a common understanding of human dignity will be heard and, as a sexuality is a gift from God for the and excluded and insulted … for the human dignity—which should be the result, salvation for so many will remain out benefit of individuals and society as a kingdom of God—with all its joy and Church’s primary focus—conservatives of reach. whole. Therefore, “it is irresponsible to satisfaction and peace—will be yours. of Coulter’s ilk use abortion as a wedge Frank Z. Riely Jr. view sexuality merely as a source of “The Church has a responsibility to divide the country in the hopes that, by Floyds Knobs pleasure, and likewise to regulate it towards creation and she must assert this playing to the anger and fear of a few, through strategies of mandatory birth responsibility in the public sphere,” they will mobilize just enough voters to control. In either case, materialistic ideas Pope Benedict tells us. “She must defend win an election. Letters Policy and policies are at work, and individuals not only earth, water and air as gifts of The Church’s participation in the political Letters from readers are welcome and are ultimately subjected to various forms creation that belong to everyone. She debate on abortion has reinforced, rather should be informed, relevant, well- of violence” (#44). must above all protect mankind from than moderated, this divisive approach. expressed, concise, temperate in tone, Similarly, the Church teaches that self-destruction” (#51). Secondly, by suggesting that the killing courteous and respectful. human beings have a sacred duty to We are called to be responsible of Tiller might not be murder, and might not The editors reserve the right to select “exercise a responsible stewardship over stewards of all God’s gifts—both those be tantamount to the 60,000 abortions he and edit the letters based on space nature, in order to protect it, to enjoy its that he gives to each of us individually performed over his sad career, Coulter and limitations, pastoral sensitivity and fruits and to cultivate it in new ways, and those that he entrusts to the entire Father Pacholczyk seem to have lost sight of content. with the assistance of advanced human family. Let us give thanks to God the fact that the death of these unborn Letters must be signed, but, for serious reasons, names may be withheld. technologies, so that it can worthily for his abundant generosity and resolve children is not the only, and may not be the Send letters to “Letters to the Editor,” accommodate and feed the world’s to resist every temptation to individ- greatest, tragedy from abortion. The Criterion, P.O. Box 1717, Indianap olis, population” (#50). Each of us has a ualism and social irresponsibility. As every child learns, the IN 46206-1717. personal stewardship responsibility to angels rejoice when the soul of a murder Readers with access to e-mail may send care for the environment—but also to —Daniel Conway victim is received into heaven. They reserve letters to [email protected]. their tears for the lost soul of the murderer. The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009 Page 5

ARCHBISHOP/ARZOBISPO DANIEL M. BUECHLEIN, O.S.B.

SEEKING THE FACE OF THE LORD BUSCANDO LA CARA DEL SEÑOR Hope in Christ nourishes us as we journey to God e are a pilgrim people on a journey possible only by the grace of our Lord art “the shepherd was generally an The two greatest obstacles to our Wof hope. Jesus Christ given to us through his expression of the dream of a tranquil and success, the Church teaches, are When we were preparing for the suffering, death and resurrection. This goal simple life for which the people, amid the presumption and despair. We are guilty of Jubilee celebration of 2000, we chose the as a pilgrim people is also our mission as confusion of the big cities, felt a certain presumption when we convince ourselves theme “Journey of Hope 2001.” the Church: to proclaim the kingdom of longing” (“Spe Salvi,” #6). For that we don’t need the grace of Christ, that We emphasized that we are a pilgrim God, and to be the seeds and the beginning Christians, the Holy Father tells us, the we can reach our life’s goal all by people, and that hope sustains us on our of that kingdom here on Earth. image of the Good Shepherd has a deeper ourselves. The sin of despair leads us in journey to God. As disciples of Jesus, we are not meaning. the opposite direction; it persuades us that We are a pilgrim people because we are satisfied with the way things are so we pray Quoting Psalm 23 (“The Lord is my our efforts are hopeless, that we will never not satisfied with the way things are. We for the grace to change ourselves and the shepherd …”), the Holy Father says, “the reach our goal no matter what. seek the face of the Lord. We long for world in which we live according to God’s true shepherd is one who knows even the Christ assures us that if we follow him, communion with Christ and the joy of will. We are not comfortable with the status path that passes through the valley of and walk in his light, we will not give in everlasting life. quo so we work to build a better world, the death; one who walks with me even on to the false hope of presumption or to the In his encyclical letter “Spe Salvi” beginning of God’s kingdom here on Earth, the path of final solitude where no one darkness of despair. (“Saved by Hope”), Pope Benedict XVI in anticipation of the future fulfillment of can accompany me, guiding me through: May we follow him always. † tells us that Jesus is the source of our God’s plan. He himself has walked this path, he has hope, a hope stronger than suffering or We are not lost as individuals or as a descended into the kingdom of death, he death. community of faith because we have been has conquered death, and he has returned Do you have an intention for “When the Letter to the Hebrews says shown the way which is Christ. “I am the to accompany us now and to give us the Archbishop Buechlein’s prayer list? that Christians here on Earth do not have a light of the world,” the Lord tells us. “He certainty that, together with him, we can You may mail it to him at: permanent homeland but seek one that lies who follows me will not walk in darkness, find a way through” (“Spe Salvi,” #6). in the future,” the Holy Father writes, “this but will have the light of life” (Jn 8:12). The Good Shepherd is the source of Archbishop Buechlein’s does not mean for one moment that they Each year during the Easter season, the our hope. “His rod and his staff comfort Prayer List live only for the future. Present society is Church celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday. me” so that “I fear no evil” (Ps 23:4). Archdiocese of Indianapolis recognized by Christians as an exile; they The image of the Good Shepherd is a As we continue the pilgrimage that is 1400 N. Meridian St. belong to a new society which is the goal powerful symbol of the . our journey of hope, we can be confident P.O. Box 1410 of the common pilgrimage and which is The pastoral ministry of Jesus has been that the Lord walks with us, slightly Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 anticipated by the course of that expressed in Christian art in many different ahead of us, so he can show us the way. pilgrimage” (“Spe Salvi,” #4). ways from the earliest days of Church As pilgrims, we do not wander history to the present. (“Pastor” is the Latin aimlessly. We have a goal: to enter the word for shepherd.) The Good Shepherd Archbishop Buechlein’s intention for vocations for August kingdom of God and to share in the ministers to the deepest hopes and longings Parish Awareness: that all parishioners will be aware of their role in promoting all beatific vision of heaven. We cannot of his people. He is a true teacher—the one vocations and have the awareness especially to encourage our youth to consider the accomplish this goal by our own efforts. who shows us the way. Success on our journey of hope is made Pope Benedict reminds us that in Roman priestly and religious life.

La esperanza en Cristo nos sustenta en el camino hacia Dios omos un pueblo peregrino en un Jesucristo a través de su sufrimiento, y sencilla, de la cual tenía nostalgia la desesperación. Pecamos de presumidos Scamino de esperanza. muerte y resurrección. Esta meta como gente inmersa en la confusión de la cuando nos convencemos de que no Durante la preparación para la peregrinos es también nuestra misión ciudad” (“Spe Salvi,” #6). Para los necesitamos la gracia de Cristo, que celebración de nuestro aniversario en el como Iglesia: proclamar el reino de Dios, cristianos, según observa el Santo Padre, podemos alcanzar nuestras metas por año 2000, elegimos el tema “Camino de ser las semillas y el inicio de ese reino la imagen del Buen Pastor tiene un cuenta propia. El pecado de la fe 2001.” aquí en la Tierra. significado más profundo. desesperación nos guía en la dirección Hicimos énfasis en que somos un Como discípulos de Jesús, no nos Citando el Salmo 23 (“El Señor es mi opuesta: nos convence de que nuestros pueblo peregrino y que la fe nos sustenta satisface el orden de las cosas, de modo pastor ...”), el Santo Padre señala: “El esfuerzos son en vano y que nunca en nuestro camino hacia Dios. que rezamos pidiendo la gracia de poder verdadero pastor es Aquel que conoce llegaremos a nuestra meta, sin importar lo Somos un pueblo peregrino porque no cambiarnos a nosotros mismos y al también el camino que pasa por el valle que suceda. estamos satisfechos con el orden de las mundo en el que vivimos, de acuerdo a la de la muerte; Aquel que incluso por el Cristo nos asegura que si lo seguimos cosas. Buscamos el rostro del Señor. voluntad de Dios. No nos sentimos a camino de la última soledad, en el que y caminamos en su luz, no caeremos en Anhelamos la comunión con Cristo y el gusto con el statu quo así que nos nadie me puede acompañar, va conmigo la falsa esperanza de la presunción ni en gozo de la vida eterna. esforzamos por construir un mundo mejor, guiándome para atravesarlo: Él mismo ha la oscuridad de la desesperación. En su carta encíclica “Spe Salvi” el inicio del reino de Dios aquí en la recorrido este camino, ha bajado al reino Que siempre sigamos Su camino. † (“Salvados por la esperanza”), el Papa Tierra, en previsión del cumplimiento de la muerte, la ha vencido, y ha vuelto Benedicto XVI nos dice que Jesús es la futuro del plan de Dios. para acompañarnos ahora y darnos la fuente de nuestra esperanza, una No nos sentimos desorientados como certeza de que, con Él, se encuentra ¿Tiene una intención que desee esperanza más poderosa que el personas ni como comunidad de fe porque siempre un paso abierto (“Spe Salvi,” #6). incluir en la lista de oración del sufrimiento o la muerte. se nos ha mostrado el camino que es El Buen Pastor es la fuente de nuestra Arzobispo Buechlein? Puede enviar “Cuando la Carta a los Hebreos dice Cristo. “Yo soy la luz del mundo”, nos esperanza: “Tu vara de pastor me su correspondencia a: que los cristianos son huéspedes y dice el Señor. “El que me sigue no andará reconforta” así que “no temo peligro peregrinos en la tierra, añorando la patria en tinieblas, sino que tendrá la luz de la alguno” (Sal 23:4). Lista de oración del Arzobispo futura”, comenta el Santo Padre, “no vida” (Jn 8:12). A medida que continuamos la Buechlein remite simplemente a una perspectiva Cada año, durante la época de la peregrinación por nuestro camino de Arquidiócesis de Indianápolis futura. [L]os cristianos reconocen que la Pascua, la Iglesia celebra el Domingo del esperanza, podemos tener la plena 1400 N. Meridian St. sociedad actual no es su ideal; ellos Buen Pastor. La imagen del Buen Pastor confianza de que el Señor camina con P.O. Box 1410 pertenecen a una sociedad nueva, hacia la es un símbolo muy fuerte del ministerio nosotros, ligeramente adelantado para Indianapolis, IN 46202-1410 cual están en camino y que es anticipada de Jesús. mostrarnos el sendero. en su peregrinación” (“Spe Salvi,” #4). El arte cristiano ha reflejado de muchas La Iglesia nos enseña que los dos Como peregrinos, no vagamos sin formas diferentes el ministerio pastoral de obstáculos más grandes para alcanzar el Traducido por: Daniela Guanipa, rumbo. Tenemos una meta: entrar en el Jesús, desde los primeros días de la éxito son la presunción y la Language Training Center, Indianapolis. reino de Dios y compartir con el prójimo Iglesia hasta el presente. El Buen Pastor la visión beatífica del cielo. No podemos vela por las esperanzas y los anhelos más La intención del Arzobispo Buechlein para vocaciones en agosto alcanzar esta meta con nuestros propios profundos de su pueblo. Es un verdadero esfuerzos. maestro: aquel que nos muestra el camino. Conocimiento de la Parroquia: Que cada parroquiano sea consciente de su papel para El éxito en nuestra travesía de El papa Benedicto nos recuerda que en fomentar todas las vocaciones y anime a nuestros jóvenes a con-siderar la vida esperanza es únicamente posible por la el arte romano “el pastor expresaba sacerdotal y religiosa. gracia que nos ha entregado nuestro Señor generalmente el sueño de una vida serena Page 6 The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009 Events Calendar

