CATHOLIC SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 24TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME VOLUME 66:44 DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS A journal of Catholic life in Ohio PONTIFICAL COLLEGE JOSEPHINUM SENDS PRIESTS ACROSS THE NATION 2017 CATHOLIC COLLEGES ISSUE 2 Catholic Times September 17, 2017 Irma leaves path of destruction The Editor’s Notebook across Carribean and Florida Faith and Reason By David Garick, Editor Activity is returning to college campuses are addressed through as a new school year gets under way. It is a combination of faith a special time for our students. They are in the essential Living taking a very big step into an environment Word of God and hu- which will be very different from their life man reason rooted in at home with their parents. It’s a special the intellectual gifts place, which they will occupy only for a humanity was endowed with as steward of few years in preparation for the life that lays this world, we find true understanding. ahead for them in what we humorously call This issue of Catholic Times will bring you the “real world.” up to date on some of the new things going Entering this special world of college life on in area Catholic colleges this year. We introduces the young student to some in- also take an in-depth look at one very spe- triguing new realities. As a college student, cial Catholic college, the Pontifical College By Catholic News Service I learned that you only get clean clothes in Josephinum. A weakened Hurricane Irma churned into Florida after your closet if you take all your dirty clothes Nowhere is the quest for truth and rea- ripping through southern portions of the state and the Ca- to the laundromat and put lots of quarters son more evident and more critical than in ribbean islands, flooding cities, knocking out power to mil- into the machines. I also learned that if you our seminaries. The Josephinum is the only lions, destroying homes and businesses and killing more put your red sweatshirt in the same load as seminary located within our diocese and than 20 people. your whites, you end up with pink under- The massive hurricane, which dwindled to a tropical storm wear. I learned why adults always talked provides education for most of our prospec- tive priests. The future of Christ’s church as it neared the Florida-Georgia line early Sept. 11, was about needing coffee in the morning. Most forecast to die out over southern states later in the week. of that lesson came from the nights before rests on the preparation of young men will- ing to take up Christ’s cross and to make the Officials in Florida and across the Caribbean, meanwhile, tests or term paper due dates, when I pulled started to dig out and evaluate the full scope of the disaster “all-nighters.” sacrifices necessary to serve his people in the sacraments of our faith. To accomplish Irma left behind. Mostly, I learned that I had the capacity to this, they need to be filled with the knowl- The strength and size of the storm, with 120-plus mph do more than memorize facts from a book. winds stretching 70 miles from its core, left hardly any I discovered the realities of the world partly edge and spiritual graces that make up the faith and tradition of the church. place near its path untouched. It leveled entire islands from my own mistakes, but more important- in the eastern Caribbean, snapped construction cranes in ly through gaining insight from the resourc- I think you will be very pleased to read about how that is being accomplished at the downtown Miami, and brought unprecedented flooding on es of human knowledge. Our Catholic col- Cuba’s north coast. leges provide a very special environment in Josephinum. Take a good look at the bright which to seek out that knowledge. Catholic faces shining in its halls and classrooms. “The hurricane has caused serious damage in the towns, colleges are unique because truth is at the The faith and reason that is forming these villages and farms of the north coast of our island, from heart of knowledge, and truth can only be young men right now soon will shine forth Camaguey to Havana,’’ said Maritza Sanchez, director of evident through knowledge of God and his as you see those same faces in a pulpit and Caritas Cuba. “Flooding was caused by hurricane force created order. When all fields of nowledgek at an altar in your own parish. winds and rains all the way from Camaguey to Santa Clara in the middle of the country, reaching as far as Matanzas and Havana along the northwest coast.” By the evening on Sept. 10, roughly 5.7 million Florida residents were left without power. Aerial footage showed Correction -- The Sept. 10 Catholic Times incorrectly