Inside Archbishop Buechlein . 4, 5 Editorial . 4 Question Corner . 9 The Sunday and Daily Readings . 9 Serving the CChurchCriterion in Centralr andi Southert n Indianae Since 1960rion www.archindy.org October 25, 2002 Vol. XXXXII, No. 4 50¢ Parish Stewardship and UCA commitment weekend is Nov. 2-3 By Brandon A. Evans commitment dinners and personal meet- dent that people will participate more and archdiocese more aware of the work of the ings, the UCA is receiving 21 percent more in the UCA. UCA. Therber said that parishioners have Catholics across the archdiocese gave more in donations than last year, said Joe “I think each year the term stewardship heard homilies about home missions and nearly $5.4 million last year to the annual Therber, secretary for stewardship and means more to people,” said Carl Wolford. shared ministries and seen the official Parish Stewardship and United Catholic development. “Each year, more people understand the 2002-2003 video. Many parishioners will Appeal to carry out the Church’s mission Therber said that he is opti- meaning of stewardship and let it become also hear lay witnesses speak about the in central and southern Indiana. mistic that Catholics in the part of their lives.” stewardship way of life. In many parishes, The theme of this year’s campaign is archdiocese will continue “Stewardship,” he said, “is accountability reports are available. “Receiving Gratefully, Giving Gener- to be generous. gratefully acknowledging the The Wolfords were involved with the ously.” On Nov. 2-3, parishioners will be Mary Kay Wolford, gifts that God has given us creation of the video and said that they asked to fill out intention cards and to who is the co-chair of this and sharing them generously were pleased with the way it turned out. consider once again how they can best year’s United Catholic with others.” They believe that the more information share their time, talent and treasure. Appeal with her husband, October has been spent people can receive about the UCA, the more This year, after having held six advance Carl, said that she is confi- making Catholics in the See UCA, page 2 U.S. bishops and Submitted photo Vatican work to fine-tune sex abuse norms VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The creation of a U.S.-Vatican commission to revise the U.S. bishops’ sex abuse norms reflected a compromise between Vatican officials who wanted to reject the norms outright and oth- ers who favored an experimental implemen- tation. By creating an additional step, the Vatican gave everyone more time to study the details—and offered the bishops another chance to win the Vatican’s blessing. While the questions to be examined are not minor ones, Vatican officials confirmed the optimistic prediction of U.S. Church leaders that fine-tuning on the norms could be finished by mid-November. “I’m certain an agreement will be reached, maybe even before November. It’s a question of improving the language, not rewriting the policy,” one senior Vatican official said on Oct. 21. The official said it was wrong to read the Comboni Father Michael Barton, right, teaches students at the Comboni school in Marpuordit, Southern Sudan. He is a native of St. Therese of the Infant Vatican’s uneasiness with some of the Jesus (Little Flower) Parish in Indianapolis and has served the Church in Sudan since 1984. norms as censure. “Just because they said some language was ambiguous doesn’t necessarily mean they considered it awful,” the official said. Comboni priest brings God’s Word to Sudan He confirmed that while commission members had yet to be formally named, By Mary Ann Wyand to help the Dinkas, who are the largest tribe than the Khartoum government, he said, some work had already begun in Rome. Second of two parts in Southern Sudan, to improve their lives so Comboni missionary work there contin- The norms and charter outlining strict or Comboni Father Michael Barton through education and catechesis so they can ues only because the rebels allow the mis- procedures and penalties for clerical sex Fof Indianapolis, working for God in help others as well as grow closer to God and sionaries to provide educational and pas- abusers were adopted by U.S. bishops in Africa means bringing reading, writing, the Catholic faith. toral ministries for the people. June. Vatican approval, or recognitio, would arithmetic and religion classes to the “The last 18 years of my life in Southern “They allowed us to be there as mission- make them binding in all U.S. dioceses. Dinka people in Southern Sudan. Sudan have been spent in primary evange- aries,” Father Barton said. “That’s the whole Almost immediately after the bishops Since 1984, Father Barton has tried lization in what were formerly Protestant thing about