August 7- person. Information: 317-546-4065. Tough Life,” happy hour, August 13-15 Information: 317-786-4371. September 12 812-933-0737. 7 p.m., talk, 8 p.m. St. Rose of Lima Parish, St. Anthony Parish, 349 N. Meinrad Archabbey and Information: 317-625-7744. 114 Lancelot Drive, Franklin. St. Michael the Archangel August 8 Warman Ave., Indianapolis. School of Theology, library Parish festival, dinners, music, Church, 3354 W. 30th St., St. Roch Parish, Family Center, Euchre party, 1:30 p.m., August 11 gallery, 200 Hill Drive, rides, games, Thurs. and 3603 S. Meridian St., Indian- $4 per person. St. Paul Hermitage, 501 N. Indianapolis. Helpers of God’s St. Meinrad. Photography Fri. 5-11 p.m., Sat. 1-11 p.m. apolis. Single Seniors, 17th Ave., Beech Grove. Precious Infants, Pro-Life exhibit, John Bower, artist. Information: 317-738-3929. meeting, 1 p.m., age 50 and St. Mary Parish, Ave Maria Guild, Mass, Mass, Father Paul Landwerlen, Information: 800-682-0988 or over. Information: 2500 St. Mary’s Drive, 11 a.m., meeting, 12:30 p.m., August 14-16 celebrant, 8:30 a.m., followed www.saintmeinrad.edu. 317-784-4207. Lanesville. Parish picnic, bring a sack lunch. Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, by rosary outside abortion August 7 fried chicken and country ham Information: 317-885-5098. 5333 E. Washington St., clinic and Benediction at Holliday Park, 6363 Spring dinners, booths, quilts, games, Indianapolis. Dinner theater, Our Lady of the Most Holy church. Information: Mill Road, Indianapolis. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Information: “Nunsense,” Fri. and Rosary Church, 520 Stevens Benedict Inn Retreat and Couple to Couple League, 812-952-2853. Sat. 6:30 p.m., $25 per person Archdiocesan Office for St., Indianapolis. Lumen Dei family picnic, 4 p.m. Conference Center, includes dinner, Pro-Life Ministry, meeting, Mass, 6:30 a.m. Information: 317-465-0126. MKVS, Divine Mercy and 1402 Southern Ave., Sun. 2:30 p.m., $12 includes 317-236-1569 or Mass, breakfast and program at Glorious Cross Center, Beech Grove. Benedict Inn tea. Information: 317-356-7291 800-382-9836, ext. 1569. Priori Hall, Dr. James Trippi, August 8-9 Rexville, located on 925 South, Retreat and Conference Center or [email protected]. founder of Gennesaret Free St. Paul Parish, 9798 N. .8 mile east of 421 South and and Knights of Columbus August 16 Clinic, presenter, $20 per Dearborn Road, Guilford/ 12 miles south of Versailles. Council #437, “Christian August 15 Richmond Catholic person. Information: Parish festival, Knights of Columbus, New Alsace. Mass, noon, on third Sunday Leaders and Leadership” Community, 701 N. “A” St., 317-435-3447 or e-mail Sat. 6 p.m.-midnight, Our Lady of Fatima Council holy hour and pitch-in, lecture series, Daniel Elsener, Richmond. Charismatic [email protected] for Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., chicken groups of 10 pray the new president of Marian University, #3228, 1040 N. Post Road, Indianapolis. Ladies Auxiliary, prayer group, 7 p.m. information or dinner, quilts, food, games, Marian Way, 1 p.m., presenter, 7 p.m., no charge. garage sale, proceeds provide Information: [email protected] for music. Information: Father Elmer Burwinkel, Information: 317-788-7581. reservations. 812-487-2096. celebrant. Information: supplies for troops in Iraq, [email protected]. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. August 7-8 August 9 812-689-3551. St. Nicholas Parish, 6461 E. St. Pius Parish, County Road Oldenburg Academy, St. Lawrence Parish, 4650 N. August 10 St. Nicholas Drive, Sunman. St. Jude Parish, Parish 1 Twister Circle, Oldenburg. Shadeland Ave., Indianapolis. George’s Neighborhood Grill, Pro-life Mass, 7 p.m., 5353 McFarland Road, Indian- 500 E., Sunman. Alumni Association Feast of St. Lawrence, 6953 Lake Plaza, Indianapolis. discussion on pro-life matters apolis. 50th Anniversary picnic, chicken dinner, games, production, Twelve Angry covered dish picnic, 1-4 p.m., Theology on Tap, summer following Mass. Information: Celebration, Mass, 5 p.m., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Information: Women, 7:30 p.m. $5 per rain or shine. Information: series, “Tough Topics for a 812-623-8007. parish picnic following Mass. 812-623-8007. †

Retreats and Programs Holy Scripture,” Benedictine September 3 Martin Erspamer and Passionist Brother Matthew Mattingly, presenter. Information: Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. Michael Moran, presenters. Information: August 7-9 800-581-6905 or [email protected]. 56th St., Indianapolis. Silent non-guided 800-581-6905 or [email protected]. Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House, 5353 E. retreat, “Come Away and Rest Awhile,” 56th St., Indianapolis. “Retrouvaille.” August 21-23 8 a.m.-4 p.m., $25 per person includes September 18-20 Information: 317-489-6811 or Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, continental breakfast and lunch. Information: Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, [email protected]. St. Meinrad. “The Book of Revelation: 317-545-7681 or [email protected]. St. Meinrad. “Prayer Distractions,” What It Is and What It Isn’t,” Benedictine Benedictine Brother Thomas Gricoski, Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Father Eugene Hensell, presenter. Information: September 4-6 presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or St. Meinrad. “Virtue: Living the ‘Good’ 800-581-6905 or [email protected]. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, [email protected]. Life,” Benedictine Brother Karl Cothern, St. Meinrad. “For Men Wanting Answers: presenter. Information: 800-581-6905 or August 28-30 Discerning a Vocation to Priesthood,” September 22 [email protected]. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Benedictine Father Vincent Tobin, presenter. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, St. Meinrad. “Scriptures and Novels,” Information: 800-581-6905 or 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. “Catholic August 13-16 Benedictine Father Noël Mueller, presenter. [email protected]. Identity and Doctrine 2009—The Holy Mount Saint Francis Retreat Center, Information: 800-581-6905 or Sacrifice of the Mass,” Benedictine 101 St. Anthony Drive, Mount St. Francis. September 7-13 [email protected]. Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, Sister Mildred Wannemuehler, presenter, “Love of Nature” retreat. Information: St. Meinrad. “The Image As a Window to 6:30-9 p.m., $25 includes dinner. Information: 812-923-8817 or August 29 the Spiritual: An Artist’s Six-Day Hands-on 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Workshop and Retreat,” Benedictine Brother [email protected]. † 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. August 18 “The Journey of Thomas Merton,” Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Dr. Paul A. Crow, presenter, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. VIPs “Catholic Identity and Doctrine 2009: $50 per person. Information: 317-788-7581 or [email protected]. Devotion to the Eucharist Outside of the Donald and Barbara Jeanne Jack Martin and Elizabeth Emily Mass,” Benedictine Father Matthias Newman, August 29-30 (Wierman) Kidwell, members of (Kerr) Price, members of St. Mark the presenter, 6:30-9 p.m., $25 includes dinner. Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center, Information: 317-788-7581 or Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Parish Evangelist Parish in Indianapolis, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove. [email protected]. in Indianapolis, celebrated their SPRED retreat, “We Are One Body,” special will celebrate 50th wedding August 18-20 religious development participants and their 50th anniversary on Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 100 Hill Drive, catechists, $75 per person. Information: wedding Aug. 1. St. Meinrad. “Lectio Divina: Praying with 317-236-1448 or 317-402-3330. anniversary on The couple was Aug. 8. married on Aug. 1, The couple 1959, at the former was married on Assumption Church Aug. 8, 1959, at in Indianapolis.

