Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 4, 5 Editorial . 4 Question Corner . 19 Respect Life Supplement . 9 TheCCriterionriterion Sunday and Daily Readings . 19 Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 www.archindy.org September 27, 2002 Vol. XXXXI, No. 50 50¢ Richmond Catholic Community dedicates new high school By Jennifer Del Vechio good,” said Brent, a member of St. Mary Archbishop Daniel M. Parish in Richmond. “It’s more challeng- Buechlein blesses the RICHMOND—Walking the halls of ing than a public high school. They push new Seton Catholic Seton Catholic High School is Brent us here and they expect more.” High School in Ropp’s way of doing something new and The Richmond Catholic Community has Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by Richmond. It is the different. not had a Catholic high school since 1936, first Catholic high It’s been more than 65 years since stu- when St. Andrew High School was closed. school operating in dents walked the halls of a Catholic high On Sept. 18, Archbishop Daniel M. Richmond since school in Richmond. Brent and 16 other Buechlein officially dedicated and blessed 1936. freshmen marked the beginning of a new the new $3 million renovated building on legacy in Catholic education in Richmond Fifth Street that was formerly St. Andrew with the opening of Seton Catholic High High School. School this school year. The new school has 11 classrooms, a “I thought [being part of the first class] library and a computer lab. There are would be interesting, and so far it’s been See SCHOOL, page 2 Situation in Holy Tornadoes batter archdiocese Land is dire, vicar By Jennifer Del Vechio of Jerusalem says Tornadoes that tore across a 150- Knights and ladies inducted mile stretch of central and southern into Order of Holy Sepulchre Indiana on Sept. 20, destroying homes Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by and businesses, also caused major damage to property owned by the By Brandon A. Evans Archdiocese of Indianapolis. St. Martin of Tours Parish in Martins- Nine hundred years ago, the knights of ville sustained the most damage when a the first Christian Crusade reclaimed the tornado ripped the roof off the church holy city of and damaged the roof of nearby Sexton Jerusalem from the Hall on the parish campus, said David Muslims that had Hodde, director of management services invaded it. for the archdiocese. Their banners No one at the parish was injured in bearing the red the storm. Jerusalem cross, the “Everyone is taking it pretty well,” knights formed an said Father Mark Gottemoeller, pastor order that was of the parish. “You have to take the designed to protect good with the bad, and the parish has the Holy pulled together.” Sepulchre—the The storm also blew down eight Bishop Giacinto- tomb of Christ— Boulos Marcuzzo trees on the property, demolished the and those pilgrims baseball field and caused major water St. Martin of Tours Church in Martinsville sustained major damage after a tornado tore the roof off who would try to reach it. damage to the inside of the church and on Sept. 20. The roof of nearby Sexton Hall was also damaged. No one was injured at the church. In the modern day, there are still parish hall, said Father Gottemoeller. knights—and ladies—who walk among The cost of the damage has not been other Catholics virtually unknown and hold determined. firm to their task of protecting the Holy About 150 people gathered the next Submitted photo Land and its Christian presence. They are day to help clean up debris on the the members of the Equestrian Order of the grounds, filling about 10 dumpsters, Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. said Dick Holmes, with Meyer Najem To understand the concern of the Construction in Fishers. knights and ladies, one must look to the The parish was having a new roof Holy Land itself. put on part of its church building when It is a time of division and sorrow in the the tornado blew through. Holmes was Holy Land, as Bishop Giacinto-Boulos in the building when the tornado hit. Marcuzzo, vicar of the Latin Patriarch of He hid under a church pew, waiting Jerusalem, well knows. He has been there for it to blow over. for 42 years. A patriarch is, literally, the Parish secretary Nancy Vernon said See KNIGHTS, page 8 the Martinsville community has been generous to the parish. “We had people just coming down the street, who we didn’t even know, asking if we needed help,” Vernon said. St. Jude School in Indianapolis had several trees fall down on their property during the tornado. The inside of the church mainly The school did not sustain any damage nor did nearby Roncalli High School, despite the destruc- See TORNADOES, page 7 tion around the nearby areas. Vatican