Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 5 Editorial . 4 Question Corner . 17 Sunday and Daily Readings . 17 Serving the ChurchCriterion in Central and Souther n Indiana Since 1960 CriterionOnline.com August 26, 2005 Vol. XXXXIV, No. 46 75¢ Apostolic visits of all U.S. CNS photo from Reuters seminaries to start this fall WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Vatican- run apostolic visitation of U.S. Catholic seminaries and houses of priestly forma- tion will begin late this September. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who will coordinate the visits, announced details of the plan on Aug. 19. Sparked by the sexual abuse crisis that hit the U.S. Church in 2002, the visita- tions will pay special attention to areas such as the quality of the seminarians’ human and spiritual formation for living chastely and of their intellectual formation for faithfulness to Church teachings, espe- cially in the area of moral theology. The Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, which oversees seminary for- mation around the world, has appointed 117 bishops and seminary personnel as visitors. They are to visit each college- or Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the World Youth Day Mass at Marienfeld outside Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 21. The service attended by more than 1 mil- theology-level institution, working in lion people concluded the international Catholic youth gathering and came at the end of the pope’s first visit abroad since his election in April. teams of three for smaller programs or four for the larger ones. The education congregation developed the visitation program in collaboration Pope urges more than a million with the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. About one-third of youth to discover power of faith U.S. seminarians in graduate studies are preparing to be priests in religious orders. COLOGNE, Germany (CNS)—In God, does true revolution come,” he told a the Wise Men who found Jesus in a In selecting the visitors, the congrega- back-to-back encounters with more than vast candlelit crowd spread across a field manger, thus discovering an unworldly tion consulted with the Conference of a million young people from around the outside Cologne. kind of power. Major Superiors of Men and the world, Pope Benedict XVI urged them The pope was presiding for the first time The pope’s emphasis on the saints— Committee on Priestly Formation of the to discover the transforming power of over World Youth Day, and he did so in a old ones like St. Francis of Assisi and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. the faith and join the “true revolution” solemn and dignified style. At the vigil, he more recent figures of holiness like Archbishop O’Brien is to appoint resource of personal holiness. sat quietly as he watched slow liturgical Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta—res- people, including deacons, religious and At a World Youth Day vigil on dancing and listened to Scripture readings. onated with many in his young audience. lay people, to assist in the visitation Aug. 20 and a closing Mass the next Unlike similar megameetings with Pope “We agree with him,” said 16-year- process and participate in visits to the day, the pope preached about the inspi- John Paul II, there was no papal bantering old Mackenzie Gilpin, who recently larger institutions. ration of the saints and the mystery of with the crowd or light-hearted silliness. At began attending an “all saints club” at The visitation teams are to review doc- the Eucharist, encouraging the youth to the end of the long evening, dressed in a her parish in Milford, Pa. She punctu- umentation of an institution beforehand change themselves if they want to golden cope, Pope Benedict led the crowd ated her statement with a whoop that and may interview students, faculty, staff change the world. in adoration of the Eucharist. caused nearby pilgrims to stir in their and recent alumni during the on-site visit. “Only from the saints, only from In his talk, he retold the simple story of See YOUTH, page 9 Last year, there were 229 U.S. seminar- ies or formation houses at the college or theology level. They had a total of 4,556 Archdiocese’s pilgrims sacrifice and rejoice students: 3,308 at the theology level and 1,248 in college. A seminary covers all By Brandon A. Evans the second was that, due to the death of aspects of formation including the acade- his friend and archdiocesan priest, Father mic. For students in a house of formation, COLOGNE, Germany—More than Clarence Waldon, on Aug. 14, Archbishop See SEMINARIES, page 15 170 youth and adults from the archdio- Daniel