listed the date for a pilgrimage to Lourdes to be led by large swaths of cities like Miami and Naples, on the Gulf Father Joseph Allen, OP, and former Columbus St. Joseph Cathedral rector Father Michael Gribble. The correct Coast, under water. State officials had ordered 6.3 million dates are Feb. 5-13, 2018, rather than the pilgrimage beginning on May 13. See IRMA, Page 7 Front Page photo: Bishop Frederick F. Campbell, DD, PhD ~ President & Publisher CATHOLIC David Garick ~ Editor ([email protected]) The main building of the Pontifical College TIMES Tim Puet ~ Reporter ([email protected]) Josephinum. The Alexandra Keves ~ Graphic Design Manager ([email protected]) college has been at Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. Catholic Times (USPS 967-000) (ISSN 745-6050) is the official newspaper Mailing Address: 197 E. Gay St., Columbus OH 43215 its 75-acre campus of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. It is published weekly 45 Editorial/Advertising: (614) 224-5195 FAX (614) 241-2518 in northern Franklin times per year with exception of every other week in June, July and County since 1931. August and the week following Christmas. Subscription rate: $25 per Subscriptions (614) 224-6530 FAX (614) 241-2573 year, or call and make arrangements with your parish. (subscriptions @columbuscatholic.org) CT photo by Ken Snow Postage Paid at Columbus, OH 43218 Postmaster: Send address changes to Catholic Times, 197 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio 43215. Please allow two to four weeks for change of address. September 17, 2017 Catholic Times 3 Dorrian honored at Breakfast With the Bishop BY TIM PUET bishop said. Reporter, Catholic Times “What is touching about the Good Samaritan is that not only did he bind Columbus City Auditor Hugh Dor- up the other man’s wounds, take him to rian says he has been surrounded by an inn, and pay for his lodging. He then royalty during his long career in public came back to check on him. Not only service. was he one who assisted in an emer- “I take my hat off to the royalty in this community,” Dorrian said to more gency, but he became a companion to than 500 people attending Catholic So- that individual.” cial Services’ annual Breakfast With The parable ends with Jesus being the Bishop fundraiser at the Renais- asked, “Who is my neighbor?” The sance Columbus Hotel on Friday, Sept. bishop followed that question by ask- 8. “Yours is not a royalty of blood or ing, “Are we that neighbor, the one of wealth, but a royalty of service. You drawing near with our eyes open to are the people who keep the communi- those in need? So often those in need ty sane and compassionate by serving are isolated and alone. We are that your brothers and sisters.” neighbor when we become the instru- During the breakfast, Bishop Freder- ment of assuring them they are not ick Campbell presented Dorrian with lost,” he said. the Catholic Social Services Vision Lustig noted that this year has been Award, an honor conferred by CSS on Columbus City Auditor Hugh Dorrian (center) is shown with Bishop Frederick Camp- an active one for Catholic Social Ser- special occasions. Rachel Lustig, the vices because it became involved with agency’s president and chief executive bell and Rachel Lustig, president and chief executive officer of Catholic Social Ser- vices, after receiving CSS’ Vision Award on Friday, Sept. 8. CT photo by Ken Snow two new areas of serving the commu- officer, told Dorrian he merited the rec- nity. ognition for “being a visionary, saintly One of those is the Foster Grandpar- leader in our community, for the posi- in the community who do good works ia, where I showed up. They lost their ent program, which links low-income tive impact you made on our shared anonymously, such as “the women who jobs there, and ended up coming to Co- home, and for the compassionate way senior citizens with at-risk children in walk along the riverbanks and provide lumbus and doing better.” schools and at Head Start centers and in which you have lived your life.” a blanket to someone who needs it” He said his message to all immi- Dorrian has been city auditor for 48 other locations, giving them a chance and “those who simply hold the hand grants in the city is “Welcome to Co- to develop a bond and to nurture and years and is not running for election of a dying person.” lumbus. I’m glad you’re here,” adding to a 13th term this year. Before being instill a sense of pride in every child. Dorrian thanked the city’s many food that he would like to greet Latino im- In addition, CSS and the 14 Seton appointed auditor in 1969, he was city pantries and soup kitchens for their migrants in Spanish, but wasn’t sure he treasurer for four years.