Vol. XXXVIII, No. 22 Indianapolis, Indiana 50¢ Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 4, 5 Editorial. 4 Faith Alive! . 9 Question Corner . 15 The Sunday & Daily Readings. 15 CCriterionriterion Youth Supplement. 11 Serving the Church in Central and Southern Indiana Since 1960 March 12, 1999 U.S. mother church at Baltimore will undergo Papal historic restoration prayers A stained-glass window of the Basilica of the National Repairs will preserve architectural details of Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 19th-century basilica for future generations provides the backdrop for Pope John Paul II at BALTIMORE (CNS)—The mother sive dome was designed as a metaphor for prayer during his 1995 church of Catholicism in the United Bishop Carroll’s strong belief in the free- visit to Baltimore. The States will undergo a major historic dom of religion, Lancelotta said. 19th-century basilica will restoration that archdiocesan leaders say “We have accounts from that time that undergo a major restoration will bring the old cathedral back to its describe the lighting as magical,” said beginning in June 2000. original 19th-century design. John G. Waite, principal architect for Cardinal William H. Keeler of Balti- John G. Waite Associates. “It really must more announced that the archdiocese has have been spectacular.” selected two New York-based architecture When the basilica underwent major firms to develop a master plan for the renovations in 1946, the skylights were restoration of the Basilica of the National closed up and replaced with artificial inte- Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed rior lighting since designers at that time Virgin Mary in downtown Baltimore. did not know how to restore the skylights. John G. Waite Associates and Beyer As a part of the current restoration, glass Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, two skylights will return to the dome. The firms with a national reputation for work- architects will conduct forensic investiga- ing with old buildings, will analyze the tions of the basilica dome to determine history and structure of the basilica and where the windows were located and how develop a master plan for its restoration best to reintroduce natural lighting. beginning in August. Waite noted that much information is Construction on the project is expected already available on the skylights, thanks to begin in June 2000. The first phase to correspondence between Thomas will cost $600,000. The final overall cost Jefferson and Latrobe that detail the of the project will be “several million architectural usage of skylights. dollars,” said Robert J. Lancelotta Jr., “The skylights will be designed so that executive director of the Basilica of the the spherical shape of the dome is main- Assumption Historic Trust. A more pre- tained,” said Lancelotta. “There won’t be cise figure will be available, he said, anything protruding from the dome.” when phase one is complete. As part of the restoration, all new util- “When the basilica was built at the ities will be installed in the basilica. beginning of the 19th century, it was very Additional bathrooms, meeting rooms, a bold for its time,” said Lancelotta. “The choir rehearsal room and museum dis- only other building in its same class was play room are among the ideas for the the U.S. Capitol. We want to bring the basement. Ways of making the basilica building back as close as possibly can be more handicapped-accessible will also done to the design envisioned by Bishop be studied. John Carroll and Benjamin Latrobe.” Begun in 1806 and completed 15 years Latrobe, the basilica’s architect, also later, the basilica was named a national designed the nation’s Capitol. shrine in 1993. In the 19th century, it A fundamental part of the basilica’s housed several key meetings of American original design was the lighting of the bishops important in the history of the building. When the building was con- Catholic Church in America. structed, it featured 24 10-foot-long sky- Pope John Paul II visited the basilica in lights that allowed the simple church 1995 and the late Mother Teresa of Cal- interior to be flooded with a bright, nat- cutta visited the church in 1996. ural light. Together with the basilica’s “There is no more historic Catholic location high on a hill and its neo-classi- church in the United States than the basil- cal columns, the lighting from the mas- ica in Baltimore,” said Cardinal Keeler. † CNS file photo Pro-life conference addresses ethics Advances in reproductive technology must panel, which also included Dr. Hanna Klaus, a gynecologist and Medical not diminish the sacredness of human life Mission Sister, and John S. Grabowski, an associate professor of moral theology WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Catholic