M. Buechlein would be returning cese joined a million other people who home for the rest of the pilgrimage. A. Brandon Photo by Evans made a pilgrimage to Cologne for Though disappointed, the youth under- World Youth Day 2005. stood, and as they joined in the Mass for Like any pilgrimage, there were the Solemnity of the Assumption on board sacrifices and difficulties, but the pil- the boat, they made a spiritual communion grims marched through them and made with Jesus Christ. their way to an open-air “cathedral for For at least one pilgrim, this Mass was a day” in Marienfeld, just outside of the highlight of the trip. Cologne, for a vigil and Mass with Though the pilgrims had just celebrated Pope Benedict XVI. Mass in some of the most beautiful and After spending a few days first in holy churches in the world, it was this Rome and Assisi, the archdiocesan Mass that moved Greg Lorenz, a member group made their way by overnight of St. Roch Parish in Indianapolis and a train to Frankfort, Germany on senior who is home-schooled, the most. Aug. 15. It reminded him that this pilgrimage It was when they boarded the Rhine was more than a trip to see mammoth River Steamer in Mainz for a four- churches and ancient statues, but was a hour cruise that the pilgrims learned of spiritual journey. It also reminded him that Father Jonathan Meyer, associate director of two sacrifices that would start their even a humble, small Mass on a boat was the archdiocesan Office of Youth and Young week in Germany. no less grand than one celebrated at Adult Ministry, leads a group of archdiocesan The first was that the Communion St. Peter’s Basilica. pilgrims to a train station on Aug. 18. They hosts for Mass had been left on a bus After Mass, some people made their lined the streets of Cologne for hours to so no one would receive Communion; See PILGRIMS, page 12 catch a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI. Page 2 The Criterion Friday, August 26, 2005 John Michael Talbot plans two concerts in archdiocese (Editor’s note: This is the first article in a “Monk Rock” songs from his 48th album are music that led him to dramatically change his series of occasional feature stories about expected to “rock the house” at both parishes life. Catholic musicians with connections to the and get audience members on their feet to Talbot started the interview by saying that Archdiocese of Indianapolis.) celebrate their love for God. he is humbled and thankful that the Lord has “I hope people enjoy ‘Monk Rock,’ ” blessed this ministry. Lindberg Jennifer File photo by By Mary Ann Wyand Talbot said in a press release promoting the He said Franciscan Father Martin Wolter, concerts, “but, more importantly, I hope they who helped start the Tobit Weekend for Back home again in Indiana next month, listen to the message in the music. It was fun engaged couples in the archdiocese and min- internationally known Catholic musician and to take an electrifying message and put it to istered at the former Alverna Retreat Center, Indianapolis electrifying music that has something for all is his spiritual director and lives at the her- native John ages.” mitage in Arkansas most of the year. Michael Talbot grew up on the northeast side of “He catechized me and brought me into Talbot will Indianapolis and gained fame with his the Catholic Church,” Talbot said. “I was perform two brother as members of the former Mason 24 years old. We started our house of prayer concerts in the Proffit country rock band in the late ‘60s and there, called First Charity then the Little archdiocese featuring some of his most-loved early ‘70s. Portion, at Alverna in 1978 and 1979 as a sec- songs as well as new selections from his Responding to God’s call, John Michael ular Franciscan order for lay people and recently released “City of God” and “Monk Talbot left that band and spent several diocesan clergy. That’s where I got my call to Rock” CDs. months in 1978 living a hermitic lifestyle in a the Franciscan and monastic-oriented life. Three years ago, Talbot began a national small cabin near a creek at the St. Louis “I built a one-room hermitage and entered tour promoting his then-new “Wisdom” CD Franciscans’ former Alverna Retreat Center into an extended period of prayer there, com- Internationally known Catholic musician John with a sold-out solo concert at St. Lawrence on the north side of Indianapolis, where he ing up [to Alverna] for liturgies and to our Michael Talbot performs at St. Lawrence Church Church in his old neighborhood in Indian- experienced a religious conversion that house of prayer at the carriage house only a in Indianapolis three years ago. apolis after releasing that recording of con- changed his life.