Submitted photo St. Therese of They have the Infant Jesus four children: (Little Flower) Church in Indianapolis. Jennifer McAvene, They have three children: Lisa, Kevin Rhonda Stafford, Dale and Jack Price II. and Steven Kidwell. They also have They also have 10 grandchildren and six grandchildren. † nine great-grandchildren. † Scecina Memorial and St. Mary Academy Mass at Italian alumni plan reunions POW chapel is The Father Thomas Scecina Memorial Aug. 16 at High School Class of 1964 is planning a 45-year class reunion on Sept. 12 at The Garrison Restaurant at Fort Benjamin Camp Atterbury Harrison, 6002 N. Post Road, in The 20th annual Italian POW chapel Indianapolis. commemoration, rosary, Mass and picnic A Mass will be celebrated at 5:30 p.m. will begin at 11 a.m. on Aug. 16 at with a dinner following at 7 p.m. Our Lady’s Chapel in the Meadow at For more information or to make Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh. reservations, call Mary Ann (Arszman) The chapel was built in 1943 by Italian Engstrom at 317-709-4508 or send an prisoners of war who were held during 50th anniversary celebration e-mail to [email protected]. World War II at Camp Atterbury. Members of the Class of 1959 at the The event is sponsored by the Indiana Rick Seaver, accompanied by the New Horizons band under the direction of Sam Rhinesmith, former St. Mary’s Academy in Indian- National Guard and Indiana Italian sings “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ ” on July 19 at St. Paul Hermitage in Beech Grove during a apolis will celebrate their 50-year class Heritage Society. celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the retirement and nursing facility, a reunion on Sept. 20. For more information, call Salvatore ministry of the Sisters of St. Benedict of Our Lady of Grace Monastery, also in Beech Grove. For more information or to make Petruzzi at 317-849-9731 or log on to Residents, staff and family members attended the anniversary celebration. reservations, contact Arlene Laviscek www.italianheritage.org. † Krebs at [email protected]. † The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009 Page 7

Working paper outlines information being sought from religious orders

WASHINGTON (CNS)—Orders of women religious in the United States will be asked to complete a comprehensive questionnaire that looks at six areas of religious life in preparation for a series of apostolic visits set to begin in January. Topics to be considered are outlined in a working document distributed on July 28 to the 341 leaders of

the religious congregations to share with their Herald Catholic Lucero, Sam by photo CNS members. The topics are related to the life and operation of the orders: identity; governance; vocation promotion, admission and formation policies; spiritual life and common life; mission and ministry; and finances. Members of the orders are being asked to reflect on the working document. A separate questionnaire based on the working document will be distributed to superiors general on Sept. 1. Distribution of the questionnaire on Sept. 1 will open the second phase of a comprehensive study of U.S. institutes of women religious announced in January and ordered by the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of and Societies of Apostolic Life under its prefect, Cardinal Franc Rode. Known in Latin as an “instrumentum laboris,” the July 28 working document will help the orders prepare to answer the Sept. 1 questionnaire, said Mother Mary Clare Millea, general of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the apostolic visitator charged by the Vatican with directing the study. “The reason we’re doing this is we want to help assess and promote the vitality of all the sisters,” she told Catholic News Service on July 31. Franciscan Sister Adele Thibaudeau files the fingernails of Reggie Griffin at a daytime center for the homeless in Milwaukee. Orders of women Mother Clare, a Connecticut native whose religious in the United States are being asked to complete a comprehensive questionnaire in preparation for a series of apostolic visits set to is based in Rome, said the begin in January. superiors will have until Nov. 1 to complete the questionnaire and return it to the apostolic visitation office and the transfer of ownership or control of in Hamden, Conn. property within the last 10 years. “Once we get all the questionnaires, we will Mother Clare said she met, talked with or Visitation Plan analyze and select which congregations to visit,” heard in writing from 244, or 72 percent, of Early this year the Vatican announced the start of an apostolic Mother Clare said. the country’s superiors general during the visitation examining U.S. orders of women religious. There are The apostolic visits are scheduled to begin in January six months after the study was announced. four phases to the study. and continue throughout 2010, “That’s pretty impressive for according to the study timeline a voluntary phase,” she said. COMPLETED Initial meetings and communication with established by the apostolic “The conversations I had religious superiors visitation office. ‘We feel that every sister with the major superiors “For some congregations, their have been very helpful in Religious congregations respond to questionnaire participation will end with the is a part of this shaping the ‘instrumentum SEPTEMBER- seeking empirical data and information about questionnaire,” she said. “We want to visitation. We won’t be laboris’ and the topic OCTOBER 2009 identity, mission, governance, finances, spiritual get a cross section [for the visits].” able to meet individually questions we’ve presented, life and activities to promote vocations The first phase of the study, to understand the reality with every sister in JANUARY 2010- Visitation teams meet with selected religious completed on July 31, involved a series before we set out to ask JANUARY 2011 of voluntary meetings, telephone every congregation. We them specific information,” communities conversations or written exchanges won’t know exactly what Mother Clare told CNS. Compilation and delivery of report with recom- between Mother Clare and superiors Although the MID-2010- we will hear from MID-2011 mendations to the Congregation for Institutes of general. The apostolic visits encompass questionnaire will be Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life the third phase, and the compilation sisters. We want them to completed by congrega- and delivery of a final report, expected know that their voices tional leaders, Mother Clare Source: Apostolic Visitation of Institutes of Women Religious in the United States ©2009 CNS in mid-2011, will mark the fourth and will be heard.’ also is encouraging final phase of the study. individual sisters to respond to issues The working document offers a raised in the working document. (For more about the apostolic visitation of women’s series of questions in six areas for each —Mother Mary “It’s very important that each sister religious communities in the United States, log on to religious community to consider as it Clare Millea know that if she has anything she wants www.apostolicvisitation.org.) † prepares to answer the questionnaire: to tell me about her congregation she can • The identity of the religious do so freely and confidentially,” she said. institute: covering the order’s “We feel that every sister is a part of understanding of religious life; the future concerns of the this visitation,” Mother Clare explained. “We won’t be able congregation; its understanding and expression of the vow to meet individually with every sister in every congregation. Given the of chastity and the virtue of obedience; and the order’s We won’t know exactly what we will hear from sisters. We involvement or plans for reconfiguration or mergers with want them to know that their voices will be heard.” another congregation. Choice • Governance: covering the effectiveness of an order’s style of governance; its practice in the daily life of its our clients would rather not be here members; and the process for dealing with sisters who disagree publicly or privately with congregational decisions, especially in matters regarding Church St. Mary of the Rock They'd much prefer to purchase authority. their groceries, obtain their • Vocation promotion, admission and formation clothing, and furnish their homes Batesville from retail establishments which policies: covering policies for admission to the order, how welcome their patronage. the formation program offers members the foundations of the Catholic faith and doctrine through the study of Annual Outdoor But their circumstances remove documents, the Catechism of the that option from them. So they and post-conciliar documents. must depend on us and other • Spiritual life and common life: covering the Grotto Mass charitable organizations for the expression of the Eucharist; how the religious community th basics which many of us strengthens common life through the celebration of the August 15 , 7:00 pm purchase routinely. Eucharist; prayer and the sharing of gifts and resources; participation in daily Mass and the ; So if you can, please donate to Followed by an organization of your choice and participation in liturgy according to approved which serves the needy. If you liturgical norms. care to, send a donation to: • Mission and ministry: covering the specific purpose Rosary procession of the congregation; whether current apostolic work Society of St. Vincent de Paul expresses the congregation’s charism and mission; and 3001 E. 30TH Street steps being taken to ensure that the congregation’s charism and benediction Indianapolis, IN 46218 will continue as the congregation has fewer sisters. Or donate online at • Financial administration: covering the stewardship of 812-934-4165 www.svdpindy.org resources and financial administration; financial concerns; Page 8 The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009

“When the lady [who sat] across from Christian community within the KAIROS me came behind me, she said, ‘Jane, when prison.

I sat across from you all weekend and you That is why team members photo Submitted continued from page 1 smiled at me and I looked into your big return to the prison a week after the Kairos,” Harrell said. “Here were people brown eyes, I saw Jesus,’ ” Kuemmerle retreat to help offenders create taking time out of their schedule. They said. “That’s the kind of response that “prayer and share groups” where, were professional people and people from comes from them. Garrison said, the offenders “can all walks of life willing to come in there “I had tears coming down my cheeks. I become vulnerable to one another and share Jesus and show the love of thought, ‘Who is she talking to? How could and relate to one another.” Jesus.” I be that for her?’ ” Individual team members then Harrell was also moved by seeing the Garrison said much about Christianity return to the prison each week to positive effect that he and the offenders that might be taken for granted by many facilitate group meetings. who encountered Christ on the retreat had people in society is unknown to a large “It’s sort of the non-glamorous on the Kairos team members. number of offenders. part [of Kairos],” Garrison said. “You could see the hand of God at “For many of them, it’s the first time “But ongoing facilitation is actually work,” he said. “When he deals with hearts, they’ve ever even been exposed to this the most important part.” he looks at them from an overall term, Christianity, or the fact that they The Kairos retreats that happen standpoint. He’s dealing with everybody. could possibly be forgiven,” Garrison said. at prisons twice a year need a lot of And we were able to see that in action. It “That’s a major concept for many of these support beyond the efforts of the really just changed my life forever.” guys. We can’t even begin to understand the presenting team. According to Jane Kuemmerle, a member of amount of anger and hurt and bitterness Garrison, in the weeks leading up St. Monica Parish in Indianapolis, inside the prison walls.” to the retreat, people from all of the experienced this when she helped lead a Such challenging circumstances and team members’ congregations bake Kairos retreat for women offenders last fall other special aspects of prison ministry as many as 50,000 cookies that are at the Rockville Correctional Facility in require a good deal of formation for the distributed to every offender and Bill Clear, left, and Bill Pfiefer, both members of St. Monica Rockville. retreat’s presenting team. staff member in the prison. Parish, help bake 413 dozen cookies on April 25 at the Near the end of the four-day retreat, They have six meetings lasting For the team members, this is a parish for Kairos Prison Ministries retreats that happened offenders can whisper something to a team several hours each over the course of sign of the gratitude they have for this spring at the Plainfield Correctional Facility in Plainfield member about what that person has meant four to six months before the retreat. the hospitality of those at the prison and Rockville Correctional Facility in Rocville. to him or her during the retreat. Sister Demetria Smith, a member of the since they disrupt ordinary life Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa there. It’s also a concrete expression of their James Helbing, also a St. Monica and a member of SS. Peter and Paul love for everyone at the facility. parishioner, has been a Kairos team Cathedral Parish in Indianapolis, helped Others take shifts praying around the member with Garrison. Submitted photo Submitted lead the retreat last fall at Rockville. clock for the team and the offenders during “God wants us there,” he said. “He’s She said the team formation also builds the entire retreat. called us to be there. And he’s got the a cohesion among the team members that is Some people are involved in other offenders there for a reason. And it takes helpful once the retreat starts. Kairos ministries. They include Kairos that whole mix to make the whole thing “When you go in and you begin to hear Outside, a retreat for women outside of work.” the stories of the offenders, you can be torn a prison who have been affected by the apart,” Sister Demetria said. “So we really incarceration of a friend or relative or (For more information about A member of a Kairos Prison Ministries retreat minister to one another as well.” their own past incarceration, and Kairos Kairos Prison Ministry, log on to team gives a witness on May 1 during a retreat In addition to helping the offenders Torch, where Christian mentoring www.kairosprisonministry.org, send an for offenders at the Plainfield Correctional experience Christ’s love and forgiveness, relationships are established with youth e-mail to [email protected] or call Facility in Plainfield. the retreat leaders also hope to build up a offenders. 765-516-0130.) †