missionary work, about our presented the norms, however, experts at the Editor’s note: zones [before the civil war],” he said during a lives as missionaries, in Southern Sudan. It See NORMS, page 10 “Stewards Abroad” recent visit to Indianapolis. “We had very can be temporary. So even in those 18 years is an occasional few Catholics in the area of Mapuordit. at Mapuordit, there was always the concern series that will look There were more Animists [people who that it could end. The army can come, other at the missionary believe in spiritual beings connected to tribes can come, all kinds of things can hap- Stewards nature] there.” pen to knock it all down.” Abroad efforts of Catholics from the Archdiocese Mapuordit is located in a region of Each day, he said, “I lived in the pre- of Indianapolis Southern Sudan that is controlled by the sent and I prayed God’s blessings” on the throughout the world. Sudanese People’s Liberation Army rather See SUDAN, page 2 Campaign provides chance for Catholics to alleviate poverty By Brandon A. Evans the weekend of Nov. 16-17, said Thomas of poverty in the United States through Gaybrick, local director of CCHD and the promotion and support of community-con- The local arm of the Catholic Campaign secretary for Catholic Charities and Family trolled, self-help organizations and though for Human Development (CCHD) works to Ministries. The deadline for national grant transformative education.” help the poor and powerless become applications is two weeks before that, on CCHD has funded about 4,000 programs enabled to provide for themselves. Nov. 1. over the past 30 years—programs that cross Its works, however, depend on one “The Catholic Campaign for Human the lines of race and religion to help those yearly collection to raise all its money— Development is the domestic, anti-poverty, in poverty to find a way out permanently. and gives one opportunity for groups who social justice program of the U.S. Catholic Such local groups that may receive would help further the mission of the bishops,” Gaybrick said. “Its mission is funding are those that create jobs, that CCHD to apply for that money. based on the principles of Catholic Social improve neighborhoods or advocate for This year’s collection is taking place on teaching and is to address the root causes See CAMPAIGN, page 10 Page 2 The Criterion Friday, October 25, 2002 and worship; youth and family ministries; UCA Catholic charities; and Catholic education. continued from page 1 This means that the heavy costs of training, housing and insuring a seminar- willing they will be to help its mission. ian will be covered by the UCA. So will “We think that the presentations and youth minister training and retreats for the videos and the materials that people young adults, along with various charita- get … have been effective,” Carl Wolford ble organizations within the archdiocese. said. Father Stephen Giannini, pastor of All this is leading up to the weekend of St. Luke Parish in Indianapolis, is one of Romano de L’Osservatore ServizioPhoto by Fotografico Nov. 2-3, which is called “intention week- the priest who was helped by UCA money. end.” This is when parishioners will have a “I certainly know that the archdiocesan chance to pledge their time, talent and trea- stewardship efforts made it possible for sure to the UCA and to their parish. me to be a priest,” he said. This year’s goal is to again surpass the This experience has helped him begin to $5 million mark in pledges and for the see stewardship as a way of life—a mes- Catholic community to achieve another sage strongly promoted by the Wolfords. record year for sharing God’s gifts. Twenty-five percent of the money goes “Every gift to the United Catholic to home missions, which include direct Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein speaks with Pope John Paul II on Oct. 12. Behind them are Father Appeal will fully and directly support the parish subsidies and direct school subsidies. Michael Fritch, from left, Father William Stumpf, newly ordained Deacon Jonathan Meyer, seminarian shared ministries and home missions of This money is earmarked for parishes Philip Baumer, Father Gordon Mann and Father J. Joseph McNally. Seminarians such as Meyer and our 39-county archdiocese,” Therber said. that are in need, or that have experienced Baumer have had their tuition, room and board paid for by funds from the United Catholic Appeal. “These ministries are real and they change unforeseen expenses. thousands of lives in our Church family If a parish raises more money than its community members. “To me, the money is used most and communities where we live. I cannot individual goal, it may either keep a portion Last year, in total, almost $300,000 was wisely,” she said.