leaning toward approval of experimental application of U.S. norms on clerical sex abuse VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Vatican the norms to be applied ad formulated by U.S. bishops as an experi- is leaning toward approval of an experi- experimentum—the Latin phrase signify- mental initiative—to be evaluated after a mental application of the U.S. bishops’ ing temporary or provisional use. two-year period. Therefore, the Vatican norms on clerical sex abuse, perhaps after The official, who spoke on condition would respond with a conditional form of some clarifying language is added, a of anonymity, emphasized that a final approval. senior Vatican official said. decision had not yet been made, and the The solution, if adopted, appeared to “This would not be a rejection by the Vatican response had still not been writ- represent a compromise. On one hand, Vatican, nor would it be a formal recogni- ten. U.S. bishops would be allowed to follow tio of the norms,” the official said on But he said the “prevailing sentiment” the norms they overwhelmingly approved Sept. 23. Instead, the Vatican would allow was to recognize that the norms were See NORMS, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, September 27, 2002 Generation capital and endowment cam- paign and other donations. SCHOOL The school is named in honor of continued from page 1 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native- 17 students in this year’s freshman class, born saint from the United States. The Vechio Del Jennifer Photo by with plans to add a grade each year. There former New York socialite, who was born are also plans for adding two more class- in 1774, was a convert to the Catholic rooms and two science labs next year, faith. She went on to found the Sisters of said Principal Richard Bahan. Charity and is credited with establishing a The school serves the greater system of Catholic schools, orphanages Richmond area and the Richmond and hospitals in the United States. Catholic Community of Holy Family, Bahan said students have sacrificed to St. Andrew and St. Mary parishes. be the first class at the high school. Calling the high school an “extraordi- “It’s a tough decision to choose a small nary gift,” the archbishop said the school and unknown school over a high school will provide students with a Catholic edu- that has all the activities,” Bahan said. cation that will develop their faith and “But the kids have been so upbeat and so bless them for the rest of their lives. excited that it has warmed my heart.” “Christ has a plan for how each and A typical day at Seton Catholic every one of us is his arms in the world includes physical education, biology, so that we can make a difference in the world history, literature, Spanish and world,” the archbishop said. either algebra I or geometry and religion Illustrating his point, Archbishop classes taught by Father Joseph Feltz, Buechlein told the story of a small town associate pastor of the Richmond Catholic in Germany whose parish church was Community parishes. damaged in a war. Jesus’ arms were torn Students said they like the small off the church’s crucifix and the parish- atmosphere of their new school. ioners decided to keep the crucifix that “They care more,” said freshman way with the words: “You are Christ’s Jennifer Sugas of Richmond. arms” written beneath it. Freshman Jacob Cox of Richmond said “It’s not easy being the arms of Christ. everyone knows each other and he likes How do we do it?” the archbishop asked having classes that are more one-on-one the students, teachers and other Richmond with the teacher. Catholic Community members who While students said they want to see attended the Mass and dedication service. sports teams and clubs formed soon, they “We do what Jesus would do,” the also don’t mind doing without for a while archbishop said. “Over and over again, because they like the safe environment we hear Jesus went away to a private and being able to trust everyone, they place to pray. Never forget you need to be said. close to Jesus if we are to be his arms. We “People know who you are here,” said need to pray and develop a habit of Megan Ziemer, an eighth-grader who prayer, and that is one of the gifts Seton attends St. Mary Parish and hopes to Catholic will give you.” attend the high school. “They are able to The new Catholic high school is the pay more attention to you here and it first to be built in the archdiocese in helps. It’s not like you are just friends. 40 years. It was funded by the archdioce- It’s more like family because they know Members of the first freshman class of Seton Catholic High School in Richmond use the school’s san Legacy of Hope from Generation to you for awhile.” † computer lab.