Catholic News Around Indiana DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE

• Diocese of Gary Helping the homeless,

• Diocese of Evansville Caggiano Lauren by Photo • Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana family by family • Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend By Caroline B. Mooney

Compiled by Brandon A. Evans CARMEL—The new faces of homelessness are families with husbands, wives and children, said DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE Sharon Glenn, executive director of the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN). “In the past, it was single moms and kids, but we are DREAM Act would seeing hardworking fathers and husbands having to move into shelters,” she said. benefit young people Through IHN, faith communities work to help homeless families get back on their feet. St. Elizabeth who are aliens Ann Seton Parish hosted three families from July 5-12. Students participate in a job readiness classes at the former “We found ourselves without a home, and IHN has St. Henry School in Fort Wayne. The classes instruct the Burmese By Paul R. Leingang been a tremendous blessing,” Larry Collins said. refugees on a variety of topics, such as how to apply for a job and Collins, his wife, Mary, son Levi, 6, and daughter appropriately answer the phone. staff even EVANSVILLE—The first thing people need to know Cheyenne, 3, were on a waiting list for IHN for conduct mock interviews to help them prepare. about the DREAM Act is that it is not yet an act, said Susan six weeks. They were in their fourth week in the Brouillette, a member of U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar’s staff. program while at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. Professional skills are key to landing and maintaining a “It is still a bill,” she said. Homelessness in Indianapolis has risen by 78 percent good job—something that refugees often lack. Since April, Brouillette was one of several speakers at a forum from 2008 to 2009, according to the Coalition for the job readiness classes at the former St. Henry School presented by Sen. Lugar’s office at the Juan Diego Center, Homelessness Intervention and Prevention. Forty-one have catered to a large group of Burmese refugees. The located at Nativity Parish in Evansville. About 140 people percent of homeless individuals are members of homeless six-week sessions taught in Burmese instruct them on a attended the forum, which was presented in English and families. variety of topics, such as how to apply for a job and Spanish. IHN, founded in 1986, is active in 39 states. appropriately answer the phone. Catholic Charities staff The bill was introduced by Sen. Lugar, R-Ind., and Sen. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton joined in 1994. Twenty congre- even conduct mock interviews to help them prepare. Books Richard Durban, D-Ill., on March 26. The bill must be gations in the greater Indianapolis area take turns hosting are provided to help them follow along. enacted by Congress and signed by the president before homeless families for one to two weeks at a time. Burmese-born Nyein Chan, Catholic Charities’ immigration benefits will be available to qualified young Volunteers at each congregations donate food for resettlement services director, has been instrumental in the people. meals. They cook, set up beds, and serve as activity hosts, success of the program. Chan worked with Employment The second thing Brouillette said people should know is overnight hosts and van drivers. Guest families stay Services supervisor Kela Johnson-Guy to establish the what the DREAM Act is not. “It is not comprehensive overnight at each church and are driven to the IHN day curriculum. As Guy explained, the students are placed in immigration reform,” she said. center every morning. one of two classes, depending on ability. Those who need DREAM stands for Development, Relief and Education About 80 volunteers are involved at St. Elizabeth Ann more advanced or individual attention can be helped if for Alien Minors. It is intended to benefit young people, Seton, said coordinator Todd Vanderohe. needed. “those who did not come to the United States of their own There are many skills, however, that cannot be learned in choice,” Brouillette said. (For more news from the Lafayette Diocese, log on to the classroom. Differences in language and cultural norms If the DREAM Act becomes law, an eligible person www.thecatholicmoment.org.) † “may be small to us, but to them the cultural difference would have to have entered the United States before might be drastic,” Guy said. The hope is that the Burmese turning 16 years of age, and would have to be physically DIOCESE OF FORT WAYNE-SOUTH BEND refugees will transition smoothly into the American present in the United States for a continuous period of at workplace. least five years. Burmese receive support But they cannot do this without the support of the Under current law, a person who has entered the community. United States without documentation cannot become legal. through skills program “Welcome and community assistance in collaboration is An undocumented person who stays for a year or more foremost important for the refugee population when they must leave the United States for 10 years before By Lauren Caggiano re-establish individual and family lives in a new application for legal status can be made. community,” Chan said. FORT WAYNE—A special refugee program of (For more news from the Evansville Diocese, log on to Catholic Charities has more Burmese people learning to (For more news from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South www.themessageonline.org.) † assimilate to American culture. Bend, log on to www.diocesefwsb.org/today.) † The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009 Page 9 Photos by Mary Ann Wyand Mary by Photos Ann

Above, St. Joan of Arc parishioner Jennifer Kane of Indianapolis touches the feet of a sculpture of Jesus on Calvary as she prays on July 30 at the “Shrine of Christ’s Passion” in St. John, Ind. The new St. John the Evangelist Church rises above the hilltop near the outdoor shrine featuring interactive, life-size Stations of the Cross.

Left, St. John the Evangelist parishioner Bob Sadlowski of St. John, Ind., a volunteer at the “Shrine of Christ’s Passion,” said this life- size sculpture depicting Jesus falling for the third time has inspired many children to try to lift the heavy cross off his back. Pilgrims come from many countries throughout the world to pray at the interactive Stations of the Cross. There is no admission charge for the half-mile-long shrine.

‘Shrine of Christ’sis anPassion’ intense personal journey

By Mary Ann Wyand thousand years ago in Jerusalem,” he said. “... Christ was truly human and truly ST. JOHN, Ind.—Words and photographs divine, and he sanctified the whole human cannot convey the intensity of experiencing race by being born into it. So in contem- the dramatic, life-size sculptures of Jesus’ plating the humanity and suffering of journey to Calvary at the “Shrine of Christ’s Christ, we once again reminded ourselves Passion” in Lake County in northwestern of what a great gift the human person is Indiana. and that all human life is sacred.” It is a very personal spiritual journey that Sister Diane said when the Helpers of often brings people to tears as they pray at God’s Precious Infants pro-life volunteers the interactive Stations of the Cross along a pray outside an abortion facility it is like half-mile-long pathway. going to Calvary with Jesus. The 40 bronze statues were created by “They are standing at the foot of the renowned sculptor Mickey Wells of Cross,” she said. “Christ is being crucified Amarillo, Texas, and are displayed in and the lives of the unborn are being landscaped stone grottoes. Shrine volunteers taken. Mary and John stood at the foot of have seen children try to lift the heavy cross the Cross. Jesus did not die alone. Pro-life off Christ’s back at the grotto depicting his volunteers who go to an abortion facility fall for the third time. are praying for the children that will die Catholic adults and teenagers who and also praying for their parents.” traveled to the huge outdoor shrine on a St. Patrick parishioners Tom and motor coach with Msgr. Joseph F. Schaedel, Sandy McBroom of Terre Haute said the vicar general, and Servants of the Gospel of pro-life memorial near the entrance to the Life Sister Diane Carollo, director of the Stations of the Cross was very emotional. A sculpture of Jesus crying as he holds the body of an aborted baby is part of a pro-life memorial archdiocesan Office for Pro-Life Ministry, “I think what touched me the most was dedicated to the more than 53 million unborn babies killed in legal abortions since 1973. The memorial said the pro-life pilgrimage on July 30 was a looking at the [sculpture] of Jesus crying is near the entrance to the Stations of the Cross. faith-filled day to remember and an and holding an aborted baby,” Tom emotional experience to share with others. McBroom said. “I was amazed by that.” Msgr. Schaedel said the highlights of the McBroom said he has renewed hope pilgrimage were celebrating the eucharistic for the future of the pro-life movement liturgy at the new St. John the Evangelist because of the number of teenagers that Church on the hilltop above the shrine, participated in the pilgrimage. visiting the Blessed Sacrament at the historic Sandy McBroom said she was quite St. John Chapel in a log cabin nearby, and taken by the sculpture depicting Jesus “the opportunity to follow the path of Christ ascending into heaven. beginning with the Last Supper right up until “It pointed to where we’re all destined his ascension into heaven. to go,” she said. “It was so beautiful, and “We were able to immerse ourselves into gave us hope for all the struggles and the scene as it would have been a couple trials that we go through, and that the end result is to be with our Lord.” The life-size Casey Fricker, 15, a member of bronze sculpture St. Nicholas Parish in Sunman and depicting Christ’s the Youth of Our Lady of America, ascension into said the life-size sculptures at the heaven often shrine are amazing. Above, St. Joseph University parishioner inspires people to “The music as we walked along Ronda Hoggatt of Terre Haute cries as cry as they pray in really made it more like ‘Wow,’ ” she prays with her husband, Bob, in the the final grotto at Casey said. “Christ gave himself for stone grotto with the sculpture depicting the “Shrine of us. He did all of that for us, and the ascension of Christ into heaven. She Christ’s Passion” we’re destroying his beautiful said her favorite experience at the shrine near St. John the creations [in abortion].” was “touching the sculptures and seeing Evangelist Church Our Lady of the Greenwood the images so lifelike and so revealing of in St. John, Ind. parishioner Gina Jinks of Greenwood emotion.” A recording asks served as an extraordinary minister people to “take of holy Communion during the Left, this bronze tableau depicts Christ’s Christ with you” Mass. body being carried to an empty tomb by when they leave “What meant the most to me,” she Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus in the shrine then to said, “was how everywhere we went one of the dramatic Stations of the Cross share the Good there was always a true presence of at the “Shrine of Christ’s Passion” in News with others. the Holy Spirit.” † St. John, Ind. Page 10 The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009 Missions bazaar at Fatima Retreat House features fair-trade artwork