a second doctorate in bioethics, was part at Catholic University. Church and the pro-life community must of a panel discussion on reproductive Father Fitzgerald briefly described help spread the word about advances in technologies on the final day of the lead- some of the recent advances in reproduc- reproductive technology that do not dimin- ership convocation on life issues held tive technologies, and said the Church’s ish the sacredness of the human person, a March 3-5 in Washington. role must be to “challenge our culture to Jesuit priest and geneticist said March 5. The conference at the law school of apply these advances justly and well.” “The Church is not against science, it’s The Catholic University of America was He said much attention has been given against science being used badly,” said convened by Cardinals John J. O’Connor lately to the possibility of human cloning, Jesuit Father Kevin T. Fitzgerald, a of New York and Bernard F. Law of which the Church opposes, but relatively research associate at Loyola University Boston in collaboration with the little attention has gone to other avenues Medical Center in Chicago. “It’s against Pontifical Council for the Family, the of research that do not present similar medical advances being held out as avail- U.S. bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life moral difficulties. He cited a recent study able only to those who can afford them.” Activities and the law school. in which brain tissue in mice was used to Father Fitzgerald, who holds a doctor- Coadjutor Bishop James T. McHugh of generate liver tissue. ate in molecular genetics and is pursuing Rockville Centre, N.Y., moderated the See PRO-LIFE, page 2 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, March 12, 1999 Father Thomas Carey was senior priest in archdiocese Father Thomas Patrick Carey, the School in Indianapolis after his family of-the-Rock Parish, in Franklin County body who knew me!” senior priest of the archdiocese, died moved to that parish. He attended near Batesville, and its mission church, Two days before his death, Sister Marie March 3—eight weeks short of his 89th Cathedral High School when the then- St. Philomena, which was renamed Kevin asked Father Carey what he loved birthday. boys’ school was located at 14th and St. Cecila of Rome in 1961. most about being a priest. “Celebrating A funeral Mass was celebrated on Meridian streets in Indianapolis. He was named administrator of Mass, of course,” he answered. “I always March 6 at St. Paul Hermitage in Ordained on May 22, 1934, at St. Joseph Parish in Indianapolis in 1951, wanted to be like Father Albert Deery. He Beech Grove. Saint Meinrad Archabbey by then-Bishop and became pastor there a year later. In was so good with young people.” On March 5, Joseph E. Ritter, Father Carey celebrated 1962, he was named pastor of St. Thomas Sister Marie Kevin saw him achieve Father Carey’s his First Mass at St. Catherine Church. Aquinas Parish in Indianapolis. that dream. She called Father Carey a body was He began his priestly ministry for a Father Carey was appointed pastor of very warm, open-hearted and loving received at few weeks as assistant pastor at Our Christ the King Parish in Indianapolis in priest who reached out to people of all Christ the King Lady of Lourdes Parish in Indianapolis. 1963, a position he held until his retire- ages. He was also concerned with those Church in Indi- When Msgr. Joseph E. Hamill was ment in 1980. Under his pastorate, the who were elderly and sick, spending anapolis for a named pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in present church was built. many hours visiting them. prayer vigil and New Albany, the monsignor asked that Since 1987, he lived at St. Paul Herm- “He had a wonderful sense of visitation. the ordinand be appointed as his assistant. itage in Beech Grove. Last year, he saw humor,” Sister Marie Kevin said, “but he Born to Irish- Father Carey remained in the New Albany his dream of a retirement home for priests also had a serious side.” immigrant par- parish for 15 years, developing a youth become a reality there. She related the story a woman told at ents, Thomas ministry program there. At the April 25 dedication, he told of her anniversary celebration 50 years after Carey began his Providence Sister Marie Kevin Tighe his advocacy for the project while he was Father Carey officiated at her marriage. Father Thomas P. Carey schooling at was a child and lived next door to the on the Priests’ Personnel Board. After the rehearsal, he took the hand of St. Patrick church when Father Carey arrived at Holy “I’ve always loved people,” Father Carey the bride-to-be and placed it in the School in Indianapolis. He continued his Trinity Parish. said that day. “I thank God for helping me groom’s hand.