Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 1 October 14 ST. FRANCES CABRINI PARISH October 14, 2018 ST. FRANCES CABRINI PARISH “I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me” ~ Philippians 4:13 October 7, 2018 St. Frances Cabrini Church Page 2 Allen Park, Michigan Weekend at Birney’s wish for death arises from treatable depression—and over half say they Respect Life Month- Killing the Pain, Not the Paent: Palliave Care vs. requested the drugs partly because they feel they are becoming a Assisted Suicide “burden” on others. Offering assisted suicide can only confirm and “Assisted suicide is in the news and on lawmakers’ agendas. Supporters strengthen that feeling. It ignores the underlying problems, instead aban- call it “aid in dying” and claim it is just another opon for ending intolera- doning and eliminang the paent who has the problems. ble pain as part of end-of-life care. But assisted suicide is radically differ- ent from end-of-life care and the pracce of palliave care, the healing art Assisted Suicide Undermines Palliave Care of relieving pain and other distressing symptoms for paents who are Assisted suicide is detrimental not only for individual paents, but also for seriously ill. In fact, these two agendas are at war with each other. paent care on a large scale. In countries like the Netherlands, where assisted suicide has been accepted for many years, progress in palliave care has stagnated. In Oregon, legalizaon was followed by an increase in Different Drugs, Different Results severe untreated pain among terminally ill paents. During a period when When properly prescribed for the pain of serious illness, powerful pain 1,832 hospices opened in other states, only five opened in Oregon. In medicaons like morphine and other opioids are safe and effecve. Pa- other states legalizing assisted suicide, use of hospice care has fallen be- ents can have their pain well-controlled without risk to life, and general- low the naonal average. By contrast, when states pass new laws forbid- ly stay alert as well. Assisted suicide is very different. Where it has been ding assisted suicide, while affirming that doctors may use drugs like mor- legalized, doctors can prescribe a lethal overdose of pills to paents phine for effecve pain control, use of these medicaons has increased— whom they think will die within six months, so they can kill themselves. indicang progress in pain management pracces. The reason is obvious. The paent then intenonally swallows a massive overdose of barbitu- Opmum palliave care requires years of training and experience, as well rates to cause unconsciousness and death. as a commitment to the paent as someone with inherent dignity who deserves excellent care. Assisted suicide avoids the need for this hard The Importance of Intent work and erodes this commitment. It provides a “quick and easy,” as well as cheap, answer to terminal illness. Once death is accepted as a soluon, Besides having opposite results, these two approaches express different why bother to devote resources to more expensive medical progress? intenons. Assisted suicide does not enhance medicine. As noted by a doctor special- izing in palliave and hospice care in the Netherlands, killing “becomes a substute for learning how to relieve the suffering of dying paents.” While pain medicaon is generally safe under medical supervision, it may have side-effects. For example, barbiturates may be used in rare instances to sedate an agitated paent in the final stage of dying if other pain con- True Love and Mercy trol methods are inadequate, though this poses some risk of shortening Do we see people as the problem, such that our responsibility begins and life. ends with helping paents kill themselves? Or, do we see seriously ill pa- ents as fellow human beings who deserve our love and soluons for their problems? Will we succumb to the “false mercy” of assisted suicide, In such cases, the doctor and paent must assess the good they intend or will we endorse what Pope St. John Paul II called “the way of love and and proceed only if this good outweighs the unintended adverse effects. true mercy”? Will we dedicate ourselves to providing genuinely compas- As risk cannot always be eliminated, modern medicine would be impossi- sionate care, as a society and for our own loved ones? Our answer today ble without this “principle of double effect.” The key is that no one in- determines the care available now and for years to come.” – usccb.org volved intends the bad effects, especially the bad effect of killing the pa- ent. Assisted suicide, by contrast, directly intends the paent’s death, which is never morally permissible. The doctor prescribes an intenonally lethal overdose, with instrucons on how to use the pills to cause death. Welcome New Saints- Oct.14 (Interesngly, there is no record that any paent accidentally surviving Amongst the new saints who will be canonized in Rome today are, Salva- the overdose has ever tried it again.) Medical