By Mary Ann Wyand “The people are very creative because they amazed when I go to Haiti to watch have to use what they have available, the women, especially at the market, A midsummer opportunity to share whether it’s nuts from trees or stones or selling whatever they can sell. They’re faith, food and fellowship as well as help paper to make recycled pots and jewelry. It’s so patient. They will sit in the hot sun poor people in developing countries very unique and colorful.” all day long hoping that they eke out Wyand Mary by Photos Ann attracted a good-sized crowd on Aug. 1 to She said artwork from more than enough money so they can feed their Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House in 30 countries is for sale at two Global Gifts family for that day. They’re an Indianapolis. stores in Indianapolis and a new shop amazing culture. Despite the poverty, The archdiocesan retreat house’s opening in Bloomington this month. they have great faith in God and great fourth annual international “Missions “It’s nice to share the mission of what the faith in each other, and somehow they Helping Missions Bazaar” featured vendors store does [at the bazaar] and to introduce manage to live.” who sell fair-trade priced artwork made by people to the idea of fair trade,” she said. Sandy Pasotti, the guest services skilled artists in Caribbean, Central and “Some people have never heard of it, and manager at Our Lady of Fatima South American, and African countries. they’re not familiar with Global Gifts. Even Retreat House, said the mission Connie Tellman of Indianapolis, if they don’t purchase something here, they bazaar, Mass and hog roast were representing Global Gifts in Indianapolis may come to the store and maybe have a wonderful ways to welcome people to and Bloomington, said “buying handcrafted broader awareness of the people that are less the archdiocesan retreat house. items from women and men in developing fortunate than we are.” “It was a beautiful day,” she said. countries helps to provide them with St. Thomas Aquinas parishioner “Our ‘Missions Helping Missions dignity” as well as much-needed money. Joseph Zelenka of Indianapolis has made Bazaar’ was started as a community Tellman said the artists “can be proud of about 50 ministry trips to Haiti since 1990 service event for vendors whose their work and proud of trying to provide with the Parish Twinning Program of the profits go to ministries and missions for their families, of trying to provide food Americas to visit the people of St. Jean both locally and globally, all over the and education for their children.” Marie Parish in Belle Riviere, a mountainous country and all over the world, Purchasing artwork, jewelry, pottery and area of the poorest country in the Western especially to people in developing clothing from talented artisans in poor Hemisphere. countries.” Father Todd Goodson, pastor of St. Monica Parish in countries feels good, she said, because it “The relationship between the Pasotti said families enjoyed the Indianapolis, buys baked goods on Aug. 1 during the helps someone in need. two parishes has really been a blessed one,” picnic and children had fun with their fourth annual “Missions Helping Missions Bazaar” at “The artwork [made in developing Zelenka said. “For us here at St. Thomas, parents during a scavenger hunt on the Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House in Indianapolis. countries] is very individual,” Tellman said. we’ve learned so much about the poorest scenic, wooded grounds. of God’s poor. And for [the people of] “We wanted to have another event that introduce new people to Fatima’s retreat St. Jean Marie Parish in the mountains of would gather community and also raise ministry. Belle Riviere, they have come to believe that awareness of Fatima’s programs,” she said. “There were people here who said they there is a community here that loves them, “We have several fall programs coming up. had often passed by and never came up the prays for them and supports them in ways Our ‘Morning for Moms’ with Father Jim driveway, but always wanted to do that,” he that are just unbelievable.” Farrell, which has been a successful retreat said. “So this event really offered an Zelenka was selling wooden bowls day for us, is Oct. 13. opportunity to welcome folks who are handcrafted by artists in Haiti as well as “Father Michael McKinney, the pastor of curious about Fatima Retreat House, and crèches and intricate metalwork made from All Parish in Logansport, Ind., in the what is up here on the hill and what we do. pieces of demolished cars. Lafayette Diocese, is coming back on Sept. We’re very happy about this opportunity to “They find a [car] fender and pound it 29 to do a reflection day for us on ‘What further spread the message of Fatima’s Handcrafted artwork from Haiti is displayed in out,” he explained. “They’re very creative You Are Missing in Your Spiritual Life and ministry of spiritual renewal and retreats, front of a poster about the Parish Twinning with very few materials to work with. The How to Get It,’ which will help everybody,” and we’re happy with the good that we have Program of the Americas during the Haitians are a people who live on hope. Pasotti said. “He’s a very popular presenter. accomplished for many charities through “Missions Helping Missions Bazaar” on Aug. 1 They’re very artistic, and they’re very Father William Munshower, who now lives the ‘Missions Helping Missions Bazaar.’ As at the archdiocesan retreat house. thorough in what they do. I’m always at the retreat house, will present our annual a day of service and fellowship, it served reflection day on the Psalms on Nov. 16. many purposes and I think we got a home And we will continue our silent, non-guided run in every aspect of it.” reflection days this fall, which have been very fruitful.” (For information about Our Lady So you think you make the As director of the archdiocesan retreat of Fatima Retreat House programs, call house, Father Farrell said he is always 317-545-7681 or log on to Best darn Chili in Indy? looking for ways to evangelize and www.archindy.org/fatima.) † Marian University receives record $6 million donation Criterion staff report

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WASHINGTON (CNS)—The to subcontract with local agencies for the Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes expertise honed by years of resolute services that disaster victims need and all of New Orleans embraces a follow-up work with natural disaster necessary follow-up. Clarion Herald Hurricane Gustav evacuee in victims has landed Catholic Charities The plan calls for deploying teams of New Orleans on Sept. 5, 2008. USA a five-year federal contract responders who can oversee individual The U.S. Department of Health potentially worth more than $100 million. cases within 72 hours of a disaster and Human Services recently

The contract with the Department of declaration. Methe, CNS photo/Frank awarded a contract, potentially Health and Human Services is the first “This is the first time we have that worth more than $100 million, the Alexandria, Va.-based agency has missing piece that complements the to Catholic Charities USA that received from the federal government. federal [initial emergency response] will allow the agency to step in Father Larry Snyder, president of effort,” Father Snyder said. “It’s a immediately in the days after a Catholic Charities USA, recognition that natural disaster strikes said the contract will Catholic Charities has a anywhere across the U.S. or its allow the agency to real expertise of helping territories. The contract was step in immediately in people get back on their awarded in part because of the the days after a natural ‘It’s a recognition that feet.” effective ministry that disaster strikes Catholic Charities has Catholic Charities’ Catholic Charities carried out anywhere across the work in securing long- in the wake of Gustav. U.S. or its territories to a real expertise of term shelter and ensure that victims’ helping people get meeting other needs of basic needs are met and back on their feet.’ victims in the aftermath to follow up on of Hurricanes Katrina individual cases for up and Rita in 2005 and to 18 months. —Father Larry Snyder Gustav and Ike in 2008 “When you look at helped land the case management, contract, Father Snyder that’s where Catholic said. Charities excels,” In particular, he Father Snyder told Catholic News Service explained, it was the agency’s work with on July 31. victims of Gustav in Louisiana and Ike in The contract governs disasters, such Texas under a federally funded pilot as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and program that demonstrated the value of earthquakes, provided a federal disaster case-management services. declaration is issued. It calls for the Under the pilot program, Catholic agency to organize national, regional Charities and its subcontractors continue how to maintain contact with people who agencies being involved as well,” he and local teams to respond quickly and to assist storm victims in both states, are receiving assistance. added. “While we have the contract, it to work with disaster victims to meet he said. What Catholic Charities learned after means we’ll be partnering with our own their immediate needs as well as long- The unmet needs of Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina led to the success it Catholic agencies across the country and term needs in putting their lives back storm victims led Catholic Charities to had in the aftermath of Hurricanes Gustav also with other community organizations together. reconsider how it responds with disaster and Ike, Father Snyder said. to provide this case management.” The contract’s total value will depend aid. Father Snyder said the agency began “The message we got was that the on the number of disaster declarations. talking with victims and emergency faithful expect the Church to be engaged (For more about Catholic Charities USA, Under the contract’s terms, Catholic responders to determine how its effort and visible. That is exactly what we’ve log on to www.catholiccharitiesusa.org. Charities could receive up to $103 million worked and where it fell short. Now, he tried to do here, develop a network to For more about Catholic Charities in the for its services by 2014. As a prime explained, the agency offers disaster respond to disasters. Archdiocese of Indianapolis, log on to contractor, Catholic Charities will be able preparedness training and guidelines on “It’s a model that’s dependent on local www.helpcreatehope.com.) † Father Christopher Wadelton TRI-COUNTY ASPHALT Paving Indiana Since 1948 CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATES • ASPHALT DRIVEWAYS

