This He dwells among us ................. 2 Catholic youth ........................ 16 issue Diocesan calendar .................. 10 Columns ................................. 17 Deanery news ......................... 11 Catholic News Service ............ 24 La Cosecha ........... center pullout The East Tennessee dioknox.org July 3, 2011 Volume 20 Bishop Number 18 Richard F. Stika News from The Diocese of Knoxville Immaculata Award Dr. Mont­ New deacon Dustin Collins Golden jubilee Monsignor 3 gomery receives diocesan honor 6 of Notre Dame is ordained 9 Mankel celebrates his 50th Father Owens ‘presents himself to the Church’ Bishop Stika ordains the diocese’s 39th priest, a convert who became Catholic in 2004. By Mary C. Weaver even years after entering the Catholic Church, Father Doug Owens’s journey toward or- Sdination was sealed with the single word present, as he responded to vocations director Father Michael Cummins’s invitation, “Let Doug- las, who is to be ordained a priest, come forward.” “That was easy enough, wasn’t it?” said Bishop Richard F. Stika be- fore ordaining Father Owens during a May 28 Mass at Sacred Heart Ca- thedral. “All those years you were in seminary all came down to that [word].” ‘You will continually make the commitment to be trans- formed into another Christ.’ “A lifetime has brought him to the moment when he said present. He presents himself to the Church, and MARY C. WEAVER after formation and spiritual growth Solemn promises Bishop Richard F. Stika receives promises of respect and obedience from soon­to­be­ordained Douglas Owens and academic achievement, he during a May 28 Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Also seen are (from left) Deacon Brendan Buckler and diocesan seminarian Jeff Owens continued on page 4 Emitt. Behind Mr. Emitt is Father Christopher Riehl, master of ceremonies. The Diocese of Knoxville Living our Roman Catholic faith in East Tennessee He dwells among us by Bishop Richard F. Stika Bishop Stika’s schedule The least of these These are some of Bishop Stika’s So many are concerned about the ‘when’ of Christ’s return that they miss his presence in others. appointments: July 3: 11 a.m., Mass, Sacred Heart he world didn’t end May 21 as go out to them. has destroyed not only their repu- Cathedral some had predicted. Personal- Catastrophes know no boundar- tations and careers but also their July 10: 10 a.m., centennial ly, I was worried it might until ies, and no part of the world seems marriages and family life. Especially celebration Mass, Epiphany of our TMatt Holliday’s eighth-inning two- untouched recently. The Mississippi in the media there seems to be an Lord Church, St. Louis run homer broke a scoreless tie and and Missouri rivers, like slow- almost perverse voyeuristic pleasure led my St. Louis Cardinals to a shut- moving tsunamis, continue to flood in watching others exposed to judg- July 16: 4 p.m., golden jubilee out win against the Kansas City Roy- and submerge farmland and towns. ment. Perhaps this same attraction Mass, St. Francis of Assisi Church, als that day. Humor aside, it seems Much of China is also suffering re- lies in part behind the psychology of Townsend lately that I cannot change the chan- cord flooding, and an immense vol- apocalyptic speculation and so-called July 17: 9 a.m., Mass, Sacred Heart nel from baseball to the news with- canic eruption in Chile fills the skies “rapture” scenarios that even Protes- Cathedral out groaning “not again,” as yet an- with thick ash clouds. A super-toxic tant theologians can’t agree on. July 23: 10 a.m., Mass, Cursillo other story of natural or man-made E. coli outbreak in Europe, like the The apocalyptic passages and Diocesan Encounter, Sacred Heart catastrophe makes the headlines. But raging wildfires in Arizona, spreads books of the Bible can be especially Cathedral; 12:30 p.m., Knights of out of these tragedies we hear stories almost unchecked, defying even the difficult to understand. When the Columbus area kick­off, Our Lady of of heroism and of neighbors help- best scientific efforts to contain and Apostle Philip asked the Ethiopian Fatima Church, Alcoa ing neighbors, of strangers helping extinguish the deadly pathogen. official who was reading Scripture, strangers. In the midst of ruin and Wars and civil strife have erupted “Do you understand what you are July 30: 10 a.m., bishop’s field day sorrow, people are experiencing the in various countries, and Christian reading?” he responded, “How can with Hispanic youth, Sacred Heart coming of Christ in others. minority populations abroad are I, unless someone guides me?” (Acts Cathedral pavilion It is hard to look back on the past brutally persecuted and churches 8:31). The Church, under the inspira- July 31: 11 a.m. CDT, Mass, St. months