organizaons like the Amer- dorian Archbishop Oscar Romero, martyred for the faith and for the cause ican Medical Associaon and the American College of Physicians oppose of jusce in his homeland, and Pope Paul VI, who gave us the word doctor-assisted suicide, in part because it destroys this essenal disnc- ‘evangelize’ in his Apostolic Exhortaon, Announcing the Gospel. Each of on between intended and unintended effects of treatment. Paents them provides a different profile, but the same message of the true mis- need to be able to trust their doctors to always care for their lives and sion of the Church. To preach the Good News, through jusce and evan- never deliberately cause death. gelizaon for all of God’s people. The other four saints who will be de- clared today are: Fr. Francesco Spinelli, diocesan priest, founder of the Eliminate the Problem, Not the Paent Instute of the Sisters Adorers of the Most Holy Sacrament; Fr. Vincenzo Palliave care also addresses symptoms beyond physical pain, in ways Romano, diocesan priest; Sr. Maria Katharina Kasper, virgin, founder of that go beyond medicaon. Paents facing serious illness may feel hope- the Instute of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ; Sr. Nazaria Ignacia de less and depressed, as though their lives have lost meaning. Addressing Santa Teresa de Jesús, founder of the Congregaon of the Missionary psychological, emoonal, and spiritual problems is essenal to palliave Crusaders of the Church. care. Assisted suicide alleviates none of these problems, but gives in to them. Consider that about half of paents who had requested assisted suicide under the Oregon law in its first three years changed their minds Connued on Page 7 when the doctor provided palliave care. Yet in Oregon, almost none of the paents receiving lethal drugs are evaluated to assess whether their Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 3 October 14 Spirituality and Worship Mass Schedule Readings for the Week of October 14, 2018 Monday, October 15, 2018 Monday 8:30am Willis Teed by Jerry & Lois Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor Mike Alberga by Rose Alberga & family of the Church Helen Horuczi (14th Anniversary) by Daughter & Son In Law Special Intenons for Lou & Ann by Ann Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31—5:1; Ps 113:1b-2, 3-4,5a & 6-7; Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Lk 11:29-32 8:30am Ruth Novotny (9th Anniversary) by family Tuesday 6:30pm Deceased Members of St. Hugh Saint Hedwig, Religious; Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Gal 5:1-6; 8:30am Anna Cipta by Dave & Geri Richards Ps 119:41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 Bob Weise (Birthday Remembrance) by family Lk 11:37-41 Thursday, October 18, 2018 Wednesday 8:30am Shirley McKay by daughter Cindy Saint Ignaus of Anoch, Bishop and Friday, October 19, 2018 Martyr 8:30am Casimir Studzinski (Birthday Remembrance) Gal 5:18-25; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 & 6; Saturday, October 20, 2018 Lk 11:42-46 8:30am Deceased Priests of the Archdiocese of Detroit Thursday 5:00pm Janet & Joe Grand by family Saint Luke, Evangelist Calvin Skomski (2nd Anniversary) by family 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Louis & Mary Jane Zan by family Rochelle Zan by Pat Smolinski Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18 Lk 10:1-9 Sunday, October 21, 2018 Friday 8:00am John Basso (Birthday Remembrance) by family Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Lucille Sklarczyk (Birthday Remembrance) by family Rita Teets (1st Anniversary) by Jim Teets Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Shirley McKay by daughter Cindy Eph 1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13; 10:00am Patricia Chelemen (1st Anniversary) by Pat & Dick Page Lk 12:1-7 Mary Vespa (1st Anniversary) by Palloa Family Dennis Menzer by Pat & Therese Tardiff Saturday Jennifer Marie Mussio by Gerald & Kim Mussio Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest Eph 1:15-23; 12:00pm MaryAnn Grillo by husband Sal & daughter Lisa Helen Szpyrka by son-in-law Sal & granddaughter Lisa Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-5, 6-7; Maria Vespa by family Lk 12:8-12 Mario & Maria Grace Fucinari by Louis & Maria Fucinari Sunday Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:00pm Kathryna Gerczak (12th Anniversary) by family Bill Colosinski by family Is 53:10-11 Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Heb 4:14-16 Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45 Please pray for the family and friends of our dearly departed Subscripon Informaon Henry Piccioni Jason Elster January 8, 1922—September 27, 2018 May 3, 1976—October 3, 2018 Word Among Us 1-800-775-9673 Magnificat 1-866-273-5215 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 4 October 14 CPC Crisis Pregnancy Center Bole Drive The Crisis Pregnancy Center’s Annual Baby Bole Drive will take place during the month of October.