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Material Not Included Page 12 The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009 Perspectives From the Editor Emeritus/John F. Fink Faith, Hope and Charity/ David Siler Basic Catholicism: Do I have to go to Mass? It’s almost (Twenty-sixth in a series) When Jesus taught his disciples the There are two great commandments, Lord’s Prayer, he prayed “Our Father,” not not one. The greatest is to love God, time to SHINE! You’ve probably heard it, perhaps even “My Father,” and he asked God to “give us which we can do privately and said it: “I don’t have to go to Mass every our daily bread,” “forgive us our individually, but the second is to love your By now, I hope that the acronym Sunday to be a good Catholic.” trespasses,” “lead us not into temptation” neighbor as yourself, and it cannot be SHINE means something to you. It Or perhaps it’s and “deliver us from evil.” Even when we done without other people being involved. stands for more along the lines pray that prayer in private, we are uniting One of the reasons for going to church is “Spreading Hope In of, “I have a close ourselves with other Christians. to pray for, and with, some of those other Neighborhoods relationship with God, Catholic prayers directed to Mary people. Everywhere.” pray privately and try follow that example. In the Hail Mary, we St. Paul taught in his letters to the This is the name to do good for others. ask her to “pray for us sinners,” and in the Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians and given to describe I just don’t get Hail Holy Queen there are plural nouns Colossians that we Christians are the our upcoming anything out of going and pronouns. Body of Christ. The body is not complete archdiocesan social to Mass.” A Catholic community is the people of if some of its members are missing from ministry year of While more God gathered around the person of Christ the community. renewal. Catholics today claim to be interested in and sharing in his Spirit. The Church is There is a time and a place for private This year of social spirituality, the number of those who the people. It has Christ as its head, the prayers, and a time and a place for ministry renewal will be launched at a regularly go to Mass keeps declining. Holy Spirit as the condition of its unity, communal prayers. We must stop trying to conference-style event just two months Spirituality has become a private matter, the law of love as its rule and the kingdom figure out what we can get out of going to from now on Oct. 1 at the conference divorced from the institutional Church. of God as its destiny. Mass, and concentrate more on what we facilities at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indian- Certainly private devotions, including All of us need some quiet time alone to can contribute by our presence and active apolis. The kickoff event is being held periods of meditation or contemplation develop our individual spirituality, but that participation in worshiping God. for the pastoral staff of our parishes, and and the reading of Scripture, are to be must not replace joining others for The purpose of going to Mass is to the leaders in Catholic health care, encouraged. But one cannot be a true worship. We humans are essentially social give adoration and praise to God—to give, education and all Catholic social Catholic only privately. Catholicism has by nature, and going to Mass is what we not to receive. If we do that, we probably ministries. always been, and is meant to be, a Catholics should do precisely so as not to will quickly learn that we are also getting The SHINE conference is targeted for communal . be alone. more out of going to Mass. † our pastoral leaders with the intention of inspiring and equipping them to assert It’s All Good/Patti Lamb their leadership in fully living out the call of the Gospel to service, works of mercy and justice. Teenagers’ examples show there is hope in today’s world It is no secret that most often in our Last weekend, I encountered a lengthy between the grocery store and home, I Eve level of anticipation, “Is tomorrow parishes those that actually carry out the line at the grocery store. encountered multiple images and phrases the day when Megan will come over?” work of social ministry and justice are Because I didn’t that I didn’t want our kids seeing or I commend Paul and Megan’s parents. not the pastoral leaders themselves, but have the kids in tow, I understanding any time soon. I know it is their guidance, faith, rather members of the parish—those that didn’t have to spend “Seriously, how are we going to do it?” discipline and love that have shaped these volunteer to both lead and serve. my time at the I asked myself. young people. However, we know from experience checkout shooing Then a couple of names came to mind: In today’s world of entitlement where that the work of volunteers in social them away from the Paul and Megan. “spoiled” and “princess” are monikers to ministry and justice is only made candy near the Paul is a 16-year-old who teaches swim be celebrated on T-shirts, I know at least possible by pastors and pastoral leaders register. lessons in Plainfield. Over the course of two teenagers whose T-shirts might as who encourage, support and inspire this I actually had time six weeks, he transformed my son from well say “Good is the new black.” They ministry. to glance at the water-shy to water-spry. (This was no show respect for God, themselves and Another reason to begin our year of magazines on display. small feat considering that my son’s others. They openly acknowledge and renewal with our pastoral leaders is an I was saddened by many of the inappro- water-related meltdowns were fierce.) show gratitude for God’s blessings. They effort for the various ministries within a priate headlines and images visible at eye Because of Paul’s patience and kind bring him glory from their corners of the parish to be more integrated in their level for all to see. spirit, my son feels more comfortable in world simply by choosing to be their best approach to social ministry. In front of me stood a young customer the water. Between lessons, we would see selves. When social ministry and justice is deeply involved in a conversation on her Paul at church, where he offered encour- The world is not completely lost. seen as the responsibility of every part cell phone. She acted annoyed when she agement. My son started referring to his While the media primarily showers us of parish life, rather than left to a few had to interrupt that conversation for the teacher as “Uncle Paul,” and announced with the shallowness of human decency, dedicated individuals, our parishes come cashier to announce her total. As she that he wants to grow up to be like him. I we can’t assume the integrity of the world alive as beacons of hope in our turned to take her bag, I noticed that her could wish for nothing better. has been washed away. There are too neighborhoods. T-shirt said “SPOILED” in glittery letters. Megan is a 13-year-old baby sitter who many wonderful people performing A beautiful example of this integrated Later that evening, my 4-year-old son nurtures as if it’s instinctual. She constructive acts all around us. approach occurred in the Diocese of picked up on a phrase that is not welcome possesses a rare gift for summoning the To Paul and Megan, for their examples Saginaw, Mich. a few years ago when in our living room thanks to the TV. I best in people. and the reassurance those examples bring, their bishop asked every parish to pose thought I had left the television on the When she recently baby-sat for us, I I am thankful. The thought of you two this question at every meeting, “How “family channel.” I double checked. That overheard her remind the children that pleasantly turned the tide of my weekend. does what we are doing or considering was the family channel. they needed to say grace before their doing affect the poor?” “I don’t know how we’re going to raise meal. In order to further equip and educate God-centered kids in this world of disinte- When my son knows that Megan will (Patti Lamb, a member of St. Susanna the parishioners who carry out the grating morals,” I said to my husband. be baby-sitting for him during the week, Parish in Plainfield, is a regular ministry of charity in our parishes, we I explained that, in the short jaunt he will ask every night with a Christmas columnist for The Criterion.) † will offer a parish social ministry training on Nov. 6 and Nov. 7 at the Faithful Lines/Shirley Vogler Meister Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center in Beech Grove. More information is forthcoming, but you Acknowledging a few special moments in life can read the details at In the Book of Matthew in the Bible, David told his mother where to find special moments that Diane and I shared www.SpreadingHopeEverywhere.com. God the Father “came down from heaven his passport and information in his on the day he departed, nor does he know The parish social ministry regional like a dove” to backpack on a chair in a sitting area that I’m writing about this in my column. training is just one of the events that will acknowledge Jesus outside the kitchen door. Diane didn’t When he returned, among the many take place during the SHINE year of after he was baptized return quickly so I figured she wasn’t experiences and observations he shared renewal. by his cousin, able to find what she needed. Not so! with family members was this: Wherever Although the Oct. 1 kickoff will be a John the Baptist. God Instead, she was savoring a tender he went, he noticed that there were many large event to begin this year, there are said, “This is my moment then came in quietly crying. I more homeless people on the streets than numerous people working hard to set up beloved Son with hugged her, thinking she regretted he had seen in the United States. trainings, events, resources and whom I am well David’s leaving, but it was more He also shared an incident that made structures that will help us all truly focus pleased” (Mt 3:13). than that. me recall the moment that Diane saw the our attention on our call to live out the Obviously, we When she reached into the backpack, Bible in David’s backpack. Gospel call of charity and justice. cannot praise those in Diane noticed that David was taking his Once, he and a friend met a The timing of the SHINE year of our lives in the same way, but we Bible. When she shared this with me, we downtrodden, disheveled homeless man renewal seems providential as it certainly can acknowledge special both cried happy tears, then did not say who was reading aloud passages from a coincides with a time of exploding need moments when possible. anything to him. Considering how much Bible. Passersby ignored him, but David for works of justice and mercy due to What inspired these thoughts? One he needed to pack for his college-related went to him, hugged him, and the economic crisis that we are experi- day last month, my older grandson, seminars and other travels, we never encouraged him to remain strong in his encing. As baptized Catholics, every one David, was preparing to leave for expected that. faith and in what the future holds. The of us is called by God, inspired by Jesus Europe. His mother, my daughter, Diane, Through the years, I’ve known David homeless man cried. Perhaps it had been and sustained by the Spirit to “shine” as asked if she could photocopy his passport to be happy, sociable and competent. He a long time since someone treated him a light for all to see. and itinerary. is working his way through college, loves humanely, let alone acknowledged his To get all of the details about SHINE, The first week, David was part of sports and still plays soccer. presence. log on to an Indiana University-Purdue University In fact, about a month before going This is my grandson with whom I am www.SpreadingHopeEverywhere.com. Indianapolis group that visited abroad, he injured his knee in a soccer well pleased. Mannheim, Germany, for a “Go-Green/ game. Two weeks before leaving, he hurt (David Siler is executive director of the Sustainability for Energy/Solar Thermal” his back at work. The ongoing pain did (Shirley Vogler Meister, a member of Secretariat for Catholic Charities and program. The next two weeks, he not deter his travel plans. Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis, is Family Ministries. E-mail him at traveled to various countries. David still doesn’t know about those a regular columnist for The Criterion.) † [email protected].) † The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009 Page 13