without asking ourselves, bombed. Fear of nuclear weapons in tion of the Holy Spirit, is our sure Alphonsus Church, Crossville “Is this the beginning of the end the hands of rogue nations and ter- guide. Aug. 1-3: seminarian retreat times?” Who can forget the hor- rorists creates national security con- Certainly we must be ready, rible images of apocalyptic scale cerns, and many wonder whether watching and praying, for Christ re- Aug. 4: 6 p.m., annual seminarian pic­ from the earthquake and tsunamis the economy will collapse. Evil is minds us that he will come when we nic, Sacred Heart Cathedral Pavilion in Japan or the ravages of so many called good, and good evil (cf. Isaiah least expect (Matthew 24:44). But so Aug. 7: 9 a.m., Mass, Sacred Heart tornados. Here, I particularly think 5:20), even in our schools, and the many people focus on the “when” Cathedral; 5 p.m., baseball game, of all who suffered such terrible addition of a record heat wave only that they miss his presence now. I Howard Johnson Field, Johnson City n loss in Greeneville and Cleveland, adds to our general discomfort. think this is the point Christ is mak- in Birmingham, Ala., and in Joplin, And then there are the personal ing after his long discourse on the Mo., in Bishop James V. Johnston apocalypses of a number of public end times. Jr.’s diocese. Our heartfelt prayers figures, whose scandalous behavior Bishop continued on page 5 Diocesan policy The East Tennessee Bishop Richard F. Stika Margaret Hunt for reporting sexual abuse Publisher Administrative assistant Mary C. Weaver Dan Pacitti Anyone who has actual knowl- Editor Intern edge of or who has reasonable Dan McWilliams 805 Northshore Drive, S.W. • Knoxville, TN 37922 cause to suspect an incident of The Diocese of Knoxville Assistant editor sexual abuse should report such The East Tennessee Catholic (USPS 007211) is published monthly by The Diocese of Knoxville, 805 Northshore Drive Southwest, information to the appropriate Knoxville, TN 37919­7551. Periodicals­class postage paid at Knoxville, Tenn. Printed on recycled paper by the Knoxville News Sentinel. civil authorities first, then to the The East Tennessee Catholic is mailed to all registered Catholic families in East Tennessee. Subscription rate for others is $15 a year in bishop’s office, 865-584-3307, or the United States. Make checks payable to The Diocese of Knoxville. the diocesan victims’ assistance coordinator, Marla Lenihan, 865- Postmaster: Send address changes to The East Tennessee Catholic, 805 Northshore Drive Southwest, Knoxville, TN 37939­1127 482-1388. n Reach us by phone: 865­584­3307 • fax: 865­584­8124 • e-mail: [email protected] • web: dioknox.org 2 July 3, 2011 The Diocese of Knoxville Living our Roman Catholic faith in East Tennessee dioknox.orgThe East Tennessee Catholic Catholic schools Longtime educator honored Dr. Montgomery retires from St. Joseph. By Dan McWilliams etiring principal Dr. Aurelia Montgomery, who also served from Montgomery received honors 1992 to 2003 as diocesan superin- from Bishop Richard F. Stika tendent of Catholic Schools and as Rand the St. Joseph School student principal of Knoxville Catholic High body, faculty, staff, homeschool com- School. munity, and more during a school “Isn’t it appropriate that we cel- Mass on May 18. ebrate a Mass, which means thanks- Dr. Montgomery, who had led the giving, to say thanks to Dr. Mont- North Knoxville school for six years, gomery for what she’s done?” he retired June 1. At the end of Mass, said. Bishop Stika presented her with the Fifth-grader Ben Kilby presented diocese’s second Immaculata Award, the first honor to Dr. Montgomery, a a medal and scroll given “in recog- scrapbook all of the students worked nition of her total dedication and on. unselfish service to the Church, for Art teacher Jill Knight presented the generosity of her many labors, a copy of Raphael’s Madonna del and the support of the Diocese of Granduca to Dr. Montgomery. Stu- Knoxville, her many untold works dents in every grade worked on dif- of mercy as a good Samaritan within ferent segments of the painting, and the community, and her uncompro- each child left a thumbprint on the mising witness to the faith.” front and a signature on the reverse. DAN MCWILLIAMS Bishop Stika presided at the Mass, “Because Dr. Montgomery is a Ceremony at St. Joseph School Dr. Aurelia Montgomery received the diocesan Im­ attended by the student body, fac- woman of great faith and has a spe- maculata Award from Bishop Richard F. Stika on May 18. Dr. Montgomery is the sec­ ulty, staff, school-board members, cial devotion to our Blessed Mother, ond person to be presented the honor; former diocesan attorney John T. O’Connor II parents, and guests, including Dr. the choice was easy,” said Mrs.