Fourth Sunday of Easter/Msgr. Owen F. Campion Daily Readings The Sunday Readings Monday, Aug. 10 Friday, Aug. 14 Lawrence, and martyr Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009 2 Corinthians 9:6-10 and martyr • 1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 112:1-2, 5-9 Joshua 24:1-13 • Ephesians 4:30-5:2 John 12:24-26 Psalm 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22, 24 • John 6:41-51 note, when these words were spoken, that Matthew 19:3-12 the Crucifixion was in the future. Tuesday, Aug. 11 Vigil Mass of the Assumption of Finally, the Lord says, “I am the bread Clare, the Blessed Virgin The First Book of Kings provides this of life. … I myself am the living bread.” weekend’s Liturgy of the Word with its Anyone who consumes this bread Deuteronomy 31:1-8 1 Chronicles 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2 first biblical reading. attains everlasting life. (Response) Deuteronomy 32:3-4, Psalm 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14 As the name 7-9, 12 1 Corinthians 15:54b-57 implies, the kings of Reflection Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Luke 11:27-28 Israel are the central All of us can identify with Elijah, the figures in these books. prophet of whom we heard in the reading Wednesday, Aug. 12 Saturday, Aug. 15 However, prominence from First Kings. is given to the Whatever the circumstance, life for Jane Frances de Chantal, The Assumption of the Blessed prophets, such as each of us can be wearying and religious Virgin Elijah. distressing. Any of us can be reduced to Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab This weekend’s desperation, as was Elijah. Psalm 66:1-3, 5, 8, 16-17 Psalm 45:10bc, 11-12ab, 16 reading mentions However, today and always, the Matthew 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Elijah. He wrote during the first half of Church speaks to people this weekend the ninth century B.C. with great consolation and reassurance Luke 1:39-56 In the reading, Elijah is weary and through the Scripture readings. Thursday, Aug. 13 discouraged. He even asks God to take his First, it recalls for us, through the Pontian, pope and martyr Sunday, Aug. 16 life. Then he fell asleep. When he awoke, first reading, that God sustains us and Hippolytus, priest and martyr Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary a hearth cake and jug of water were at his strengthens us. He sustained and Joshua 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17 Time side. He ate and drank. strengthened Elijah. The prophet was no Psalm 114:1-6 Proverbs 9:1-6 Then an angel came, implying that this dearer to God than we are. sustenance was from God, and ordered Secondly, God has given us Jesus, the Matthew 18:21-19:1 Psalm 34:2-3, 10-15 him to continue his journey. Strengthened Son of God. Jesus is in our midst. He is in Ephesians 5:15-20 by God’s food, Elijah obeyed, finally our world. He shares human nature with John 6:51-58 arriving at the mountain of God, us. Born of Mary, a human, Jesus is as Mount Horeb. human as we are. The second reading this weekend is Jesus is indeed the “bread of life.” from the Epistle to the Ephesians. Aptly, this reading is associated with the Question Corner/Fr. John Dietzen A context surrounds all the epistles. Eucharist. The food given mercifully by Living the Gospel of Jesus was not easy God, however, is more than material food, in the first century A.D. Christians faced composed of bread and wine. It is divine Tradition refers to core facts and temptations from “the world, the flesh food, the Body and Blood of the Lord. It and the devil” at every side. refreshes our souls. beliefs in creeds, other documents Christians in Ephesus faced a special The last element in this weekend’s challenge. Not only did they live in a lesson comes again from Elijah. As Catholics, we accept the Church’s revelation, which is the more Protestant thriving seaport and commercial center Life continues. Its hardships do not stop. Qteaching on Scripture and Tradition. view, or whether Tradition and Scripture with all the vice and distractions usually Such is human life. As disciples, indeed to But what precisely is constitute two sources of revelation. associated with such centers, but Ephesus achieve eternal life, we must continue our Tradition? What is it The (Session 4), for featured a major pagan shrine. Pilgrims long walk to the mountain of God. More that is “handed down”? example, taught that Christian truth and the who came to its great temple to Diana, often than not, it will be traveling uphill. Pope Pius IX once Christian way of living are contained “in the Roman goddess, filled the city. But God will give us all the strength that said, “I am Tradition,” written books and in unwritten tradition.” The Christians had to maintain their we require in life. He awaits us with meaning, I suppose, Both are to be “received and honored with own lives of faithfulness to Christ amidst everlasting life and peace. † that Tradition is equal loyalty and reverence.” these conditions. anything the pope says. Holy Scripture itself is, of course, the This reading calls upon the Christian The assertion could product and depository of Tradition. Many Ephesians to rid themselves of all Readers may submit prose be made that Tradition oral, unwritten traditions were passed down bitterness and anger, and to rise above could mean anything. I before any books of our Bible were written. gossip and malice. On the positive side, it or poetry for faith column don’t believe that. (Indiana) In the written Scriptures themselves, calls upon them to be compassionate and The Criterion invites readers to some events took on a tradition life of forgiving, noting that God had forgiven submit original prose or poetry relating I agree that Tradition in the Christian their own and became the basis for them. to faith or experiences of prayer for Asense cannot mean just anything, but it understanding subsequent events. Later, St. John’s Gospel is the source of the possible publication in the “My does mean many things. Generally, the word Hebrew history was explained and last reading. Journey to God” column. refers to the entire process by which the interpreted in light of the tradition of the Jesus declares, “I am the bread that Seasonal reflections also are Church hands over—a more accurate and exodus, the Lord’s delivery of the people comes down from heaven.” appreciated. Please include name, fruitful meaning than “hands down”—what from slavery in Egypt. The audience does not accept this address, parish and telephone number it believes from one generation to the next. Much theology in the Gospels was phrase well. They spurn Jesus. with submissions. It also refers to the core facts and beliefs written in light of and to interpret the The Lord then enters upon a discourse, Send material for consideration to crystallized in the great creeds and authori- meaning of our Lord’s resurrection, which one of the most magnificent passages in “My Journey to God,” The Criterion, tative documents, especially of the first took place decades before the Gospels the New Testament. He is the only access P.O. Box 1717, Indianapolis, IN 46206 centuries of Christianity: the several brief appeared. to God for humans. He will rise to new or e-mail to [email protected]. † creedal statements in the New Testament Early Christian expectation of the life “on the third day.” It is important to as well as the Apostles’ Creed, the imminent return of Jesus, arguably reflected and the Athanasian Creed, in the first Christian Scripture (likely among others. preserved in the First Letter to the Thessa- My Journey to God All the above are sometimes called lonians), was a tradition greatly modified in “Tradition” (with a capital “T”). If a later books when that expected return didn’t doctrine or practice is not clearly taught as happen. essential to the Catholic faith, for example, The long controversy over the or if it is somehow in conflict with relationship between Scripture and tradition Stuff New Testament Scriptures, it cannot be part has become somewhat modified in recent of this Tradition. decades. Lord, In modern times, the word also refers to Vatican Council II, while repeating the Deliver us the long string of clarifications and above words of the Council of Trent, saw From excess stuff. explanations that the Church has used to divine revelation as coming from a more Make us aware present the faith through the centuries. unified source. , it said, Of what’s enough. Finally, there are practices, ideas, along with the sacred Scripture of both We feel the yoke customs, and ways of expressing and living the Old Testament and New Testament, Of luring things— the faith which have gradually been “are like a mirror in which the pilgrim The burdened weight accepted, often without great theological or Church on Earth looks at God, from It surely brings. spiritual scrutiny—tradition with a small “t.” whom she has received everything, until If we are wise, Naturally, all these expressions of she is brought finally to see him as he is, As we should be, tradition are inevitably influenced by the face to face” (Constitution on Divine Our grasping hands times, languages, local traditions and world Revelation, #7). Need only Thee. views of the cultures in which they In this perspective, Tradition and originate. Scripture are not two separate sources of

By Dorothy M. Colgan Wyand MaryPhoto by Ann Especially since the Protestant revelation with differing content. They are , theologians and Christian rather two ways of mediating God’s (Dorothy M. Colgan is a member of St. Meinrad Parish in St. Meinrad.) leaders have disagreed about whether self-revelation that help define and support Scripture is the sole source of divine each other. † Page 14 The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009

Cindy Phillips, Dan, Rodney and SHORT, Alberta Short. Sister of Helen Mother of Claire Barron, Stan Jones. Grandfather of 11. (Schwomeyer), 77, Most Holy O’Connor and Herbert Nancy Patterson, Elva Great-grandfather of six. Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Schwomeyer. Grandmother of Woodmansee and Robert MAYER, Norbert L., 82, July 17. Mother of Mary Ann 10. Great-grandmother of three. Rest in peace St. Jude, Indianapolis, July 28. Johnson, Karen Rosemeyer, WALKER, Clara M., 87, Walker. Grandmother of five. Husband of Mary Ann Mayer. Brian, Kevin and Thomas St. Jude, Indianapolis, July 23. Great-grandmother of seven. † Please submit in writing to our Terre Haute, July 25. Husband of Father of Becky, Denise, Diane, office by 10 a.m. Thursday Patty Gifford. Father of Tammy Kathy, Dan, David, Kevin, Steve before the week of publication; Cook, Patricia Dunson, Dorothy and Tim Mayer. Grandfather of Trappist Brother Stephen Batchelor was a be sure to state date of death. Jackson, Raina Roach and John eight. Great-grandfather of four. Cardinal Ritter graduate, at Gethsemani Obituaries of archdiocesan Gifford. Brother of Vicki Bair, McDONALD, Jo Ann priests serving our archdiocese Dorothy Jarvis, Albert, C. Phillip, (Mayhorn), 65, St. Jude, Trappist Brother Stephen Indiana University-Purdue Eastern and Orthodox rites and are listed elsewhere in David, Leroy and Leslie Gifford. Indianapolis, July 23. Wife of Batchelor died on July 20 at the University Indianapolis. practices. The Criterion. Order priests Grandfather of nine. Great- Raymond McDonald. Mother of infirmary of the Abbey of He entered the Trappist Although he had struggled and religious sisters and grandfather of six. Dr. Jeanette Hantzis and Debbie Gethsemani in Trappist, Ky. He community at Gethsemani on with cancer for more than a year, brothers are included here, GOTTEMOELLER, Monica, Huebner. Sister of Mel Clark, May 1, 1994, and made his the said Brother Stephen unless they are natives of the was 47. 94, St. Jude, Indianapolis, Valerie Hinchman, Linda archdiocese or have other The Mass of Christian Burial solemn profession of vows on “was cheerful in the face of his July 22. Mother of Susan Cook, Reading, Gary, James and Larry connec tions to it; those are was celebrated on July 23 at the Nov. 13, 1999. coming death” and looked Barbara Pratt, Mary Catherine Mayhorn. Grandmother of four. church at the Abbey of At the abbey, Brother Stephen forward to meeting Jesus. separate obituaries on this Smith and Michael Gottemoeller. McGREW, Margaret (Burns), Gethsemani. Burial followed at lived a life of prayer, and assisted Surviving are his parents, page. Grandmother of five. 74, Sacred Heart of Jesus, the monks’ cemetery. the monks with their ministries of Richard and Clara Batchelor, who BECHT, Francis E., Jr., 63, GRAHAM, Violet Marie, 89, Terre Haute, July 26. Wife of Stephen Batchelor was born on making cheese, fruitcakes and are members of St. Susanna St. Mary, Navilleton, July 25. Most Holy Name of Jesus, Feb. 10, 1962, in Indianapolis. He bourbon fudge. Parish in Plainfield, as well as a Husband of Lezli (Birkla) Becht. Arthur McGrew. Mother of Mary Beech Grove, July 16. Mother of Ervin, Carol Stockwell, Linda attended St. Malachy School in The abbey Web site noted that brother, Richard Batchelor of Father of Amy, Francis III and Diane Drumm, Daniel and David Robbie Becht. Stepfather of Tarwater and Arthur McGrew. Brownsburg, St. Susanna School Brother Stephen was “intellec- Plainfield, and sister, Patricia Graham. Sister of Barbara Taylor. Sister of Matthew Burns Jr. in Plainfield and Cardinal Ritter tually gifted, widely read in a Hamm of Jeffersonville. Derek and Ryan Curl. Son of Grandmother of seven. Great- Dorothy Becht. Brother of Mary Grandmother of 10. Great-grand - High School in Indianapolis. number of areas and loved to Memorial gifts may be sent to grandmother of 12. Great-great- mother of two. He earned a bachelor’s degree share his ideas.” the Abbey of Gethsemani, Jacobi, Veronica Messmer, grandmother of one. Suzanne, Bill, John and Larry OCHS, Carol Sue (Kollker), 73, in political science and master’s He was especially interested 3642 Monks Road, Trappist, KY Becht. GRAY, D. Maxwell, 70, St. Christopher, Indianapolis, degree in library science at in ecumenical dialogue as well as 40051. † Immaculate Heart of Mary, BELLER, Antonia, 95, July 14. Wife of James Ochs. Indianapolis, July 24. Husband of Mother of Tracey Stanton, St. Andrew, Richmond, July 24. Judy (Fay) Gray. Father of Oldenburg Franciscan Sister Marie Celine Wilhelm Mother of Barbara Carlin. Sister Jennifer Tooker, Margaret Zore, Meredyth Hendri, Heather Jones Greg, Mark and Matt Ochs. of Agnes Rinehart. Grandmother and Holly Monesmith. Grand - ministered as a teacher and principal for 55 years of two. Grand mother of 15. Great-grand - father of nine. mother of one. Franciscan Sister Marie Oldenburg Franciscan community Evansville as well as in Ohio. FLETCHER, Ruth J. HANLEY, Kathleen Marie ROERING, Patricia Kathleen, Celine Wilhelm died on July 21 on Sept. 8, 1932, and professed Sister Marie Celine entered (O’Brien), 88, St. Michael the (Carr), 73, Our Lady of the at Margaret Mary Community her final vows on July 2, 1938. semi-retirement at the Oldenburg Archangel, Indianapolis, July 25. 70, St. Agnes, Nashville, July 28. Greenwood, Greenwood, July 25. Hospital in Batesville. She In the archdiocese, motherhouse in 1990, where she Mother of Nancy Ehret. Sister of Wife of Al Roering. Mother of Wife of Thomas Hanley. Mother was 93. Sister Marie Celine served as a served in the community’s William O’Brien. Grandmother of Ann Bak, Christopher and of Eileen, Mary, Patty, John, The Mass of Christian Burial teacher and principal at St. Louis communication office. three. Great-grandmother of two. Michael Roering. Grandmother Mark and Tom Hanley. Sister of of seven. was celebrated on July 24 at the School in Batesville, Our Lady of In later years, during her full FOX, Daniel L., 87, Most Holy Eileen Chicos, Joyce Wamsley, motherhouse chapel of the Lourdes School in Indianapolis retirement, she lived at St. Clare Name of Jesus, Beech Grove, Shirlee, Don and Richard Carr. SCHULT, Joseph F., 67, Sisters of the of and St. Lawrence School in Hall, the sisters’ health care July 17. Father of Mary Lou, Grandmother of 11. St. Mary-of-the-Knobs, St. Francis in Oldenburg. Burial Indianapolis. facility. Floyds Knobs, July 18. Daniel and David Fox. Grand - JONES, Melvin Glenn, Sr., 81, followed at the sisters’ cemetery. During 55 years of teaching Memorial gifts may be sent to father of one. St. Anne, New Castle, July 18. SCHUMACHER, Mary A., The former Agnes Wilhelm from 1935 to 1990, Sister Marie the Sisters of St. Francis, GIFFORD, John, 66, Husband of Jo Ann Jones. Father 89, Prince of Peace, Madison, was born on July 18, 1916, in Celine also taught at Catholic P.O. Box 100, Oldenburg, IN Sacred Heart of Jesus, of Katrina Edgar, Myra Hinkley, July 20. Cousin to several. Brookville. She entered the schools in the Diocese of 47036. † The Criterion Friday, August 7, 2009 Page 15 From stone tablets to Kindle: Is it still the Bible? WASHINGTON (CNS)—When his me, sitting down with my little Bible friend knew someone who was using somewhere quiet, without the distractions of drugs, Andrew Carlson opened his laptop a computer or other electronic devices, is the and navigated his browser to encouraging best feeling.” Bible verses. For some, it’s about ownership and Carlson said he likes to search online for sentimentalism: Bibles are often given as

certain words in the Bible and switch to gifts for first Communions, confirmations Reuters Bianchi, photo/Alessandro CNS different translations in one click. His and weddings. younger brother uses an iPod touch Bible Alex Neu, a 17-year-old from the application all day, but still dusts off his Diocese of Helena, Mont., said using Web print Bible right before bed. sites such as Facebook are a good way to Carlson, a 19-year-old nondenomina- expose people to the Bible, but he would tional Christian from Coral Springs, Fla., never switch from his four leather-bound doesn’t know many others who read the Bibles to a computer screen. His weekly Bible online. Bible studies wouldn’t be the same. Though book publishers face an And Mass wouldn’t be the same, either. uncertain future because of the Internet, “I can’t imagine a priest reading from a digital reader devices and cell phones, teleprompter,” said Benedictine Father Bible publishers and readers told Joseph Jensen, executive secretary of the An image of Pope Benedict XVI is seen on a new Vatican Web site, www.pope2you.net, as displayed Catholic News Service there is still Catholic Biblical Association, adding that on an Apple iPod touch in Rome on May 22. The site features iPhone and Facebook applications something worthwhile about reading it in the book is used to take oaths. “It’s such an aimed at reaching younger generations. Book publishers are having to adapt to younger buyers who print. important and deeply ingrained aspect of our use both digital and printed versions of the Bible. “For me, it’s so much more personal,” culture. People will always want to pick it said Stephanie Hart, an evangelical up and read it.” that even the most technologically savvy— just might not buy a new one. Christian from Keene, N.H. “It feels more Father Jensen admits that search features teenagers and young adults—want to read Sales of print Bibles coming out of like the love letter God has written us, you on Bible Web sites are more sophisticated the Bible in book format. Saint Mary’s Press, the Minnesota-based know? The Internet is a fabulous tool for and adaptable than concordances. But he “Some people really just want to Bible publisher geared toward Catholic research and for quick references, but, for said this should not replace serious Scripture simplify it back to having it in their hands,” teenagers, are actually increasing, thanks in reading. she said, adding that it boils down to part to the awareness that the Internet There also is still a digital divide in many speaking the “heart language” of a reader. builds. parts of the world, whereas books are “The question is, is the heart language of “I think it’s on every publisher’s mind relatively inexpensive, said Cliff Knighten, our youth the Internet?” that more and more of society is moving director of the Catholic Book Publishers For Hope Valloney, a college junior from toward digital,” said John Vitek, the Association. His 60 publisher-members have the Diocese of Providence, R.I., the answer company’s president. “We recognize that CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz CNS photo/Gregory A. been working through the technological is not really. She Googles passages and we’re at the tail end of the Gutenberg era,” changes and the possibility that digital would consider reading the Bible on a he said, in a reference to the first Bible devices may eventually outweigh print in reader like Amazon Kindle if she ever printed with movable type. sales. bought one, but she likes to highlight and Recognizing the need to deliver any way “I don’t think that any of us are mark up her book. the customer wants it, Saint Mary’s Press convinced that ink-on-paper Bibles and Cindee Case, director of the youth and offers a searchable server to Catholic books are going to go away completely,” young adult ministry office in the schools and an online training program for Knighten said. Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, said she has young people who want to lead Bible For the American Bible Society, ceasing called up the Bible online more than in print studies and faith-sharing groups. publication is still a foreseeable option, for the last three years. She still enjoys But at the end of the day, the Bible is spokeswoman Autumn Black said. The reading it in print for personal reflection different from any other book, Vitek said. society publishes 3.5 million Bibles annually and retreats, but goes online if she knows “Print is lasting, meaningful, powerful. In and has been a pioneer in new technology, where a passage is or wants to search for that sense, having a physical hard copy of starting with a line of CD-ROMs in the early one. the Bible—there’s still a great value out of Angelisa Contreras, 17, reads from a Bible while 1990s and recently incorporating MP3 player Case said she can only foresee the reverence,” he said. “I wonder if Moses ever attending a New Testament class at St. Luke products, an RSS reader, online devotionals, complete disappearance of the printed Bible thought the stone tablets would disappear.” Parish in Brentwood, N.Y., on July 9, 2008. a daily e-mail passage and cell phone text if Catholic schools stop using them to teach What will Vitek’s ancestors say about it Although Bible translations are available for messages. The society also manages or schools stop using textbooks. Even then, 100 years from now? digital handheld devices, many youths still say Facebook and Twitter accounts. she said, there will always be families “I don’t know what time will bring,” they like to use a printed Bible at times. Still, Black said, company surveys show passing down Bibles as heirlooms. They he said. †

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John Bryant Whether in the classroom, on the performance stage, or the field of • Bishop Chatard Valedictorian competition, academic excellence remains • Academic All-State (cross country) a hallmark of the Bishop Chatard class of 2009. Fifty-two of its 165 members - BCHS class rank: 1 of 165 earned induction into the National Honor - College: Indiana University - Parish: St. Pius X Society, six were named National Merit - Parents: Henry & Sherrill Bryant commended students, and one was named a National Merit finalist. A member of the BCHS class of 2009 was among the 40 seniors statewide Ruth Maust recognized as Indiana Academic All-Stars. • Bishop Chatard Salutatorian • National Merit Commended Over a quarter of the class – 43 seniors Student – were named Academic All-State for dual achievement in the classroom and - BCHS class rank: 2 of 165 - College: Eastern Mennonite University athletics, while four senior student - Parents: Rodney & Martha Maust athletes were recognized as Academic All- Americans. In preparation for college and beyond, the class of 2009 was awarded over $11.7 million in scholarships and grants. As these young people prepare for Kim Tyler new challenges, the Bishop Chatard • 2009 Bishop Chatard Medal community prays for their continued Award Recipient commitment to faith, learning, leadership • National Merit Finalist and service. • Academic All-State (softball)

- BCHS class rank: 3 of 165 - College: St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame - Parents: Anthony & Denise Tyler - Parish: Christ the King

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- BCHS class rank: 6 of 165 - College: Indiana University - Parents: Scott & Kim DeNardin - Parish: Christ the King

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